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15211. thoughtful - 5/27/2005 5:55:38 PM The coolest down staircase I saw was a straight run of stairs but they curved the opening and railing around the top so when you came in the foyer you had the impression of a curved staircase going down, but not the expense. I've seen others where they use the down stair as a divider between 2 rooms with just railing on either side. I don't like that...looks like a baby crib from the side.
Problem with stairs is they take up a lot of room. In our new house, we would want a very graceful stair...7x11...but, especially with higher ceilings, it makes for a very long run of stair...though much easier to climb. I remember sitting next to some expert motion study/human engineer type guy on a plane and he told me that the 7x11 stair is the easiest and least likely to lead to trips and falls. We were in a model home once and i noticed how easy and graceful the stairs felt, so I measured them...sure enough, 7x11. I wonder if that's where craps comes from???
15212. arkymalarky - 5/27/2005 6:08:18 PM I went to work yesterday afternoon for potluck. It was great. Lots of desserts and some good bbq (not what we had, Judith, but still very good). Their last day and Bob's last day is today. So summer is officially here.
I'm glad I took the time off and had surgery, but it didn't really seem very different. Losing Diva threw a wrench in the works, but even so, it just seems like more of a laid-back, longer summer than time off from my job. I could really enjoy retirement, but I will be glad to go back to work next year. It's just a very comfortable situation all around, and I can see I'm going to do a much better job next year. I just feel so much better than I have in a very long time. 15213. Magoseph - 5/27/2005 6:22:28 PM 
I'm very happy that you feel better, Arky.
15214. thoughtful - 5/27/2005 6:25:05 PM THat's good to hear arky....
I'm on the other end of the scale. Hubby will have been retired 5 years come sept, and when the weather gets nice like this, i really really really want to be home with him rather than stuck in an office where I can't even open a window. On top of that, things have been incredibly hectic at work so i'm working harder than ever when I'd really rather be coasting into retirement. I'm tired and am feeling underappreciated at work. Not a good combo. 15215. arkymalarky - 5/27/2005 9:09:54 PM Thanks, Mags and Thoughtful!
You're right, Thoughtful, that isn't a good combination. It can be very stressful. It's how I felt when I worked where Bob does, but he has a very good situation there, though he's gone through some bad times with them. I was lucky to get to change back to my old school.
Bob and I are 8 years apart, but I've been teaching longer so I will be able to retire with full benefits quite a bit sooner. He doesn't like that thought, though I will do something, at least part time, if I retire from teaching before I can draw SS (assuming Bush hasn't killed it off by then).
Though teachers have summers (supposedly), it's not the time off it used to be. Teaching used to be a part time job, really, and now it's not. Teachers are bailing out in huge numbers because of the increased workload without matching increases in pay. If I retire before Bob, especially being younger, he won't like it, but he went back to school full time after we married, so I see it as a trade-off. I could retire in four years, and I'll determine what to do by how I feel at the time. I'm in a good situation right now and so is Bob, but that could easily change at any point, and it has in many places. 15216. judithathome - 5/28/2005 10:03:32 PM The play last night was wonderful. This is from the review in this morning's paper:
Melissa James Gibson's play [sic], now in its area premiere at Stage West, is saturated with paradox.
The mundane bits of everyday existence become profound. The cacophony of sounds and voices transforms into almost musical harmonies. Random thoughts equal clear ideas. And impromptu decisions are executed with precise timing.
Sometimes, it seems downright Freudian (or even Becketian).
Are the three main characters -- thirtysomething New Yorkers Theo (David M. Dixon), Babette (Trisha Miller Smith) and Frank (Jakie Cabe) -- representative of the id, ego and superego, in no particular order?
Such questions and observations are a few fascinations of Gibson's plotless but somehow vital play.
But it might not have been so strong without a cast and crew as capable as Stage West's. I'm guessing that director Jerry Russell had as many read-throughs with the actors to nail the timing of the lines as he had rehearsals to synchronize their physical actions. But as theatrical as it ultimately is, this [sic] never feels overly stagey.
Maybe it's Nelson Robinson's mesmerizing scenic design, which incorporates all the script's mandates, including three apartments, communal spaces and unseen-but-heard neighbors.
It's a lot to squeeze into such an intimate space, but the maze of door and window frames (which might, from an aerial view, look like the board for Clue: Shoebox Apartment Edition) is never intrusive or confusing.
All of which makes this the most intriguing production you'll see all year.
We stayed for the champagne reception afterward and that was fantastic, also...really good chanpagne, cheeses, fabulous croissant sandwiches, and truly decadent brownies topped with rum frosting.
15217. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 5/29/2005 3:22:10 PM Happy Memorial Day . . .
 15218. Magoseph - 5/29/2005 4:39:05 PM Hello, everyone--what's going with you?--any plans for tomorrow? 15219. thoughtful - 5/29/2005 5:35:35 PM don't ask me...I'm at work today
grumble, grumble, grumble
but we are going to a picnic tomorrow and the weather is supposed to be nice. thank goodness
I'm making another rache recipe...cabbage and beet salad...which i hope is good and I'm bringing blueberry muffins.
Hopefully I'll finish my work soon enough to go home and cook. 15220. Magoseph - 5/29/2005 9:03:37 PM Have a nice time tomorrow on your picnic, thoughtful. 15221. Magoseph - 5/29/2005 9:18:56 PM Posted by Summer Woman at RI.
A gift for the Cap'n. 15222. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 5/29/2005 9:33:22 PM Boys will make passes at ladies with big . . . eyelashes? 15223. jexster - 5/30/2005 4:39:30 AM Yo No..
Just catching up..we've something else in common besides Los Angeles and fucked up landlords..
My callow youth
Nice. 15224. concerned - 5/30/2005 6:14:44 AM There Are No Flies on Us
There Are No Flies on Us
There are no flies on us
There are no flies on us
No flies on us
There may be one or two
Great big green flies on you
There are no flies on us
No flies on us
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Sung to the tune of God Save the Queen
15225. Magoseph - 5/30/2005 9:39:46 AM Things are hopping up in here when we have Jex and dear Concerned posting in this thread, don't you think so, Mac? 15226. Macnas - 5/30/2005 10:05:25 AM Well, you're a hard act to improve on Mago... 15227. alistairconnor - 5/30/2005 10:19:32 AM I did a double take when I saw Message # 15223 ...
Nice? Côte d'Azur? Looks awfully green.
Well, it looks awfully French. I wanted to go there, but our friends pointed out that it was only imitation Europe. Still, we should have gone to Asheville anyway, and checked out Chicken Hill.
Next time. 15228. Magoseph - 5/30/2005 11:29:51 AM Rather impressive, even if it's imitation Gothic French château--I have spent the last hour researching the place--fascinating. 15229. Magoseph - 5/30/2005 11:42:32 AM You made that remark in International, Ali: "Now, I'm so French that I have no idea how it feels to be European." It rang a bell--I'm always being accused by my brother of being so American that I have no idea how it feels to be French. Oh, well...
15230. Magoseph - 5/30/2005 11:56:13 AM Well, you're a hard act to improve on Mago...
Thanks, Mac, but not really-- if I were, there'd be more new posters in here.
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