Everything went well. Everyone except the late BiL's ex wife was on
time or fashionably late. We expect her to be late and she always has
an excuse. Being the sort who is always late she always has an
interesting excuse, but who really believes excuses from the chronically
and consistently tardy.
Everything went well. Everyone except the late BiL's ex wife was on
time or fashionably late. We expect her to be late and she always has
an excuse. Being the sort who is always late she always has an
interesting excuse, but who really believes excuses from the chronically
and consistently tardy.
I regret to say there are no good BN stories. Of course she and her
husband were there early. We had two tables reserved for the family and
she thought to grace my with her presence and sat next to me. I looked
at my wife with my best pleading face and said I needed a buffer. She
picked up immediately and told the niece that we had the two tables and
maybe she and her husband should sit at the other one to get it started
and so we wouldn't have to worry about some strangers grabbing the
second one. Worked like a charm.
Of course she started with the sort of behaviour that really irks me. As
soon as she was at her seat she called out to a server and told her to
bring water. Sorry, but I was hosting the event and I think it was up to
me to ask the server to start with the service. This is the person who
brags about how she and her husband piss off servers, and I have seen
her treat servers so badly the sneak away and we lose our service. Other
than that, it was just her immense appetite. I saw at least four large plates piled high, one of them just as we were about to leave.
It was great to see the nieces and nephews and nice of them to come all
that way to attend. The buffet was wonderful. There was a seafood
station with peal and eat shrimp, shrimp salad, cram and mango salad,
seafood medley salad, mussels and wonderful smoked salmon. The had
various eggs, an omelet station, fruit platters, great pastries,
cheeses, cold cuts, roast beef, ham.
This is a beautiful old restaurant where my wife's grandparents had
courted at the turn of the previous century and where my wife's family
ate dinner every weekend and where special events were celebrated. I am
along a little too late to have been included in those. The nieces and nephews had also missed out, so it was great that they got to enjoy it.
Best of all was the surprise at the end. I had seen the price on the web
site and was expecting a much bigger total. I was only charged half that amount. I asked the server if that was right and she said yes. Picking
up the cost of a few drinks wasn't bad when I was paying about $1,000
less than I had expected.
As for traffic. We sailed into the city. The return trip was a different matter. The highway was packed and moving slowly. Then there was a
message board announcing that the about 5 miles ahead the two left lanes
were closed. We took the next exit and drove along the Lakeshore through Oakville and Bronte. I had not been that way in years and was really impressed.
Everything went well. Everyone except the late BiL's ex wife was on
time or fashionably late. We expect her to be late and she always has
an excuse. Being the sort who is always late she always has an
interesting excuse, but who really believes excuses from the chronically
and consistently tardy.
I regret to say there are no good BN stories. Of course she and her
husband were there early. We had two tables reserved for the family and
she thought to grace my with her presence and sat next to me. I looked
at my wife with my best pleading face and said I needed a buffer. She
picked up immediately and told the niece that we had the two tables and
maybe she and her husband should sit at the other one to get it started
and so we wouldn't have to worry about some strangers grabbing the
second one. Worked like a charm.
Of course she started with the sort of behaviour that really irks me. As
soon as she was at her seat she called out to a server and told her to
bring water. Sorry, but I was hosting the event and I think it was up to
me to ask the server to start with the service. This is the person who
brags about how she and her husband piss off servers, and I have seen
her treat servers so badly the sneak away and we lose our service. Other
than that, it was just her immense appetite. I saw at least four large plates piled high, one of them just as we were about to leave.
Everything went well. Everyone except the late BiL's ex wife was on
time or fashionably late. We expect her to be late and she always has
an excuse. Being the sort who is always late she always has an
interesting excuse, but who really believes excuses from the chronically
and consistently tardy.
I regret to say there are no good BN stories. Of course she and her
husband were there early. We had two tables reserved for the family and
she thought to grace my with her presence and sat next to me. I looked
at my wife with my best pleading face and said I needed a buffer. She
picked up immediately and told the niece that we had the two tables and
maybe she and her husband should sit at the other one to get it started
and so we wouldn't have to worry about some strangers grabbing the
second one. Worked like a charm.
Of course she started with the sort of behaviour that really irks me. As
soon as she was at her seat she called out to a server and told her to
bring water. Sorry, but I was hosting the event and I think it was up to
me to ask the server to start with the service. This is the person who
brags about how she and her husband piss off servers, and I have seen
her treat servers so badly the sneak away and we lose our service. Other
than that, it was just her immense appetite. I saw at least four large plates piled high, one of them just as we were about to leave.
On 7/19/2025 5:39 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
Everything went well. Everyone except the late BiL's ex wife was on
time or fashionably late. We expect her to be late and she always
has an excuse. Being the sort who is always late she always has an
interesting excuse, but who really believes excuses from the
chronically and consistently tardy.
I regret to say there are no good BN stories. Of course she and her
husband were there early. We had two tables reserved for the family
and she thought to grace my with her presence and sat next to me. I
looked at my wife with my best pleading face and said I needed a
buffer. She picked up immediately and told the niece that we had the
two tables and maybe she and her husband should sit at the other one
to get it started and so we wouldn't have to worry about some
strangers grabbing the second one. Worked like a charm.
Of course she started with the sort of behaviour that really irks me.
As soon as she was at her seat she called out to a server and told her
to bring water. Sorry, but I was hosting the event and I think it was
up to me to ask the server to start with the service. This is the
person who brags about how she and her husband piss off servers, and I
have seen her treat servers so badly the sneak away and we lose our
service. Other than that, it was just her immense appetite. I saw at
least four large plates piled high, one of them just as we were about
to leave.
At least it is nice she is healthy and keeping in good shape.
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
On 7/20/2025 1:17 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
Thunderbird said it could not set it, cancelled and re-sent. Evidently,
they lied.
On 2025-07-20 2:43 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 7/20/2025 1:17 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
Thunderbird said it could not set it, cancelled and re-sent. Evidently,
they lied.
Thunderbird used to work so well and every time it updates I get new >problems.
On 7/20/2025 1:17 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
Thunderbird said it could not set it, cancelled and re-sent. Evidently,
they lied.
On 7/20/2025 1:17 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:As it appears to have happened just now.
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
Thunderbird said it could not set it, cancelled and re-sent. Evidently,
they lied.
On 2025-07-20 12:43 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 7/20/2025 1:17 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
Thunderbird said it could not set it, cancelled and re-sent.
Evidently, they lied.
I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
On 2025-07-20 12:43 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 7/20/2025 1:17 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
Thunderbird said it could not set it, cancelled and re-sent. Evidently,
they lied.
I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
On 2025-07-20 4:48 p.m., Graham wrote:
On 2025-07-20 12:43 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 7/20/2025 1:17 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
Thunderbird said it could not set it, cancelled and re-sent.
Evidently, they lied.
I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it
is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi >tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent
folder as if they had gone.
Actually, my experiences with TBird mirror Dave's.I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it
is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi
tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent
folder as if they had gone.
I'm on Thunderbird's side.
On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:15:11 -0400, Dave Smith
<adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:
On 2025-07-20 4:48 p.m., Graham wrote:
On 2025-07-20 12:43 p.m., Ed P wrote:
On 7/20/2025 1:17 PM, Mike Duffy wrote:
On 2025-07-19, Ed P wrote:
At least it is nice she is healthy
and keeping in good shape.
Apparently, you can say that again.
You repeated your message of 53 seconds prior.
Thunderbird said it could not set it, cancelled and re-sent.
Evidently, they lied.
I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it
is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi
tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent
folder as if they had gone.
I'm on Thunderbird's side.
On 7/20/2025 5:44 PM, Graham wrote:
Actually, my experiences with TBird mirror Dave's.I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it >>>> is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi >>>> tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent >>>> folder as if they had gone.
I'm on Thunderbird's side.
Right now, I'm on Blocknews and eternal-september will not connect. They
both are problematic at times.
On 2025-07-20 3:19 p.m., Bruce wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 17:15:11 -0400, Dave Smith
Actually, my experiences with TBird mirror Dave's.I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it
is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi
tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent
folder as if they had gone.
I'm on Thunderbird's side.
On 7/20/2025 5:44 PM, Graham wrote:
Actually, my experiences with TBird mirror Dave's.I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it >>>> is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi >>>> tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent >>>> folder as if they had gone.
I'm on Thunderbird's side.
Right now, I'm on Blocknews and eternal-september will not connect. They
both are problematic at times.
On 2025-07-20, Ed P <esp@snet.xxx> wrote:
On 7/20/2025 5:44 PM, Graham wrote:
Actually, my experiences with TBird mirror Dave's.I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it >>>>> is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi >>>>> tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent >>>>> folder as if they had gone.
I'm on Thunderbird's side.
Right now, I'm on Blocknews and eternal-september will not connect. They
both are problematic at times.
Yeah, I had that problem yesterday evening. I just waited until
this morning to impart my wisdom to the masses.
On 7/20/2025 5:44 PM, Graham wrote:
Actually, my experiences with TBird mirror Dave's.I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it >>>> is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi >>>> tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent >>>> folder as if they had gone.
I'm on Thunderbird's side.
Right now, I'm on Blocknews and eternal-september will not connect. They
both are problematic at times.
On 7/20/2025 5:49 PM, Ed P wrote:
On 7/20/2025 5:44 PM, Graham wrote:
Actually, my experiences with TBird mirror Dave's.I use Thunderbird/Blocknews and often my posts fail to appear. So
I sometimes repeat.
It happens more often when the post is relatively long (for me).
I have been having more and more problems with Thunderbird. Part of it >>>>> is that if posts take too long to compose, either from content or multi >>>>> tasking, they don't appear online even though they show up in the sent >>>>> folder as if they had gone.
I'm on Thunderbird's side.
Right now, I'm on Blocknews and eternal-september will not connect. They
both are problematic at times.
Eternal-september would not connect last night and I can't figure out
the port settings for Blocknews so I just waited until I got home this >evening and ES connected again. It's not really a T-Bird problem.
You have to excuse Bruce and his homoerotic fascination with me.
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