RAMBLES Part II

[Capuchin]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}Awwww. Poor Capuchin. Poor poor Capuchin. I am the oldest of three. The youngest of us is a little brother. This doesn't speak well for Big Sisters with Little Brothers. Tsk! Tsk! Shame on us Big Sisters

 

Sorry to interrupt. I don't want to take the thread sideways, but I have to protect my rep!

 

When most people talk about scars from childhood, they mean they were so delicate they had emotional traumas early in life.

 

Courtesy of my sisters, I have real scars.

 

Thinking a little extra weight would be an advantage in a pillow fight, one of them added a hefty rock to her pillowcase. Nine stitches starting from my eyelid. The upside was that I had to wear an eye patch for a week or two, so I could constantly play pirate.

 

I used a little red ladder to climb up to put my clothes in the washing machine. One day, they grabbed my legs and tipped me headfirst into the tub. Apparently I was fighting enough they couldn't get me all the way in, so they started banging the lid shut on my legs. There must have been a sharp edge on it. I needed twelve stitches in a T-shaped pattern. The upside was my sisters had to do my laundry for a month.

 

I could go on about scalp, shoulder, stomach, groin, thigh, and ankle, but you get the idea. I was such a regular customer at the emergency room, the nurses thought I'd moved when I hadn't been in there for six months.

 

Is it any wonder why I sought refuge in books?

[CineMaven]

I could go on about scalp, shoulder, stomach, groin, thigh, and ankle, but you get the idea. I was such a regular customer at the emergency room, the nurses thought I'd moved when I hadn't been in there for six months.

 

Is it any wonder why I sought refuge in books?

 

Oh my. Oh my oh my oh my!!! My dear poor Capuchin. This is horrible. Horrible to hear. I knew little brothers were pains in the neck, but I do not mean to suggest they be tarred and feathered. Well...not literally. I am hesitant to pry and ask were your parents not around to protect you. This sounds like more than just childhood scrapes. What's your relationship like now with those --harridans-- gals?

 

It's a wonder you don't throw a library of books on top of them.

 

Sans Fin...extra TLC for Capuchin tonite! That's a CineMavic order!!

[Capuchin]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}

> This is horrible. Horrible to hear. I knew little brothers were pains in the neck, but I do not mean to suggest they be tarred and feathered. Well...not literally. I am hesitant to pry and ask were your parents not around to protect you. This sounds like more than just childhood scrapes. What's your relationship like now with those harridans gals?

 

They weren't sociopaths, just recklessly enthusiastic. I don't remember either of them ever getting seriously hurt; it was just that I was so much younger I didn't have the reflexes to get out of the way at the last moment.

 

Most of their jokes were things like teaching me 'one goose, two geese; one moose, two meese' or telling me a certain word was spelled with a 'ph' instead of an 'f' so it wasn't a four letter word, and it wasn't what mom meant when she said not to use the 'f word.'

 

I wasn't always the butt of their fun. One convinced the other that if she caught a bee, it'd make honey in her hand. Then she convinced her to not tell mom about being stung because mom would be disappointed she had a daughter so stupid she couldn't tell the difference between a honey bee and a stinging bee.

 

As for parental control -- dad worked long hours. I usually saw him on weekends. Mom worked and had an active social life. I often saw her at breakfast. One time, it was two days before they knew I was in the hospital with pneumonia.

 

As for my relationship with them -- since we moved to different parts of the country, we started writing regularly and got along great. One has since passed away, and I haven't seen the other since 1972 (she's the one who SansFin says looks Valentino).

 

Picking out a few incidents here and there, it sounds terrible, but in many ways I had a great childhood.

 

They taught me to read and write very early so I could help them with their homework (I'd read their lists of spelling words and mark which ones they missed, etc.). In school, I was proud to be so far ahead of everyone else, which reinforced my desire to read and write even more.

 

They taught me to do my own laundry, cook my own meals, and vacuum, dust, etc.. It was their way of making me do their chores, but it also means I've never been one of those guys who is helpless without a mother or wife to take care of him.

 

I can say they made me what I am today -- a neurotic, paranoid misanthrope. At least it's better than being a self-made man with no one else to blame!

 

> Sans Fin...extra TLC for Capuchin tonite! That's a CineMavic order!!

 

Don't tell her that! It makes me very nervous when a woman is extra nice to me -- it makes me wonder what's she buttering me up for.

 

Edited by: Capuchin on Nov 28, 2011 4:22 PM

[CineMaven]

> *They weren't sociopaths, just recklessly enthusiastic.*

Well thank goodness. Whew!

> *Most of their jokes were things like teaching me 'one goose, two geese; one moose, two meese' or telling me a certain word was spelled with a 'ph' instead of an 'f' so it wasn't a four letter word, and it wasn't what mom meant when she said not to use the 'f word.'*

Aaaah, harmless grammatical phun. I get it.

> *I wasn't always the butt of their fun. One convinced the other that if she caught a bee, it'd make honey in her hand. Then she convinced her to not tell mom about being stung because mom would be disappointed she had a daughter so stupid she couldn't tell the difference between a honey bee and a stinging bee.*

Ha!!

> *As for parental control -- dad worked long hours. I usually saw him on weekends. Mom worked and had an active social life. I often saw her at breakfast. One time, it was two days before they knew I was in the hospital with pneumonia.*

YIKES!! Poor kid. Leave it to your sisters to tell 'em. My father got home around six. And my mom was (and is) what Society used to call "a housewife." I used to think she watched "I Love Lucy" all day but somehow she got things done.

> *As for my relationship with them -- since we moved to different parts of the country, we started writing regularly and got along great. One has since passed away, and I haven't seen the other since 1972 (she's the one who SansFin says looks Valentino).*

Uhmmmm....you have a sister who looks like this:

 

*VALENTINA CAPUCHIN???*

 

> *Picking out a few incidents here and there, it sounds terrible, but in many ways I had a great childhood.*

Well THAT'S good!

> *They taught me to read and write very early so I could help them with their homework..They taught me to do my own laundry, cook my own meals, and vacuum, dust, etc.. It was their way of making me do their chores, but it also means I've never been one of those guys who is helpless without a mother or wife to take care of him.*

Whoa! A self-sufficient man...already broken in? That a gal doesn't have to train? Hey, how 'bout...Oh wait, you're taken. Say, do you have a brother who looks like this:

 

*CAPUCHIN'S BROTHER: VALENTINO CAPPUCINO*???

 

> *I can say they made me what I am today -- a neurotic, paranoid misanthrope. At least it's better than being a self-made man with no one else to blame!*

LOL!

 

Sans Fin...extra TLC for Capuchin tonite! That's a CineMavic order!!

 

> *Don't tell her that! It makes me very nervous when a woman is extra nice to me -- it makes me wonder what's she buttering me up for.* ;-)

Now why don't men ever trust us when we're nice to them?

 

Sir, you...are...hilarious!

 

(Psst! Ask for diamonds, Sans Fin!)

[SansFin]

> VALENTINA CAPUCHIN???

 

He has only one picture of her. She looks very much like a picture I have seen with Rudolph Valentino with a mustache. I have never met her. I do not feel a great urge to meet her.

 

> Whoa! A self-sufficient man...already broken in? That a gal doesn't have to train?

 

His home is always neat and tidy and he cooks delicious and exotic meals and he bakes wonderful cakes. He appears also to have a kind and gentle nature. I have been told that some people in the neighborhood believed he was gay before I came here. It makes me happy that you remember that he is taken. I would not wish to have to hurt you.

 

> (Psst! Ask for diamonds, Sans Fin!)

 

I thank you for the sentiment. I prefer emerald-cut pigeon-blood-red rubies set in 20 carat gold. It is also very nice if they were from Faberg?. They are more discrete and they do not flash in stray light at night.

[CineMaven]

*He has only one picture of her. She looks very much like a picture I have seen with Rudolph Valentino with a mustache. I have never met her. I do not feel a great urge to meet her.*

 

 

 

I can see why. I think. I'll drop the subject.

 

 

*His home is always neat and tidy and he cooks delicious and exotic meals and he bakes wonderful cakes. He appears also to have a kind and gentle nature. I have been told that some people in the neighborhood believed he was gay before I came here.*

 

 

A common stupid assumption. You are very lucky to reap all the benefits.

 

 

*It makes me happy that you remember that he is taken. I would not wish to have to hurt you.* ;-)

 

 

I have been "The Other Woman" several times in my life. But no woman has challenged me to a duel as you have. I shall not go after Capuchin. (I would hate to lose...twice).

 

 

*I thank you for the sentiment. I prefer emerald-cut pigeon-blood-red rubies set in 20 carat gold. It is also very nice if they were from Fabergé. They are more discrete and they do not flash in stray light at night.*

 

 

I thought they only made eggs. See? That's how much I know. Whew! You are very very very specific. I hope you find this under your Christmas tree. Or better yet...your pillow.

[SansFin]

Faberg? made many things. You may think of them as an upscale version of Tiffany's.

 

Rings:

Bracelets:

Cufflinks:

Brooches:

Lockets:

Charms:

Pendants:

Photograph frames:

Cigarette cases:

Figurines:

 

They also made plates, bowls and serving trays. My father has part of a Faberg? desk set which was left behind when a hotel manager left the country hurriedly.

 

They also made miniature furniture:

It is gold and enamel and it sold in 2008 for $2,280,000.

 

This was not made by Faberg? but it is of the same period and it is my ideal ring style:

 

Some Faberg? animals and miniature furniture and picture frames can be seen at:

 

 

Edited by: SansFin on Nov 29, 2011 1:06 AM

[JackFavell]

WHY did I look?

 

I don't know what a kovsch is, but it's obvious to me that I need one. or more.

 

And a square cut Siberian Amethyst ring.

 

It's my birthstone.

[CineMaven]

Holy Cow, J.F....S.F. You both have very expensive champagne tastes. I don't have a thing in my wardrobe closet to wear that bracelet with. Can someone send me a string of beads. You know, like the kind Elizabeth Hartman threaded in "A Patch of Blue." I've got lots to match that with. Just send the box to:

 

Cine Maven

Ditmas Park

Brooklyn, New York

U.S.A., Earth

The Milky Way Galaxy

 

It'll reach me. I trust our postal system. It's the best.

[JackFavell]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}Holy Cow, J.F....S.F. You both have very expensive champagne tastes. *I don't have a thing in my wardrobe closet to wear that bracelet with.*

 

Silly. You buy the wardrobe to match the bracelet... an excuse to go shopping.

[SansFin]

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}WHY did I look?

> I don't know what a kovsch is, but it's obvious to me that I need one. or more.

 

When you are at a punch bowl you use a ladle to fill a cup from which you drink. When you are at a bowl of mead you use your kovsh as a ladle and then you drink from it. A fine distinction is that you use a gold kovsh when drinking dark mead and a silver kovsh when drinking light mead. Mead is a wine made of honey.

 

I believe their being given as gifts meant the person receiving it would always be welcome to the weddings, funerals and other feasts when the mead bowl would be used.

 

> And a square cut Siberian Amethyst ring.

 

My mother had a ring very much like that but the stone was onyx with a ruby set in the corner.

[JackFavell]

Wherever there's mead, I'll be there.....I have had it before and it's delicious, so I'll need one kovsh of each color. I'll put it on my Christmas list.

 

Your mother was a lucky woman to have such a beautiful ring.

 

I had a tiny square cut amethyst ring which was given me at birth, but I lost it sometime in a move and never found it again. I'd gladly replace it with the one shown on that site.

[SansFin]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}

> I don't have a thing in my wardrobe closet to wear that bracelet with.

 

I believe you could wear this ring with anything:

 

You might prefer to stay home and sip your evening libations from this beaker:

It could help you release your inner Cossack. It was a presentation piece and it is inscribed: "For valiant and intrepid slashing."

[SansFin]

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}

> Your mother was a lucky woman to have such a beautiful ring.

 

It was not by Faberg?. I believe it was a family heirloom. Her family was White Russian.

[JackFavell]

Oh my, did they have to flee Russia during the revolution?

[CineMaven]

Evening JackaaAaay - Silly. You buy the wardrobe to match the bracelet... an excuse to go shopping.

 

That's right. Silly me. Well...SAKS here I come. No wait. I can't go. Doggone it! You have to be dressed to even to walk into Saks Fifth Avenue. D'Ohhhhh!!!

 

Hi Sans Fin - When you are at a bowl of mead you use your kovsh as a ladle and then you drink from it.

 

Mead? Now I've got to travel back to the Renaissance era??? Brother! I still won't have anything to wear with that. What does someone wear for time travel. Geez! If only I looked like Yvette Mimieux.

 

...Mead is a wine made of honey.

 

Ohhhh...uhm...I knew that. Okay, red or white. Ladle me a pitcher full please. I'll need it to go shopping. (I hate to shop!)

 

It could help you release your inner Cossack. It was a presentation piece and it is inscribed: "For valiant and intrepid slashing."

 

I can't afford to have my Cossack slashed. I just got it nipped and tucked six months ago. Listen, can I get my mead poured into my TCM Mug? I love my mug!

 

It was not by Fabergé. I believe it was a family heirloom. Her family was White Russian.

 

Sans Fin...is your real name Anastasia??? And how mesmerizing WAS Rasputin? Did he EVER shave?

 

Edited by: CineMaven on Nov 29, 2011 7:09 PM - becuz I can't be witty and spell correctly and fight with this board's formatting all at the same time!

[SansFin]

> {quote:title=JackFavell wrote:}{quote}

> Oh my, did they have to flee Russia during the revolution?

 

They were not noble. They were reasonably wealthy and highly respected. My great-grandmother knew Tatiana and had spoken with Tsarina Alexandra. I believe my grandmother might also have known Tatiana.

 

The family left Moscow at the beginning of the troubles. My great-grandmother gave over her house to a leader of the Reds to placate him and to save it from being marred. In exchange he gave the family safe passage to Odessa where they had a house for vacations. It was so modest the family was allowed to live there in peace until it was damaged beyond repair in the war.

[SansFin]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}

>> When you are at a bowl of mead you use your kovsh as a ladle and then you drink from it.

> Mead? Now I've got to travel back to the Renaissance era???

There is a new interest in mead. I believe there are now more than a hundred wineries in America that are making it. It is becoming fashionable.

 

> how mesmerizing WAS Rasputin?

My great-grandmother and grandmother never spoke of him. It is possible they met him. I have no diaries or letters of theirs which mention him.

[SansFin]

> {quote:title=CineMaven wrote:}{quote}

> SAKS here I come. No wait. I can't go. Doggone it! You have to be dressed to even to walk into Saks Fifth Avenue.

 

I did not know there were stores here which wish their customers to enter undressed.

[CineMaven]

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[SansFin]

As it is now December which is the month of your Christmas you may enjoy this:

 

The introduction is poorly drawn and annoying. It only lasts thirty seconds. I do not believe any will need it translated.

 

It is dear to my heart for many reasons. There has been a Masha in one form or another on television forever. This incarnation is precious and sums up the personality of those given the name.

 

It is also dear to me as my mother called me Masha often. I knew it meant that what I had done would be forgiven. It was when she said my name in full that I was in actual trouble.

 

It has always also been Capuchin's pet name for me. I do not know how he knew of it as an endearment for a person who is charmingly precocious. It was he who found this series on-line.

[MissGoddess]

Ooh, that is so cute, Sansfin! She looks like a little red riding hood, only pinky instead of red.

 

****

I just want to say, it's so very nice to have *Mr. Osborne* back where he belongs. The world feels a little more "right" tonight.

 

h1. Welcome back, Robert Osborne!

 

*Jewel Robbery* always leaves me with the most delightful light-headedness (no "cigarette" needed).

 

Edited by: MissGoddess on Dec 1, 2011 9:37 PM

[SansFin]

> {quote:title=MissGoddess wrote:}{quote}

> Ooh, that is so cute

 

I hoped some here would enjoy it. I believe its innocence is appropriate for this time of the year. I should have explained that the title of the series is: Masha and the Bear. When her clothes change she is the Snow Maiden who is the granddaughter of Father Frost who helps him in giving presents.

 

> it's so very nice to have Mr. Osborne back where he belongs. The world feels a little more "right" tonight.

 

It does indeed. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. I do not believe we could love Mr. Osborne more than we do! It was wonderful to see him.

 

> Jewel Robbery always leaves me with the most delightful light-headedness (no "cigarette" needed).

 

It is indeed wonderful. I am not one for fancy clothes yet I find myself wanting some of her gowns. I love very much the way she is offended that he expected to have a quiet night in her bedroom!

[SansFin]

 

Congratulations, CineMaven!

[rohanaka]

Congrats on your 12K Miss Maven!!! Here's to many more!!!

 

I WOULD say this calls for cake.. but there is even MORE reason to celebrate tonight as well..

 

Miss Goddess says...

 

*Welcome back, Robert Osborne*

 

To which I can only reply.. HERE! HERE! (that.. and "yippee, yeehaw.. and HOORAY!!!" )

 

OH me.. We're gonna need more than one cake!!

 

 

 

 

 

ENJOY, everybody..

 

Welcome back our dear, beloved Mr. Osborne!!