Ohio Adventures

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I was all excited today because I was going to see my boyhood idol, Herb Alpert, give a concert up in Cleveland tonight.

Then it turns out that what I thought was just a cold turned out to be covid. LOL

Completely bummed out.


Hope you recover quickly and completely, no long covid. 


drummerboy said:

I was all excited today because I was going to see my boyhood idol, Herb Alpert, give a concert up in Cleveland tonight.

Then it turns out that what I thought was just a cold turned out to be covid.
LOL

Completely bummed out.

COVID is making the rounds right now. Take care of yourself.


Hope you recover soon.  One thing that helped my wife and myself a lot, as older high risk individuals, was taking a 5-day course of Paxlovid as soon as we found out.  I recovered quickly, while my wife had a slight 2-day rebound before recovering.  

drummerboy said:

I was all excited today because I was going to see my boyhood idol, Herb Alpert, give a concert up in Cleveland tonight.

Then it turns out that what I thought was just a cold turned out to be covid.
LOL

Completely bummed out.


Be aware --- Paxlovid is not recommended if you have high blood pressure - kidney disease.


Formerlyjerseyjack said:

Be aware --- Paxlovid is not recommended if you have high blood pressure - kidney disease.

the recommendations for Paxlovil regarding high blood pressure are decidedly mixed, as far as I can see.


funny thing...

I recently started playing pickleball at my health club. There are about 40 people who play there, so I've had to introduce myself many times.

My first name is Mario. When I introduce myself,  I pronounce it with a flat "a", like in "bat". I've always preferred this pronunciation, as opposed to "Mahrio", like the word "mar".

Anyway, pretty much everyone wants to say Mahrio, and they always ask which I prefer. At first I used to give the flat a version, but I've gotten so tired of it that now I just say it doesn't matter.

(and forget about the number of people who have to mention the video game)

What's weird is that when I lived in NJ/NY I don't think anyone ever asked me for my preferred pronunciation, so it's taken me a bit by surprise.


As you can tell from my user name, my first name is Karen, pronounced kah-ren, accent on the second syllable. For the life of me, I can not get Alexa to pronounce it correctly. When I spell it correctly, she pronounces it almost like keer-an, accent on the first syllable. Very Upstate/Midwest. I tried to get my friends who grew up in NY State to pronounce it correctly and they couldn't...


On that note, in Hong Kong whenever you're called up by a govt agency / health clinic / anyone, they use the Chinese order of your name, which is LAST, FIRST MIDDLE. The way they pronounce my middle name is not how I pronounce it and because it's a family name I'm always thinking 'well, glad I don't use that as a password anywhere' (but banks do ask for it when I'm trying to get phone help as one of the secrets).  They (HK officialdom) put the stress on the wrong (or right) syllable. I am no longer certain who is right but think both are OK and I don't bother even trying to change what is deeply engrained in the bureaucracy and its perhaps British English pronunciation. 


Ohio beats NJ for Xmas light decorations. Lots and lots of elaborate setups. And the next town over, Stow, has the biggest display of lights I've ever seen around a town hall. The hell with separation of church and state.


KarenMarlowe said:

As you can tell from my user name, my first name is Karen, pronounced kah-ren, accent on the second syllable. For the life of me, I can not get Alexa to pronounce it correctly. When I spell it correctly, she pronounces it almost like keer-an, accent on the first syllable. Very Upstate/Midwest. I tried to get my friends who grew up in NY State to pronounce it correctly and they couldn't...

I just had my car GPS tell me to turn right onto O ranj street.


Good ricotta is very hard to find here. Brands I never heard of and not very good. I guess to be expected where the supermarkets have "Canned Pasta" signs on their aisles.


drummerboy said:

Good ricotta is very hard to find here. Brands I never heard of and not very good. I guess to be expected where the supermarkets have "Canned Pasta" signs on their aisles.

if you feel like a road trip, my relatives near Youngstown make regular jaunts to Italian markets in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Pittsburgh overall is pretty fabulous. 


Heynj said:

if you feel like a road trip, my relatives near Youngstown make regular jaunts to Italian markets in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Pittsburgh overall is pretty fabulous. 

that's an idea. I'm retired and always looking for things to do.


Heynj said:

if you feel like a road trip, my relatives near Youngstown make regular jaunts to Italian markets in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. Pittsburgh overall is pretty fabulous. 

My son called and told me I should look at real estate in Pittsburgh. He lives in WA state but has a lot of friends there, visits frequently and said he would move there. Not for a “roommate” situation, but he’d be closer to me, and …. He worries about me! (SFX: mother’s heart melting.)

And I was BORN in Pittsburgh! It was still black and sooty when we moved to Connecticut when I was six and a half. But I hear it’s bright and shiny now, with many colleges & universities – and now I hear Italian markets, too!

As a native, I still lay claim to The Incline, the Steel Curtain and Roberto Clemente. But I think I need to make a visit to the “new” Pittsburgh to get a feel for it. And maybe arrange a visit with DB, who would be a lot closer to Pittsburgh than NJ.

Also, as a native, my thanks to all who have included our "H" at the end of Pittsburgh.  Nothing bothers a native more than seeing "Pittsburg"!   cheese


When the incline was completed and ready to open, a test run was prepared, along with a new engineer who was to sit in front and run the thing.

(Google: Pittsburgh Incline to see what I am talking about).

So the engineer gets in the seat, looks down and immediately quit.


I passed a restaurant recently called Big A** Salads

no asterisks on the sign

call me a boomer old fart, but that's a bit trashy for me


Use'ta be a BBQ restaurant on McCarter St in Newark, "Big Black, Bad-**** Cowboy."


and another thing

drive-thru stores are a thing here. liquor and convenience stores for the most part.

I don't really understand how they work, and I'm kinda afraid to find out.


Ohio is definitely not a foodie destination.

As for Pittsburgh, it is a great place to visit.  Great neighborhoods, food, etc.


Drive-thru was a thing in California back in the day, too (don't know about now).  I don't think they were allowed to sell alcohol via drive-thru, but there was always plenty at the gas station stores.  Didn't seem like a great idea somehow.  Drive-thru milk/bread/egg runs were great for people with little kids in the car.

In Texas, iirc, they even sold prepared drinks via drive-thru.  Open carry of beer etc. in the car was not illegal for sure.  question Some time back.


yahooyahoo said:

Ohio is definitely not a foodie destination.

As for Pittsburgh, it is a great place to visit.  Great neighborhoods, food, etc.

yup. I think I'll be heading over in the near future.


drummerboy said:

and another thing

drive-thru stores are a thing here. liquor and convenience stores for the most part.

I don't really understand how they work, and I'm kinda afraid to find out.

I’m a bit horrified by drive-thru’s in general.

Presumably, they originated as a convenience. Seemed quicker.

Now, they are a big, inefficient line for super-lazy people who can’t be bothered to get out of their cars, abetted by the fact that they can be pacified by their phones while they wait.

For a while, it was OK, because you could just go inside and be served much quicker while all the people waiting at the drive-thru paid for their laziness. 

Now, the drive-thru line seems to be prioritized, so everyone has to wait.





Yeah, I've tried to short circuit a long drive-thru line by going in and ordering and I inevitably wait just as long or longer than the drive-thru would have been.


Big snow storm predicted for tomorrow, but the stores are surprisingly empty of french toast shoppers. All is calm here in the mid west.

(but do I have eggs? must check.)


We are supposed to get some snow here too - but not sure how the stores are after having a couple rounds of bad weather. We still have bread, milk, and a lot of eggs. Guess we're ready here to make French Toast... or maybe some pudding.


I'm having trouble understanding Ohio pronunciation rules.

City of Medina is pronounced med-eye-na. I want to say med-eee-na

City of Palestine is palesteen and not what the rest of the world says.


drummerboy said:

I'm having trouble understanding Ohio pronunciation rules.

City of Medina is pronounced med-eye-na. I want to say med-eee-na

City of Palestine is palesteen and not what the rest of the world says.

Vienna is Vie-enna, and Lima is Lie-ma, like the bean. I agree. It’s disconcerting. 


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