http://www.bookboardchat.com/members/ohliz/activity/ Activity feed for Liz. Tue, 12 May 2026 23:19:54 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.3.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 79deb385d2cc907f684610ed487f5f7c http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/31632/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 04:06:24 -0400 Hi Jo Anne. Glad someone found the information of interest.

]]> 16411895e0108cbe657c94d43f4333de http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/31623/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:48:08 -0400 First, HI good friend Jo Anne.
Just had to report in with info about one of the finest as seen on TV products I've ever had. It's that Car Cane that is advertised.
For those of us not young anymore with wonky knees, weak legs or any of the other wonderful things that happen I can tell you this products is a God send.
It just makes getting out of the car so much easier.
I did NOT get it off the TV, got it from eBay and it was here in three days with free shipping. I am giving the thing rave reviews. http://www.ebay.com/itm/CAR-CANE-Deluxe-Auto-Mobility-Aid-Flashlight-Glass-Breaker-Belt-Cutter-New-/321821072265?hash=item4aee07db89

]]> 6a7996af4808fdf4a7c8dfd1232bf29e http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/30171/ Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:39:13 -0400 Patsy we have a front that keeps moving up and down. In the 30's this morning and now pushing 70. Still cold just to the north of us. Every time the front decides to move we get big thunder. Right now it's calm and sunshiny. Typical March in NW Ohio.

]]> edb8cf1881ddbc331ed4504bbf2510a6 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/30167/ Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:26:04 -0400 Good afternoon. Many thanks. This birthday sure snuck up on me. Update? Well I'm still breathing and that's a plus. Turning 73 today. If I could just remember how I would post a picture taken this morning.
Woke up to an email from my high school reunion committee. They told me that two that I graduated with died this past week. Now if that doesn't cheer up the birthday girl I don't know what can. GEEZ.
Let's see, Granddaughter Emily and Grandson Ryan are 20 as of April 1st and Emily in July. Grandson Matt is 12 in July.
I'm still fairly healthy considering what an old crock I am. Kidney still working feverishly and heart functioning. Bill and I still traveling but find I can't shlep around places like I used to.
Thankful for my friends especially Jo Anne. We've become really great friends although we've never "met!"
Again. thanks for the wishes. Always think I will come here more but then I don't. I do look in once in a while to see that all are well.

]]> b6f68a899f520a69de044ef2277ae5f7 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/29249/ Fri, 30 Jan 2015 21:23:15 -0500 OK

]]> 0fee571404c5f293ba3fc1509e6043a7 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/29241/ Fri, 30 Jan 2015 06:14:48 -0500 Jim just got back in October on a cruise from Southampton to Gibraltar, to Barcelona, Mallorca, and ports on the south of Spain. Went up to Lisbon, Portugal and to Vigo, Spain. That was on Royal Caribbean and was a totally great trip.
Leaving in three weeks for some sun in the Easter Caribbean. Just have to get through these winters somehow.
Did love Barcelona. One of the cleanest cities I've ever seen.

]]> dda03ad37d6d70838428c0e14ed9cbf8 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/28198/ Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:50:06 -0400 Certainly from what I've seen, Lady Antebellum isn't in a class with the Cyrus type. She seems to have some class.

]]> 5cd5006233d06af1152b8fcae026b244 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/28195/ Sun, 26 Oct 2014 23:01:42 -0400 And of course all of us flower children and old crocks will remember the ever popular Louie Louie. Yessir I'm almost sure I knew what they were singing.

]]> 3b3bf7622b9002f6e7621d254fa2a6ea http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/28188/ Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:56:15 -0400 And a bit of strange history. Moon died in the same flat as Mama Cass had four years earlier and at the same age. No she did not choke on a ham sandwich. It was a heart attack.

]]> 2127260fd15e9c27df1f5385649bc50d http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/28186/ Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:39:41 -0400 Well now I was an old hippie. Now I'm just old and a bit hippie. A child of the late fifties and sixties and remember the Mamas and Papas, Morrison, and oh yes, Joplin.
Beats the heck out of the filth put out by rappers and the soppy music of today.
Still loving and listen to the music of the 80's too. Journey and Queen and the great bands of that time.
How we would have laughed at the likes of Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears and that ilk. Had you told us that was a glimpse into the future we wouldn't have believed it and laughed that people of today considered it music.

]]> d9444560ce40dbc038f064fd9064ddd8 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27092/ Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:22:30 -0400 That is where I am sending a card. Still stunned that he is gone.

]]> d91f9afc3297b0cb44482280a17fcfa7 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27091/ Tue, 22 Jul 2014 01:08:28 -0400 Hi Beth. He is at the O'Connell Funeral Home in Hudson, Wi. Actually that's where his service will be held as Diane has donated his body for research. The Obituary has come up. What a remarkable, brilliant man he was. http://www.oconnellfuneralhomes.com/obit.php?id=1210

]]> 4e5917aacbc26f890fc7f80eeee89730 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27089/ Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:55:34 -0400 Oh thanks. I wondered knowing he lived in, I believe Lakeland MN. How great it would be if you could go to the visitation. Please do let Diane know how highly regarded Bill was and is. I would love to meet her. She is such a very nice lady.

]]> 220b1c74c787c9d02a8a4bf4cbcdc9e9 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27083/ Mon, 21 Jul 2014 03:39:15 -0400 That is the address to leave memorials on line. Arrangements are still not complete. I know Diane will appreciate your thoughts.

]]> 64e276d61e9b425072875fc497c10662 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27082/ Mon, 21 Jul 2014 03:38:12 -0400 http://www.oconnellfuneralhomes.com/obit.php?id=1210

]]> de157c90e5c0c53daa8ef94075ba671d http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27080/ Mon, 21 Jul 2014 03:33:56 -0400 Oh here is the waited for info. I got this from Diane. Cards would be most welcome. He is at O'Connell Funeral Home - Hudson, WI. If you need more info, just let me know.
I will ask Diane if he is originally from WI. I thought he lived in Minnesota. I know that cards will be a great comfort to her. It is so darn sad and I can tell she is so lost. Next week on the 31st would have been their 49th anniversary. She said that his body has gone to science to research the 4 cancers study will help others. OMG, helpful to others even at the end.

]]> ea8e7d89a887692156c4530976feec31 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27079/ Mon, 21 Jul 2014 03:24:10 -0400 His full name is William Stoetzel. He lived in Lakeland, Minnesota. I am hoping to find out the name of the funeral home where we can perhaps leave our memorials on line.

]]> 0bdf3be85b8e339132dbd418bb8b43f1 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27076/ Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:09:56 -0400 Yes I do have Diane's permission. About nine years ago he had cancer and it was treated and really was successful. Whether that cancer returned or something new I don't know but only about four weeks ago they found it again in many parts of his body. It was stage four and couldn't be treated. Thank heavens for Hospice to take care of him.

]]> f621c6660a56fefb5d02ad8a7884c302 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27074/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 22:45:52 -0400 Beth thankfully he didn't know until about a month ago how serious and hopeless it was. Really in the scheme of things rather sudden how it all happened.
Paula he had an amazing wit. How I wish I could post some of his emails but of course out of the question. He was so special.

]]> 962c72e7b10f86098a9c60c7bd62dcf3 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27064/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:57:28 -0400 Bob yes especially on the old book board and of course here. He posted on the glass board and pottery. He had such knowledge and was so helpful. Remembering his fabulous finds he got with Nippon.

]]> b0912146c30086438d8bce68c6144454 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27062/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 15:22:54 -0400 Diane no, Bill lived in Minnesota

]]> 5518cc9684d02e381d43e6b9574a4309 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27059/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:29:06 -0400 OMG Patsy. I didn't know those nuggets were that good. Of course that is rather like my act in the morning if the coffee isn't ready.

]]> 682fe155d1227a39f28cf4fa9d7b9142 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27057/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:21:58 -0400 It is amazing to me that someone we only meet on a computer and never in person can affect our lives. There was a time that I truly thought that certainly if you only met that way that you could never judge what kind of person they would be. I was wrong because the true decency of a person DOES come through with only with the written word. Strangely enough you get a sense of a true lack of decency that way. It was that discovery that made Bill and I good friends. I will SO miss him.

]]> 8b1a6a5b4a6e0e8401e7a3876cab4e30 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/27054/ Sun, 20 Jul 2014 13:17:59 -0400 Early this morning one of my good eBay friends passed away. Bill (itsagas) passed away at 12:05. He was a brilliant guy, witty and an all around good fellah. I hope you all will keep his wife Diane in your thoughts.

]]> 78616eb409913073866ce98775b3273f http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26869/ Sun, 29 Jun 2014 13:53:49 -0400 Now that is a good idea, never thought of asking for a chair. Some sales are just marvy with the books actually on shelves or on tables with the spine side up and neat as can be.

]]> 6034810c91f4b1d52a7b281e48af5441 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26858/ Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:33:26 -0400 Lots and lots of books at the yard sales today and many good hard cover ones. My complaint is the way the people show the books. They have deep storage tubs, boxes or laundry baskets with the books piled in there. Too darn hard to bend over and root through. To hard also when it's 90 and the books are sitting out on a hot driveway. Wondering what good books I missed.

]]> e1b364d5ffc39fbae72e52898bc1048b http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26292/ Wed, 14 May 2014 04:42:49 -0400 Thanks for that info Jim. Will have to keep a careful watch. We've booked a cruise to Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar and Mallorca for September. I will check every day and hope we can get in on a deal.

]]> ac0abd03854b955e2f9c33988b79d300 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26261/ Sat, 10 May 2014 00:05:59 -0400 Paula my mom said Bob's your Uncle to me all the time. Of course then I used it to. My kids thought how stupid was that because their dad's brother is BOB. Thus Bob really was their uncle.

]]> a429c2ac6480af62fbdf57fe62cc1586 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26232/ Thu, 08 May 2014 00:48:02 -0400 Spring finally came to Ohio. It was in the 80's today.
http://i57.tinypic.com/f4gokj.jpg

]]> a9fa966d35f087c6c70a4ff190ee1b71 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26228/ Wed, 07 May 2014 21:23:08 -0400 I resent paying Time Warner Cable for several dozen home shopping channels. I don't want their crap and don't want to see it. Thank heavens for the few stations we do watch, smart TV where we can get hundreds of good Youtube programs and of course The Smithosonian channel, Nat Geo and the like. History channel 2 is good but the regular History channel is all Pawn Stars and Pickers. And to get even crabbier I would like to TLC blown off the face of the earth. Public Television is fine when they are not constantly begging.

]]> 732c1c331a6f14afa6e5e042f79f4348 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26210/ Tue, 06 May 2014 00:20:57 -0400 June our Time Warmer cable dropped it but there was such an outcry from subscribers that they brought it back. It's a welcome channel from all the garbage on the TV.

]]> 8b1f542be8e189eea5a9f464f9cc7cab http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26208/ Mon, 05 May 2014 22:36:38 -0400 June the Artful Detective, Inspector Murdoch series is on the Ovation Channel. Just love the programs. The characters are wonderful as well as the plots and the period costumes.

]]> efa1b628915c9c22f4d63fc3bf966eb7 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26203/ Mon, 05 May 2014 12:57:41 -0400 BTW I had never heard of the novels by Maureen Jennings.

]]> 4949185f09b0d4e51965f3352d11c140 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26202/ Mon, 05 May 2014 12:55:46 -0400 I'll say the odds are something else. What an excellent plot it would make for a TV show like The Artful Detective another mystery program.
I have become so addicted to the Artful Detective series on Ovation channel. It takes place in Toronto in the late 1800's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoch_Mysteries

]]> 6e18b8b69408ddab220a955a013a0be6 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/26191/ Sun, 04 May 2014 16:04:52 -0400 Not even "Midsomer Murders" would attempt to capture this mess. This is an Unbelievable twist of fate!!!!
At the 1994 annual awards dinner given for Forensic Science, AAFS President, Dr. Don Harper Mills astounded his audience with the legal
complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story:
On March 23, 1994... The medical examiner viewed the body of Ronald Opus ,and concluded that he died from a shotgun wound to the head.
Mr. Opus had jumped from the top of a ten-story building intending to commit suicide.
He left a note to that effect indicating his despondency. As he fell past the ninth floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him instantly.
Neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had been installed just below the eighth floor level to protect some building workers and that Ronald Opus would not have been able to complete his suicide the way he had planned.
The room on the ninth floor, where the shotgun blast emanated, was occupied by an elderly man and his wife. They were arguing vigorously and he was threatening her with a shotgun! The man was so upset that when he pulled the trigger, he completely missed his wife, and the pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.
When one intends to kill subject 'A', but kills subject 'B' instead, one is guilty of the murder of subject 'B.'
When confronted with the murder charge, the old man and his wife were both adament, and both said they thought the shotgun was not loaded,
the old man said it was a long-standing habit to threaten his wife with the unloaded shotgun.. He had no intention to murder her.
Therefore, the killing of Mr. Opus appeared to be an accident, assuming the gun had been accidentally loaded.
The continuing investigation turned up a witness who saw the old couple's son loading the shotgun about six weeks prior to the fatal accident.. It transpired that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support, and the son, knowing the propensity of his father to use the shotgun threateningly, loaded the gun with the expectation that his father would shoot his mother. Since the loader of the gun was aware of this, he was guilty of the murder even though he didn't actually pull the trigger. The case now becomes one of murder on the part of the son for the death of Ronald Opus.
Now comes the exquisite twist...
Further investigation revealed that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus.
He had become increasingly despondent over the failure of his attempt to engineer his mother's murder. This led him to jump off the ten-story building on March 23rd, only to be killed by a shotgun blast passing through the ninth story window. The son, Ronald Opus, had actually murdered himself.
So the medical examiner closed the case as a suicide.
A true story from Associated Press

]]> 499ba3747d59fa12f55bba5f2a0ecb12 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25927/ Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:50:03 -0400 Paula 75 yesterday and still 70 last night when I went to bed. 72 today but clouding up for rain. I picked several bunches of daffodils.
Next Thursday in the 30's with snow flurries. BTW I have a hibiscus that comes in for the winter and there are 8 flowers and more buds on it. Have had outdoor ones but they didn't make it either. Remember I sent you those little blue star flower bulbs? WELL ya want more because there are billions of them all over the place. Carpets of blue. I pull up the little bulbs and have thrown them out back by the fence and there are zillions of them out there too.

]]> d9c94a8480120ec0b90df7fa1765fa4d http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25860/ Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:51:41 -0400 Carol. Liz is Ohliz. Used to be on the way old Pottery Board and Book Board. Sold on eBay for years. Kinda miss all that but it's nice not to have a dining room table covered with stuff and packing material all over the place. LOL.

]]> 3f0da421fc8b7adf6f68b0218ea1b7d1 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25859/ Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:49:52 -0400 Thanks guys!! At my age I celebrated by taking an extra long afternoon nap. These birthdays sure do creep up more quickly every year.

]]> 5638733588ad51fe9c12bf75e17115eb http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25586/ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:28:07 -0400 We spring clean our wood deck with a mixture water, bleach and TSP. It comes up like new.
Two gallons water, 1/2 gallon bleach and 1/2 cup TSP. Scrub and rinse but don't splash it on bare legs I found out.

]]> b7b703f7aa3a0d394134a441ba57e313 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25561/ Thu, 20 Mar 2014 19:47:40 -0400 Patsy what a beautiful little face. Lovely smile already.
Happy spring. Pushing 60 here tomorrow but then really cold again and the happy little bunny forecaster on the Toledo station, aptly named Blizzard Bill, said we will have one more snow storm.
They always have to wipe the smile off your face don't they.

]]> 7204d6a6efc3e8f0e32e093da62da673 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25467/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:38:25 -0400 Standard trash pickup here too. We have four bins in the garage. One is plastic and glass, one is regular cans, one is for aluminum and another for piles and piles of newspapers. We get the local paper and then four days of the Toledo paper. Multiple copies of the same ads and our local paper sometimes feel it necessary to give us multiples of the same ads. Really don't need four copies of the big Kohls ad and then another in the Toledo paper. Bill load up and takes them to our recycle place that is open most of the time Litter Landing. THEN there is our yard stuff recycle center. I don't know how two retired people can generate so much but of course four cats that eat canned food do make some.

]]> 117b3b1a1efc26a0db39f0bdd20c70ef http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25235/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:01:48 -0500 Paula there is a spray bottle of carpet cleaner that I got out to clean a little spot on the carpet. That was two days ago. I set the cleaner on the bookshelf to go get a sponge. It went down hill from there. Finding the sponge I saw the copper cleaner and remembered I had to clean a copper kettle. Went to get the kettle and saw the hibiscus was wilted. Went to get the water and decided to add fertilizer so went to another cupboard. Need I go ON????? NO. Cleaner still on shelf, hibiscus looking wiltier, kettle getting more tarnished and I'm getting used to the spot on the carpet. I am going to take a nap because all this housework has buggered me up completely.

]]> 21fdea7c7ff9c35348d067d5b69ab595 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25227/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:58:06 -0500 Oh and while it didn't get above freezing this morning it did get up to 5 degrees above ZERO. It is now fifteen thanks to global warming.

]]> 0ba2d2fcade948e6e0a47b75692e29b1 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25224/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:51:56 -0500 Well this time last year our snowdrops were blooming, the daffies were up and the crocus had buds. SO I'm sure all that is happening however being as they are under drifts of snow two and three foot high then I can't prove it this year. Does this cheerful floral post count? Didn't think so.

]]> c5621bdbd1ae6abd90dbfbc3a9df75ff http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25219/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:19:59 -0500 For Paula!

]]> 5bfc26cfba208714d9b4e75066531318 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25215/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:20:20 -0500 WELLL I was going to wish my friend birfday greetings but now I am in a snit. Back to evil, vile mode. Woke up to howling wind and snow so figger she was getting her snotty revenge on me already Now I ask you how would you feel if you were Phil and some old phart in a top hat hauled ya outta your warm nest on a cold February morning and held you up to flashing camera bulbs? I'd wish every darn polar vortex on all humanity.

]]> 0ede2d7d33c5878273067be26c05029e http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25210/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 05:04:53 -0500 So Paula that is a birfday pressie to you from Mother Nature.

]]> b88dc63dbb0aa4c1ae2fb1cf387fe554 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25206/ Thu, 27 Feb 2014 01:08:14 -0500 Oh Yes June. There is a huge Penneys outlet in Columbus we go to. We've gotten some nifty stuff there. Excellent prices. Like the area where you can get things that people ordered, didn't like or didn't fit and they are marked way down. Wish we had one closer.

]]> ade0a04d7b76c5ff7687f01b1121f4b4 http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25204/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 23:13:56 -0500 Beth indeed. I quit going in there when they had an ad that advertised 25% off storewide. SO in I went with expectations of some savings. I had two Polo shirts for DH and a purse and some other bits and pieces. When I went to pay I was told all my choices were not included. She showed me the ad and when I got out my glasses and held it in the light there is all was in the fine print. Now that does NOT happen at my very favorite store Kohls. I get my 30% off card and in I go. Even stuff on the 80% off rack is included.
The Penneys thing was over a year ago and I never have been in there again.
Another good thing about Kohls is that if you order on line in the store then the shipping is free.

]]> 14173eabf478e328df7d1f6cc9b9299f http://www.bookboardchat.com/activity/p/25199/ Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:20:01 -0500 Gosh our K Mart went out and stayed out. Also Home Depot and now the big Sears in the mall is closing. I don't do malls and can't remember the last time I was in ours. They are saying the big Penneys in the mall will be going too. Malls attract less people all the time and I understand they raised the rent in there. SO from collecting some rent to nothing.
Big malls up in Toledo have closed down and have been torn down.
Beth every so often our Big Lots has the Pepsodent and also 20% off the whole order so get it at 80 cents a tube. Then I stock up.

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