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violetpastille
(1,483 posts)Anywhere in the world...at any period in history.
Aristus
(66,386 posts)Fascinating time...
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)What would it be?
Aristus
(66,386 posts)Excellent, moving, heartbreaking memoir of WWII.
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)Aristus
(66,386 posts)violetpastille
(1,483 posts)For the song and the book recommendation! Thank you! Wow.
Aristus
(66,386 posts)I hope you enjoy the book.
TexasTowelie
(112,237 posts)I was reading an article about classic martinis recently and they noted that Americans moved from gin to vodka. Is it time to go retro?
Aristus
(66,386 posts)I've got a bottle of gin down in the fridge. But I just like vodka better.
Gin's juniper-y taste just doesn't appeal to me. (I originally bought it when my son-in-law was visiting. He likes it...)
dameatball
(7,398 posts)in Florida and she suggested I try a gin and tonic. It was really good, Very refreshing, sitting out there in the sun watching the pelicans and the people fishing. I had two....
Aristus
(66,386 posts)Ridiculous-looking birds on the ground. Breath-takingly beautiful in flight...
akraven
(1,975 posts)It's only 18 below! Fresh snow, kitties and puppies all around, great food (if I cook)!
I love cold weather. A childhood spent in Texas turned me off warm weather forever..
Welcome to DU!
akraven
(1,975 posts)And snuggled up to by neighbordogs, resident cats and maybe a moose or 3.
Aristus
(66,386 posts)I don't love cats. But strangely, they seem to love me. Every time I'm around someone's cats, they crawl all over me as if sensing my discomfort, and doing what they can to elevate my estimation of the species...
A moose. Any time other than in rut...
akraven
(1,975 posts)Jake the backyard explorer who is a Malamute, and Weasel the dachshund all in near proximity!
Aristus
(66,386 posts)Two miniature reds, and a miniature black-and-tan.
Anyone calling them 'dashhounds' gets smacked upside the head.
Anyone calling them 'weenie-dogs' gets thrown out a high window...
Mine made the most interesting snow patterns! He was full-sized. And only mean to cops! Oh, he loved to ride anywhere, as long as he had the window seat and armrest, and a window cracked for sniffs.
Aristus
(66,386 posts)Our first dachshund would attack the neighbor's dog, four times her size, if he came into our yard.
He would put his tail between his legs and yark-yark back to his own turf...
It was amazing to watch...
akraven
(1,975 posts)The cops collected for their toy giveaway program every year. We shut him in a bedroom! I knew most of the guys. If they came around in "street clothes" it was milder, but Hans could smell cop from a block off!
Aristus
(66,386 posts)But delivery guys loved our dogs and always greeted them specially...
petronius
(26,602 posts)That week sure went by quick...