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I feel the same way about Novak Djokovic. Not sure why because I have only seen him play once in person. Novak often finds a way to win despite unfriendly crowd, and especially against Nadal and Federer.

My first job was difficult to explain to friends. So I received similar comments. You can't just say I appreciate your comments....."

Wonderful photos. I am Facebook friends with two Euoropean soccer players from Croatia and Slovenia. I met them several months ago in a Philadelphia Starbucks while I was reading a new book about the war in Bosnia. The next day, the player from Croatia asked me about the book again for his dad, who was a general in the Croatian army.

I have never seen a live performance of "Tristan and Isolde." Those concerns are not that important to me. Better one act than nothing.

I remember seeing Jack Benny and later Ella Fitzgerald at a hotel in Vienna, Virginia in 1974. They must have been performing at nearby Wolf Trap, I did not attempt to talk to Mr. Benny because he looked like a very tired businessman. Regret it now. Ms. Fitzgerald was friendly.

Jonas has sung Acts 1 & 2 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston and Carnegie Hall in separate concerts. After missing the other concerts, I am very pleased to see Act 3 at Carnegie Hall in 2020. However, I am not a totally sold K fan yet.

@Mocha, perhaps a rat race to you, yet some people enjoy their nine to five jobs and take pride in their work.

Sean has not had an easy life I am glad he is doing so well.

Medvedev has taken Nadal into a fifth set at the US Open.

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Thanks The forum members lives near several well known celebrities in R M.

Rancho Mirage suggestions. At least one members lives there, but he has not posted in a while.

One of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Wagner concerts with Jonas Kaufman is at Carnegie Hall in New York. That concert is the one I am seeing. And it is act three of Tristan and Isolde.

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If one or both of your parents die at a young age, I would completely understand living in the present. F**k saving for the future.

I love watching Novak Djokovic play. He has the mental toughness to have a winning record against both Fed and Nadal.

Conners and McEnroe acted out on tennis courts often for years. I enjoyed watching McEnroe play tennis, Connor not so much.

Even in later years, my mother made it fairly easy for me by becoming friends with a counselor at her local senior center. When Mom started having memory and healthy problem in a city I no longer know, I received invaluable help and advice from that senior center. Another possibleresource.

Even in that guest appearance, Garland is less sharp than the Christmas 1967 concerts in New York City Yes, she talked to the audience too much in the beginning and complained about the theater. But, once Judy started to sing, she was quite good. If she had been able to perform at that level, she might have lived longer. Garland at her very best: Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall (1961 complete recording).

@marylander1940, he is typical of truck drivers I met in Philadelphia gay bars in the 1990s.

Judy Garland was the most talented performer I ever saw in person at a 1961 concert in Boston when I was a freshman in college. .She sang in a huge arena (Boston Garden) with an orchestra. Otherwise, she was alone on stage for over two hours.

Her ego was much too big. Noel Coward and Judy Garland talked about the phonograph record of her post Second World War tour of Germany. Too soon to go back there. The record was just applause. She would say "That's Frankfurt and this Munich." Garland commented, "and not a note of music."

I mostly agree with Judy Garland about Marlene Dietrich's singing. However, The time I saw Judy perform (Christmas, 1967 in New York) she was still very good but not sensational. Look, I am very glad to have seen her in person.

Marlene was the first person to sing in German in Israel.

Marlene is certainly a hero in Berlin, except for the far right wing. She was one of the many famous people in the 1961 film "Judgment in Nuremburg," with Spencer Tracey.