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  1. #29161
    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    New concern: I will fail a cognitive test in my more advanced years because, when asked what you use to measure height, I will respond with “cinder blocks.”
    As long as you see Duke educated medical personnel, you should be fine.

  2. #29162
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    Quote Originally Posted by DukieInKansas View Post
    As long as you see Duke educated medical personnel, you should be fine.
    Good point.

  3. #29163
    Calling it in a few minutes.

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    Boston area, OK, Newton, right by Heartbreak Hill
    Calling what?

  5. #29165
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    If you mean calling it a day - I'm with you - off to bed.

  6. #29166
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    Seattle
    Slept until my alarm went off this morning. A rarity for me.

  7. #29167
    Yeah, I haven’t used an alarm in years.

  8. #29168
    The art discussion didn't really takeoff.

  9. #29169
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bostondevil View Post
    What's your favorite piece of art in the Louvre?
    I think your question got lost in the shuffle.

    I have only been there once. While seeing the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo was cool, I think I was most struck by Hammnurabi's stone. I guess it was the age and history that kind of floored me. The age of everything in Europe always blows my mind.

  10. #29170
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    Quote Originally Posted by YmoBeThere View Post
    The art discussion didn't really takeoff.
    No, I don't think it did.

  11. #29171
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    I’m more of an Orsay kind of guy.

  12. #29172
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    Quote Originally Posted by aimo View Post
    I think your question got lost in the shuffle.

    I have only been there once. While seeing the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo was cool, I think I was most struck by Hammnurabi's stone. I guess it was the age and history that kind of floored me. The age of everything in Europe always blows my mind.
    Except for aimo!

  13. #29173
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    The biggest disappointment for me in Louvre is their Vermeer. It's called "The Lacemaker". IMHO, it's the Pericles of Vermeer paintings.

  14. #29174
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    I still mourn the loss of "The Concert" from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. It's been 30 years!!

  15. #29175
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    Quote Originally Posted by OldPhiKap View Post
    I’m more of an Orsay kind of guy.
    I have not yet been to that museum. Next time I go to Paris, the Musee d'Orsay and the Musee Rodin are the 2 must sees.

  16. #29176
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    I've still got 37.1 miles to go in the Massachusetts Virtural Endurance Challenge. There were several distances to choose from. I picked "Plymouth to Provincetown" - the second shortest at 81 miles. It's supposed to be a challenge. I can still do it, averaging a 5k everyday from here on out but there will probably be at least one day where I can't get out, so, gonna need to have a couple of 10k days.

  17. #29177
    Quote Originally Posted by Bostondevil View Post
    I've still got 37.1 miles to go in the Massachusetts Virtural Endurance Challenge. There were several distances to choose from. I picked "Plymouth to Provincetown" - the second shortest at 81 miles. It's supposed to be a challenge. I can still do it, averaging a 5k everyday from here on out but there will probably be at least one day where I can't get out, so, gonna need to have a couple of 10k days.
    You can drive that in no time.

  18. #29178
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bostondevil View Post
    I have not yet been to that museum. Next time I go to Paris, the Musee d'Orsay and the Musee Rodin are the 2 must sees.
    We went to Paris last spring and skipped the Louvre in favor of the Orsay. I loved it. Impressionism is my jam and their Monet collection is 💯.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bostondevil View Post
    I have not yet been to that museum. Next time I go to Paris, the Musee d'Orsay and the Musee Rodin are the 2 must sees.
    If you go to the Musee d'Orsay, take the elevator to the top and work your way down. Hopefully you get the Impressionists to yourself or at least a much smaller crowd.

    The Musee Rodin is very cool as well. I'm much more of a sculpture guy. I liked the Bargello and the Galleria dell' Academia more than the Uffizi in Florence, for example.

  20. #29180
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    Winston-Salem
    Hoping for good news today. Probably won't get it today, but we shall see.

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