u/coolbeachgrrl

I grew up going to the MET with my father in the late 70s I'm 62 now. Over the years subscriptions got more expensive and I moved away. Dad got sick and I moved back. We were fortunate that they started live in HD and we'd go to every performance. It was easier to get Dad to NJ and go to the movie theater than going all the way into Manhattan from Staten Island. Since he passed I try the rush lottery once in awhile and only won once for a new Spanish? Opera. I'm old school so I put in for Il Turandot 2 dates and La Traviata. I loved the Zeferelli productions and hate all this bland modern stuff. So I won Turandot for last night, and got orchestra seats for $25. It seemed on our side every row had two to three empty seats. Then today I won again for tomorrow? The performances were wonderful but I wasn't wowed by the vocals. Is that why these shows have such high availability? I find it also odd that three different singers sing the main roles? Maybe these singers aren't liked as much as the others? When did this start happening?

I don't necessarily have to do it on SI but it would be easier. I'm 60 and have a terrible overlapping tooth in the middle of my top teeth. I would go for a consult first and then decide, but I'm hearing that not all orthos are necessarily experts with Invisalign.

I was a huge fan of Maiden starting in 1980. I was so looking forward to the special movie event, but why does it have to be just two days and at the worst times? I hustle many different jobs and gigs so I take the work when it becomes available especially since the industry has been so slow. I'm so bummed I had to cancel my ticket and couldn't make the first showing. Does anyone think they might add another date? I saw the Ghost concert movie and it was amazing. It won't be the same watching it on my TV when it comes out on DVD or streaming.

I sold my car and now I drive my 90 year old Mother's car, live with her, take her places, shopping, doctors, family visits etc. I tried to add her license plate to my transponder but it says the plate is registered to another account holder. If I take her car's plate off her ezpass account can I then add it to my account? We used to drive upstate a lot to visit family so I'd keep hers on the car and then when I drive for jobs I put mine on the car. We rarely do those trips anymore so I would just use mine and not use her tag anymore. I just want to make sure that the car registration name doesn't have to match the name on the ezpass account.

So we were the first to get Fios in our community. I cancelled cable after my father past and the cost became riduculous. Mom still has the landline and we also have Internet at 75 mps. I don't play any games and streaming works great with me watching TV downstairs and Mom watching upstairs. I had an $89 a month contract for a long time. Taxes and whatever it went up to $99. Now it's $101. I could upgrade to 325mps and only pay $89. I called customer service and she said they'd waive the $149 service and installation because I said I would just buy my own router. Then she wants to make an appt for the tech installer to come in. I said I can just install the router myself and do the updates. She said something about new wires and the ONT. Sorry I don't know the tech language. And he has to run the updates. This is getting to be too much. Is this all legit? Do I really need new wires and an installer to come to my house? Then I said I don't have my work schedule yet for next week and I can call back. She kept insisting. I said I'd call back and hang up.

Staten Island Advance is now charging to read their articles and all I could get is the family's name is Lockwood. I was wondering if there's a GoFundMe or anything.