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DRIED FRUIT
« on: June 15, 2005, 11:59:57 PM »
Well, you've read the notes, you've kicked some dried fruit, and now it is time for you to post until the dried cows come home.  To it, I say.
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« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2005, 12:01:55 AM »
And the word of the day is: PLACEBO!
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2005, 12:08:14 AM »
Placebo.  Love the duet with John Denver.
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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2005, 12:10:12 AM »
"The Innocents" is my favourite "ghost tale. ("The Turn Of The Screw").
The film is everything "The Others" is not.
I have no desire to see the remake of "The Innocents".
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2005, 12:21:43 AM »
Quote from: Tomovoz on June 16, 2005, 12:10:12 AM
"The Innocents" is my favourite "ghost tale. ("The Turn Of The Screw").

When I was going to college in Bellingham, WA (which is just south of the US/Canada border), we would go the final dress rehearsals of Vancouver Opera for only $5 American!  (The price has since gone up ;))  One time we saw Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw.  I hadn't seen a lot of operas at that time but it was one of the most incredible theater experiences that I ever had.  I was absolutely riveted.  The singers, of course, were wonderful, but the staging and set were very simply done, but so effective.  I've never seen another production of it, but I know that  if I do, I probably won't feel the same way.
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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2005, 12:24:19 AM »
Please beware of any e-mail that purports to be from this site.  Especially if it's signed "the haineshisway support team".  It is spam, and do NOT open the attachment, as it is a virus.
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« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2005, 12:39:42 AM »
I haven't gotten any e-mail like that...so far.  I have gotten e-mails that seem to have bounced back to me (as the sender) except that I never sent those e-mails that came back!  Fortunately, it's not an e-mail address that I use very much, so I could easily delete it and create a new one.  I'm seriously thinking about that anyway since that e-mail address is getting a lot of spam...and the amount's been increasing lately.  I hate it when that happens. :P
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« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2005, 12:42:30 AM »
It's late and I'm going to bed.  Goodnight all (Tomovoz and Jose)! ;D
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« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2005, 12:47:04 AM »
I still seem to be living an almost spam free existence.
(Except for the offers of low mortgage rates and the banks who want to verify my account number!).
Goodnight George. Hello Jose.
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« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2005, 12:47:20 AM »
Goodnight, George.
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« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2005, 12:47:41 AM »
Hello, Tom.
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« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2005, 12:53:25 AM »
Good Morning!

Ghost stories...

The only things that come to mind right now are "Like Water for Chocolate" and "The Other" and "The Others"  - those are two (three) different things aren't they?

Oh, and I guess "The Secret Garden"...

I need to sleep on this one.... shortly...

Now, in fact.

Goodnight.

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« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2005, 03:30:21 AM »
Good morning, all!  It seems quite lovely out this morning; the temperature has dropped, and I slept quite well last night. Today is my second visit to the surgeon after the surgery.  It's officially four weeks now, and we'll see how it's going.  Then, it's another DARLING OF THE DAY workday.

TOD:  
  Short stories:  
     Le Fanu:  Schalken the Painter
     Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
     Dickens: A Christmas Carol
     M.R. James:  Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You, My Lad

  Novels:  Macardle:  The Uninvited
             Straub:  Ghost Story
             Hill:  The Woman in Black

  Music:   Dvorak: The Spectre's Bride
             Britten:  The Turn of the Screw
             Wagner:  The Flying Dutchman

  Film:    The Innocents
             The Uninvited

  Plays:    The Innocents
              The Woman in Black

While I like very much the Britten TURN OF THE SCREW and the film adaptation of Jack Clayton's, based on William Archibald's play, I can't say I think much of the original Henry James story, which is like reading a ghost story in smoke signals:  you're not certain you're catching everything before the wind blows the words away.  I find the story's critical psychoanalysis much more fascinating.  

 
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« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2005, 04:23:00 AM »
Two films come to mind for the top.

The Haunting (The Robet Wise original)
Less is More
The Legend of Hell House  
Much like The Haunting. Small cast, a house and a mystery
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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2005, 04:47:57 AM »
Quote from: Michael Shayne on June 16, 2005, 04:23:00 AM
Two films come to mind for the top.

The Haunting (The Robet Wise original)
Less is More
The Legend of Hell House  
Much like The Haunting. Small cast, a house and a mystery


How could I have forgotten Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE and its great film adaptation?  Senility? Sunspots?
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« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2005, 05:43:42 AM »

Looking forward to listening to Mr. Guy Haines’ new album, dear BK.
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« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2005, 06:10:37 AM »
TOD:  Other DRs have already mentioned most of my favorites.  Of the classic, romance-type ghost stories, I can add only Portrait of Jennie.  For sheer fun, there's Poltergeist, which is an amusement park ride of a ghost story.  And my favorite ghost comedy is Beetlejuice.

Has anyone seen the preview for Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride?  That one looks like fun.
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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2005, 06:35:32 AM »
Favorite ghost movies:

MANSION OF THE GHOST CAT
GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW
BEES SAAL BAAD
GHOST AND MRS. MUIR

I know I have read some ghost stories but can't think of a single title this early in the morning.
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« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2005, 06:46:48 AM »
TOD:
Movies: The Changeling with George C Scott
              Ghost Story with Fred Astaire

There are a couple of books but I can't think of the titles althoughthe plot lines are clea in my mind.... let me have a cup of coffee and see if I can get the brain started whilst I catch up on last nights postings
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« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2005, 06:47:25 AM »
Well, I'm back from the surgeon and feeling somewhat better; he says everything's healing fine.  My last visit is in a month:  I'm off to DC the last week of June and then he's off for two weeks to Hawaii (20th wedding anniversary).  He's a very good man, and I hope he has a great holiday.

THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR, TOPPER, BEETLEJUICE!  What's run away with my mind?
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« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2005, 06:59:29 AM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on June 16, 2005, 06:47:25 AM
Well, I'm back from the surgeon and feeling somewhat better; he says everything's healing fine.  

HUZZAH!!!

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THE GHOST AND MRS MUIR, TOPPER, BEETLEJUICE!  What's run away with my mind?

I do not remember the movies of the Ghost & Mrs. Muir or Topper although I know I saw them at one time, but both TV  series were favorites of mine when I was knee high to a grasshopper.  
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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2005, 07:08:55 AM »
Vixmom, you ought to seek out GHOST AND MRS MUIR again (the movie)...I think you would really enjoy it!
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« Reply #22 on: June 16, 2005, 07:09:17 AM »
That is wonderful news DR Elmore3003!!!!  ;D
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« Reply #23 on: June 16, 2005, 07:11:56 AM »
Quote from: elmore3003 on June 16, 2005, 06:47:25 AM
Well, I'm back from the surgeon and feeling somewhat better; he says everything's healing fine.

Woohoo!!!  Love that kind of good news to start the day!
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« Reply #24 on: June 16, 2005, 07:18:51 AM »
Quote from: MBarnum on June 16, 2005, 07:08:55 AM
Vixmom, you ought to seek out GHOST AND MRS MUIR again (the movie)...I think you would really enjoy it!

 I had quite the crush on the captain in the TV series, I think that's when I started liking men with beards (although Santa may have been a profound influence with his habit of leaving free  toys) :D
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« Reply #25 on: June 16, 2005, 07:20:39 AM »
Great news, DR elmore  :-*

Missed being here with all of you yesterday - it was a packed work day for me.  Today is much more relaxed - all the managers are in a meeting upstairs!

It's cloudy here in SW Ohio, but blessedly cool after about a week of oppressive humidity.

My favorite ghost story involves DH Richard's paternal grandmother, a lifelong Anglophile.  She lived in Ohio until she was widowed shortly after Richard's parents were married (early 1940's).  She then moved to California to live near her daughter and had a lifelong unfulfilled dream to visit England.  When she died in CA, she was cremated, and her remains were to be flown back to Ohio for burial near her husband.  Richard's father and uncle went to the Cincinnati airport to claim her ashes.  The package did not arrive on the scheduled flight and they had to wait some time for it to be found.  When the airline personnel traced the package, they determined that it had come from California to Ohio by way of.........




England.
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« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2005, 07:28:27 AM »
Great news, DR Elmore!

After today's notes, I was sure the topic was going to be favorite dried fruit. I especially like dried pineapple and the round orange slices.
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« Reply #27 on: June 16, 2005, 07:30:17 AM »
DRs MBarnum and Dan (the Man) have named my two favorite movie ghost stories: THE GOST AND MRS. MUIR and PORTRAIT OF JENNIE. The latter is probably my all-time favorite. Also a BIG fan of Robert Wise's THE HAUNTING.

I happen to like THE OTHERS very much, much more so than THE SIXTH SENSE.

I only saw THE INNOCENTS once on TV many years ago chopped up by TV commercials, and it didn't play well under those conditions. I look forward to reinvestigating it upon its DVD release.
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« Reply #28 on: June 16, 2005, 07:30:58 AM »
As for fictional ghost stories, can anything top A CHRISTMAS CAROL? Not in my mind.
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« Reply #29 on: June 16, 2005, 07:33:57 AM »
Great News, DR Elmore!  Your next goal--the New York Marathon!
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