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Title: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 12:05:13 AM: Well, you've read the notes, you'll think about the notes tomorrow, and now it is time for you to post until the cows come home - they'll think about it tomorrow.
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Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 12:06:10 AM: And the word of the day is: SOPOROSE!
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Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 12:06:19 AM: Guess I should actually post the notes.
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 12:47:09 AM: Ha! The first post after BK!

I haven't done that in several years.
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 12:57:58 AM: Quote from: TCB on November 21, 2009, 12:47:09 AM
I haven't done that in several years.

Is that the only thing?? ;)
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 01:01:08 AM: Quote from: DAW on November 21, 2009, 12:57:58 AM
Quote from: TCB on November 21, 2009, 12:47:09 AM
I haven't done that in several years.

Is that the only thing?? ;)

No, just one of many!
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Post by: George on November 21, 2009, 01:03:15 AM: Hi, Tom! ;D
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 01:03:47 AM: I feel absolutely terrible about DR Danise. I wish that I had never gone to Europe, but had sent her the money for her house. I am quite sure the long-term pleasure of seeing Danise back at home, would be far greater than this temporary enjoyment onboard ship.
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 01:04:52 AM: Hey, maybe we could put on a benefit for Danise!
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 01:06:00 AM: Hi, George! Hi, DUH!
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 01:07:32 AM: I feel just like that character in that famous book:

THE COUNT OF MONTE CARLO
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Post by: George on November 21, 2009, 01:08:45 AM: Quote from: TCB on November 21, 2009, 01:04:52 AM
Hey, maybe we could put on a benefit for Danise!

In my best Judy voice, "Let's put on a show!"
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Post by: George on November 21, 2009, 01:15:24 AM: Yesterday, I received a lovely package in the mail from DR Elmore! :D ;D :D

Thank you!! :-* :-* :-*
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 04:13:42 AM: A total of two posts since I have been gone? Are you serious? I have already been to the mountain top, and I have seen the other side................ and in the mean time there has been two posts?
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 04:46:16 AM: I also received a nice envelope from DR ELMORE. Many thanks!

Prom vibes for THE VIXTER.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 04:46:34 AM: Sherlock and the Flannel Sheets. That's the title of my new mystery novella.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 04:47:56 AM: A bit chilly here today - but it IS November after all.

I have always enjoyed GONE WITH THE WIND which I wrote about earlier this week. I read the book when I was in the 8th grade - but the movie was not re released until about 3 years later. I like everything except Leslie Howard as Ashley.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 04:50:05 AM: Comedy shorts.

My favorite 3 Stooges shorts all have Curly. I don't like Shemp and I really don't like Joe Besser. I like the one where they play doctors and when they disrupt the society party with a pie fight. "Somebody give me a pie." WHOMP!

I like Charlie Chase in a couple of his movies.....one where he and his family try to go to the movies and another where he is an exasperated bridegroom trying to get to his own wedding.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 05:14:16 AM: Monaco vibes for DR TCB
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Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 21, 2009, 05:14:53 AM: Quote from: bk on November 21, 2009, 12:06:10 AM
And the word of the day is: SOPOROSE!

And The Song Of The Day Is: SLEEPY TIME GAL
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 05:25:03 AM: A perfectly appropriate song DR ARNOLDMBROCKMAN.

Unfortunately, I have to go to work.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 05:25:50 AM: It must be an epidemic, DR MATTH. Last night I couldn't get any sound from the Blu Ray player. Still not sure what the problem is. I didn't change any settings and the connections are all fine.

I will have to check it out later.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 05:25:57 AM: Off to work. Oh well.
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 05:34:25 AM: The Casino or Bust!

I can now honestly say that I have seen Prince Albert of Monaco. And I have seen him and seen him and seen him. Not in the flesh, mind you, but in the oil. Albert’s portrait is everywhere in Monaco. At the Port Authority, at the hotels, at the corner market, and at the souvenir stands. They obviously love their royal family; or at least they love their Prince. I saw no portraits of Caroline or of Stephanie – just Al. I felt like I was back in England, except I didn’t find any portrait plates or tea cups with Al’s portrait. I am sure that they must have them; and so, the search begins

Monaco is beautiful. In fact, it is more than beautiful. I would say that it is probably the finest place that money can buy. It gleams in the sun like a priceless jewel. When I first looked out the window at the city this morning, the song playing on the intercom was WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR. I am sure that I was the only one who noticed it. And if that wasn’t enough irony; the next song that played was STRANGER IN PARADISE. I guess only actors notice theme music playing in their lives, but I always notice it. And speaking of theme music, the one song I have heard played on this ship (more than any other) is the love theme from TITANIC. And if you weren’t already sick of the song, the movie is playing all day, today, on the in-cabin TV network

After breakfast, I disembarked from the ship and headed for the nearest taxi stand. Unfortunately, the Monaco Marathon or the Monte Carlo Mile was being run; not only through the streets of the city, but all over the damn pier. No matter where I walked I was surrounded by runners yelling at each other in French. Damn! I bought Italian lessons but forgot all about the French and the Spanish-speaking stops. Anyway, I kept trying to get out of the way of the runners, but I kept ending up in another path of runners. One man was running the entire race on stilts that had enough spring in them that he was literally bouncing down the pier.

After clearing the race track I found myself in an area of the waterfront where they were setting up rides for some type of carnival. After fighting my way through the truck loads of bumper cars and mini-roller coasters, I managed to reach the street. Unfortunately this street is one of the ones used in the Grand Prix of Monaco. Everyone was apparently in training for the race, because the slowest moving vehicles were probably going sixty. No taxis. No taxi stands. So I kept walking………..

I guess I had never realized before that Monte Carlo, like so many of the port cities we have visited; is built on the side of the hill. There is the flat area where the yachts are moored, and then everything else goes straight up the side.

So, I got across the main street and walked up a small side street loaded with Gucci and Prada and K-Mart, and all those other exclusive shops. The next main street I found was a little slower traffic-wise; but unfortunately it was one way going the other direction from where I wanted to go. So I walked and I walked, and the next thing I knew I was on the boulevard that runs up the side of the mountain. And again the traffic was moving so quickly, that even if I had seen a taxi, I could never have gotten it to stop for me. And what lovely traffic it was, too. Bentley’s, BMW’s, Mercedes’, white stretch limos, and more Ferrari’s than I have seen in my entire life. So, I kept walking and walking up hill. I stopped to rest outside the Princess Grace Theater which is built into the side of the mountain. Finally I reached the summit, or at least the Promised Land. The Casino de Monte Carlo and the Monte Carlo Opera House, which are both in the same building, The grounds are beautifully landscaped, but the opera house was closed, and it was too early in the day for the big casino; not to mention the fact that I was not wearing a suit and tie.

But I kept walking, past the Hermitage Hotel and the Hotel de Paris until I reached the Café de Paris. Apparently the direct translation of Café de Paris is THE PLACE WHERE UNDERDRESSED POOR PEOPLE CAN GAMBLE AWAY THEIR MONEY. The man at the door told me in French that I couldn’t take my camera into the casino, and he referred me down the hall to where a lady could check it for me. I say, “could check it for me” because she was deeply involved in some personal phone conversation and wanted no part of me. After standing and waiting and waiting the doorman, who must know the lady at the coat check, signaled for me to come back to the entrance, and he let me go in still carrying my camera.

I find it very interesting that in a country where French is the main language, all of the slot machines in the casino are written in plain old English, and they talk to you in English, as well. I am sure that if I went back to the main casino, tonight, all of the machines would be written in French, but in Café de Paris, the only thing not in English, is the exclusive use of Euros, instead of dollars. After quickly donating 30 Euros to the cause, I decided to depart the place while I still had cab fare. As I exited past the same French doorman, I said in my best French, “Merci.” To which he then replied in his best Brooklyn accent, “Your welcome, sir, have a good one.” Ahhh Europe!

Either later today, or sometime tomorrow, I still want to visit Princess Grace’s tomb, and maybe the palace. It will probably end up being tomorrow, even though it is Sunday, because I have been invited to dine with the Assistant Cruise Director this evening at 6:30. Some people get to sit at the Captain’s Table; I get the Assistant Cruise Director.
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 05:36:16 AM: Quote from: JRand59 on November 21, 2009, 04:47:56 AM
A bit chilly here today - but it IS November after all.

I have always enjoyed GONE WITH THE WIND which I wrote about earlier this week. I read the book when I was in the 8th grade - but the movie was not re released until about 3 years later. I like everything except Leslie Howard as Ashley.

RE released???
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 05:58:14 AM: They should be hanging pictures of Yvonne De Carlo in Monte Carlo.

(http://media.canada.com/5f4aa900-9e28-4adf-a6a3-afa5261ed237/decarlo.jpg)
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 05:59:40 AM: We'll celebrate Hanukah
In Santa Monica...
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Post by: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 06:03:16 AM: GWTW is not my favorite movie, but I do like it. I can certainly watch it every 2-3 years and enjoy it.

I do feel that the Leslie Howard character is rather a whimp, but didn't he always play whimpy characters?

It's my understanding that Margaret Mitchell wanted Randolph Scott for the role of "Ashley". Frankly, I think he would have been a better choice.

I also think that the final half-hour is rushed. Virtually every scene contains a tragic event with no breathing space in between.

But, as I said, I do like the movie.
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Post by: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 06:04:25 AM: TOD:

THE MUSIC BOX with Laurel & Hardy
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 06:33:11 AM: Quote from: TCB on November 21, 2009, 05:36:16 AM
Quote from: JRand59 on November 21, 2009, 04:47:56 AM
A bit chilly here today - but it IS November after all.

I have always enjoyed GONE WITH THE WIND which I wrote about earlier this week. I read the book when I was in the 8th grade - but the movie was not re released until about 3 years later. I like everything except Leslie Howard as Ashley.

RE released???

Certainly. Surely you've heard/read that term before. When a film is returned to theaters for a second (or more in the case of things like Disney animated films or GWTW), it's called a re-release.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 06:34:47 AM: Quote from: JRand59 on November 21, 2009, 05:25:50 AM
It must be an epidemic, DR MATTH. Last night I couldn't get any sound from the Blu Ray player. Still not sure what the problem is. I didn't change any settings and the connections are all fine.

I will have to check it out later.

Sounds very strange. But be sure to check the HDMI cable (or whatever cable you're using for audio. Sometimes a short develops and the cable has to be replaced. One of John's cables last night had a short. Once we switched that out, the connection was completely stable.)
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 06:34:58 AM: Page Two Dance!!!
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 06:36:21 AM: Good morning!

Much chillier this morning (in the upper 30s), but still a gorgeous morning, our last for a few days. We're supposed tp have rain for at least two days starting tomorrow.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 06:42:18 AM: My first exposure to GWTW was that 70mm blow-up widescreen version that was released and was a big hit in the mid-1960s. I remember my mom going to see it earlier in the decade when the legitimate version was re-released, but I didn't go to it then. I finally saw the Academy ratio version in a revival house in the early 1980s.

I owned the movie on VHS, laserdisc, and DVD. I have not yet sprung for the Blu-ray version. I rather liked the last DVD release.

I always loved the movie. The best movie ever made? Hardly. The second half is one climax after another (books on GWTW agree that there really was no acceptable script for the second half, and they were just shooting scenes cranked out by Selznick and whatever writer he had with him working alongside him and whichever director was working on it at the time.)

But it's lovely to watch, the performances are just wonderful (I agree that Leslie Howard is too old and the definite weak link as Ashley, but then again, he didn't want to be in it at all), and I do get caught up in the melodrama of it all. Hard not to cry when Melanie dies. (Yep, no spoiler provided.)
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 06:44:27 AM: I am SO looking forward to my day off. I want to watch a couple of SUPERNATURAL episodes from the fourth season Blu-ray, and I'll watch this week's episode while I eat lunch today.

I will watch STAR TREK (the movie just out this week on Blu-ray) tonight.

I also recorded WANTED, an action movie from last year with a starry cast, from HBO-HD last night. I hope to get it watched tonight, too.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 21, 2009, 07:02:05 AM: Good morning, all! The laundry is in the dryers and the floors are mopped or vacuumed. Then it's back to the Sharkfighters. I had accepted an invitation to today's Encores luncheon with memebers of Castrecl but after being out most of the day yesterday, I'm am coughing a lot and my voice is hoarse and raspy. So, i'm staying close to home. I have plenty of work.

I grew up hearing of the wonders of GWTW because it was the favorite movie and book of my mother and her 4 sisters. At some time around 1960, the film made a return engagement and my mother and my brother Tom went to see it. I have a memory I didn't go because i was being punished for something - probably making smartass remarks - and that proves some things never change. So, while they were seeing the movie, I began the novel. By the time they returned, I was hooked and the book and I were constant companions for the next couple of days till i finished it. I'm quite fond of the movie, particularly Hattie McDaniel and Vivien Leigh, but I agree the only weak link is the wimpy, rather unattractive Leslie Howard, who if he were a woman would have never launched anything close to a thousand ships.

Perhaps a tugboat.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 21, 2009, 07:04:04 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 06:42:18 AM

Hard not to cry when Melanie dies. (Yep, no spoiler provided.)

LOL!
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:12:44 AM: I read the book when I was in the 10th grade (I think the summer before the tenth grade). That was the last summer I didn't have to work a part-time job in the summer, and I remember sitting in the backyard every day reading it (and other books) while I was getting a tan.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:13:41 AM: Now, I'm heading downstairs to start on some of those SUPERNATURAL episodes before starting lunch preparation.

WBBL.
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Post by: Ginny on November 21, 2009, 07:36:41 AM: Saturday morning greetings! It's Michigan/OSU game day and I'll just be glad when this season is over.

As for GWTW, I got in trouble over the book when I took the SATs in high school. I'd rush through each section of the test and then use the rest of the time to read. The proctor came along and made me review my test instead of reading. I still have my paperback copy - it was 95 cents when I bought it new in the mid-1960s.
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 07:49:48 AM: The Arts series I organize and host made the front page of the Oregonian's features section today:

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html)
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Post by: Ginny on November 21, 2009, 07:51:13 AM: Great coverage of the arts series, DR JMK! Sorry about the real estate deal, though.
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 07:52:59 AM: Quote from: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 06:33:11 AM
Quote from: TCB on November 21, 2009, 05:36:16 AM
Quote from: JRand59 on November 21, 2009, 04:47:56 AM
A bit chilly here today - but it IS November after all.

I have always enjoyed GONE WITH THE WIND which I wrote about earlier this week. I read the book when I was in the 8th grade - but the movie was not re released until about 3 years later. I like everything except Leslie Howard as Ashley.

RE released???

Certainly. Surely you've heard/read that term before. When a film is returned to theaters for a second (or more in the case of things like Disney animated films or GWTW), it's called a re-release.

Actually, DR Matt, I was making a small attempt to make a joke about Jrand's age. It was a small attempt, since I am actually a few days older than Jack. And the first time I saw WIZARD OF OZ it was in a theater in 1956, as a re release.
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 07:59:07 AM: I don't like the film GWTW. I sat through the entire film once, and with any luck, I will never have to watch it again.
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Post by: td on November 21, 2009, 08:00:55 AM: I, too, have always liked GONE WITH THE WIND.
I first saw it on one of its 1960s re-releases, and ever since that took every opportunity to see it again on a big screen with an attentive audience.
Something about GWTW always captures me, sweeping me into its stories and its characters. It certainly is an example of fine film-making.
Scarlett O'Hara is definitely one of the first anti-heroines. She is proud, vain, pampered, simpering and young when the film opens, but the circumstances of her life, the times around her and the loves of her life force her to grow up, mature and ripen into a fierce, independent woman before the final chords of Max Steiner's moving score. I don't think we're actually supposed to LIKE Scarlett, though Vivien Leigh's performance makes it hard not to.
I don't mind Leslie Howard since he and Olivia DeHavilland make a perfect couple. The character of Ashley is much more of a symbol than of a human being,
No one could have been better than Clark Gable as Rhett.
This is the kind of film that could not be made in this day and age and be as successful.
Producer David O. Selznick's tight grip on the production brought out the best in the screenwriters, designers, cinematographer and the many directors.
That said, I did pick up the single blu-ray disc yesterday at Target, and watched the first half mesmerized last night.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 21, 2009, 08:13:11 AM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 07:49:48 AM
The Arts series I organize and host made the front page of the Oregonian's features section today:

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html)

Very nice article JMK. And nice to see you posting on HHW again after such a long time away.
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 08:13:49 AM: Well in the "don't count your broken eggs until you've counted your chickens" department (that's a department I just made up, by the way):

OUR OFFER WAS ACCEPTED!!! We were the top "bidder." So now the problems really start. Oy!
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Post by: Ginny on November 21, 2009, 08:14:29 AM: Wow, DR JMK, talk about an emotional roller coaster! Congratulations!
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Post by: MBarnum on November 21, 2009, 08:15:15 AM: Can't wait for the housewarming! Can I help hire the pool man?
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 08:17:07 AM: Quote from: MBarnum on November 21, 2009, 08:15:15 AM
Can't wait for the housewarming! Can I help hire the pool man?

Michael, I've already told you, you are the pool man.
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Post by: MBarnum on November 21, 2009, 08:17:36 AM: TOD:

Wow, so many favorites...hmmm...but here are two favorites that come to mind.

Laurel and Hardy's THE MUSIC BOX

Our Gang's HELPING GRANDMA
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Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 08:25:36 AM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 08:13:49 AM
Well in the "don't count your broken eggs until you've counted your chickens" department (that's a department I just made up, by the way):

OUR OFFER WAS ACCEPTED!!! We were the top "bidder." So now the problems really start. Oy!

POOL PARTY!
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 08:38:43 AM: Oy, you should see the documentation that comes with the "acceptance." With acceptance like this, I don't need rejection. :)
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Post by: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 08:38:57 AM: I first saw GWTW in the mid-1940s.

That must have been the first re-release.
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Post by: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 08:43:08 AM: My all-time favorite movie is CASABLANCA, which I saw the first time in the early 1960s.

It was in a revival house and, truthfully, I didn't like it. [I'd heard so much about the picture and I think I was expecting more of an action movie.]

I saw it again on television a year or two later, and that's when I really began to appreciate its pleasures.
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Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 08:44:38 AM: I'm up, and must de-groggify so I can joggify, for she of the Evil Eye will be here shortly.
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 08:44:51 AM: DR JMK - I am thrilled for you and your family. :D And I hope that some day I shall see the house in person. :)
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Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 08:45:00 AM: And I should have mentioned Hattie McDaniel, who is reason enough to see Gone With The Wind.
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 08:46:52 AM: Oh, and nice article, too, DR JMK.
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 08:56:56 AM: Inspector Clouseau has landed!

And now to get ready to go over the river and through the woods to celebrate an early Thanksgiving.
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Post by: Laura on November 21, 2009, 09:03:11 AM: Congratulations on the acceptance, JMK. I think.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 21, 2009, 09:11:44 AM: Quote from: td on November 21, 2009, 08:00:55 AM

Scarlett O'Hara is definitely one of the first anti-heroines.

Well, not quite true since a lot of her character is taken from Thackeray's Becky Sharp, the principal opportunist in his 1848 epic comic novel VANITY FAIR, as is a lot of the novel of GONE WITH THE WIND, something Margaret Mitchell never wanted to admit. Much as I want to like the humor of VANITY FAIR, I think it's a dreadfully long bore and GONE WITH THE WIND a much more entertaining read.

I read VANITY FAIR in grad school when I was hospitalized with the flu for a week and I took it with me since I knew it would force me to read it if i had no other book. It's first chapters, with Becky, the over-sugary Amelia (not far stretch from the name Melanie), the mean old maid headmistress, her kindly wimp of a sister and Dr Johnson's dictionary, is outrageously funny, and you think, this book will be as good as Jane Austen, About ten chapters later, you realize you were wrong, and then we finally get to the Battle of Waterloo and the adventures of escaping from Brussels, which is aboslutely gripping and as fantastic as Miss Mitchell's use of it to escape Atlanta. After that, the novel plods along to its happy ending for Amelia and tragic ending for Becky, while Miss Mitchell keeps all her plot like Ol Man River just rolling right along. I have always preferred the serializations of VANITY FAIR on PBS to the book. at one point I tried to reread it, loved the opening, and decided that was where the fun ended.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 21, 2009, 09:14:42 AM: And Margaret Mitchell is kinder in her book to Scarlett, whom I think she comes to admire as the symbol of the South surviving Restoration, than Thackeray is to Becky Sharp, who ends up a prostitute, possible murderess, and shill in a Swiss gambling casino.
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Post by: Jane on November 21, 2009, 09:29:39 AM: Quote from: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 08:43:08 AM
My all-time favorite movie is CASABLANCA, which I saw the first time in the early 1960s.

Also Keith's & mine. I can't remember the first time I watched it, curled up on a couch in Keith's arms.
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Post by: Jane on November 21, 2009, 09:31:27 AM: DR TCB you are very kind regarding DR Danise. You have had plenty of trials & tribulations yourself & should enjoy your trip without guilt.

I find it funny the ship would play the song, or show THE TITANIC.

Does the ship offer shuttle buses?
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Post by: Jane on November 21, 2009, 09:32:00 AM: Thank you DR Kerry.

DR JMK. Congratulations & good luck as you go forward with the inspections!!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 09:46:50 AM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 08:13:49 AM
Well in the "don't count your broken eggs until you've counted your chickens" department (that's a department I just made up, by the way):

OUR OFFER WAS ACCEPTED!!! We were the top "bidder." So now the problems really start. Oy!

Great - can I ride a Jet Ski in the pool?

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Julie on November 21, 2009, 10:42:41 AM: Hello. Hello. Hello!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Julie on November 21, 2009, 10:46:18 AM: Great news on the offer acceptance, DR JMK.

We need to have an online HHW housewarming party to celebrate, complete with Mr. bk's cheese slices and ham chuncks.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Julie on November 21, 2009, 10:46:41 AM: Girl Crazy at Encores! tonight.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 10:47:00 AM: That's three Hellos!

Hello back. Hello back. Hello back

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Julie on November 21, 2009, 10:47:19 AM: This afternoon, gathering things to take with me to Florida on Monday.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Julie on November 21, 2009, 10:49:52 AM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 10:47:00 AM
That's three Hellos!

Hello back. Hello back. Hello back

der Brucer

Well, . . . I had the luxury of writing extra words today because DAW lent me his letter collection.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 10:54:48 AM: Quote from: Julie on November 21, 2009, 10:46:18 AM
Great news on the offer acceptance, DR JMK.

We need to have an online HHW housewarming party to celebrate, complete with Mr. bk's cheese slices and ham chuncks.

If it's to be a true celebration we need Skip's pastry!

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: ArnoldMBrockman on November 21, 2009, 10:56:15 AM: JMK

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !!!!!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 10:58:52 AM: Quote from: Julie on November 21, 2009, 10:49:52 AM
Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 10:47:00 AM
That's three Hellos!

Hello back. Hello back. Hello back

der Brucer

Well, . . . I had the luxury of writing extra words today because DAW lent me his letter collection.

Use them quick - he's been known to be an Indian giver.

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:02:22 AM: Good Morning! Good Afternoon!

I'm up, I'm up... And it's another GORGEOUS Fall day here in NYC!

It was so nice this morning that I joined my friend, Bradley, for a nice brunch up in Inwood a few hours ago. After we brunched, we walked through the Inwood Greenmarket. It was my first visit there, and it was basically like a "best of" the Union Square Greenmarket vendors without all the craziness of the USQ crowds. One of the vendors had fresh "heritage" cranberries, so I guess I'll be making something cranberry-ish tonight or tomorrow. ;)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 11:03:01 AM: The first time I supped with BK at Jerry's in Encino, the waitress came up to me and asked what I wanted. "Cheese slices and ham chunks," I replied, much to her consternation. BK was mildly amused. ;)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:03:21 AM: DR TCB - I look forward to the second installment of your Monaco postcard. :)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:03:55 AM: DR JMK - Congrats on your newest headache(s)!!!! ;D
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:05:55 AM: As for "Gone with the Wind" - Count me in as another non-fan. -For whatever that bit of news is worth to you.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:06:40 AM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 08:17:07 AM
Quote from: MBarnum on November 21, 2009, 08:15:15 AM
Can't wait for the housewarming! Can I help hire the pool man?

Michael, I've already told you, you are the pool man.

DR JMK - I really hope you have a self-cleaning pool.

::)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:16:24 AM: As for the Topic of the Day...

The first thing that comes to my mind is: "Bambi Meets Godzilla".

:)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 11:29:32 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:06:40 AM

DR JMK - I really hope you have a self-cleaning pool.

::)

That's like a self-changing baby!

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:32:39 AM: In other news...

Last night's "Handel at the Gershwin" (http://operamission.org/) turned out to be quite a nice evening of music-making and listening. A couple of instrumentalists (2 baroque violinists, a baroque violist, a baroque cellist and harpsichordist) accompanied a quintet of singers who sang a nice variety of arias and ensembles from Handel's operas. I'd have to say the evening's vocal honors went to the counter-tenor, Gerald Thompson (http://gerald-thompson.com/), who showed some true technical vocal fireworks in two "revenge" arias. But, all in all, it was a well put-together program which managed to avoid the "sameness" trap that a lot of single-composer evenings can have.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: George on November 21, 2009, 11:33:43 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:16:24 AM
As for the Topic of the Day...

The first thing that comes to my mind is: "Bambi Meets Godzilla".

:)

I've seen this also! Another short that I really like is the original Christmas episode that became "South Park"...Jesus versus Santa Claus. Hysterical!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: George on November 21, 2009, 11:34:24 AM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 07:49:48 AM
The Arts series I organize and host made the front page of the Oregonian's features section today:

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html)

Nice article.

Interesting comments, though. ::)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 11:35:05 AM: Does anybody still ~~wear a hat~~ patronize a book store?

Local Bookstores, Social Hubs, and Mutualization (http://www.shirky.com/weblog/2009/11/local-bookstores-social-hubs-and-mutualization/)

Quote
...
The local bookstore creates all kinds of value for its community, whether its providing community bulletin boards, putting rocking chairs in the kids section, hosting book readings, or putting benches out in front of the store. Local writers, harried parents, couples on dates, all get value from a store’s existence as a inviting physical location, value separate from its existence as a transactional warehouse for books.

The store doesn’t get paid for this value. It gets paid for selling books. That ecosystem works — when it works — as long as the people sitting in those rocking chairs buy enough books, on average, to cover the added cost of having the chairs in the first place. The blows to that model have been coming for some time, from big box retailers stocking best sellers to online sales (especially second-hand sales) to the spread of ebooks to, now, price wars.

Online bookselling improves on many of the core functions of a bookstore, not just price and breadth of available books, but ways of searching for books, and of getting recommendations and context. On the other hand, the functions least readily replicated on the internet — providing real space in a physical location occupied by living, breathing people — have always been treated as side effects, value created by the stores and captured by the community, but not priced directly into the transactions.

If the money from selling books falls below a certain threshold, the stores will cut back on something — hours, staff, rocking chairs — and their overall value will fall, meaning marginally fewer patrons and sales, threatening still more cutbacks. There may be a future in which they offer less value and make less money in some new and stable equilibrium, but beneath a certain threshold, the only remaining equilibrium is Everything Must Go. Given the margins, many local bookstores are near that threshold today.

All of this makes it clear what those bookstores will have to do if the profits or revenues of the core transaction fall too far: collect revenue for the side-effects.
...

der Brucer

I guess the ultimate "stick-it-to-them" is brousing the local book store, noting desireable titles, then going home and ordering from Amazon.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:46:38 AM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 11:35:05 AM

der Brucer

I guess the ultimate "stick-it-to-them" is brousing the local book store, noting desireable titles, then going home and ordering from Amazon.

"Brousing"? Is that related to DR Pogue's penchant for "colour" and "favour"?

;)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 11:48:39 AM: Quote from: George on November 21, 2009, 11:34:24 AM
Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 07:49:48 AM
The Arts series I organize and host made the front page of the Oregonian's features section today:

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html)

Nice article.

Interesting comments, though. ::)

Who the frell is "Pastor Ken"? Acolyte Barbie's husband? ;)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: George on November 21, 2009, 11:49:00 AM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 08:13:49 AM
Well in the "don't count your broken eggs until you've counted your chickens" department (that's a department I just made up, by the way):

OUR OFFER WAS ACCEPTED!!! We were the top "bidder." So now the problems really start. Oy!

Congratulations to JMK!!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 11:56:31 AM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:46:38 AM
Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 11:35:05 AM

der Brucer

I guess the ultimate "stick-it-to-them" is brousing the local book store, noting desireable titles, then going home and ordering from Amazon.

"Brousing"? Is that related to DR Pogue's penchant for "colour" and "favour"?

;)

No, it is the result of DAW trying to steal my "w" and breaking off a piece.

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 12:02:02 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 11:56:31 AM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:46:38 AM
Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 11:35:05 AM

der Brucer

I guess the ultimate "stick-it-to-them" is brousing the local book store, noting desireable titles, then going home and ordering from Amazon.

"Brousing"? Is that related to DR Pogue's penchant for "colour" and "favour"?

;)

No, it is the result of DAW trying to steal my "w" and breaking off a piece.

der Brucer

I guess that's where the "e" came from in "desireable" too.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 12:05:35 PM: Well, I think I'm going to advantage of the last hour of sunlight... Then come back here and clean the apartment. Yeah! That's the ticket!

Laters...
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: George on November 21, 2009, 12:05:40 PM: Quote from: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 08:43:08 AM
My all-time favorite movie is CASABLANCA, which I saw the first time in the early 1960s.

It was in a revival house and, truthfully, I didn't like it. [I'd heard so much about the picture and I think I was expecting more of an action movie.]

I saw it again on television a year or two later, and that's when I really began to appreciate its pleasures.

"Casablanca" is my dad's all-time favorite movie, also. When my niece was much younger (she's now 25 years old), she didn't like black and white movies (like so many children who never watch them). My dad said that she should watch it with him. They watched it together and he explained everything about the movie. They started watching old movies together on a regular basis and my niece eventually developed an appreciation for them. She eventually watched "Gone With the Wind" and fell in love with it and Vivien Leigh. She started getting many of Vivien Leigh's movies and even bought her autograph on eBay (with a "Certificate Of Authenticity"). When we went to London in 2001, we had to go to Waterloo Bridge and stand where Vivien's character was supposed to have been (I don't think the movie actually filmed there).
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 12:17:01 PM: Quote from: Jane on November 21, 2009, 09:31:27 AM
DR TCB you are very kind regarding DR Danise. You have had plenty of trials & tribulations yourself & should enjoy your trip without guilt.

I find it funny the ship would play the song, or show THE TITANIC.

Does the ship offer shuttle buses?

They did, but unfortunately they didn't float. ;D
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 12:24:56 PM: elmore, I have found out that almost every actor I know in the Northwest either worked with Cheyenne or knew him socially. Every actor, but me!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: TCB on November 21, 2009, 12:27:17 PM: There is a beautiful yacht that is moored next to our ship. It is probably two hundred feet long. Music has been blaring out of that yacht, non-stop for the past three days. Apparently, Princess Stephanie is holding a charity event onboard. ::)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 12:42:08 PM: DR MATTH , I think DR TCB's comment about re-release was a comment about my AGE and not GWTW.....

Congrats to DR JMK et.al on their soon to be new digs. Remember those wonderful words: Parents' wing.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 12:42:51 PM: Glad to hear all about DR TCB's travails....er travels in Monaco, but I am a bit surprised to hear about the Prince Albert.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 12:43:37 PM: Enjoy your dinner with the Hoi Polloi this evening, DR TCB, and remember if things get dull - a pie fight is always welcome!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 12:43:47 PM: Back from some errands and whatnot.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 12:44:45 PM: Just like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwirWWnzJKM
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 12:48:46 PM: Tell whatnot I can take him now - I had a cancellation.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: elmore3003 on November 21, 2009, 01:01:10 PM: Quote from: TCB on November 21, 2009, 12:24:56 PM
elmore, I have found out that almost every actor I know in the Northwest either worked with Cheyenne or knew him socially. Every actor, but me!

Perhaps he heard too much about you and decided to stay out of your ~~clutches~~ way!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: elmore3003 on November 21, 2009, 01:01:54 PM: Quote from: TCB on November 21, 2009, 12:27:17 PM
There is a beautiful yacht that is moored next to our ship. It is probably two hundred feet long. Music has been blaring out of that yacht, non-stop for the past three days. Apparently, Princess Stephanie is holding a charity event onboard. ::)

For the deaf.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Ginny on November 21, 2009, 01:12:03 PM: In addition to watching Michigan lose to Ohio State for the 6th year in a row :P I've spent the afternoon helping Rob make mashed potatoes to take to his friends' Thanksgiving get-together in Cincinnati tonight.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 01:27:48 PM: Quote from: JRand59 on November 21, 2009, 12:42:08 PM
DR MATTH , I think DR TCB's comment about re-release was a comment about my AGE and not GWTW.....

Congrats to DR JMK et.al on their soon to be new digs. Remember those wonderful words: Parents' wing.

There's a long road to hoe before this deal is finalized. We're quite concerned about the inspections since there have been so many sale fails. And then after the inspections we need to do the down and dirty negotiating. So it may still not come to pass. But I'm really happy we at least have a shot at it.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 01:29:18 PM: Congratulations, DR JMK. I'm sure you're going to be very happy with your new abode.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 01:32:32 PM: I had a most pleasant afternoon of viewing.

I began with two episodes of SUPERNATURAL from Season 4. Both of these had to do with a fallen angel who was trying to regain her "grace" while angels and demons were trying to claim her before she did that. An engrossing two episodes with a really good payoff at the end of the second episode.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 01:34:29 PM: Then I wacthed Thursday night's episode of SUPERNATURAL, the last new episode of the show until January 21st!

Excellent next appearance of Lucifer (in the person of Mark Pellegrino) with various entities trying to destroy him before the apocalypse. Very entertaining show. Always love seeing my Castiel in an episode.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 01:36:09 PM: Also watched last night's WHITE COLLAR. Pretty good show. The caper part was pretty good (how silly for Peter to be SO uptight about those French girls making passes at him. He's secure in his marriage, so why act like a 10 year-old about it. Ricidulous!)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 01:36:53 PM: I have the STAR TREK movie on Blu-ray ready to go when I go back downstairs. Really interested to see this reboot of the franchise. I did not see it in theaters.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 02:01:23 PM: Quote from: George on November 21, 2009, 12:05:40 PM
Quote from: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 08:43:08 AM
My all-time favorite movie is CASABLANCA, which I saw the first time in the early 1960s.

It was in a revival house and, truthfully, I didn't like it. [I'd heard so much about the picture and I think I was expecting more of an action movie.]

I saw it again on television a year or two later, and that's when I really began to appreciate its pleasures.

"Casablanca" is my dad's all-time favorite movie, also. When my niece was much younger (she's now 25 years old), she didn't like black and white movies (like so many children who never watch them). My dad said that she should watch it with him. They watched it together and he explained everything about the movie. They started watching old movies together on a regular basis and my niece eventually developed an appreciation for them. She eventually watched "Gone With the Wind" and fell in love with it and Vivien Leigh. She started getting many of Vivien Leigh's movies and even bought her autograph on eBay (with a "Certificate Of Authenticity"). When we went to London in 2001, we had to go to Waterloo Bridge and stand where Vivien's character was supposed to have been (I don't think the movie actually filmed there).

That's interesting.

My dad was a very macho guy and yet his two favorite movies sound more like something I'd like: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (not the color remake) and NAUGHTY MARIETTA!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 02:02:35 PM: OK, afternoon surf is over, and now I'm heading down to watch first STAR TREK and then WANTED.

WBBL.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 02:23:18 PM: DR MATTH thanks for the suggestions about the cord. It is an optic cord less than a year old, but you never know.

I guess DR JMK that would depend upon whether you are using your hoe on a road or a row.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 02:24:17 PM: Joe Besser has set my teeth on edge since I was tiny tot and he played Stinky on The Abbott & Costello Show. The character was absurd - as was the show - but he stood out in his awfulness, as written.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 02:24:52 PM: But DR GINNY - Thanksgiving isn't until Thursday!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 02:42:24 PM: Back from more errands and whatnot.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Ginny on November 21, 2009, 02:46:34 PM: Quote from: JRand59 on November 21, 2009, 02:24:52 PM
But DR GINNY - Thanksgiving isn't until Thursday!

College kids, DR JRand!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 02:50:13 PM: Jessica's latest special offering:

(http://www.ecookbooks.com/images/PRODUCT/large/343547.jpg)

der Brucer

And if memory serves - DR Jane shared her banana pudding with me.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: td on November 21, 2009, 03:04:50 PM: Quote
And Margaret Mitchell is kinder in her book to Scarlett, whom I think she comes to admire as the symbol of the South surviving Restoration, than Thackeray is to Becky Sharp, who ends up a prostitute, possible murderess, and shill in a Swiss gambling casino.

Just put this onto my reading list! I can't wait to read VANITY FAIR now thanks to the recommendation.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: td on November 21, 2009, 03:10:24 PM: I think that the next HHW get together should be at JMK's new place. . .
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 03:23:38 PM: Quote from: td on November 21, 2009, 03:10:24 PM
I think that the next HHW get together should be at JMK's new place. . .

Shouldn't we wait 'til he's done hoeing?

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 03:28:30 PM: I just finished reading BK's KRITZER TIME, the 3rd/final book in his trilogy.

It's very funny & very moving.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: George on November 21, 2009, 03:32:49 PM: Well, I must be going. Tonight, I'm ushering for Eric Michael Gillett (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1104), here in Olympia. He's doing four performances in the WCPA Black Box, which holds about 120 people (at the most). It should be very good!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: td on November 21, 2009, 03:36:42 PM: Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 03:23:38 PM
Quote from: td on November 21, 2009, 03:10:24 PM
I think that the next HHW get together should be at JMK's new place. . .

Shouldn't we wait 'til he's done hoeing?

der Brucer

Some of us are naturals at ho-ing. ;)
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 03:42:05 PM: Quote from: Druxy on November 21, 2009, 03:28:30 PM
I just finished reading BK's KRITZER TIME, the 3rd/final book in his trilogy.

It's very funny & very moving.

When does he pull a Lucas and write a prequel trilogy?

I eagerly await the tales of toilet training.

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 03:46:08 PM: Quote from: td on November 21, 2009, 03:36:42 PM
Quote from: DERBRUCER on November 21, 2009, 03:23:38 PM
Quote from: td on November 21, 2009, 03:10:24 PM
I think that the next HHW get together should be at JMK's new place. . .

Shouldn't we wait 'til he's done hoeing?

der Brucer

Some of us are naturals at ho-ing. ;)

I can hear you greeting them all in song:

Hi Ho, Hi ho, it's off to play we go.

der Brucer
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 04:09:55 PM: Quote from: George on November 21, 2009, 03:32:49 PM
Well, I must be going. Tonight, I'm ushering for Eric Michael Gillett (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1104), here in Olympia. He's doing four performances in the WCPA Black Box, which holds about 120 people (at the most). It should be very good!

If you see Eric, send a big hello from the likes of me. Eric was in my very first musical, Start At The Top.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: elmore3003 on November 21, 2009, 04:17:30 PM: Violence on the NY subway today!
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/deadly_stabbing_in_subway_6oqGBJ34cvik9Bbw7jXcdN
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jennifer on November 21, 2009, 04:28:17 PM: Congrats to JMK and family!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Kerry on November 21, 2009, 05:14:18 PM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 08:13:49 AM
Well in the "don't count your broken eggs until you've counted your chickens" department (that's a department I just made up, by the way):

OUR OFFER WAS ACCEPTED!!! We were the top "bidder." So now the problems really start. Oy!

Congratulations....I think!
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Kerry on November 21, 2009, 05:17:59 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:02:22 AM
One of the vendors had fresh "heritage" cranberries, so I guess I'll be making something cranberry-ish tonight or tomorrow. ;)

Jose, please let me know what you end up making (and how to make it)-- I may end up making something cranberryish for Thanksgiving, and I could use some ideas.
Title: Re: I'LL THINK ABOUT IT TOMORROW
Post by: Jane on November 21, 2009, 05:30:40 PM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 07:49:48 AM
The Arts series I organize and host made the front page of the Oregonian's features section today:

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html (http://www.oregonlive.com/living/index.ssf/2009/11/church_hopes_joy_in_the_arts_w.html)

Nice article and you were mentioned so often :)
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Post by: Jane on November 21, 2009, 05:32:10 PM: The snowfall stayed in the mountains last night & we had an absolutely glorious day, weather wise. :D
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Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 06:19:14 PM: Finished a motion picture on Blu-Ray, had some snacks from Gelson's, and shall now watch another motion picture on Blu-Ray.
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Post by: Ginny on November 21, 2009, 06:28:14 PM: Courtesy of Twitter:

Kate Baldwin sings "How Are Things In Glocca Morra?" Mad Libs Style (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lUBMF3jre8)
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 06:54:21 PM: I unplugged my Blu Ray player and let it think about its misbehavior - and so now it seems to be working. I guess I just had to show it who is boss.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 06:54:33 PM: That's SOME clip, DR GINNY.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 06:55:58 PM: I love Mad LIBS!
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 21, 2009, 06:56:15 PM: Kate is BEEE-you-TEE-Full!!!
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Post by: Laura on November 21, 2009, 07:08:50 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E-47VmFopE
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:09:36 PM: The Our Gang shorts were undoubtedly my favorites since we grew up with them on TV as "The Little Rascals." Must have seen every one of them dozens of times growing up, and now I own all of the sound ones.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:14:04 PM: I gave my entire evening over to two movies tonight. First, STAR TREK, the J.J. Abrams reimagining. I enjoyed about 80% of it. Seeing the new versions of old favorites was a hoot, really, especially Simon Pegg as a hilarious Scottie. But really, they were all good.

Now, as for what I didn't like, the way Leonard Nimoy was used in the film. I don't blame them for having him somewhere in the story, but I did not like the way he was fitted into this story AT ALL.

The transfer was very good and the sound was marvelous (Dolby TrueHD). I didn't even begin to look at what bonus material might be on the second disc. That'll be for another day.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:15:14 PM: My next movie was going to be WANTED which I had the DVR record off HBO. Stupidly, however, I set the DVR to record an SD presentation rather than an HD version, and I simply was not going to watch it in 4:3.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:17:44 PM: I started poking around the On Demand channels and found that Starz had THE INTERNATIONAL in widescreen in its On-Demand listings, so I settled on that. I didn't see it at the theater, and I hadn't bought or rented the Blu-ray, but I did want to see it.

Pretty good espionage thriller. Clive Owen is almost always good, and there was a good amount of action and intrigue. That shootout at the Guggenheim was pretty preposterous, but overall I enjoyed it.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:39:41 PM: I really enjoyed my day off today, but it's back to work tomorrow: Criterion's A CHRISTMAS TALE (a French film I've never seen). I have both the DVD and Blu-ray versions, but I'll start with the DVD.
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Post by: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:39:54 PM: Well, the net seems very quiet tonight, so I guess I need to take myself downstairs and go to bed.

Good night!
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 21, 2009, 07:53:58 PM: CONGRATS JMK!!!! Let the games begin! Vibes for a good inspection
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 08:37:08 PM: Good Evening!

Well... I ended up taking the D Train down to Columbus Circle earlier - thankfully, no stabbings took place during my ride - and had intended just to walk around a bit as well as make a stop into Whole Foods. Well... After running into various people and getting some phone calls, I ended up out in Elmhurst for a totally dee-licious Malaysian meal.

And now...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 08:38:54 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 07:39:41 PM
I really enjoyed my day off today, but it's back to work tomorrow: Criterion's A CHRISTMAS TALE (a French film I've never seen). I have both the DVD and Blu-ray versions, but I'll start with the DVD.

DR MattH - I saw "A Christmas Tale" last year and loved it. A true quirky French film. -And Catherine Deneuve is still a stunner.

*And if you happen to not have a need for the DVD version of the movie after you review it, well... ;)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 08:39:54 PM: Quote from: JRand59 on November 21, 2009, 06:56:15 PM
Kate is BEEE-you-TEE-Full!!!

Yes, she is. :)
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 08:41:37 PM: Quote from: George on November 21, 2009, 03:32:49 PM
Well, I must be going. Tonight, I'm ushering for Eric Michael Gillett (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1104), here in Olympia. He's doing four performances in the WCPA Black Box, which holds about 120 people (at the most). It should be very good!

Eric was also in the cast of All About Us up at Westport. -I wonder if he's tried to get any of the cabaret shows he's directed for Karen Akers out to that venue too.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 08:42:33 PM: Quote from: Matt H. on November 21, 2009, 02:01:23 PM

That's interesting.

My dad was a very macho guy and yet his two favorite movies sound more like something I'd like: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (not the color remake) and NAUGHTY MARIETTA!

Now that's eclectic and varied! :)
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Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 08:45:45 PM: I just watched Miss Deneuve at her most beautiful in Belle du Jour.
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Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 08:49:48 PM: Just reading a review of A Christmas Tale - I'm not really believing what Criterion has put on the box for this film - "New, restored digital transfer"

Excuse me (to quote my favorite expression from Lost, seasons one through five)? Restored? A film made - one year ago? Are these people insane?
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 08:55:53 PM: So...

I'm booked to play auditions this Wednesday. It's an all-day gig, 10-6. And then the next day is Thanksgiving. And I need to back here on Saturday for something. Hmm...
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 08:56:52 PM: Quote from: bk on November 21, 2009, 08:49:48 PM
Just reading a review of A Christmas Tale - I'm not really believing what Criterion has put on the box for this film - "New, restored digital transfer"

Excuse me (to quote my favorite expression from Lost, seasons one through five)? Restored? A film made - one year ago? Are these people insane?

HA! That even made me laugh!
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 09:04:36 PM: Quote from: Kerry on November 21, 2009, 05:17:59 PM
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One of the vendors had fresh "heritage" cranberries, so I guess I'll be making something cranberry-ish tonight or tomorrow. ;)

Jose, please let me know what you end up making (and how to make it)-- I may end up making something cranberryish for Thanksgiving, and I could use some ideas.

DR Kerry - If I can dig up the recipe for this Cranberry-Pecan-Brown Sugar Coffee Cake I used to make, well... That's what I'm going to make. However, I also may make a small batch of my mom's Cranberry-Orange Relish - I usually end up eating it straight out of the bowl.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 09:06:45 PM: WOW!

Joseph Gordon-Levitt just did "Make 'Em Laugh" as his opening monologue on "SNL". -Complete with the "wall flips"!!
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Post by: Cillaliz on November 21, 2009, 09:31:17 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 09:04:36 PM
Quote from: Kerry on November 21, 2009, 05:17:59 PM
Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 11:02:22 AM
One of the vendors had fresh "heritage" cranberries, so I guess I'll be making something cranberry-ish tonight or tomorrow. ;)

Jose, please let me know what you end up making (and how to make it)-- I may end up making something cranberryish for Thanksgiving, and I could use some ideas.

DR Kerry - If I can dig up the recipe for this Cranberry-Pecan-Brown Sugar Coffee Cake I used to make, well... That's what I'm going to make. However, I also may make a small batch of my mom's Cranberry-Orange Relish - I usually end up eating it straight out of the bowl.

YUM! I'd love those recipes if you'd like to share
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Post by: Sam on November 21, 2009, 10:15:47 PM: Hi everyone.

Just wanted to say goodnight.

;D
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:38:39 PM: Quote from: JoseSPiano on November 21, 2009, 12:05:35 PM
I'm going to advantage

Apparently, my penchant has increased to stealing whole words now... ;D
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:39:37 PM: Quote from: JRand59 on November 21, 2009, 12:42:51 PM
I am a bit surprised to hear about the Prince Albert.

DR TCB got a Prince Albert?? :o
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:40:10 PM: Good night, DR Sam!!!! May you have most pleasant dreams!!!!!! :)
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Post by: Jeanne on November 21, 2009, 10:43:01 PM: I've been watching LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD. Those DRs who so enjoyed CRANFORD a year or so ago may also enjoy this. BBC does period drama so well!
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 10:43:33 PM: Oy, what a day. We spent a good hour to an hour and a half at La Manse. Of course we found more "issues" this time since we're really serious now, LOL. It seems likely it needs a whole new roof, and there are signs that at one point one of the kitchen sinks (yes, there are two--it's one of those huge gourmet kitchens, though the appliances are ancient) leaked and part of the rec room ceiling underneath in the basement has been removed. I also did a walking tour of the property and discovered that someone had been dumping garbage part of the way back so that will need to be dealt with. But we're still excited. The big issues are, of course, the mechanicals--furnaces, pool pumps, etc. The pool, which is more or less drained, has a little residue of sludgy brown water in the deep end so we're wondering what cleaning that up will entail. There was also a poor little tiny dead mouse in the shallow end we hadn't noticed before.
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 10:44:32 PM: In better news, we had an incredible turnout for Dave Frishberg tonight. He did a bunch of rarer tunes, including several he wrote with Johnny Mandel. I of course got to hang with him quite a bit and he shared some very sweet stories about one of my favorite singers, Lani Hall.
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Post by: Jeanne on November 21, 2009, 10:46:17 PM: Congrats to DR JMK. May it all go smoothly.
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:48:54 PM: Cute clip, Laura DR!
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Post by: Jeanne on November 21, 2009, 10:49:24 PM: It seems that DR Jose needs to learn the art of bilocation ASAP!
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:51:12 PM: Quote from: Cillaliz on November 21, 2009, 09:31:17 PM
YUM! I'd love those recipes if you'd like to share

Me, too! :)
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:53:51 PM: DR JMK - it will be interesting to see what it's like negotiating with the bank on all of this stuff in a foreclosure deal. I hope it is not too rough on you.
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:56:01 PM: Quote from: Jeanne on November 21, 2009, 10:49:24 PM
the art of bilocation

(http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g280/surfdork66/BIMart.jpg)
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 10:56:52 PM: Quote from: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:53:51 PM
DR JMK - it will be interesting to see what it's like negotiating with the bank on all of this stuff in a foreclosure deal. I hope it is not too rough on you.

Actually, because they're required to provide so much (boilerplate) information, we have a good handle on what to expect. They will not make any cosmetic repairs, we know that. But we obviously can't get insurance or even an appraisal underwritten if the roof is bad and some of the other stuff is bad (like the septic tank or the well), so they have to be willing to negotiate. They've had several sale fails, we're hoping they've wised up to the fact no one is going to take the house "as is" without some price concessions or repairs. Evidently the last sale fail was because the buyer asked for price concessions AND repairs. I basically just want price concessions, I'll handle the repairs myself. :)
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:57:36 PM: It's great to hear that your Frishberg concert went so well, DR JMK. Hope that translates into better attendance for the balance of your program year.
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 10:59:03 PM: Frishberg told an hysterical story about shilling his tunes to publishers in the early 1960's in NYC. He was playing one of his tunes and the publisher asked him, "What's that chord?" Dave replied, "A B 7th." Publisher: "That's where you lose them." I laughed and laughed.
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 10:59:35 PM: Another publisher told him to concentrate on cowboy songs and to remember "It doesn't have to be good."
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:59:41 PM: Having worked for a relocation company, I'm sure that the bank has numerous inspections in their file and knows exactly what all of the problems are.
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Post by: JMK on November 21, 2009, 11:02:31 PM: Quote from: DAW on November 21, 2009, 10:59:41 PM
Having worked for a relocation company, I'm sure that the bank has numerous inspections in their file and knows exactly what all of the problems are.

They're actually required to share them with us, and I instructed my realtor to ask for them tomorrow. However, they may in fact not have any. We've been told by several bankers whom Betsy knows that the banks these days actually prefer not to be told the results of inspections as they then are required to disclose them. I also told my realtor that as uncomfortable as it may make her, she needs to make clear to the bank's realtor that if there are major repairs to be done, the bank either has to pay for them or negotiate price concessions. I don't want to spend thousands on inspections (the house is so large even the basic inspection is going to be quite costly) and then have the bank simply say they won't negotiate about anything.
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 11:02:52 PM: Quote from: JMK on November 21, 2009, 10:59:03 PM
Publisher: "That's where you lose them."

;D
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 11:04:48 PM: Well, DR JMK - it sounds like this will be a real adventure, no matter what, but that you're going about it very sensibly, and have your mind in the right place.

Good luck!!!!!!
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 11:05:20 PM: Well, no one can say that we didn't get to page 7!!!!!
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Post by: DAW on November 21, 2009, 11:06:22 PM: The Thanksgiving gathering and repast was really quite lovely. And my Hazelnut Herbed Popovers turned out most yummiliciously. :)
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Post by: bk on November 21, 2009, 11:34:32 PM: Finished with my viewing for the evening - managed to watch three count them three motion pictures.
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Post by: George on November 22, 2009, 12:15:45 AM: Quote from: George on November 21, 2009, 03:32:49 PM
Well, I must be going. Tonight, I'm ushering for Eric Michael Gillett (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1104), here in Olympia. He's doing four performances in the WCPA Black Box, which holds about 120 people (at the most). It should be very good!

Eric Michael Gillett was wonderful tonight! He has a great voice and quite the range and showed them off very well. Evidently, his three sisters all live in Olympia! At least one of his sisters and several other relatives were at the show tonight. It was a great audience. His show was called "Widescreen" and it was songs from and about movies. He sang such songs as "Over the Rainbow," "The Theme from The Valley of the Dolls," "Moon River," "My Favorite Year" (from the musical version of the movie, and even Rupert Holmes' song, "Widescreen." If you get a chance to see him live, go! ;D
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Post by: George on November 22, 2009, 12:17:41 AM: Quote from: bk on November 21, 2009, 04:09:55 PM
Quote from: George on November 21, 2009, 03:32:49 PM
Well, I must be going. Tonight, I'm ushering for Eric Michael Gillett (http://www.washingtoncenter.org/season/season_detail.asp?event_id=1104), here in Olympia. He's doing four performances in the WCPA Black Box, which holds about 120 people (at the most). It should be very good!

If you see Eric, send a big hello from the likes of me. Eric was in my very first musical, Start At The Top.

Darn. I wish I'd read this before I went, but I didn't stay after the show, so I didn't get to meet him...or even get an autograph. :-\ And he had a LOT of family there, so I don't think any regular "fans" stayed afterward, anyway.