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Title: SMALL CHANGE
Post by: bk on September 06, 2004, 11:59:19 PM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes have read you, the notes and you are on the same plane or perhaps the same plain, and now it is time for you to post until the changing cows come home.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Noel on September 07, 2004, 12:06:30 AM
If I weigh in, too, on Parade, will I be accused of Brown-bashing?

Parade is precisely the kind of show that sounds great on record but bores you to tears when you see it.  It's based on a true story, and yet, outside of the Franks, none of the characters ring true.  They're a bunch of illiterate bigots like you've seen in countless depictions of the bad ol' south for so many years.  I've heard of the Anti-Defamation League, which fights against negative portrayals of Jewish people.  Here, you just want to join some similar League that's against defamation of Southerners.  "All the Wasted Time" is a soaring ballad, but it comes way too late in the second act.  By that point, Brown and book-writer Alfred Uhry have long out-worn their welcome, making the same point again and again: them bigots iz dumb!

Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 12:14:23 AM
                       TO DR WEL...

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Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Noel on September 07, 2004, 12:16:51 AM
Panni, if I may re-ask: What font and font size do you use on your scripts?

Best well-wishes to WEL on his natal day
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 12:20:07 AM
   

         HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY TO DEAR READER LAURA!

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Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Noel on September 07, 2004, 12:20:21 AM
The worst part of my Labor Day was shopping at Macy's - that's why bridal registries came up.  I'm a groom-side relative and we purchased a gift this groom can't possibly get any enjoyment out of.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 12:26:46 AM
Panni, if I may re-ask: What font and font size do you use on your scripts?

I use FINAL DRAFT - not Word - for my scripts. The default font, which is what I use, is Courier Final Draft and the size is 12.
That's probably not of much use to you.
 
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 12:37:55 AM
One classic favorite line from SOME LIKE IT HOT...
"Well, nobody's perfect."

Another, from WHEN HARRY MET SALLY...
"I'll have what she's having."

A few more...

"Major Strasser has been shot. Round up the usual suspects." (CASABLANCA)

"Fasten your seat-belts. It's going to be a bumpy night." (ALL ABOUT EVE)

More tomorrow (today).
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 07, 2004, 12:42:10 AM
Good Evening! Good Morning!

The only line that comes to my mind right now is from "Waiting for Guffman":

"You... you... Ass-face!"

Gotta love that Corky!

*And there were actually some pretty good one-liners in "Garden State" too.  But they elude my sleepy head right now, so...

But before I go....
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 12:42:57 AM
Speaking of small change... SMALL CHANGE is such a wonderful movie. I wonder what films Truffaut would have made had he not died so (relatively) young.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 07, 2004, 12:43:18 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILLIAM E. LURIE!!!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 07, 2004, 12:43:54 AM
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LAURA!!!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: JoseSPiano on September 07, 2004, 12:45:17 AM
Hmmm.. The classical station is currently featuring the music of Bela Bartok this hour.  Now, don't get me wrong, I like the music of Bartok, but it's not exactly music to go-to-bed-by.... Hmmm... In any case...

Goodnight.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 12:46:44 AM
Hmmm.. The classical station is currently featuring the music of Bela Bartok this hour.  Now, don't get me wrong, I like the music of Bartok, but it's not exactly music to go-to-bed-by.... Hmmm... In any case...


Gee, I hum it in the shower every morning. (G'night.)
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 01:11:34 AM
Beckon don’t be sorry.  You answered the question honestly.  Thank you for sharing.

SWW I stay away from dairy products when I have a cold.  I think soup and watermelon is better for a cold.

Jose, I agree it is very annoying on the escalator when people don’t stay to the right and let me pass on the left.  I will have to check out your escalator theory in L.A.  I can’t recall it is more of a problem there than anywhere else.  
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 01:14:26 AM
Happy Birthday William E. Lurie-have a great day!

DearReaderLaura have a very special 25th anniversary and congratulations!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 01:27:01 AM
Bruce, I love that line from the Court Jester.  Then of course there is “I've got it! I've got it! The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true! Right?”

My two favorites from Casablanca:
“Here's looking at you, kid.”
“Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”

Now Bogie and I (he followed me out of bed) are going back to bed and see if I can fall asleep this time.  
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: George on September 07, 2004, 01:42:01 AM
There's a song from Scrambled Feet, "The Theatre-Party Ladies," where three women (played by the men) go to a show.  Anyway, I don't remember the exact scenario of the skit, but one of them says "How rude!" and I use that all the time.  Same inflection and in approximately the same character voice.  No one, of course, knows that it's a quote from a show.  It's my own little private joke with myself.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: George on September 07, 2004, 01:46:49 AM
¤ ¤ ¤ HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILLIAM E. LURIE!! ¤ ¤ ¤

¤ ¤ ¤ HAPPY, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DEAR READER LAURA AND HER DEAR HUSBAND!! ¤ ¤ ¤
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 03:40:28 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Birthday WEL!!!  ;D[/move]
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happy Anniversary DRLAURA!!  ;D[/move]
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 03:42:10 AM
Yes SMALL CHANGE is a very nice film.

Hmmmmmmmmm....change in the air....changes a comin' .... and we look forward to hearing the DETAILS!!!

"The change would do him good...."  hahahahaha!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 03:43:17 AM
I think it might help.....if you have posted photos and still have them on your hard drive....delete them from your hard drive then they will show up as red x's in the notes but since they won't be there, the space is now open to be used for other photos.  Anyway, that is what I do.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 03:50:37 AM
Hmmmmmmmm.....movie lines....so many, but here are a few to start:

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, the end, when Nancy is lying on the ground electrocuted with her husband in her hand:
"She finally got Harry....all to herself!"

Can't remember the character's name in 5th of July, when the man trips and falls over she says:  "Oh I didn't understand, when you said he had a wooden leg, I thought you meant he could drink a lot!"

In Back Street, when Susan Hayward says: "Everyone is laughing at us, other people's love affairs are always funny....but all the old cliches are true...you can't break the rules....."  And from the same movie, Vera Miles at the fashion show: "You've all wondered who the other woman in my husband's life is....send it [a wedding dress] to MISS rae Smith, in care of my husband."

Hehehehehe....



Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 03:51:28 AM
DRNOEL - nothing smaller than 12 point and Courier is a good easy to read font.  Nothing ALL CAPS or SCRIPT or BOLD....difficult to read.  
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 04:14:41 AM
From What's Up, Doc?:

Banquet Receptionist : This woman claims to be a Eunice Burns.
Eunice : I am not A Eunice Burns, I am THE Eunice Burns!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 04:30:39 AM
Blazing Saddles
Madeline Kahn (again)

"It's twoo ... it's twoo."
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 04:38:44 AM
From Airplane
Barbara Billingsley: "Stewardess, I speak jive."


Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 04:43:51 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]Happiest of birthdays DR WEL Happiest of birthdays DR WEL Happiest of birthdays DR WEL[/move]
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 04:45:57 AM
"A quarter of a century. Makes a girl think."
(Some Like It Hot)


Speaking of which,

Happy 25th Anniversary, DR Laura!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 05:07:09 AM
Good morning one and all. I have returned from the heartland with clogged arteries (I'm sure) and relaxed and happy. A bit melancholy that I have to return to work (my usual morning posting place) but thems the breaks.

I have lots to ketchup on (28 posts so early!) between work and HHW. I barely touched a computer the entire time we were gone. It was quite relaxing.

Soon I will have pictures from venues such as the State Fair (Deep Fried Milky Ways - as I said, artery clogging) and other places. We didn't take as many pictures this trip as we usually do but I will post nonetheless.

That's it for now, but before I go...(to quote someone who also says "laters")
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 05:07:43 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR WEL!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO DR LAURA!!!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Elan on September 07, 2004, 05:11:42 AM
Happy Birthday, WEL!
Happy 25th Anniversary, Laura!

Many happy returns of the day (although, have you ever tried to return a day? It's never a pleasant experience, even when you keep the receipt...)

The Lovely Wife(tm) and myself have been known to quote about 95% of The Princess Bride at the slightest provocation ("buh-bye, boys! Have fun storming the castle!" being probably the most done). From stage shows, "Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor" (Into the Woods, but you all knew that) is one of our more common ones.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Noel on September 07, 2004, 05:24:50 AM
DRNOEL - nothing smaller than 12 point and Courier is a good easy to read font.  Nothing ALL CAPS or SCRIPT or BOLD....difficult to read.  

If I don't use ALL CAPS, how will they know what's being sung?  The script frequently goes back and forth between dialogue and lyrics.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: beckon on September 07, 2004, 05:31:13 AM
BK and DR Noel:  Unfortunately, I have heard two other people mention the same things about PARADE.  Such a shame.  It sounds like the case of THE GRASS HARP.  Great score, but don't go see the show.

DR S. Woody White: I appreciate your comments on my post.  I guess I'll be known as the person who "slaps the caps on peoples' noggins". :)

DR Jane: Thank you for letting me share.  Now...may I compliment you?  I notice in your postings that you always take time to respond to everyone's messages individually.  It may seem like a small thing, but I think it is very classy.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: beckon on September 07, 2004, 05:34:27 AM
FAVORITE LINES

"God that's good!"  -- Sweeny Todd

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."  -- The Wizard Of Oz

And to comment on Los Angeles' recent weather:

"God I am so hot" -- Sunday In The Park With George
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jennifer on September 07, 2004, 05:36:28 AM
DR Jane, re: your son's waterbed.

It seems that waterbeds have changed since I last got one.  Now most of them being sold are called soft-sided and zip up in a mattress.  That must be what your son has (since it would seem very unlikely that you could put the other kind on a box spring).

I tried the air mattress last night and it was extremely uncomfortable.  I need this new bed and fast.

Btw, for DR TCB, MORE DREAMS about the same person.  I believe your theory is correct. :)
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jennifer on September 07, 2004, 05:41:52 AM

Happy Birthday to DR WEL!

And congrats to DR Laura!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 05:47:15 AM
I think the one thing that has truly bugged me during my time out here in L.A. so far is that no one seems to know about nor follow the "Stand to the Right, Pass of the Left" rule when it comes to using escalators.  Is it only a mid-West and East Coast thing?  Is it because L.A. is "traditionally" not a walking city?

Jose,

This is a huge pet peeve of mine. Toronto has an underground city, connected with escalators. And nobody follows the sttr, potl etiquette. Drives me nuts. And when I politely ahem, I usually get a look.

I'd love for you to visit Toronto, BTW. I'd discover all the best routes and the best bakeries. It's a pleasure to read about your days and nights in LA.
 
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: William E. Lurie on September 07, 2004, 05:52:46 AM
First, thank you all for the birthday wishes.  We DRs are really a family.

I enjoyed PARADE on stage.  I thought it was the perfect mixture of old-style book musical with a modern but NOT through-sung score.  And GRASS HARP depends on the production... I have seen both good and bad.

My favorite quote is the one from TEA AND SYMPATHY that I use as the footnote on my posts.

BK - Did you get my e-mail Saturday?
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 06:06:19 AM
"I like the typos quote, DB. It never ceases to amaze me that I can read a script ten times and miss a perfectly obvious typo each time. One of the producers I'm working with now NEVER misses a typo. On the one hand, that's good because she lets me know and I get to fix the typos before the script goes to the network; on the other hand, it's embarrassing!"

* * *

Panni,

Do you proofread the electronic version or the hard copy? I always catch more when I'm reading from paper.

I also find that, while looking at the little things, it's easy to miss large-typeface items like chapter headings. Over the years I've seen these two nearly missed before the book went to press: "Skakespeare," and "Anne of Green Bagles."
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: td on September 07, 2004, 06:19:40 AM
" 'twas beauty killed the beast."  KING KONG
"I know that I'm different, but from now on, I'm going to try to be the same." WHAT'S UP DOC
"I want to be an. . . actress. . .on the. . .stage." MOULIN ROUGE (this one never fails to crack me up, with Nik's halting, unbelievable delivery).
"The day has yet to come when I can be had for the price of a cocktail and a handful of salted peanuts."  ALL ABOUT EVE

The final line of WOMEN IN LOVE, which escapes me this early in the a.m.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Stuart on September 07, 2004, 06:26:21 AM
Greetings all.

Happy Birthday, DR WEL.
Happy Anniversary, DR Laura and spouse.

Fave movie lines?  hmmmm, so far so good, but here's mine:

"They drummed you right out of Hollywood, so you come crawling back to Broadway.  Well, Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope!" (VOTD)
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Stuart on September 07, 2004, 06:29:41 AM
Also (From Funny Girl, aka amongst my friends simply as FGirl):

(Said with pasted on smile, between gritted teeth):

"So, shoot the picture!"

From same film, and used just this past weekend, or whenever I hear slightly depressing, or life-altering news.....:

"Stop boiling water!...."

(The news I responded to this weekend was certainly not life-changing, just a slight change in course on something....)
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 07, 2004, 06:59:52 AM
[move=left,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR WEL ! ! ! ! ![/move]

[move=right,scroll,6,transparent,100%]! ! ! ! ! HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY DR LAURA & HER DH ! ! ! ! ![/move]
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 07:04:19 AM
Yes DRNOEL - LYRICS IN CAPS.....I thought you were specifically asking about the script portion.

Sorry.....sometimes Lyrics are in caps and INDENTED which makes them even easier to isolate and read.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 07:06:39 AM
Oh......Hattie McDaniel in Gone With the Wind:

What gennilmans says, and what they think is two different things, and I doan notice Mistah Ashley askin' for to marry ya!

AND:

Savannah'd be better for ya....ya just git in trouble in Atlanta...Mistah Ashley comin' home from the war an' you sittin' there waitin' for him, jes lak a spider!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jennifer on September 07, 2004, 07:17:10 AM
Hey, could someone here do me a small favor.

On the middle of this page it says Customer Service:
http://www.e-waterbeds.com/contact.htm

There is a link that says "email", but my computer won't allow me to use it.  Can someone just tell me what the email address is.

THANKS.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 07:25:15 AM
Dan in TO - I read the hard copy for proofing.
BTW - I think that with a slight alteration in spelling (change "bagles")  ANNE OF GREEN BAGELS could be the next great Irish-Jewish novel.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 07, 2004, 07:26:08 AM
I'm back after a very wonderful extended weekend at the shore.  I jumped the rough surf, lazed in the sun, surrendered to my compulsion to dig deep holes in the sand, walked, shopped and biked the boardwalk, rode the amusements, played miniture golf, and ate many delish meals and partook of lots of treats (salt water taffy, fudge, caramel popcorn, and ice cream--I even ate a corn dog for the first time in years!)  Now I am feeling very much relaxed and centered and balanced and refreshed.  The only problem is that I am feeling more ambitious about going through the past few days' posts than I am about doing my job.  Ah, well...such is life...

Favorite lines:

Happy Hunting:  "You mean his name is Grace, too?"

The Little Foxes:  "I hope you die!  I hope you die soon!  I'll be waiting for you to die!"

Harvey:  "Oh, Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it."

Platinum (where Alexis Smith's character tells of the moment she realized she needed to shake up her career):  "I can't remember if it happened when I was doing Hello, Dolly! in Cincinatti, Ohio, or when I was doing Mame in Columbus, Ohio, or when I started doing Hello, Dolly! in the middle of Mame in Cleveland, Ohio."

Stage Door (too many from this one, but I'll go with:)  "Oh, Linda!  Mr. Powell's car is here!  Mr. Powell isn't here, just his car!"
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 07:27:31 AM
Can someone just tell me what the email address is.

   info@e-waterbeds.com
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 07:31:37 AM
Yes DRJENNIFER, that is the email address I get as well.  So go for it!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 07:32:49 AM
And there is The House of the Seven Bagels.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jennifer on September 07, 2004, 07:33:17 AM
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 07, 2004, 07:33:18 AM
Dan in TO - I read the hard copy for proofing.
BTW - I think that with a slight alteration in spelling (change "bagles")  ANNE OF GREEN BAGELS could be the next great Irish-Jewish novel.

That reminds me of a script typo I would like to see someday:

MAME:
Where's that boy with the bulge...
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 07:45:12 AM
I have lots of favorite lines, some from something campy like VALLEY OF THE DOLLS ("They drummed you out of Hollywood, so you come crawlin' back to Broadway, Well, Broadway doesn't go for booze and dope. Now, get out of my way 'cause I got a man waitin' for me.")

Or from something southern like STEEL MAGNOLIAS - "Oh, Clairee, you're too twisted for color TV."
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 07:48:08 AM
Oh......Hattie McDaniel in Gone With the Wind:

What gennilmans says, and what they think is two different things, and I doan notice Mistah Ashley askin' for to marry ya!

AND:

Charleston'd be better for ya....ya just git in trouble in Atlanta...Mistah Ashley comin' home from the war an' you sittin' there waitin' for him, jes lak a spider!

I love all of Mammy's line in GWTW, but wasn't it Savannah, DR JRand, rather than Charleston?
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 07:49:46 AM
A happy birthday to WEL and happy anniversary to Dear Reader Laura!!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 07:52:18 AM
We;re under a flood watch until 6 p.m. TOMORROW night from the offshoot storms from Hurricane Frances. It's a mess here; been raining since early this morning, but thankfully so far no downpours, just a slow, steady drizzle. Supposedly, it's going to get heavier later tonight with up to 5 inches of rain over the two days. The NC mountains are getting a foot of rain in the forecast.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jennifer on September 07, 2004, 07:53:36 AM
Hmmm, the lady at e-waterbeds already responded.

She won't ship directly to canada.  But said she would ship it to a friend in the US who could then ship it to me.  SHe also recommended someone who she thought would ship directly!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 08:20:45 AM
You are getting ever closer DRJENNIFER!  ;)

yes, DRMATTH - now that you mention it...and I have modified my post to read so.....  ;D
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 08:27:21 AM
And I have pushed us to Page 3, I hope.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 08:40:32 AM
Good morning.  Soon various People Who Fix Things will be converging on my home environment.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: DearReaderLaura on September 07, 2004, 08:44:37 AM
Thank you all for your well wishes. It's been a swell 25 years. Now we are off for a couple days to celebrate!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR WEL!!!!  I wish for you plenty of your favorite cake!
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 08:47:07 AM
Cake? Cake? I need cake! That's the one thing I missed on my birthday. My dear friend Hal made me a couple of hummers, but no cake. Hmmm. I got some cake mixes in my pantry. Might have to see about that later this week.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 08:49:27 AM
Cake? Cake? I need cake! That's the one thing I missed on my birthday. My dear friend Hal made me a couple of hummers, but no cake. Hmmm. I got some cake mixes in my pantry. Might have to see about that later this week.

What are hummers?

Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 08:50:15 AM
DR WFO,

Welcome back. You've been missed.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 08:52:20 AM
Oh....ever since DRPANNI mentioned the movie SMALL CHANGE, it has been on my mind....

So many wonderful sequences, but the baby falling from the second or third floor is still my favorite....what a torrent of emotions....and what a release!  
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: William F. Orr on September 07, 2004, 08:52:41 AM
I'M BAAAACK!!!

And now, first things first:

[move=DOWN,scroll,6,transparent,100%]WEL, WEL, WEL!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY![/move]

[move=UP,scroll,6,transparent,100%]DR LAURA AND DH:  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY![/move]
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: William F. Orr on September 07, 2004, 09:06:01 AM
And second things second.

Gee, there are so many movie and theatre lines Joe and I quote around the house, and now most of them escape me.

"Oh my God!"  (Kate Capshaw in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, right before Jones cuts the rope bridge.

"No!  Your other left!" (Same movie.)

And can anyone in an English-speaking country say "I'll be back" without affecting an Austrian accent?  I sure can't.

"Take cover, Arizona!"  (Pump Up the Volume)  And thereby hangs a tale.  Joe and I are always saying "If I ever meet ________, I'm going to say _______, just to see his/her reaction."  Well, we passed Christian Slater on 7th Avenue, and he was well out of sight before we realized we had missed our chance on this line!

"What has it got in its pocketses?" -- oops, that's from a book and doesn't count.
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Post by: MBarnum on September 07, 2004, 09:10:49 AM
Welcome back WFO!

Welcome back Ben!

WE have missed both of you!!

My favorite line from a film is from BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS:

The line is something like: It's my scene man, and it's really freakin me out!" or something like that.

You would think if it was my favorite line that I would remember it!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 07, 2004, 09:11:54 AM
Happy Birthday WEL!

Happy Anniversary Laura!
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Post by: Stuart on September 07, 2004, 09:13:19 AM
My dear friend Hal made me a couple of hummers...

Where I come from, DR MattH, hummers have a somewhat saltier connotation.
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 07, 2004, 09:16:21 AM
Third things third.

My long absence from these here pages has been caused by a summer busy, busy, busy, but getting nothing whatsoever done.  All the running you can do, as the Red Queen would say.  I shall report on some of the more interesting details in days to come.  

I've missed a couple of months worth of posts, so I have absolutely no idea what has been going on in all of your lives--except Bruce's, because I have lurkingly kept up on his notes, his revue, and his various and assorted plumbing nightmares.  Our house is only five years old, and we've had our share of same--this summer the Central Air conked out and spewed water all over the basement--again!  So I can truly sympathise.  Yes, and when the super of my apartment in Hempstead years ago kept putting off fixing my toilet, I would arise early and run up the the hotel three blocks away to use their men's room for two weeks running.  (Pun intended.)

Anyway, school has started, and I'm here again and thankful that the chat software has not demoted me to newbie in my absence.
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 07, 2004, 09:21:00 AM
DR Noel:

I for one hate, hate, hate lyrics in all caps.  Especially when the punctuation is missing.  They look like newspaper headlines, not speech.  I prefer to indent and/or use a slighly different font.  Or even include the occasionsal "[spoken]" and "[sung]" when dialogue is intermixed.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 09:25:51 AM
Where I come from, DR MattH, hummers have a somewhat saltier connotation.

The ones I was served were sweet combinations of what tasted like chocolate ice cream and some different liqueurs, possibly Baileys' and maybe a chocolate liqueur.
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Post by: George on September 07, 2004, 09:27:18 AM
I think it might help.....if you have posted photos and still have them on your hard drive....delete them from your hard drive then they will show up as red x's in the notes but since they won't be there, the space is now open to be used for other photos.  Anyway, that is what I do.

I don't think that that's how it works.  From what I remember, when you upload a picture, it is added to the hard drive(s) of the company that is hosting HHW and THAT is what is filled up.  The administrator has to delete them from the server...or something like that.
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 09:30:17 AM
Okay DRGEORGE thanks....I wasn't sure.  So once it is on HHW, I can delete it from my hard drive and it will still be here on HHW?

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Post by: Jay on September 07, 2004, 09:32:24 AM
Happy Anniversary to Dear Reader Laura and her beloved Dear Husband!

Happy Birthday to Dear Reader William E. Lurie!
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Post by: Jay on September 07, 2004, 09:34:43 AM
A favorite movie line of mine, from Mommie Dearest, which contains a plethora of wonderfully quotable bits of dialogue:

"Don't %&@# with me, fellas."
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Post by: Jennifer on September 07, 2004, 09:39:14 AM
Okay now I want cake too! :)
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 07, 2004, 10:26:09 AM
Ah, DR Jay, Mommy Dearest!  A dear friend of mine was left a house and some precious artwork by an Aunt in her will.  His cousins meanly fought the will for years, but he finally received his inheritance, just as he was diagnosed with cancer.  (In his thirties, alas!)

In his will he parceled out his car, his clothes, his stereo, etc to friends, the art work to my Joe, and to his cousins he left "nothing whatsoever, for reasons best known to them."  I doubt they got the movie reference.
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Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 10:32:18 AM
One of my favorite lines (it's actually two) is from Sunset Boulevard:

JOE GILLIS: You used to be in pictures. You used to be big.

NORMA DESMOND: I am big. It's the pictures that got small.
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 10:38:12 AM
Well, the comedy continues in the City of Studio.  Despite my being told that all these people would be converging no one has converged.  Now I'm being told that the only person coming is the tile man to give an estimate to re-tile the bathroom that has been ripped to shreds.  Fifteen minutes ago I was told he was knocking at my door.  He was not knocking at my door.  Heaven knows whose doore he was knocking at or what block he was on but it wasn't mine.  So, who knows when he will get here.
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Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 10:39:10 AM
Another great line from Sunset Boulevard :

Norma: I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille.
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Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 10:39:34 AM
And then we have that classic line from The Graduate

Plastics!
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Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 10:40:13 AM
And finally, at least for now:

Grouch Marx in Animal Crackers:

Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 07, 2004, 10:51:41 AM
Okay DRGEORGE thanks....I wasn't sure.  So once it is on HHW, I can delete it from my hard drive and it will still be here on HHW?

DR Jrand, have you tried  www.photobucket.com  (http://www.photobucket.com) ?  You just need to registar, upload pics to your "photo album", then copy and past the img link in your posts here.  It's amazing how much space they allow.  I've yet to have to delete any of the pics I've uploaded there.
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 11:05:28 AM
You can now post more photos - Mr. Mark Bakalor has cleansed us.
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Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 11:16:27 AM
I feel so CLEAN. Thank you, Mr. Bakalor.
If we're going to be doing Marx Brothers quotes, DR Ben, that's a whole TOD all by itself...
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 11:17:37 AM
Thanks DtMan - I use ranchoweb photostorage...but I am soon to move to Photobucket....I was just waiting for a recommendation from a trusted person.....

Hi WFO!!

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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 11:18:24 AM
And here's the optometry hospital...it's sort of a site for sore eyes!
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 11:23:40 AM
Fifteen minutes ago I was told he was knocking at my door.  He was not knocking at my door.  Heaven knows whose doore he was knocking at or what block he was on but it wasn't mine.  So, who knows when he will get here.

I hate when that happens and it is amazing how often it does happen.
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 11:24:24 AM
Beckon, how sweet.  Thank you but I really couldn’t be so good as to post a response to everyone’s messages.  I’m sure Bruce would like it if I posted that often.  :)
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Post by: George on September 07, 2004, 11:30:12 AM
I didn't see the movie, or even know what movie it was for, but I remember seeing a commercial and Jayne Mansfield (I think) walked into a room, thrust her boobs out and said, "Step back gentlemen, I take deep breaths."  I laughed and laughed...out loud, even!
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Post by: William F. Orr on September 07, 2004, 11:36:00 AM
Oh, if we're doing Sunset Blvd...

"Audiences don't know that anyone writes movies.  They think the actors just make it up as they go along."
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Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 12:00:26 PM
Well, I see that I have missed a multitude of Birthdays.

Belated Birthday Wishes to all who had them in the previous week. I'm sure I ate enough cake, ice cream, deep-fried Oreos and other goodies to make you all jealous or happy or however you feel when eating such tasty treats.
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Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 12:01:05 PM
I now need to go back and read the posts from Saturday August 28 through yesterday.
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 12:05:38 PM
hi Ben!
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Post by: Ben on September 07, 2004, 12:06:22 PM
Oh, a Follies reference,

Hi, JR
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 12:08:28 PM
To illustrate DR GEORGE'S quote and to celebrate photos AGAIN!  Here instead of a dance is Miss Jayne (I take big breaths) Mansfield!  8)

(http://www.bay-laurel-books.co.uk/pics/jayne-mansfield-smaller.jpg)
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 12:10:21 PM

Stuart I’m glad you didn’t have depressing life-altering news this weekend-had me scared for a second.  Great line by the way.

Welcome back WFO!  Gosh, what a story to return with.  At least your friend kept his sense of humor.

Ben, sounds like you had a fun vacation.

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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 12:12:21 PM
“So what’s the story, Richie?” from LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS.
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Post by: JoseSPiano on September 07, 2004, 12:15:40 PM
Good Afternoon!

Welcome back, DRs Ben and WFO!!!  So nice to have you back where you belong. ;) -Ah, a Jerry Herman reference/quote.

Nothing new since last night except that I need to go through a small pile of stuff and get it ready to be dropped off at the post office.  So... I guess I should stop dillying and dallying, and get on with my day...
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 12:33:32 PM
The Dilly Dally Song was one of my favorite little Golden records....remember those yellow things?  I think it was on the flip side of The Hokey Pokey.
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 12:35:29 PM
The only recording that sounded worse was one that we cut off a Wheaties box.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 07, 2004, 12:42:23 PM
The only recording that sounded worse was one that we cut off a Wheaties box.

I still have copies of the Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" and The Jackson 5's "ABC" that were cut off of boxes of Post Sugar Crisps.
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 07, 2004, 12:44:15 PM
Oh, and Welcome Back to WFO!  Long time, no see!  Long time, no see! (a Diane Keaton reference!)
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 12:49:50 PM
And you know what DTM - I bet they sound just as good today as they EVER did.......hehehehe
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 01:00:57 PM
I almost ordered that "Damned" double feature, but I haven't yet.  Maybe this week sometime.
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Post by: Jennifer on September 07, 2004, 01:03:45 PM
Beckon, how sweet.  Thank you but I really couldn’t be so good as to post a response to everyone’s messages.  I’m sure Bruce would like it if I posted that often.  :)

DR Jane, I know that you probably don't even realize what you do.  But I also find it extremely thoughtful how you make comments about everyone's posts.  You make people feel good.
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Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 01:06:41 PM
Right, I stayed away from Marx Brother quotes because I could tend to go overboard and, besides, didn't we do them when that last Marx Bros. boxed DVD set was released?
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Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 01:10:21 PM
Speaking of Marx Bros. DVD boxed sets, I'm curious to see if Universal did any clean-up/remastering on their five Marx. Bros' epics when THAT boxed set gets released in a few weeks. I know there will be special features with the box, but I'm interested in the features themselves and exactly how much it's possible to improve on films that old.
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Post by: Noel on September 07, 2004, 01:13:22 PM
I quote Woody Allen almost constantly.  I need the eggs.

But a line from a musical I really like is an exchange between Siamese twin sisters in From the Hip:

Sissy: Mother always told us we shouldn't get involved romantically unless it was with another set of Siamese twins.

Sassy: With our luck, we'd fall in love diagonally!
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Post by: Stuart on September 07, 2004, 01:16:52 PM
I also thought I might mention that I made Challah for the first time yesterday.  Actually, it was the first time I ever made any sort of yeast bread at all.

With the holidays coming up, and having the time (and the inclination), I thought it would be a nice thing to try.  My intention was to make two round loaves (the traditional shape for the Jewish New Year), and to make one "sample" braided loaf, so that the dear partner and I could taste it before the holidays (and I would therefore know whether I had to buy challah at a bakery, or at Wegman's).

We were quite pleased with my efforts.  One of the round loaves spread a bit, so we decided to make it the sample loaf, and to fly against tradition by making the larger, braided one for Rosh Hashanah, with the smaller, round one for Kol Nidre and the breaking of the Yom Kippur fast.

I guess all the talk a couple of weeks ago about DR JMK's wife's challah also got me into the mood to try baking some myself.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on September 07, 2004, 01:16:55 PM
TOD

"Put the candle back!" (Young Frankenstein)

Favorite Movie "look"

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : My grandfather's work was DOO-DOO! The only thing that concerns me is the preservation of LIFE!
[in a fit of rage, he stabs himself accidentally in the kneecap - he covers it with his knee]

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein : [keeping dignity while in extreme pain] Class is... dis... missed.

der Brucer
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Post by: DERBRUCER on September 07, 2004, 01:21:06 PM
A favorite movie line of mine, from Mommie Dearest, which contains a plethora of wonderfully quotable bits of dialogue:

"Don't %&@# with me, fellas."

With the accent on the "@"!
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Post by: DERBRUCER on September 07, 2004, 01:24:39 PM
And there is The House of the Seven Bagels.

Actually, it is the "House of Seven Beagles", a treatment Panni is doing for Disney.
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 01:25:10 PM
"Then tear out that b*tch of a bearing wall and put a window where a window should BE!!"
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 01:25:45 PM
"The bagel has landed."
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Post by: Stuart on September 07, 2004, 01:26:49 PM
Part of the reason I mention the challah baking, is that the recipe I was following referred to the fomenting yeast and some other ingredients as a "sponge."  Which reminded me of one of my other favorite FGIRL quotes:

FANNY (Watching Nick absorb her Henry Street neighborhood and friends, after an admonition from her mother):  He's a gentleman.  A gentleman fits in anywhere.

MRS. BRICE (delivered as only Kay Medford could): A sponge fits in anywhere!
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 07, 2004, 01:31:10 PM
Actially, it is the "House of Seven Beagles", a treatment Panni is doing for Disney.

Not to be confused with Bergman's House of Sven Beagles.
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Post by: Stuart on September 07, 2004, 01:35:02 PM
Other favorite Mrs. Brice quotes:

MRS. BRICE (as Fanny is "helping" her play a game of solitaire):  You wanna play, get a deck.

~~~~~~~~~~~

MRS. BRICE (Spying Nick Arnstein playing cards with her kaffeklatsch):  I think he's played before, this Mr. Arnstein.

EDDIE RYAN (I think):  Why?

MRS. BRICE:  The way he looks to home.....
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Post by: Dan (the Man) on September 07, 2004, 01:35:21 PM
Oh, Damn!  It's time to go home and I gotta do a dance!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/gogo.jpg)

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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 01:36:03 PM
Kay Medford is one of those actresses I really really like in some roles....but in others....ugh!

Remember that My Three Sons/Family Affair spinoff set in Rome....I think it was called TO ROME WITH LOVE or some such, with John Forsythe living in Rome with his three daughters and his sister or sister-in-law played by Medford? Mensch does not begin to describe how this character was written...she caused chaos,  havoc and sorrow in every episode of this mercifully short-lived show.
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Post by: DERBRUCER on September 07, 2004, 01:40:52 PM
Other favorite Mrs. Brice quotes:


Speaking of whom...does anybody remember Baby Snooks?
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Post by: William E. Lurie on September 07, 2004, 01:45:12 PM
Of course... Hanley Stafford was Daddy and her baby brother wos Rogespierre (spelling?).  I have several episodes on cassette.
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 07, 2004, 01:49:48 PM
Congratulations and Welcomes to DRs where appropriate.  
TOTD: any line spoken by Maggie Smith in "Califonia Sweet" and the Marmalade line (and a few others)in "Gosford Park".

Far too ealy in the day here for specifics.
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 01:58:35 PM
Part of the reason I mention the challah baking, is that the recipe I was following referred to the fomenting yeast and some other ingredients as a "sponge."  Which reminded me of one of my other favorite FGIRL quotes:

FANNY (Watching Nick absorb her Henry Street neighborhood and friends, after an admonition from her mother):  He's a gentleman.  A gentleman fits in anywhere.

MRS. BRICE (delivered as only Kay Medford could): A sponge fits in anywhere!


DR Stuart,

That's one of mine too - and I've quoted Mrs. Brice over the years. Her other gem, and the quote may not be precise: "a stranger should be a little strange."
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Post by: Stuart on September 07, 2004, 02:03:40 PM
DR Stuart,

That's one of mine too - and I've quoted Mrs. Brice over the years. Her other gem, and the quote may not be precise: "a stranger should be a little strange."

I knew I forgot one!

My memory of it is: "A stranger should act a little strange."
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Post by: Stuart on September 07, 2004, 02:05:57 PM
And another fave, especially when we are eating...well, just about anything off the grill, or when the DP has a hankering for ribs:

SCARLET:  Why, Charles Hamilton, I want to eat barbeque with you!
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 02:05:57 PM
And you know what DTM - I bet they sound just as good today as they EVER did.......hehehehe

 ;D  Guess I shouldn't have trashed those things.
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Post by: Jrand73 on September 07, 2004, 02:11:17 PM
DRJANE you threw away tons of money....LOL....I hope you didn't have any of the Bobby Sherman "records."
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Post by: DERBRUCER on September 07, 2004, 02:24:15 PM

TOTD: any line spoken by Maggie Smith in "Califonia Sweet"

Far too ealy in the day here for specifics.

May I help?

“I have a lump in my throat and a hump on my dress!”

“And I’m not miserable. I’m an artist. I am creatively unhappy.”

“It’s been an evening of ups and downs – Care to continue the motion?”


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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 02:26:08 PM
Stuart,

That's much more like it (the Kay Medford line).

I assumed Kay Medford was Jewish, then read that she was born Maggie O'Regin. (Nancy Walker is another actress who does a great Jewish mother.)


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Post by: George on September 07, 2004, 02:27:42 PM
"You've got to live...Live...LIVE!  Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!"  Auntie Mame
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Post by: DERBRUCER on September 07, 2004, 02:30:52 PM
..and the Marmalade line (and a few others)in "Gosford Park".


Constance : Bought marmalade? Oh dear, I call that very feeble.
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Post by: George on September 07, 2004, 02:31:49 PM
Part of the reason I mention the challah baking, is that the recipe I was following referred to the fomenting yeast and some other ingredients as a "sponge."  Which reminded me of one of my other favorite FGIRL quotes:

FANNY (Watching Nick absorb her Henry Street neighborhood and friends, after an admonition from her mother):  He's a gentleman.  A gentleman fits in anywhere.

MRS. BRICE (delivered as only Kay Medford could): A sponge fits in anywhere!

"I'm your sponge!"  Agnes Gooch
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Post by: George on September 07, 2004, 02:32:55 PM
"Not not Patrick dear, your Auntie Mame's hung."
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Post by: George on September 07, 2004, 02:35:04 PM
And finally:  (I found these all at www.moviequotes.com)

Patrick:  Who's that English lady?

Mame:  Vera's not English, dear, she's from Pittsburgh.

Patrick:  She sounds English.

Mame:  Well, when you're from Pittsburgh you have to do something.

(specifically at THIS (http://www.moviequotes.com/repository.cgi?pg=3&tt=39883) link.)
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 02:36:37 PM
Stuart I’m impressed.  I should get moving and bake some Challah.

Jennifer, you just made me feel good and I needed that just now.

JRand I wouldn’t have a clue what I threw out even if it was the very cute Bobby Sherman.
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 02:38:54 PM

When I returned to bed early this morning sleep still eluded me.  At the moment I’m ready for a nap which, I hope, explains the all time dumbest question I have ever asked.  ::) Keith is working on my family genealogy.  Today several birth and death certificates arrived from Wales, including the death certificate of my great-grandmother.  When Keith told me she died of constitutional syphilis I was so shocked I said something about how awful and then asked if she had children.  ??? Keith was leaving the room as I asked the question, stopped, gave me a rather odd look, :o then we both started laughing.

Honest, I meant did she have children with syphilis.  


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Post by: Tomovoz on September 07, 2004, 03:11:46 PM
Thank you for the breakfast laugh Jane. I just told that gem to Colin
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 03:15:50 PM
My pleasure and Keith's who insisted I tell the story.  ;D
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Post by: Dan-in-Toronto on September 07, 2004, 03:25:00 PM
Jane, that's a riot. Thanks.
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 03:34:08 PM
Last Wednesday I went for a hike and this is what I saw.
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 03:34:57 PM
DiT you are welcome.  :)
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 03:37:27 PM
Another view from my hike.
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Post by: MBarnum on September 07, 2004, 03:39:06 PM
I still have copies of the Archies' "Sugar, Sugar" and The Jackson 5's "ABC" that were cut off of boxes of Post Sugar Crisps.

Oh, man! I had the Sugar Sugar one too...cardboard, from the back of the cereal box...I thought it was so cool when I was a kid that I could play a cardboard record!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 07, 2004, 03:41:33 PM
Oh, Damn!  It's time to go home and I gotta do a dance!

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v130/WandaDuck/gogo.jpg)



You know what...I think I would like to have that record!
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Post by: td on September 07, 2004, 03:43:08 PM
(http://mixbrasil.uol.com.br/mundomix/central/031308/naked.jpg)
I did not see this when I went for a walk today.

It's just the boys singing "Happy Birthday" Greetings!


Frau Blucher in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN:  "He vas my . . . boyfriend!"
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Post by: MBarnum on September 07, 2004, 03:45:45 PM
DR Jane, those pics again show why the Rogue Valley is such a beautiful place to live!! Sometimes I miss it!
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Post by: MBarnum on September 07, 2004, 03:46:43 PM
At this moment a 14 pound pussycat is sprawled out on my lap whilst I am trying to type. I am now being directed to rub the belly of the beast!
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 03:59:25 PM
Bogie also loves his belly rubbed.  He is a bit smaller than Fredie at just a little over 12 pounds.  He isn't a big eater.
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 04:00:29 PM
I hit post too quickly.  Next time you come visit we will go on one of those beautiful hikes.
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Post by: JMK on September 07, 2004, 04:07:59 PM
Got a great package of David Gest stuff today referencing FF.  His signature is so very, very mannered it is not to be believed.

And, there must be something in the air (oxygen, perhaps?--though not much of that in LA  ::) )--after my post yesterday about the two upcoming books at least tangentially related to FF, I got an email this morning from a third author who is working on a book about 30s/40s Hollywood and wants to reference my FF article.  I'm going to have to start charging a consultant's fee.  :)
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 04:30:19 PM
JMK, very flattering.  

It’s nice you have been posting again.  :)
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Post by: Danise on September 07, 2004, 04:57:59 PM
Evening all!  Thank you for the good wishes and the vibes for getting us through the storm.  Two down maybe one more to go if Ivan has his way.  I still want to know who’s bright idea it was to name hurricanes after men.  Who ever heard of a “Him”icane anyway?  :D

Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to DR William E. Lurie!!!  Many, many, many more!


And lest I forget:

It is now Tuesday 9/7/2004 at 7:49:12 PM
Event: DR Laura’s  25th wedding anniversary!
Scheduled For 9/7/1979  12:00:00 PM
25 years 7 hours 49 minutes 12 seconds or
1,305 weekends or
9,132 days or
219,175 hours (146,117 waking hours) or
13,150,549 minutes or
789,032,952 seconds

Of wedded bliss!  I had to go with noon because I didn’t know the exact time.  

Favorite line:

I can’t remember the actor but it was from Disneys, The Black Hole and it’s a classic blooper that somehow got pass just about everyone.

“The mission:  To search for habitual life.”  
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: MBarnum on September 07, 2004, 05:00:07 PM
DR Jane, your mailbox is full!!

But to answer your question, 77 SUNSET STRIP plays weekly on The Goodlife Network which I get on my Comcast Digital channels.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: MBarnum on September 07, 2004, 05:01:10 PM
DR JMK, it is nice to know that all of your hard work is being appreciated! And wow, so much FF stuff now coming out!
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 05:03:39 PM
The Goodlife Network, possibly another reason to move into town and get cable.

I will delete a few messages-thanks,
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 05:04:43 PM
Danise did you have any problems getting into work today?  How was it out there?
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Post by: Danise on September 07, 2004, 05:07:34 PM
Hey, could someone here do me a small favor.

On the middle of this page it says Customer Service:
http://www.e-waterbeds.com/contact.htm

There is a link that says "email", but my computer won't allow me to use it.  Can someone just tell me what the email address is.

THANKS.

Someone may have done this for you already, Jennifer,  but here it is just in case:

info@e-waterbeds.com
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Danise on September 07, 2004, 05:22:23 PM
Sorry, DR Jane,  I'm reading from the begining of the thread and didn't see your question until I posted the above.

I didn't see hardly any damage at all.  A few trees down but nothing horrible.  

When I got to work, I heard that some people still don't have power and won't until the end of the week!   Ugh!  I'm so glad that didn't happen to me.  I think I would have gone mad.  

Not many people on the road at all but I did sight a convoy of police cars (at least 25) moving East on I-4.  All of them had their flashing lights on but I don't know why.  

There was lovely sunshine everywhere now that the three day holiday weekend is over and it's back to work time.    

You know that I wanted to transfer all of my videos I shot while on my trips on DVD.  Well, I bought the cable.  Waited for said cable to come in the mail  Lost video camera (well, not lost, lost--just put it someplace safe.  It was very safe, trust me. Two hours later worth of safe.) Found video camera.  Misplaced new cable.  (Think 2nd safe place).  Found cable.  Tried to hook video camera up to computer using found cable.  Found I had the wrong cable.  Cried.   Swore.  Did a little dance.  Wrong cable still did not work.  Ordered new cable from E-bay last night.   Will NOT put video camera in a safe place in the mean time.  Waiting on new cable from E-bay.  Will update you when new cable arrives.  Sigh.
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 05:22:59 PM
What lovely postings, and so many.  I've been dealing with a lot of merde today, but I'm told that soon the merde will lessen and lessen until I am merde-free, which is, after all, what we all strive for.  I went to the gym and did forty-five minutes on the bike, going app. 24 miles and burning app. 230 calories.
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 05:25:44 PM
Danise-LOL.  I'm real good at putting things in those "safe" places.

Good for you Bruce.
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Post by: Danise on September 07, 2004, 05:32:50 PM
Wow, Bruce, your faster than a speeding hurricane!  Even Frances didn't go that fast!  And that's the truth!

Jane,  I HATE it when I do that!  Sometimes I even tell myself that I will never remember where that safe place is but I do it anyway.

I guess I should also have changed part of that to read "Ordered RIGHT cable (not the LEFT)".   :D
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 05:37:53 PM
I don't always remember where the "safe place" is so you are better than I am.  

Often I can remember where an item was kept several houses ago but not always where it is in the current house.
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Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 05:50:50 PM
From YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN:
Dr. von Frankenstein: It's pronounced "Fronkensteen.
(A little later...)
Dr. von Frankenstein: You must be Igor.
Igor: No, it's pronounced "eye-gor."
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Post by: Danise on September 07, 2004, 06:00:46 PM
A big hello and welcome back to William F. Orr!!!!!  

Glad to see DR Ben back again as well!  I sent you a thank you card for the CD but I must have misread your address and it came back to me.  Sorry!

Somebody spoke about cake.  I had some today.  It was one of the ladies in our departments B-day.  

I also had a cup of coffee (Bleck! Pooie!) called “Angels Kiss”.  I try so hard to like coffee but it all tastes so horrible.  So bitter, yuck.

This was supposed to taste like chocolate, nuts and coconut.  It sounded good.   I put half and half and tons of sugar (make that Splenda) in it but I still had to throw it away.  If that’s what an Angels kiss  is like then I don’t want one kissing me!  :(

How is Mr. Mark Bakalor and baby doing?  I hope everyone is happy and well.
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Post by: Jane on September 07, 2004, 06:11:41 PM

Last Panni mentioned elmore his book cases had collapsed.  I’m happy to report they have been bolted to the wall and he is having a bit of fun cleaning out books and crap he no longer needs, but it goes slowly.  Nothing else has really changed.

Danise, Bryan (older son) often tries to coax me into tasting sweet coffee concoctions.  I have learned to say no.   :P
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Sandra on September 07, 2004, 07:07:17 PM
Happy birthday, Dear Reader William E. Lurie!

My parents are out of town, so until they get back, my brother and I are alone in the house. Anything can happen.

I should start my homework. I won't... but I should.
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Post by: Sandra on September 07, 2004, 07:09:32 PM
Oh, and I quote Crazy Bus from Arthur, which drives my brother crazy. And my fencing class likes to quote The Princess Bride. And we try to act out the part where they're fencing on the cliff, but it's not so easy when you don't have a cliff.
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Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 07:32:15 PM
Haven't done famous Hungarians for some time...

Max Kiss  - Pharmacist / Inventor of Ex-Lax

"In the early 1900s, Max Kiss, a Hungarian immigrant who lived in Brooklyn and was trained as a pharmacist, decided to create a laxative with a pleasant flavor. The only laxatives available at that time were liquids with a bitter taste. Kiss combined phenolphthalein, a chemical that relaxed the intestines, with chocolate. The origins of its active ingredient, phenolphthalein, are unclear. One theory is that its laxative qualities were discovered accidentally in 1902 by Hungarians considering using it as an additive for wines.

Kiss first called his new chocolate tablets Bo-Bos, but one afternoon he happened to read in the local Hungarian language newspaper about a deadlock in Hungary's parliament. The Hungarian words for "parliamentary deadlock" are sometimes shortened to "ex-lax" in print. Kiss thought it sounded like "excellent laxative!" He launched his company and new product in 1906 and called it Ex-Lax. Today, Ex-Lax is the best-selling chocolate laxative and the second best-selling laxative overall."
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 07:33:29 PM
...And is this not THE most educational site?
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Post by: S. Woody White on September 07, 2004, 07:42:41 PM
I think the one thing that has truly bugged me during my time out here in L.A. so far is that no one seems to know about nor follow the "Stand to the Right, Pass of the Left" rule when it comes to using escalators.  Is it only a mid-West and East Coast thing?  Is it because L.A. is "traditionally" not a walking city?

Jose,

This is a huge pet peeve of mine. Toronto has an underground city, connected with escalators. And nobody follows the sttr, potl etiquette. Drives me nuts. And when I politely ahem, I usually get a look.

I'd love for you to visit Toronto, BTW. I'd discover all the best routes and the best bakeries. It's a pleasure to read about your days and nights in LA.
 
I wonder if part of the etiquette depends on how long the excalators have been in use.  London, Munich, both had the etiquette in effect when der B and I were there.  Los Angeles hasn't had it's subways for very long, so the traditions aren't there.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: S. Woody White on September 07, 2004, 07:44:58 PM
...The final line of WOMEN IN LOVE, which escapes me this early in the a.m.
"Dammit, who stole my underpants!"
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: td on September 07, 2004, 07:54:56 PM
"Dammit, who stole my underpants!"

Only on HHW can we get  Mel Brooks' version of WOMEN IN LOVE. . . .
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: S. Woody White on September 07, 2004, 07:57:26 PM
Actually, it is the "House of Seven Beagles", a treatment Panni is doing for Disney.
Don't listen to him, Panni.  Everyone knows there's only three Beagle Boys.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: S. Woody White on September 07, 2004, 08:17:41 PM
THE FLETCHER CHRONICLES:

Fletcher is the first dog we've ever had who likes to play fetch!

He likes to have his rope bone thrown for him, which he bounds after, then bounds back with the bone in his mouth, all for the joy of my wrestling it from him and throwing it again.

Adding the the fun is that Fletcher is also a klutz.  His feet end up going in one or two directions, while the rest heads off on a third.  The joys of puppyhood.

Why it has taken us ten dogs to find one that likes playing fetch doesn't make sense.  But it is fun.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: td on September 07, 2004, 08:23:40 PM
Meanwhile, in Ken Russell's WOMEN IN LOVE:
Ursula:  "You can't have two kinds of love, why should you?"
Rupert:  "It seems as if I can't, yet, I wanted it."
Ursula:  "You can't have it because it's impossible."
Long Pause
Rupert:  "I don't believe that."
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Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 08:29:11 PM
Meanwhile, in Ken Russell's WOMEN IN LOVE:
Ursula:  "You can't have two kinds of love, why should you?"
Rupert:  "It seems as if I can't, yet, I wanted it."
Ursula:  "You can't have it because it's impossible."
Long Pause
Rupert:  "I don't believe that."

One of the great closing lines in ANY film.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Matt H. on September 07, 2004, 08:31:02 PM
It has rained here all day today, and we're expecting another bout of rain a little after midnight tonight - 6" of rain are predicted by tomorrow morning. The ground is already saturated and everyone is now fearing trees may come tumbling down if the wind kicks up with any force (we've got 20 mph winds at present.)

A scary time for us in this neck of the woods right now.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Sigerson Holmes on September 07, 2004, 08:50:31 PM
Looking over the Daily Discussions for the past few days I realized I'd missed my own birthday, and all those colorful HHW birthday wishes.  That's what I get for being so EAT!  While I'm here I'd like to add my best wishes for WEL's B-day and, re today's topic, to share a couple of favorites.


George Hamilton in "Zorro, the Gay Blade":

"Spread the news that he is back!  To help the helpless!  To befriend the friendless!  And to defeat . . . the defeatless!  El Zorro rrrrrides again!"


And from "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother":

MARTY FELDMAN: Are you Mister S., for Sigerson, Holmes?
GENE WILDER: Perhaps.
FELDMAN: Do you have a brother whose first name is Sherlock?
WILDER: I do NOT.
FELDMAN: You DO have a brother . . .
WILDER: I do.
FELDMAN: Might I inquire as to his first name?
WILDER: SHEER LUCK!
FELDMAN: . . . I see.  Uh, well, your brother Sheerluck sent me around with an urgent request and this five pound note.  Are you at all interested?
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Tomovoz on September 07, 2004, 09:12:03 PM
Colin's garden!
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 07, 2004, 09:13:38 PM
Banksia flowers
Named for Botanist Sir Joseph Banks
(Colin's Garden)
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Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 09:30:31 PM
Gorgeous photos, Tom!

Safe vibes your way, MattH!
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Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 09:34:12 PM
I want something salty -- peanuts, popcorn... Nothing at home and I don't feel like going out. Oh well.
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 10:34:46 PM
No posts in over an hour?  Skammen.  You'd think it was bedtime or something.  I'm relaxing and watching a motion picture on DVD, and will now write tomorrow's notes.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Panni on September 07, 2004, 11:20:54 PM
Lately the hour between 10 and 11 is lost to me. If I try watching something, I fall asleep. Which is what just happened. Now I'm quite awake again.
I've now figured out that I have to wear a baseball cap going outside this time of night or early in the morning. That way, no spider webs in my hair. I just came back in from taking wonderdog out - wearing my trusty cap (me - not dog) and all is well hairwise.
Title: Re:SMALL CHANGE
Post by: Tomovoz on September 07, 2004, 11:22:40 PM
It's OK to be on the web but not for the web to be on you.
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Post by: Tomovoz on September 07, 2004, 11:25:01 PM
I have been waging war on cobwebs myself today - big clean up of the house before leaving next week. It's amazing how spiderwebs don't grab my attention until visitors arrive or I turn on lights not usually used and get those shadows!
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Post by: TCB on September 07, 2004, 11:41:16 PM
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WEL!

Sorry, it is a few hours late!
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Post by: TCB on September 07, 2004, 11:42:12 PM
Great photos, Tomovoz!





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Post by: Tomovoz on September 07, 2004, 11:49:48 PM
Thank you TCB. At least I did the photography if not the garden.
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 11:54:09 PM
I don't know - we're so close to 200 postings, yet so far.
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 11:58:53 PM
But I can't do it alone.  Countdown to new notes.
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 11:59:06 PM
Thirty seconds more.
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 11:59:23 PM
WUSSBURGERS, wherefore art thou?
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Post by: bk on September 07, 2004, 11:59:43 PM
Will they or won't they?  Only their hairdresser knows for sure.
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Post by: bk on September 08, 2004, 12:00:02 AM
Oh, well, time to post the new notes.
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Post by: TCB on September 08, 2004, 12:00:21 AM
Is it too late????