Topic: OUTSANE (Read 36791 times)

S. Woody White · « **Reply #210 on:** December 23, 2007, 04:54:52 PM »

I have just begun to go through today's posts!

JMK · « **Reply #211 on:** December 23, 2007, 04:55:11 PM »

Quote from: JoseSPiano on December 23, 2007, 04:52:12 PM

No, No, No! That's Filipino coffee.

JMK · « **Reply #212 on:** December 23, 2007, 04:55:35 PM »

And Happy Birthday, WFO! We certainly have a lot of December birthdays 'round these parts.

TCB · « **Reply #213 on:** December 23, 2007, 04:58:36 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on December 23, 2007, 04:49:06 PM

Der Brucer and I have just (but much more than barely) survived a power outage tonight. It's been slightly rainy all day, not hard, just like the last time the power went out. The bad news was that it was already dark; the good news that I knew where I'd stashed the tea lights I'd bought a few days ago.

The tea lights were a good idea. I popped them into old-fashioned glasses, which kept the dogs from sniffing at them and blowing them out, and refracted the light pretty well. "Cut" glass works better for the refraction, I think, spreading the glow more evenly.

I hope you managed to empty the booze out of the glasses before you used them for the candles.

TCB · « **Reply #214 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:00:54 PM »

Quote from: MBarnum on December 23, 2007, 04:54:07 PM

Just heard that 50s starlet Jeanne Carmen passed away on Thursday of lymphoma. She made regular appearences at the Ray Court's Show in Burbank, and, indeed was reunited with her MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS co-star Don Sullivan when I attened last summer. She was so vivacious and healthy looking then, it is rather a shock.

Other films include PORTLAND EXPOSE, THE DEVIL'S HAND, TOO MUCH TOO SOON, BORN RECKLESS, UNTAMED YOUTH, GUN'S DON'T ARGUE and the Three Stooges short A MERRY MIX UP.

Please forgive me, Mike, but I have never heard of any of those films. Still I am sorry to hear of her passing.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #215 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:02:15 PM »

As for who would underscore my life...

Living composer: Peter Schickele and P.D.Q. Bach

Not living composer: Leonard Bernstein, Francis Poulenc

TCB · « **Reply #216 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:03:19 PM »

Quote from: JMK on December 23, 2007, 04:52:10 PM

You wanna hear about rain--we're drowning here. There was literally feet of standing water driving home from the show--it was frightening.

Thanks a lot, JMK. Your little rain shower is now arriving here.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #217 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:08:44 PM »

Quote from: TCB on December 23, 2007, 04:58:36 PM

I hope you managed to empty the booze out of the glasses before you used them for the candles.

Booze? You mean the candles weren't supposed to flame up like that?

S. Woody White · « **Reply #218 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:10:07 PM »

Took a moment to get dinner in the oven. Sauerkraut and pork ribs (with apples and onion added). I'll be roasting a few red taters later, closer to dindin time.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #219 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:12:15 PM »

Quote from: JRand57 on December 23, 2007, 05:55:54 AM

LOL....so it's the same problem....just new technology. I know what you mean....lots of my names don't mean anything to me anyway when I'm doing a search.

So many men, so little time!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #220 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:16:54 PM »

DR Jose, I loved the story about your dad's life. Around 1992, I went back to Ohio with a cassette recorder and made my mom, dad, and Aunt Dorothy tell me as many stories about my family that I could put on tape. It was quite an emotional set of days and I have some wonderful tales, several humorous, some quite sad, and even a few heroic ones.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #221 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:18:20 PM »

Quote from: JRand57 on December 23, 2007, 07:45:12 AM

1 3/4 days until Christmas.

Lord only knows how long it will be until the Doctor Who 2007 Christmas Special: Voyage of the Damned arrives here in the states.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #222 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:21:58 PM »

Quote from: DERBRUCER on December 23, 2007, 10:25:23 AM

Carl Spalling

der Brucer

Sheesh.

Even with it spelled right in front of him, he still manages to typo.

What I have to live with.

Der B:

S. Woody White · « **Reply #223 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:25:49 PM »

Quote from: bk on December 23, 2007, 12:20:53 PM

It's obviously a lazy Sunday around these here parts. You'd think it was two days before Christmas.

Lazy? Today? We were busy busy busy at the store today!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #224 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:32:40 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on December 23, 2007, 05:16:54 PM

DR Jose, I loved the story about your dad's life. Around 1992, I went back to Ohio with a cassette recorder and made my mom, dad, and Aunt Dorothy tell me as many stories about my family that I could put on tape. It was quite an emotional set of days and I have some wonderful tales, several humorous, some quite sad, and even a few heroic ones.

I loved the story about my Dad's life - and my Mom's too. I actually think I'm the first son (of the four) to get the "whole story". Although, there's a good chance my youngest brother, Jay, may already know all the details since he's living out in San Diego among a good chunk of my Dad's family.

It was neat hearing about how a chance meeting with a fellow officer helped him to secure a short-duty station while me and my brothers were children. My Dad was working as a steward, and my Dad had told one of his CO's that he wanted to get off the ship for a while. Well, a few months later, while he was working, he was told there was a call from HQ - he thought he was in trouble. It turned out that the officer he had met was in charge of determining the upcoming billet stations, and he was calling my Dad personally to tell him that some shore-duty billets were available in the next rotation, and was asking him which one he'd prefer. And that's how he and my Mom ended up down in DC the first time - just a few months after I was born. He ended up being stationed down DC for seven years the first time - most billets only lasted two or three years. Of course, after DC came Seattle, and then he was back on ship duty there and when we moved to Connecticut two years later. -And by then, I was old enough to start taking care of and cooking for my brothers.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #225 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:35:23 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on December 23, 2007, 05:21:58 PM

Sheesh.

Even with it spelled right in front of him, he still manages to typo.

What I have to live with.

Der B:

Another statement I can not disagree with.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #226 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:36:41 PM »

I remember when the Navy had "Stewards".

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #227 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:37:09 PM »

Jose, ask your dad about the "compromised" advancement exams that seemed to plague the "Steward" rating in the 1970s.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #228 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:37:43 PM »

If my life were a movie, I'd have it scored by:

Living: David Shire
Deceased: Alfred Newman

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #229 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:39:50 PM »

And I have to say I'm actually kind of excited about heading back to the Philippines sometime in the future. I've always been sort of hesitant about the trip back "home" - the long plane flight, the heat(!), the humidity(!), the bugs(!!!). But, now, it seems like it will be "neat". -And, I have to say, after talking with my father and mother this mother, I'm sorry I never really spent that much time with my grandparents since they stayed in the Islands. Although, at some point and time, they all did come stateside for a couple of weeks while we lived in Seattle.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #230 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:43:02 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 23, 2007, 05:37:09 PM

Jose, ask your dad about the "compromised" advancement exams that seemed to plague the "Steward" rating in the 1970s.

The only thing he did mention about being a Steward was that if he wanted to change specialties, he would have to start all over again pay-grade-wise - at least while he was Enlisted. However, once he became a CPO, he did have to learn a lot of management and leadership duties - as well as a lot more nautical skill since he'd be serving on board Cutters and The Eagle.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #231 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:46:46 PM »

Aren't they precious?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #232 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:47:19 PM »

And it turns out the start of the Vietman War was the reason my Dad received his U.S. Citizenship... Since any foreign nationals serving in the Armed Forces were granted citizenship in order to serve. -I still need to research which Act of Congress/Law that was.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #233 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:48:17 PM »

DR DearReaderLaura - AH! It's nice to know that tinsel-garland halos are still in fashion.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #234 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:49:41 PM »

They are a classic, Jose!

But we did replace the tin-foil wings. They weren't in the box when we unpacked it after the move, somehow.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #235 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:51:17 PM »

And note the gender-blind casting.

td · « **Reply #236 on:** December 23, 2007, 05:51:25 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on December 23, 2007, 04:44:43 PM

The BEST Bond film, IMO, was "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"...and even though Craig is a great Bond, I thought "Casino Royale" not quite as good as "OHMSS".

But that's me.

It's not just you, DR Ron. I place my Bond movies thus:
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
CASINO ROYALE (2006)

S. Woody White · « **Reply #237 on:** December 23, 2007, 06:00:10 PM »

I cannot put OHMSS in my fave Bond film list. Sorry, just doesn't work, and I love Diana Rigg. Unfortunately, Lazenby and Savalas counter all my love for her.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #238 on:** December 23, 2007, 06:06:23 PM »

Quote from: S. Woody White on December 23, 2007, 06:00:10 PM

I cannot put OHMSS in my fave Bond film list. Sorry, just doesn't work, and I love Diana Rigg. Unfortunately, Lazenby and Savalas counter all my love for her.

I loved George Lazenby in OHMSS. Have never understood negative reactions to him.

But, again, that's me.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #239 on:** December 23, 2007, 06:07:43 PM »

For some strange reason, the third Bond film any actor has done remains my favorite for that actor.

Connery - Goldfinger.
Moore - The Spy Who Loved Me.
Brosnan - The World Is Not Enough.

Timothy Dalton, your take on Bond was good, you should have stuck around a little longer, you only made two flicks.

And MBarnum, if you think Daniel Craig has jug ears, you ought to take a gander at Christopher Eccleston!
The 9th Doctor's ears almost overshot his shoulders!

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