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[FJL]

And one for Falana

[FJL]

Almost as much fun as saying Melina Kanakaredes

[JoseSPiano]

Good Morning, once again!

Greetings from the Chattanooga Airport.  Well, that's at least what they're calling this building... A little earlier, I thought I would walk around the airport just to see what was here.  Well, about 45 seconds later, I was done with my self-guided tour since there are only five(!) gates here.

[TCB]

What a difference a week makes.  Last Sunday we didn't reach Page Four until after 1:00 p.m. Left Coast Time.

Re:A PUZZLEMENT
« Reply #90 on: March 02, 2008, 01:10:41 PM »  

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Turned out to be a very bright and beautiful day outside. Exactly how March should be.

[TPunk]

Right now I am catching up on the final episode of Ugly Betty (from before the strike). Then I will run across the street to grab a bottle of cheap champagne for mimosas to with the brunch I am making for my roommate and friend.

[TCB]

And the word of the day is: GEWGAW!

I used to enjoy the TV series GEWGAW.  For some reason when I was young, I thought Buck Owens was kind of sexy.

[JoseSPiano]

...And when I was checking in, I was asked if I would like to volunteer to take a later flight back to NYC (via Memphis) - apparently, there was a flight this morning that was cancelled, so there's a bit a of a back-up in passengers.  Well... They were offering free round trip flights, however, if I left later, that would involve sitting in this airport for another six hours, and not getting into LGA until a little before midnight, so... I passed.  However...

I'm sitting at the gate right now, and there are some people already in line waiting to get proper seat assignments for the flight - apparently, there's some rule that once a flight is 2/3 full, then they don't have to guarantee the seat assignments if there have been travel issues earlier in the day - ?? - or something like that.  One of those people in line is the woman who was right behind me in line when I checked in, so it looks like I got the last guaranteed spot on the plane.  Hmm...  Needless to say, she - and the two other people traveling with her - don't look too happy right now.  So...

If it looks like a LOT of people are waiting to get on this flight, and if Northwest ups the compensation for volunteering to get bumped off the flight, well... We'll see.

[Jeanne]

Let's make up telephone exchanges for famous people:

Ethel Merman - RHythm 0-1234

Oh, such clever DRs we have!
 

[TCB]

Hang on tight to the remote!  

They need to invent a combination TV remote and one of those emergency "I have fallen and I can't get up" buttons, that we elederly folk could wear around our necks.  That would do away with about 50% of aged angst.

[Jeanne]

Louella Parsons - VEnom 2-6969

[JoseSPiano]

TOD:  What was the first time you watched SNL?

For me it was a rerun in the first season.  I had avoided it because it seemed like a stunt to me....Live TV?

I was flipping around the channels, and there were these people dressed in Bee costumes.  I started to laugh, stayed for the rest of the show, and watched it for MANY MANY seasons.....

That's actually the first episode I remember seeing too!  Of course, at that point and time, I had nooooo idea what everyone was laughing at - "Making honey"  I was just laughing at seeing adults in Bee costumes.

[JoseSPiano]

What was/is an "exchange"?

[JoseSPiano]

For DR Ron Pulliam - SNark1-1111

[Jrand73]

LOL - love the phone numbers, DR FJL.

Oh yes we were on a party line for a bit.   And my grandmother also had a ring of two shorts and a long for many years.

[Jrand73]

What was/is an "exchange"?

It's what we used to use when I pushed you in your stroller.  

[TPunk]

Jose, maybe they'll offer you a lifetime pass to the VIP lounge at the Chattanooga Airport.

[Jeanne]

The phone number when I was growing up was VErmont 8-9108. My friend next door, Jan, had VErmont 9-8009. I am amazed that I remember them; I certainly don't recall the many numbers I've had since.

[Jeanne]

We had a party line for many years. At that time I don't think a private line was an option.  Sometimes you'd pick the phone up to make a call and someone else was on. It was a big deal to finally get a private line.

[Jrand73]

DR JEANNE we were both VE's!!

DR TPUNK - you can buy champagne on Sunday!!!??

[TCB]

What was everybody's Telephone Exchange Name when you were growing up?

I was LYceum 7 and then VErnon 1.

I think the first one we had in Tacoma was Proctor something, but I was too young to use the phone much at that time.  When we moved to our house, when I was nine or ten, the exchange became Skyline 9.  Ironically, that is my exchange today, only we call it 759.

[JoseSPiano]

So... Did the Exchanges eventually become the first two number of the three-digit prefix?  -And is that why there are letters associated with the "buttons"?

[JoseSPiano]

...And it also appears that I'm about to board, so...

LATERS!

[FJL]

Good trip, Jose!!!!

[TCB]

Jrand - I didn't ask about Cara Williams recently, but I know I was fascinated by her as a a concept ever since i read the book about CBS, REFLECTIONS IN A BLOODSHOT EYE.

This from the wikipedia entry about James Aubrey

"There were charges of favoritism in purchasing programs. Aubrey's friend Keefe Brasselle, who had bit parts in several movies in the 1940s and 1950s and met Aubrey when they both worked at KNXT-TV, had no experience as a producer. "A 1965 edition of George Raft," said David Susskind, particularly apt as there were also rumors Brasselle had ties to the Mafia. Nevertheless, Aubrey scheduled three shows from Brasselle's Richelieu Productions for the 1964–65 season, all without pilots, still an almost unheard-of practice. (The shows were The Baileys of Balboa, a sitcom with Paul Ford; the newspaper drama The Reporter; and The Cara Williams Show, a sitcom starring red-head Williams, billed as the next Lucille Ball.) Brasselle would personally supervise The Reporter, shot in New York City. Costs skyrocketed on Brasselle's shows – after nine episodes, The Reporter was $450,000 over budget – and all three bombed – The Reporter running only three months, Baileys until April 1964; and Cara Williams finishing the season."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Aubrey,_Jr.

I remember that Keefe Brasselle hosted a summer variety show for two, or possibly three, summers.  I believe that Ruth Buzzi appeared on the show.  They did this really stupid song on the show (several times), called The Ha Ha Song; and try as I might I couldn't keep from laughing along with it.

[TCB]

Even loved saying the name Lola Falana

So did  she.

[TCB]

DR JEANNE we were both VE's!!

DR TPUNK - you can buy champagne on Sunday!!!??

Do you still have Blue Laws on the books, Jrand?

[Jane]

DR Vixmom - such a busy life you lead!  Hope you have a chance to catch up on your sleep.

Reading your stories brings back wonderful memories.  I couldn't do it again but it was grand while I was doing it.  I must admit you do at least as much with one child as I did with two.  

Consider yourself lucky you never have to be in two places at the same time.

[Ron Pulliam]

For DR Ron Pulliam - SNark1-1111

[TCB]

In the early Sixties, after we were no longer on a party line; if you called a number and got a busy signal, you could listen over the sound of the busy signal and other people's conversations bled over onto the line.  I don't mean the people you were originally calling, but other random conversations from all over town.  I used to hear some juicy stuff - well, juicy to a pre-teen.

[td]

My exchange when growing up was COlfax-5.
I grew up with a party line; we still have the remnants of one.  If mum wants to call me without yelling to the basement, she'll dial 1-9-265 and our last four digits.  The caller i.d. will simply state "unknown caller;" when picking up, there are two short buzzes, then conversation can occur.