Topic: CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Read 60697 times)

singdaw · « **Reply #120 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:31:37 AM »

Quote from: Cillaliz on June 26, 2008, 08:23:36 AM

Maybe I'll go to the jail and do visits this afternoon.

Don't forget the layer cake with the embedded file!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #121 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:31:45 AM »

TOD:

Food: I've no idea.

Sleep: Up to 72 hours, IIRC. It was while I was in the Navy, and was on USS Kitty Hawk in the Persian Gulf circa 1993. We were the launching pad for airstrikes against Iraq which was in violation of U.N. sanctions. International media descended upon us and -- as I was in Public Affairs -- we were fully accommodating, hosting up to 20 per night and getting their tapes and cassettes flown back to shore three times per day. I know there was a long stretch where the most sleep I could hope for would have to be done in catnaps while sitting up, but I've never been good at that...and the danged 1MC (that's the ship's announcement system) kept going off so that I never managed to sleep any.

This evolution lasted about two weeks. I know I got a few hours sleep here and there, but when it was done, I slept about 24 hours straight.

singdaw · « **Reply #122 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:32:46 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on June 26, 2008, 08:25:38 AM

there's a "standing order" for this test for me, so I guess I'll be having it fairly frequently throughout the summer

Aww, DR Ginny...

{{{{{HUGS}}}} to you!!!!

singdaw · « **Reply #123 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:35:32 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on June 26, 2008, 08:31:45 AM

I was in Public Affairs

Why can't they just get a room?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #124 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:38:46 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 26, 2008, 08:15:58 AM

I think this particular color combo is giving me vertigo! $:-\$

Where's Bernard Herrmann for the underscore?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #125 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:41:39 AM »

TMC aired "Boy on a Dolphin" yesterday. I "captured" it on my DVR.

It's a nice print (not spectacular, but clean-ish) and in really nice stereo.

Fox did some amazing CinemaScope films in the mid-50s that served as both story and travelogue and the CinemaScope cameras captured various locales in what should be, today, considered definitive snapshots of those places.

"Woman's World" is a prime example, with stunning vistas of New York City circa 1954-55.

"Boy on a Dolphin" captured not only mesmerizing views of Greek Islands and the Aegean Sea, but also of Athens and the Acroplis.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #126 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:42:45 AM »

I didn't eat no chocolate pie last night.

I had spaghetti, though.

I wasn't as hungry as I thought I would be, for some reason.

I'm blaming this on the smoke that is choking us slowly to death.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #127 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:45:04 AM »

In the FWIW department, today is supposed to be the worst unhealthy air day yet, and the next couple of days are expected to be worse.

The main culprit in this is a raging wildfire 115 miles north of us. It's only 15% contained and unlikely to be put out any time soon. We are being treated to southerly winds that are sweeping all the smoke directly into the Bay Area where it's swirling around in its own little vortex.

As the sun rises, the morning is becoming more "golden" by the second.

Ginny · « **Reply #128 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:45:33 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 26, 2008, 08:32:46 AM

Aww, DR Ginny... {{{{{HUGS}}}} to you!!!!

Thanks, DR Singdaw! Actually, if all the techs there are as good as the one I had this morning, it won't be bad. I'm a tough subject, small veins, but she had no trouble and didn't even leave a bruise.

On a more cheerful note, my sister is coming to visit later today from Michigan. She and a friend are on their way to Kentucky for a retirement party and are staying overnight tonight with my mom.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #129 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:46:18 AM »

Hi, Ben!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #130 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:48:03 AM »

Will this[/b] be the day, I wonder, when my oldest DD order arrives?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #131 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:48:33 AM »

Will Jeanne return with a hasty post?

Ginny · « **Reply #132 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:49:19 AM »

TOD - Probably when DS Rob was born. I'd had dinner on Friday night and didn't eat again until a couple of hours after he was born on Saturday night (probably about 30 hours). As for sleep, I woke up about 2am that Saturday and didn't really sleep again for about 24 hours. But it was all worth it.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #133 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:49:20 AM »

Has Danise recovered from the fall off her car (please note, ofOz!)?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #134 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:49:49 AM »

Does BrettySpaghetti lurk and would he say "Hey!" should he read this post?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #135 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:54:09 AM »

In the "olden days", we had a poster who went by the name "FreedUnit". Does anyone know what happened to him? Is he posting here under another name?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #136 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:55:22 AM »

And...."LuLu"....do you ever lurk?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #137 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:56:16 AM »

So many questions....and so little reason to "hope."

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #138 on:** June 26, 2008, 08:57:09 AM »

But onward and upward, I always say.

I may not say it here, but I do say it often.

What do you always say even if you don't say it here, but you do say it often?

JMK · « **Reply #139 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:11:48 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on June 26, 2008, 08:46:18 AM

Hi, Ben!

Hi, Sally!

singdaw · « **Reply #140 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:16:50 AM »

I should have checked my register receipt before I left Borders! The clerk [and it was not DR td] did not enter the coupon properly, and I did not get my 20% discount!

And just where is DR td, anywho? Have we seen him here since the Tonys?

singdaw · « **Reply #141 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:18:28 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on June 26, 2008, 08:56:16 AM

So many questions....

Perhaps they will be answered by the ting-a-ling of the chimes at midnight!

singdaw · « **Reply #142 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:19:28 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on June 26, 2008, 08:57:09 AM

What do you always say

I never do say anything twice.

JMK · « **Reply #143 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:28:23 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 26, 2008, 09:16:50 AM

I should have checked my register receipt before I left Borders! The clerk [and it was not DR td] did not enter the coupon properly, and I did not get my 20% discount!

And just where is DR td, anywho? Have we seen him here since the Tonys?

I have found Border's to be quite helpful when that's happened to me. I simply call the store, they usually ask for the receipt number, which is somewhere on there, and they can do it over the phone. It's happened a couple of times to me and been solved quickly.

singdaw · « **Reply #144 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:35:25 AM »

Thanks for the tip, DR JMK!!!

singdaw · « **Reply #145 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:35:53 AM »

I don't care what they all say... you're a swell guy!

singdaw · « **Reply #146 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:39:53 AM »

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bk · « **Reply #147 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:47:01 AM »

I remember Lulu very well - she was delightfully delightful. Freedunit doesn't post here, but he does e-mail me often.

bk · « **Reply #148 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:47:38 AM »

I'm up and groggy. I shall try to de-groggify so that I can joggify - maybe.

bk · « **Reply #149 on:** June 26, 2008, 09:48:46 AM »

Has Mr. Arnold M. Brockman been around here with his songs of the day?

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