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« Reply #60 on: July 20, 2010, 08:07:08 AM »

Did I miss Stritch talk here?  What is this, Stritchgate?  The video feed exists of the whole thing, but are they squashing it like a government secret?

(Yes, I'm joking - but the lady is 84.)
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« Reply #61 on: July 20, 2010, 08:07:36 AM »

Indeed, and one for Mahler
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« Reply #62 on: July 20, 2010, 08:07:47 AM »

Welcome to our new dear reader.
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« Reply #63 on: July 20, 2010, 08:09:09 AM »

Are you referring to me,. bk?

(just kidding)

Welcome to new DR robbie
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« Reply #64 on: July 20, 2010, 08:21:01 AM »

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY TO DR MISS KAREN

Danke schon!
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« Reply #65 on: July 20, 2010, 08:21:17 AM »

TOD:  My first VCR was the RCA Selectavision.  It was very dear in price (around $1,000), but it was truly the most versatile VCR I ever owned.  The slow motion was a DREAM...and there were three separate speeds.

As with all Selectavision products (CED, anyone???), RCA was not supporting my model when it needed repair.  So...into the junk pile it went.

I truly cannot remember what my first commercial VHS tape purchase was.  These tapes were pretty expensive back then...at least for the titles I coveted most.

As I hinted at above, I also bought into the RCA Selectavision Capacitance Electronic Disc system (CED).  It was being touted as far less expensive, more user-friendly and more reliable than the LaserDisc system which was having serious software problems at the time.

I bought many, many CED titles...yes, indeedy.  And it didn't hurt matters that I was living in the Indianapolis area at the time and the CED factory was in those environs.  Several stores had access to all avaialble titles.  My first commercial copies of "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark"...both under $20 each (the VHS tapes were somewhere between $60 and $100 each) were on CED.  Many titles were issued on CED that had not yet made it to VHS, including "Laura" (IIRC, it was the CED issue that led to legal problems for Fox about some music sources on-screen...heard on the radio or in a night club).  These had to be replaced, and every version of "Laura" you see today has the theme from "Laura" playing on the radio or at the nightclubs.  Several years elapsed before the title made its way onto VHS and Laser.

But, all fun ends.  RCA not only gave up on CED, but it also withdrew its support for the machines it had sold.
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« Reply #66 on: July 20, 2010, 08:22:39 AM »

Happy birthday, Miss Karen!

Merci, DR FJL. We'll always have Paris.
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« Reply #67 on: July 20, 2010, 08:22:54 AM »


Heureux Anniversaire, Mme. Karen
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« Reply #68 on: July 20, 2010, 08:24:12 AM »

Grazzi to DR Matthew for the BD greetings.
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« Reply #69 on: July 20, 2010, 08:26:35 AM »


Heureux Anniversaire, Mme. Karen

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto! 

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« Reply #70 on: July 20, 2010, 08:27:49 AM »

WhyIoughta....
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« Reply #71 on: July 20, 2010, 08:28:02 AM »

I knew we could get BK off that damn Page 2 ...
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« Reply #72 on: July 20, 2010, 08:29:01 AM »

WhyIoughta....

Not if I oughta first -- the nerve!
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« Reply #73 on: July 20, 2010, 08:31:10 AM »

Happy birthday, Miss Karen!

Merci, DR FJL. We'll always have Paris.

And chocolates ... and speaking of chocolates, where's my BD present, DR FJL?
Hmmmm, darlin'?
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« Reply #74 on: July 20, 2010, 08:36:22 AM »

I just wrote the check for $768+ for my third of the Ohio proprty taxes but I cannot send it until some money comes in. I hope that will be tomorrow; it sure wasn't today. So, I'm taking care of the goddam taxes on something 500 miles away from me that I am sick of possessing and wonder, how the fat hell do I pay my rent now where I live?
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« Reply #75 on: July 20, 2010, 08:37:57 AM »

The car goes to the shop tomorrow.

We have lost our Charlie.....my son in law.....in NEVER TOO LATE.....that was fast!!  The director is out looking.
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« Reply #76 on: July 20, 2010, 08:41:36 AM »

I just wrote the check for $768+ for my third of the Ohio proprty taxes but I cannot send it until some money comes in. I hope that will be tomorrow; it sure wasn't today. So, I'm taking care of the goddam taxes on something 500 miles away from me that I am sick of possessing and wonder, how the fat hell do I pay my rent now where I live?

"May the gravy train pull in today" vibes for DR ELmo!

(With a "Whoo-whoo!" and fancy back-up-singer-moves a la Gladys Knight and the Pips)
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« Reply #77 on: July 20, 2010, 08:43:55 AM »

The car goes to the shop tomorrow.

We have lost our Charlie.....my son in law.....in NEVER TOO LATE.....that was fast!!  The director is out looking.

And "Successful Charlie Hunting" vibes and "Get Well Car" vibes!
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« Reply #78 on: July 20, 2010, 08:45:15 AM »

Time to scram. Things to do, places to go, people to meet, etc. etc.
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« Reply #79 on: July 20, 2010, 08:59:44 AM »

The car goes to the shop tomorrow.

We have lost our Charlie.....my son in law.....in NEVER TOO LATE.....that was fast!!  The director is out looking.

They're dropping like flies! Maybe he's intimidated to costar with you? Does your reputation precede you?
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« Reply #80 on: July 20, 2010, 09:00:28 AM »

The laundry is done. I'm hot from the weather and pissed from the taxes. I'm taking a cool bath.
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« Reply #81 on: July 20, 2010, 09:01:12 AM »

I believe that the first VHS movie I bought was BRIDE OF THE GORILLA starring Barbara Payton and Raymond Burr.

We had just gotten a shipment of budget VHS in at Bi-Mart, where I was working at the time, around the mid 1980s. Prior to that all the VHS I had ever seen was way too expensive.

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« Reply #82 on: July 20, 2010, 09:03:23 AM »

A super birthday wish to the very special (and I mean that in the best way) DR Miss Karen!!! Have a great day you sweet patootie!

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« Reply #83 on: July 20, 2010, 09:03:43 AM »

Good morning.
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« Reply #84 on: July 20, 2010, 09:04:55 AM »

Happy Happy Birthday, Miss Karen!

I hope you get some birthday rain tonight!
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« Reply #85 on: July 20, 2010, 09:07:23 AM »

TOD: We had a Beta. The first video we rented was Pinocchio for my toddler son.

Buying that Beta machine was a huge investment for us, as we were quite poor when we were young parents.

I remember later taking the machine to my friend's house because "Cinderella" was going to be shown. She recorded that for us. The next morning, she put in a tape and hit "record" on the Disney Channel before she left for work. My kids watched that tape for years.
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« Reply #86 on: July 20, 2010, 09:13:30 AM »

WhyIoughta....

Not if I oughta first -- the nerve!

And it was my last one, too....!
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« Reply #87 on: July 20, 2010, 09:14:14 AM »

Welcome, windsongRobbie. Please tell us about yourself. We are glad to have you join us.
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« Reply #88 on: July 20, 2010, 09:15:02 AM »

The laundry is done. I'm hot from the weather and pissed from the taxes. I'm taking a cool bath.

...I am also seeing...it's a bit blurry...ah, now it's clearing....is that a....a...."fainting" couch?
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« Reply #89 on: July 20, 2010, 09:17:03 AM »

Thanks DR KAREN....

DR ELMORE - Charlie was the Mortimer from last year's ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.....I am guessing his work schedule is interfering.
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