Topic: THE HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL (Read 25323 times)

bk · « **on:** January 09, 2013, 11:58:48 PM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes had a high-pitched squeal, and now it is time for you to post until the high-pitched squealing cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2013, 11:59:52 PM »

And the word of the day is: AUROREAN!

Ben · « **Reply #2 on:** January 10, 2013, 02:36:25 AM »

Morning all.

That is all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2013, 04:34:42 AM »

Good morning, all.

Coffee! (Dunkin')

Ginny · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2013, 04:48:16 AM »

Lunchtime greetings from Norwich Cathedral! This morning we visited the 1793 Congregational meeting house and the Octagonal Unitarian Chapel. The weather has turned very cold and I'm glad I zipped the lining into my coat today.

Kerry · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:08:39 AM »

Good Morning. I'm told it it is now Thursday.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:13:47 AM »

And if it's Thursday, it must be Trash Day.

Which it wasn't for the past two weeks because of holidays. But now it is again.

Sam · « **Reply #7 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:18:00 AM »

Sam · « **Reply #8 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:18:19 AM »

Morning.

Sam · « **Reply #9 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:18:55 AM »

If it's trash day, it must be Friday.

The street is filled with Christmas trees.

Sam · « **Reply #10 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:24:35 AM »

I do have thermals for the football games on Friday night.

It's butt cold in the stands. The evening it rained was a trip.

My place is 1/3 of a house built in 1912. The electrical was replaced so I could move in. The heater is next, which I don't want them to do as it requires removing an outside wall. WHAT A MESS, I DO NOT LIKE MESSES.

The other 2/3's of the house has a fake fireplace heater thing that was installed when they bought the house the same year I moved in. The neighbors did not mind the mess.

And the summer weather is fine here.

Sam · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:28:44 AM »

A friend of mine is working on installing a solar farm in Lancaster. They told the crew (some 400 people) it will be in the 30's the rest of the work week.

They all wear lots of clothes. And ski masks for their faces. Now that's cold for sunny Southern California.

Sam · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:29:37 AM »

Time to get ready for work.

Happy Thursday vibes for everyone.

Happy vibes for everyone.

Happy vibes.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:38:08 AM »

AND seeing as how it is trash day, some more decluttering is going to take place today.

This is a good thing.

DR Jeanne, I always love reading people's decluttering stories. May we never see the end of them!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2013, 05:46:51 AM »

Good morning, all!

I've been watching the Oscar nominations; I found fascinating the nominations that got applause from the crowd there and the ones that did not. For example, big applause for Bradley Cooper's name, no applause for Daniel Day Lewis or Hugh Jackman.

I got a phone call from DRvixmom around 9:30 last night; she asked me to report on her computer virus, and then voila! Welcome back, DR vixmom!

I am off to Toyland. I may meet up with DR edisaurus later today or tomorrow morning. She says that last year was a real ordeal and that she is coming back to us soon.

The crime case I followed obsessively was the OJ Simpson trial; I still read everything new about Lizzie Borden and Jack D. Ripper.

John G. · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:50:26 AM »

Good morning, all.

Thursday vibes for all. And stay-warm vibes for DRs Sam and Ginny and anyone else braving the cold.

John G. · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:52:04 AM »

Haven't read the full list of Oscar nominations yet, but the one story I did read made be pleased for both "Amour," which I really want to see based on BK's recommendations, and "Beasts of the Southern Wild," which I was crazy about.

The rest seemed fairly predictable.

Laura · « **Reply #17 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:52:18 AM »

Good morning.

Druxy · « **Reply #18 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:55:25 AM »

TOD:

The O.J. Simpson murder trial.

Laura · « **Reply #19 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:55:49 AM »

TOD: We had two serial killers (three actually. One of them was a team) in 2005/2006. They were all caught around the same time. The Baseline Killer first hit near one of my favorite birding places and lived near where we were meeting for church while waiting for our new building to be completed. The Serial Shooter(s) hit about a mile from here once.

Druxy · « **Reply #20 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:56:55 AM »

I cannot believe that Ben Affleck, Tom Hooper and Kathryn Bigelow did not get nominated for Best Director.

That means that LINCOLN is a lock foe Best Picture.

John G. · « **Reply #21 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:57:29 AM »

TOD: There was a case in L.A. last year that had me riveted. A teenager was accused of bringing a gun to school and deliberately shooting a fellow classmate in the head because he was offended that his classmate was gay and had behaved too outrageously. Yet the jury refused to convict the boy because they seemed to agree with his actions, so it ended with a hung jury. Rather than face a retrial, the boy later pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. He's still facing 20 years in prison, but the messages coming from the case were truly ugly.

Druxy · « **Reply #22 on:** January 10, 2013, 06:58:48 AM »

TOD:

Had I been around at the time, I'm sure I would have followed the William Desmond Taylor murder.

That case has always fascinated me.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #23 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:05:07 AM »

Greetings from Toyland! The No 1 subway is having problems this morning, and my bank's ATMs were down. What more frash hell will I endure today?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #24 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:08:18 AM »

TOD:

In theory, I love a good crime and keeping up with the developments. In practice, I don't think I've ever stayed with one all that long. Certainly O.J. Simpson for a while, but not consistently and not throughout.

How about the JFK assassination? I loved reading up on all the earlier theories, evidence, etc., but finally dropped it by the time the '80s rolled around and new suspects and theories were popping up every month.

Watergate might actually be my favorite of all. A wonderful cast of characters, and superb entertainment with twists and turns every step of the way.

Laura · « **Reply #25 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:22:50 AM »

We have a big trial going on right now. Frankly, I don't think it was that much of a big deal when the crime occurred. I mean, it was in the paper, but it wasn't a big sensation at the time.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #26 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:29:22 AM »

Two more votes for OJ and Watergate......

There have been a few more that I watched casually - but cases like OJ and Casey Anthony so shake my confidence in the juries, that I find it difficult to watch.

I sort of kept up with the Jerry Sandusky trial - but lawyers like the one he had....and the one Casey Anthony had...and ALL of OJ's team - out to beat the system at any price - upset me to no end. Everyone is entitled to a fair trial.....but some of those lawyers bend and shape the law and the system for their own ends and publicity......and make a travesty of our system of justice.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #27 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:30:06 AM »

I think The Case of the Squealing Telephone was an episode in the third season of Perry Mason.....and lawyer I like.

Laura · « **Reply #28 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:32:36 AM »

We had a local case here, I think from 2009-2012. A man's mansion caught fire, and he was lucky to be able to escape the second story because he happened to have his scuba gear and a rope ladder in his upstairs bedroom. (??) Investigation found lots of flammable stuff set up in the house. It was discovered that he was facing foreclosure, and he was charged with arson. At his trial last summer, he was convicted. Immediately after the verdict was read, he turned red, convulsed and died. Cyanide.

MBarnum · « **Reply #29 on:** January 10, 2013, 07:53:37 AM »

TOD:

I cannot think of any true crime case that I stuck with all the way through.

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