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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #30 on: December 20, 2014, 07:24:48 AM »
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Good Health Vibes to the DR singdaw household!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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« Reply #31 on: December 20, 2014, 07:26:21 AM »
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2014, 07:32:37 AM »
I'm in the minority since I loathe and detest the musical film SCROOGE; give me Alistair Sim or Michael Hordern as Scrooge, and I also like Patrick Stewart.

Movies
The Ref
Prancer
Elf
The Bishop's Wife
Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol

Plays/Musicals
She Loves Me
The Man Who Came To Dinner
White Christmas


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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #33 on: December 20, 2014, 07:45:29 AM »
DR ELMORE - I'm not sure how a MAC works.....but if you hold down the control key and use the SCROLL function sometimes you can make your words larger on the screen.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #34 on: December 20, 2014, 07:46:50 AM »
Have fun at the party DR CILLA LIZ.

Surviving the extension vibes for DR SINGDAW.....

"Carry On Nurse" is just coming on TCM.....it seems they are showing the Carry On films on Saturday mornings since they ran through all of the Dr. Kildare films.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #35 on: December 20, 2014, 07:48:20 AM »
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All of the versions of A CHRISTMAS CAROL.....I especially like the Albert Finney SCROOGE.....the story is most excellent as well!

I like to see it onstage, too.....in all its different forms.

I like White Christmas....the movie.  I have never seen the stage version, but I don't think I would be interested in it....OR the stage version of A CHRISTMAS STORY.....
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #36 on: December 20, 2014, 07:52:13 AM »
Did I report that I decided to get AppleCare for my lone Apple product, the iPad?  I went over to the Apple store the other day and made the purchase ($99 for two years).  I generally don't go for spending additional money on a lot of extended warranties and such, but following BK's stories of redemption, and DR Elmore's Mac Man, plus the fact that you can actually destroy the thing and have it replaced with a brand new one twice in the two years, the decision didn't seem to be one that required the use of my brain.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #37 on: December 20, 2014, 08:11:06 AM »
DR ChasSmith, we're AppleCare fans, too.  Richard bought it for the iPad Mini he gave me for Christmas 2 years ago, right before we went to England.  When I dropped it in Norwich Cathedral, the floor won.  It still worked, but the glass was shattered.  We took it to the Kenwood Apple Store when we returned and I got a whole new one for just a $50 "deductible."
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #38 on: December 20, 2014, 08:16:55 AM »
For A Christmas Carol, it's Alistair Sim for me all the way, baby.  I have actually not even seen most other film and TV adaptations.  I only remember, as a kid, being less interested in the Reginald Owen film version.

However, the other night TCM was running a bunch of them and I caught just a few minutes of the 1964 TV movie A Carol for Another Christmas which I'd never seen, and it looked wonderful.  Written by Rod Serling, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring the likes of Sterling Hayden, Eva Marie Saint, Ben Gazzara and others, with a score by Henry Mancini -- what's not to like?  I am truly sorry I didn't get to watch or DVR it.

(I don't suppose DR George or anyone DVR'ed it?  hmm?  hmm?)
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #39 on: December 20, 2014, 08:18:32 AM »
DR Ginny, I think the "deductible" on my iPad Air is $79.  Still, enormously worth it.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #40 on: December 20, 2014, 08:22:32 AM »
TOD:
I Love My Wife
She Loves Me
I also like a couple of newer movies like "You've Got Mail" and "Family Man" as well as the original themes that inspired them.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #41 on: December 20, 2014, 08:24:34 AM »
Totally agree with DR Elmore on She Loves Me and The Man Who Came to Dinner.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #42 on: December 20, 2014, 08:42:37 AM »
Good morning, all.

Add me to the list of people who did not sleep well last night. Wonder if it's the moon?
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #43 on: December 20, 2014, 08:45:37 AM »
TOD:

Movies:
The Bishop's Wife
Holiday Inn
The Ref
Christmas in Connecticut
It's a Wonderful Life
A Christmas Story

TV:
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol
PeeWee's Christmas Spectacular
The original Grinch Who Stole Christmas

Musicals
She Loves Me
I'm surprised at how much I enjoy the score for Elf. Haven't seen it, though. 
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #44 on: December 20, 2014, 08:46:21 AM »
Mom, Dad and I watched "The Shop Around the Corner" last night. Charming.

"Bishop's Wife" tonight. Or the Reginald Owen "Christmas Carol."
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #45 on: December 20, 2014, 09:03:06 AM »
I didn't even put down the other Christmas movies and specials that are a solid tradition around here.  There are many!
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #46 on: December 20, 2014, 09:09:42 AM »
DR CHAS SMITH that Another Christmas Carol is available on TCM On Demand if your cable service has that.....just look for Free Movies and TCM or Holiday movies.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #47 on: December 20, 2014, 09:14:43 AM »
Thank you, DR Jrand64!
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #48 on: December 20, 2014, 09:41:22 AM »
Oh no!  I'm stunned to find that, though I have everything Comcast offers here, that apparently does not include TCM On Demand!
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #49 on: December 20, 2014, 10:01:02 AM »
But it appears I can get it on the TCM website.   :)
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #50 on: December 20, 2014, 10:18:07 AM »
It is pouring this morning.  I hope that means it is snowing on Mt. Ashland.  Last year they were not able to open the ski slopes and are only open this year due to generous donations, otherwise they would have gone bankrupt.  They need a very good year.  I just want the snow in the mountains and not down here.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #51 on: December 20, 2014, 10:21:39 AM »
How could I forget "A Christmas Story," which is so evocative of my memories of Middletown, OH in the early 1950s?  Any movie that makes a Trip To Santa a Trip To Hell is great art, in my book.  I believe the same director did the spooky "Black Christmas" (?) that terrified me about 40 years ago.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #52 on: December 20, 2014, 10:31:55 AM »
Look under FREE MOVIES and then NETWORK it should be there.  I don't think it says TCM ON DEMAND on my menu.
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« Reply #53 on: December 20, 2014, 11:24:30 AM »
DR Jrand64, you are so right.  I thought I had drilled down into the menus every which way, but I never went down that exact path.  Also, I probably would have missed it anyhoo because they're not listing it by its full title ("A Carol for...").

Unfortunately, for some reason, the TCM movies in that section of On Demand are stretched to fill the 16x9 screen, so the picture is absolutely abominable.  I can resize it to 4x3, but it becomes a zoomed-in picture of horrible quality.  This has never happened anywhere else in On Demand.  Until I can resolve that issue, I'll have to watch it via the web site, which comes with its own liabilities -- low-res and jerky motion, but it's much more watchable.

EDIT:  It displays correctly on the other set in the other room!  (Oy!)   :)
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #54 on: December 20, 2014, 11:35:58 AM »
I'm up, I'm up.  Was up at ten, but went back to sleep as I didn't get to sleep until almost three.  So, a bit over eight hours all told, with some of the wackiest dreams ever.
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« Reply #55 on: December 20, 2014, 01:09:26 PM »
Back from a nice visit with Mom, during which I didn't have to worry about cleaning her apartment, stocking her kitchen, or administering her meds.  Worth every penny of the increased costs!

And she told me she's planning to celebrate her 100th birthday in this new room  :D
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« Reply #56 on: December 20, 2014, 01:58:04 PM »
That's excellent, DR Ginny.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #57 on: December 20, 2014, 01:59:34 PM »
Curious DR CHAS SMITH....mas curioso.
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #58 on: December 20, 2014, 01:59:44 PM »
Good news DR GINNY!
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Re: WRITING NOTES IN A TRICE
« Reply #59 on: December 20, 2014, 02:00:10 PM »
Not exactly seasonal, but when I get back from running some errands, I think tonight's viewing pleasure is going to be checking out some of the recently released Vincent Price movies.
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