Topic: PLOT TWISTS (Read 16571 times)

Jane · « **Reply #120 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:23:10 PM »

JRand-very interesting and gave me chills. I remember that day very well.

Elmore it is so good to be talking to you here.
My favorite character in GWTW is Melanie, a woman of substance.
I love it-That first twit "child bride"-what a great description.

I found Amelia far more interesting.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #121 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:23:24 PM »

Well DRJOSE - "The Ten Commandments" did indeed open last night, but I cannot find any reviews either. Maybe everybody is just keeping quiet.

Jane · « **Reply #122 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:24:23 PM »

Congratulations Panni. What did you get? I’m looking forward to the photos. Will you begin that cute little guy you live with?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #123 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:24:47 PM »

Quote from: Panni on September 28, 2004, 03:10:12 PM

Have I mentioned, DR Elmore, that it's great to have you back?

Dearest Panni, you have, but it's always good to hear.

Michael · « **Reply #124 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:27:30 PM »

Act one finally of Deathtrap. Although I suspected something nothing quite like what actually happened.

I never saw The Village, but I guessed this twist without even seeing it and people who did see it told me I was right.

Hated Unbreakable. Instead of red it was purple. The ending of Signs was a cop out. So anti clamatic.

I still love to watch the Usual Suspects, because there are so many ways to watch it. 1) The who film is a fairy tale. 2) Truth and fiction are mixed. 3) The whole story is true

Jane · « **Reply #125 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:28:34 PM »

DiT your story reminds me of the practice of changing labels on Cuban cigars.

Guess it will be safe to send Jennifer some See's candy.

Panni · « **Reply #126 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:40:05 PM »

Here is a just received picture of DD and her group of Univ of San Francisco students in Budapest. The priest in the photo is the head of USF who was in Budapest to receive an honorary doctorate.
DD (long brown hair, white sweater) is standing in the second row, second from the left, beside the woman in the greyish dress.

Panni · « **Reply #127 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:44:16 PM »

Quote from: Jane on September 28, 2004, 03:24:23 PM

I’m looking forward to the photos. Will you begin that cute little guy you live with?

Al Pacino?

Panni · « **Reply #128 on:** September 28, 2004, 03:54:22 PM »

Jane - I got a Canon Power Shot A400. -- A new model they've recently come out with. It's 3.2 Megapixels. And even has sound! The prce was very reasonable. I went to my neighborhood photo store which is not a chain and has been around for decades (Studio City Camera). The salesman spent an hour with me and gave me a huge discount. i bought a picture card (is that the term?) so I can do 64 pics. It will take me a while to figure it all out, but it should be fun.

Jane · « **Reply #129 on:** September 28, 2004, 04:17:37 PM »

Panni, DD looks very happy.

The camera sounds good. Have a great time traveling with it.

bk · « **Reply #130 on:** September 28, 2004, 04:21:03 PM »

The only music director I know who was at What If last week was Tom Griep, I think. Nice fellow.

bk · « **Reply #131 on:** September 28, 2004, 04:21:35 PM »

I really must still be overtired, even though I'm feeling a bit better today. I keep falling asleep.

Danise · « **Reply #132 on:** September 28, 2004, 04:22:20 PM »

Hi Folks!

A happy surprise when I came home from work—I have my internet access back! YAY! Life is good! I was getting withdrawal symptoms!

I have e-mails to read, posts to catch up on and pictures to put into the right size so I don’t throw us into wide screen mode but I will be back……..

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #133 on:** September 28, 2004, 04:51:22 PM »

elmore, Melanie is a much stronger and stronger-willed woman than weak, sappy Amelia pining over a worthless, weak dead man (at least according to the movie and plot summary of the book I read). Like Rhett said Melanie is a truly great lady, but underneath her gentleness and kindness, you can see the steel and the grit allows her to be the gracious and great being she is. I saw little of that in the character of Amelia last night.

Jennifer · « **Reply #134 on:** September 28, 2004, 04:55:53 PM »

DR Danise, glad you got your internet back.

DR Jane, how interesting that your post office didn't say anything about candy. I'm not certain if it's only a Canada going to US rule. But it's definitely a new one.

Anyhow, I still wouldn't advertise that I was sending cookies or candy. I would be clever and put something like "toys".

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #135 on:** September 28, 2004, 05:06:20 PM »

Quote from: Panni on September 28, 2004, 03:54:22 PM

Jane - I got a Canon Power Shot A400. -- A new model they've recently come out with. It's 3.2 Megapixels. And even has sound! The prce was very reasonable. I went to my neighborhood photo store which is not a chain and has been around for decades (Studio City Camera). The salesman spent an hour with me and gave me a huge discount. i bought a picture card (is that the term?) so I can do 64 pics. It will take me a while to figure it all out, but it should be fun.

Congrats on the cam, DR Panni! It's the same model my sister bought this summer and it takes terrific pics.

Panni · « **Reply #136 on:** September 28, 2004, 05:15:23 PM »

Thanks for the vote of (camera) confidence, DTM.

Welcome back, Danise. Glad you made it through safely!

Panni · « **Reply #137 on:** September 28, 2004, 05:54:00 PM »

Well, I've started to try and figure out how to use my camera. It may take me the next month -- or I may be forced to actually read the manual. At the moment I can't find the quick start up instructions in English. The only thing to do is go to the Mall to do my errands and while there pick up some See's to give me energy. Off I go.

Jane · « **Reply #138 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:02:24 PM »

Jennifer don’t forget you may need to remind me to send the candy. Also I will want to know what you like besides just sending my favorites. http://www.sees.com/home.cfm

CP, it is true about Amelia. I recall being very disappointed in her as the book progressed. I wonder how I would feel about the book if I were to read it today. I was young when I read the book and it had a great impact on me at the time. I don’t know if today my reaction would be the same. All this talk, I think I shall skip the movie.

Danise, thank you again for calling today. It was great talking to you and knowing all was well.

Did anyone in California feel today’s earthquake?

I’m going to ice my back now.

bk · « **Reply #139 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:06:47 PM »

Earthquake???

Danise · « **Reply #140 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:12:37 PM »

Hi again folks! I just caught up with all of my emails and have looked over today’s posts. I will go back and read the other posts I missed at a later time.

I would certainly like to try some of the candy that you were speaking of. It sounds very very yummy! Of course I happen to love maple. But when it comes to candy I’m not opposed to trying any flavor.

I do have a couple of questions for our dear readers that may seem totally off the wall but they are things we have been discussing around the house and at work. The first one is about Chick Filet ( I can’t think of how you spell it right now). Anyway can anyone tell me who owns them? I know that it is a religious group but I couldn’t think of which one it was when I was telling my boss about it.

My next question is another one kind of off the wall. Can anyone tell me who the actress was that used to wear all of the long scarves? If I remember correctly she even died while wearing one, something to do with a motorcycle. I remember the story about her but I cannot recall her name. I believe this was sometime during the fifties maybe the early sixties.

I’m attaching a couple of pictures of some of the trees are down around my house. The first one is one from down the street. It is the reason I was without my Internet connection or so I believe.

Panni, I do hope that you will enjoy your new camera. I know when I got mine I really got bitten by the photography bug.

Since you don’t have to worry about spending so much on getting film developed and having to put up with so many mistakes it makes you want to take more pictures. You can always delete whichever ones don’t turn out.

The camera that I have, is a Casio. I bought it because of the best shot feature it has. Not knowing much about 35mm photography, I found the prospect of buying a digital camera that was the equivalent of a 35mm camera quite frightening. I wasn’t sure that I would be able to handle all of the settings.

The best shot feature of this Casio camera made it the easy for me to use. The way it works is that it has many built and pictures of different settings such as blue skies, cloudy skies, etc. and you simply choose which picture seems to match the conditions that you find yourself in.

The camera will then set itself to match those conditions. You don’t have to know a thing about cameras speed or setting the flash. It certainly makes taking pictures very easy.

Thank you Jennifer & Panni for the good wishes I’m certain they help see us through the storm.

It was good to speak to Jane today on the phone. It was nice to talk to Keith as well. I’m not sure he knew who the crazy lady was on the phone at first.

BTW, Jane, both of my cell phones are back up and running.

I feel so sorry for all the people who are still without power and those who’ve lost their homes. We certainly lucked out yet again. The tree that fell on the back yard is nowhere near any of our structures and can easily wait to be taken down at a later date.

I am not sure how much that type of thing costs but I will be calling someone to do it for me as I do not believe I could take that tree down by myself.

Well that’s about all the news that is news. Let me post some of my pictures.

Danise · « **Reply #141 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:16:33 PM »

Here is our Japanese Plum Tree in the back yard. I think it looks like it's taking a bow.

Part of me will hate to see it go but it was getting rather large and to be honest, the fruit that ripened on the top would rot and smell pretty bad. The birds loved it and will miss it, I'm sure.

Danise · « **Reply #142 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:18:57 PM »

More tree damage from across the street.

bk · « **Reply #143 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:56:01 PM »

Shortly I will be on my merry way to sup with Tammy and her mum. Then I shall come back to the home environment and watch the final episode of Alias.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #144 on:** September 28, 2004, 06:56:11 PM »

DRDANISE....whew! Thanks for the pics.

Camera sounds great DRPANNI.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #145 on:** September 28, 2004, 07:33:59 PM »

Good Evening!

Back from dinner... And, yes, I had real food!

Steve came over and we headed over to a new-ish place called "six-burner" - as in a stove. It's the more casual spin-off of sort of Acacia run by chef Dale Reitzer who was written up in Gourmet magazine his first year in the business. I had heard and read many good things about his new place, and all the rumors proved to be true. Good prices. Good portions - no overloaded plates.

We both started off with the house salad which came with a sweet onion and poppy seed dressing. Very good greens, and the dressing had just the right balance of sweetness and acidity - and you could actually taste the gentle flavor of the poppy seeds.

For the entrees I had the braised short ribs with baked cheese and garlic polenta and roasted cauliflower, and Steve had the braised salmon with a citrus saffron 'salsa' and the potato and onion gratin. Yummy all around.

And then came dessert: butter pecan(!) panna cotta(!!) with candied pecans, and a pear and almond torte with cinnamon sorbet(!). The torte turned out to be more like an individual upside-down pear cake, but it was very good, and the cinnamon sorbet packed quite the flavor punch and was the perfect complement to the warm cake. The butter pecan panna cotta was light and full of flavor. And the coffee, a dark roast, was very good too.

We left with very happy and full stomachs - but not overstuffed. We will definitely be returning there again sooner rather than later.

It was also good spending time with Steve again. After dinner we just hung out at my place catching up on various stuff. A very comfortable evening.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #146 on:** September 28, 2004, 07:38:45 PM »

DR Panni - Have fun with your new toy/camera! Are you sure you're only going to take 64 pictures?

*Be sure to check the resolution settings on your camera. Unless you're going to be printing large size prints, you may only need to use a "medium" resolution which will allow you to fit more pics on your memory card.

Jane · « **Reply #147 on:** September 28, 2004, 07:39:00 PM »

Danise, Keith knew who you were, once he could hear your name. He didn’t mention anything about crazy to me, but then look who he lives with.

Thanks for the pics. Sure glad that big tree only hit the wires.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #148 on:** September 28, 2004, 07:40:32 PM »

DR Danise - So good to see you posting. And glad to know that none of those pics of those trees showed the trees falling onto your house.

Panni · « **Reply #149 on:** September 28, 2004, 07:57:25 PM »

I'm home after my trip to the Mall to buy a couple of things and sample some See's. I actually couldn'f finish the small bag I bought (the sample piece was way too rich) and threw it away. (I know - a waste. But if I overdo it on chocs I get a sugar high and then a terrible headache not unlike a hangover. I know my limit, folks.)

On a different topic... Caller ID is a mixed blessing. It can be incredibly useful when screening calls or just for info before you pick up. But it can also be incredibly frustrating. Case in point -- When I got in just now, the light was flashing -- there had been a call, but no message left. And the call was from the Pantages Theater. The Pantages? Who was calling me at 7:11 PM from the Pantages??? And why? Did the leading lady twist her ankle and they needed me to go on as fast as I could get there? Will I ever find out? Will there be a plot twist? Stay tuned.

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