Topic: THE UPSIDE OF THE DOWNSIDE (Read 5007 times)

Ginny · « **Reply #30 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:20:28 AM »

Of course, living within walking distance of Mariemont Square would be very dangerous, what with Graeter's and Starbucks both there...

Jrand74 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:20:47 AM »

That sounds like a fun concert DR GINNY.

It is raining lightly here....and we expect a couple of storms later today....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #32 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:22:08 AM »

Druxy · « **Reply #33 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:24:50 AM »

TOD:

Back in the 1970s, I was sick with some sort of a virus that the doctors couldn't identify. It lasted about 2 weeks and I was right in the middle of executing an Oscar campaign.

Druxy · « **Reply #34 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:28:18 AM »

BK,

Has ISADORA or THE LOVES OF ISADORA been released onto DVD/Blu-Ray in the USA? The only copies that I can find listed seem to be from a foreign source and the quality aspects have negative comments.

I'd like to get a good copy of this if possible and not overly expensive.

Ginny · « **Reply #35 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:30:27 AM »

Quote from: Jrand64 on May 25, 2015, 07:20:47 AM

That sounds like a fun concert DR GINNY.

It is raining lightly here....and we expect a couple of storms later today....

It's pouring here, too, DR JRand. We'll probably sit in the car to listen to the carillon.

Ginny · « **Reply #36 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:32:02 AM »

TOD - my reaction to 9-11 was a case of pneumonia that kept me off work for three and a half weeks and coughing for the last 3 months of 2001.

Kerry · « **Reply #37 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:35:47 AM »

I like this kind of a Monday.

John G. · « **Reply #38 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:37:47 AM »

Good morning, all.

Continued vibes for BK, Michael Shayne, TCB, Vixmom and all else in need.

Congrats on getting your phone back, TCB.

John G. · « **Reply #39 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:42:04 AM »

TOD:

About eight years ago, I had a really bad intestinal pain. Doctor diagnosed diverticulitis but also determined that a section of my colon was blocked. A section of it had to be removed, during which it was found that a load of vitamin pills were in my system that simply refused to dissolve. Turns out my sister Annaliese has the same condition.

I was out of commission for about three weeks, but I couldn't really eat for about five. All liquid diet. That was a problem when you eat for a living, which I did back then.

I came back on to solid food with a vengeance and put back more weight than I took off during the liquid time.

But I haven't had a recurrence of the problem and no more diverticulitis.

singdaw · « **Reply #40 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:44:04 AM »

Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:37:47 AM

Congrats on getting your phone back, TCB.

DR TCB had my phone??

singdaw · « **Reply #41 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:45:50 AM »

singdaw · « **Reply #42 on:** May 25, 2015, 07:51:43 AM »

elmore3003 · « **Reply #43 on:** May 25, 2015, 08:16:18 AM »

Time to leave Toyland. We're getting close to the last time.

FJL · « **Reply #44 on:** May 25, 2015, 08:18:25 AM »

With all the drug talk, I read "Toyland" as "Tylenol." Oy!

John G. · « **Reply #45 on:** May 25, 2015, 08:30:42 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on May 25, 2015, 07:44:04 AM

Quote from: John G. on May 25, 2015, 07:37:47 AM
Congrats on getting your phone back, TCB.

DR TCB had my phone??

My brain seems to be on holiday, ChasSmith. Sorry.

John G. · « **Reply #46 on:** May 25, 2015, 08:34:01 AM »

Bought a watermelon at Costco the other day. First time in ages. The flavor is really intense, and J.B. seems to be really happy. I'd forgotten how much he loves it (and I do, too), so I may have to get him (read: me) more in the near future.

John G. · « **Reply #47 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:14:29 AM »

starting to watch "The Drop," which is only 1:46, not three hours as mentioned on the back of the box.

May not finish this before going to see Tom Hardy in another movie, "Mad Max."

"The Drop" is based on a Dennis Lehane story and he wrote the screenplay.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #48 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:24:27 AM »

That film clip of the Miracle Mile haunts me. I'm actually surprised I didn't have a dream about it. (Give it time. It'll happen.)

It's a glimpse of something I missed experiencing by five or six years. That was 1967, and things had obviously been changing by 1972 or 1973 when I would have been getting to know that strip. But what changes! Wonderful stores and restaurants, gone. Beautiful neon signage, gone. Architectural touches, gone. But the end result of all of that is the sad change in how people lived and interacted with each other and their surroundings.

I was privileged to know that life, but in other places. The almost alarming thing about the clip was how it immediately took me back to those very places. It was downtown Columbus in the late 1950s. It was downtown Fort Lauderdale in 1960/61. It was Miami Beach and the Lincoln Road Mall when we were there to attend roadshow films, which included magical (to this kid) visits to the great coffee shops/restaurants.

One can only say: Damn them. Damn them all to hell.

singdaw · « **Reply #49 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:26:48 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on May 25, 2015, 09:24:27 AM

One can only say: Damn them. Damn them all to hell.

Indeed.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #50 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:31:55 AM »

I got ONE good watermelon last year.....none of the rest of them were as good.....but I kept trying.

singdaw · « **Reply #51 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:53:08 AM »

One Good Watermelon.

That's the title of my next something-or-other.

singdaw · « **Reply #52 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:53:24 AM »

What we need. Is a drink.

singdaw · « **Reply #53 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:53:44 AM »

Preferably with a little paper umbrella in it.

singdaw · « **Reply #54 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:54:26 AM »

That last little bit wasn't in Follies, though.

Dan M · « **Reply #55 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:58:29 AM »

DR singdaw, congrats on your phone's reunion with you. It must've been mighty scared in the clutches of another!

Dan M · « **Reply #56 on:** May 25, 2015, 10:00:14 AM »

Vibes, vibes and more vibes to all the infirm and ailing here at HHW krankenhaus.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #57 on:** May 25, 2015, 10:04:32 AM »

Gee, Office Krankie... Krank you!

Dan M · « **Reply #58 on:** May 25, 2015, 10:05:40 AM »

I have asked the spirit of Lionel Hampton to send extra strength vibes and marimbas to vanquish the nasty bug you have BK!
The second part is the one-two punch spirit of Ralph Kramden and Lloyd C. Kramden to do a Bang! Zoom! Zowie! on that darned bug.

GET BETTER BK! (not that you were bad the way you are that is, but healthwise of course)!

Dan M · « **Reply #59 on:** May 25, 2015, 10:09:17 AM »

TOD:

For me the worst illness I've had is what I'm going through. But that's an extraordinary circumstance. Of all the cancers that ambled into my gin joint, I had to get one that's common in equatorial Africa. Burkitt's lymphoma in the US only occurs in less than 0.4 cases per 100,000 lymphoma cases. Don't know what the percentage works out as, but I'm in a select few. That's me though, always having to be different!

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