Topic: HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY (Read 19195 times)

bk · « **Reply #90 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:39:31 PM »

The view from inside the house looking to the yard.

DearReaderLaura · « **Reply #91 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:39:37 PM »

DR Pogue: How old did the adoption place tell you he was?

I used to volunteer at a couple of shelters -- most dogs are listed as 2 or 3. No dog is ever listed as over 5. They wouldn't get adopted if anyone thought they were older than that. We got one of those. Misty was listed as 5 and was at least 8, the vet said. We had her two expensive years.

DR Sandra likes to go to the drive-through window at Wendy's and hear me order a cheeseburger, hold the cheese, hold the burger. And I can't wait for her to give me the bird this afternoon.

bk · « **Reply #92 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:40:17 PM »

The rain just stopped - just like that. And the sun is trying to peek out. That's LA.

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #93 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:40:52 PM »

Quote from: Matt H. on October 20, 2004, 12:12:19 PM

I have spent a lovely part of the afternoon watching the DVD of MY FAVORITE YEAR. Hadn't watched it in years and now won't have to take out another laserdisc ever again since the DVD is sharper and more colorful than the laser ever thought about being. What a charming film!

I can watch (and have watched) MY FAVORITE YEAR again and again.

What are some of the movies that you never tire of, BK and DRs?

Two more for me are AUNTIE MAME and THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #94 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:42:03 PM »

Bruce, great photos! It's chilly and damp here but not so romantic and misty.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #95 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:46:21 PM »

Quote from: Dan-in-Toronto on October 20, 2004, 01:40:52 PM

What are some of the movies that you never tire of, BK and DRs?

I would love to see THE SOLID GOLD CADILLAC again, but I agree about AUNTIE MAME. I would add these as well:
TOM JONES
THE LADY KILLERS
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
PRIDE & PREJUDICE (Colin Firth)
EMMA (Kate Beckinsale)
SENSE & SENSIBILITY
I like comedy a lot and these still make me laugh or smile broadly.

Matthew · « **Reply #96 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:50:14 PM »

BK - great pics. Doesn't everyone love the ran? I think one must....

MBarnum · « **Reply #97 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:59:19 PM »

Quote from: bk on October 20, 2004, 12:45:38 PM

Oops (spoo, spelled backwards), sorry. I love everything she sings. I just heard her do a great rendition of Here's That Rainy Day, as a matter of fact. I also love Shadow of your Smile, The Gentle Rain, and Funny World, all from The Shadow of Your Smile album. And her entire Windy album is spectacularly good. There is a reason I'm on this kick that has to do specifically with the Windy album, and I'll reveal that reason soon.

Cool, I can't wait to find out what that is!

MBarnum · « **Reply #98 on:** October 20, 2004, 02:07:21 PM »

DR Jane, ANDROMEDA STRAIN always grossed me out. Just an unpleasant movie...particularly the scene when they cut open some guys wrist and dried blood comes out!

Oh, little Karen Dotrice is one of my favorite child actresses! So good in 3 Lives of Thomasina!

Movies I never tire of:

Attack of the Puppet People

This is not a Test

Curse of the Cat People

oh, gosh there are too many to list I think.

Jane · « **Reply #99 on:** October 20, 2004, 02:09:08 PM »

DRLaura, don’t they charge you for a cheeseburger if you order it that way?

Bruce great shot-sure glad you got it before the rain stopped.

Jane · « **Reply #100 on:** October 20, 2004, 02:11:22 PM »

MBarnum-guess you couldn't give your cat fluids.

Did you read the book? Maybe you would have preferred the story without the visual effects.

bk · « **Reply #101 on:** October 20, 2004, 02:14:02 PM »

Movies I can watch ad nauseum:

Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, Sullivan's Travels, North by Northwest, Rear Window, The Court Jester, Eyes Without a Face, Sundays and Cybele, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Young Girls of Rochefort - any of the above, over and over again.

George · « **Reply #102 on:** October 20, 2004, 02:30:55 PM »

Quote from: Jane on October 20, 2004, 12:39:38 PM

Should my question to George last night have been directed to Matt H? Sorry-I had a memory lapse.

Jane's question from last night was:

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George did you see the article on LOST in TV Guide? I haven't read it yet but Keith says it is, surprisingly, good and I must read it.

I will watch or tape "Lost" tonight (I really like the show) but I don't get TV Guide. I go to tvguide.com. I tried going there last night after reading your question, but since I was at the house that I'm house-sitting and they have the slowest computer that I've experienced in quite a few years, I couldn't even get to tvguide.com at all. I went there today and HERE is an article about "Lost." It's probably the same one in the TV Guide print magazine. They've offered some interesting premises...premi?

Dan-in-Toronto · « **Reply #103 on:** October 20, 2004, 02:57:36 PM »

Here's a metaphor I didn't think of till today

Funny how love becomes a cold rainy day--
Funny, that rainy day is here.

(Johnny Burke, "Here's That Rainy Day")

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #104 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:25:23 PM »

Hotspur, my yorkie had a heart murmur. He died just two months shy of his sixteenth birthday. I'm not too worried about it.

Panni · « **Reply #105 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:25:36 PM »

Just caught up with the posts. Had a VERY long meeting and I'm tired.
I just turned down a friend from out of town who phoned to ask if he could crash on my couch tonight. Too tired for company in such a tiny place. Was that ungracious of me?

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #106 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:33:41 PM »

Laura, the adoption place had told us between 2-3. My vet said they often fudge on the age. But it explains why Tewkes likes his sleep.

Movies I watch over and over again:

1) GUNGA DIN
2) ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
3) MALTESE FALCON
4) THOSE LIPS,THOSE EYES
5) THE QUIET MAN
6) HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
7) SCARAMOUCHE
8) THE SEARCHERS
9) RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY
10) SINGING IN THE RAIN

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #107 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:35:41 PM »

How did that smilie get on THE SEARCHERS?

Panni, no..you weren't ungracious. Rather ungracious of your friend to call at the last minute with no warning and expect you to put them up. Be selfish; one is entitled to one's privacy.

Panni · « **Reply #108 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:37:01 PM »

Thank you, FS Pogue.

Panni · « **Reply #109 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:38:11 PM »

I thought I was witnessing a first! Pogue using a smilie.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #110 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:44:15 PM »

I got rid of the smilie!

Jane · « **Reply #111 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:47:29 PM »

George I’m relieved my memory was functioning last night and you do watch LOST.

I just should have included Matt H.

Keith said that isn’t the entire article but it does include most of the interesting information. I still haven’t read it. I will read it some time tonight.

Jane · « **Reply #112 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:49:39 PM »

Gosh, I missed the smile.

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #113 on:** October 20, 2004, 03:59:11 PM »

The one thing I hate about rain is that it brings ants into our house, my bathroom is now plagued with them.

Other things I hate. How surly, demanding, and slimy charities and magazines have become of late. We have a piece of mail from some charity up there that says "second request" , "a favor of a repy is requested". They send me a piece of unsolicited crap which goes straight into the trash and then spend more of their funds mailing me a second one so they can get all huffy about me not responding to the first one. Puhleeze!

And what's with magazines just automatically extending your subscription without asking and then billing you for it, hoping you won't notice and just pay or, if you don't, sending you notices like you're one step away from a collection agency coming after you. Shouldn't this kind of intimidation stuff be against the law?

I'm also tired of magazines that I already subscribe to cluttering up their pages with subscription cards. There were like nine in my Men's Health that came the other day. Guys, I subscribe already! Secondly, if I wasn't a subscriber, I wouldn't need nine forms to do so! What a waste of money!

I think the way to stop this subscription card influx is for everyone to take those no-stamp-needed post cards and fill them out with the publisher or editor's name and address and mail them in. when they start getting the clutter back at them, maybe they'll get the idea! Is the postage already paid on those cards or do they have to pay for them as they come in...? That would also pull them up short...and help the floundering post office.

But I feel like unsubscribing to every magazine I have...except THE WEEK. I let my PLAYBOY subscription finally lapse after about 20-odd years ( I started to subscribe in protest, when 7-11 banned them). I just don't relate to the shaved-twatted, plastic boob women that all look alike anymore. I've only been reading it for the articles and they aren't as good as they used to be. When they start having a video game section in the magazine, I know they're not longer catering to guys my age or Hef's age.

bk · « **Reply #114 on:** October 20, 2004, 04:03:55 PM »

How could I forget Ride the High Country. Another I can watch over and over again.

TCB · « **Reply #115 on:** October 20, 2004, 04:05:18 PM »

Quote from: Panni on October 20, 2004, 03:25:36 PM

Just caught up with the posts. Had a VERY long meeting and I'm tired.
I just turned down a friend from out of town who phoned to ask if he could crash on my couch tonight. Too tired for company in such a tiny place. Was that ungracious of me?

Well if it was elmore3003, then yes it was.

George · « **Reply #116 on:** October 20, 2004, 04:08:55 PM »

DR Pogue, if I get mail that I know is unsolicited, I write "Refused--Return to sender" on it and send it back. The theory being that they'll get the hint and take me off of their list(s). I do it every time. If I get it again, they'll pay to get it back again.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #117 on:** October 20, 2004, 05:03:03 PM »

Quote from: Charles Pogue on October 20, 2004, 01:29:25 PM

At a visit to the vet's, today we found out that Tewkes is an old dog, 8 or older. Has a heart murmur. But despite these misrepresentations by the adoption place, we're becoming attached to the li'l critter and will have for as long as he's here.

Marty was just a pup when we brought him home from the pound. Der B took him to the vet the next day, while I was at work. "Oh, you aren't going to want this dog, he has a heart murmur and won't last more than five years."

Der Brucer already knew this was out of the question. Good thing, too, since Marty has been with us for eight or nine years already.

He does have spells, if he's been running around and overexerting himself. The blood simply doesn't get to his brain fast enough, and he glazes over. Then, after a minute or two, he gets back up, recovery complete, and is back to his regular self. If der B or I are with him at the time, we stop and comfort him while he's out of it, and we get a nice face washing for our troubles.

I sometimes wonder about vets.

Panni · « **Reply #118 on:** October 20, 2004, 05:03:17 PM »

Not Elmore, TCB. he's holding out for a guestroom - not a couch.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #119 on:** October 20, 2004, 05:08:05 PM »

Quote from: DearReaderLaura on October 20, 2004, 01:39:37 PM

DR Sandra...I can't wait for her to give me the bird this afternoon.

Gestures like that! I thought DR Sandra was a nice girl!

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