Hi Folks.
Well today was a day. It was NOT a bus day, I can tell you that. As we were coming down the off ramp of the interstate, a car ran a stop sign right in front of us. Of course, the bus driver slammed on the brakes. That threw everyone forward.
One lady was thrown to the floor and wrenched her back. I was sitting sideways going through my purse and have to admit my neck is a bit stiff but I’m fine.
At least we had it better than some others today.
A tour bus had a car pushed underneath it by another speeding car. The person in the car that was pushed under the bus died. We could see the accident from our window at work.
I feel so sorry the person’s family. Kinda like Jrands story only it wasn’t a family member.
Then another person who works on our floor told us that HIS bus T-boned a car that pulled in front of their bus this morning as well. I don’t know if anyone was hurt in that accident.
All in all I can only say, what a day!
Jennifer, I understand how you feel about Wide Screen. I’m not savvy enough to under stand why they can’t get the whole picture on the screen. We can put a man on the moon for crying out loud. But I did buy the WS version.
MBarnum and anyone else who is interested--There is a new collection called
The Original Television Christmas Classics. It costs around thirty dollars but has
Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town, Frosty The SnowMan, The Little Drummer Boy and
Frosty Returns. It also has a bonus Music CD from the shows. I agree $14.99 is a bit much to put out for a half hour show.
I am still looking for the 2nd Little Drummer Boy show and
Nester: The Long Eared Christmas Donkey. I’m also adding the Mr. Magoo special (which I had forgotten about until you guys mentioned it) to the list as well.
Jane,
The Little Drummer Boy is at least a one hankie show for me. Well, it was when I was kid. You’ve gotta see it!
Dan (the Man)
HHW God
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My favorite Christmas special of all time is A Charlie Brown Christmas. I was a huge Peanuts fan when I was a lad and I loved all the Charlie Brown TV specials. Ironically, though, I missed the first showing of A Charlie Brown Christmas because my family was out shopping for and buying an artificial Christmas tree. But I did see it the following year, and every year since. The same Christmas tree has been used almost every year since, too.
What is kind of a shame about Christmas specials is that they're not that special anymore. Because of the existance of VCRs, marketed videos and DVDs, kids and families can watch shows like ACBC, Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer and How the Grinch Stole Christmas over and over again, whenever they like. These shows were major events for me as a child. Big bowls of popcorn were made. Cushions were pulled up closer to the TV than normally allowed. Grownups let themselves be "shushed" if they talked too loud. And you had to pay attention, cause if you missed that first terrifing peek of the Abominable Snow Monster, you didn't get to see it for another year. And when it was over, all you could really do was sort of bask in it and replay it the best you could in your mind.
Nowadays, it's nice that we have these shows at our fingertips, ready to view at any time at our convience with no annoying commercial breaks. But at the same time, there's something within me that yearns for simpler times, when ACHB was truely a Christmas special and not just another DVD amongst many others crammed into my video bookcase.
I agree with you as well, Dan The Man, 100% but the networks have a habit of cutting scenes from these beloved shows to make more room for the dreaded commercials. They don’t care it they run over with a sports program, i.e. “We now join our regularly scheduled program already in progress” and that ticks me off.
It’s for those reasons I’m motivated to buy them. I want to preserve the whole show for my viewing pleasure and if or when I ever have occasion to share them with a child, I want them to be able to see them as I saw them. Whole and uncut. And I do try to make an event out of them.
I fully plan on watching the collection I mention on Thanksgiving evening. The “official” start of the holiday season with my bowl of popcorn in my hand. That’s if I roll off the couch and waddle to the kitchen after eating the Thanksgiving day meal. LOL!
I bought a bottle of that Pepsi Holiday Spice and couldn’t really tell anything different about it. It was kinda like a Dr. Pepper. Nothing really that new or exciting about the taste. At least not in my humble opinion.
My, I am a Chatty Cathy tonight but I am tired. I did a LOT yesterday.