Topic: BREAKING NEWS (Read 16960 times)

bk · « **on:** February 19, 2005, 12:01:09 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, you know all the breaking news, the breaking news knows all of you, and now it is time for you to post until the breaking news cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:02:45 AM »

And the word of the day is: ERSATZ!

Ann · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:07:24 AM »

ersatz...I confess, I'm going to have to look that one up.

bk · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:08:58 AM »

ERSATZ, baby, ERSATZ!

Ann · « **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:09:53 AM »

Hmm...I've read the definition found at dictionary.com...interesting word. Having trouble finding a way to use it in a sentence, however...

Jrand73 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:18:28 AM »

Breaking News!

DRANN - the twitch has nothing to do with the nose and everything to do with the upper lip....give a try!

bk · « **Reply #6 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:19:08 AM »

That is so ERSATZ.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #7 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:19:25 AM »

And what is the Food for the Day?

Jrand73 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:19:38 AM »

Doing the racoon? Isn't that unconstitutional?

THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN not THE SOCKS OF THE FISHERMAN, but THE SHOES, THE VERY SHOES, MIND YOU (and AUNTIE MAME reference) is just now coming on to be followed by THE WINDOW. My favorite part of said FISHERMAN is the Alex North Score.

bk · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:19:44 AM »

I'll be horn-swoggled. We've actually got us some denizens and not ERSATZ denizens either.

bk · « **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:21:28 AM »

Of course, I totally forgot today is FOOD DAY!

The food of the day is: CHINESE FOOD.

Everyone must eat at least one Chinese dish (get your minds out of the gutter, you people). Then we must have a full report and description of said dish. Multiple dishes are fine, too.

bk · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:22:11 AM »

I'm dong the FRUG right now. It's so ERSATZ.

George · « **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:23:35 AM »

I'm going to have to think about my first TV and stereo. I'm sure I have some memories buried, but I'll be horn-swoggled if I can think of them. Maybe some sleep will help. Good night, folks.

bk · « **Reply #13 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:23:40 AM »

Welcome six GUESTS. We're talkin' about - what are we talkin' about? I can't even remember the topic of the day. How ERSATZ!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:24:50 AM »

Good Morning!

Hmmm...First TV...First stereo...

I remember my first, my very own cassette/radio player - nine-years old, living in Seattle, Radio Shack - went through "C" batteries very fast.

I remember my first CD player - 16 years old, living in Arlington, VA, Sony, 5-disc changer. I still have it, but the laser needs to be aligned, and since the repair would cost as much as a new one...

As for a TV... I don't think I've bought one for myself. My parents had one of those big console deals, black & white, that I loved. ?? And my parents also had a Panasonic record/cassette/radio system that I more or less made my own when we lived in Seattle. I even had it when I was in college.

bk · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:25:14 AM »

Sleep is for fools and simpletons.

My first TV was a black-and-white Zenith, I believe. As told in Kritzerland, my brother and I shared the TV in our room. First solo TV was probably some tiny little color set in my first apartment.

First stereo was, of course, my Columbia House Stereophonic Record Player

Ann · « **Reply #16 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:26:03 AM »

Chinese food sounds marvelous. I might have to get creative, though, and make some myself, since I can't currently afford any takeout. I think I have a mix for orange chicken in the cupboard somewhere...hmmm...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #17 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:27:41 AM »

Ohh.... Chinese Food! In Bed?!?!?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #18 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:31:51 AM »

Well... Since it's three hours later here on the East Coast...

OH!....

I was listening to the news earlier, and heard that the Los Angeles area is due for a few more days of heavy rain.

~~~~SAFE AND DRY VIBES!~~~~

And, now....

Goodnight.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:32:34 AM »

Chinese Food - you must get someone to show you the "signing" for that song, MR BK - it is as charming as the song itself. I plan to do it sometime, but haven't found the right moment yet.

bk · « **Reply #20 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:32:45 AM »

We don't need a few hours of rain, let alone a few days of rain. This is totally ERSATZ, if you ask me.

bk · « **Reply #21 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:33:25 AM »

It is, of course, pouring once again.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:34:31 AM »

My first, first television that I bought myself was a 1969 Model Panasonic 19" color portable set. It was great....not really portable it weighed quite a bit. But it had a good picture, was easy to tune, and had a nice "wood" grain finish.

Lasted many years, and of course all the time I owned it, we only had five broadcast stations. It cost $299.99. I brought it home late on a Saturday night, and when it came on, who should be singing but Mr. Johnny Cash!

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #23 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:35:51 AM »

My first TV was a little black and white portable that cost me about $62 bucks (why that figure sticks in my head I have no idea). I bought it the summer between my freshman and sophmore year in college with part of the money I made working summers at American Book Company in Cincinnati, packing books (text books).

It was somewhere between a 9" or 12" screen (I honestly don't remember...12 sounds to big and 9 too small...Could there have been 10 or 11" screens?). It was not only black and white in picture colour but also black and white in model colour.

I bought it because I got tired of going over to the Med Center during my freshman year to watch old movies (in the dorms they usually watched the Tonight show...or something else I didn't want to see). It was a pretty good little TV actually and in the dorm tower I could pick up stations in Lexington from as far away as Louisville or Cincinnati. When I was home in Cincy, I could pick up Dayton and occasionally Louisville (this was all pre-cable, folks, we're talking sheer antenna power). I had that TV up until the time I moved out here to californ-eye-a. Much of my movie education was done on that telly.

My first stereo was an all-in-one grey thing where the speakers and turntables snapped out of a main frame. I believe it was a high school graduation present, as was an AM/FM radio I got (which is still in the garage and still works just fine). The stereo had three speeds and I carried it around with me through all my acting journeys across the country. I think I had it up until about ten years ago when I finally gave it to the Good Will. But it was still in pretty good condition.

I too must be hieing myself hence to the Bur of Bank for a short while, but given BK's description of the Ray Courts show I wonder if this ERSATZ venue is not spelling the death-knell for the show...Did the memorabilia dealers not too as well the last time and choose not to show. Or will they be there tomorrow Or is it simply this ERSATZ time-frame?

When is that new show coming to the Bev Garland? It might be time to check it out.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:36:18 AM »

My first phonograph was a Westinghouse automatic portable that I got for my 12th birthday. It was terrific. I loved it and I still have it. It doesn't play too well, but now and then I get it out and put a stack of 45's on it. Records, not bullets.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:37:27 AM »

My first stereo was probably a "record club" one as well. But by that time it was kind of a component set with a plastic cover and detached speakers. It cost me $19.99 and years of my life! It also included an 8-track player, but I didn't use it much.

bk · « **Reply #26 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:37:35 AM »

I think the Garland show is two weeks later - it's definitely before I go to NY.

bk · « **Reply #27 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:38:18 AM »

We got us some postin' goin' on.

bk · « **Reply #28 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:38:33 AM »

And not even ERSATZ posting.

bk · « **Reply #29 on:** February 19, 2005, 12:39:42 AM »

Would you like to know who bought my TV and the entertainment center which held it (very nice oak huge 92" wide affair)?

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