Topic: A MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY WHO (Read 14993 times)

singdaw · « **Reply #30 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:42:25 AM »

I don't know from no Shoestring Review, but I love me some shoestring potatoes.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #31 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:42:37 AM »

I'm two days late and two dollars short, but here's my first cell phone and - I believe - my third one.

The first, the blue Nokia, was literally nothing but a phone - I'm not sure you could even text on it - and I pull it out today and still love the design and solid feel of the phone and its buttons. Kristi was living here then and we got these in the aftermath of 9/11, deciding it was time to have that emergency backup in communications. Of course we were excited to try out the newfangled convenience of it as well.

I had no idea then how to research and buy cell phones, and I simply stopped in on a spur of the moment at a Cingular store in Norwalk and signed up for them. Since I didn't know that you needed (especially back then) to research how good the reception was going to be wherever you most needed to use the phone, I found later that Cingular's coverage in my area was less than wonderful. But that phone lasted us at least a couple of years, when at one point of frustration with the service at home we switched from Cingular/AT&T to Verizon which was a godsend.

To be continued...

singdaw · « **Reply #32 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:42:45 AM »

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:43:17 AM »

And now I sit and wait to hear from Access-a-Ride, the worst part of the day when dealing with them: will they show up? will they be on time? if they're late, how late? what kind of a driver will I get?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #34 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:44:19 AM »

I need to put together an Amazon Fresh order. The prices keep rising, but my monthly food stamp allowance does not.

singdaw · « **Reply #35 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:46:34 AM »

singdaw · « **Reply #36 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:47:00 AM »

ChasSmith · « **Reply #37 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:53:09 AM »

The red phone - an LG - was I think my third one. There was a Motorola flip phone from Verizon that I have no picture of, and I had to replace it after I'd set it on top of my car in the driveway "for a moment" and a moment later proceeded to drive off. So I believe the rather fancy little LG is what replaced that one, as by then I was taking some occasional pictures and wanting to use the text feature more...hence the fancy keyboard.

Well, I'm not sure I ever used either the camera or that keyboard very much, but this phone, too, has an amazing build and feel to it. These are such different animals from today's smart phones. Like I said... artifacts.

John G. · « **Reply #38 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:53:48 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on June 30, 2023, 05:42:25 AM

I don't know from no Shoestring Review, but I love me some shoestring potatoes.

If you don’t know Shoestring Review, you are missing out. It’s on Kritzerland and it’s hysterically funny.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #39 on:** June 30, 2023, 05:58:30 AM »

That LG phone is really a prize example of excess design - or some such - and I wonder how its keyboard and all compares to that of the Blackberry. For me, it wasn't nearly as easy to use as you'd think while you're being wowed by it in the store, and I know I didn't take advantage of whatever it could do.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #40 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:05:56 AM »

Well, what a difference a day makes in air quality. This morning we awoke to a fairly heavy fog combined with some now-obvious smoke from the fires, and...yikes. Our number seems to be between 90 and 114. I'm still not sure who or what site to trust on that. It's nothing like a few weeks ago with the post-apocalyptic orange skies, but it's now fully detectable and aromatic. The fog has mostly lifted, so at least the visibility is much better than earlier.

singdaw · « **Reply #41 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:15:22 AM »

Quote from: John G. on June 30, 2023, 05:53:48 AM

If you don’t know Shoestring Review, you are missing out. It’s on Kritzerland and it’s hysterically funny.

Oh, I have it. I was just trying to make a funny.

singdaw · « **Reply #42 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:16:10 AM »

I wonder if shirt-tail relations have shoe-strings.

singdaw · « **Reply #43 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:17:01 AM »

Richard Rodgers's first draft was entitled No Shoestrings.

singdaw · « **Reply #44 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:18:41 AM »

~~Hope is~~ Shoes are the thing with ~~feathers~~ strings.

singdaw · « **Reply #45 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:19:08 AM »

There's no strings like shoestrings.

singdaw · « **Reply #46 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:19:36 AM »

Just one of those things.

singdaw · « **Reply #47 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:21:33 AM »

DR ChasSmith's reminiscences are fun.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #48 on:** June 30, 2023, 06:59:47 AM »

I got no strings.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #49 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:00:28 AM »

I think DR GEORGE was hustling drinks somewhere last night.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #50 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:00:46 AM »

Cross Dressers in the Catskills - a movie by Who.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #51 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:01:11 AM »

It is nice to have a day off from things going wrong - stage wise that is.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #52 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:01:32 AM »

Lots of folks still without power.....and more storms predicted for later today.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #53 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:01:49 AM »

Vibes for DR ELMORE for Access A Ride and Amazon Fresh.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:02:44 AM »

I am trying to decide what to cook today.....I shall prolly do some Chicken Strips this morning...using the oven before the temps go too high.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #55 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:03:58 AM »

I watched the Rock Hudson documentary last night. It was very good. I enjoyed seeing all of the clips from his Universal movies - and a few times, they edited some clips to make it seem like he was asking guys out - in a clever way.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #56 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:05:25 AM »

They didn't say anything about the two seasons he came to Louisville to play with the University of Kentucky football team - where he met Lee Majors.....

But I guess they didn't have time to talk about everything!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #57 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:05:45 AM »

Since I didn't post on the TOD yesterday, I thought I would do so today.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #58 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:06:23 AM »

The three films he made with Doris Day in order of my preference:

Pillow Talk
Send Me No Flowers
Lover Come Back

Jrand74 · « **Reply #59 on:** June 30, 2023, 07:06:55 AM »

I really wish Gig Young had played the third wheel with Rock & Doris....instead of you know who.

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