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On 12/17/2017 1:19 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:13:03 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >> On 12/17/2017 1:10 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >>> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:27:42 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >>>> On 12/17/2017 12:14 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >>> >>>>> Doesn't your remote have a mute button? >>>>> >>>>> Cindy Hamilton >>>>> >>>> >>>> I fear that I may well have permanently indented it by now. >>>> >>>> No, what happens is I'm in the kitchen and the remote is elsewhere and... >>>> >>>> Grrr. >>>> >>>> The singing starts so fast I can never catch it in time. >>> >>> Ah. If I'm likely to leave the room, I either put it on a premium >>> channel like HBO or play something on the DVR. We hate commercials >>> a lot. >>> >>> Cindy Hamilton >>> >> >> Roger that, same here. >> >> Mostly the pause button will suffice, followed up by quick skip. >> >> But not always if it's a sporting even that others are watching live, >> >> Then I'm damned doomed... >> >> :-(( > > Point taken. We don't watch sports, except for the occasional > curling match. It's very relaxing. > > Cindy Hamilton > How often do you see those? I always watch in the winter Olympics, then they're gone. And yeah, it IS relaxing, and quirky and fun. Like Bocce Ball except icy. |
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On 2017-12-17 12:55 PM, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
> On 12/17/2017 12:47 PM, graham wrote: >> On 2017-12-17 11:10 AM, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >>> On 12/17/2017 11:04 AM, Cheri wrote: >>>> "Casa del Sol naciente" > wrote in message >>>> ... >>>>> On 12/17/2017 7:17 AM, Cheri wrote: >>>>>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message >>>>>> ... >>>>>>> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your >>>>>>> favorite movie ends >>>>>>> with the title character being drawn and quartered? >>>>>>> {{{{shudder}}}}. History be >>>>>>> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only >>>>>>> implied. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Happy holidays! ;-)) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> N. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> LOL, it's everything in between too...and I also love Anne of A >>>>>> Thousand Days. ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheri >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And..."The Lion In Winter"? >>>> >>>> >>>> I love the TLIW! >>>> >>>> Cheri >>> >>> >>> >>> I had a feeling, some absurdly great acting there... >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cHYDyUxe24 >> >> And yet he was passed over by the Oscar voters. > > > So very many times... > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/f...n-history.html > > > As Peter O'Toole dies at the age of 81, Tim Robey gives his verdict on > the film career of an actor disappointed a record eight times at the > Academy Awards > > Lifestyle punishment perhaps? > > And Burton too? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od9U...96dAVF&index=2 > > > http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-o...times-10956108 > > > Did missing out on an Oscar 7 times make Richard Burton Hollywood's > unluckiest actor? In the ratio of screen time to trophy wins Burton > seems to have been robbed - but was he? > > Both were very great actors - not that it bothers me much. Famous actors these days are accorded an obscene level of reverence when it was not that long ago when they were so low on the social ladder that only the public executioner was lower. |
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On 12/17/2017 1:29 PM, graham wrote:
> On 2017-12-17 12:55 PM, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >> On 12/17/2017 12:47 PM, graham wrote: >>> On 2017-12-17 11:10 AM, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >>>> On 12/17/2017 11:04 AM, Cheri wrote: >>>>> "Casa del Sol naciente" > wrote in message >>>>> ... >>>>>> On 12/17/2017 7:17 AM, Cheri wrote: >>>>>>> "Nancy2" > wrote in message >>>>>>> ... >>>>>>>> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your >>>>>>>> favorite movie ends >>>>>>>> with the title character being drawn and quartered? >>>>>>>> {{{{shudder}}}}. History be >>>>>>>> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only >>>>>>>> implied. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Happy holidays! ;-)) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> N. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> LOL, it's everything in between too...and I also love Anne of A >>>>>>> Thousand Days. ;-) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheri >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> And..."The Lion In Winter"? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I love the TLIW! >>>>> >>>>> Cheri >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I had a feeling, some absurdly great acting there... >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cHYDyUxe24 >>> >>> And yet he was passed over by the Oscar voters. >> >> >> So very many times... >> >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/f...n-history.html >> >> >> As Peter O'Toole dies at the age of 81, Tim Robey gives his verdict on >> the film career of an actor disappointed a record eight times at the >> Academy Awards >> >> Lifestyle punishment perhaps? >> >> And Burton too? >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od9U...96dAVF&index=2 >> >> >> http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-o...times-10956108 >> >> >> Did missing out on an Oscar 7 times make Richard Burton Hollywood's >> unluckiest actor? In the ratio of screen time to trophy wins Burton >> seems to have been robbed - but was he? >> >> > Both were very great actors - not that it bothers me much. Famous actors > these days are accorded an obscene level of reverence when it was not > that long ago when they were so low on the social ladder that only the > public executioner was lower. Very true and very much where they should return. Its a profession based upon innate deceit after all. When they naturally transitioned over to politics from booze I lost much interest in the lot of them. |
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On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:10:21 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
.... > > Ah. If I'm likely to leave the room, I either put it on a premium > channel like HBO or play something on the DVR. We hate commercials > a lot. > > Cindy Hamilton Best way to avoid commercials: Kill Your Television! John Kuthe... |
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On 12/17/2017 6:32 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:10:21 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > ... >> >> Ah. If I'm likely to leave the room, I either put it on a premium >> channel like HBO or play something on the DVR. We hate commercials >> a lot. >> >> Cindy Hamilton > > Best way to avoid commercials: Kill Your Television! > > John Kuthe... > Wot?!?! Kill the mind control device? Who are you, Winston Smith? |
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"Casa del Sol naciente" > speaking of movie stars
> On 12/17/2017 1:29 PM, graham wrote: speaking of Richard Burton and Peter > O'toole >> Both were very great actors - not that it bothers me much. Famous actors >> these days are accorded an obscene level of reverence when it was not >> that long ago when they were so low on the social ladder that only the >> public executioner was lower. > > Very true and very much where they should return. > > Its a profession based upon innate deceit after all. > > When they naturally transitioned over to politics from booze I lost much > interest in the lot of them. For sure. Cheri |
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On 12/17/2017 6:57 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Casa del Sol naciente" > speaking of movie stars >> On 12/17/2017 1:29 PM, graham wrote: speaking of Richard Burton and >> Peter O'toole > >>> Both were very great actors - not that it bothers me much. Famous >>> actors these days are accorded an obscene level of reverence when it >>> was not that long ago when they were so low on the social ladder that >>> only the public executioner was lower. >> >> Very true and very much where they should return. >> >> Its a profession based upon innate deceit after all. >> >> When they naturally transitioned over to politics from booze I lost >> much interest in the lot of them. > > > For sure. > > Cheri Entertainment must be that - entertaining. Don't need a lecture with my make believe. |
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"Casa del Sol naciente" > wrote in message
... > On 12/17/2017 6:57 PM, Cheri wrote: >> "Casa del Sol naciente" > speaking of movie stars >>> On 12/17/2017 1:29 PM, graham wrote: speaking of Richard Burton and >>> Peter O'toole >> >>>> Both were very great actors - not that it bothers me much. Famous >>>> actors these days are accorded an obscene level of reverence when it >>>> was not that long ago when they were so low on the social ladder that >>>> only the public executioner was lower. >>> >>> Very true and very much where they should return. >>> >>> Its a profession based upon innate deceit after all. >>> >>> When they naturally transitioned over to politics from booze I lost much >>> interest in the lot of them. >> >> >> For sure. >> >> Cheri > > Entertainment must be that - entertaining. > > Don't need a lecture with my make believe. Same goes for the NFL. Cheri |
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On Sun, 17 Dec 2017 18:36:30 -0700, Casa del Sol naciente
> wrote: >On 12/17/2017 6:32 PM, John Kuthe wrote: >> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:10:21 PM UTC-6, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >> ... >>> >>> Ah. If I'm likely to leave the room, I either put it on a premium >>> channel like HBO or play something on the DVR. We hate commercials >>> a lot. >>> >>> Cindy Hamilton >> >> Best way to avoid commercials: Kill Your Television! >> >> John Kuthe... >> >Wot?!?! > >Kill the mind control device? Many commercials are quite entertaining, especially those with lots of female pulchritude. The Beautiful History of pulchritude If English poet John Keats was right when he wrote that "a thing of beauty is a joy forever," then pulchritude should bring bliss for many years to come. That word has already served English handsomely for centuries; it has been used since the 1400s. It's a descendant of the Latin adjective pulcher, which means "beautiful." Pulcher hasn't exactly been a wellspring of English terms, but it did give us both pulchritude and pulchritudinous, an adjective meaning "attractive" or "beautiful." The verb pulchrify (a synonym of beautify), the noun pulchritudeness (same meaning as pulchritude), and the adjective pulchrous (meaning "fair or beautiful") are other pulcher offspring, but those terms have proved that, in at least some linguistic cases, beauty is fleeting. |
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On 12/17/2017 7:14 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Casa del Sol naciente" > wrote in message > ... >> On 12/17/2017 6:57 PM, Cheri wrote: >>> "Casa del Sol naciente" > speaking of movie stars >>>> On 12/17/2017 1:29 PM, graham wrote: speaking of Richard Burton and >>>> Peter O'toole >>> >>>>> Both were very great actors - not that it bothers me much. Famous >>>>> actors these days are accorded an obscene level of reverence when >>>>> it was not that long ago when they were so low on the social ladder >>>>> that only the public executioner was lower. >>>> >>>> Very true and very much where they should return. >>>> >>>> Its a profession based upon innate deceit after all. >>>> >>>> When they naturally transitioned over to politics from booze I lost >>>> much interest in the lot of them. >>> >>> >>> For sure. >>> >>> Cheri >> >> Entertainment must be that - entertaining. >> >> Don't need a lecture with my make believe. > > > Same goes for the NFL. > > Cheri Yes it does. |
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On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:24:43 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
> On 12/17/2017 1:19 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:13:03 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: > >> On 12/17/2017 1:10 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > >>> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:27:42 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: > >>>> On 12/17/2017 12:14 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > >>> > >>>>> Doesn't your remote have a mute button? > >>>>> > >>>>> Cindy Hamilton > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> I fear that I may well have permanently indented it by now. > >>>> > >>>> No, what happens is I'm in the kitchen and the remote is elsewhere and... > >>>> > >>>> Grrr. > >>>> > >>>> The singing starts so fast I can never catch it in time. > >>> > >>> Ah. If I'm likely to leave the room, I either put it on a premium > >>> channel like HBO or play something on the DVR. We hate commercials > >>> a lot. > >>> > >>> Cindy Hamilton > >>> > >> > >> Roger that, same here. > >> > >> Mostly the pause button will suffice, followed up by quick skip. > >> > >> But not always if it's a sporting even that others are watching live, > >> > >> Then I'm damned doomed... > >> > >> :-(( > > > > Point taken. We don't watch sports, except for the occasional > > curling match. It's very relaxing. > > > > Cindy Hamilton > > > > How often do you see those? Pretty often. We have access to Canadian television. Cindy Hamilton |
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On 12/18/2017 4:14 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:24:43 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >> On 12/17/2017 1:19 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >>> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:13:03 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >>>> On 12/17/2017 1:10 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >>>>> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:27:42 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >>>>>> On 12/17/2017 12:14 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> Doesn't your remote have a mute button? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I fear that I may well have permanently indented it by now. >>>>>> >>>>>> No, what happens is I'm in the kitchen and the remote is elsewhere and... >>>>>> >>>>>> Grrr. >>>>>> >>>>>> The singing starts so fast I can never catch it in time. >>>>> >>>>> Ah. If I'm likely to leave the room, I either put it on a premium >>>>> channel like HBO or play something on the DVR. We hate commercials >>>>> a lot. >>>>> >>>>> Cindy Hamilton >>>>> >>>> >>>> Roger that, same here. >>>> >>>> Mostly the pause button will suffice, followed up by quick skip. >>>> >>>> But not always if it's a sporting even that others are watching live, >>>> >>>> Then I'm damned doomed... >>>> >>>> :-(( >>> >>> Point taken. We don't watch sports, except for the occasional >>> curling match. It's very relaxing. >>> >>> Cindy Hamilton >>> >> >> How often do you see those? > > Pretty often. We have access to Canadian television. > > Cindy Hamilton > And they regularly show that? Wow. I never knew. Is it all Olympic preparatory matches or is there some World Cup like competitive sphere? |
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On Monday, December 18, 2017 at 10:37:30 AM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
> On 12/18/2017 4:14 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:24:43 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: > >> On 12/17/2017 1:19 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > >>> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 3:13:03 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: > >>>> On 12/17/2017 1:10 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > >>>>> On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 2:27:42 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: > >>>>>> On 12/17/2017 12:14 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>>> Doesn't your remote have a mute button? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Cindy Hamilton > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I fear that I may well have permanently indented it by now. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> No, what happens is I'm in the kitchen and the remote is elsewhere and... > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Grrr. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The singing starts so fast I can never catch it in time. > >>>>> > >>>>> Ah. If I'm likely to leave the room, I either put it on a premium > >>>>> channel like HBO or play something on the DVR. We hate commercials > >>>>> a lot. > >>>>> > >>>>> Cindy Hamilton > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Roger that, same here. > >>>> > >>>> Mostly the pause button will suffice, followed up by quick skip. > >>>> > >>>> But not always if it's a sporting even that others are watching live, > >>>> > >>>> Then I'm damned doomed... > >>>> > >>>> :-(( > >>> > >>> Point taken. We don't watch sports, except for the occasional > >>> curling match. It's very relaxing. > >>> > >>> Cindy Hamilton > >>> > >> > >> How often do you see those? > > > > Pretty often. We have access to Canadian television. > > > > Cindy Hamilton > > > And they regularly show that? > > Wow. > > I never knew. > > Is it all Olympic preparatory matches or is there some World Cup like > competitive sphere? <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Curling_Championships> Cindy Hamilton |
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"Cheri" wrote in message ...
"Casa del Sol naciente" > wrote in message ... > On 12/17/2017 7:18 AM, Cheri wrote: >> "Gary" > wrote in message >> ... >>> Cheri wrote: >>> >>>> "graham" wrote: >>>> > You've been around that long? :-) >>>> >>>> It's beginning to feel like it. :) >>> >>> Oh thanks,Cheri! (not) >>> I read this just this morning and it reminded me >>> of a traditional Christmas song. >>> "It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas..." >>> Now that song is stuck in my head and I've been >>> silently singing it all morning. Arrgghh. >>> >>> ;-D >>> >>> Ps - oh well...it *is* almost Christmas so >>> at least the timing is right. >> >> >> I hate those ear worms with a song that drives you crazy, so Have a Holly >> Jolly Christmas. ;-) >> >> Cheri > > If I hear that f%#!@ing Mercedes commercial with "Toyland" whisper-sung on > more time I'm gonna.... I hate the commercial for some kind of car where the father sings "brought some candy so the kids won't fight." It just grates. Cheri == My earworm is one of your performers, I think:) Sia singing Chandelier:)) I love it and am happy to have it as an earworm:)) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
... > My earworm is one of your performers, I think:) Sia singing > Chandelier:)) > > I love it and am happy to have it as an earworm:)) She's from Australia and I love that song too. Cheri |
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"Cheri" wrote in message ...
"Ophelia" > wrote in message ... > My earworm is one of your performers, I think:) Sia singing > Chandelier:)) > > I love it and am happy to have it as an earworm:)) She's from Australia and I love that song too. Cheri == Ahh thanks:) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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On 12/16/2017 9:24 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> On 12/15/2017 10:10 PM, wrote: >>> I need a lass to be Còsagach with me. >> >> I love that you think you speak gaelic. >> >>> I always wondered why Lassys never played bagpipes... probably only in >>> private! ;) >>> >> I hope you mean lasses and not that you wish to fornicate wi' lassie >> the dog. >> >> Beautiful music he James Horner, the theme from Bravehart. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AN04imFDK8 >> >> Jill >> > > > I believe that is my favorite movie of all time. > > Cheri It's a fantanstic film and the musical score is wonderful. :) Jill |
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On 12/17/2017 8:41 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your favorite movie ends > with the title character being drawn and quartered? {{{{shudder}}}}. History be > damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only implied. > > Happy holidays! ;-)) > > N. > Happy Holidays to you, N.! I loved 'Braveheart', too. While I don't enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. Jill |
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On 12/20/2017 8:11 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/17/2017 8:41 AM, Nancy2 wrote: >> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your >> favorite movie ends >> with the title character being drawn and quartered?Â* {{{{shudder}}}}. >> History be >> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only implied. >> >> Happy holidays!Â* ;-)) >> >> N. >> > Happy Holidays to you, N.!Â* I loved 'Braveheart', too.Â* While I don't > enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so > distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. > > Jill Th elate Patrick McGoohan was malevolence defined as Edward Long Shanks! |
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On 12/20/2017 10:11 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> Happy Holidays to you, N.! I loved 'Braveheart', too. While I don't > enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so > distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. > Braveheart was an entertaining film, but not at all historically accurate. <http://medievalscotland.org/scotbiblio/braveheart.shtml> |
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On 12/20/2017 11:05 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says... >> >> On 12/17/2017 8:41 AM, Nancy2 wrote: >>> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your favorite movie ends >>> with the title character being drawn and quartered? {{{{shudder}}}}. History be >>> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only implied. >>> >>> Happy holidays! ;-)) >>> >>> N. >>> >> Happy Holidays to you, N.! I loved 'Braveheart', too. While I don't >> enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so >> distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. > > "Braveheart" IS a complete distortion of history :-) > > Janet UK > Perhaps, but William Wallace didn't win, did he? ;) Jill |
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... > On 12/17/2017 8:41 AM, Nancy2 wrote: >> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your favorite >> movie ends >> with the title character being drawn and quartered? {{{{shudder}}}}. >> History be >> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only implied. >> >> Happy holidays! ;-)) >> >> N. >> > Happy Holidays to you, N.! I loved 'Braveheart', too. While I don't > enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so > distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. > > Jill Mel Gibson did such a wonderful job of acting in that movie that even the bloody scenes etc. were helped with the expressions of sorrow and resolve on his face in so many of them. Cheri |
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On 12/20/2017 5:24 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message > ... >> On 12/17/2017 8:41 AM, Nancy2 wrote: >>> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your >>> favorite movie ends >>> with the title character being drawn and quartered?* {{{{shudder}}}}. >>> History be >>> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only >>> implied. >>> >>> Happy holidays!* ;-)) >>> >>> N. >>> >> Happy Holidays to you, N.!* I loved 'Braveheart', too.* While I don't >> enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so >> distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. >> >> Jill > > > Mel Gibson did such a wonderful job of acting in that movie that even > the bloody scenes etc. were helped with the expressions of sorrow and > resolve on his face in so many of them. > > Cheri Easily his best performance ever, and he had some fine ones. |
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On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:52:20 -0700, Casa del Sol naciente
> wrote: >On 12/20/2017 5:24 PM, Cheri wrote: >> "jmcquown" > wrote in message >> ... >>> On 12/17/2017 8:41 AM, Nancy2 wrote: >>>> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your >>>> favorite movie ends >>>> with the title character being drawn and quartered?* {{{{shudder}}}}. >>>> History be >>>> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only >>>> implied. >>>> >>>> Happy holidays!* ;-)) >>>> >>>> N. >>>> >>> Happy Holidays to you, N.!* I loved 'Braveheart', too.* While I don't >>> enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so >>> distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. >>> >>> Jill >> >> >> Mel Gibson did such a wonderful job of acting in that movie that even >> the bloody scenes etc. were helped with the expressions of sorrow and >> resolve on his face in so many of them. >> >> Cheri > >Easily his best performance ever, and he had some fine ones. lol |
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On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 9:46:44 AM UTC-6, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
> On 12/20/2017 8:11 AM, jmcquown wrote: > > On 12/17/2017 8:41 AM, Nancy2 wrote: > >> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your > >> favorite movie ends > >> with the title character being drawn and quartered?Â* {{{{shudder}}}}. > >> History be > >> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only implied. > >> > >> Happy holidays!Â* ;-)) > >> > >> N. > >> > > Happy Holidays to you, N.!Â* I loved 'Braveheart', too.Â* While I don't > > enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so > > distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. > > > > Jill > > Th elate Patrick McGoohan was malevolence defined as Edward Long Shanks! Patrick McGoohan was medically Paranoid Schizophrenic! The Prisoner? John Kuthe... |
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On 12/20/2017 6:36 PM, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 9:46:44 AM UTC-6, Casa del Sol naciente wrote: >> On 12/20/2017 8:11 AM, jmcquown wrote: >>> On 12/17/2017 8:41 AM, Nancy2 wrote: >>>> Oh, Cheei, I don't know if we can be beasties after all...your >>>> favorite movie ends >>>> with the title character being drawn and quartered?Â* {{{{shudder}}}}. >>>> History be >>>> damned, I don't need to see it on the big screen....even if only implied. >>>> >>>> Happy holidays!Â* ;-)) >>>> >>>> N. >>>> >>> Happy Holidays to you, N.!Â* I loved 'Braveheart', too.Â* While I don't >>> enjoy watching bloody battles, I also don't want something to be so >>> distorted from history as to have a Disney cartoon ending. >>> >>> Jill >> >> Th elate Patrick McGoohan was malevolence defined as Edward Long Shanks! > > Patrick McGoohan was medically Paranoid Schizophrenic! The Prisoner? > > John Kuthe... > One of the best, most cynically creative shows ever produced! And I was a huge "Danger Man" fan as well. |
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On 12/17/2017 2:17 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message > ... > On Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 12:55:38 PM UTC-5, Casa del Sol naciente > wrote: >> On 12/17/2017 7:18 AM, Cheri wrote: >> > "Gary" > wrote in message >> > ... >> >> Cheri wrote: >> >> >> >>> "graham" wrote: >> >>> > You've been around that long? :-) >> >>> >> >>> It's beginning to feel like it. :) >> >> >> >> Oh thanks,Cheri! (not) >> >> I read this just this morning and it reminded me >> >> of a traditional Christmas song. >> >> Â "It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas..." >> >> Now that song is stuck in my head and I've been >> >> silently singing it all morning. Arrgghh. >> >> >> >> Â ;-D >> >> >> >> Ps - oh well...it *is* almost Christmas so >> >> Â Â Â at least the timing is right. >> > >> > >> > I hate those ear worms with a song that drives you crazy, so Have a >> > Holly Jolly Christmas. ;-) >> > >> > Cheri >> >> If I hear that f%#!@ing Mercedes commercial with "Toyland" whisper-sung >> on more time I'm gonna.... > > Doesn't your remote have a mute button? > > Cindy Hamilton > > ======= > > If I'm in the room I can FF or mute, but a lot of times when these > commericals come on I'm in another room. > > Cheri It's the perfect time to get up and go to the bathroom. ;) Jill |
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jmcquown wrote:
> Cheri wrote: > > ...a lot of times when these > > commericals come on I'm in another room. > It's the perfect time to get up and go to the bathroom. ;) True. That's my only problem with PBS or movie channels. Ones that have no commercials. You have to miss something if you want to make a snack or go to the bathroom. |
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On 12/21/2017 9:06 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote: > >> Cheri wrote: >>> ...a lot of times when these >>> commericals come on I'm in another room. > >> It's the perfect time to get up and go to the bathroom. ;) > > True. That's my only problem with PBS or movie channels. Ones > that have no commercials. You have to miss something if you want > to make a snack or go to the bathroom. > You could prepare the snack ahead of time and be quick in the bathroom! What's the Boyscout motto? Be Prepared. LOL If I'm watching a channel with commercials, when they come on I just pick up my book and read. (I *always* have a book on the table.) I can completely tune out what is on television when I'm reading. Yet I can tell by the sound when the show has resumed. I put down the book, watch the program. For some reason my SO finds it fascinating that I can do that. :) Jill |
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"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote: > >> Cheri wrote: >> > ...a lot of times when these >> > commericals come on I'm in another room. > >> It's the perfect time to get up and go to the bathroom. ;) > > True. That's my only problem with PBS or movie channels. Ones > that have no commercials. You have to miss something if you want > to make a snack or go to the bathroom. I DVR everything except live newscasts, sports, etc. so I actually see very few commericals, but if I'm listening to something and in another room cooking or cleaning, then I hear them, always loud and usually silly. Cheri |
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On 2017-12-21 10:56 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> True. That's my only problem with PBS or movie channels. Ones >> that have no commercials. You have to miss something if you want >> to make a snack or go to the bathroom. > > > I DVR everything except live newscasts, sports, etc. so I actually see > very few commericals, but if I'm listening to something and in another > room cooking or cleaning, then I hear them, always loud and usually silly. > Speaking of silly..... I was waiting for my car at the dealership yesterday and they had the stupidest program imaginable. There were three women, one black, one latina and the other asian, and they were pretty much yelling and interrupting each other, giving skanky clothing suggestions to show off your booty. Luckily, I had my laptop and was using their wifi. I guess I have to believe they air crap like that because it was on TV, but I can't imagine anyone watching it. Frankly, the commercials were a welcome relief from the idiocy of the show. |
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
... > On 2017-12-21 10:56 AM, Cheri wrote: > >>> True. That's my only problem with PBS or movie channels. Ones >>> that have no commercials. You have to miss something if you want >>> to make a snack or go to the bathroom. >> >> >> I DVR everything except live newscasts, sports, etc. so I actually see >> very few commericals, but if I'm listening to something and in another >> room cooking or cleaning, then I hear them, always loud and usually >> silly. >> Speaking of silly..... I was waiting for my car at the dealership > yesterday and they had the stupidest program imaginable. There were three > women, one black, one latina and the other asian, and they were pretty > much yelling and interrupting each other, giving skanky clothing > suggestions to show off your booty. Luckily, I had my laptop and was > using their wifi. I guess I have to believe they air crap like that > because it was on TV, but I can't imagine anyone watching it. Frankly, > the commercials were a welcome relief from the idiocy of the show. Sometimes that's true with the commercials a relief from the program, that's why I can't do talk shows at all, everyone talking and shouting at once just drives me crazy. Cheri |
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Dave Smith wrote:
> > I was waiting for my car at the dealership > yesterday and they had the stupidest program imaginable. There were > three women, one black, one latina and the other asian, and they were > pretty much yelling and interrupting each other, giving skanky clothing > suggestions to show off your booty. Channel switching the other night, I happened upon some "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show." I watched for about 4 minutes and was less than impressed. - way too much makeup - way too young - they looked like teenage girls (children) - way too skinny - they looked malnourished big time - I quickly switched the channel back to Gunsmoke! :-D |
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On 2017-12-21 1:37 PM, Cheri wrote:
>>> Speaking of silly..... I was waiting for my car at the dealership >> yesterday and they had the stupidest program imaginable. There were >> three women, one black, one latina and the other asian, and they were >> pretty much yelling and interrupting each other, giving skanky >> clothing suggestions to show off your booty.Â* Luckily, I had my laptop >> and was using their wifi.Â* I guess I have to believe they air crap >> like that because it was on TV, but I can't imagine anyone watching >> it.Â* Frankly, the commercials were a welcome relief from the idiocy of >> the show. > > > Sometimes that's true with the commercials a relief from the program, > that's why I can't do talk shows at all, everyone talking and shouting > at once just drives me crazy. When I first retired my mother used to call me and ask if I had thought of Oprah or Dr. Phil or some of the other shows she liked. I would tell her I had not seen them, that I don't watch those shows. Then she would ask what I did watch, and I would tell her I did not watch day time TV. Even if I wasn't busy doing other things I still would not watch daytime TV. It is a wasteland. The odd time that I have it on to watch the news and then channel surf a little while I end up turning it off. The programming is horrible. It's a good thing it turned me off daytime TV so I never got into daytime Netflix. I confess that a few years ago, we had a bitterly cold winter and we binge watched TV series on DVD that we borrowed at the library. We watched entire seasons of 24 at the rate of a season ever two days...... 12 hours a day on one show... and then turned around and started a new one. |
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Cheri wrote:
> > Sometimes that's true with the commercials a relief from the program, that's > why I can't do talk shows at all, everyone talking and shouting at once just > drives me crazy. Hey! Speaking of talk shows... Has anyone noticed (never been mentioned here that I know of) how, the Food Channel chef, Robert Irvine has quit cooking and now hosts his own talk show weekday afternoons. It's just like a copy of the Jerry Springer show. Anyway, I used to watch his old cooking show, "Dinner Impossible," I think it was - where he always cooked for a large crowd with limited cooking conditions. Seems he completely ditched the cooking for a talk show. Guess a steadier paycheck? :-O Now that Mario has been fired, will he also host a talk show next year? ;-D |
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On 12/21/2017 1:31 PM, Gary wrote:
> Cheri wrote: >> >> Sometimes that's true with the commercials a relief from the program, that's >> why I can't do talk shows at all, everyone talking and shouting at once just >> drives me crazy. > > Hey! Speaking of talk shows... Has anyone noticed (never been > mentioned here that I know of) how, the Food Channel chef, Robert > Irvine has quit cooking and now hosts his own talk show weekday > afternoons. It's just like a copy of the Jerry Springer show. > Hah! Ran into some daytime TeeVee in the Doc's office and was appalled to see him counseling marriages, which is what his "Restaurant Impossible" show on FoodTV degenerated into. Gordon Ramsey next?!?!?!?? > Anyway, I used to watch his old cooking show, "Dinner > Impossible," I think it was - where he always cooked for a large > crowd with limited cooking conditions. Seems he completely > ditched the cooking for a talk show. Guess a steadier paycheck? > :-O More k00ks in daytime TV than a kitchen I suppose... > Now that Mario has been fired, will he also host a talk show next > year? ;-D Oh good grief! Pass... How did that ginormous ball of pink flesh and fat freckles _ever_ think he was attractive to the female of any species, let alone human? Belushi comes to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0OhbaG5a0 |
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On Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 10:50:20 AM UTC-10, Casa del Sol naciente wrote:
> > Oh good grief! > > Pass... > > How did that ginormous ball of pink flesh and fat freckles _ever_ think > he was attractive to the female of any species, let alone human? > > Belushi comes to mind: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl0OhbaG5a0 That movie looks like a lot of F-U-N. Fun! |
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"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
... > On 2017-12-21 1:37 PM, Cheri wrote: > >>>> Speaking of silly..... I was waiting for my car at the dealership >>> yesterday and they had the stupidest program imaginable. There were >>> three women, one black, one latina and the other asian, and they were >>> pretty much yelling and interrupting each other, giving skanky clothing >>> suggestions to show off your booty. Luckily, I had my laptop and was >>> using their wifi. I guess I have to believe they air crap like that >>> because it was on TV, but I can't imagine anyone watching it. Frankly, >>> the commercials were a welcome relief from the idiocy of the show. >> >> >> Sometimes that's true with the commercials a relief from the program, >> that's why I can't do talk shows at all, everyone talking and shouting at >> once just drives me crazy. > > > When I first retired my mother used to call me and ask if I had thought of > Oprah or Dr. Phil or some of the other shows she liked. I would tell her I > had not seen them, that I don't watch those shows. Then she would ask what > I did watch, and I would tell her I did not watch day time TV. Even if I > wasn't busy doing other things I still would not watch daytime TV. It is a > wasteland. The odd time that I have it on to watch the news and then > channel surf a little while I end up turning it off. The programming is > horrible. > > It's a good thing it turned me off daytime TV so I never got into daytime > Netflix. I confess that a few years ago, we had a bitterly cold winter > and we binge watched TV series on DVD that we borrowed at the library. We > watched entire seasons of 24 at the rate of a season ever two days...... > 12 hours a day on one show... and then turned around and started a new > one. LOL, now you sound like us with 24, we did the same thing from start to finish in a few days. We also did that with Hell on Wheels. Cheri |
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On 12/21/2017 5:26 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message > ... >> On 2017-12-21 1:37 PM, Cheri wrote: >> >>>>> Speaking of silly..... I was waiting for my car at the dealership >>>> yesterday and they had the stupidest program imaginable. There were >>>> three women, one black, one latina and the other asian, and they >>>> were pretty much yelling and interrupting each other, giving skanky >>>> clothing suggestions to show off your booty. Luckily, I had my >>>> laptop and was using their wifi. I guess I have to believe they air >>>> crap like that because it was on TV, but I can't imagine anyone >>>> watching it. Frankly, the commercials were a welcome relief from >>>> the idiocy of the show. >>> >>> >>> Sometimes that's true with the commercials a relief from the program, >>> that's why I can't do talk shows at all, everyone talking and >>> shouting at once just drives me crazy. >> >> >> When I first retired my mother used to call me and ask if I had >> thought of Oprah or Dr. Phil or some of the other shows she liked. I >> would tell her I had not seen them, that I don't watch those shows. >> Then she would ask what I did watch, and I would tell her I did not >> watch day time TV. Even if I wasn't busy doing other things I still >> would not watch daytime TV. It is a wasteland.* The odd time that I >> have it on to watch the news and then channel surf a little while I >> end up turning it off. The programming is horrible. >> >> It's a good thing it turned me off daytime TV so I never got into >> daytime Netflix.* I confess that a few years ago, we had a bitterly >> cold winter and we binge watched TV series on DVD that we borrowed at >> the library. We watched entire seasons of 24 at the rate of a season >> ever two days...... 12 hours a day on one show... and then turned >> around and started a new one. > > LOL, now you sound like us with 24, we did the same thing from start to > finish in a few days. We also did that with Hell on Wheels. > > Cheri How is "Hell on Wheels"? It's kinda hard to imagine Potsie (Anson Mount) as a lead character in the West. |
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