Kid Dabb
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Does anyone know if there actually is a Berkeley Square in London?
There was a British philosopher/mathematician, George Berkeley, also known as Bishop Berkeley, who was a contemporary of Isaac Newton (and criticized Newton's calculus). UC Berkeley is named after the bishop. The bishop's last name was pronounced "Barkley," but the university 'americanized' it.
Yes. Winston Churchill lived there, and Charles Rolls (Rolls-Royce) was born there.
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That one didn't last long. Should we do another like it?
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Yes, I think the visual experience will be amazing.
Interesting comment about the word "film."
I know a few people who use the word "taping" when tallking about recording a TV program when they really mean "DVRing"
Your comment is interesting as well. The word "recording" will probably live on because it's a generic term which may be applied to any medium. "Taping" should follow "film", though it's difficult to predict that one as many people still have tape machines of some sort (audio or VCR), whereas most people do not have film equipment. "Taping" will be part of our lexicons for some time.When I'm speaking to someone in person, I use "taping" in lieu of "recording" mainly due to my having been involved in two (analog) home recording studios, and made use of several others in various bands. Everything was tape for 98% of home studios while digital was in commercial use when I moved away from the medium.The history of digital recording is fascinating. There is a great deal of irony in it's beginnings - i.e., (better-than-digital) analog first, analog next, back to digital (now).Sorry to ramble on.. you got me to thinking..
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LOL, you young whippersnapper!
When I was a little kid in the mid-40s, my folks rented a small apartment in a small Southern town, and my mother had to cook our dinner on a wood-burning kitchen stove. In my Grandmother's rural home, she used a kerosine kitchen stove into the early 1960s.
I know more than a few homeowners in the rural areas of Maryland who have those large, enameled, cast iron stoves in their kitchens. They look pretty cool, as they are custom painted in your choice of color - or pick a standard. Beautiful, with polished brass looking like gold. One guy has a fire engine red unit which is ducted to not only cook, but heat the whole house.
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So, now you're cooking with GAS meant that you were really, really cooking? To me, now you're cooking with gas should mean that you're burping and farting all over the place.
Well, of course. Today..
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The only problem I have with 'Pulp Fiction' as entertainment is that the Samuel L. Jackson character talks too damn much. It gets bloody annoying after awhile.
If I had to hang around with a guy like that, at some point I'd just shoot him in the temple. No warning. Just "enough - I can't listen to you for one more second" - spoken not in words, but by the bullet going into his brain.
True. My impression is that Jackson's character has recently "got religion". Those that have do tend to go on and on at times about most anything as they relate it to their new insights.
Characters such as this always remind me of Tuco in The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly:
"When you have to shoot... Shoot! Don't talk."
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I thought it was great!
I second that. I really enjoy this movie and Howard gives a great performance.
I third that
Every time I watch it, I always feel and wish there were just a little more to it.
It is, however, just the right size
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I figure it's not likely you're going to see 'JAWS' screened in 2015 from an actual film print. With JAWS being 'restored' in 2012 for its Blu-Ray release (see the 8½-minute segment posted to YouTube by 'Universal Pictures Home Entertainment') I figure that's the version you'll see in theaters. It won't ever look like a film shot in 1974/released in '75 again with all the technical limitations that came with the time. I don't particularly care for the digital alterations with the 'color matching' seen on the featurette. If it was good enough for theatergoers 40 yrs ago what makes it necessary to manipulate the "imperfect" shots to now look 'perfect' with Roy on the beach and Shaw, Scheider and Dreyfuss inside the boat cabin? Ultimately, movies are just 'products' and whatever helps them 'sell' to a new generation of people is what the studios will do (unless it costs too much!), but how much digital fixing is really necessary? (Spielberg said on the clip the original negative of JAWS was in 'pretty crummy' condition so it needed some attention, but how much?). They got rid of the scratches and dirt. Ok.
I just watched that YouTuber.. WOW! Thanks for the heads up.
The visual experience will be terrific. The enhanced audio will be booming 7.x digital surround sound which I, to this day after seeing a dozen or so contemporary films, do not like. I like the nuances the new surround sound systems bring out, but it's those booming, thundering, blasting sounds I dislike so much. I feel as if there's an earthquake happening while I'm trying to watch a
filmmovie.Just think... not too many years from now, people will no longer use the word "film" in relation to movies.
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The music is quaint for a brief time, but by the end it is near suicidal for me. If it was a 3 hour movie calls to 911 would be happening.
It probably is no coincidence that a zither rhymes with dither because that is all the musician seems to do on it. Having said that the movie is still a great movie, with ear plugs, lol.
ROFL!
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YAYYYY lavender!! Thank you!!
Thank you starlit & Lonesome, too!!
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Three O s
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"Now you're cooking with gas"
"lousy with"
I still use these two quite a bit
"The jig's up"
"jinx it"
Use "the jig's up" a lot. Also, "Cheese it, the cops!"
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a fin and a saw
I use "C-note" at least several times a year
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Pretty excited about this one
Eight T s Six N s (good choices)
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Allright. But next time I go down there, I'm wearing a snorkel.
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I prefer non-humming boards. For me it's a bad sign when
today's posts go beyond the first page. Too much chaff.
Then again, I'm a lazy sod.
I can hear corduroy pants in the distance..
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Wow I leave this post for a few days and see members being bashed and some interesting posts on who everyone likes. I like to read what other people post and who they like and why they like them. I had no idea when I added to this thread that other people would continue on. I've used a message board before I just didn't know because it's an old thread if people would take and respond to as they did in the past.
Yea.. we'll glom onto anything around these parts.
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As my Irish grandmother on my mother's side would say, "Tree A s"
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Seven E s (not to be confused with Siamese)
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Yes, and lately quite a few as you noted and some of them post once and then leave. Seems a little strange that all of a sudden there's been an increase in this......Hmmm makes one wonder,
I've also noticed this phenomena. Hmmm..
Arcane phrases from the classic era
in General Discussions
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Scavenged info : That's British slang from the WWI period - from the 'doling out' (handing out) of charitable gifts of food or money.