SansFin

I believe it was in Charlie Brown comic strip in which a character was named: "Five". His father felt that society was reducing all people to numbers and so he felt he was giving his children a head start by giving in to the trend early. I do not know if this is truly true but I have heard that there was once a man with the name of R. B. Jones. He had no full first or middle names. There were only letters. It is said that when he joined the army his paperwork was rejected several times because it needed full names and not initials. He finally wrote in: R(only) B(only) Jones and so he became Private Ronly Bonly Jones.

I will not be watching it because I could not wait and as soon as I saw it on the far-ahead schedule I played our DVD of it and I played it again when I saw it on your post for this week.

> {quote:title=SonOfUniversalHorror wrote:}{quote} > You mean like those discs one always sees on Star Trek...small little buggers...that someone is always inserting into a computer console? Yes. I do not remember them well because I am not a Trekite but I do remember thinking they were cool and looked like an over-sized Chiclet. > Yes...but why would one HAVE to "flip it over"? The computer or other device would simply be able to access whatever is on it...regardless of whether there's two sides or not (and why would they even need to design such a thing with two sides anyway?). I am thinking of capacity which exceeds previous standards. I have two flash drives which do not work with one of our computers because the computer can not recognize a drive of that size. Capuchin made two old flashdrives into one two-ended one. I began to use it only because he made it funky steampunk. I have since come to like it that I do not have to expose even the titles of my personal files when I use it in a computer at school.

Forget hats. What do you think of these shoes?: http://youtu.be/2j6EfYa8zcI

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} >> SansFin wrote: I fear our days of DVD recorders may be nearing an end. There is talk that the replacement for them will be a computer with large separate hard drives. I have not calculated how many movies will fit into 6 terabits of storage space. > Highly unlikely because if the hard drive crashes, say goodbye to everything on it besides it impractical. Considering CD-ROM's are still with us, DVD's will be around *much* longer. Many years ago Capuchin had a: "Daddy, what does: 'Formatting Drive C:' mean?" type of moment and so all hard drives have back-ups and are cloned regularly. DVDs will surely still be part of the mix but they can be written faster on a computer than on a DVD recorder. The idea is that some movies will be on DVD while others will be put on flash drives and others will reside only on the hard disks. The media will depend on their relative values regarding frequency of viewing, desired portability and need for permanence.

> {quote:title=SonOfUniversalHorror wrote:}{quote} > one day there won't be harddrives left and it will all be flash memory. I believe the designers of flash drives were wrong to not make them like the storage media shown on Star Trek for the Tricorders. The size of the circuit board is appropriate for it. It may have been necessary for them to be slightly thicker than shown on Star Trek but that would lend itself well to remain a standard as technology reduces the size of the components and two could be fitted into the same space so you could simply flip it over to access more data.

I am sorry I missed most of today's programming because I was in and out and I had seen nothing in the schedule which I thought was worth recording. > Richard enlists the aid of Ace as his seeing-eye pooch and has some silly interactions with him and the forgettable love interest. At one point she cooks him dinner ... I am sorry if I misread this. Does the dog cook dinner? I am very sorry I missed the movie if it had such a scene. I have seen a few clips of all-dog movies and I find many of them hilarious. I have had my cast removed. The technician was an idiot whom I would not allow to remove the soap scum from a shower door. He was clipping away tiny portions and he was taking so long he had to step out of the room for some other matter and when he returned I told him the rest fell off by its own self. He was so stupid I believe he believed it! I must now wear an elastic glove with a strong wrist band. It is less comfortable than the cast. I must also take pain medication because I had nearly no pain when it was in the cast but movement now is painful. I know it will affect both speed and accuracy of my typing. I am sorry for any mistakes which I do not correct before posting. I am wondering if any here will be watching: *The Legend Of Lylah Clare* (1968) later tonight. It is a very odd movie which I like. It is not light fare and there are many legitimate reasons for people to not like it. I will not say that I recommend it because I do not wish to be held responsible for any person's reaction to it.

I apologize greatly that I did not put a warning notice on: *The Flight of the Phoenix* (1965) that it unfolds at a controlled pace so as to develop depths and subtleties. It therefore is not appropriate for those who lack appreciation for nuances of character or for those whose attention span equals that of a third-grader. *The Legend Of Lylah Clare* (1968) truly needs a viewer advisory. It is very much a love-it-or-hate-it movie. It is surreal camp which is over-the-edge as well as over-the-top. It is a romp of styles and intentions. It is as if the director was schizophrenic, the cameraman was stoned and the film editor used a blender. I like it very much because it is not like a standard movie and I find in it a pacing which keeps me in suspense as to when the next shoe will drop and introduce a new absurdity. It is a joyous and heart-warming family film only for the Addams Family..

> {quote:title=SonOfUniversalHorror wrote:}{quote} >> When you record a one-hour-and-forty-minute movie under the two-hour recording time you must record in the remaining twenty-minute portion and then delete it or it will show there are two items on that disk even although one of them is blank space which can not be viewed. > Not on either DVD recorder I've ever owned...never had that "blank space" issue. Whatever I record is the ONLY item and length that appears on a disc. It is that way on the Sony, Philips and Magnavox recorders we have and the other one which we had which died long ago and could not be resurrected. When a disk is finalized with unrecorded time remaining then the menu shows that unused block as a second title. We have some RW disks but they are too expensive for movies which we wish to keep but know we will rarely watch. The DVR with hard disk has spoiled me as I will often make a second copy on disk so I can lend it to a friend with no risk to my archive copy. I fear our days of DVD recorders may be nearing an end. There is talk that the replacement for them will be a computer with large separate hard drives. I have not calculated how many movies will fit into 6 terabits of storage space.

I like this movie very much. I have heard it said that it is ponderous and slow to develop. I see it as very solemn and so the pacing is appropriate.

I hope all will watch *The Flight of the Phoenix* (1965) this evening. It is a strong performance by James Stewart and a complicated and interesting interaction of other characters. Later this evening is *The Legend Of Lylah Clare* (1968) which is intense also with Kim Novak as naive part of a romantic triangle with director and his dead wife. Edited by: SansFin on Oct 11, 2012 5:41 PM

This is a nice song but it is better that the still photographs show more commercial versions of dresses commonly worn: I believe I was teenage before I had any clothes which lacked embroidery. Some of the photographs remind me of what teachers wore. They are not like what your commercial shows.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > That MIDNIGHT hat still looks a thousand times better than Myrna's in TFLH. The ones at Simone Chapeaux are so amusing she asks for ones not so convulsing. She is shown one with three golf balls on it and they say that if she is going hunting they can replace the balls with duck eggs. > Melvyn Douglas is definitely not romantic material, lol. (what did Ninotchka see in him as Leon??) I really enjoy Douglas as "Bill Cole, friend of the family", and the voice of "reason" in MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE. I do like him much more as a supporting character. He has the looks and charm to be a leading man. I do not know why I do not find him appropriate as the love interest. > I'd like to see a Muppets remake of THE CLOCK, with Miss Piggy as Alice Mayberry, Kermit as Joe Allen, and Animal as a drunken Keenan Wynn. They have made: *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (1992), *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996) and *The Muppets' Wizard of Oz* (2005) so there is hope they will do more of the classics. It is amusing coincidence that we are searching Usenet groups and forums for stories and snippets of stories which Capuchin has posted over many years for which he was not concerned about copyright because they are light pieces and one I found is about a frog and it talks of the season you are experiencing. I was doing a final proofreading of it in the WordPress post just before I saw your post.

> {quote:title=Bronxgirl48 wrote:}{quote} > By the by, did you or anyone else see THIRD FINGER, LEFT HAND? I know I watched this long ago. It has not stayed with me. I suspect it is because for me Melvyn Douglas nearly always makes the plot seem even more contrived than it is. > Plus a hat with artificial fruit that makes the one Loretta Young wears in THE BISHOP'S WIFE look chic. The hats in the hat shop on *Midnight* (1939) are the best/worst. I can think of one thing only when I hear of frogs mating: Edited by: SansFin on Oct 10, 2012 11:25 PM

I have now seen the scene where he is in bed and there is a radio on the stand and candles. I have seen radios very much like it which had batteries. It is the step design which leads me to believe it was powered by dry cells.

> {quote:title=SueSueApplegate wrote:}{quote} > I love reading this thread! Bronxie and Jackie, you ladies are so savvy and clever. I will second this. They are great fun and I also learn from them.

I wonder if TCM will do a tribute. It is sad to say that only *Blazing Saddles* (1974) and *Victor Victoria* (1982) were popular. Many movies in which he appeared are thought mediocre: *FM* (1978) *Against All Odds* (1984) *Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang* (1978) *Nobody's Perfekt* (1981) I can only hope that he was paid well for: *Win, Place or Steal* (1975) *The Great Lester Boggs* (1974) *When Time Ran Out...* (1980) I believe it best to say little of *Porky's* (1982).

We may soon have CGI characters which can not be discerned from living people. Perhaps all appropriate scans should be done now so that RO can be recreated digitally so we need never lose him.

> {quote:title=finance wrote:}{quote} > ...like Sputnik. I believe the average Russian is more proud that they invented hard liquor. Archaeological evidence shows the first appearance of it in northern Russia. It was made by pouring wine into wide bowls and taking out the water-ice the next day. It is possible that as high as 180 Proof could be made in this way. Such a process could not be done farther south and this was millennia before apparatus for distilling could be made.

> {quote:title=casablancalover2 wrote:}{quote}Ah, you remind me of Ensign Chekov in Star Trek. That is a very cute video! I thank you for posting it. The tell-all folk song was invented in Russia: Part of the lyrics may be translated to: I fell in love with Nicholas Jozef, John, Grisha, Stetsko also Daniel, Theodore, Stephen. I believe the West has not copied yet this:

> {quote:title=markbeckuaf wrote:}{quote} > I didn't have it on my DVR schedule for today though so it will have to be next time, but I believe it's a flick I've seen pop up on TCM from time to time. I do hope it airs again soon. It aired several times many years ago. I believe it has aired nearly as many times recently. I hope it has not run the gamut of TCM's licensed airings.

> {quote:title=SonOfUniversalHorror wrote:}{quote} > I don't understand what is wrong with being able to restore a person's hearing, sight, or voice if the medical or technilogical means are available. What's so wrong with that...if the person wants it restored, of course? I believe the problem is that exaggeration of the benefits and hiding of the risks is causing society to exert pressure which forces bad decisions on a segment of the population. Every surgery carries risk of death. The mortality rate for children is higher than that for adults. Many implants preclude the patient having an MRI when needed for diagnosis of other serious illness. Some procedures create great risks for pneumococcal meningitis or other infections. Some procedures have a high risk for facial palsy or other nerve damage. I believe each person should be free to weigh the risks and benefits of a procedure and make a decision in their own best interest with no pressure from people who apparently believe the person should be dead rather than deaf or blind.

> {quote:title=RMeingast wrote:}{quote} > The medical community regards hearing-impaired people as broken and who need to be fixed by medical technology. They believe the same of any person who is short or bald or has an I.Q. lower or blood pressure higher than 130 or BMI lower than 20 or higher than 20.1 or who has sex less often than daily or who does not like tofu or who does like vodka or who ... They are in many ways identical to those who believe that only are all right and proper and are corrupt, lazy and evil.

> {quote:title=Hibi wrote:}{quote} > I'm ageless! I believe you may have misunderstood what they meant when they say you have not grown up.

I hope you soon have time to groove to *The Divorce of Lady X* (1938). I believe few other actors could make work the line: "We have ample opportunities in this court for learning what women mean, or what they mean they mean if in these days they mean anything at all."