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[misswonderly3]

I understand your critique, and I agree with you. A few years ago my desktop computer broke, and now I have a reconditioned laptop.Maybe I am a knucklehead, but everytime I try to split my writing into paragraphs, the laptop won`t let me. When my son comes to visit, I will ask him if I am doing something wrong. I know that a change in thought should be split into a paragraph. Otherwise my replies will have to be short and sweet. WEGG was so good, I had many thoughts on the film. Sorry

 

I really don't think it's for me to tell people what to do on these boards, and I'm glad you took my "critique" so graciously. As you say, often it's some quirk of the computer one is working on that can cause funny-looking posts. I know a lot of people here often post on this site with their phones, and that can lead to difficulties too.

Please don't feel you have to keep your posts short. I see a more recent post of yours' here does have some spacing, and that's a big help.

Again, thanks for not taking my suggestion the wrong way.

[LawrenceA]

 

PS- like, what do you do if you have a great couple of dates with someone, and you come over to their place for the first time and THIS is hanging on the wall? Esp. over the bed.

 

Marry them!

[Bogie56]

 

This limited edition, suitable for framing print, entitled MOMAWALDE, is included in the 2 DVD Criterion Collection edition of BLACULA and SCREAM, BLACULA SCREAM....(NOT REALLY)

 

PS- like, what do you do if you have a great couple of dates with someone, and you come over to their place for the first time and THIS is hanging on the wall? Esp. over the bed.

 

Wow, can I get this in velvet?

[sapphiere]

I really don't think it's for me to tell people what to do on these boards, and I'm glad you took my "critique" so graciously. As you say, often it's some quirk of the computer one is working on that can cause funny-looking posts. I know a lot of people here often post on this site with their phones, and that can lead to difficulties too.

Please don't feel you have to keep your posts short. I see a more recent post of yours' here does have some spacing, and that's a big help.

Again, thanks for not taking my suggestion the wrong way.

I own a flip phone, but it is just as well. I phones are expensive and complicated. Leonardo is banned from using his vap stick at the Oscars. Better he switch to President Obama`s nicotine gum for the big night.

[GregoryPeckfan]

I understand your critique, and I agree with you. A few years ago my desktop computer broke, and now I have a reconditioned laptop.Maybe I am a knucklehead, but everytime I try to split my writing into paragraphs, the laptop won`t let me. When my son comes to visit, I will ask him if I am doing something wrong. I know that a change in thought should be split into a paragraph. Otherwise my replies will have to be short and sweet. WEGG was so good, I had many thoughts on the film.

I am getting used to having a laptop instead of a tower computer.  I type with one hand, the pad is supersensitive, and I often find myself suddenly on another page, having closed the internet, etc. whenever I have been compiling a long post in particular. 

 

I realize laptops are more freeing so I can move around, but I have made some wonderful posts on various websites that took a long time to compose vanish before anyone has read them and it is frustrating.

[CaveGirl]

I am getting used to having a laptop instead of a tower computer.  I type with one hand, the pad is supersensitive, and I often find myself suddenly on another page, having closed the internet, etc. whenever I have been compiling a long post in particular. 

 

I realize laptops are more freeing so I can move around, but I have made some wonderful posts on various websites that took a long time to compose vanish before anyone has read them and it is frustrating.

Hey, GP when you are typing things the length of the Magna Carta, do you ever do a Control C move every paragraph or so that you can save to recopy in a Control V thingie intermittently as you continue writing? We don't want to have you lose all those extemporaneous thoughts that are so fun to read!

[LawrenceA]

I am getting used to having a laptop instead of a tower computer.  I type with one hand, the pad is supersensitive, and I often find myself suddenly on another page, having closed the internet, etc. whenever I have been compiling a long post in particular. 

 

I realize laptops are more freeing so I can move around, but I have made some wonderful posts on various websites that took a long time to compose vanish before anyone has read them and it is frustrating.

I feel your pain. I've lost many posts using my tablet. The touchscreen keyboard is not made for my big fingers, and many response features on the website are missing using the Silk browser. My first draft of the DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID review was much longer and detailed, but when I switched windows to check the spelling of someone's name, the entire review disappeared.

[GregoryPeckfan]

Hey, GP when you are typing things the length of the Magna Carta, do you ever do a Control C move every paragraph or so that you can save to recopy in a Control V thingie intermittently as you continue writing? We don't want to have you lose all those extemporaneous thoughts that are so fun to read!

Control C move?

Control V?

 

I don't what those things are....please explain.

[scsu1975]

I am getting used to having a laptop instead of a tower computer.  I type with one hand, the pad is supersensitive, and I often find myself suddenly on another page, having closed the internet, etc. whenever I have been compiling a long post in particular. 

 

I realize laptops are more freeing so I can move around, but I have made some wonderful posts on various websites that took a long time to compose vanish before anyone has read them and it is frustrating.

If I am typing something lengthy, I first do it in MS word or some other document software, then copy and paste it into a post here.

[Kid Dabb]

If I am typing something lengthy, I first do it in MS word or some other document software, then copy and paste it into a post here.

I do the same as an added precaution. These newer message boards, however, have a good auto save feature which performs it's magic every minute or so - saves it as a draft until you post it. If you lose it somehow, you need only open a new reply window to retrieve it.

 

I like to think while I type (dangerous, I know) so I'll usually take my time in Word or Notepad, then copy/paste here.

[sapphiere]

Hey, GP when you are typing things the length of the Magna Carta, do you ever do a Control C move every paragraph or so that you can save to recopy in a Control V thingie intermittently as you continue writing? We don't want to have you lose all those extemporaneous thoughts that are so fun to read!

I do not move my laptop. The Compaq with Windows 7 sits on top of my rolltop desk in my bedroom. I have also lost posts by accidentally hitting another key. How maddening especially if the original post was long. E mails have been lost the same way.

[speedracer5]

Control C move?

Control V?

 

I don't what those things are....please explain.

They are keyboard shortcut functions.

 

You press the Ctrl button + a letter to perform a specific task. After highlighting the text that you want to perform this function on, you can...

 

Ctrl Z- undo typing

Ctrl Y- redo what you just undid

Ctrl A- select all text

Ctrl C- copy text

Ctrl X- cut text

Ctrl V- paste the text you copied or cut

Ctrl B- bold text

Ctrl I- Italicize text

Ctrl U- underline text

Ctrl P- print page

Ctrl F- find text on page

 

I try to use the mouse as little as possible if I can help it.

 

:-)

[GregoryPeckfan]

If I am typing something lengthy, I first do it in MS word or some other document software, then copy and paste it into a post here.

Oh yes, that is a good idea.  logical

[LornaHansonForbes]

Wow, can I get this in velvet?

Even better: velour.

[LornaHansonForbes]

Marry them!

And set forth to plan the most kickass wedding of all time.

[GregoryPeckfan]

They are keyboard shortcut functions.

 

You press the Ctrl button + a letter to perform a specific task. After highlighting the text that you want to perform this function on, you can...

 

Ctrl Z- undo typing

Ctrl Y- redo what you just undid

Ctrl A- select all text

Ctrl C- copy text

Ctrl X- cut text

Ctrl V- paste the text you copied or cut

Ctrl B- bold text

Ctrl I- Italicize text

Ctrl U- underline text

Ctrl P- print page

Ctrl F- find text on page

 

I try to use the mouse as little as possible if I can help it.

 

:-)

Thankyou!

 

I have written these down in hand to keep.  I knew printing, italics, and bold, but others I did not know.

 

I lost several posts here before I discovered that this site does auto save.  And there is an edit button.  Hooray!

[LawrenceA]

DEATH WISH II - (6/10) - Released 8 years after the surprise hit original, this sequel finds Charles Bronson returning as Paul Kersey, the mild mannered NYC architect who became a gun-wielding vigilante after his wife is killed and his daughter is left in a catatonic state. This time around, he has relocated to L.A., where he's once again leading a quiet life with his still-institutionalized daughter and his new girlfriend (Jill Ireland). But wouldn't you know, on the very day he brings his daughter home, a five-man gang of killers and rapists show up and give Kersey a whole new reason to go on a blood-soaked rampage of illegal revenge.

 

Vincent Gardenia and J.D. Cannon return from the first film, and are joined by Anthony Franciosa, as well as a young Laurence Fishburne as a gang member in pink sunglasses. The first film made some attempt at exploring the moral, spiritual and societal implications of vigilante justice. This time it's pretty much just a shoot 'em up with no greater ambition than to watch bad guys get wasted. In other words, the usual action B-movie of the Reagan era. From the fine folks at Cannon Films, and featuring a score composed and performed by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.

 

 

Rewatch. Source: DVD.

[GregoryPeckfan]

DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID - (7/10) - Steve Martin and Carl Reiner re-teamed after the success of THE JERK to make this unique B & W parody/homage of film noir of the 1940's. Martin plays a private eye who is hired by a damsel in distress (a stunning Rachel Ward) to investigate the mysterious death of her scientist father. The real hook of the film, though, is that much of it is made by splicing in old footage from the 1940 film noirs themselves. Martin interacts with Humphrey Bogart (as Marlowe), Burt Lancaster, Alan Ladd, Cary Grant, Ava Gardner, Bette Davis, and many, many more. Most of the time this makes for some good fun, with quite a few laugh-out-loud moments. Reni Santoni and Carl Reiner himself also show up in the new footage. This will be of particular interest to fans of noir and classic films in general (although I have read some stodgy viewers felt the use of old footage was a sacrilege).

 

 

Rewatch.  Source: DVD. 

This is my favourite Steve Martin movie.  I adore this movie and have seen all of the movies from which the original actors make their cameos. 

 

A movie which also looks at Humphrey Bogart movies in a parody is THE CHEAP DETECTIVE  starring Peter Falk in the title role and referencing all the famous Bogart detective movies with the main films being Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon.  It is hilarious.  My favourite scene is when Eileen Brennen sings La Vie En Rose with every line in the song except the title being "La, la, la, la, la, la, la,la......" ad inviting people to join in after explaining to everyone that the words are "la, la, la, la, la, la, la...."

[MCannady1]

Hey, GP when you are typing things the length of the Magna Carta, do you ever do a Control C move every paragraph or so that you can save to recopy in a Control V thingie intermittently as you continue writing? We don't want to have you lose all those extemporaneous thoughts that are so fun to read!

I understand how frustrating that can be losing a long message or e-mail.  One of my sons set me up with a desktop computer here in our den, or the disappearing acts would be more prevalent!  A lot of those shortcuts are possible, but I am a mouse girl and find that  I am usually pretty fast from repeated usage.  But the shortcuts do sound handy. 

 

A visiting friend said, how do you manage with that Mouse?  She has a laptop without a mouse and can't picture anyone dealing with a mouse.  I got used to it .  Independent of that, I find myself hitting a wrong key and shrink the screen.  I feel like a computer dummy like I did when they first put computers in at work in the 80's.  All thumbs.

[LawrenceA]

DRAGON LORD - (6/10) - a.k.a. DRAGON STRIKE. Jackie Chan stars and directs this kung fu comedy about a martial arts student and his buddies. They get into innocent mischief, usually in pursuit of a group of girls, before stumbling into real trouble involving a gang of violent thieves. There are the usual Chan-trademark scenes of carefully choreographed slapstick stuntwork, and one or two memorable sequences. I may have thought more of the film if I'd seen the original print, instead of the badly edited and badly dubbed version released by Dimension Films for the US market. The audience is treated to the rare sight of organized bun-snatching, as well as a Jianzi match, a sort of shuttlecock soccer.

 

 

First time watched. Source: DVD.

[film lover 293]

"Something For the Boys" (1944)--Had been a Broadway hit; 20th Century Fox bought the rights.  Diverting musical has a second-tier Cole Porter score, that is well sung by Vivian Blaine, Carmen Miranda, & Perry Como.  None of the songs are standards, although all of them are easy on the ear,and "I Wish We Didn't Have To Say Good Night" just misses being first class Porter. Phil Silvers is also starred; he does a non-PC parody of Al Jolson.   Plot is about radio waves and fillings.  6.8/10 stars.

 

"Carmen Miranda: Behind the Tutti-Frutti Hat" (2010?)--Excellent BBC documentary about Miranda.  Shows rare clips from Brazilian films she did before becoming a star in the U.S.  This talented lady went down a road of multiple addictions that ultimately killed her.  8/10 stars.

 

Both are available on YT.

[speedracer5]

Thankyou!

 

I have written these down in hand to keep.  I knew printing, italics, and bold, but others I did not know.

 

I lost several posts here before I discovered that this site does auto save.  And there is an edit button.  Hooray!

The auto save function is nice.  The only thing aggravating for me is that I type really fast, so sometimes I've typed two paragraphs of sheer brilliance (at least it seems that way in my mind) and then I'll accidentally close the window or change the page that I'm on and I'll come back and find that the "Auto Save" has only saved a fraction of what I wrote. Then I have to decide how dedicated I am to re-typing it.  

 

I should mention that some of the Ctrl functions like the find, undo and such don't require any text to be highlighted, but that should be obvious based on the particular function.  

 

At work, there is a program that we use that requires one to push "tab" a lot unless they want to use the mouse constantly and I taught the employees at our customer that "Shift + Tab" allows one to tab backward.  They weren't even aware of that.  I found that amazing.  However, I've been using computers since I was four and went through all of elementary school with computer lab time on an Apple 2E computer.  Perhaps that is what gives me an advantage over others who are older than I am.

[GregoryPeckfan]

The auto save function is nice.  The only thing aggravating for me is that I type really fast, so sometimes I've typed two paragraphs of sheer brilliance (at least it seems that way in my mind) and then I'll accidentally close the window or change the page that I'm on and I'll come back and find that the "Auto Save" has only saved a fraction of what I wrote. Then I have to decide how dedicated I am to re-typing it.  

 

I should mention that some of the Ctrl functions like the find, undo and such don't require any text to be highlighted, but that should be obvious based on the particular function.  

 

At work, there is a program that we use that requires one to push "tab" a lot unless they want to use the mouse constantly and I taught the employees at our customer that "Shift + Tab" allows one to tab backward.  They weren't even aware of that.  I found that amazing.  However, I've been using computers since I was four and went through all of elementary school with computer lab time on an Apple 2E computer.  Perhaps that is what gives me an advantage over others who are older than I am.

Thanks for the further information.  It does indeed give you an advantage.  I graduated from high school in one of the last years before the internet became available to the general population.  I don't recall how long it had existed for the military and government before that.  Even when I was in university the internet was used as a research tool only to let me know what books I needed for reports and which campus had them.

 

I went through school with a pen or pencil and paper and don't mind people knowing I an old enough for these to be true.

[speedracer5]

Cat People.

 

I watched this Val Lewton film last night.  I had heard of Lewton but since I'm not a big fan of horror films, I hadn't given his films a second thought.  However, I am a fan of the cheesy horror movies from the 40s-60s and I recorded this film thinking that I'd see people transforming into cats.

 

I'm happy to report that this film was better than I thought it would be.  Simone Simon was gorgeous and excellent in the role of the woman who claimed that she would transform into a panther if she were aroused.  George Sanders' brother, Tom Conway, was excellent in the film as the doctor.  I recognized Kent Smith from Nora Prentiss.  Like in 'Prentiss,' I felt that Smith was fine, but there was nothing spectacular about him.  He was attractive but not in a standout attractive way.  It was more of a bland attractive.  Anyway, he was fine in this movie, nothing objectionable.

 

What I loved about Cat People was the way that Lewton told the story.  We never see Simone Simon transforming into a panther, but it is highly suggested that she does.  She constantly wears a black fur coat in the scenes where the panther appears.  I loved how the panther only appeared in shadows.  I also loved the music in this film.

 

I have Curse of the Cat People recorded as well and I'm interested to see how it is.  I saw that Val Lewton also directed a film called The Leopard Man and I think I'll have to see that film as well.  I love these horror movies where people transform into animals or bugs. 

[GregoryPeckfan]

Cat People.

 

I watched this Val Lewton film last night.  I had heard of Lewton but since I'm not a big fan of horror films, I hadn't given his films a second thought.  However, I am a fan of the cheesy horror movies from the 40s-60s and I recorded this film thinking that I'd see people transforming into cats.

 

I'm happy to report that this film was better than I thought it would be.  Simone Simon was gorgeous and excellent in the role of the woman who claimed that she would transform into a panther if she were aroused.  George Sanders' brother, Tom Conway, was excellent in the film as the doctor.  I recognized Kent Smith from Nora Prentiss.  Like in 'Prentiss,' I felt that Smith was fine, but there was nothing spectacular about him.  He was attractive but not in a standout attractive way.  It was more of a bland attractive.  Anyway, he was fine in this movie, nothing objectionable.

 

What I loved about Cat People was the way that Lewton told the story.  We never see Simone Simon transforming into a panther, but it is highly suggested that she does.  She constantly wears a black fur coat in the scenes where the panther appears.  I loved how the panther only appeared in shadows.  I also loved the music in this film.

 

I have Curse of the Cat People recorded as well and I'm interested to see how it is.  I saw that Val Lewton also directed a film called The Leopard Man and I think I'll have to see that film as well.  I love these horror movies where people transform into animals or bugs. 

I am not much of a horror fan either, but I love Val Lewton movies because his movies do make the viewer an interactive part of the films and it is our imagination that creates the horror by us what is happening off screen.  All his movies are like this.

 

Cat People, The Leopard Man, and others of his I've seen often.

 

Simone S. is one of my favourite actresses.