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"Two Weeks to Live"

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:07 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tharmeni

Yep.
Uh, When do I get my "quickie with mookie"?
Just as soon as I can think up a quick question! [:X]

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Posted by Tharmeni on Thursday, December 15, 2005 1:02 PM
Oh, and if I had only two weeks to live, I quickly (out of essence) would book a trip through the Rockies on the American Orient Express.
Of course, I'd want Mookie along!
With "Two Weeks to Live", quickies would be essential.
Heh....heh.
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Posted by Tharmeni on Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:56 PM
Yep.
Uh, When do I get my "quickie with mookie"?
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Posted by Murphy Siding on Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:24 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Mookie

QUOTE: Originally posted by Tharmeni

It was in quotes. I am a former headline writer for a newspaper and I do know the rules and also DO know how to get your attention, huh?
Jeez, you try to do some people a favor....

I did "A Quickie with Mookie" - meaning a quick question - I am still in trouble over that!


[(-D] Mookie: that just about killed me with laughter!

Tharmeni: I understood the thread title. I was fully expecting a post like: "If you found out you only had two weeks to live, what passenger train would you like to ride..........?

If you have to put an explanation in with the thread title, doesn't that defeat the purpose, of getting someone to open the thread and read it?[:)]

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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:04 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Tharmeni

It was in quotes. I am a former headline writer for a newspaper and I do know the rules and also DO know how to get your attention, huh?
Jeez, you try to do some people a favor....

I did "A Quickie with Mookie" - meaning a quick question - I am still in trouble over that!

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Posted by Tharmeni on Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:58 AM
It was in quotes. I am a former headline writer for a newspaper and I do know the rules and also DO know how to get your attention, huh?
Jeez, you try to do some people a favor....
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 15, 2005 4:41 AM
And deathly quiet reigns as the thread is pronounced. =)

We dont know our future. Take it one day at a time folks.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:21 PM
He did put it in quotes, so be easy on him.
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Posted by UPTRAIN on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:02 PM
If somebody is going to actually die, let's make the designated thread name as "I'M GOING TO DIE...FOR REAL!" lol. I might check that out!

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Posted by cherokee woman on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 6:55 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

Talk about a "H o o k" . . . I expected a doctor's report of fatal proportions. [:0]

Pardon the pun, but you guys and your thread names are giving some of us "heart attacks", well almost. [;)]



And none of us on here need to have a heart attack!![V] Please do NOT
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Posted by kenneo on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 6:26 PM
Sort of like "Live Frozen Chickens" and the cascet maker named "Final Home Construction Company".
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Posted by chad thomas on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 5:48 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

Talk about a "H o o k" . . . I expected a doctor's report of fatal proportions. [:0]

Pardon the pun, but you guys and your thread names are giving some of us "heart attacks", well almost. [;)]



I hear that Jim.[:0]
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:36 PM
Talk about a "H o o k" . . . I expected a doctor's report of fatal proportions. [:0]

Pardon the pun, but you guys and your thread names are giving some of us "heart attacks", well almost. [;)]
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"Two Weeks to Live"
Posted by Tharmeni on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:04 PM
Well, I am back on the forum after another trip to the Middle East (I just LOVE my job), but I wanted to relay that there is some excellent rail footage in the first 15 minutes of an old Lum and Abner movie called "Two Weeks to Live" (1942). I found the DVD at Walmart for $1. Other than the train footage (include a run by by the original Burlington Zephyr), there's not much else of value in the movie - but for a buck, hey, why not check it out?

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