Staying on topic, why is it so Hard for some???????

[Blueberryhill RR]

On the 12th day of Christmas,
When Chiefie starts his benchwork,
His twelve Yankee friends will come to NC,
And serve him a turkey dinner.
Buckeye will drive his 12 seater maxi - mini van,
and pay for the gasoline. He's a great guy.
Ok, Chiefie, it's your call..............

[laz 57]

HAGAR the Horrible said that if he was late for supper it was the bar tenders fault?
laz57

[garyseven]

If you listen closely you can here the protagonist say that he is a bartender in Oregon. Josh and Ron, two of the Auspex guys that used to work for me have mega-talent! There new one "Eli" should be done soon.

[Blueberryhill RR]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ChiefEagles

On the 12th day of Christmas, Chiefie received a fabolus Christmas meal [turkey, ham, dressing and etc] served by his 12 Yankee friends. [:D]

What ... " 12 Yankee Friends " ?????????????

[FJ and G]

Those of you who keep up with supposedly "cool" new things, have a favorite blog spot to visit. Perhaps you know of a toy train or model train blog site? The coffee cup on this forum sort of speaks to that and this post is beginning to as well.

The free edition of the Washington Post (called the "Express") features an entire page of Blog quotes that they pull.

On today's blog spot, there's one about trains, discussing a broken escalator at Union Station in D.C. They give his blog site as: http://railedagain.blogspot.com/

The impression I get from these bloggers is that they have way too much time on their hands, something I'm probably guilty of as well.

[laz 57]

Ya need a BRASS POLE.
laz57

[Anonymous]

Lot of truths in that little movie, Gary. It was interesting.

Do you think people can have plaid, striped, poka-dot, or metallic auras? LOL!![(-D]
Purple....that was funny......

David, I'm sure the stripper's caboose was in fine operating order.......[:O][;)], that is if she really liked trains.....good observation![(-D]

[FJ and G]

Interesting, Gary. I think the stripper might like trains.

[garyseven]

Here's one a couple of ex-employees did. It is a great short comedy film about finding "the one." Check it out!

http://www.auspexentertainment.com/boop/boop.mpg

[ChiefEagles]

On the 12th day of Christmas, Chiefie received a fabolus Christmas meal [turkey, ham, dressing and etc] served by his 12 Yankee friends. [:D]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by cnw1995

When I was a younger father, I wrote to Fred Rogers after reading his book on parenting. He actually took the time to handwrite me an encouraging note - I have that note and his picture on my bulletin board. He was quite a guy. Amazing how well his shows stand the 'test of time' - my 3 year old enjoys watching his reruns...

He was the speaker at my daughter's U. of Pittsburg graduation. He really "connected" with the young people, and "moved" us parents. Joe

[Blueberryhill RR]

On the eleventh day of Christmas.......
Chiefie was pleased to receive.......
An autographed picture of the OTTS guys....
And a recorded tape of himself , trying to........
brag about the South

[laz 57]

LOL CHIEF,
You WIN!!!!!!!!!!
laz57

[cnw1995]

When I was a younger father, I wrote to Fred Rogers after reading his book on parenting. He actually took the time to handwrite me an encouraging note - I have that note and his picture on my bulletin board. He was quite a guy. Amazing how well his shows stand the 'test of time' - my 3 year old enjoys watching his reruns...

[ChiefEagles]

SshopCcrazyAagedTteacher

[laz 57]

SCAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
laz57

[Anonymous]

I remember TV in the early 50's, so let me bore you. We got one in 1951 at our home in northern NJ. We were lucky to have FOUR channels (ABC, CBS, NBC, and Dumont). Much of the day was "test patterns". The only movies were old dismal ones made in England, but late at night they showed neat 1930's horror movies. The comedy shows have never been equaled. We LOVED it !!! Now I watch just a few hours per week.

[jonadel]

Our kids were always watching Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers Neighborhood. I believe Fred Rogers was one of the most interesting characters on public television. I remember more than once hearing the TV in the other room and all of this great music being performed live by Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis and so many others, fantastic. Good memories.

Jon

[cnw1995]

The earliest TV show I can remember was some Captain Kangaroo-copycat on TV in the Panama Canal Zone in the 60s. I actually got to go on his show. I also remember getting a notice at school in 2nd grade about this new show called Sesame Street. I think I watched Sesame, Electric Company, and Mr. Rogers in a row after school for years.

[laz 57]

Polaroids were good cameras with instant pics.
laz57

[Anonymous]

Pretty cool Cannon there, Dave.

[FJ and G]

Sort of change of topic to today's films.

With cost of cameras coming way way down, lots of folks have started shooting their own films.

The first big break perhaps came with the Blair Witch Projects and now many others are shooting, using $600 cameras and getting big screen resolution that can be edited on a computer.

I started making my own independent film with a friend who had the equipment. Then, he backed out of the project b/c he got hooked on online Poker (loser!).

Not everything out there is professional quality. To give you a small taste, check out this five minute independent film, shot entirely with a Cannon EOS still camera.

Very incredible.

http://patrykrebisz.com/stills/FINAL_movie.html

[Anonymous]

I really enjoy the older programming / movies a lot. More emphasis was on the dialogue (acting) of the characters and the audience had to pay close attention to what was being said.

Today we get bombarded by sound and visual special effects, not to mention ***.

[jonadel]

Late '50's, B & W, 3 channels, snowy conditions year round and I still vividly remember wrestling on Sat. nights, Vern Gania (sp) and Argentina Rocka or something like that. Only my rich aunt (widowed young) had color TV and the BIG thrill was watching Bonanza, the good old days weren't that great. My parents didn't get color TV until I was through college, '67. Even though television technology is 100 times better now, I'm not sure content has kept up, excpet for the channels I watch[:)] and those are not the big 3. Wasn't it Newton Minnow's phrase about the great wasteland?

Jon

[Blueberryhill RR]

On the 10th day of Christmas.....
Chiefie couldn't get out of the way...........
And got run over by a reindeer and........
Nine Yanks, a' running.......

[Anonymous]

On the 9th Day of Christmas
Ceifie Chiefie sent
9 Yankees running


[:O] [;)] [alien]

[Anonymous]

On the 9th Day of Christmas
Ceifie sent
9 Yankees running

[Blueberryhill RR]

OK...We're due for the 9th day of Chief's Christmas.
Let's get this thing going..........

[Jumijo]

Kukla Fran and Ollie were still on tv when I was a kid in the 60's. Remember Huntley and Brinkey? "Good night, Chet". Good night, David". The Three Stooges, Bozo, Batman, Combat, Rat Patrol, . . . here's a link to all their theme songs:

http://soundamerica.com/sounds/themes/Television/

Some of those songs will take you back!

Back to the Stooges - I'm a Shemp man, myself. Don't get me wrong. Curly was great, but I like his brother, Shemp better.

Jim

[Anonymous]

It doesn't even matter probably, but I like to watch The History Channel, Fox News, The Food Channel, TV Land (Bonnaza, Gunsmoke, Andy Griffinth), TCM, AMC, The Military Channel, National Geographic Channel, DYI occasionally, OLN (esp. Sat & Sun mornings)

I'm with some others on the forum in that I despise the amount of commercials thrown at us.

Know what gets my goat even more?

Those (explitive) pop ups in the bottom corner of the screen when I'm actually watching the programming (show).

Why don't they put that crap at the bottom of commercials?

I'd like to make the hardest slushball I've ever made and pop those greedy little ba$tard$ each one time up side the head at about 80 mph. Maybe they'd get some sense then.....makes me want to chuck the whole satellite system in the trash at times.

As for me, forget alphabit soup network programming....it is the pits. Except for WRAL local news, NASCAR and an occasional ball game, I rarely ever watch the out-of-touch programming.