Silliness So what are you doing RIGHT NOW? - Page 865

zelda_pinwheel · 03-28-2010, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

One of the very few reasons I would want to take up running!

I'm not exactly built for it though!

nor am i, if i'm honest, although i do know from experience that if you want to learn to do something like that hard enough, you can manage it with a lot of hard work. of course, i'm a few years older and lazier now.

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Originally Posted by recluse

Now there's a good idea! I haven't watched a movie in months. Let's see...
my choices are "Arsenic and Old Lace", "The Big Sleep", or "The Wolfman". I can't decide...

the big sleep, obviously ! pff. how can you even hesitate ? i mean, yes, arsenic and old lace is also brilliant. i don't know what the wolfman is so i can't comment. but THE BIG SLEEP !!! humphrey bogart ! lauren bacall !! raymond chandler !!!! i never get tired of that film.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 03-28-2010, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

nor am i, if i'm honest, although i do know from experience that if you want to learn to do something like that hard enough, you can manage it with a lot of hard work. of course, i'm a few years older and lazier now.

I find that last bit's my problem, too

The older bit isn't so much of an issue - I've never acknowledged age as a drawback (40 this year and looking forward to it

)

zelda_pinwheel · 03-28-2010, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I find that last bit's my problem, too

The older bit isn't so much of an issue - I've never acknowledged age as a drawback (40 this year and looking forward to it

)

meh, i'd love not to acknowledge it, but i certainly can feel i don't have the same flexibility and endurance i did when i was 20, alas... although this may also be partly due to a few lifestyle changes between now and then. however, i'm not sure how i feel about 40, i don't have to think about it *quite* yet so i'll get back to you in a few years.

WT Sharpe · 03-28-2010, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

Now there's a good idea! I haven't watched a movie in months. Let's see...
my choices are "Arsenic and Old Lace", "The Big Sleep", or "The Wolfman". I can't decide...

The original, or the recent re-make?

zelda_pinwheel · 03-28-2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The original, or the recent re-make?

whenever i see a sentence that begins "the original, or" i expect it to end with "the punk-rock cover ?"

WT Sharpe · 03-28-2010, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

nor am i, if i'm honest, although i do know from experience that if you want to learn to do something like that hard enough, you can manage it with a lot of hard work. of course, i'm a few years older and lazier now.

the big sleep, obviously ! pff. how can you even hesitate ? i mean, yes, arsenic and old lace is also brilliant. i don't know what the wolfman is so i can't comment. but THE BIG SLEEP !!! humphrey bogart ! lauren bacall !! raymond chandler !!!! i never get tired of that film. ...

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

I find that last bit's my problem, too

The older bit isn't so much of an issue - I've never acknowledged age as a drawback (40 this year and looking forward to it

)

I'll be 60 next week, and I have no doubt I could do anything those kids did in those videos.

...as long as I was doing it on the surface of Halley's Comet!

Punk rock cover?

zelda_pinwheel · 03-28-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

I'll be 60 next week, and I have no doubt I could do anything those kids did in those videos.

...as long as I was doing it on the surface of Halley's Comet!

...i guess that would make things easier !

(the surface of the moon also probably would be a good choice.)

pilotbob · 03-28-2010, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

however, i'm not sure how i feel about 40, i don't have to think about it *quite* yet so i'll get back to you in a few years.

Sure... rub it in you little whippersnapper.

BOb

BTW: To bad you don't have a Mac. I just upgraded TextExpander and it has this great feature where it upper cases the first letter of each sentence for ya!

recluse · 03-28-2010, 09:07 PM

Pfff? You pfff at me? Fine. I'll watch "The Big Sleep". But which one? The 1945 prerelease or the 1946 theatrical release?

And, I'll have you know, "The Wolfman" is a classic starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains!

zelda_pinwheel · 03-28-2010, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Sure... rub it in you little whippersnapper.

that may be taking it a bit far.

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BTW: To bad you don't have a Mac. I just upgraded TextExpander and it has this great feature where it upper cases the first letter of each sentence for ya!

well where's the fun in *that* ?

zelda_pinwheel · 03-28-2010, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

Pfff? You pfff at me? Fine. I'll watch "The Big Sleep". But which one? The 1945 prerelease or the 1946 theatrical release?

hm. well, i'm pretty sure the one i have is the the 1946 theatrical release, and i'm not actually sure i've seen the uncut version (but i'm sure it still doesn't answer the question of who killed the chauffeur) but honestly, either one. or maybe both ? double feature !

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And, I'll have you know, "The Wolfman" is a classic starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains!

ok, ok, triple feature ! i hope you didn't have anything important planned for tomorrow, you could be up all night.

Greg Anos · 03-28-2010, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

that may be taking it a bit far.

well where's the fun in *that* ?

So Bogey ranks over Powell and Loy. (And Dashiell Hammett wasn't a slouch at writing either... ) Of course I watched Libeled Lady 2 days ago...

WT Sharpe · 03-28-2010, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by recluse

Pfff? You pfff at me? Fine. I'll watch "The Big Sleep". But which one? The 1945 prerelease or the 1946 theatrical release?

And, I'll have you know, "The Wolfman" is a classic starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains!

As a kid, I had an eight-minute silent (with subtitles) 8mm condensed version of that classic. Even now I can recite the famous words,

Even a man who's pure at heart,
And says his prayers at night,
May become a wolf
When the wolfbane blooms,
And the moon is full and bright

from memory.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-28-2010, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

So Bogey ranks over Powell and Loy. (And Dashiell Hammett wasn't a slouch at writing either... ) Of course I watched Libeled Lady 2 days ago...

what now ? where did i say that ? they're not in arsenic and old lace... i'm not sure that's even a fair question, how am i supposed to choose between them ???

Greg Anos · 03-28-2010, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hm. well, i'm pretty sure the one i have is the the 1946 theatrical release, and i'm not actually sure i've seen the uncut version (but i'm sure it still doesn't answer the question of who killed the chauffeur) but honestly, either one. or maybe both ? double feature !

ok, ok, triple feature ! i hope you didn't have anything important planned for tomorrow, you could be up all night.

They both ('45 and '46) have their charm. The '45 makes more sense as a whodunit, the '46 works much better with atmosphere. (and they're on the same disc, here in the states....

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recluse Banned Posts: 3,724 Karma: 535488 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the Mortuary Device: Kindle 2	Pfff? You pfff at me? Fine. I'll watch "The Big Sleep". But which one? The 1945 prerelease or the 1946 theatrical release? And, I'll have you know, "The Wolfman" is a classic starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains!