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| bartist |
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Is that home of the Choo-Choo Museum?
Sounds like you enjoy long drives. I like the IDEA of long drives. (maybe if I had more of a road car....) |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:40 pm |
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| I'm in Chattanooga now. So far my trip has been a breeze, though long of course. The roads were perfect and there wasn't a lot of traffic. The only chink was today when there was what seems to be a flayed deer torso on the highway. It was a mound higher than my clearance and in my lane. I couldn't get out of the way and it made a loud thump when I ran over it. I was sure that my undercarriage was damaged, but it seemed to survive. My trip today was around 350 miles so it was easy. I'm 100 miles from Atlanta so I can get there any time I want. That's why I always stay close on my final stop. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:00 pm |
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Hitting animals on the road is a way of life in Nebraska, especially in the western half. One time the ex and I were driving up to her dad's place near the Black Hills and an antelope shot across the road, after sundown, and we couldn't react quick enough and hit a piece of it. It hobbled off and we went on our way. When we arrived at the ranch, a couple of the dogs ran up eagerly and we expected a warm greeting. But they hurried past us and began to lick at some gore that had gotten caught in broken headlight and grille.
Hope your car's okay and it didn't tear up something expensive like the catalytic converter. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:38 am |
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A three-and-a-half hour documentary on Woody Allen on PBS's American Masters today and tomorrow (Sunday and Monday).
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:28 am |
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| Bart, I really don't know if it were a dead animal or not. There were no legs or anything, it just looked like a big pile of bloody flesh. It must have fallen of the back of a truck or something. This was in Missouri. There were a lot of deer, fawn and rabbits lying dead on the side of the highway in MO, KY, TN. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:42 am |
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Ghulam wrote: A three-and-a-half hour documentary on Woody Allen on PBS's American Masters today and tomorrow (Sunday and Monday).
Unfortunately will not get to see the second half. Last night's part was good, if not great (no real depth, or putting together the pieces of his psyche, but still full of interesting info). Great to see Louise Lasser participate. I still think she's the funniest leading lady he ever had. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:18 am |
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| Agree completely about Lasser being the funniest. Unfortunately, she was probably also the craziest. And both Keaton and Farrow had more romantic chemistry with him. Just my opinion, fueled by personal knowledge of Lasser and Keaton. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:39 pm |
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| I definately agree with you. Lasser is just naturally funny. She shows up as his agent in Stardust Memories, and even though there's really nothing funny about what she says, her delivery is hilarious. Similarly, in Bananas, she says she has to talk to Allen about something, he asks if she saw x-rays of him, and she giggles and says "I saw x-rays of you." There's nothing really funny about the line, it's a weak non-sequitor, but she makes it really funny. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:14 am |
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Wow, no Blanches this year. And where are the women in this here forum? (Hi Carol, saw you a few pages back.)
I've been off the movie train for a while but I want back on. Is this car full? |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:46 am |
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| You're just in time for a Muppet revival. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:56 am |
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| Okay! I've got about 14 films to see before the Muppets, so consider me fashionably late to the revival. Amen. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:59 am |
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Melody wrote: Wow, no Blanches this year. And where are the women in this here forum? (Hi Carol, saw you a few pages back.)
I've been off the movie train for a while but I want back on. Is this car full? |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:21 pm |
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Hope Take Shelter is one of your 14 films, Melody.
This is the niftiest alt energy idea ever....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitegen |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:41 pm |
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Yes, Take Shelter is on the list. I better go see it before it disappears under a deluge of muppets and chipmunks and horses and whatever that thing is Scorsese just directed.
Bart, I'd love to be in the energy subcommittee when Al Gore comes in to pitch the idea of flying kites to harness wind energy for our future. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:21 pm |
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| You are certainly a sight for sore eyes, Melody. Welcome back! How's the kid--er, young lady? |
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