Random thoughts... - by Tocky
Kamlorn on 22/2/2024 at 19:00
Quote Posted by Qooper
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Yep, I'll take this as my signature from now on. If you dont mind.
Qooper on 22/2/2024 at 19:32
Quote Posted by Kamlorn
Yep, I'll take this as my signature from now on. If you dont mind.
Of course I don't mind. I haven't trademarked it :) If you feel the title fits, carry it with pride and your head held high. And wear sunglasses, even during the night :cool:
But, you know, don't over do it, don't take it too far. Like, don't wear sunglasses during a surgery, or in an MRI-machine.
Edit: For a textbook example of correct sunglass usage, see Blues Brothers (1980).
Harvester on 22/2/2024 at 22:36
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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240222/ae6ba6f88cfcb481d2d95d7f11bbd03a.jpgSo I’m spending a couple of days with this woman and her three kids at a vacation house in the middle of the woods. I really like her, and I don’t feel comfortable posting pictures of the kids but they react well to me and I think they’re nice kids. Today my parents came over to meet her and on Sunday I’m meeting her parents. If this vacation goes well until Sunday then next time we meet I’ll ask her to become my girlfriend. Work is going well too. I feel pretty good about how life is treating me right now. [emoji4]
Qooper on 22/2/2024 at 23:09
Thanks for sharing, Harvester! I'm very happy for you :) It's very heart warming to see you so happy!
Tocky on 23/2/2024 at 05:37
You da man, Havester, of course the one beats the man hands down. There's a masturbation joke in there somewhere.
All I recall of Bioshock were some of the lines like "comeback, I only want to help you" while they were shooting at you. Amusing.
Quote Posted by heywood
When we were in college circa 1991 or 1992, my friend from Germany bought a green 1970 Toronado convertible. His looked like the picture below, but with a convertible top. I think it only cost him about 4-5 grand and it was in unusually good condition too, with just some minor cracks in the seat vinyl and almost no rust. It was a very cool car. The 455 (that's 7.5L for metric folks) had a deep exhaust note, and at city speeds it just loafed along in 3rd barely above idle, so it was awesome for cruising. I remember a douche bag from the fraternity next door egged it at one point, and then had to pay to get it cleaned and touched up. When my German friend moved for work, he sold it to another friend of ours, who took it on a couple of road trips to Miami and Key West with some of our clique before eventually moving and selling it on. I wish I could have gone with them, but I was far away on active duty at that point. Last I saw it was around 2000 I think. I can't imagine what it would cost today. We had no idea that a convertible Toronado was so rare.
I know what you mean. I never even knew there was one. A friends dad had a hardtop and even the that was uncommon. I never knew the Lemans GS convertible I had was only one of 12 left. Weird how you can lust after metal. Maybe that's not the exact word but it feels very much like that. I haven't felt that way about cars made past the mid seventies though. And there were so many in Mannix. Ones I haven't thought about for years like the convertible Lincoln Continental with suicide doors. A guy who dated my cousin had one of those. Great sound system. You could open all the doors with the top down and lay the front seats down for a sort of open pit area to party in. You were just always seeing a sixties Jag or a 56 Silver Cloud or any of my favorites in Mannix.
I don't recall much of Hawaii Five O beyond the usual "bookem Danno" and the odd plot device like how pineapple pickers lost their fingerprints after years of picking them. Nothing much memorable car wise. Also it wasn't nearly as violent as Mannix. They must have had an army of stunt men for it. Every episode there was ten fist fights and six gun fights and two concussions. Nobody could take that much damage without something being permanent. Oh the plots were a convoluted mess but you could count on explosions and car chases that jumped hills and came down so hard the suspensions had to be trashed. And everybody day drinking and smoking constantly. It was a different time. In real life it was too. Maybe not that extreme but we were somehow more callous and risky. It's hard to explain.
Anyway the gas crisis in 72 killed a lot of good looking but heavy cars. The sound and feel of a Holly four barrel kicking in on a 455 is a fond memory though.
Qooper on 23/2/2024 at 06:23
Quote Posted by Tocky
All I recall of Bioshock were some of the lines like "comeback, I only want to help you" while they were shooting at you. Amusing.
Bioshock had its moments. But System Shock 2 was on an entirely different level. A level that the elevator didn't quite reach because there was a biomass blocking the elevator shaft. Remember Delacroix complaining that someone hacked the computer to play Elvis songs all night? I guess she wasn't a fan even in the middle of all that smoke and debris. I say she could've used some pick-me-up in those grim circumstances.
heywood on 23/2/2024 at 13:23
I never watched Five-O, but when I was in the Air Force I hosted the original drummer for (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ventures) The Ventures, who made the show's theme song into a hit.
In the USAF, we had a tradition called "dining in":
(
https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-humor/rules-mess-dining-in/) These are the hilarious rules of the Air Force’s formal ‘Dining-In’
As one of the junior officers, I got 'additional duties' which included things like hitting people up for charity, planning retirement parties, and planning the annual dining in. A dining in has to have a guest of honor, preferably a VIP, and we landed a big fish, (4-star) General (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_T._Babbitt_Jr.) George T. Babbitt. When we started researching him, one of my coworkers found out he used to play drums for the Ventures, so we decided to see if we could get him to play drums for us. We kept the plan quiet so it would be a surprise to the group, and we didn't know whether he would be cool with it or not. He turned out to be a very good sport. We introduced him playing the Five-O theme, he had a good time, and he apparently enjoyed it enough that he re-united with the Ventures to play briefly in a televised concert the following spring:
[video=youtube;ljLi_hBLy3A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLi_hBLy3A&t=59s[/video]
Tocky on 23/2/2024 at 15:28
Wow. That is cool. And knowing you had a hand in that must make you proud. Sometimes having responsibility pays off. I mean, I've never tried it myself, but I can see how it would. I vaguely recall Babbit but not what for (on the off chance I checked on who was the UK wing commander that busted in on me and my girl but that was colonel Logan). Certainly not for the drums. Thanks for the story. I particularly liked rule 14. Thou shalt also be painfully regarded if the clip-on bow tie rides at an obvious list. Thou shalt be forgiven, however, if thee also ride at a comparable list.
And since we talked about it here is the 5-O theme.
[video=youtube_share;CpxJsy8nfjA]https://youtu.be/CpxJsy8nfjA?t=28[/video]
DuatDweller on 23/2/2024 at 19:16
Wow Leslie Nielsen was in 5-0, just wow.
Just a few weeks ago I watched Forbidden Planet again (in english of course).
Ah the memories, I watched it for the first time in 1984 (yeah I know a bit late).
Mission Impossible the original series in the mid 80s, but in that case memories were better than the real thing, I mean some episodes were great but others were meh when I watched them again in the 2010s.
DuatDweller on 23/2/2024 at 22:21
Quote Posted by Tocky
Anyway the gas crisis in 72 killed a lot of good looking but heavy cars. The sound and feel of a Holly four barrel kicking in on a 455 is a fond memory though.
Yeah I still recall the sound of old school cars, even if they were European, American, Japanese or whatever, the sounds meant they were ready to run like hell, nowadays you can barely tell if the engine is on or off (that silent they're now).
Congratz Harvester.
EDIT
Geez anyway to weasel your way out of that dining in?
Way too many rules.
