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Posted by Stephen Jones (Member # 16) on 12-07-2004, 10:02 PM:
 
Well it's that time of the year again and as we get older it comes quicker every year.I would like to wish all Film-Techer's and thier families all around the world A Happy Christmas and all the best for the new year.While with family and friends take some time to refelect on the true meaning of Christmas.

Cheers all,

Steve
 

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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 12-08-2004, 09:05 AM:
 
Ditto! Well said.
 

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Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 12-08-2004, 09:47 AM:
 
Merry Christmas to all!

Many religions share the common thread of celebration at year's end. May we take joy in our differences, and hope for Peace and Reconciliation in the New Year.
 

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Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 12-09-2004, 02:43 AM:
 
But I wish the best for folks all the time, not just at the end of December!

By coming out of the closet about something, I have found that there are many, many others who have been made by social pressure to feel ashamed of their feelings & afraid to publicly admit something that is nonetheless real, rational & not aberrant: Christmas music drives me up the damn wall.

One more Do You Hear What I Hear, Pa-rum-pa-pum-pum, Have A Holly Jolly, or Thumpity-thump-thump Here Comes Frosty may be the one which triggers a three-state killing spree. The music is so thin & poor; it's like a curse of listening to a loop of TV commercial jingles nonstop. I realize that for most folks it's just the association of the music with happy holiday memories, but DAMN Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz & I've Got the Fever For the Flavor of A Pringles are at the same level of musical genius.
 

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Posted by Thomas King (Member # 2745) on 12-09-2004, 06:53 AM:
 
Bah! Humbug!
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 12-09-2004, 08:38 AM:
 
For those of you who are humbug inclined, a story from my local paper:

quote: York Evening Press

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FURIOUS church leaders today warned that York Dungeon's festive attraction, Satan's Grotto, would expose children to "evil forces".

Clergymen across the city have written to the Dungeon's bosses asking them not to open the display, which replaces the traditional Father Christmas with a grotesque figure in a dark cloak, red face and horns.

Visitors are handed "gifts" such as severed fingers and other body parts, and can write on a scroll to sign their souls away. The minister of Acomb Baptist Church, the Rev John Billingham, who has complained to the Archbishop of York and City of York Council, said presenting "occult practices" as harmless fun was extremely foolish.

"Children going in there (the grotto) is one thing, but making requests to Satan is quite another," he said.

"Children are opening themselves up to evil forces. There is the potential for harm.

"For thousands of years, even beyond the teaching of the Bible, it has been recognised that such a being known as the Devil or Satan exists."

"He is not a product of the imagination, but the embodiment and personification of all that is evil. He adversely and dreadfully affects all who allow him to influence their lives, wittingly or unwittingly."

But Bernie Fleck, who is the dungeon's performance supervisor, said they had run the Satan's Grotto for four years without complaint and planned to open it on December 13.

"It's meant to be very tongue in cheek and a light-hearted way to get at the commercialism of Christmas," he said.

The Rev Derek Wooldridge, who runs Christian youth camps during the summer, has signed Mr Billingham's letter opposing the grotto along with other clergy in the city. "It's deliberately controversial," he said.

Visitors to the grotto will be greeted by elves impaled on spikes or with their heads chopped off, and robins roasting over an open fire, while Santa himself boils in a witch's cauldron.

Other clergy and church leaders who have signed the letter of opposition include: the Rev Dave Casswell, Clifton Parish Church; the Rev Graham Hutchinson, Elim Church, Heslington Road; the Rev John Lee, St Paul's Church, Holgate Road; the Rev Jim McNaughton, York Community Church, Tang Hall; the Rev Gary Patchen, York Baptist Church, Priory Street; the Rev Steve Redman, The Ark Christian Fellowship, Foxwood; the Rev Roger Simpson, St Michael-le-Belfrey, Duncombe Place; and Carl Tinnion, head of the York branch of Youth With A Mission.

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quote: Leo Enticknap

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You Americans are so lucky in having Thanksgiving to mark the start point for Christmas preparations.

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I don't know what you're smoking, but I know I-30 doesn't extend all the way to the UK.

Here in the US Christmas decorations went up before Halloween in stores. Furthermore one local radio station KVIL started playing Christmas music 24/7 since a couple of weeks prior to Thanksgiving.
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-09-2004, 07:29 PM:
 
If I hear "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" ONE more time: I'm gonna throw up!
 

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Posted by Tim Reed (Member # 137) on 12-11-2004, 02:10 AM:
 
Phil, I absolutely CANNOT STAND that song! I'd like to run over Elmo and Patsy instead!

Saying it loud and proud...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
 

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Posted by Phil Blake (Member # 2012) on 12-11-2004, 08:48 AM:
 
Cheers Stephen and everyone , all the best for the festive season. keep it safe.

Phil
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-12-2004, 07:03 PM:
 
Tim, I think it's a toss-up as to which one is worse... That one or the barking dog version of "Jingle Bells"!
 

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Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 12-13-2004, 06:34 AM:
 

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Tim, I think it's a toss-up as to which one is worse... That one or the barking dog version of "Jingle Bells"!

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With Christmas songs, there's always something worse. The "Jingle Bells" by the Singing Dogs is nowhere near as agonizing as Jingle Bells by "The Laugher". And then there is the late 80s-early 90s Jingle Bells that is neither barking nor laughning, but for each note of the melody a sample of someone screaming as if stepping on a nail. Now, with modern, awful-sounding but flexible digital audio editing tools, it should be possible to match pitch & tempo of all these versions of Jingle Bells including Mitch Miller's, & multi-track them all singing together into "Caroling at the Lunatic Asylum".
 

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Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 12-14-2004, 02:47 AM:
 
Brad, would that radio station be K-eVIL?
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 12-14-2004, 03:48 AM:
 
Yup, KeVIL it is! It's also the official station for dentist's offices.
 

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Posted by John Lasher (Member # 968) on 12-14-2004, 06:52 PM:
 
"SUN-NY ONE-OH-FOUR F I V E !"

At least the majority of what they play is well-produced to the point of toleration.
 

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Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 12-14-2004, 07:02 PM:
 
Happy Ramahanuqwanzmas, everybody!
 

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Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 12-19-2004, 02:27 PM:
 
Thank you Stephen and the same to you and yours. May all our fellow exhibitors and their employees here have the Merriest of Christmases and may all your wishes for the new year come true.
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 12-19-2004, 03:02 PM:
 
Christmas songs that make you want to claw at your ears?!!

There's a company called Star Mobile Homes here in Erie. Every year for as long as I can remember they have put a commercial on TV that'll make you tear at your own flesh!

It's noting but a photo montage of mobile homes, interior and exterior shots to the background music, "Carol of the Bells".
"M'Kay?", you think. What's wrong with that? They put in their own words: "Star Mobile Homes - Star Mobile Homes - Star Mobile Homes"... ad infinitum.

It's enough to make you want to pick up a shotgun and blow away your TV!

As far as I'm concerned, there are THREE and ONLY THREE good Christmas songs...

1) Veni Emmanuel -- The Church Hymn.

2) Handel's Messiah -- ALL of it! Not just the excerpts of "The Hallalujah! Chorus" you hear in the movies!

3) Linus and Lucy -- The music from "Charlie Brown's Christmas" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.

That's it! The rest are commercialized trash!
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 12-19-2004, 03:31 PM:
 
Phil & William - hope this catches you in time to prevent any throwing up:

N.B. BAD LANGUAGE ALERT - the sensitively inclined probably won't want to read further...

quote: Monty Python's alternative version of 'Jingle Bells'

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(Chorus)
Ho ho fucking ho,
What a crock o' shit,
We all work for Santa Claus,
We've had enough, we quit.
Cos we do all the fuckin' work while he stars in the show,
Stick yer Christmas up yer arse, ho ho fucking ho.

I'm Rudolph and I quit.
Just who's he think he is?
That big fat bastard sat in the sleigh,
crackin' that fuckin' whip.
And me stuck up the front, with these other useless gits,
Stick yer Christmas up yer arse, ho ho fucking ho.

(Chorus)
Ho ho fucking ho,
What a crock o' shit,
We all work for Santa Claus,
We've had enough, we quit.
Cos we do all the fuckin' work while he stars in the show,
Stick yer Christmas up yer arse, ho ho fucking ho.

And what about us elves,
we've had enough as well,
workin' in that freezing cold, it's cold as fucking hell,
we work until we drop, with our bollocks freezin' off,
stick yer Christmas up yer arse, ho ho fucking ho.

(Chorus)
Ho ho fucking ho,
What a crock o' shit,
We all work for Santa Claus,
We've had enough, we quit.
Cos we do all the fuckin' work while he stars in the show,
Stick yer Christmas up yer arse, ho ho fucking ho.

I'm Santa Claus' wife,
I know what he's really like,
sneakin into those little kid's rooms
he's a fuckin' paedophile,
A devious old pisshead,
and I'm married to that dickhead,
So stick yer Christmas up yer arse, ho ho fucking ho.

(Chorus)
Ho ho fucking ho,
What a crock o' shit,
We all work for Santa Claus,
We've had enough, we quit.
Cos we do all the fuckin' work while he stars in the show,
Stick yer Christmas up yer arse, ho ho fucking ho.
Stick yer Christmas up yer arse, ho ho fucking ho.

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 12-19-2004, 03:49 PM:
 
For all of those still doing your Christmas shopping..

PLEASE be patient and kind to your fellow clerk! We are humans too and this time of year we are bogged down by last minute shoppers and long lines. So be kind, take a deeeeeep breathe, and exhale next time your about to get snotty with a clerk because he/she is out of that Jay-z/Linkin Park CD that you waited till 24 hours before Christmas day to get.

Cheers everyone! Hope Santa brings you good stuff, joy and no projector problems on Christmas Day for Fat Albert!
 

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Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 12-20-2004, 11:43 AM:
 
Well, it finally feels like Christmas here! Got down to the 50's already! BRRRRR!!

I heard there's a theater or three doing midnight shows of Bad Santa over the weekend. None that I can find, but that would be a cool thing to do.

Anyone doing any special Christmas screenings (other than Polar Express and Kranks, heh...)?

=TMP=
 

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Posted by Barry Martin (Member # 1376) on 12-20-2004, 02:42 PM:
 
50!?!?!?!? YOU WIMP! Today it hasn't gone over 3 degrees fahrenheit ALL DAY! And I have to go walk to work now, UGH. Sometimes I wished I lived where it stayed warm, but then I think about the hurricanes, earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, and tornadoes that generally seem to plague the warmer states and just realize at least if something like that happens in Vermont it will be so bad as to wipe everyone out nice and quick. Anyways, Happy *insert your name for the end of December here* and may the new year bring blessed days.
 

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Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 12-20-2004, 02:47 PM:
 
Brr.... it's a freezing 72 degree sunny day here in AZ!
 

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Posted by Mike Pennell (Member # 1692) on 12-20-2004, 03:03 PM:
 
Gotta love Arizona!!
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 12-20-2004, 04:42 PM:
 
People still buy CD's, Allison? Hmmm. Don't plan your retirement around it.
 

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Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 12-20-2004, 04:51 PM:
 
Yes, it is amazing, people still buy cd's. And people still go to the movies.

Our CD sales are actually WAY up this year than the past 3 years. Why that is, I dont know. Maybe people just got sick of sitting infront of their computer for hours on end and downloading music?
 

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Posted by David Yauch (Member # 2754) on 12-20-2004, 05:10 PM:
 
I'm in the same boat as mike and mike.

72 degrees and I think I'll roll down the windows on the way to work.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 12-21-2004, 12:02 AM:
 
Aaawww, you WUSSIES!

Unless the temperature goes down to the single digits you haven't lived!

< 10º F
< -12º C
< 260º K

It looks like me and Barry are the only real men here!

Honestly, I couldn't imagine living in a place where it stays warm all year 'round! Not to say I love the cold but it's just not normal if it doesn't snow!

Besides... It's fun to see how far you can launch rocks and frozen ice balls with a snowblower into your neighbor's yard!
 

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Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 12-21-2004, 12:06 AM:
 
Oh c'mon Randy... you are such a pussy! It got down to 53 here in Hollywood last night...

It was so cold, I froze my balls off and I don't even own a pawn shop!
 

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Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 12-21-2004, 12:15 AM:
 
Happy Holidays to everyone!!!
I'm in FL (tallahassee is north, but still) and it's 30 degress outside, pretty cold if you ask me for FL. And since everyone here is so nice and helpful, I will now drink a glass of wine....Here's to the people of Film-Tech
 

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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 12-21-2004, 02:12 PM:
 
Phil;

The balls of a Brass Monkey will fall off when it's 23 deg. F.

The proof is here: Brass Monkey Thermometer

Brass monkeys are PUSSIES! Their balls fall off when it's only 23 deg. That's downright TROPICAL, compared to the temperatures we get!
 

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Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 12-23-2004, 02:41 PM:
 
Happy Holidays to all of you here at FILM-TECH.
 

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Posted by Robert E. Allen (Member # 1351) on 12-23-2004, 11:32 PM:
 
Thanks Clint and the same to you.

Hey, back in the early 60s I worked as a "permit man" for the San Luis Obispo I.A. local at the theatres in Lompoc. Does that local still exist or are any of the guys still in the business?
 

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Posted by Rick Long (Member # 213) on 12-23-2004, 11:53 PM:
 
...and so, as Tiny Joe observed, "Merry Phucking Christmas, everyone".
 

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Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 12-24-2004, 12:14 AM:
 
Merry Christmas everyone!! (And a big to the PC patrol and this Happy Holidays !!)

May all your film run steady and your sound be THX(r) compliant!!
 

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Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 12-24-2004, 11:23 AM:
 
Merry Xmas every one
 

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Posted by Ben Wales (Member # 92) on 12-24-2004, 12:43 PM:
 
Merry Christmas to everyone across this side of the pond in the UK!
 

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Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 12-24-2004, 01:26 PM:
 
Merry Christmas all.
 

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Posted by Brandon Willis (Member # 2345) on 12-24-2004, 03:52 PM:
 
Merry Christmas,
Happy Hannakuh,
Kwazy Kwanzaa,
Tip-Top Tet,
and a solemn dignified Ramadan.
 

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Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 12-25-2004, 02:25 PM:
 
Happy Christmas folks! It's been a white Christmas* for much of Britain, though not where I am.

* Link to BBC Online story about Christmas weather.
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 12-25-2004, 07:27 PM:
 
Ok NOW it's Merry Christmas!
 

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Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 12-26-2004, 11:29 PM:
 
...and it's over just as quick!

Hope everyone had a good one. It's getting COLD here! They say it might get as low as the high 40's tomorrow!

=TMP=
 

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