Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: The last person who posts here wins (part 3)

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-22-2011, 07:23 PM:

Aaron only thought he was going to win.

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 07-22-2011, 08:32 PM:

YAY! I'm the first one to post in the third last one!

Wait...second.

Damnit.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 07-22-2011, 08:44 PM:

Cool, a threesome. Wait a second, where's the chicks . . NOOOOOO.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-23-2011, 12:47 AM:

Vodka, orange juice, milk of magnesia...

A Philips Screwdriver

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 07-23-2011, 07:35 AM:

Padding my post count...

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 07-23-2011, 02:59 PM:

...and again...

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-23-2011, 09:33 PM:

Last night for me in ABQ. Drivin' back to Sin City tomorrow...

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 07-23-2011, 11:23 PM:

Bet ya cant wait to go to Wisconsin, doncha know.

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 07-24-2011, 08:41 AM:

...Film Tech Cinema Systems...

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-24-2011, 01:11 PM:

In bed by 8, and home by 11.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 07-25-2011, 01:14 AM:

If they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire...

Posted by Mark J. Marshall (Member # 1409) on 07-25-2011, 11:56 AM:

"The Book.... of EVIL!"

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-25-2011, 01:17 PM:

Off to Laughlin again for a couple of days, you betcha!

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 07-25-2011, 06:27 PM:

First!

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 07-26-2011, 10:32 AM:

You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back you've got something.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-26-2011, 12:10 PM:

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 07-26-2011, 06:14 PM:

Eagles soar, but a weasel never gets sucked into a jet engine.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-26-2011, 07:06 PM:

You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute if you wish to skydive twice.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-26-2011, 08:37 PM:

I just came up with a new name for sequels that aren't any good: "Suckquels"

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-26-2011, 09:22 PM:

[thumbsup]

Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-26-2011, 09:33 PM:

Why is the word "brassiere" singular but the word "panties" is plural?

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 07-27-2011, 12:32 AM:

I like the 'Suckquels' thing. [thumbsup]

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-27-2011, 01:20 AM:

Back from working on a NEC NC3240 in St. George, UT. Back down to Laughlin, NV on Friday...

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 07-27-2011, 01:29 PM:

I guess I should have figured it out by the end of part 1 I wasn't going to win anything.

Still, bragging right for being the last one!

AJG

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-30-2011, 09:32 AM:

Back down to Laughlin on Monday for more digital prep things to do...

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-30-2011, 09:28 PM:

And I figured by the end of part II that I'd always know where to find Paul should I need him.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-30-2011, 10:40 PM:

Is Laughlin converting to digital one screen at a time? There aren't *that* many cinemas there.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-31-2011, 12:24 AM:

I guess they like calling me. [Big Grin]

In the Laughlin/Avi/Bullhead City/Fort Mojave area, there is a Phoenix Big Cinemas 9-screen in the outlet mall, an independent 6-screen in the Riverside hotel casino, and a Brenden 8-screen down river a bit in Avi.

Frank, call me! Closest I've been to Brooklyn has been the Philadelphia area - did a Sony/Regal install in Wayne last fall.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-02-2011, 08:06 AM:

Be yourself....everyone else is already taken.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-04-2011, 09:38 PM:

Ack!

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-05-2011, 08:09 AM:

I was going to take up hang gliding, but then thought, it's probably not a good idea to defy gravity....after all, it's the power that keeps the whole universe from blowing apart.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 08-05-2011, 12:25 PM:

Why is duct tape like the force?
It is light on one side, dark on the other, and it binds the universe together.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 08-05-2011, 01:15 PM:

GAFFER'S TAPE!

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 08-05-2011, 02:15 PM:

You layin' da cuts straight sittin' on your ass while we floss and fly this mofo all over dis bitch. [thumbsup]

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-07-2011, 07:50 AM:

A sign on the broken office copier:

THE COPIER IS OUT OF ORDER!

YES - We have called the service tech.

NO - We don't know when he is coming.

NO - We cannot fix it.

NO - We do not know who broke it.

YES - We are keeping it.

NO -- We don't know what you are going to do now.

THANK YOU

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-08-2011, 02:52 AM:

Ah, a beautiful evening here in Sierra Vista, AZ. Driving back to Sin City tomorrow...

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-08-2011, 04:03 AM:

I don't mind coming to work, but this sitting around for eight hours waiting to go home is BS.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 08-08-2011, 10:38 AM:

You know, I've never really liked paying bills. I don't think I'm gonna do that, either.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-10-2011, 07:54 PM:

Evidence has been found that William Tell and his family were avid bowlers. However, all the Swiss league records were unfortunately destroyed in a fire, and so we'll never know for whom the Tells bowled.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-11-2011, 07:11 PM:

"When throwing rocks at seabirds, I leave no tern unstoned."

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 08-11-2011, 07:37 PM:

What's the difference between a watchmaker and a jailor?

One sells watches. The other watches cells.

**********

What's the difference between a band of pygmies and a women's track team?

One is a bunch of cunning little runts...

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-11-2011, 08:27 PM:

What do you call a fish with no eyes?

A "fsh"

(OK this works better as a verbal joke, but whatever.)

Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 08-11-2011, 09:27 PM:

Many many years ago, a North American Indian tribe found itself in with a dilemma. The tribe medicine man needed apples for his potions. Apples, apples and more apples were needed, but drought was at hand, and there were no apples to be found. The tribe to the west had many, many apples, but demanded cash for their Golden Delicious goodies. The tribal council met to discuss the financial issue. One of the tribal elders proposed a foot race among the men of the tribe. Bets could be placed on the runners, and the tribe would take a cut of the profits to purchase the valuable apples. Two weeks later, the 500 men of the tribe lined up at the starting line and that began the very first running of the Apple-less Indian 500.

(Thanks to TOM SLICK and Jay Ward for that one.)

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 08-11-2011, 09:34 PM:

Ugh..... [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-12-2011, 04:37 PM:

Ah, prepping to return to WA state for a week of Regal installs in Kelso, Longview, and Vancouver. First flight I've had on WN in a while - will finally qualify for some free flights to use for quick getaways...

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-12-2011, 04:40 PM:

For some reason I became persona non grata last night when I lost the trivia contest at the church fund raiser by one point. The last question was: "Where do most women have curly hair?

Apparently the correct answer is: Africa.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-12-2011, 10:36 PM:

A SoCal couple are busy making out in a car when she whispers, "Kiss me where it doesn't smell so good." So he drove her to El Segundo.

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 08-14-2011, 04:47 PM:

They fuck you at the drive-thru.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-14-2011, 07:14 PM:

The older I get, the more everyone can just kiss my ass.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 08-14-2011, 08:04 PM:

A certain young harlot from Kew,
Filled her vagina with glue.
She said, with a grin,
"If they pay to get in,
They'll pay to get out of it, too!"

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-14-2011, 09:34 PM:

A lonely sinister when out of town at a convention, sat in a hotel room after a long day feeling the need for some companionship. The middle aged women decided do something she was always curious about but never had the nerve to do -- she wanted to take advantage of all the new ways certain services are now readily available on line. So she took out her laptop and got up the nerve to go online to a website that offered "escort services for the discrete, sophisticated woman."

After looking through a good many ads, she finally fell upon one that looked perfect -- a younger man, very athletic, very handsome and according to the stats, "very accomplished in erotic massage and anything a woman could imagine". She had a good idea what that meant, and she decided to toss caution aside and do something for herself.

When she finally got up the nerve to place the call, she picked up the phone and dialed. Not wanting to loose her nerve, as soon as the man answered and asked, "May I help you?" the spinster began rattling off her expectations as fast as she could - "Yes. I want the full works, like it says, everything I can imagine. I want it all. Bring your sex toys, dildos, whips, gags, whipped cream that I want you to spray all over me and then lick off every inch of my body. I want you to be merciless; I want you to ravage me; give me multiple orgasms."

After listening patiently to the list of her sexual desires, the man said, "Ma'me, you need to dial 9 first to get an outside line."

Posted by Kenneth Wuepper (Member # 1174) on 08-15-2011, 08:27 AM:

SINISTER? [Eek!]

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-15-2011, 08:47 AM:

Ya just gotta love those naughty sinsters, eh, Ken?!! [thumbsup]

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 08-18-2011, 12:27 AM:

IMAX: Think Big.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-18-2011, 12:58 AM:

Sinister spinsters... I like the sound of that. [Smile]

Driving down to Long Beach tomorrow for a fundraiser dinner at Bob's Big Boy with old friends from the Long Beach Japanese Language School.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 08-18-2011, 08:33 AM:

Sinister spinster or Sinister Minister?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPBmyFsfyPc

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-20-2011, 04:25 PM:

Could it be... Satan?!

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-23-2011, 09:58 PM:

5.8 Level EarthQuake Devastates D.C.

Congress Calls Emergency Session to Quickly Pass D.C. Earthquake Recovery Tax To Be Applied To 2011 Income Tax

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-24-2011, 06:38 AM:

Been in Kelso and Longview this week, today it's Vancouver, WA. Humid but nice up here in the northwest...

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 08-26-2011, 04:40 PM:

After this post, 5 more to 1000!

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-29-2011, 12:20 PM:

We have enough youth.
How about a fountain of "smart"?

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 08-29-2011, 01:17 PM:

Ah Shit

Posted by Melanie Loggins (Member # 6454) on 08-29-2011, 02:34 PM:

I'm not going to post to this thread unless I can have the 1000th post.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 09-02-2011, 12:10 AM:

A fool and his money are soon throwing one hellofa party! [beer]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-02-2011, 04:41 PM:

Too bad there ain't a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. They've got one marked "brightness" but it don't work, does it?

(Gallagher)

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 09-03-2011, 12:01 PM:

Blissfully free of the Ravages of Intelligence.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 09-03-2011, 02:26 PM:

Ignorance is bliss...

Posted by Mark Lensenmayer (Member # 134) on 09-04-2011, 07:18 PM:

I realized, as I walked into a film screening of DEBT last Friday, that I did not remember the last time I had seen film projected in a commercial theatre. I guess that digital conversion is sneaking up on me.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 09-10-2011, 12:36 AM:

Off to the Minneapolis area in a few hours...

Posted by Kara Tillotson (Member # 3899) on 09-16-2011, 07:23 PM:

Grreat topic.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 09-17-2011, 01:05 AM:

Flying home later today - another set of Marcus theaters in MN and WI are now completely digital...

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 09-20-2011, 06:52 AM:

Failure is not an option. It is bundled with all microsoft software.

Posted by Kurt Zupin (Member # 2751) on 09-20-2011, 09:59 AM:

just posting to post I guess

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 09-20-2011, 11:45 AM:

Today is only yesterday's tomorrow...

Posted by Christian Appelt (Member # 1067) on 09-21-2011, 07:44 AM:

I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 09-21-2011, 09:33 PM:

Off to Chicago (Addison) tomorrow for my small part in the last of the Marcus chain's conversion to digital...

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 10-03-2011, 07:48 PM:

Christian, just grab your towel, and

Don't Panic [Razz]

Posted by Christian Appelt (Member # 1067) on 10-05-2011, 07:24 AM:

Joe,
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 10-05-2011, 11:12 AM:

Back from Corona. Looking for a Corona...

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 10-07-2011, 06:08 PM:

Sorry for the long post, but the Hitchhikers stuff has me thinking of my favorite part of another book by Douglas Adams:

quote:
High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse.
From under its rough woven cowl the Monk gazed unblinkingly down into
another valley, with which it was having a problem.
The day was hot, the sun stood in an empty hazy sky and beat down
upon the grey rocks and the scrubby, parched grass. Nothing moved, not
even the Monk. The horse's tail moved a little, swishing slightly to
try and move a little air, but that was all. Otherwise, nothing moved.
The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher
or a video recorder. Dishwashers washed tedious dishes for you, thus
saving you the bother of washing them yourself, video recorders watched
tedious television for you, thus saving you the bother of looking at it
yourself; Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what
was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the
things the world expected you to believe.
Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had
started to believe all kinds of things, more or less at random.
It was even beginning to believe things they'd have difficulty believing in
Salt Lake City. It had never heard of Salt Lake City, of course. Nor
had it ever heard of a quingigillion, which was roughly the number of
miles between this valley and the Great Salt Lake of Utah.

The problem with the valley was this. The Monk currently believed
that the valley and everything in the valley and around it, including
the Monk itself and the Monk's horse, was a uniform shade of pale pink.
This made for a certain difficulty in distinguishing any one thing from
any other thing, and therefore made doing anything or going anywhere
impossible, or at least difficult and dangerous. Hence the immobility
of the Monk and the boredom of the horse, which had had to put up with
a lot of silly things in its time but was secretly of the opinion that
this was one of the silliest.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 10-07-2011, 08:56 PM:

Back from Corona... and Goodyear. Now to get ready for St. Louis on Sunday...

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 10-16-2011, 02:44 PM:

Some days it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 10-17-2011, 09:28 PM:

Mace makes me horny.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 10-19-2011, 03:52 AM:

Some people are like Slinkies; they aren't really good for anything, but damn, they do bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 10-21-2011, 03:47 PM:

Pondering the meaning of life as the DirecTv screensaver dances about on my TV......

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 10-21-2011, 04:53 PM:

Life is like a shit sandwich - the more bread you've got, the less shit you have to eat.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 10-22-2011, 12:47 PM:

OK, Father, so skip all the theology bullshit and gimme the bottom line -- how much can I get away with and still get to heaven?

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 10-27-2011, 11:05 AM:

I was talking to the duck...

Posted by Jeremy Jorgenson (Member # 2989) on 10-28-2011, 09:57 PM:

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 10-30-2011, 08:06 PM:

Going to be in SoCal this week scouting new rental digs for a friend... and for myself. My friend has a new gig in Santa Monica, and I may have a new gig myself down there in the next month or so. Really looking forward to it.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 11-02-2011, 12:12 AM:

The agnostic dyslexic lays awake at night wondering if there really is a dog.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-03-2011, 03:37 PM:

I love palindromes. I love kitties. Ergo...

Taco Cat!

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 11-11-2011, 04:39 PM:

Nice warning we got on that asteroid that passed close to the earth last week. Makes me think of Billy Bob in Armageddon:

quote:
Well, our object collison budget's a million dollars. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beg'n your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-12-2011, 05:48 PM:

From this week's Las Vegas CityLife:

quote:
God gave pedestrians legs so they could get outta of my way!

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 11-12-2011, 05:51 PM:

Definition of DNA:

'National Dyslexic Association'

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-13-2011, 07:30 PM:

$121,000 (and still descending): median home price in Las Vegas, NV for October

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 11-19-2011, 01:40 AM:

I voted Republican and all I got was . . . err . . . nevermind, here are your fries. Thank you come again!!

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 11-19-2011, 01:19 PM:

Zip a dee doo dah, zip a dee yay
My oh my what a wonderful day!

(Note to Disney: I'll mail you a check for the use of the lyrics)

Posted by Matthew McBride (Member # 6598) on 11-19-2011, 01:54 PM:

But wait..... there's more.....

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-20-2011, 08:59 PM:

Heh heh, going back down to SoCal next weekend to see some newly struck 35mm prints of some of my favorite Studio Ghibli films at the LACMA!

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 11-21-2011, 03:03 AM:

Don't be such a tease, Paul What titles?

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-21-2011, 12:32 PM:

Both films directed by Hayao Miyazaki:

Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ　Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta), 1986 (25th anniversary preview screening)

Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し　Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi), 2001 (10th anniversary preview screening)

Both will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 11-22-2011, 01:27 AM:

Sweet!

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 11-24-2011, 09:47 AM:

Dude! What's mine say?

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-24-2011, 04:15 PM:

A corporation is not a person until Texas executes one.

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 11-24-2011, 11:03 PM:

There are two sides to every woman: Heads, she's crazy. Tails, same as heads.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 11-27-2011, 06:17 PM:

Apple does it again!

Apple announced today that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music. The iTit will cost from $499 to $699, depending on cup and speaker size. Like most of Apple's product launches, this is considered a major social breakthrough and will have quite a social impact because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 12-05-2011, 09:05 PM:

Posted by Matthew McBride (Member # 6598) on 12-06-2011, 11:58 AM:

That green band should appear on a lot of recent movies [Wink]

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 12-06-2011, 03:10 PM:

Posted by Mark Ogden (Member # 43) on 12-06-2011, 04:00 PM:

When you're a one-sheet artist and out of ideas, go for the eyes.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 12-15-2011, 04:53 AM:

A Dr. Phil on TV said that in order to find inner harmony we should always finish the things we start....and hey, we all could use more calm in our lives; I certainly can.

I looked around my house to find things I'd started & hadn't finished, so I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, and ohhh, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins, an a box of chocletz.

Yu haf no idr how fablus I feel rite now.

Sned this to all who need inner piss, an telum u luvum!

Posted by Christian Appelt (Member # 1067) on 12-15-2011, 01:23 PM:

I'm out of line. It just bugs me to see somebody abusing a decent piece of machinery.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 12-16-2011, 11:39 PM:

From my friend Keith up in SAC:

quote:
I like my people like I like my coffee... I don't like coffee.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 01-01-2012, 07:51 AM:

Stop SOPA. Write your congressman now.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 01-07-2012, 10:36 PM:

HTPC update - running great! Working through some updates and configuration issues, but so far I really like what I'm seeing and hearing out of this new rig. Haven't had this much fun since going through NEC install training last year!

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 01-08-2012, 09:12 PM:

My journey toward the Dark Side is complete...I have now installed a D-Crapema system!!! [Eek!]

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 01-08-2012, 11:25 PM:

Wash your hands after playing with that stuff, Tony. [Big Grin]

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 01-12-2012, 07:24 PM:

--- deleted ---

Did the duct tape one a while back, it just seemed to fit here.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 02-07-2012, 11:39 PM:

We're not going to let this thread die, are we? Where in the world is Paul Mayer?!

---------------------------------

FIVE RULES TO REMEMBER IN LIFE:

1. Money cannot buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle.

2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the bastard's name.

3. Help people when they are in trouble and they will remember you when they're in trouble again.

4. Many people are alive only because it's illegal to shoot them.

5. Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then neither does milk.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 02-08-2012, 09:06 PM:

Oh I'm still here... for now. Still workin' on gettin' my ass back to SoCal...

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 02-09-2012, 12:01 AM:

Hi Paul.

One more Life Lesson:

#6 - Never trust a fart.

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 02-09-2012, 12:47 AM:

>meow<

quote:
A Dr. Phil on TV said that in order to find inner harmony we should always finish the things we start....and hey, we all could use more calm in our lives; I certainly can.

I looked around my house to find things I'd started & hadn't finished, so I finished off a bottle of Merlot, a bottle of Chardonnay, and ohhh, a bodle of Baileys, a butle of wum, tha mainder of Valiuminun scriptins, an a box of chocletz.

Yu haf no idr how fablus I feel rite now.

Sned this to all who need inner piss, an telum u luvum!

LOL - sharing this...

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 02-13-2012, 12:10 AM:

Ghibli posters all packed up. Driving back to LVNV now.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 05-13-2012, 12:01 PM:

I'm not dead yet... [evil]

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 05-16-2012, 11:06 PM:

Good to hear. May be out your way in September. Haven't decided yet if we are going to DragonCon, or Buring Man. Both are on teh same weekend, both are all kinds of crazy.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 05-19-2012, 03:28 PM:

Just when you thought film was dead or they already called the priest to give Last Rites, I get a call from one of my steady venues to run a festival of features and shorts....on 16mm! If people still want to run 16mm for public presentation, surely 35mm is not yet gasping its last breath.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 06-23-2012, 08:48 AM:

"Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was
younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the fuck was going on when I first saw it."

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-04-2012, 03:16 PM:

Now I watch movies and half way thru them realise I had seen them before but can't remember that I did.

Happy Independence Day.

Oh, PS -- I am on a crusade to get people to say Independence Day and not the 4th of July. The 4th of July? It's stupid. Imagine if we said, Merry twenty-fifth of December! or Happy First of January!! It's Independence Day...why are we not proud enough of that? Do we not say it because we don't want to offend the Brits? You know, our closest alies since they came over here and tried to kill us?

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 07-10-2012, 06:18 PM:

You could just say Happy ID4!

[Big Grin]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 07-10-2012, 08:03 PM:

Or you could channel your inner Chris Rock and say "Happy White People's Day."

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 07-17-2012, 10:06 PM:

From a webpage about needing to update our superstitions to the modern age:

quote:
If you drop your smartphone, you will have six days' misfortune, if only because the screen is now broken and you keep getting glass in your thumb whenever you try to use it. If you drop your smartphone and the screen doesn't break, you have already had good luck.

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 07-27-2012, 03:52 PM:

Reportedly from the headstone of Russell J. Larsen in the Logan City Cemetery, Logan, Utah:

FIVE RULES FOR MEN TO FOLLOW FOR A HAPPY LIFE:

1. It's important to have a woman who helps at home, cooks from time to time, cleans up, and has a job.

2. It's important to have a woman who can make you laugh.

3. It's important to have a woman who you can trust, and doesn't lie to you.

4. It's important to have a woman who is good in bed, and likes to be with you.

5. It's very, very important that these four women do not know each other or you could end up like me.

Posted by Rachel Craven (Member # 1016) on 08-01-2012, 12:05 PM:

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

At least to say hi...

HI! =)

Posted by Rachel Craven (Member # 1016) on 08-01-2012, 12:06 PM:

Hmmm.. I really don't like that picture...

<---- BOOOO!

How has everyone been? I see lots of the same faces! =)

Posted by Ron Funderburg (Member # 4561) on 08-01-2012, 02:52 PM:

Well for me not been a good year. Had major intestinal surgery and now major complications and will have to have more when two things have been meet. One I pay off the first bill and two I have healed enough for the reattachment surgery.

Other than Mrs Lincoln how was the play? LOL

I'm so hoping to get this all behind me before new year so I can have a great year next year. I had six months of pain leading up to the emergency. Don't ignore pain get to the doctor.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 08-01-2012, 05:22 PM:

Hi Rachel, nice to see you again!

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 08-06-2012, 03:37 PM:

Jeepers, Rachel. Where ya been?

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 08-06-2012, 04:31 PM:

Welcome back madame moderator. [Smile]

And Ron, best wishes for a speedy recovery!!

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-16-2012, 03:33 AM:

Fun week at the ol Hollywood 10......

Going digital, while the GM is on vacation. Great timing! LOL

All the cat6 was installed yesterday and today. What a clusterF*. Pretty amusing though, and the guys weren't hard to look at either [Wink]

Supposed to get 7 NECs 8am Fri morning... And the Fathom projector moved from house 1 to house 5(smaller, don't have to move stuff around as much). Exciting times. Bittersweet.

Had a minor disaster today. Was labeling all the hard drives on the shelf(huge influx) and the projector for house 4 (running half way through Dark Knight Rises) beside me gradually gets REALLY loud, knocking, over the course of about 5-10 seconds. I go investigate, and suddenly the bottom loop disappears and the image onscreen 'smears'. I stop it and immediately see that one of the gate bands just snapped right in front of me, what are the chances!? Thank god I was right there, just the tiny moment from when it snapped to when I hit stop, it tore through about a foot or so of the film. [Frown]

Anyhoo, 15 minutes later, I had the splice made, band changed out, and back on screen with a band from a spare projector. It'll do for the next 3 or 4 days before the digital projectors take over. :/

Posted by Jim Henk (Member # 3628) on 08-16-2012, 03:41 AM:

quote: Rachel Craven
Hmmm.. I really don't like that picture...

Madam Moderator, I cannot imagine you ever having taken a bad picture. Be well.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-17-2012, 07:37 PM:

Most of the equipment is here, booth is a disaster.

4 NC1200
2 NC2000
1 NC3200
And our current 3 Barco DP2000

Install starts tomorrow!!

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-18-2012, 10:39 PM:

House 10 now has a NEC. Lots of bugs to be worked out.

Tore down a print of Paranorman tonight that only had 4 runs on it, including the screening.

This is hitting me harder than I thought it would.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-21-2012, 03:41 AM:

Sad days.

Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 08-21-2012, 08:39 AM:

quote: Buck Wilson
This is hitting me harder than I thought it would.

Really?
Wait till they tell you that their equipment financing
arrangments require them to enter into a manditory service
agreement, with everthing monitored remotely by a NOC, which
effectively prevents you from doing anything in the booth,
thus making you digitally disemployed, since they can now
get get some minimum wage 'kid' at the box office to do
everything now for a lot less money than you're making.
Think I'm kidding? I've seen it happen, more than once.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-21-2012, 05:17 PM:

Oh we're already getting a NOC. What a load of crap.

'Luckily' I'll still have a job, it just won't be nearly as fun. Or rewarding for that matter.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-24-2012, 01:40 AM:

This conversion is a disaster. Was supposed to be all wrapped up on Wednesday, and it's now Friday and every projector needs manual help starting up in one way or another. It's always different, and each one is different. Automation, sound formats, masking, lens changes, bulb strikes, dowser, ugh. Have yet to have a perfect start on any screen.

I keep catching myself welling up in tears when I go to move the build up table, or pack payout brains away....

Stressful. But I really feel sorry for the techs. Poor guys.

Also, I far prefer the Dolby d cinema software than the dorami/cenedigm stuff. Much more user friendly.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 08-28-2012, 09:04 AM:

Any idea what their reasoning was for using so many different brands and types of equipment other than since they are paying for third-party monitoring and maintenance, they don't have to be concerned about the easy of operation uniforminty provides.

One thing you can be sure, if a part dies in digital equipment, you are not going to be able to repair it like you could by replacing that band in 15 minutes -- there won't be spare parts laying around that you can pull from a "spare projector." No spare projectors in the basement with digital, and even if there were one in the basement, it would be there because its obsolete, not useable for parts. With digital, just like their ones and zeros, they are either ON and working or OFF and broken...very little inbetween, and certainly not anything that can be repaired in minutes.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-30-2012, 01:00 PM:

Boy you've sure got that right.

G.M. accidentally put on a 3D trailer to Lawless yesterday. No big deal right? With film, it's just a matter of taking it out, and even with the Dolby software it was just 'right-click, delete, save' it out of the playlist.

But this.... This. He took it out, which dis-associated the trailer pack from the movie, and apparently dis-associated the whole clip from the title somehow. After fixing those issues, all appeared to be well. Lawless started as scheduled. Except it wasn't Lawless like it said, it was Total Recall. Customer informed us, we went off screen. VNC into the projector cause the LMS can't directly connect yet for god knows why, 'eject' the playing Total Recall, go to editor, open(which is where Lawless should've been) but it wasn't there, at all. It's as if the movie disappeared. Ended up playing JUST the feature, with no cues or anything, just to get it back on screen. It's going to need built up from scratch now I guess.

All this from removing a trailer.

We were then told that the easiest way to make a change like that, is to remake the whole trailer pack , and re-associate it with the movie. What a load. And don't even get me started on the fact that you have to re-associate each pack to each movie each week.

/RAGERANT

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 09-13-2012, 03:18 PM:

I'm back. Larger than life. Twice as ugly. And I still have not won this damn contest. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 09-14-2012, 01:40 PM:

It's not the winning, it's the journey! Ask all the constants that loose those reality shows!

Posted by Rachel Craven (Member # 1016) on 09-24-2012, 10:37 PM:

Post! [Smile]

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 09-25-2012, 08:24 AM:

Here! [Smile]

Posted by Martin McCaffery (Member # 37) on 09-25-2012, 08:42 AM:

Quick, I need an alibi

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-25-2012, 11:51 AM:

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay

They don't write lyrics like that anymore

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 09-25-2012, 01:04 PM:

"Cement mixer... puddy puddy..."

No, they sure don't. [Big Grin]

Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 09-25-2012, 03:39 PM:

Singin' Doo Wah Diddy...

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 09-25-2012, 10:57 PM:

I lost my sanity last night at the Embassy Suites Outdoor World in Grapevine. I'm OK with loosing this. [thumbsup]

But I am not ok with the way my Packers lost last night [fu]

ref's.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 09-28-2012, 01:05 AM:

For a second there, I thought you wrote virginity!

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 10-13-2012, 12:03 AM:

Ok, since everyone else gave up that means I win!!!!

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 10-13-2012, 07:45 AM:

I guess everybody has to quit posting here, now, because Joe won...

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 10-13-2012, 12:29 PM:

Like Hell! [Smile]

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 10-16-2012, 08:57 AM:

-- INTERMISSION --

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 10-24-2012, 05:34 AM:

Jets suck, Yankees suck, Knicks suck. Krypton sucks.

Posted by Ian Parfrey (Member # 5122) on 10-24-2012, 06:30 AM:

Best Ever Theatre Ad Announcer - Barry Freedman

Total class.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 10-31-2012, 06:28 AM:

Trick or freakin Treat!

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 11-02-2012, 11:06 PM:

They could be fascist anarchists, it still doesn't change the fact that I don't own a car.

Posted by Logan Frizzell (Member # 7247) on 11-03-2012, 12:55 PM:

SO whats my prize? >.>

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 11-03-2012, 01:23 PM:

quote: Mike Blakesley
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay

They don't write lyrics like that anymore

Mairzy doatsen dozey doatsen
Liddle lamzey divey.
Akittley divey two!
Woodden shoe?

Spoiler Alert - Click to Toggle

If the words sound queer
and funny to your ear,
a little bit jumbled and jivey,
just sing "MARES-EAT-OATS and DOES-EAT-OATS"
and "LITTLE-LAMBS-EAT-IVY."

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 11-04-2012, 08:20 PM:

DOH, I still haven't won

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-05-2012, 01:04 AM:

Me either, dammit... [Smile]

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 11-05-2012, 09:20 AM:

It's not about the winning...it's all about the posting!

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-05-2012, 01:21 PM:

Hear hear!

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 11-06-2012, 12:22 AM:

There there.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 11-06-2012, 08:18 PM:

They're there.

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 11-06-2012, 10:17 PM:

I'm here and I'm queer........

Deal with it beiotches. [Razz]

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-07-2012, 01:22 PM:

They're at their there.

Posted by Matthew McBride (Member # 6598) on 11-07-2012, 02:28 PM:

Now why did what ask where who was when what was already there?

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 11-07-2012, 08:39 PM:

i had to help my uncle jack off a horse

I had to help my uncle, Jack, off a horse.

Always use correct spelling and punctuation.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 11-08-2012, 01:22 PM:

Woman without her man would be lost.

Woman - without her, man would be lost.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 11-12-2012, 09:52 PM:

57 years ago tonight at 10:04pm (PST) a bolt of lightening hit a clock tower in Hill Valley, CA.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 11-19-2012, 01:37 PM:

...and a francise was born. Lots of people made piles o money.

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 11-25-2012, 12:42 PM:

The grad with a Science degree asks : "Why does it work?"
The grad with an Engineering degree asks: "How does it work?"
The grad with an Accounting degree asks : "How much will it cost?"
The grad with a Liberal Arts degree asks: "Do you want fries with that?"

Posted by Edward Havens (Member # 4715) on 11-25-2012, 08:20 PM:

Mario Party 8.

I'm a winner!

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 12-05-2012, 08:49 PM:

Has anyone seen Mr. Bean's Holiday(2007)

Pretty extensive booth scene near the end. Kinoten equipment

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 12-22-2012, 12:33 AM:

Last one to post before the world ends . . . woo hoo!!!

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 12-22-2012, 03:06 AM:

And I'm the first person to post here after everyone just realized that the Mayans didn't have a CLUE what they were talking about.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 12-22-2012, 08:42 AM:

Okay, so 2000 years ago, some guy got tired and stopped counting? That's supposed to mean something?

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 12-27-2012, 01:27 PM:

Welcome to the Kobiyashi Maru Version 3.0

Posted by Marcel Birgelen (Member # 6801) on 12-28-2012, 08:07 PM:

quote: Frank Angel
And I'm the first person to post here after everyone just realized that the Mayans didn't have a CLUE what they were talking about.

The problem could also be the other way around... Maybe we don't have a clue what they were talking about?

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 12-29-2012, 01:08 PM:

That too!

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 01-01-2013, 12:31 AM:

First!

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 01-01-2013, 04:13 AM:

Sloppy seconds.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 01-02-2013, 09:00 PM:

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 01-02-2013, 09:54 PM:

That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 01-03-2013, 11:15 AM:

Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 01-03-2013, 12:37 PM:

No Coke, Pepsi!

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 01-03-2013, 11:43 PM:

I can has cheeseburger!

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 01-04-2013, 01:20 AM:

I has canned cheeseburger!

Posted by Jeremy Fuentes (Member # 2135) on 01-10-2013, 11:06 PM:

I win.

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 01-11-2013, 01:54 PM:

You only think you win...

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 01-13-2013, 02:22 AM:

But if you think you win, you lose. See the rules of "The Game":

From one of many web sites about "The Game", www.losethegame.com

Rule 1: You are playing The Game.
You, along with everyone else in the world, always is, always has been, and always will be playing The Game. Neither awareness nor consent is required to play.

Rule 2: Every time you think about The Game, you lose.
Loss is temporary; as soon as you forget about The Game you stop losing. The objective of The Game is to forget that it exists. Good luck.

Rule 3: Loss of The Game must be announced.
Every time you think about The Game, and hence lose, you must say so. This is the only rule that can be broken, but do you really need to cheat..?

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-13-2013, 02:06 PM:

That was one of the very few movies about which you can truly say, "Man, that is fucked up!"

Posted by Jay Glaus (Member # 6011) on 02-03-2013, 03:01 AM:

This is the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friends!

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 02-13-2013, 10:34 AM:

It's better to burn out than to fade away...

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 02-13-2013, 11:04 AM:

"Welcome my friends to the show that never ends..."

Posted by Clint Koch (Member # 1179) on 02-13-2013, 11:41 AM:

we're so glad you could attend, come inside come inside...

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 02-13-2013, 07:40 PM:

Damn, still no winner

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 02-14-2013, 08:16 AM:

Soon the gypsy queen in a glaze of Vaseline will perform on guillotine. What a scene! What a scene!

Posted by Mitchell Dvoskin (Member # 751) on 02-27-2013, 09:54 AM:

I wish my life was a non-stop hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes,
Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain
And celluloid heroes never really die.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 03-22-2013, 12:00 AM:

If the Mayans have taught us anything, it is that if you don't finish something, it's not the end of the world. -funnyoneliners

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 03-23-2013, 01:00 PM:

Ohhh when you're going on a date, and you put on a shirt! And you ride your bike to the daaaaate!

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 04-09-2013, 07:33 AM:

Ahh, yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip
Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum, get a job

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 04-09-2013, 10:20 AM:

Been workin' on that for a year-and-a-half. May have something shortly...

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 04-10-2013, 08:03 AM:

Propel, propel thy watercraft
Through aqueous solution.
Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically,
Existence is but illusion.

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 04-10-2013, 05:47 PM:

Shit, I still have not won

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 04-10-2013, 07:59 PM:

Nor have I.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 04-19-2013, 01:10 AM:

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 04-19-2013, 01:59 PM:

Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy...

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 04-21-2013, 11:01 AM:

T'was brillig and the slivey toes, did gire and gimbal in the wabe.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 04-24-2013, 09:41 PM:

“In music, though, one doesn’t make the end of a composition. The point of the composition is not to get to the end of the composition. If that were so the best composers would be the ones that got to the end the fastest. And there would be composers who only wrote finales. People would go to the concert just to hear one crashing chord. Cause that’s the end. Same as dancing. You don’t aim at a particular spot in the room where you should arrive. The whole point of dancing is the dance.

But we don’t see that as something brought on by our education in our everyday conduct. We’ve got a system of schooling which gives a completely different impression. It’s all graded. And what we do is we put the child into the corridor of this grade system. And then you start off kindergarten, and that’s a great thing because you get into first grade. And then common, first grade leads into second grade and so on, and then you get out of grade school and you’ve got high school. And its revving up. The thing is coming. Then you’ve got to go to college, and hopefully you go to graduate school. And when you’re through with graduate school you go out to join the world. And then you get into some racket where you’re selling insurance. And they’ve got that quota to make and you’ve gotta make that. And all that time the thing is coming. Its coming, that great thing, that success you’ve been working for. Then one day you wake up about 40 years old and you say, “my god, I’ve arrived! I’m there!” And you don’t feel very different from what you always felt. And there’s a slight let down because you feel it was a hoax. And it was a hoax, a dreadful hoax. They made you miss everything. By expectation there are the people who lived to retire, and put those savings away. And then when they’re sixty five they don’t have any energy left. It feels like we’ve cheated ourselves the whole way down the line. We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage which had a serious purpose at the end. And the thing was, to get to that end, success, or whatever it is, or maybe heaven after your dead. But we missed the whole point all the way along. It was a musical thing, and you were supposed to sing…or to dance while the music was being played.”

- Alan Watts, From Coincidence of Opposites

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 05-15-2013, 06:38 PM:

Boy, add a little class to a thread around here, and it kills it.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 05-15-2013, 08:59 PM:

Joe, you're the kind of guy who has so much class that you step out of the shower to take a leak!

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 05-16-2013, 02:55 PM:

Thank you Buddy Hackett! [Smile]

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 05-16-2013, 04:06 PM:

Nah, but I won't pee down the drain. I'll lean out and aim across the room. Most of it makes it in and that's what counts.

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 05-16-2013, 04:47 PM:

I just aim for the drain.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 05-24-2013, 06:45 AM:

I try not to hit my wife's leg when i pee in the shower [Smile]

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 05-27-2013, 12:45 PM:

Happy Memorial Day everyone. While all the sales are great, take a moment to remember what it's really about.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 06-11-2013, 03:53 PM:

Wow the heat wave in Kansas is killing me. Was already 92 at 8am now it's about 105 out with 40 mph winds. Feels Exactly like a heater.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 07-14-2013, 02:28 AM:

I threaded and started a movie tonight. It felt sooooo right. Oh man............. I miss film........

Posted by Louis Bornwasser (Member # 3063) on 07-14-2013, 07:16 AM:

I now know how steam lcomotive engineers must have felt!

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 07-24-2013, 12:57 AM:

Lucky man I'd kill just to hear a projector running.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 07-29-2013, 01:32 AM:

Welp, I was fortunate enough to get back into film about a week ago at a second run 8 screen venue. I knew the booth was a mess, but WOOOOOOOW was I in for a surprise.

Building up and tearing down with the crap Speco wooden MUT sans rollers(Yes, really), actual feature film strewn all over the floor, overflowing trash everywhere, an awful STANK, grab bag of new and old Speco platter trees of which I don't believe there is a single fully functioning one... quarter inch of sludge on EVERYTHING, dozens upon dozens of rollers everywhere that don't spin, even more out of alignment, many trashed payout brains, no leader on ANYTHING, only one 'economy splicer'(crap strong variety) that is... less than operational and laden with yellow tape, there were movies plattered that had TAPED joins, no 'workstation' to be seen anywhere, just absolutely overwhelming. There's also 5 spare consoles, at least that many projector heads, 3+ spare Speco trees, amongst other crap in this booth....

I stayed late and built up World War Z the hard way, using a Big Sky MUT and one of the in-use Speco platters... Don't ask. Anyways, I used the only leader in the whole booth I could find and a screenvision ad and 2 days later I walk in to see WWZ on the fucking floor and the leader crumpled up in the trash along with HALF of the screenvision ad.

Dear lord, give me the strength to turn this booth around and train these jockeys.....

By this coming Thursday, I should have a fully functioning Big Sky platter setup/MUT dedicated to build up/tear down. Kinda nice having some of this spare stuff but boy did I play hell making room to set it up and get a workstation going.

I finally am familiar with most of the quirks of this booth as well as my general way around it.

GM has already said it looks better in my first 3 days than it has in the last 5+ years... I have SOOOOO far to go.

Tonight was pretty discouraging seeing a fresh print trashed so quick....

C'est la vie, better than no film. After January 1st, who knows what'll happen, so I'm going to ride this wave as long as I can.

4 Simplex millenniums, 3 Victoria something-or-others, and one older than dirt Century. Grab bag of consoles.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 07-29-2013, 02:03 AM:

This is exactly what I knew would happen. All of the theaters that couldn't afford to convert to digital are the SAME theaters that couldn't afford to do film right...and now they are the ONLY ones left!

Seriously, you should just walk away. That theater needs to convert to digital or close down. Operations like that are only killing film faster.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 07-29-2013, 07:45 AM:

You're right, it should, and that's probably the case at the end of the year.

Buuuut I'm a glutton for punishment and this second income is going to be pretty darn helpful. I certainly should just walk away though. And by walk, I mean jog. And by jog, I mean sprint. And by sprint, I mean run fast and far away like my life depended on it.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-30-2013, 08:27 PM:

Actually the anal-retentive part of my brain jumps for joy at the thought of turning a booth like that around -- I'd done it a few times along the way and the end-result is quite satisfying when you can look at a booth you've slapped into shape, everything running smoothly, clean, equipment aligned, picture and sound in the house as good as the equipment can put out but with a committment by management that you can upgrade whatever it takes to make it first class operation as well as permission to break fingers of anyone who steps into the booth and damages film or equipment.

But that was then; this is now. How depressing it will be for you to go thru all that work and creative energy only to face what you KNOW is going to be the preordained outcome of your efforts, because no matter your herclean efforts, they will close sooner rather than later close because they can't afford putting in digital; it's not even a question. Nor will they have the will do spend what's needed to do any of the things you want to do to make film look and sound reasonably good. It's truly a fruitless endeavor. Save yourself the heartache of seeing it close after while you are still there and after all your work and positive energy.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 07-31-2013, 03:15 AM:

I also got very excited when he gave me free reign, as I have a similar personality. It's just that this is preeety overwhelming.

And you guys are both right. This is kind of a fruitless endeavor. HOWEVER, I am 100% sure I'd regret it the rest of my life if I didn't do EVERYTHING I could, while I still could.

Not to mention, in this booth, I can do anything. It's my own playground. All the little things I wanted to try and didn't have the guts to do before. Anything. It can only go up, and we're already having less lost shows than before. And I've only been here a week.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-31-2013, 02:03 PM:

Buck, best of luck to you, brother. There is nothing more reqarding than seeing the fruits of your labor and expertise produce images and sound in your theatre you can be proud of, not to mention a booth that is clean, logically arranged and conducive to a good work-ethic.

Not to mention, if you can turn this around and get it running as a class operation, they might just make enough profit to put in digital before film goes away. If that can happen, at least the digital box will go into a booth environment that won't trash it in a month.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 07-31-2013, 04:10 PM:

One thing I was surprised to see is that this place is way busier than I expected. They DO make money, a substantial amount. And with the (relatively) low overhead, they're keeping a huge chunk of it.

The big hurdle with going digital is the infrastructure. They'd have to replace EVERYTHING from the wiring, to the sound, to the screens.

The start of the year is going to bring one of two things: investing in the building by converting the front 4 to digital, turning the back 4 into family fun junk like black light mini golf, brew n view, etc -OR- the place will be leveled for a price chopper.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-13-2013, 03:31 PM:

Things in the Plaza booth are coming along quite nicely. I have made some significant progress! It's amazing what a good cleaning can do.... Much work left though.

"You can have whatever you want from the booth" is a pretty nice incentive. There's some cool stuff up here.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 08-15-2013, 12:48 AM:

The eskimos eat the fat from the whale.

Posted by Jim Cassedy (Member # 4115) on 08-15-2013, 05:13 PM:

D'oh!

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-15-2013, 05:30 PM:

Carrizozo, Ruidoso, Cloudcroft... I do like towns like these...

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 08-16-2013, 07:42 PM:

2 Gnus. The story of two rogue mail servers that become self aware and begin shooting people. Based on a true story from 1989.

You know that Gnus gives you all the opportunity you'd ever want for shooting yourself in the foot. Some people call it flexibility. Gnus is also customizable to a great extent, which means that the user has a say on how Gnus behaves. Other newsreaders might unconditionally shoot you in your foot, but with Gnus, you have a choice!

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-19-2013, 03:55 AM:

Sooooo.... which would y'all choose?

This'll be for a home setup at some point.

Console:

Xetron XCN-35 or Strong X90?

Projector:

Cinnemecannica V4, Prevost P-55, or an unknown older Simplex of which I'm not sure the model?

Posted by Edward Havens (Member # 4715) on 08-19-2013, 04:02 PM:

I miss my Cinemeccanicas. Just the best damn projector I ever had the pleasure of using.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-23-2013, 12:45 PM:

The booth is cleaning up pretty nice. Everyone is in AWE at A)all the work I've done and B)That I even care to do it. Rofl.

No one knew to oil the V4s at every threading.

The manager had a large list of things for the tech the next time he came up but he said I took care of all of the issues on it.

They are referring to me as the booth god.

What a sweet gig.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-23-2013, 03:07 PM:

INSANE lot of equipment estate:

http://omaha.craigslist.org/pho/3974188797.html

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 08-31-2013, 12:20 AM:

Was that theater built by Mid-America Cinema? I know Mid-America spanned Colorado to Ohio, but I only knew the theaters in KC. They had v-4's in most of their theaters. I started at Truman Corners in Grandview Mo, the worked Watts Mill, and Red Bridge. I took the V-4's at Watts Mill and tore each one down to the base, and rebuilt them. We were running side by side, and were using 2 hour reels, which were far too large for them, but it meant if a movie was 1:50 or less, I could run on one, and rebuild the other.

I miss those projectors.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 08-31-2013, 05:33 AM:

Dick Durwood/Crown Cinema built it. It started out as Plaza 4 in 1983, with 4 Xetron/Prevost p55 combos, then expanded to Plaza 8 in 1991 with 4 used Cinemecannica V4Es

When I got here, the V4s were running ridiculously loud. One of the intermittents was completely dry, and no one had been pressing the oil button for god knows how long. At least 2 years. They are running MUCH MUCH quieter now. One of them did seize up though and was replaced with a Simplex 1050 sometime in the last 5 years or so.

I'm growing pretty fond of the V4s myself. The one in house 5 is darn near silent.

It's so hard to keep things decent in this booth. I can clean the booth itself as much as I want, but getting everyone to not trash film is another story altogether. They keep blaming the equipment.... News flash, the equipment aims to please, nor have I had any issues. Can you say 'operator error'??

I'm certainly enjoying myself either way though.

In use equipment:

3 Strong HighLight/Simplex 1060/5-star combos
1 Xetron XCN/Century H Combo
3 Cinemecannica V4E/Strong super lumex combos
1 Strong 1050/Strong super lumex combo

Other equipment not in use:

4 Prevost P-55s
3 Xetron XCN consoles
2 Strong X90 consoles
1 Simplex XL with older IPC soundhead
1 Cinemecannica V4E
3 SPECO LP 270s
1 Big sky platter sys with MUT
More parts than one could shake a stick at....

The xetron consoles appear to be pretty easy on bulbs. The one in use currently has 4400 hours on a 2k bulb, with a used 2k nearby with over 6000 hours on it. Crazy!

All platters are SPECO LP-270s. 3 of the 8 are the newer LP-270s.

Whoever designed the recessed brain needs shot.

I'm down to only one down platter deck from 5+. It's throwing me for a loop right now but I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually.

Wow, that made for quite a ramble.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-06-2013, 12:52 AM:

Really good productive day at Plaza today. Had a tech come by this am and fix one of the projector bulbs not coming on at all(Total derp issue, lets not go there), a platter deck, and a failsafe switch.

Then I spent the day getting caught up on Screenvision ads. And for the first time since being employed there, over a month, I AM OFFICIALLY CAUGHT UP with all programming! And all features have LEADERS! What a novel idea......

Every platter works now, all projectors shut down at the end of shows now, all can be started with automation.... Things are going quite well.

MUCH to be organized yet, but things are 'clean' for the most part now. Save for a few projector heads and payout brains.

As far as staffing, things are getting better. The GM has made it perfectly clear to everyone employed that I am the only actual projectionist. Anyone else that threads is merely a "projectionist", I say who is actually a projectionist and everyone answers to me as far as the booth is concerned. Certainly helpful. There's one guy that is showing a good amount of interest and care, he's my favorite right now. No one else can even seem to grasp the concept of threading the platters properly let alone the projectors.

Things are great, I'm loving it! I look forward to going to work.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-06-2013, 01:20 AM:

Congrats Buck. The digital conversion is next week, right? [Razz]

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-06-2013, 05:58 AM:

Bahahaha! We'll see! This cramped booth sure could use the extra space digital would provide! [Razz]

Posted by Steve Moore (Member # 4753) on 09-06-2013, 12:18 PM:

I forgot.. what do we win?

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 09-06-2013, 06:58 PM:

You win all the broken down 35mm equipment you can fit in your truck, and a demotion to popcorn boy.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-06-2013, 09:23 PM:

That is an eerily accurate description of my life in 4 months. LOL

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-08-2013, 07:35 PM:

This is for you married guys...

________________________________

My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed.
I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have Sex?'
'No,' she answered.
I then said, 'Is that your final answer?'

... She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying, 'Yes..'
So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."

And that's when the fight started...

________________________________

I took my wife to a restaurant.

The waiter, for some reason, took my order first.

"I'll have the rump steak, rare, please."
He said, "Aren't you worried about the mad cow?"
"Nah, she can order for herself."

And that's when the fight started.....

_____________________________

My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school
reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his
drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.

I asked her, "Do you know him?"
"Yes", she sighed,
"He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking
right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he
hasn't been sober since."

"My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on
celebrating that long?"

And then the fight started...

________________________________

When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed.
But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat,
making beer.. Always something more important to me.

Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point.
When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing
scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into
the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again
I handed her a toothbrush.

I said, "When you finish cutting the
grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.

_____________________________

My wife sat down next to me as I was flipping channels.
She asked, "What's on TV?"
I said, "Dust."

And then the fight started...

________________________________

Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the
boat up to the van and proceeded to back out into a torrential
downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather
would be bad all day.

I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife's back;
now with a different anticipation,
and whispered, "The weather out there is terrible."

My loving wife of 5 years replied, "And, can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?"

And that's how the fight started...

_______________________________

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds."

I bought her a bathroom scale.

And then the fight started......

______________________________

After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply
for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me

for my driver's License to verify my age. I looked in my pockets

and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that

I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.

The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'.
So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair.

She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application.

When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.

She said, 'You should have dropped
your pants. You might have gotten disability too.'

And then the fight started...

________________________________

My wife was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.

She was not happy with what she saw and said to me,
"I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you
to pay me a compliment.'

I replied, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect."

And then the fight started........

________________________________

I rear-ended a car this morning...the start of a REALLY bad day!

The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!!
He looked up at me and said 'I am NOT Happy!'
So I said, 'Well, which one ARE you then?'

That's how the fight started.

________________________________

One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot
as a Christmas gift...

The next year, I didn't buy her a gift
When she asked me why, I replied,
"Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"

And that's how the fight started.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 09-19-2013, 10:02 PM:

Last year, I was diagnosed with Central Apnea. My doctor was puzzled, as typically one gets Central Apnea (as apposed to normal obstructive apnea), from either severe head trama, or brain surgery. He asked me if I had had any severe head trama. I thought for a moment, and said "No, but I have been married for 20 years, does that count?"

True story.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 11-15-2013, 01:39 PM:

Plaza 8 booth is going qiute well, much MUCH has been accomplished lately. Even got all the spare consoles and projectors to storage!!

Apparently at least on some level, the distribs have noticed prints coming back in resonable condition(MUCH unlike before) and prints are actually going to other places after us now. Or maybe that's just the scarcity of prints. Either way, The gm said that NEVER happened before I showed up. All prints went to Denver.

We've recieved 2 brand new prints in the last couple of weeks as well! Cloudy w/a chance of Meatballs 2 and The Millers.

Things are looking up overall too, looks like our chain may be buying the local Drive-in meaning discounted digital projectors also meaning at MINIMUM Plaza gets 2 digitals over winter. I'll also pretty much be running that drive in. Fancy times in the kingdom!!

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 11-15-2013, 11:34 PM:

Life's a bitch, then she divorces you!

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 11-17-2013, 03:19 PM:

A man walk up to his parked car and finds the rear bumper panel badly crushed. He notices a note on his windshield. He opens the note and it reads, I am very sorry I rammed your car. I was texting while at the same time trying to park...my bad. Please accept my sincere apologies. All the by-standers who are watching me write this note think I am leaving my name and number for you to contact me; they are mistaken."

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 11-17-2013, 11:59 PM:

Back to riding motocross again and now training two young bucks to race professionally...

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 12-05-2013, 11:43 PM:

http://kpr.craigslist.org/pho/4149565836.html

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 12-10-2013, 06:42 PM:

After going thru a battery of tests to find out why I am out of breath and get chest pains as well as incapacitating fatigue after only mild exertion, the doctors were stumped. All tests all came out with no obvious cause. So it was more extensive tests, this time in the hospital with the most sophisticated equipment but to no avail. I was getting pretty frustrated and after the last barrage of tests, I asked the doctors what was there conclusion. They both seemed quite upset that they had no definitive answer for me.

That's when I said, "Hey guys -- don't let it bother you; I am sure you will figure it out at the autopsy."

They didn't see the humor.

True story.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 02-21-2014, 06:20 PM:

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
Trash it, change it, mail - upgrade it,
Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it,
Snap it, work it, quick - erase it,

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 02-24-2014, 02:56 PM:

Enjoying my Crown DC-300A Series II amps I picked up used for a steal. Gain knob on one of the channels will hiss loudly at a certain position tho but no big deal.

Posted by Rick Raskin (Member # 1561) on 02-24-2014, 04:01 PM:

...and this thread still lives!

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 02-24-2014, 09:22 PM:

No one else listens to Daft Punk? This song is a goofy one, but if you work with computers or projectors, it will stick in your head. It actually gets into the song at about 45 seconds.

Daft Punk - Technologic

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 02-24-2014, 10:38 PM:

I enjoyed what Daft Punk did on Tron:Legacy. But im a rock,blues,metal type of guy. Always open to new music tho.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 02-25-2014, 12:20 AM:

I <3 Daft Punk

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 02-27-2014, 02:28 AM:

Of these lenses, which, if any, would suit a small 20ft wide screen the best? Or just get the biggest because too big isn't really a thing?

And are these good lenses?

ISCO RED Ultra Star Plus 62.5mm Integrated anamorphic

ISCO RED Ultra Star Plus 67.5mm Integrated Anamorphic 35mm Cinema Projector Lens

ISCO - OPTIC Ultra Star HD Plus 1.85 MC 40mm FL 35mm Cine Projector lens

ISCO RED Ultra Star Plus 77.5mm Integrated Anamorphic 35mm Cinema Projector lens

ISCO - OPTIC Ultra Star HD Plus 1.85 MC 35mm FL 35mm Cine Projector Lens

ISCO - OPTIC Ultra Star HD Plus 1.85 MC 35mm FL 35mm Cine Projector Lens

ISCO RED Ultra Star Plus 60mm Integrated Anamorphic

ISCO - OPTIC Ultra Star HD Plus 1.85 MC 40mm FL 35mm Cine Projector Lens

Posted by Victor Liorentas (Member # 5272) on 02-27-2014, 03:24 AM:

You can't get much better than those HD Plus lenses.
Scope can be better with separate anamorphic s that are full size but those can be difficult on some turrets.
The Isco Bluestar is the best anamorphic over the Ultrastar HD even.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 02-28-2014, 02:07 AM:

Good to hear! Does size matter? Should I get the smallest one for a small 20' screen or should I get the biggest for giggles because it won't affect the picture other than being able to do a larger screen?

Posted by Victor Liorentas (Member # 5272) on 02-28-2014, 09:15 AM:

All that matter's is it fills your screen. [Smile]

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 03-01-2014, 10:05 PM:

Shouldn't there be a glut of used 35mm projection lenses of all types? You should be able to get them for practically the price of shipping. In fact, they probably will be happy to throw in the projector with the lens.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 03-14-2014, 02:30 PM:

Man I miss film. I have no local theaters around at all that have not went they way of digital.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 03-16-2014, 01:09 PM:

^^^Yeeeeeep. Glad I took the opportunity to work at Plaza before it closed, but wow how frustrating it was.

And that was it! The last film I ever legitimately threaded and ran to a paying audience was 12 Years A Slave on Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 at 5:00pm.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 04-12-2014, 11:05 PM:

Well at the very least its nice that the last film to end on wasn't a stinker.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 04-13-2014, 05:16 PM:

Agreed. It was almost "Grudge Match" on my least favorite projector in the complex.

Not even worth the mention! Lol

Posted by Sally Strasser (Member # 211) on 04-16-2014, 01:26 PM:

How many posts do I need to email members?

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 07-14-2014, 01:30 AM:

You didn't touch anything, did you?

No.

Good. Because all of my filth is arranged in alphabetical order. This, for instance, is under 'H' for "toy."

Posted by Aaron Garman (Member # 1653) on 07-14-2014, 11:36 AM:

[Preamble] Edward by the grace of God King of England, lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine sends greetings to all to whom the present letters come. We have inspected the great charter of the lord Henry, late King of England, our father, concerning the liberties of England in these words:

Henry by the grace of God King of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine and count of Anjou sends greetings to his archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, sheriffs, reeves, ministers and all his bailiffs and faithful men inspecting the present charter. Know that we, at the prompting of God and for the health of our soul and the souls of our ancestors and successors, for the glory of holy Church and the improvement of our realm, freely and out of our good will have given and granted to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons and all of our realm these liberties written below to hold in our realm of England in perpetuity.

[1] In the first place we grant to God and confirm by this our present charter for ourselves and our heirs in perpetuity that the English Church is to be free and to have all its rights fully and its liberties entirely. We furthermore grant and give to all the freemen of our realm for ourselves and our heirs in perpetuity the liberties written below to have and to hold to them and their heirs from us and our heirs in perpetuity.

[2] If any of our earls or barons, or anyone else holding from us in chief by military service should die, and should his heir be of full age and owe relief, the heir is to have his inheritance for the ancient relief, namely the heir or heirs of an earl for a whole county £100, the heir or heirs of a baron for a whole barony 100 marks, the heir or heirs of a knight for a whole knight’s fee 100 shillings at most, and he who owes less will give less, according to the ancient custom of (knights’) fees.

[3] If, however, the heir of such a person is under age, his lord is not to have custody of him and his land until he has taken homage from the heir, and after such an heir has been in custody, when he comes of age, namely at twenty-one years old, he is to have his inheritance without relief and without fine, saving that if, whilst under age, he is made a knight, his land will nonetheless remain in the custody of his lords until the aforesaid term.

[4] The keeper of the land of such an heir who is under age is only to take reasonable receipts from the heir’s land and reasonable customs and reasonable services, and this without destruction or waste of men or things. And if we assign custody of any such land to a sheriff or to anyone else who should answer to us for the issues, and such a person should commit destruction or waste, we will take recompense from him and the land will be assigned to two law-worthy and discreet men of that fee who will answer to us or to the person to whom we assign such land for the land’s issues. And if we give or sell to anyone custody of any such land and that person commits destruction or waste, he is to lose custody and the land is to be assigned to two law-worthy and discreet men of that fee who similarly will answer to us as is aforesaid.

[5] The keeper, for as long as he has the custody of the land of such (an heir), is to maintain the houses, parks, fishponds, ponds, mills and other things pertaining to that land from the issues of the same land, and he will restore to the heir, when the heir comes to full age, all his land stocked with ploughs and all other things in at least the same condition as when he received it. All these things are to be observed in the custodies of archbishoprics, bishoprics, abbeys, priories, churches and vacant offices which pertain to us, save that such custodies ought not to be sold.

[6] Heirs are to be married without disparagement.

[7] A widow, after the death of her husband, is immediately and without any difficulty to have her marriage portion and her inheritance, nor is she to pay anything for her dower or her marriage portion or for her inheritance which her husband and she held on the day of her husband’s death, and she shall remain in the chief dwelling place of her husband for forty days after her husband’s death, within which time dower will be assigned her if it has not already been assigned, unless that house is a castle, and if it is a castle which she leaves, then a suitable house will immediately be provided for her in which she may properly dwell until her dower is assigned to her in accordance with what is aforesaid, and in the meantime she is to have her reasonable necessities (estoverium) from the common property. As dower she will be assigned the third part of all the lands of her husband which were his during his lifetime, save when she was dowered with less at the church door. No widow shall be distrained to marry for so long as she wishes to live without a husband, provided that she gives surety that she will not marry without our assent if she holds of us, or without the assent of her lord, if she holds of another.

[8] Neither we nor our bailiffs will seize any land or rent for any debt, as long as the existing chattels of the debtor suffice for the payment of the debt and as long as the debtor is ready to pay the debt, nor will the debtor’s guarantors be distrained for so long as the principal debtor is able to pay the debt; and should the principal debtor default in his payment of the debt, not having the means to repay it, or should he refuse to pay it despite being able to do so, the guarantors will answer for the debt and, if they wish, they are to have the lands and rents of the debtor until they are repaid the debt that previously they paid on behalf of the debtor, unless the principal debtor can show that he is quit in respect to these guarantors.

[9] The city of London is to have all its ancient liberties and customs. Moreover we wish and grant that all other cities and boroughs and vills and the barons of the Cinque Ports and all ports are to have all their liberties and free customs.

[10] No-one is to be distrained to do more service for a knight’s fee or for any other free tenement than is due from it.

[11] Common pleas are not to follow our court but are to be held in a certain fixed place.

[12] Recognisances of novel disseisin and of mort d’ancestor are not to be taken save in their particular counties and in the following way. We or, should we be outside the realm, our chief justiciar, will send our justices once a year to each county, so that, together with the knights of the counties, that may take the aforesaid assizes in the counties; and those assizes which cannot be completed in that visitation of the county by our aforesaid justices assigned to take the said assizes are to be completed elsewhere by the justices in their visitation; and those which cannot be completed by them on account of the difficulty of various articles (of law) are to be referred to our justices of the Bench and completed there.

[13] Assizes of darrein presentment are always to be taken before our justices of the Bench and are to be completed there.

[14] A freeman is not to be amerced for a small offence save in accordance with the manner of the offence, and for a major offence according to its magnitude, saving his sufficiency (salvo contenemento suo), and a merchant likewise, saving his merchandise, and any villain other than one of our own is to be amerced in the same way, saving his necessity (salvo waynagio) should he fall into our mercy, and none of the aforesaid amercements is to be imposed save by the oath of honest and law-worthy men of the neighbourhood. Earls and barons are not to be amerced save by their peers and only in accordance with the manner of their offence.

[15] No town or free man is to be distrained to make bridges or bank works save for those that ought to do so of old and by right.

[16] No bank works of any sort are to be kept up save for those that were in defense in the time of King H(enry II) our grandfather and in the same places and on the same terms as was customary in his time.

[17] No sheriff, constable, coroner or any other of our bailiffs is to hold pleas of our crown.

[18] If anyone holding a lay fee from us should die, and our sheriff or bailiff shows our letters patent containing our summons for a debt that the dead man owed us, our sheriff or bailiff is permitted to attach and enroll all the goods and chattels of the dead man found in lay fee, to the value of the said debt, by view of law-worthy men, so that nothing is to be removed thence until the debt that remains is paid to us, and the remainder is to be released to the executors to discharge the will of the dead man, and if nothing is owed to us from such a person, all the chattels are to pass to the (use of) the dead man, saving to the dead man’s wife and children their reasonable portion.

[19] No constable or his bailiff is to take corn or other chattels from anyone who not themselves of a vill where a castle is built, unless the constable or his bailiff immediately offers money in payment of obtains a respite by the wish of the seller. If the person whose corn or chattels are taken is of such a vill, then the constable or his bailiff is to pay the purchase price within forty days.

[20] No constable is to distrain any knight to give money for castle guard if the knight is willing to do such guard in person or by proxy of any other honest man, should the knight be prevented from doing so by just cause. And if we take or send such a knight into the army, he is to be quit of (castle) guard in accordance with the length of time the we have him in the army for the fee for which he has done service in the army.

[21] No sheriff or bailiff of ours or of anyone else is to take anyone’s horses or carts to make carriage, unless he renders the payment customarily due, namely for a two-horse cart ten pence per day, and for a three-horse cart fourteen pence per day. No demesne cart belonging to any churchman or knight or any other lady (sic) is to be taken by our bailiffs, nor will we or our bailiffs or anyone else take someone else’s timber for a castle or any other of our business save by the will of he to whom the timber belongs.

[22] We shall not hold the lands of those convicted of felony save for a year and a day, whereafter such land is to be restored to the lords of the fees.

[23] All fish weirs (kidelli) on the Thames and the Medway and throughout England are to be entirely dismantled, save on the sea coast.

[24] The writ called ‘praecipe’ is not to be issued to anyone in respect to any free tenement in such a way that a free man might lose his court.

[25] There is to be a single measure for wine throughout our realm, and a single measure for ale, and a single measure for Corn, that is to say the London quarter, and a single breadth for dyed cloth, russets, and haberjects, that is to say two yards within the lists. And it shall be the same for weights as for measures.

[26] Henceforth there is to be nothing given for a writ of inquest from the person seeking an inquest of life or member, but such a writ is to be given freely and is not to be denied.

[27] If any persons hold from us at fee farm or in socage or burgage, and hold land from another by knight service, we are not, by virtue of such a fee farm or socage or burgage, to have custody of the heir or their land which pertains to another’s fee, nor are we to have custody of such a fee farm or socage or burgage unless this fee farm owes knight service. We are not to have the custody of an heir or of any land which is held from another by knight service on the pretext of some small serjeanty held from us by service of rendering us knives or arrows or suchlike things.

[28] No bailiff is henceforth to put any man on his open law or on oath simply by virtue of his spoken word, without reliable witnesses being produced for the same.

[29] No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned or disseised of his free tenement or of his liberties or free customs, or outlawed or exiled or in any way ruined, nor will we go against such a man or send against him save by lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land. To no-one will we sell or deny of delay right or justice.

[30] All merchants, unless they have been previously and publicly forbidden, are to have safe and secure conduct in leaving and coming to England and in staying and going through England both by land and by water to buy and to sell, without any evil exactions, according to the ancient and right customs, save in time of war, and if they should be from a land at war against us and be found in our land at the beginning of the war, they are to be attached without damage to their bodies or goods until it is established by us or our chief justiciar in what way the merchants of our land are treated who at such a time are found in the land that is at war with us, and if our merchants are safe there, the other merchants are to be safe in our land.

[31] If anyone dies holding of any escheat such as the honour of Wallingford, Boulogne, Nottingham, Lancaster or of other escheats which are in our hands and which are baronies, his heir is not to give any other relief or render any other service to us that would not have been rendered to the baron if the barony were still held by a baron, and we shall hold such things in the same way as the baron held them, nor, on account of such a barony or escheat, are we to have the escheat or custody of any of our men unless the man who held the barony or the escheat held elsewhere from us in chief.

[32] No free man is henceforth to give or sell any more of his land to anyone, unless the residue of his land is sufficient to render due service to the lord of the fee as pertains to that fee.

[33] All patrons of abbeys which have charters of the kings of England over advowson or ancient tenure or possession are to have the custody of such abbeys when they fall vacant just as they ought to have and as is declared above.

[34] No-one is to be taken or imprisoned on the appeal of woman for the death of anyone save for the death of that woman’s husband.

[35] No county court is to be held save from month to month, and where the greater term used to be held, so will it be in future, nor will any sheriff or his bailiff make his tourn through the hundred save for twice a year and only in the place that is due and customary, namely once after Easter and again after Michaelmas, and the view of frankpledge is to be taken at the Michaelmas term without exception, in such a way that every man is to have his liberties which he had or used to have in the time of King H(enry II) my grandfather or which he has acquired since. The view of frankpledge is to be taken so that our peace be held and so that the tithing is to be held entire as it used to be, and so that the sheriff does not seek exceptions but remains content with that which the sheriff used to have in taking the view in the time of King H(enry) our grandfather.

[36] Nor is it permitted to anyone to give his land to a religious house in such a way that he receives it back from such a house to hold, nor is it permitted to any religious house to accept the land of anyone in such way that the land is restored to the person from whom it was received to hold. If anyone henceforth gives his land in such a way to any religious house and is convicted of the same, the gift is to be entirely quashed and such land is to revert to the lord of that fee.

[37] Scutage furthermore is to be taken as it used to be in the time of King H(enry) our grandfather, and all liberties and free customs shall be preserved to archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, Templars, Hospitallers, earls, barons and all others, both ecclesiastical and secular persons, just as they formerly had.

All these aforesaid customs and liberties which we have granted to be held in our realm in so far as pertains to us are to be observed by all of our realm, both clergy and laity, in so far as pertains to them in respect to their own men. For this gift and grant of these liberties and of others contained in our charter over the liberties of the forest, the archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, knights, fee holders and all of our realm have given us a fifteenth part of all their movable goods. Moreover we grant to them for us and our heirs that neither we nor our heirs will seek anything by which the liberties contained in this charter might be infringed or damaged, and should anything be obtained from anyone against this it is to count for nothing and to be held as nothing. With these witnesses: the lord S(tephen) archbishop of Canterbury, E(ustace) bishop of London, J(ocelin) bishop of Bath, P(eter) bishop of Winchester, H(ugh) bishop of Lincoln, R(ichard) bishop of Salisbury, W. bishop of Rochester, W(illiam) bishop of Worcester, J(ohn) bishop of Ely, H(ugh) bishop of Hereford, R(anulf) bishop of Chichester, W(illiam) bishop of Exeter, the abbot of (Bury) St Edmunds, the abbot of St Albans, the abbot of Battle, the abbot of St Augustine’s Canterbury, the abbot of Evesham, the abbot of Westminster, the abbot of Peterborough, the abbot of Reading, the abbot of Abingdon, the abbot of Malmesbury, the abbot of Winchcombe, the abbot of Hyde (Winchester), the abbot of Chertsey, the abbot of Sherborne, the abbot of Cerne, the abbot of Abbotsbury, the abbot of Milton (Abbas), the abbot of Selby, the abbot of Cirencester, H(ubert) de Burgh the justiciar, H. earl of Chester and Lincoln, W(illiam) earl of Salisbury, W(illiam) earl Warenne, G. de Clare earl of Gloucester and Hertford, W(illiam) de Ferrers earl of Derby, W(illiam) de Mandeville earl of Essex, H(ugh) Bigod earl of Norfolk, W(illiam) earl Aumale, H(umphrey) earl of Hereford, J(ohn) constable of Chester, R(obert) de Ros, R(obert) fitz Walter, R(obert) de Vieuxpont, W(illiam) Brewer, R(ichard) de Montfiquet, P(eter) fitz Herbert, W(illiam) de Aubigné, G. Gresley, F. de Braose, J(ohn) of Monmouth, J(ohn) fitz Alan, H(ugh) de Mortemer, W(illiam) de Beauchamp, W(illiam) de St John, P(eter) de Maulay, Brian de Lisle, Th(omas) of Moulton, R(ichard) de Argentan, G(eoffrey) de Neville, W(illiam) Mauduit, J(ohn) de Baalon and others. Given at Westminster on the eleventh day of February in the ninth year of our reign.

We, holding these aforesaid gifts and grants to be right and welcome, conceed and confirm them for ourselves and our heirs and by the terms of the present (letters) renew them, wishing and granting for ourselves and our heirs that the aforesaid charter is to be firmly and inviably observed in all and each of its articles in perpetuity, including any articles contained in the same charter which by chance have not to date been observed. In testimony of which we have had made these our letters patent. Witnessed by Edward our son, at Westminster on the twelfth day of October in the twenty-fifth year of our reign. (Chancery warranty by John of) Stowe.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 07-21-2014, 08:35 PM:

I want some of what Aaron is drinking.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-21-2014, 10:21 PM:

And/or smoking, and/or inhaling, and/or imbibing, and/or injecting, and/or inserting... ;

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 07-21-2014, 11:04 PM:

I bet the king said something similar.

Posted by Sam Graham (Member # 2889) on 07-23-2014, 12:18 PM:

The variety of Little Debbie snack products I have in my office drawer is absurd.

I think there's crap in here that even Little Debbie doesn't know they make.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-24-2014, 12:14 PM:

"'Shit!' screamed the king. 2000 royal asses strained..." ;

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 07-31-2014, 01:04 PM:

What's the minimum practical screen size for a 5/70mm film projection installation?

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 08-09-2014, 02:23 AM:

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it. - JH

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-10-2014, 06:27 PM:

What kind of platters are these? Yes, that's as big as the picture is.

Posted by Matthew McBride (Member # 6598) on 09-10-2014, 08:00 PM:

They look like one of the versions of the ORC platters. Not sure on the vintage, if they came before or after the infamous "super" platters.

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 09-10-2014, 10:24 PM:

I am almost positive those were the later of the two ORC platters. The first ones were orange (commonly called Stupid platters) and are reviewed in the tips section here. They were possibly the worst platter ever made.

Those "brown ORC" platters were still nothing great, but at least had a somewhat smooth payout which could be timed if you knew what you were doing.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-10-2014, 10:32 PM:

Ahh yes. That looks to be the case.

Like the second picture down in the "Rainbow Cinemas Market Square" in the warehouse.

That platter stand in the back is blue though, there's two different kinds. Can't hardly even see it though.

Edit: Ooh, I think it might be a newer blue Speco LP270.

What a non-productive time the last 3 hours have been. Hahaha

Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 09-10-2014, 11:28 PM:

quote: Sally Strasser
How many posts do I need to email members?

Sally; 9 posts in almost 15 yrs as a member [Confused]

Don't you think your over doing it [Eek!]

You only need about 14,000+ posts to catch up with Mark G. ;Better get started [beer]

I love to get Email unless it's from the IRS [thumbsdown]

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 09-12-2014, 06:19 PM:

Yes, the back one looks to be a lp-270. There aught to be a lot of those up in your area. They were the primary platter used by Mid-America Cinema back in the late 80's, Mid-America was based out of Independence Missouri, and one of the larger chains at the time. I used to work at Truman Corners, in Grandview, then Red Bridge for a short while, then Watts Mill for several years, until the new owners (hostile take over), lost it to the bank, and AMC. Then a few years later, managed I-70 drive-in. All of them had LP-270's except Watts Mill, which was reel to reel.

Posted by Marcel Birgelen (Member # 6801) on 09-13-2014, 08:34 AM:

Am I the only one who figured out that anyone who posts here is actually a winner? So, where can I collect my prize, please?

... Or would it be more wise to ask what the prize is first? [Razz]

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 09-13-2014, 09:08 AM:

I think the prize is, you get to post here bragging about your win. So there is a never-ending supply of winners (and prizes).

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-13-2014, 01:43 PM:

Indeed there are, Joe! I have not seen that newer blue model in person though. Just tons of the older red ones.

Plaza 8 opened with 4 originally, then got 4 more when they expanded to 8, one of the original 4 was from the Skylark Drive-In which was owned by the same company and had just closed. I don't know when they started making those, but the drive-in closed in '82 so it's AT LEAST that old plus probably 5 years. Used daily up until March of this year, it was my favorite... Always the smoothest running, least problem prone. It was the 3 roller take-up elevator kind rather than the 5 roller.

Anyways, it's now mine in storage and I hope to make use of it in my future home screening room.

So yeah, That lp-270 in Atchison, the 8+3 that Plaza had, The Skylark, presumably the Belt DI, The Trail still has one.... Pretty common around here indeed.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-14-2014, 12:24 AM:

Found out today that West Ridge 8 in Topeka KS is still running film... on LP-270s as well.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-23-2014, 12:58 AM:

Thank you, AMC/digital projection for this PRIME experience.

Right as we got into the climax of Mazerunner, the image went to the white fuzzy/static. Didn't quit for several minutes, throughout almost all of the climax of the feature. I don't get upset often, but this really had me squirming in my seat.

Yes, we got passes.

What causes this? It happens at my theater too, but only as the movie starts, in the trailers. Not that that makes it ok.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 09-23-2014, 11:24 PM:

Jeez real Prime lol.

Dude is that like a glass shield right if front of your field of view or am I seeing things?

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-24-2014, 12:58 AM:

My phone was at hip level, it's not actually in line of sight

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 09-27-2014, 02:08 AM:

Ahhhh I see makes sense to me now. Which theater was that Buck?

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 09-27-2014, 09:54 AM:

4 plus years and counting with no Winner. What is the winner going to get anyway? A cookie?

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 09-27-2014, 10:40 PM:

LOL! I was curious of the same. If I win I would be hopeing for a trio of new QSC 3-ways for my home cinema to replace my JBL stage speakers. [Eek!]

I can imagine Brad rolling his eyes at this lol. [Big Grin]

A man can dream right? lol

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-27-2014, 11:26 PM:

AMC Barrywoods 24 Prime auditorium (12)

Somewhat off topic, going through my ticket stubs, I've been to 43 movies at that theater, and have yet to step foot into 9 different auditoriums of the 24

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 09-28-2014, 02:30 AM:

Cool I love talking bout this stuff.

Ive been to that theater with my wife three times. We have kept of every movie we have seen starting since 2009 I believe. We met in 2005 and wished we would have started keepint them sooner.

Twice in the they'r ETX theater (now PRIME) seeing Brave in Atmos and The Great Gatsby which wasn't an Atmos mix. I was pissed as the whole reason I wanted to go there was to see Iron Man 3 and hear Atmos again but my wife changed plans and we came to town the next day and it was gone; replaced with TGG!
Third visit was just a few months back and we seen Guardians of the Galaxy at the IMAX there. Great looking bright 3D. Bass was too hot and subs were crying uncle at times lol. Go figure. Sounded good other than that. I thought Brave and Atmos there was fantastic though I hate the aspect ratio of the PRIME theaters screen without masking. Have they added masking since?

I peaked into another theater I cant remember the number and noticed that there were no surrounds on the walls. I then noticed that they were only on the ceiling and they looked wimpy. Ive heard of other AMC's doing this. Im now scared to see a movie in any other theaters there unless its IMAX or the now PRIME theater which Im excited to see.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 09-28-2014, 11:20 AM:

Yeah the surrounds are hidden up in the corner of the wall/ceiling.

The standard auditoriums are middle of the road. They sound better than the 10 plex I work at, but not as good as the THX built Cinemark on the plaza.

No masking in the Prime house, unfortunately. [Frown]

I feel like the auditorium has it and they just aren't using it. Why would they take it out? Surely the place was built with masking in '97... All the standard auditoriums have masking.

I saw at least one feature when the Prime house was just ETX; Gravity on Nov 15, 2013.

I far prefer the prime to Imax there, the sound in the imax house never fails to incite a raging headache.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 09-29-2014, 07:02 PM:

Thanks Buck.

Son of a bitch I was hoping the Prime would have masking!! Blows my damn mind that these theaters aren't making that a priority in such a supposed Prime theater.

Ya the IMAX there and bout everywhere is more like a concert than a movie sound, although I feel if they lowered the sub level and movie volume things would be better. I do like it loud as long as its not distorting or dynamics are getting squashed. Also if the dialouge is tickling the ear than the volume is too loud. Im also not a fan of the single surround in the corner approuch of IMAX. Pans just arent the same as a surround array on wall approach.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 10-04-2014, 02:16 PM:

Mi scusi, mi scusi

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 10-14-2014, 11:30 PM:

Frogs rule, smurfs drool.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 10-15-2014, 02:54 AM:

I want pie.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 10-15-2014, 07:30 AM:

I literally was just thinking that.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 10-15-2014, 09:17 PM:

Lol great minds thing alike.

Royals are going to the World Series!! Woo hoo!!
Ive been a fan since I was a little kid. About dam time they make it lol.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 10-15-2014, 10:59 PM:

I hope they play the Cards and win [Big Grin]

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 10-16-2014, 01:22 AM:

Yikes I don't! [Big Grin]

Posted by William T. Parr (Member # 677) on 10-16-2014, 05:35 AM:

I hope the Cardinals go Down.

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 10-16-2014, 07:22 AM:

quote: Buck Wilson
Somewhat off topic, going through my ticket stubs, I've been to 43 movies at that theater, and have yet to step foot into 9 different auditoriums of the 24

Not to worry, Buck; in this day and age of cookie-cutter, characterless, utilitarian, assembly-line multiplexes, the old adage applies -- once you've seen one, you've seem 'em all.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 10-16-2014, 01:58 PM:

Right on Mr. Parr!!

Frank tho they may all look alike they will all not sound alike.
My local theater proves this notion.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 10-16-2014, 04:58 PM:

Well that's what I meant! Royals to play the Cardinals and the Royals win!

Not to worry, Buck; in this day and age of cookie-cutter, characterless, utilitarian, assembly-line multiplexes, the old adage applies -- once you've seen one, you've seem 'em all.

No doubt about that. Sigh.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 10-17-2014, 01:08 AM:

Oh sorry Buck. Right on Man!! Its gunna them vs the Giants. Giants won the NLCS tonight.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 10-17-2014, 01:37 AM:

Meh, that works I guess.

Posted by Joe Elliott (Member # 4006) on 10-17-2014, 09:27 AM:

It would have been interesting if they had played the Cardinals. The last time they went to the world series was 1985, and they played the Cardinals. The Show-Me State Series. But would that have meant they would go another 29 years without getting into the world series again?

Posted by Sammy Ross (Member # 8284) on 11-18-2014, 02:23 AM:

29 years? That's a pretty long time!

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 7758) on 11-18-2014, 12:03 PM:

A whole month wasted with no posts on this thread. Tragic.

Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 11-19-2014, 10:41 PM:

Now that it has only taken just over 11 yrs for me to reach "JEDI MASTER FILM HANDLER" Status...I'm going to wear my Autographed Helmet every time I post from now on. Maybe in another 12 or 13 years I will attain Phenominal Film Handler Ranking [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 11-23-2014, 06:37 PM:

Very Nice [thumbsup]

Posted by Frank Angel (Member # 248) on 12-17-2014, 07:21 AM:

Now THAT is impressive! So that's your 401K backup?

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 12-24-2014, 01:09 PM:

Merry Xmas Eve!

Posted by Lyle Romer (Member # 1266) on 01-02-2015, 09:21 PM:

I just realized that I should hire some hackers after posting this. I'm sure they can permanently disable the film yak section which would make me the winner.

I wonder if the Sony hackers are free...

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 01-06-2015, 12:03 AM:

Nothing like getting a new projector bulb to brighten ones day.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 01-11-2015, 09:00 PM:

I see what you did there. [Cool]

Posted by System Notices (Member # 2357) on 12-06-2018, 01:19 PM:

It has been 1424 days since the last post.

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 12-06-2018, 01:19 PM:

Three years, eleven months later...

I win... this is the last post....

Where's my prize Brad?

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 7758) on 12-06-2018, 05:41 PM:

Try again, Tony. So sorry, maybe next time.

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 12-07-2018, 09:49 AM:

Not so fast there Bill... [Razz]

Posted by Mark Williams (Member # 2119) on 12-26-2018, 06:20 AM:

countdown to 2019...

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 12-26-2018, 10:49 AM:

Nice try new guy. [Wink]

Welcome to FT.....

Posted by Alan Gouger (Member # 543) on 12-26-2018, 02:20 PM:

I know Voodoo, I curse anyone who posts after me:)

Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 12-26-2018, 08:26 PM:

You remind me of a man...

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 12-27-2018, 10:08 AM:

"Dan'l Boone was man, he was a biiiigg man......"

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 12-27-2018, 02:50 PM:

"with an eye like and eagle and as tall as a mountain...."

Posted by Frank Cox (Member # 6258) on 12-27-2018, 04:07 PM:

Lord grant me patience, because if you give me strength I'm gonna need bail money. [Smile]

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 12-29-2018, 11:35 AM:

"Patience my ass, I'm gonna kill somebody." Often heard at one of the last jobsites I was on....

Posted by Dennis Benjamin (Member # 1137) on 12-29-2018, 07:10 PM:

What did I win?

Posted by Peter Foyster (Member # 9599) on 12-29-2018, 09:54 PM:

Talk about the dog chasing it's own tail. [beer]

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 12-31-2018, 04:33 PM:

Happy New Year's Eve.

Posted by Bill Brandenstein (Member # 7758) on 01-02-2019, 04:11 PM:

A belated Happy New Year to all you good people.

Posted by Buck Wilson (Member # 5885) on 01-02-2019, 05:46 PM:

2019!!!!!!!

Time needs to slow the hell down.

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 01-02-2019, 08:47 PM:

bump

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 01-03-2019, 12:12 PM:

No bump for you!!

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 01-18-2019, 05:36 PM:

lol

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 01-19-2019, 10:10 AM:

NO LOL for you, one year.

NEXT!

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 01-19-2019, 01:40 PM:

and lol

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 01-19-2019, 03:01 PM:

Don't mess with the Soup Nazi Constanza....

Posted by Jarod Reddig (Member # 6363) on 01-19-2019, 04:44 PM:

I bow down to the mighty soup nazi.

Posted by Francis C. Koch (Member # 10333) on 01-19-2019, 08:51 PM:

Sitting on a corn flake
Waiting for the van to come
Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you've been a naughty boy
You let your face grow long

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 01-20-2019, 11:22 AM:

On "Whose Line Is It Anyway" Ryan Styles really hates the game called "Hoedown" so on one outtake he decided to express his opinion while taking a shot at the director (who is from the UK):

(music) "When it comes to hoedowns
I'm doin another one
After the first one,
I thought that I was done..
Feel like such a fool,
And I feel like such a twit
But this is what I have to do
To please the fucking Brit"
(whole cast sings outro) "Please the fucking Brit."

Following is the video of that outtake, it starts a bit before the song because of another funny bit by Ryan and an outtake from Greg Proops:

Hear it here...

Right after the song you get to see him and the cast mock the director as a bonus.