Pagefan55
-
Posts
3,069 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by Pagefan55
-
-
-
Great photo -- great film -- great actors.
-
I worked for a summer at an amusement park and carnival -- that killed he flair for me.
-
Enjoyed several glasses of the French dessert wine, Sauternes, as well as several glasses (Lol) of the Hungarian dessert wine Tokaji Aszui (5 puttonyos), one of the world's finest dessert wines, together with cut-up slices of orange, apple, peaches and cake. Today, I'm planning to enjoy the Sauternes and Tokaji with French bread and pastries and fine cheese
-
Gary Moore
-
You women here are terrible! LOL
-
Anyone here ever seen a movie called the "Devil's Rejects?" The material is very, very dark, but also subtly humorous and tongue in cheek.
-
I like Fiona Apple.
I'm listening to George Michael's "Fast Love."
-
Thanks, ebk. I just googled the Walton's and discovered that both the fictional Walton's and real-life Hammer's lived in a rural part of central Virginia located about 70 miles west of Richmond. Both the real-life and fictional "John Boy" (apparently) graduated from the University of Richmond.
-
The Waltons
I haven't seen the Walton's show since I was a lkid in the 70's. The show was based on a real-life family who lived in Virginia wasn't it?
-
Thank you, I will do one of Lady Jane Grey. I had finished this one last night, I believe it was originally by Hans Holbein so I have posted the original painting to compare.
Awesome. I too am fascinated by Tudor history.
-
-
I never thought about going into the future. I'd be afraid of landing at a Rolling Stones Concert 10 years from now.
Lol
-
-
Creative destruction also known as cheap theatrics.
Yes
-
I find Tarot cards to be visually intriguing and would like to have some. I believe Carl Jung and others thought they had significant symbolic meanings. Just because something isn't scientific doesn't mean it doesn't have some type of value. I don't believe in fortune telling through reading cards, as they are standardized and people are individuals, but the cultural/artistic history of Tarot cards does intrigue me.
I completely agree. I'm by no means overly superstitious, but I do have an interesting story to share: When I was 18, I received my first and only Tarot card reading from a female fortune teller. She lay down my cards, looked very concerned, and then said something to me along the lines of, "You will soon suffer a very close call. Luckily, your guardian angel/the spirits will be watching closely over you and you won't be harmed." Then one morning, about 6 weeks later, I was driving down a rain-slicked highway at about 50 mph when my car spun-out, crossed the other lane, rolled over twice, and slammed upside down into a tree, nearly totaling the car. I wasn't wearing a seat belt, but walked away without a scratch. (I'm now in my 40's, and this incident is easily the closest I've ever come to being seriously injured.) Today, I tend to believe that the proximity of my Tarot reading and my car accident was just a bizarre coincidence...probably...
-
I love the photos posted on this thread -- excellent pics from Canada, Ireland, Finland, Washington State, etc, etc. Amazing job.
-
Charles and jimjam, I agree with both of you. I fully recognize that the Who were a great band: They had a LOT of great songs and put on a great stage show, but for whatever reason they (and their music) never really "clicked" with me. Their instrument smashing habits also bothered me a bit -- it seemed gratuitous and unnecessary.
-
Too many to name. If I had to choose, maybe Over the Hills.
-
Scylla,
These photos are awesome. Particularly the top one of the band standing together and the one of Plant standing alone in front of the blackboard.
-
if you love beaches, Cow Bay in the summer time is fantastic, we have Rainbow Haven beach and Silver Sands, and the chicks looks great walking around in the G-Strings!
....if you can find a pretty one...
-
ebk, thanks for that information. It was kind of you to respond so promptly. I'd previously heard the "winter in San Francisco" quote but I didn't know Twain had said it. I seem to remember you mentioning in another thread that a niece of yours lived in Oz. (Sydney?) Anyway, I hope she has a wonderful time here in the States.
-
Right you are, sir! I'll also throw in Jesus Christ...or whomever his 'ghost writer' was. Misattribution is also common...or at least, confusion.
One of my favourite aphorisms, and one I had made into a sign at my previous job, is "Outside of a dog, books are a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read." I have seen it attributed to both Groucho Marx and Mark Twain.
No June gloom this morning so it's off to the beach!
Lol. How true.
-
Mark Twain...
Junior (Feinstein) just used it as the title of a book
ebk, is it a good walk "spoiled" or "ruined?" Lol.
Golf Talk
in Ramble On
Posted
Thanks for the kind words CP and Walter.
I shot a 92. I "blew up" two holes (triples) and lost a half-dozen balls, but considering my high handicap, and the fact that I was playing from the blue tees (6800 yards) I thought I played pretty well. Thanks again for your encouraging words.