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Post by leonski on Apr 2, 2024 14:14:27 GMT -5
Last nite I saw one of the 'series' movies in the Thin Man series. William Powell (playing a drunk detective), Myrna Loy (terrific) and Asta The Dog solve a crime. But this was only one of MANY 'Thin Man' movies. They went on for years. The LAST scene, a dinner party to name the criminal is one of the finest 'Sum Ups' ever filmed.
Next? Charlie Chan. Played most familiarly by Werner Oland (no where NEAR Asian in any respect) these are a little seen example of the Hollywood 'Series movie'. Some may consider them racist by modern standards. I don't think they get much play these days for that and other reasons. But These went on for a LONG time and played by many actors. #1 son was played mostly by Keye Luke.
And my personal favorite series? The Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce take on Sherlock Holmes. These also assumed a life of their own with many different actors in the title role and even a comedy or 2 in the mix. Most recently Robert Downey did his drug-addled best. In one of the original Rathbone set? The UGLIEST actor in history played a pivotal part. Extra Points if you can Name That Actor.
Finally? Starting in the 60s, we have the James Bond Franchise. Woody Allen even got his licks in but overall the series is the product of Albert Broccoli...... Played at first by Sean Connery, than later by half a dozen other guys.......and he EVOLVED. Timothy Dalton was apparently a mistake and in only 2 movies.
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Post by leonski on Apr 3, 2024 12:48:01 GMT -5
No takers on my 'name that actor' challenge?
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Post by hemster on Apr 3, 2024 12:59:53 GMT -5
No takers on my 'name that actor' challenge? Might you be referring to Robert Maillet?
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Post by leonski on Apr 3, 2024 13:54:46 GMT -5
No, Sir. NOT Robert Mailet. The guy I have in mind is from decades ago and makes Robert look like GQ cover material.....
Want a hint?
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Post by Boomzilla on Apr 7, 2024 13:45:16 GMT -5
Living in hurricane country, I have a large, portable (gasoline) generator. In the Spring, I buy a couple hundred gallons of gas that I store in the back yard (away from the house) in a plastic cabinet. If the gas is needed, it's there. If not, then the following December (end of hurricane season), I pump the gas into my car & burn it there.
Today, a friend suggested an alternate strategy to me. He keeps a minimum-sized Honda generator on hand just to run his freezer in temporary power outages. But if a hurricane seems headed our way, he leaves his house, drives a state or two north, and just stays in a hotel until it's safe to return home.
Since we don't get a major hurricane every year, I'm wondering if he has the right idea?
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Post by klinemj on Apr 7, 2024 18:09:41 GMT -5
Living in hurricane country, I have a large, portable (gasoline) generator. In the Spring, I buy a couple hundred gallons of gas that I store in the back yard (away from the house) in a plastic cabinet. If the gas is needed, it's there. If not, then the following December (end of hurricane season), I pump the gas into my car & burn it there. Today, a friend suggested an alternate strategy to me. He keeps a minimum-sized Honda generator on hand just to run his freezer in temporary power outages. But if a hurricane seems headed our way, he leaves his house, drives a state or two north, and just stays in a hotel until it's safe to return home. Since we don't get a major hurricane every year, I'm wondering if he has the right idea? If I lived in an area known for hurricanes, I'd follow your friend's plan. I've experience 2 hurricanes. On our honeymoon, we flew to St. Thomas and were met by our travel representative who was going to take us to our ferry to St. John. He said "I'm surprised you came mon...biggest hurricane since Hugo heading this way..." The last flight to leave was fully booked with 1000+ already in line hoping to get on. So, we took the ferry to St. John and rode out Hurricane Luiz. We spent our 2nd night married under the mattress in a poured concrete walk-in closet. (Luckily, we were well above the storm surge on a hillside.) The other came up from the gulf all the way to Cinci. At that point, it wasn't nearly like Luiz, but I was outside planting bushes and the wind got so strong that it blew my shovel that I was holding by the end parallel to the ground & blew the bush I'd just dropped into the freshly dug hole out of the ground and a few feet away. I also watched my neighbor's siding get blown off his house. At that point, I thought..."OK dummy...you need to get inside..." That's enough for me!!! Mark
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Post by leonski on Apr 7, 2024 18:29:34 GMT -5
Emergency preparidness is a slippery slope.
If you were guaranteed 10 days without power but most other stuff OK? sure. A 2.2kw Honda Generator with the option of sync with another same unit for 2x the power.
but? How much FOOD do you stock and in what format? than if freeze dried, you need plenty of WATER. And a way to heat / boil.
I'm sure people 20 miles away would love being bombarded by 5 gallon gas cans as the Really Big Hurricane blows your shed away.
ANY chance of civil disorder? Need to take steps in that regard. I won't say any more in that line.
Tornado is perhaps worse. Neighbors woke up years ago and found a New Tree in the front yard. Blew in over nite and decided to stay.......That was back in
the late 60's when I lived on the far South Side of Chicago.
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Post by leonski on Apr 7, 2024 20:33:01 GMT -5
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Post by ttocs on Apr 7, 2024 22:34:39 GMT -5
But if a hurricane seems headed our way, he leaves his house, drives a state or two north, and just stays in a hotel until it's safe to return home. Since we don't get a major hurricane every year, I'm wondering if he has the right idea? This is what my brother and sister in law have done for the last 40 years. They live just East of Charleston SC and drive to Tennessee and stay with relatives each time a hurricane comes along.
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Post by leonski on Apr 7, 2024 23:06:29 GMT -5
Sure.....if ALL you are concerned with is a hurricane? Board the place up, lock it down and SPLIT for the high ground. No question about it......Hope you don't have to deal with SQUATTERS when you return.
I lived in Florida for maybe 7 or 8 years. But during that time? NO Hurricanes! Plenty of rain, but not even a 'tropical storm'......
I have NO use for Florida.
Recent Death? Tim Dorsey. Excellent author and expert on Florida history. His main character is a psychotic named Serge Storms.......Wonderful funny satire, but ALL the history is correct.
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Post by garbulky on Apr 8, 2024 4:27:20 GMT -5
Living in hurricane country, I have a large, portable (gasoline) generator. In the Spring, I buy a couple hundred gallons of gas that I store in the back yard (away from the house) in a plastic cabinet. If the gas is needed, it's there. If not, then the following December (end of hurricane season), I pump the gas into my car & burn it there. Today, a friend suggested an alternate strategy to me. He keeps a minimum-sized Honda generator on hand just to run his freezer in temporary power outages. But if a hurricane seems headed our way, he leaves his house, drives a state or two north, and just stays in a hotel until it's safe to return home. Since we don't get a major hurricane every year, I'm wondering if he has the right idea? Your plan is better
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Post by tropicallutefisk on Apr 8, 2024 6:08:02 GMT -5
I'm still a working stiff living in Florida. Like Boom, I store gas during hurricane season. I've lived here 20+ years and have been through a number of storms, but the only bad season was 2004 when we had Frances and Jeanne back hit our area just a couple weeks apart. Aside from that year the other storms have just resulted in some yard cleanup. I do not evacuate, but mostly because no matter what I still have to be available locally for my job. If I were retired, I'd probably get an AirBNB in a safe area, prep the house and leave. Its just my wife and I, so the amount of food on hand is pretty minimal and not worth considering in my plans.
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Post by Boomzilla on Apr 8, 2024 8:14:21 GMT -5
Living in hurricane country, I have a large, portable (gasoline) generator. In the Spring, I buy a couple hundred gallons of gas that I store in the back yard (away from the house) in a plastic cabinet. If the gas is needed, it's there. If not, then the following December (end of hurricane season), I pump the gas into my car & burn it there...Since we don't get a major hurricane every year... Your plan is better I'm not yet decided. My wife likes the idea of just leaving during hurricanes but in her inevitable procrastonary style, she wants to wait until next year to get rid of the big generator. Why? Because her mind's made up and she doesn't want to be confused by facts? I don't know. It would seem to me that if it's a good enough idea for next year, there's no reason not to implement it now. Oh well...
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Post by Boomzilla on Apr 8, 2024 8:31:00 GMT -5
On a different note, I visited my audio amigo yesterday morning. As always, he's been experimenting and thinks he's found some improvements. In the past, he's ripped CDs with all of the current software (and I mean all of it). But lately, he's been experimenting with a free program called "isoburn (or "imgburn" or something like that). The program will allow the user to rip to traditionally "non-audio" formats such as iso / bin / cue. From those formats, the audio can only be played from a computer, but it works fine.
And the thing is that playback sounds differently depending on the file format used. The iso format seems to enhance detail and imaging. The bin format sounds thicker in the midrange (but still with exceptional clarity). Amigo didn't play me any cue files, so I'm unable to comment on them.
Amigo has also found that he can rip SACD, DVD audio, and other digital files typically considered uncopyable because of encryption. I think he ran the digital output from his players into a Tascam digital mixing device, but I'm not sure of his method details.
On the negative side of things, the program he used is Windows-only. Tough stuff, Mac guys... Also, the resulting iso and bin files took a LONG time to convert from the source discs, and the output files were larger to much-larger than the original sources.
But if you're interested, amigo's opinion was that the conversion from 16/44 CD to an ISO file resulted in an equivalent SACD file. He also opined that converting an SACD to an ISO file sounded indistinguishable from the master tapes (and he WOULD know).
Just a FYI...
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Post by novisnick on Apr 8, 2024 11:25:48 GMT -5
No leaving town for me and mine, the restaurant needs to be protected and operational if possible. Prepared for all of the above. Boomzilla in your situation you might do better leaving for the duration. Hard choices need to be made yesterday my friends.
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Post by Boomzilla on Apr 8, 2024 12:35:12 GMT -5
There ARE no prompt choices with a wife who is decision-averse. It'll happen (or not) when it can happen - not before.
My biggest concern is that a CAT-5 comes here this Summer. Last time we had a big one, our power was out for more than a MONTH. I have less than a week's worth of generator gas, and in a long-term outage, may not be able to get more. Of course, in those situations, we may not be able to get out of town after the storm hits either due to roads being blocked by debris. If we find ourselves sweating in the dark through 100+ degree heat, I can say "I told you so" to her for all the good that will do...
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Post by leonski on Apr 8, 2024 13:22:30 GMT -5
There IS a solution, boom. Move out of the swamp. I lived in Florida and have no desire to even go back to visit.....except for about 3 places.
Here in SoCal? My house heater comes on in the A.M. Runs till house hits setpoint. than doesnt run AT ALL for the rest of the day. House picks up a little heat from sun so I will end up the day 1 or maybe 2 degrees above setupoint......thermostat turns itself down again about 10pm.......so house cools overnite.....
I got a shot of the eclipse. Big Deal. A TINY sliver out of the sun's edge. 800 or 1000 miles to the East? Would have been worthwhile.....
Possible constructive solution? I don't know how cool it'll get at night BUT? Have a room AC in a retreat / safe room That way you don't cool the entire house....Just your 'survival space' until it cools at night. Lowers fuel consumption. Close off the kitchen and you won't run the 'fridge as much, either..... Of course, out here over in Borrego Springs? Dead summer is of course north of 100f (sometimes over 110!) but it will be 85 to 90 at 0400.......I've been out there for the meteors in August and getting out of your car is like stepping into an open Pizza Oven...Lack of Blazing Sun is the only thing making it OK......
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Post by Boomzilla on Apr 8, 2024 15:01:09 GMT -5
Born here - raised here - lived here all my life - raised a family here - worked 25 years for a chemical company here - ran my own consulting business for 22 years here - my father’s folks were from here - my friends are here - etc.
The ONLY reason we’re leaving is to be near our only daughter, her hubby (who’s a really good guy) and our two grandkids in Taxachusetts. Can we make the transition? Higher costs - higher taxes - being strangers - cold winters - different food - different culture - strange stores - strange restaurants - different laws - etc.
One idea I’ve had is to propose buying a duplex up there with my daughter’s in-laws. When they aren’t there, we could watch their half of the building & vice-versa. Should we want out, we (or they) we could buy each other out & keep the building in the family as an investment.
OTOH, since our home down South is bought and paid for, we might rent up there in the Summer & just stay down here in the Winter?
But unless my wife can get ready to move, we won’t be going anywhere!
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Post by Boomzilla on Apr 8, 2024 15:16:01 GMT -5
If we DO stay here, I’ve got a list… Carpet the listening room (with a thick felt underlayment). Cover the living room ceiling with acoustic tile. Hire one of the local acoustics companies to treat the room with bass traps, diffusers, and absorbers. Sell my GoldenEar Triton 3+ speakers. Add a center channel speaker (plus side, rear, and Atmos speakers. Add two good subs. Invite garbulky & Mrs. G over to hear the results. Outside - Add a water-cooled Kohler natural-gas generator with automatic transfer switch. Hire a neighbor kid to maintain the lawn. Sell the portable gasoline generator and all accessories.
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Post by leonski on Apr 8, 2024 16:45:12 GMT -5
Born here - raised here - lived here all my life - raised a family here - worked 25 years for a chemical company here - ran my own consulting business for 22 years here - my father’s folks were from here - my friends are here - etc. The ONLY reason we’re leaving is to be near our only daughter, her hubby (who’s a really good guy) and our two grandkids in Taxachusetts. Can we make the transition? Higher costs - higher taxes - being strangers - cold winters - different food - different culture - strange stores - strange restaurants - different laws - etc. One idea I’ve had is to propose buying a duplex up there with my daughter’s in-laws. When they aren’t there, we could watch their half of the building & vice-versa. Should we want out, we (or they) we could buy each other out & keep the building in the family as an investment. OTOH, since our home down South is bought and paid for, we might rent up there in the Summer & just stay down here in the Winter? But unless my wife can get ready to move, we won’t be going anywhere! Winter in Florida was the best time of year. Cool dry winters are nice.......Just not enough of it. You might be confronted with a few new 'brands' at the grocery store, but NOTHING will be unfamiliar. In the NorthEast? I'd avoid the 'Friendlies' chain. But I suspect problems finding good Cajun food. Or anything with BlackBeans and Rice....We shop at the European store sometimes and will go by the local ALDI, but never get 'stumped'..... What really DID piss me off was ordering hotcakes for breakfast. You'd think in New Hampshire and Vermont you would get REAL Maple Syrup but that is not the case. www.friendlysrestaurants.comTraffic laws? What's worse than that are the local habits or customs. That's why people hate SoCal drivers. They don't slow down when the rain hits! I've seen (with my very own eyes) people do SPINS in the roadway or even SKID (all 4 locked up) thru an intersection. If you move to a place with a WINTER? Buy an AWD Mazda. Terrific in marginal conditions. I saw a Subaru dealer on must have been 10 acres...... Your taxes will be partly mitigated by Lower Income. Stick into or convert into a ROTH so no federal tax on withdrawl. Some states may have huge property tax but NO income tax. New Hampshire has NO Income Tax but does tax interest and dividends. Oregon has no sales tax so when I was close....Western Idaho......We'd shop 'across the river'...... Watch out for PROPERTY tax. Some low-tax states use THAT as a big revenue source. California is right now trying to figure a way to delete prop 13, passed decades ago to help insulate people from huge tax increases brought on by rising home values.....If I sold my house right this minute? New owners would be on the hook for TRIPLE what I am now paying.....or thereabouts. Be careful leaving your residence UnAttended. Squatters are becoming a scourge and laws are in the grinder to make it easier to rid they from YOUR house.
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