• Shhh

    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to ALL on Tuesday, September 08, 2020 07:24:08
    Sure is quiet around here.
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to JOE MACKEY on Tuesday, September 08, 2020 08:51:00
    Hello JOE!

    ** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 07:24, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

    Sure is quiet around here.

    Our memories are truly fading away....
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  • From Dennis Katsonis@1:124/5016 to August Abolins on Wednesday, September 09, 2020 08:52:00
    August Abolins wrote to JOE MACKEY <=-

    Hello JOE!

    ** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 07:24, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

    Sure is quiet around here.

    Our memories are truly fading away....
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    ../|ug

    Is indeed. Start a thread then.

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Dennis Katsonis on Tuesday, September 08, 2020 19:20:00
    Hello Dennis!

    ** On Wednesday 09.09.20 - 08:52, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August Abolins:

    ** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 07:24, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

    Sure is quiet around here.

    Our memories are truly fading away....

    Is indeed. Start a thread then.

    I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Wednesday, September 09, 2020 00:31:00
    Sure is quiet around here.

    We didn't want to wake you from your slumber. <g,d,r>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to August Abolins on Wednesday, September 09, 2020 00:31:00
    August,

    Sure is quiet around here.

    Our memories are truly fading away....

    Our what?? <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to August Abolins on Wednesday, September 09, 2020 00:32:00
    August,

    Sure is quiet around here.

    Our memories are truly fading away....

    Is indeed. Start a thread then.

    I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)

    Good one!! :)

    Daryl

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  • From Dennis Katsonis@1:124/5016 to August Abolins on Thursday, September 10, 2020 20:13:00
    August Abolins wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

    Hello Dennis!

    ** On Wednesday 09.09.20 - 08:52, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August
    Abolins:

    ** On Tuesday 08.09.20 - 07:24, JOE MACKEY wrote to ALL:

    Sure is quiet around here.

    Our memories are truly fading away....

    Is indeed. Start a thread then.

    I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)

    That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about four friends, but it wasn't about much. And that was a successfull series (deservedly so).


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  • From August Abolins@1:124/5016 to Dennis Katsonis on Thursday, September 10, 2020 14:18:13
    On 10/09/2020 9:13 p.m., Dennis Katsonis wrote:

    I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)

    That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I
    never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about
    four friends, but it wasn't about much. And that was a
    successfull series (deservedly so).


    I concur. It was like any other sitcom: I Love Lucy, Jackie
    Gleason, etc.. about friends and their relationships.

    It was successful because they offered some fresh jokes and
    characters with new quirks and -isms.

    Now.. Waiting for Godot would be more about nothing, and
    terribly boring.
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  • From Dennis Katsonis@1:124/5016 to August Abolins on Friday, September 11, 2020 09:33:00
    August Abolins wrote to Dennis Katsonis <=-

    On 10/09/2020 9:13 p.m., Dennis Katsonis wrote:

    I think we just did. It's about "nothing" in particular. :)

    That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I
    never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about
    four friends, but it wasn't about much. And that was a
    successfull series (deservedly so).


    I concur. It was like any other sitcom: I Love Lucy, Jackie
    Gleason, etc.. about friends and their relationships.

    It was successful because they offered some fresh jokes and
    characters with new quirks and -isms.

    Now.. Waiting for Godot would be more about nothing, and
    terribly boring.

    I watched a film adaptation of Waiting for Godot, and it was boring. Two people on the side of a road talking. Yet for some reason, I watched to the end. I think I too was waiting for Godot. Maybe that is the joke, that it is not only the two that you are watching who are waiting, YOU are waiting too.

    Who is waiting for Godot? The audience!

    Seinfeld still had jokes, and didn't rely too heavily on character quirks, which more contemporary comedies such as Modern Family tend to do.

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Friday, September 11, 2020 05:30:36
    Aug wrote --

    Sure is quiet around here.

    Our memories are truly fading away....

    People are probably forgetting to stop by. :)
    Glad to see a couple are still around, if only in lurk mode.
    Joe


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DENNIS KATSONIS on Friday, September 11, 2020 05:45:08
    Dennis wrote --

    That could work. Wasn't Seinfeld a "show about nothing"? I never quite agreed with that statement, as it was about four friends, but it wasn't about much.

    I never watched Seinfeld on a regular basis, but I think the success was
    due to be being about nothing. Other shows had superheroes, exciting
    stories, wild/wacky adventures, etc. Seinfeld was _just_ about the relationship
    of four friends which ran counte
    Joe
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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Dennis Katsonis on Friday, September 11, 2020 07:16:00
    Hello Dennis!

    ** On Friday 11.09.20 - 09:33, Dennis Katsonis wrote to August Abolins:

    I watched a film adaptation of Waiting for Godot, and it was boring. Two people on the side of a road talking. Yet for some reason, I watched to the end...

    Yeah.. I vaguely remember hearing about that one. The book was
    an assignment in English class. The teacher had a few students
    act it out in front of class - I was the donkey. I refused to
    commit to writing the essay/study assignment. Hence, the
    film probably did not appeal to me 20+ years later.


    Seinfeld still had jokes, and didn't rely too heavily on character
    quirks, which more contemporary comedies such as Modern Family tend to
    do.

    Seinfeld *did* have its share of reliance of character quirks:
    Kramer - the way he would slide into the apartment to announce
    himself and other physical acting, his gibberish and weird
    sayings; George - a bit neurotic and slow witted?; Elaine -
    gets angry easily; Newman - petty, vindictive and the way
    everyone would acknowledge him by saying his name slowy when
    he showed up. Well, you get the idea.


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Saturday, September 12, 2020 00:40:00
    Joe,

    Our memories are truly fading away....

    People are probably forgetting to stop by. :)

    There are other things in life besides BBSing. :P

    Glad to see a couple are still around, if only in lurk mode.

    I wondered if you were a professional lurker. <g,d,r>

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Monday, September 14, 2020 06:01:04
    Daryl wrote --

    There are other things in life besides BBSing. :P

    Heresy. Away to the stake with him.
    Nothing in life is more important then BBS'. Not family, friends, job,
    etc.

    Glad to see a couple are still around, if only in lurk mode.

    I wondered if you were a professional lurker. <g,d,r>

    I'm not actually paid to lurk (paid being a definition of professional)
    but I just do it for the enjoyment and thrill I get. Like peeking in
    windows, but that's another story.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 01:10:00
    Joe,

    There are other things in life besides BBSing. :P

    Heresy. Away to the stake with him.

    I'm not a steak eater, but I'll take fried beef liver and sauteed
    onions. However, not much of a place to get that around here anymore.
    Both Furrs Cafeteria and Luby's Cafeteria, have gone out of business;
    and Golden Corral doesn't serve it.

    Nothing in life is more important then BBS'. Not family, friends,
    job, etc.

    Well, in Arkansas, a tornado and a divorce have the same thing in
    common. Either way, you're going to lose the trailer. :P

    The only reason I'm up this late is I had to get a square dance
    publication issued...an e-Edition and a print edition. Now, I get 10
    days off before I start work on next months issue.

    I'm not actually paid to lurk (paid being a definition of
    professional) but I just do it for the enjoyment and thrill I get.
    Like peeking in windows, but that's another story.

    You just want to look at Maxine of Crabby Road...she loves her
    attitude problem.

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Saturday, September 19, 2020 06:02:24
    Daryl wrote --

    I'm not a steak eater, but I'll take fried beef liver and sauteed
    onions.

    I can't handle liver, my stomach objects. But I do love the smell of
    them cooking.
    I'll trade you my liver for your steak. :)
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Sunday, September 20, 2020 13:38:00
    Joe,

    I can't handle liver, my stomach objects. But I do love the smell of them cooking.
    I'll trade you my liver for your steak. :)

    As long it's not the one's inside each of us, you've got a deal. <G>
    Besides the body's liver is its "poison control center".

    Daryl

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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 08:40:42
    Daryl wrote --

    Besides the body's liver is its "poison control center".

    I don't think I would care to eat any filtration system...
    Joe


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