Just a chime....or??

[westgrandboulevard]

Here goes another thread, completely without direction, in freefall......

[westgrandboulevard]

And on the subject of scary movies, 'Jaws' was far more scary when you didn't see the shark....

[Jerry Oz]

Or think about the fact that an air tank shouldn't logically blow up like five sticks of dynamite when shot with a bullet. Who would swim with something like that on their backs?

And jaws was a great movie that scared you without startling you.

[arr&bee]

After that flick i wouldn't get in the tub for years.

[westgrandboulevard]

Did you get in the tub for years before that flick?

[arr&bee]

Yep,but only with dry ice.

[westgrandboulevard]

And a stylist.....

[Jerry Oz]

I'd think he would be more likely to have a stylus. And an old record to play with it. As would we all...

[westgrandboulevard]

I've enough hiss in my ears at the best of times, without an old record playing...so I'll stick my CDs...as out-of-date as they are now supposed to be....

[Jerry Oz]

You'd find the fidelity surprisingly high. I forgot how wonderful they sound until I digitized one a couple of years ago.

[westgrandboulevard]

That's not quite the same as actually playing a vinyl record with a stylus - but perhaps you mean the sound source is, for example, warmer in tone...?

[Jerry Oz]

Let's just say that I expected something less nuanced, for some reason. The true advantage of CDs was more in the lack of pops and clicks than it was in being able to convey even subtle sounds much more clearly than vinyl. I thought that it would be like [[to borrow a reference from the main forum) watching a black and white television as opposed to a modern large-screen HD television. Really, it was more like watching a 720p TV instead of a 1080p.

[westgrandboulevard]

I thought CDs were wonderful when they appeared. Just being able to run all those tracks seamlessly, instead of having to turn over the LP/album, or having to stack them - and then finding that they sounded strange, because one was warped - or worrying that they might become scratched [[I was a bit 'precious' with mine, not having much spending money!).

Or...not having to tape everything for a longer playing sequence....

And..being able to shuffle the playing order of the tracks....and also that they would play in a car.....

[Jerry Oz]

They have advantages, at least in format. I remember my friend Loren showed me his CD player, the first I had ever seen or heard of them. I asked him why he paid $800 for something that was sure to be half that price in a year. Loren was always a very practical person and he answered quite assuredly: "Because I want it now."

[arr&bee]

That's what folks say about these wonderful items...they can't wait.

[westgrandboulevard]

Must-haves.....

[arr&bee]

Of course,ihave items that you wouldn't know you needed.

[westgrandboulevard]

I know I've already lost plenty of items I've certainly needed, so I won't need any more items I wouldn't know I needed.....
[[...I think that's right.......)

[arr&bee]

Not so sure?see what i mean...i have just what you need for that memory loss,a mind thinkabob,one of my many inventions,if you can remember to get back to me on it.

[westgrandboulevard]

You'll find me on Memory Lane.

[arr&bee]

I dated her sisters..lois and lana.

[westgrandboulevard]

Their cousin Della got married, and became Street.

[arr&bee]

Yes i knew her,she dated perry but married richard.

[westgrandboulevard]

I guess that was before or after Cal Gill.......

[Jerry Oz]

I suppose the safest answer to a 'before or after' question would 'yes'.

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes........

[Jerry Oz]

Well, another safe answer would be 'obviously' but that's no way to keep friends...

[westgrandboulevard]

I feel that 'obviously' could also indicate complete agreement - but yes, you just might have to be a little selective when directing that response.

Sometimes, giving an honest response is more important than considering how it may be interpreted.

[Jerry Oz]

Depends on the question. I'm pretty sure you don't want to honestly respond to the 'do these pants make my butt look big?' question that crops up from time to time. Unless you want to interpret why your eye has swollen shut as a result of how the honest response was interpreted.

[westgrandboulevard]

Well yes, I do honestly respond, because it is expected of me.

My response to a 'do these pants make my butt look big?' type question is "if you're asking me, then you feel you may already know the answer, and that's of more importance to you than anything I might say".

[Jerry Oz]

My response is "define 'big'"...

[westgrandboulevard]

You could well find that all else is instantly put on hold, and for some considerable time, while you listen to the definition.....

[Jerry Oz]

What I typically find is that all space and time freezes. A sudden sense of danger crawls over me like ants over a honey-soaked prisoner being executed for crimes against his primitive society. It's at once too late to react and startlingly necessary to take notice of what is about to happen.

I see it, but I cannot avoid it, for although my awareness of the universe has suddenly increased a thousand-fold, it does not increase my ability to change that which has happened and which is destined to happen. It's flying toward me both in super slow motion and at the speed of light. I manage to pee a little anticipation just before it hits my head and breaks into a thousand tiny shards of porcelain which spread across the room like sunlight entering a long-sealed tomb. Time returns to normal when I hear it:

"You owe me a new coffee mug."

[westgrandboulevard]

I shudder to think about the atmosphere at home in the event you leave the toilet seat up....

[Jerry Oz]

I'm pretty sure it would be Super Glued down the second time I did that.

[westgrandboulevard]

...just as long as all concerned ensure that Super Glue is not also applied to the top of the seat....

[Jerry Oz]

Now that would be a sticky situation.

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, indeed. Not being able to go is one thing, but not being able to leave is quite another.

[Jerry Oz]

Uggghhh... Reminds me of the most glaringly inappropriate limerick that I [[unfortunately) know. I'll change it to fit the context of the discussion and we'll make it a pay bathroom [[do those exist?).

There once was a lady named Sue,
Who sprayed a toilet seat with glue,
She then said with a grin,
You must pay to get in,
And then pay to get off of it too!

[westgrandboulevard]

Although limericks are nowhere near in such common use now, the tone of it is very typical of what I feel is the rather lavatorial English humour! And yes 'pay-as-you-go' definitely still exists. Used to be called 'spending a penny' in the early-mid 20th century, which is what it cost. In contrast, a lot of public toilets in UK [[or more correctly, lavatories, the name used by the National Trust in all their properties) have been closed.

The one thing in that limerick which jars with me the most is "get off of"......

[arr&bee]

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa,there you two go again.

[Jerry Oz]

Not too much in society that is more disturbing than having to use a public john...

[westgrandboulevard]

It can take quite a while to get going - and then, when you eventually do, you can't stop....

[Jerry Oz]

Uggghhhh... I could use a spot of hooch after this convo...

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, it would make remarkably effective disinfectant. Kills 99.9% of bacteria, and us.

[Jerry Oz]

That reminds me of the old western movies when somebody is about to have a bullet removed. They take a big swig of hooch before the doctor pours it on their wound, making them wince and call out in pain. Maybe we can effectively market hooch to people about to enter the public privy. They can take a swallow before pouring a generous portion on the seat.

[westgrandboulevard]

"Hooch - keeps you clean on the inside, as well as the outside".

[Jerry Oz]

The irony of it is that it takes guts to swig it knowing that you might spew your guts after swigging too much.

[westgrandboulevard]

I trust we're keeping this thread hovering above the level of good taste, even if only just.....

[arr&bee]

Wow guys i'm flattered,yes this wonderful elixur has and is used for medicinal remedies,oh as for the wincing[movies]one drop of this magic potion and you feel nothing.