Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>> Twitter is dumb and evil.<<< Not if you actually use it to communicate and to look at popular, live opinion across the country, and even the world. Remember the Electronic Forum in CCore? ;-)
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<I guess I could get a sex change. but I don't think I can even remember back to being a tween. As a matter of fact that word didn't even exist in my time frame.>> I don't believe the word 'tween' was really part of common usage until this past decade ...
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 >>>BTW, my AC was 'fixed' today in eight minutes for no charge and it is now 73.4 in here ... now, I just have a wet, moldy, smelly mess in the garage ... maybe I should leave it for December?<<< <<I'll clean it up if I can live in the AC for a few days. >> What happened with yours? I'm guessing nothing good? :-(
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Craig uses Twitter for the same reason anyone in TV/media does: they're told to by their employers. Twitter is dumb. Period. You aren't going to convince me otherwise ... you'd have more success convincing me that TDO has a clue.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>What happened with yours? I'm guessing nothing good? :-(<<< It's "patched." Patched meaning it should be reasonably comfortable in the house (77-78. Ehhhhhhhh. ) until a new one comes. Monday at the earliest. Old one is dead..or... Rather..."patched".
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^You guys got screwed. An AC in FLA doesn't drop dead in five years. That's just not normal. But 77-78 is liveable if you have fans going. 72.8 here now ... almost perfect sleeping temp
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer We know. It's like a lemon AC. It sucks. Tons of fans. We should buy stock in whatever company makes fans. In about 72.8 seconds you are going to hear a knock on your door... I call the room with the most Disney stuff!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Ok, I am going to admit.... ...I like the Twighlight series, very much. The books are great. And the first movie isn't, but New Moon (the 2nd one) is. There, I have said it.
Originally Posted By leemac <<Seasons?!? Are you ever in London? Did you catch any of the longest match in history in person on the grass?>> Rarely - I'm not tax resident in my own country either. Sure did - incredible endurance by both the giant American (how can someone 6'9" play tennis?!?!) Isner and Mahut. Just felt so sorry to see John capitulate so quickly in his next match.
Originally Posted By leemac <<<<Bangers not Bangors. Bangor is a place in Wales - and Maine of course.>> Been to one of those before ...>> I first went to WDW in '81 - I think it was the first year that BA started to fly to MCO. It was on a nasty L-1011 Lockheed Tristars with the incredibly noisy engine beneath the tail. However you had to stop in Bangor to refuel - I'm sure that that airport must have made a fortune with those early trans-Atlantic flights that had to refuel as soon as they hit landmass.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>Ok, I am going to admit.... ...I like the Twighlight series, very much. The books are great. And the first movie isn't, but New Moon (the 2nd one) is. There, I have said it.<<< Dave...why...how? I'm so disappointed. (Not really, we all have our tastes...but...what do you see in it?)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Have you read them? I ignore the teen angst stuff. The idea of a tribe of native american indians that morph into werewolves to save humanity; a family of vampires who fight the odds to be ethical and a hope to put right the loss of their sole, fighting their instincts to do the right thing; a political group of ancient vampires in Italy that strive to control the supernatural world; a war between vampires because of love; and a hybrid baby born of human and vampire. And all of this is going on in a small town, "boring" environment. To me, that is why the series is soooo cool. It is not really about the individuals, but the whole that I like.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I also like the interplay. The idea of teenage outsiders (the native americans), coming to terms with how they are changing. How they also are no longer independent once they transform, and how they deal with that. They really are the most interesting part for me. Also I love the slow reveal on each of the vampires and discovering their back story. What happened before they changed, and why were they changed? How was it they all came together? And the patriarch of the vampires is a good decent man. A vampire that is a doctor in the hospital! That to me is very cool. The subtext of how we can still fight the urges to do bad things and make them right. It feels more like the subtext in the Anne Rice novels (which I also love), but it is more accessable. Yes, Bella is annoying, and I do wonder what the fuss is about Edward. But the ensemble pieces and backstories really make this something quite special. But like many good things, OTT fans kind of put people off, and then when people try it, they wonder what all the fuss was about (kind of like most of WDW's e-tickets in the last 15 years).
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I tried to read the first one, but couldn't make it past page 90. Far too superficial, far to "Drama-y", far too typical and aimed at a certain demographic. The idea is cool, though. Wish I could look past the prose, too.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Agreed, slow starter. But so too is Harry Potter, and Lord of the Rings. All of them are worth pushing through for. Like I say, the Twighlight series starts to get good from Book 2 onwards (and the end of Book 1 - kick ass fight to the death between vamps)
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer >>>But so too is Harry Potter,<<< Really?! Oh, no...With HP, I was HOOKED. LOVED the intro and the mystery behind everything.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Werewolves...The Wolfman (just out on dvd) was great in a dark, moody, gothic kinda way. << I'm off to visit amazon.com now.
