RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:43 pm
No wonder the patch took so long! [:D][:D]
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No wonder the patch took so long! [:D][:D]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:46 pm
ORIGINAL: Mynok
No wonder the patch took so long! [:D][:D]
It's not out yet. The public beta has to be finished first...
This reminds me, I have a therapist bill to pay. Still haven't gotten over the last meeting, and LogBoy showing up toga'ed in a replica of HMS Victory's mainsail. The horror...[X(]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:37 pm
Ah yes...project managers are pure evil don't you know.ORIGINAL: Mynok
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:41 pm
Post lunch 
tithe
titheRE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:41 pm
Chris! Good to see you!
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:42 pm
Hi Major Mike. How's it going?ORIGINAL: Mike Solli
Chris! Good to see you!
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:00 pm
Good. Busy. I'm looking for a job as well. I don't frequent the thread as I used to unfortunately.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:22 pm
Hello, wayward Brothers! [:)]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:26 pm
Listening to Shelby Foote's The Civil War Vol. 1. Fantastic narrative history; the only negative is that it isn't read by the author...
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:30 pm
Whenever I read a Lee quote in a book, I hear Shelby Foote's voice. Kind of like reading Chris's posts with a Stewie voice.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:36 pm
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Listening to Shelby Foote's The Civil War Vol. 1. Fantastic narrative history; the only negative is that it isn't read by the author...
I've read the first volume and was into the second several years ago, but got sidetracked. They really do read as if you are "sitting on his front porch with a glass of tea, listening to him tell stories." I met him walking down the street, once, back when I was still in Memphis. No one I was with that day could understand why I was so excited about it. [:D]
Now, I have a craving to go watch Ken Burns' Civil War series. Mr. Foote was the highlight of that amazing program.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:41 pm
Foote was excellent in the series although it did make me question Ed Bearss's sanity at a certain point.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:55 pm
Parole - Tithe. [&o]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:59 pm
Agreed completely. I watched that series just to get a little bit more from him. Most of the other commentators were replaceable, his narrative was absolutely integral to the program. I'll have to see if I can get the narrative history from my library to listen to in the car.ORIGINAL: USS America
ORIGINAL: Terminus
Listening to Shelby Foote's The Civil War Vol. 1. Fantastic narrative history; the only negative is that it isn't read by the author...
I've read the first volume and was into the second several years ago, but got sidetracked. They really do read as if you are "sitting on his front porch with a glass of tea, listening to him tell stories." I met him walking down the street, once, back when I was still in Memphis. No one I was with that day could understand why I was so excited about it. [:D]
Now, I have a craving to go watch Ken Burns' Civil War series. Mr. Foote was the highlight of that amazing program.
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:04 pm
Good grief! It seems that my hometown has been shortlisted as a potential twin-town with Disney [X(][8|] 
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:13 pm
ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk
Foote was excellent in the series although it did make me question Ed Bearss's sanity at a certain point.
If by "certain point", you mean "every time he appeared on screen", we agree...[:D]
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:30 pm
ORIGINAL: sprior
ORIGINAL: Dixie
ORIGINAL: sprior
Does the Cold War count?
It doesn't matter which war, just that it's The War and it's used to entertain/bore the grandchildren. It's just The War, something that you experienced and your grandchildren can also experience through the medium of long rambling stories.
For added effect, The War can actually be a composite event. Featuring the Cold War, Gulf War and a night out in Portsmouth for example.
Switch off Shaun the Sheep kiddies grandpa's going to tell you about a night out in Port Canaveral during The War...
Isn't "Shaun the Sheep" about grandpa's experiences in the Falklands War?
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:31 pm
ORIGINAL: anarchyintheuk
Foote was excellent in the series although it did make me question Ed Bearss's sanity at a certain point.
No need to question it. He was a good friend of my dad's, so that means that his hold on sanity was tenuous at best...
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:36 pm
So, which of ya'll oldsers out there saw the recent highly (and annoyingly) touted Prisoner series opener, and think it utterly blew dead bears, when ya compare it to Patrick McGoohan's Prisoner by ITC on PBS and BBC 3 (maybe?).
RE: THE THREAD!!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:39 pm
it blew chunks.