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elag wrote:
> > > When someone says that a place is "exclusive", presumably in an attempt
> > > to impress, I must always ask: "Whom are you excluding?".
> >
> > ahah! my fault. I meant when I mentioned where they lived after she
> > moved over there lots of people went "Oh, very posh!" etc. She is (or
> > was) a young girl who left school and took a very poorly paid government
> > run training course... ending up jetting round the world. I think she
> > grew up and away from her family, but I still think she deserves credit
> > for how far she went, I guess she lives the American dream.
>
> The American dream makes me gag... its all about conspicuous consumption
> and keeping up appearances. I dream about sleeping late, sowing dissent
> and sculpting in the woods... I may be deported.
:O) Yeah, you're obviously a commie pinko and need to get out, shoot
some deer and tie them to your cadilac!
>
> > >
> > > > Damn my memory... one of the European sounding places
> > > > like Venice?
> > >
> > > There is a Venice, California in the Vicinity of L.A.
> >
> > For some reason i think it's somewhere near Miami... but I could be
> > wrong. My son was in L.A and he was nowhere near her.
>
> There is one in Florida as well. The only place in Fla. that interests
> me is the Everglades. Did you ever taste Alligator... tastes just like crocodile.
:O) Yum. We don't get a lot of alligators... or even crocs, in
Geordieland. I've probably tasted cat, but not deliberately.
> > I used to watch that too! and didn't they do a remake in the 80s?
>
> Yes, and let us never speak of it again.
I was thinking... didn't one of the Pa Munsters play in one of them? You
could tell it was him without the makeup as he was still seven foot tall
and ugly and had Herman's voice too.
>
> You know I met Al Lewis (Schnauzer, Grandpa Munster) once. He had an
> Italian Restaurant called "Grandpa's" in Greenwich Village for a while.
> He even ran for Mayor once... might have been more interesting than
> Jimmy Walker...
Oh well, there's the Munster thing for me :O) I'm not sure I have met
any 'real' celebs. Eddie Kidd (A kind of English Evel Kneivel) once
opened a shopping precinct nearby and we popped in. There was Eddie
doing autographs and my wife walked over and picked up some stickers and
stuff for the kids, ignoring Eddie, who was grinning and brandishing his
pen. She couldn't understand why I was chuckling til I explained she
just snubbed the star of the show. "Never heard of the bloke!" was her
response.
>
> > > >
> > > > wow. I should write a book :O)
> > >
> > > The story was interesting. If it were fleshed out a bit it might also
> > > make a nice film script. Have you seen "Trainspotting"?
> >
> > Oh yes. We have a penchant for gritty northern dramas, and I guess we
> > couldn't get more northern than Scotland. Personally I prefer the irish
> > books by Roddy Doyle, which includes 'the Commitments.' he has a fine
> > sense of humour, makes me chuckle aloud, but very down to earth too.
>
> I hven't seen it, but it sounds good. I just thought that a bunch of
> freewheeling vignettes in the style of "Trainspotting" might work with
> that type of story.
Certainly. When I wanted to be a writer, as a youth, I used to throw
stuff down which was basically my life. Only problem is of course I used
real names and the people who crossed me generally died a horrible death
:O)
>
> >
> > > >
> > > > Cheers. I never even really thought about it before but on the immediate
> > > > area, our street at least, there would be enough people willing to do
> > > > something.
> > >
> > > Hey, I hope something positive does come of it, You see, the Usenet can
> > > sometimes actually be of some use.
> >
> > Oh go on, you jest! :O)
>
> The lion can terrify,
> I can make a roar too!
> The lion can switch his tail,
> I can wag my tail too!
> I'm as trustworthy as a sieve,
> I hold on to my followers like a net.
> I sing like a she-ass.
> I can't stand a thief, whatever I see doesn't stay where it was.
> I've gotten large from starvation, enormous from eating.
> I breakfast on ten quarts, I dine on thirty,
> I don't leave off till I've filled the 'bushel' to the brim.
> The long, the short of them, there's none like me among the girls!
> My limbs are elephantine, my face a hyena's,
> I tower like a tortoise, I have no rival:
> So much would my lover be loving me,
> He keeps turning over, front and back, like a snared crab.
> He wouldn't herd his ewes within a league? of the city gate because of me...
> I'm frisky, I'm a lively one!
>
> -Ancient Mesopotamian Jester's song
It doesn't mention the internet! :O))
--
Paul. (I wish I had the wings to fly away from here)
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