Donner's Pass recreated with goldfish in NZ
See, Vera? Dress yourself up; you get taken out somewhere fun.
Jayne ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
le nubian - Jul 27, 2011 9:52:21 am PDT #18269 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Toddson - Jul 27, 2011 10:18:35 am PDT #18270 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Some time ago one of the government agency cafeterias became so notorious for its bad food that it was being called the Alfred Packer (Parker?) cafeteria (after the man of whom, at his sentencing, the judge said, "there were only four Democrats in the county and he et three of them").
One day someone called trying to make a reservation for a party, name of Donner.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2011 10:26:57 am PDT #18271 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The 405 is not that bad in a world with the 101.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2011 10:57:33 am PDT #18272 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Saddest movie ever. Not sure I've seen it.
le nubian - Jul 27, 2011 11:06:51 am PDT #18273 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I thought I had seen it, until I saw the scene in question and I gasped at how much sorrow was evident on the screen. Holy shit. If I had seen that whole movie and had been confronted with THAT as the final scene? I would have been done in. Just done in. No more tissues in the house.
Kate P. - Jul 27, 2011 11:22:55 am PDT #18274 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Saddest movie ever. Not sure I've seen it.
I love that the comments are all about Up instead.
askye - Jul 27, 2011 11:28:22 am PDT #18275 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
I watched the clip from The Champ and I cried but Rick Schroder did a really good acting job.
This inspired me to watch So Proudly We Hail, which gets me going every time and I'm about to get to the first par that makes me cry.
Scrappy - Jul 27, 2011 11:34:49 am PDT #18276 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Some time ago one of the government agency cafeterias became so notorious for its bad food that it was being called the Alfred Packer (Parker?) cafeteria
That was Stan Weston, my dad's best friend! My mom met his wife Sue while they were working at Headstart and they have been friends ever since. He worked as press secretary at the Department of Ag at the time, [link] (scroll down) He had an official club called the "Alferd E Packer Society" with membership cards and everything,of which I was a junior member. Stan died at 50. He was a very cool guy. Sue and my mom were partners in the used bookstore for many years. I grew up with the Westons and Sue and her new husband live right down the block from my mom.
Sophia Brooks - Jul 27, 2011 11:36:06 am PDT #18277 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I am a known cry-er, but that did not tear me up much. Unlike that dog episode of Futurama.
brenda m - Jul 27, 2011 11:38:17 am PDT #18278 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Unlike that dog episode of Futurama.
Oh man, I can't even watch that.