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Re: EU

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: EU
Date 2025-12-18 23:26 +0100
Message-ID <7mbe1mx021.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2025-12-17 09:03, c186282 wrote:
> On 12/16/25 20:18, rbowman wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 01:09:03 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> On 16/12/2025 20:02, rbowman wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:33:16 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 16/12/2025 08:06, rbowman wrote:
>>>>>> The finest politicians that money can buy watched it all happen.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QAKz_cxTlQ
>>>>
>>>> I'd never heard of them.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLOLKvSmjAk
>>>>
>>>> That's more my speed.
>>>
>>> They are a couple of Dutch girls who loved the Beatles so much they
>>> moved to Liverpool and started doing Beatles covers.
>>
>> Sort of related I see where the Stones canceled their 2026 tour. Richards
>> is finally slowing down. They played here a few years ago but I didn't 
>> go.
>> Some things are better remembered as they used to be.
> 
>    When Richards dies, I suspect they will have a
>    special HazMat capsule ready for his body ...
>    only way to keep the public safe from all the
>    concentrated toxic substances  :-)
> 
>    And yes, 'yesteryear vision' often IS better.
> 
>    One CURSE of the internet is in showing olde-tyme
>    movie/tv/pop stars from the 70s/80s/90s as they
>    are NOW. Too often dumpy nasty fat gits. SUCH
>    a downer !!! Better to remember 'as was' ...
> 
>    Saw an old movie the other day "Sunset Boulevard",
>    Gloria Swanson. It was about an old silent-days
>    movie star OBSESSED with her past glory. She'd
>    become a suicidal loon over the years, spent
>    most of her day in her private theater re-watching
>    her old flix over and over and over. Got ALL hyped
>    when DeMille called her ... she thought he wanted
>    her to be a star again and prepped heavily. Turned
>    out he only wanted to rent her classic CAR for a
>    few days. A serious psychological tragedy.

I remember that movie. Or think I do.

> 
>    Swanson, clearly, had seen this phenom in some
>    of her contemporaries - and did 'em perfectly.
>    She "got it" - but not all of her old crowd did.
> 
>    . . .
> 
>    Most missed old star - 'Hedy' Lamarr ... hottie
>    and GENIUS. She and her piano guy invented, and
>    filed a secret patent on, spread-spectrum radio
>    during WW2. Alas the tube-tech of the time really
>    wasn't up to it ... but everything that comes
>    in on yer iPhone today .........
> 
>    "Secret patent" - common during the war for
>    'defense-sensitive' tech. It was all filed
>    under her proper name, Hedwig Kiesler, to
>    evade enemy scrutiny.
> 
>    'Hedy's first husband was an arms contractor.
>    She was kept basically as a teen sex slave.
>    Had to fabricate a very sneaky escape plan to
>    get away from the asshole. Then she came to
>    the USA and some film people noticed her.
>    "Hot/smart/strong" COULD be very sexy and
>    easy to sell if done right. However, during
>    her servitude, she learned everything about
>    weapons and the biz ... quick guess, IQ 160+
>    based on various info/comments/histories. Wow.
> 
>    Note she did NOT see any conflicts with being
>    an 'objectified' hottie and her 'womanhood/
>    autonomy/self'. It was all one continuum to
>    her, part of her 'whole' by reports. Must have
>    driven the latter misandrogynist 'femiNAZIS'
>    just nuts ! An older, more sensible, generation.

I also seem to recall that history.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr>

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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                Re: EU Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-12-23 23:32 +0000
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                Re: EU Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-12-22 17:33 +0000
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                Re: EU c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-21 14:29 -0500
                Re: EU The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-21 20:09 +0000
                Re: EU rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-21 20:52 +0000
                Re: EU c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-12-22 00:59 -0500
                Re: EU rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-21 03:07 +0000
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