Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: EU Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:26:47 +0100 Lines: 95 Message-ID: <7mbe1mx021.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <10h4noh$3n4no$4@dont-email.me> <10h61qm$dbs$3@dont-email.me> <10hbtai$1heop$2@dont-email.me> <10he0oj$237cl$4@dont-email.me> <20251212095338.c8a50755e45318f4cf95e760@127.0.0.1> <10hgvpu$2r3rh$19@dont-email.me> <10hpkbv$22juh$14@dont-email.me> <10hrchc$2i9gm$6@dont-email.me> <10hsvrf$35lln$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net /PuRW6VW6mtKsMoXrPFGuAUM1W+ENaxhlq3iYJPmTXYv91MKPW X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:6vTaITtNnUSOadHX3IRyd4XOCvo= sha256:uSCGHS3HIuYu8s4IS5kI6fUjp8UIwmSnuYGqyvCnr2w= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79451 alt.folklore.computers:232688 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. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;