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  Off-topic posts Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk> - 2012-01-08 19:17 +0000
    Re: Off-topic posts Ebenezer <woodbrian77@gmail.com> - 2012-01-08 15:59 -0800
      Re: Off-topic posts drew@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) - 2012-01-09 17:54 +0000
        Re: Off-topic posts Ebenezer <woodbrian77@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 10:31 -0800
          Re: Off-topic posts red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2012-01-09 12:47 -0800
          Re: Off-topic posts T G <diekry@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 13:15 -0800
            Re: Off-topic posts Ebenezer <woodbrian77@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 10:00 -0800
            Re: Off-topic posts BCFD36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2012-01-10 22:41 -0800
              Re: Off-topic posts Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-01-12 22:36 +0000
                Re: Off-topic posts BCFD36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2012-01-12 20:37 -0800
            Re: Off-topic posts BCFD36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> - 2012-01-10 22:43 -0800
          Re: Off-topic posts "Paul" <pchristor@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-01-09 23:36 +0000
    Re: Off-topic posts Datesfat Chicks <datesfat.chicks@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 23:57 -0500
      Re: Off-topic posts Datesfat Chicks <datesfat.chicks@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 00:08 -0500

#13178 — Off-topic posts

Here is another one (Alf):

Prometheus is an upcoming science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott 
and written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. The film stars Noomi 
Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green 
and Charlize Theron. Originally conceived as a prequel to Scott's 1979 
science fiction horror film Alien, script rewrites developed the film 
into a separate story unconnected to the films of the Alien franchise. 
According to Scott, though the film shares "strands of Alien's DNA, so 
to speak", Prometheus will explore its own mythology and universe and is 
not directly linked to Alien. Filming began in March 2011, and 
Prometheus is scheduled for release in the USA on June 8, 2012 through 
20th Century Fox.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(film)

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#13182

On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston <le...@i42.co.uk> wrote:

I watched Sound of Music over the holidays.  Climb every
mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
you find your dream.

Very inspiring.


Brian Wood
Ebenezer Enterprises
http://webEbenezer.net

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#13189

In article <f29eec79-57e4-4994-a0af-f3e7c2172412@t8g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
	Ebenezer <woodbrian77@gmail.com> writes:
>On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston <le...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
>
>I watched Sound of Music over the holidays.  Climb every
>mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
>you find your dream.

Must have been the Norse version.


-- 
 Drew Lawson              I had planned to be dead by now, but
                          the schedule slipped, they do that.
                                               -- Casady

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#13190

On Jan 9, 11:54 am, d...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) wrote:
> In article <f29eec79-57e4-4994-a0af-f3e7c2172...@t8g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
>         Ebenezer <woodbria...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston <le...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >I watched Sound of Music over the holidays.  Climb every
> >mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
> >you find your dream.
>
> Must have been the Norse version.
>

I added a little European flavor.

I enjoy visiting the American Swedish Institute --
http://www.asimn.org -- from time to time.

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#13191

On 1/9/2012 10:31 AM, Ebenezer wrote:
> On Jan 9, 11:54 am, d...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) wrote:
>> In article<f29eec79-57e4-4994-a0af-f3e7c2172...@t8g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
>>          Ebenezer<woodbria...@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>>> On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston<le...@i42.co.uk>  wrote:
>>
>>> I watched Sound of Music over the holidays.  Climb every
>>> mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
>>> you find your dream.
>>
>> Must have been the Norse version.
>>

Clearly it is an ex-musical.  It has ceased to be!

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#13192

On Jan 9, 1:31 pm, Ebenezer <woodbria...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 9, 11:54 am, d...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) wrote:
>
> > In article <f29eec79-57e4-4994-a0af-f3e7c2172...@t8g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
> >         Ebenezer <woodbria...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > >On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston <le...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > >I watched Sound of Music over the holidays.  Climb every
> > >mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
> > >you find your dream.
>
> > Must have been the Norse version.
>
> I added a little European flavor.

Lutefisk?

> I enjoy visiting the American Swedish Institute --http://www.asimn.org-- from time to time.

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#13215

On Jan 9, 3:15 pm, T G <die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 9, 1:31 pm, Ebenezer <woodbria...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > I added a little European flavor.
>
> Lutefisk?
>

I've never tried it and don't think I'd like it.
I know some Swedes that don't like it either.

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#13226

On 1/9/12 1:15 PM, T G wrote:
> On Jan 9, 1:31 pm, Ebenezer<woodbria...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Jan 9, 11:54 am, d...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) wrote:
>>
>>> In article<f29eec79-57e4-4994-a0af-f3e7c2172...@t8g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
>>>          Ebenezer<woodbria...@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>>>> On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston<le...@i42.co.uk>  wrote:
>>
>>>> I watched Sound of Music over the holidays.  Climb every
>>>> mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
>>>> you find your dream.
>>
>>> Must have been the Norse version.
>>
>> I added a little European flavor.
>
> Lutefisk?
>
>> I enjoy visiting the American Swedish Institute --http://www.asimn.org-- from time to time.
>
Lutefisk is NOT a flavor. It is more of a nastiness. When I was working 
in Norway, the locals we were working with served up the gelatinous mess 
one night. Being good guests, we ate it. It was horrible. It was awful. 
It was horribly awful or awfully horrible.

We found out later they had a betting pool involving who would eat how 
much, etc. It was noted by us that some of the locals didn't eat very 
much of it. Nasty terrible stuff. Yech!

-- 
Dave Scruggs
Captain, Boulder Creek Fire

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#13314

On Wed, 2012-01-11, BCFD36 wrote:
> On 1/9/12 1:15 PM, T G wrote:
>> On Jan 9, 1:31 pm, Ebenezer<woodbria...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> On Jan 9, 11:54 am, d...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) wrote:
>>>
>>>> In article<f29eec79-57e4-4994-a0af-f3e7c2172...@t8g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
>>>>          Ebenezer<woodbria...@gmail.com>  writes:
>>>
>>>>> On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston<le...@i42.co.uk>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I watched Sound of Music over the holidays.  Climb every
>>>>> mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
>>>>> you find your dream.
>>>
>>>> Must have been the Norse version.
>>>
>>> I added a little European flavor.
>>
>> Lutefisk?
>>

> Lutefisk is NOT a flavor. It is more of a nastiness. When I was working 
> in Norway, the locals we were working with served up the gelatinous mess 
> one night. Being good guests, we ate it. It was horrible. It was awful. 
> It was horribly awful or awfully horrible.
>
> We found out later they had a betting pool involving who would eat how 
> much, etc. It was noted by us that some of the locals didn't eat very 
> much of it. Nasty terrible stuff. Yech!

I did a small survey at work, and it seems "lutefisk" is an overloaded
name: a rather neutral jelly-like fish dish popular (but also hated)
in .se around Christmas, and a nastier version from .no.

Or perhaps there's something genetical which makes some people immune
and others not, just like with some bitter tastes.

Perhaps Alf has some insight?

/Jorgen

-- 
  // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@  Oo  o.   .     .
\X/     snipabacken.se>   O  o   .

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#13316

On 1/12/12 2:36 PM, Jorgen Grahn wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-01-11, BCFD36 wrote:
[stuff deleted]

>
> Perhaps Alf has some insight?
>
> /Jorgen
>
I thought Alf wanted to eat the cat. Or do I remember wrong.

-- 
Dave Scruggs

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#13227

On 1/9/12 1:15 PM, T G wrote:
> On Jan 9, 1:31 pm, Ebenezer<woodbria...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Jan 9, 11:54 am, d...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) wrote:
>>
>>> In article<f29eec79-57e4-4994-a0af-f3e7c2172...@t8g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
>>>          Ebenezer<woodbria...@gmail.com>  writes:
>>
>>>> On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston<le...@i42.co.uk>  wrote:
>>
>>>> I watched Sound of Music over the holidays.  Climb every
>>>> mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
>>>> you find your dream.
>>
>>> Must have been the Norse version.
>>
>> I added a little European flavor.
>
> Lutefisk?
>
>> I enjoy visiting the American Swedish Institute --http://www.asimn.org-- from time to time.
>
Lutefisk is NOT a flavor. It is more of a nastiness. When I was working 
in Norway, the locals we were working with served up the gelatinous mess 
one night. Being good guests, we ate it. It was horrible. It was awful. 
It was horribly awful or awfully horrible.

We found out later they had a betting pool involving who would eat how 
much, etc. It was noted by us that some of the locals didn't eat very 
much of it. Nasty terrible stuff. Yech!



-- 
Dave Scruggs
Captain, Boulder Creek Fire

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#13193

"Ebenezer" <woodbrian77@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:76cddea5-57fa-4a12-948a-7803840fdf4d@p13g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 9, 11:54 am, d...@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) wrote:
> In article 
> <f29eec79-57e4-4994-a0af-f3e7c2172...@t8g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>
> Ebenezer <woodbria...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >On Jan 8, 1:17 pm, Leigh Johnston <le...@i42.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >I watched Sound of Music over the holidays. Climb every
> >mountain, fjord every stream, follow every rainbow, till
> >you find your dream.
>
> Must have been the Norse version.
>

I added a little European flavor.
.............................................................

Speaking of  Nordic themes , I suggest the following film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740707/



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#13197

On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:17:47 +0000, Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk>
wrote:

>Here is another one (Alf):
>
>Prometheus is an upcoming science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott 
>and written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. The film stars Noomi 
>Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green 
>and Charlize Theron. Originally conceived as a prequel to Scott's 1979 
>science fiction horror film Alien, script rewrites developed the film 
>into a separate story unconnected to the films of the Alien franchise. 
>According to Scott, though the film shares "strands of Alien's DNA, so 
>to speak", Prometheus will explore its own mythology and universe and is 
>not directly linked to Alien. Filming began in March 2011, and 
>Prometheus is scheduled for release in the USA on June 8, 2012 through 
>20th Century Fox.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(film)

Looks very cool.

I also found the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU

Shamefully, I recognized the aliens and the spaceship from the first
movie.  (Shamefully = this is just as bad as watching Star Trek reruns
and living in your parents' basement.)

"Alien" was just about the best film of that decade.  The
chest-popping scene was legendary, and has been parodied more than
once.

http://tinyurl.com/86xfx7w

The design of the aliens was pretty cool, too (the face grabbing), as
this is an instinctive fear.

Another cool trailer I saw in the theaters was this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IfQY4fNcnw

I always liked Denzel Washington in those kind of "corrupt" roles like
in "Training Day".

Do you have your liquor license?

DFC

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#13198

On Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:57:13 -0500, Datesfat Chicks
<datesfat.chicks@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:17:47 +0000, Leigh Johnston <leigh@i42.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>Here is another one (Alf):
>>
>>Prometheus is an upcoming science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott 
>>and written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. The film stars Noomi 
>>Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green 
>>and Charlize Theron. Originally conceived as a prequel to Scott's 1979 
>>science fiction horror film Alien, script rewrites developed the film 
>>into a separate story unconnected to the films of the Alien franchise. 
>>According to Scott, though the film shares "strands of Alien's DNA, so 
>>to speak", Prometheus will explore its own mythology and universe and is 
>>not directly linked to Alien. Filming began in March 2011, and 
>>Prometheus is scheduled for release in the USA on June 8, 2012 through 
>>20th Century Fox.
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(film)
>
>Looks very cool.
>
>I also found the trailer:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU
>
>Shamefully, I recognized the aliens and the spaceship from the first
>movie.  (Shamefully = this is just as bad as watching Star Trek reruns
>and living in your parents' basement.)
>
>"Alien" was just about the best film of that decade.  The
>chest-popping scene was legendary, and has been parodied more than
>once.
>
>http://tinyurl.com/86xfx7w
>
>The design of the aliens was pretty cool, too (the face grabbing), as
>this is an instinctive fear.
>
>Another cool trailer I saw in the theaters was this one:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IfQY4fNcnw
>
>I always liked Denzel Washington in those kind of "corrupt" roles like
>in "Training Day".
>
>Do you have your liquor license?

Someone is going to ask, so "Liquor License" is at time offset 2:18
here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3myRRZkErs

>
>DFC

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