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  Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-10 21:05 -0400
    Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-10 19:04 -0700
    Re: Apple Watch Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-10 22:35 -0700
      Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-11 10:45 -0400
        Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-11 14:18 -0400
          Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-11 15:58 -0400
            Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-11 16:28 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-11 16:53 -0700
            Re: Apple Watch Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-11 22:22 +0000
              Re: Apple Watch Jim_Higgins <gordian240@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-11 20:05 -0400
                Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-11 20:28 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-12 11:08 -0400
                Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-12 11:16 -0400
                  Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-14 20:58 -0400
                    Re: Apple Watch Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-14 18:00 -0700
                      Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-15 11:14 -0400
                        Re: Apple Watch Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-15 08:24 -0700
                    Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-14 22:36 -0400
                      Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-15 11:29 -0400
                        Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-15 11:42 -0400
                          Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-15 11:56 -0400
                            Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-15 12:02 -0400
                          Re: Apple Watch Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-15 09:44 -0700
                            Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-15 17:14 -0400
                              Re: Apple Watch dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-16 08:10 +1000
                    Re: Apple Watch John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-04-14 21:13 -0700
                      Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-15 11:20 -0400
                    Re: Apple Watch Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-15 12:52 +0000
                      Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-15 11:42 -0400
                        Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-15 11:49 -0400
                        Re: Apple Watch Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-15 15:56 +0000
                        Re: Apple Watch Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-15 22:45 +0000
      Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-11 14:18 -0400
        Re: Apple Watch Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-11 21:36 -0700
    Re: Apple Watch Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-11 11:22 +0000
    Re: Apple Watch Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-04-11 14:16 +0000
    Re: Apple Watch Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-11 19:23 -0400
      Re: Apple Watch Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-04-12 00:22 +0000
        Re: Apple Watch AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> - 2015-04-12 11:24 -0400
      Re: Apple Watch nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-11 20:28 -0400
      Re: Apple Watch Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow@mailinator.com> - 2015-04-11 19:25 -0700
        Re: Apple Watch Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-12 07:38 -0400
          Re: Apple Watch Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-04-12 09:48 -0400
          Re: Apple Watch me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-12 23:13 +0000
            Re: Apple Watch Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-12 19:30 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-12 16:48 -0700
                Re: Apple Watch Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-13 08:27 -0400
                  Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-13 05:35 -0700
              Re: Apple Watch dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-13 09:55 +1000
                Re: Apple Watch Kurt Ullman <kurtullman@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-13 07:39 -0400
              Re: Apple Watch me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2015-04-13 04:52 +0000
                Re: Apple Watch dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-13 15:52 +1000
                  Re: Apple Watch Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-13 08:36 -0400
                    Re: Apple Watch John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2015-04-13 18:10 +0100
                  Re: Apple Watch John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-04-13 09:59 -0700
                    Re: Apple Watch dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-14 07:52 +1000
                      Re: Apple Watch Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-04-13 18:49 -0400
                        Re: Apple Watch dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-14 10:25 +1000
                          Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-13 18:09 -0700
                            Re: Apple Watch dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-14 13:01 +1000
                              Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-13 20:43 -0700
                                Re: Apple Watch dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-14 18:34 +1000
                              Re: Apple Watch Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-04-14 09:52 -0400
                            Re: Apple Watch Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-04-15 16:32 -0700
                              Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-15 17:46 -0700
                                Re: Apple Watch Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-04-15 20:10 -0700
                                  Re: Apple Watch Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-04-15 20:28 -0700
                                    Re: Apple Watch Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-04-15 20:49 -0700
                                      Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-15 21:09 -0700
                                        Re: Apple Watch John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-04-16 07:08 -0700
                                          Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-16 08:26 -0700
                                            Re: Apple Watch John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-04-16 09:16 -0700
                          Re: Apple Watch Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-04-15 16:22 -0700
            Re: Apple Watch Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-12 16:47 -0700

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#28751

On 4/11/15 4:23 PM, Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <mg9s1j$75q$1@news.albasani.net>,
>   AV3 <arvimide@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I ordered my Apple Watch a couple of minutes after midnight, PDT, and
>> was informed I should receive it in the second half of May. I will check
>> out its avatar at an Apple store in the meantime.
>
> You know, if you'd bought a Rolex Red Submariner in 1968 (say) it would
> be worth about $20000 today. And Rolex "support" it (meaning you can get
> it serviced at a Rolex Genius Bar) and it's almost 50 years old. Apple
> don't have a reputation for maintaining their hardware beyond about 6 or
> 7 years (look at the very expensive Mac Pro 1,1).
>
> So, douchebag buys the $12000 iSwatch, and 5 years from now Apple say,
> "ah, too bad, so sad, we gonna upgrade the system software so you're
> just screwed," and douchebag says "thank you Steve, for your infinite
> mercy" and throws it into the drawer with his daughter's Beanie Babies
> and his Polaroid instant camera and the Rubik's cube he never solved and
> gives Apple some more money for another one.
>
> Here they come. But the iSwatch monitors your heart rate and you can
> book an Uber car with it and it even runs Yo (maybe). That's nice. I'll
> go with Rolex.

It might be nice to have a 50 year old watch. I could see that. Change 
is fun too. Got to be flexible, enjoy it and go with the flow. Otherwise 
your feet get all stuck in the mud. No one likes that. Well, almost no 
one anyway.

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#28754

In article <mgcl1o$j3k$1@dont-email.me>,
 Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow@mailinator.com> wrote:

> It might be nice to have a 50 year old watch. I could see that. Change 
> is fun too. Got to be flexible, enjoy it and go with the flow. Otherwise 
> your feet get all stuck in the mud. No one likes that. Well, almost no 
> one anyway.

I just want to know what time it is.

As it happens, I have 2 Rolexes. One is 60 years old and the other is 70 
years old. They're essentially worthless, because there once were 
Rolexes that weren't jewellery. They belonged to my father. He bought 
one in 1944 and his 2nd wife gave him the other in 1955. They both work, 
but are in desperate need of overhaul. The "newer" is an Oyster, but you 
can bet that it ain't waterproof no more; the older one you have to wind 
by hand. Time marches on.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#28756

On 2015-04-12 07:38, Warren Oates wrote:
> In article <mgcl1o$j3k$1@dont-email.me>,
> Zar Zifodow <zarzifodow@mailinator.com> wrote:
>
>> It might be nice to have a 50 year old watch. I could see that. Change
>> is fun too. Got to be flexible, enjoy it and go with the flow.
>> Otherwise your feet get all stuck in the mud. No one likes that. Well,
>> almost no one anyway.
>
> I just want to know what time it is.

Then the Watch isn't for you.  What others want out of it is much more 
that the time of one half or the other half of the day.

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#28792

Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> As it happens, I have 2 Rolexes. One is 60 years old and the other is 70 
> years old. They're essentially worthless  because there once were 
> Rolexes that weren't jewellery.

They are definitely not worthless.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#28793

In article <mgeu74$ejl$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) 
wrote:

> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > As it happens, I have 2 Rolexes. One is 60 years old and the other is 70 
> > years old. They're essentially worthless  because there once were 
> > Rolexes that weren't jewellery.
> 
> They are definitely not worthless.

Well, "worthless" is overdoing it I guess. I could probably sell them 
for a couple-three hundred dollars each. I'm still planning on getting 
the Oyster brought back to life.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#28798

On 2015-04-12 23:30:30 +0000, Warren Oates said:

> In article <mgeu74$ejl$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote:
> 
>> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> As it happens, I have 2 Rolexes. One is 60 years old and the other is 
>>> 70 years old. They're essentially worthless  because there once were 
>>> Rolexes that weren't jewellery.
>> 
>> They are definitely not worthless.
> 
> Well, "worthless" is overdoing it I guess. I could probably sell them 
> for a couple-three hundred dollars each. I'm still planning on getting 
> the Oyster brought back to life.

They are worth more than that, if you are being offered $200-$300 they 
are trying to rob you.

-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#28809

In article <2015041216483020317-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMme.com>,
 Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

> On 2015-04-12 23:30:30 +0000, Warren Oates said:
> 
> > In article <mgeu74$ejl$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) 
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> As it happens, I have 2 Rolexes. One is 60 years old and the other is 
> >>> 70 years old. They're essentially worthless  because there once were 
> >>> Rolexes that weren't jewellery.
> >> 
> >> They are definitely not worthless.
> > 
> > Well, "worthless" is overdoing it I guess. I could probably sell them 
> > for a couple-three hundred dollars each. I'm still planning on getting 
> > the Oyster brought back to life.
> 
> They are worth more than that, if you are being offered $200-$300 they 
> are trying to rob you.

I haven't actually tried to sell them, but a few years ago I posted 
pictures of them on a (good) Rolex collector's website, and that was 
pretty much what I was told.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#28810

On 2015-04-13 12:27:03 +0000, Warren Oates said:

> In article <2015041216483020317-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMme.com>,
>  Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2015-04-12 23:30:30 +0000, Warren Oates said:
>> 
>>> In article <mgeu74$ejl$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> As it happens, I have 2 Rolexes. One is 60 years old and the other is 
>>>>> 70 years old. They're essentially worthless  because there once were 
>>>>> Rolexes that weren't jewellery.
>>>> 
>>>> They are definitely not worthless.
>>> 
>>> Well, "worthless" is overdoing it I guess. I could probably sell them 
>>> for a couple-three hundred dollars each. I'm still planning on getting 
>>> the Oyster brought back to life.
>> 
>> They are worth more than that, if you are being offered $200-$300 they 
>> are trying to rob you.
> 
> I haven't actually tried to sell them, but a few years ago I posted 
> pictures of them on a (good) Rolex collector's website, and that was 
> pretty much what I was told.

They were low-balling you. They are collecting those Rolexes at the 
lowest, if not opportunistcally low prices. If you don't know what they 
are worth why let a potential buyer set the price?
-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#28799

In article <552b0016$0$44188$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@eventually>,
 Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <mgeu74$ejl$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) 
> wrote:
> 
> > Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > As it happens, I have 2 Rolexes. One is 60 years old and the other is 70 
> > > years old. They're essentially worthless  because there once were 
> > > Rolexes that weren't jewellery.
> > 
> > They are definitely not worthless.
> 
> Well, "worthless" is overdoing it I guess. I could probably sell them 
> for a couple-three hundred dollars each. I'm still planning on getting 
> the Oyster brought back to life.

My dad gave me a Swiss watch when I was nine years old. Wore it for a 
few hundred years and gave up when mobile phones became a popular 
accessory. It was faithfully serviced for all that time, it eventually 
had to have new hands, a new winder, and god knows what else inside 
over the years, a wonder it was the "same" watch. Still have it in a 
box somewhere.

When it came it had luminous dots and numbers, some of those alpha, 
beta and gamma rays presumably went into me (as did some from shoe 
shops when they x-rayed your feet inside shoes to see how they fit!).

-- 
dorayme

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#28808

In article <do_ray_me-35FF94.09555313042015@aioe.org>,
 dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> 
> My dad gave me a Swiss watch when I was nine years old. Wore it for a 
> few hundred years and gave up when mobile phones became a popular 
> accessory. It was faithfully serviced for all that time, it eventually 
> had to have new hands, a new winder, and god knows what else inside 
> over the years, a wonder it was the "same" watch. Still have it in a 
> box somewhere.
> 
Old joke about the guy who had a knife once owned by Jim Bowie. He later 
explained that the hilt had been replaced twice and the knife once, but 
it still occupied the same space in time...

> When it came it had luminous dots and numbers, some of those alpha, 
> beta and gamma rays presumably went into me (as did some from shoe 
> shops when they x-rayed your feet inside shoes to see how they fit!).
   Or, in my case, to keep one busy looking at his young feet instead of 
whining about how bored they were whilst the younger sister was picking 
out shoes. (grin)
-- 
³Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive,
     but what they conceal is vital.²
                       ‹ Aaron Levenstein

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#28802

Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, "worthless" is overdoing it I guess. I could probably sell them 
> for a couple-three hundred dollars each.

If that's what you would like to sell them for, you're on. Let me know 
and I'll send you my contact info.

-- 
K.

Lang may your lum reek.

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#28805

In article <mgfi24$g6$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) 
wrote:

> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, "worthless" is overdoing it I guess. I could probably sell them 
> > for a couple-three hundred dollars each.
> 
> If that's what you would like to sell them for, you're on. Let me know 
> and I'll send you my contact info.

Why is everyone on to Oatsie about selling, he never gave the 
impression of wanting to sell and I doubt if he would. Please, you 
sharks you, stop circling the poor guy, it's a family heirloom for 
god's sake.

-- 
dorayme

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#28811

In article <do_ray_me-D19B2C.15524213042015@aioe.org>,
 dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> Why is everyone on to Oatsie about selling, he never gave the 
> impression of wanting to sell and I doubt if he would. Please, you 
> sharks you, stop circling the poor guy, it's a family heirloom for 
> god's sake.

Aw, thanks. Of course I'm not going to sell them. I'm also keeping the 
Leica M3 my father bought in 1955, with all sorts of neat kit (telephoto 
lens, light meter, etc). The day he bought a digital camera, he stopped 
using the Leica, though - still had a roll of film sitting in it when he 
died. Gawd, he took terrible pictures. But he had some neat stuff. He 
built an enlarger after WW2 using a lens that he stole from a captured 
Japanese submarine. I used it a few times; it wasn't great, but it 
worked. 

Another thing he brought back form Japan was a ceramic jar with a glass 
lid, but the glass lid's all melted down into the jar from the heat of 
the Nagasaki bomb. It's probably spewing radiation as I write this.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#28815

On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 08:36:09 -0400, Warren Oates
<warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

>In article <do_ray_me-D19B2C.15524213042015@aioe.org>,
> dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>> Why is everyone on to Oatsie about selling, he never gave the 
>> impression of wanting to sell and I doubt if he would. Please, you 
>> sharks you, stop circling the poor guy, it's a family heirloom for 
>> god's sake.
>
>Aw, thanks. Of course I'm not going to sell them. I'm also keeping the 
>Leica M3 my father bought in 1955, with all sorts of neat kit (telephoto 
>lens, light meter, etc). The day he bought a digital camera, he stopped 
>using the Leica, though - still had a roll of film sitting in it when he 
>died. Gawd, he took terrible pictures. But he had some neat stuff. He 
>built an enlarger after WW2 using a lens that he stole from a captured 
>Japanese submarine. I used it a few times; it wasn't great, but it 
>worked. 
>
>Another thing he brought back form Japan was a ceramic jar with a glass 
>lid, but the glass lid's all melted down into the jar from the heat of 
>the Nagasaki bomb. It's probably spewing radiation as I write this.

 There's an easy way to find out. Use some of Dad's unexposed film.
Put a frame on top of the dish, leave for 30 seconds. Repeat with a
frame but leave for 60s. Repeat for arbitrary intervals until you
either decide its enough or get bored. 
 Print the images, if any. 
 The clearer the image is in a shorter time the more radioactive the
bugger was. 
 Big Red Safety Hint: If the frame you just wave over the dish at a
distance of 30 centimetres goes totally dark you may wish to sequester
it in a deep, dark, lead-lined vault. 
                                       J.  

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#28814

On 4/12/15   PDT 10:52 PM, dorayme wrote:
> In article <mgfi24$g6$1@dont-email.me>, me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király)
> wrote:
>
>> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Well, "worthless" is overdoing it I guess. I could probably sell them
>>> for a couple-three hundred dollars each.
>>
>> If that's what you would like to sell them for, you're on. Let me know
>> and I'll send you my contact info.
>
> Why is everyone on to Oatsie about selling, he never gave the
> impression of wanting to sell and I doubt if he would. Please, you
> sharks you, stop circling the poor guy, it's a family heirloom for
> god's sake.

Mr. Oates is more than capable of punching the sharks on the snout himself.

Nice of you to protect him, though.

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#28821

In article <mggsk2$j90$1@dont-email.me>,
 John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:

> On 4/12/15   PDT 10:52 PM, dorayme wrote:
...

> > Why is everyone on to Oatsie about selling, he never gave the
> > impression of wanting to sell and I doubt if he would. Please, you
> > sharks you, stop circling the poor guy, it's a family heirloom for
> > god's sake.
> 
> Mr. Oates is more than capable of punching the sharks on the snout himself.
> 

You don't know the half of it. He might seem to have all under 
control, but it is all bravado and chutzpa, he is a mighty volcano 
with swirling torments of unresolved anxieties. It is in everyone's 
interest, not just his, to keep him in check by showing every possible 
understanding of the sheer humanity that lies at the heart of him. 

> Nice of you to protect him, though.

-- 
dorayme

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#28826

In article <do_ray_me-AD43B0.07521414042015@aioe.org>,
 dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> You don't know the half of it. He might seem to have all under 
> control, but it is all bravado and chutzpa, he is a mighty volcano 
> with swirling torments of unresolved anxieties. It is in everyone's 
> interest, not just his, to keep him in check by showing every possible 
> understanding of the sheer humanity that lies at the heart of him. 

Those are kind thoughts. When are you visiting North America?
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#28827

In article <552c47e4$0$19801$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com>,
 Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <do_ray_me-AD43B0.07521414042015@aioe.org>,
>  dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
> 
> > You don't know the half of it. He might seem to have all under 
> > control, but it is all bravado and chutzpa, he is a mighty volcano 
> > with swirling torments of unresolved anxieties. It is in everyone's 
> > interest, not just his, to keep him in check by showing every possible 
> > understanding of the sheer humanity that lies at the heart of him. 
> 
> Those are kind thoughts. When are you visiting North America?

Late May. I will try to get time off from my much better half to hire 
a horse and hit the trail and round up a posse to hunt down the 
remnants of The Balderstone Gang. In case Pirate Jolly thinks he can 
escape, I will be hiring fast cutters to scour the seas too. <g>

Saw a program last night on a section of the mountains of Nevada where 
that Steve Fossey went down, apparently a very dangerous area for 
planes (because of fairly severe and unpredictable weather events). 
Will be driving through the general area hopefully, Death Valley, I 
can't wait! Always wanted to set foot on American Soil and see where 
all the things I have seen here happened. 

For example, Black Rock where Spencer Tracy surprised everyone by 
stepping from a rarely stopped train there, later using his only arm 
to karate chop Robert Ryan's henchman Ernest Borgine.

-- 
dorayme

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#28828

On 2015-04-14 00:25:54 +0000, dorayme said:

> In article <552c47e4$0$19801$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com>,
>  Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> In article <do_ray_me-AD43B0.07521414042015@aioe.org>,
>> dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> You don't know the half of it. He might seem to have all under
>>> control, but it is all bravado and chutzpa, he is a mighty volcano
>>> with swirling torments of unresolved anxieties. It is in everyone's
>>> interest, not just his, to keep him in check by showing every possible
>>> understanding of the sheer humanity that lies at the heart of him.
>> 
>> Those are kind thoughts. When are you visiting North America?
> 
> Late May. I will try to get time off from my much better half to hire
> a horse and hit the trail and round up a posse to hunt down the
> remnants of The Balderstone Gang. In case Pirate Jolly thinks he can
> escape, I will be hiring fast cutters to scour the seas too. <g>
> 
> Saw a program last night on a section of the mountains of Nevada where
> that Steve Fossey went down, apparently a very dangerous area for
> planes (because of fairly severe and unpredictable weather events).

That is in the Eastern Sierras, West of Hwy 395 in the Mammoth Lakes region.

> Will be driving through the general area hopefully, Death Valley, I
> can't wait!

Depending on how you approach Death Valley you might be in the general 
area. If you get up to Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills you will be in 
country where many Westerns were made. Just South to Lone Pine Hwy 136 
heads East to Death Valley NP. Head a little further North to Mono Lake 
and you will be where Clint Eastwood filmed "High Plains Drifter". Some 
scenes in other Eastwood movies were done West of Lone Pine.

> Always wanted to set foot on American Soil and see where
> all the things I have seen here happened.
> 
> For example, Black Rock where Spencer Tracy surprised everyone by
> stepping from a rarely stopped train there, later using his only arm
> to karate chop Robert Ryan's henchman Ernest Borgine.

Black Rock does not exist, it is pure motion picture fabrication. That 
said, it was filmed just out side of Lone Pine, with the various jeep 
and other vehicle chases taking place in the Alabama Hills West of Lone 
Pine. If you want to locate the site go to Google Earth, find Lone 
Pine, California and search along the old railroad tracks. The Southern 
Pacific train which featured in "Black Rock" no longer runs.


-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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#28829

In article <2015041318095568568-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMme.com>,
 Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:

> On 2015-04-14 00:25:54 +0000, dorayme said:
> 
...
 
> > Saw a program last night on a section of the mountains of Nevada where
> > that Steve Fossey went down, apparently a very dangerous area for
> > planes (because of fairly severe and unpredictable weather events).
> 
> That is in the Eastern Sierras, West of Hwy 395 in the Mammoth Lakes region.
> 
> > Will be driving through the general area hopefully, Death Valley, I
> > can't wait!
> 
> Depending on how you approach Death Valley you might be in the general 
> area. If you get up to Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills you will be in 
> country where many Westerns were made. Just South to Lone Pine Hwy 136 
> heads East to Death Valley NP. Head a little further North to Mono Lake 
> and you will be where Clint Eastwood filmed "High Plains Drifter". Some 
> scenes in other Eastwood movies were done West of Lone Pine.
> 
> > Always wanted to set foot on American Soil and see where
> > all the things I have seen here happened.
> > 
> > For example, Black Rock where Spencer Tracy surprised everyone by
> > stepping from a rarely stopped train there, later using his only arm
> > to karate chop Robert Ryan's henchman Ernest Borgine.
> 
> Black Rock does not exist, it is pure motion picture fabrication. That 
> said, it was filmed just out side of Lone Pine, with the various jeep 
> and other vehicle chases taking place in the Alabama Hills West of Lone 
> Pine. If you want to locate the site go to Google Earth, find Lone 
> Pine, California and search along the old railroad tracks. The Southern 
> Pacific train which featured in "Black Rock" no longer runs.

OK, thanks for the info. There is a Blackrock in California, I think 
it is a bit south of Lone Pine, but maybe not the one where Tracy 
calmly outfoxed the townsfolk. 

Yes, about Cowboy ghosts, I will look for a town painted red, North to 
Mono Lake.

By God, I am going to be busy. Have to congratulate U.S. Marshal 
Raylan Givens on some of his draws when I get to Harlan County. 

So much to do, so little time!

-- 
dorayme

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