Good to see you here too, I Love Melvin. Some of the users add their former TCM name to their sig.

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑October 21st, 2023, 12:18 pmI share a birthday with Olivia de Havilland's sister tomorrow.

Happy Birthday! Today is also my son's birthday.

Dargo wrote: ↑October 15th, 2023, 10:59 pmmy motorcycle crash this past Thursday.

Ouch!

CinemaInternational wrote: ↑October 9th, 2023, 11:50 pmGlad to see you back, Bronxie!

Ditto.

CinemaInternational wrote: ↑October 9th, 2023, 11:50 pm(I'm left handed myself....)

Also Ditto.

CinemaInternational wrote: ↑October 8th, 2023, 12:17 pmDefinitely not. Very few films have ever been on my bad side so much as that one....

Yeah, kinda got the impression that the only positive thing for you was maybe that the title was spelled correctly.

So I guess you didn't like the film, CI?

kingrat wrote: ↑October 3rd, 2023, 6:51 pm BE SURE TO DRINK MORE OVALTINE.

Now that I can relate to.

Did you go to Warren G Harding Elementary School? Yes from grades 2-8. Grades 7-8 were in the same building that Shep used; grades k-6 were in a new brick, 2-story building across the street. At that time, it was the largest grade school in Indiana. Since I lived less than a mile from the school, h...

The movie changed the locale to Cleveland - ironic in a way 'cause his childhood home was on Cleveland St, but in the Hessville section of Hammond, Indiana. The movie A CHRISTMAS STORY was filmed in Cleveland, but it is set in the fictitious Hohman, Indiana, substituting for author Jean Shepherd's ...

I dislike A Christmas Story and never warmed up to it. I find the charactors mean and belittling to each other, not funny. Same here. You'd think that since the author, Jean Shepherd, grew up just a couple of miles from where I did, that it would appeal to me at least on some level. Nope. I even we...

So why was it available on Amazon Prime then?

And the biggest aspect that "regular" wage earners don't understand is the constant/sporadic nature of the actual work. There's a lot of us you may think of as "regular" wage earners that aren't. Contract workers, temp service "employees" and farmers are a few examples...

I always like to watch the CBS Saturday Evening News anchor, José Díaz-Balart, just for his closing line: "Thank you for the privilege of your time". He's on NBC now on wknds or fill in nights. He still says that! You're right. Don't know why I typed CBS - must have been the Walter talk. 😆

I always like to watch the CBS Saturday Evening News anchor, José Díaz-Balart, just for his closing line: "Thank you for the privilege of your time".

I think I got lost here. Who is Paula and what's the show you're talking about? Thought at first it was Paula Prentiss because of the Henry Orient bits, but then after the CSI mention, thought Paula Newsome, but that doesn't seem right either.