Some Half-Forgotten Stranger

Been a long, long time since I've been on here.

 

Chance brought me back to TRF back in December and while browsing around I saw the Colon Cancer thread and read every single post, 6 months worth.

 

It brought so many emotions out of me but the one that stood out most was frustration.

 

In July 2017 I was diagnosed with stage 3A Colon Cancer (I know she had 3C, big difference) but after colonoscopies, surgery, and chemo, I'm 4 years clear. I was given the same treatment Lorraine refused, xeloda and Oxiliplatin. It wasn't fun, but it wasn't THAT bad. There are way, WAY more harsh treatments.

 

There are an awful lot of now pointless things I'd like to say about this whole thing.

 

Rest In Peace Lorraine.

OK....I know it's been almost a week.

 

I went to both Tampa and West Palm. I took my 10 year old daughter to Tampa for her 1st show and she loved it!!! A few months ago I put the setlist on her MP3 player and she listened to it whenever she could so she would be familiar with the songs and HOLY COW, she was not only familiar but damn near knew every song by showtime!!! I'm SO proud.

 

We were sitting toward the back in the center, but on an isle (by design) so she could see better which was great 'cuz the light show was the best I've ever seen. She loved it too so after the show I took her to meet Howard "Herns" Ungerlieder who couldn't have been nicer in fact after they chatted for a minute, he reached into his pocket and gave her a pair of Geddy and Alex picks as well as a set list....what a guy!!!

 

http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u351/Discipleoflerxst/100_6495.jpg

 

The next night I went solo and had a seat in section 1 row F seat 9. I figured row F, 6th row right? WRONG!!!!! Since I was at the extreme right end of the row, and accounting for the rows curvature, that put IN THE FRONT ROW!!!

 

OK...I didn't get to see even a glimpse of Neil because of Geddy's keyboard blocking my view...and Alex was about 2.5 miles away on the other side of the stage, but Geddy and I bonded...duuuude we're totally bro's nowwwww!!!

 

Check out these two vids....OK...the video and audio quality suck (my phone kicks ass but the camera on it sucks and evidently so does the mic)...but anyway...as I mentioned being right in the front Geddy was about a 5 feet away RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!!

 

(Go to the :30 mark!!)

 

(Go to the 1:52 mark!!)

 

Two amazing, unforgettable nights.

 

BTW....I'll see you guys around some time...take care and good night....It's been real.

I'm not afraid to admit that if I can get in the front row, or move to a better row than the seats I have, I'm going!!!

 

But I'll only move to an empty seat.

 

I usually try to get good seats, first five rows is what I prefer but who doesn't. There is nothing more tempting, or nothing that drives me more crazy than seeing an empty seat IN FRONT OF ME!!! And I'm in the first 5 rows!!! Where are these people who hold these tickets and why aren't they at the show??!!!

 

My idea is, if there is an empty seat in front of me...I'm taking it. I always wait to make sure nobody is sitting there by watching the seat throughout the show and if nobody ever shows up, by halfway through the first set or at intermission, I take that seat.

 

The last show I attended (Jacksonville in '08) I had 7th row, and two rows in front of me where 2 empty seats so halfway through the first set I moved up. Nobody minded, I asked the people around me if it was OK and noone complained. So I stayed there....until a few minutes later I noticed 2 more seats empty in the 3RD ROW (???!!!)....So up I went to those seats, and again not a soul complained.

 

In West Palm in '07 I had third row way to left side, and in the front row were empty seats...that's right front row, 4 of 'em in a row!!!! They were empty because the for some reason these seats were reserved for people in wheel chairs and deaf people. The people in wheel chairs weren't sitting in the empty seats for obvious reasons, and the deaf people where standing in front of the person signing. So I moved up and asked a guy in a wheel chair if I could have have his seat and he was more than generous saying something like "f*ck yeah dude I ain't usin' it!!"

 

Now I understand the gripe in the thread is people who crowd you out of your seat....I hate that I won't do it and I've had people do it to me and it sucks. But I see nothing wrong with moving up a couple of rows to fill an empty seat. Moving up like 20 or 30 to a new price range of tickets is another story. I don't want anyone near me who paid 10 bucks for a seat while I paid 100.

I used to watch the show (haven't seen it in a few years now esp. since Vinny left)...always hated Sr. and felt Jr. and Vinny should have teamed up which I'm kinda glad to hear they did. I thought Vinny started his own chopper company though...What happened to it?

 

To me, that show was a good idea with good drama but a couple of years ago, when they got huge and you saw their faces everywhere you turned I lost interest. I thought their 15 minutes was up.

QUOTE (briremo @ Aug 12 2010, 06:19 PM)

QUOTE (Some Half-Forgotten Stranger @ Aug 11 2010, 05:17 AM) This thread almost belongs in "That's It"!!! I love that St. Pauli Girl look. Something similar happened at a  show I attended. It was on the R30 tour July, 29 2004. THE 30th anniversary show (The anniversary of Neil joining and Geddy's b-day) The crew had a couple of local "hotties" bring a cake out to Geddy during some song, or in between songs. Well Geddy just sort of gave 'em a nod and off they went...I guess he didn't pay 'em much attention as they weren't as easy on the eyes as our two lovelies in this thread. was that at the WPB show? I remember at that show the cake coming out and the whole celebration with about 8-10 hotties. Great show! Yes WPB.   That was prob'ly my fave show I've ever been to.

I voted cherry....but check out this gross story.

 

OK....I have a friend who told me this disgusting story about Starburst.

 

When she was a kid she used to chew up two or three different flavored Starburst at the same time to mash them all together. She would then take the now combined flavored mess out of her mouth, break it up into original Starburst sized pieces and with her grubby fingers mold them back into Starburst shaped pieces and set them on her dirty old window sill until they had dried (sometimes for days or weeks). She would then re-wrap them in Starburst wrappers, and sell them to other kids in her neighborhood for 10 cents a piece claiming they were new Starburst flavors...The neighborhood kids ate them of course and loved them she claimed.

 

Then she saw it as a money making scheme, but today she is fully aware (and fully amused) at the vomitousness of the whole thing.

 

QUOTE (tkdryan @ Aug 10 2010, 11:14 PM)

Not really a fan, But I would love to find a copy of The Crow comic book

This thread almost belongs in "That's It"!!!

 

I love that St. Pauli Girl look.

 

Something similar happened at a show I attended. It was on the R30 tour July, 29 2004. THE 30th anniversary show (The anniversary of Neil joining and Geddy's b-day)

 

The crew had a couple of local "hotties" bring a cake out to Geddy during some song, or in between songs. Well Geddy just sort of gave 'em a nod and off they went...I guess he didn't pay 'em much attention as they weren't as easy on the eyes as our two lovelies in this thread.

Unless you are having issues with your computer, (in my non computing professional opinion), I would stick to what you have. I am finding registry fixing software, and driver update software seem to be the newest "things".

 

I don't know why this is unless computer companies are using really crappy hard and software these days, or people just have no idea how to maintain thier computers, but it seems that there are programs out there you can buy that seem to fix basic upkeep issues....but some realy problems too.

 

As I mentioned I am no pro by any stretch of the imagination but unless you are having real problem, or issues or even concerns I would stick with what you have....see what other people have to say.

QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ Aug 4 2010, 12:09 PM)

QUOTE (pedro2112 @ Aug 3 2010, 11:18 PM) I've never seen The Orphanage or Pan's Labrynth. I probably should check them out. Yes, do! I believe you'll enjoy them, sir. Especially The Orphanage, it's one of the scariest movies I've seen in a long time. I think I'll break it out and watch it again tonight. You can come on over if you like! The Devils Backbone is another one that's good and creepy as well.   I really like Del Torro's style of movie making, at least his foreign movies...no Hollywood, just basic movies with good stories.

QUOTE (Mr. Krinkle @ Aug 2 2010, 10:18 PM)

7/31/2010 at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI with Mrs. Krinkle. http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll215/TPesch2112/Oshkoshairshow037.jpg

Cool deal....make your next one out of granite.

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QUOTE (AgentScotty @ Aug 1 2010, 08:42 PM) I had to use the curly brackets to get that to work.   I think the OP actually typed in the upper case curly brackets, but somehow this forum won't display anything but the lower case brackets. [ ]   After it is created, I just renamed it from GodMode to Master Control, since the icon it creates looks the same as my Control Panel icon anyway. And all the stuff in there is in alphabetical order, which is nice, if you can't find stuff in your regular Control Panel folder that is. Cool.

QUOTE (Soni @ Jul 31 2010, 07:54 AM)

Am I the only one who thinks Sam Worthington stole the spotlight from Bale?

Love the bungee jump scene!!

Ron Jeremy- The Hardest (Working) Man In Showbiz.

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QUOTE (Some Half-Forgotten Stranger @ Jul 27 2010, 03:30 PM) Although I'm really interested in the politics of the epis 1-3,(to see what happened to The Republic to spawn The Empire) I find the stories, acting and SFX so dreadful, I have a very difficult time getting through them without wandering like a goldfish. Call me gramps but it's 4-6 for me. I find some of the acting, some of the story, and a lot of the dialogue dreadful for the prequels, but the special effects were literally out of this world. I don't know how you could put THAT down. I agree the FX were remarkable so I made a mistake in including them in what I found dreadful. It was the volume of them that I couldn't handle. Weren't all three movies done almost exclusively in front of a green screen? Visually the movies were impressive but it was just visual overload. Just too damn much FX for me. Like I said before...call me gramps but I prefer a soundstage over a green screen (I know....$$$$$).

Although I'm really interested in the politics of the epis 1-3,(to see what happened to The Republic to spawn The Empire) I find the stories, acting and SFX so dreadful, I have a very difficult time getting through them without wandering like a goldfish. Call me gramps but it's 4-6 for me.

I started reading comics in the mid 1970's just for fun. Spider-Man, Sgt. Rock, G.I. Combat and Star Wars were my faves.

 

It wasn't until the collectible craze of the late 80's hit that I really got into collecting which I did for a few years and like most things with me...I just sorta got bored with them...Not to mention the market became saturated, and over inflated (kinda like the housing market).

 

I collected what I liked to read, a lot of the independent labels (Dark Horse), and the big two as well as some of the newer studios that emerged in the early 90's like Image which quickly lost my interest due to horrible release schedules. Todd McFarlane really hit me hard and I tried to scoop up all of his stuff.

 

I also picked up some real collectibles, silver age marvels and DC's. Tales of Suspense, Showcase Presents, Green Lantern, some Charleton titles, Batman, Spidey, Sea Devils...the list is long although my collection isn't huge (a few hundred). I've made a few bad trades, like trading all of my McFarlanes, my Spidey #4 (1st Sandman), # 50 (1st kingpin), and #129 (1st Punisher) for some junk SA DC's. Live and learn.

 

My favorite is Usagi Yojimbo (from Fantagraphics, Mirage and now Dark Horse) which although I don't follow like I used to, I still like to read.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usagi_Yojimbo

 

I could go on and on, but to answer the threads question....I'm a comic fan....Somewhat.

See you there.

I watched it last night and I liked it.

 

Good story. Sure it had some major and minor flaws as many have pointed out.

 

Good acting. Nice job on all parts.

 

Great action sequences....this did it for me. The movie had lots of action, great explosions, cool FX, but what I really liked was that the sequences were short!!! With the exception of the motorcycle chase part, all of the action scenes were quick and to the point. I'm soooooo tired of these never ending chase scenes, or fight scenes, or aerobatic scenes, and scenes where regular people have acquired the ability to run, jump, fight, and survive falls from incredible heights that are just insane. It was nice to see an action movie where the people are more or less, just people.... I know....there were a couple of "NO WAY" parts....but over all it wasn't too bad.

Watched GT Friday night.

 

Liked it, good movie.

 

Although I'm sure a lot of people won't admit it and I would probably catch some heat if this thread wasn't so old, but I thought Clints racial slurs throughout the film were hilarious.

 

 

SPOILER ALERT:

 

 

 

 

 

I wasn't a fan of the ending though with the kid driving the car and Clint singing in his whispered voice....That was a little too much. But just that one little part...the rest was great.

Starting on the HYF tour until about T4E (could be later) or so Alex had a keyboard on his side of the stage that he would "play" on a couple of songs TSS being one of them, and I think he used it to trigger voices or music. As a matter of fact, when I saw from the front row on the HYF tour Alex played the keyboard with his face (again....he wasn't actually "playing" the keys)....It's been brought up before as that was a trick he performed more than once.

QUOTE (Astromancer @ Jul 24 2010, 02:56 AM)

I use a blackberry as a modem in the middle of the woods. Everything is slow.