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04/20/20 10:31 AM #17938    

 

Steve Keene

David.

I watched "The Hustler" last night on TCM with Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott and Piper Laurie.  It reminded me of a time that I was in a small steakhouse and bar watching a guy make amazing shots on the pool table.  He bore no resemblance to Paul Newman, but after I bought him a drink and we talked he went out to his car and gave me a picture with his autograph that he personalized for me.

 

 


04/20/20 01:41 PM #17939    

 

David Cordell

Jerry, loved the TP domino stunt. Harkens back to Rube Goldberg. Not a waste of time! A great example of creativity and ingenuity, and it gives joy to all who see it! One of the steps, when the TP unrolled, reminded me of usage at my house. Every time I go into the bathroom it seems that the roll is half as big as it was on my previous visit. Either that, or it is a brand new roll. It seems clear to me that the "run" on toilet paper was driven by women.

Steve, very cool about Fast Eddie Felson. I recorded The Hustler last night because I wasn't in the mood for anything too serious. I saw it years ago and thought Jackie Gleason did a great job. I have always felt that comedians usually have something hurtful inside that helps them draw out pain, anger, sadness, etc. in dramatic roles.


04/20/20 02:31 PM #17940    

 

Steve Keene

David,

In the picture you can see.  Somebody broke his thumb one time.

 


04/20/20 02:38 PM #17941    

 

Steve Keene

Hull,

Oil just hit minus 37.63 per bbl.  I was going to broker a deal with the offer Tommy made you for your ranch at $182 if you agree to give the surface, wind and solar rights to him and keep the mineral rights  My brokerage fee is $182 which is half the $364 he offered.

However, you and I are friends.  I will take your mineral rights if you give me the surface for free which includes the wind and solar rights.


04/20/20 03:39 PM #17942    

 

Lowell Tuttle

I had never seen this from the 1936 Centennial State Fair opening...pretty cool...

You highlight the two lines below and copy that highlight.  Then, you go to your browser window and paste it there and hit enter.  Need help?  Give up.

https://www.facebook.com/jon.preston.10/videos/10205014194663394/?fref=gs&dti=130544320960493&hc_location=group


04/20/20 04:48 PM #17943    

 

Bob Davidson

Lance,
I was a Boy Scout leader for over thirty years. I didn't renew my membership this year. I was a tiger cub den leader, wolf den leader, assistant cubmaster, cubmaster, den leader coach, pack committee member, assistant scoutmaster for twenty-five years (in a troop that had its 95th anniversary this year), district committee member, district training chair, district safety chair, assistant district chair for finance and for activities, and district commissioner, and some other jobs in the district, O.A., Wood Badge, and council. I am an Eagle Scout, and received a D.A.M. and Silver Beaver. In other words, I gave them my hour a week for lots of years.

I got a lot out of it, including meeting lots of great youth and scouters. There have been lots of people I admired and did my best to emulate, from Dr. Boswell at Troop 5 in Jackson and Mr. Garrett and Mr. Latimer at Troop 897, to all the people I've been privileged to know in Houston.

I was severely disappointed when the top of the organization rotted away and it became something with which I can't in good conscience associate myself.

04/20/20 05:24 PM #17944    

 

Ron Knight

Well said Mike Marks!

I am social disitancing my grand daughter's birthday today. Isabella (Bella) turned 16 today. I am so sorry for her that she can't enjoy this birthday as so many in the past have been able to do at her age.

Thanks Steve Keene for updating "The Oil Patch". In 6-12 months we should be able to see a dramatic rise in stock prices for those who can hold out.

I'm spring cleaning today. That is something I never thought I would really ever do again. But, it has been an enjoyable break in the daily mundane of the Coronavirus.


04/20/20 05:56 PM #17945    

 

Hollis Carolyn Heyn

Way cool, Terry.

04/20/20 07:12 PM #17946    

Kurt Fischer

Terry:

Nice to hear of your father's love of the Patrick O'Brian novels.  They really interesting from both their plots and their historicity.  And it's a bit cooler that your husband was part of the Master and Commander movie filming.  It is quite difficult for me now to picture Jack Aubrey as anyone other than Russell Crowe.  Thanks for the insight.


04/20/20 10:33 PM #17947    

 

David Cordell

After Terry's post, she and I had some back-and-forth.

David:  LOVED your post about Don, your father and Master and Commander. Great photos.  I seem to remember that part of M & C was filmed at/near the Galapagos Islands, no?

Terry: Yes! They were the first film crew besides documentary crews, allowed to film what they filmed and go where they wanted, which was basically anywhere. The head of the park and a diplomat from the Ecuadorian government there overseeing. They were great!

David: Why not post this, or would you like me to? Was the crew staying on another (modern) ship during filming?

Terry: Yes, they were on a small cruise ship when they were filming on the Galapagos Islands. It held 90 passengers and 50 crew members. There were only 40 film crew people so they were pampered. They shuttled to the islands by Zodiacs every day. They were able to walk among the Galagagos Tortoises. At night, the stars filled the sky with no ambient light affecting their view. Yes, you post this if you'd like. 


04/20/20 11:15 PM #17948    

 

Steve Keene

Terry,

So cool.  I really have enjoyed visting with Don at our get togethers.  He is such a great guy.  The more you share about him the more impressed I am.  He goes about in humility like he is no big deal.  We should all be more like him.  Unfortunately, I don't have that strength of character.

Bob,

I too, am an Eagle Scout and was influential in getting my nephew into scouting as well.  I was fortunate to share in his Eagle Scout ceremony held at St. Marks.  When all the changes started happening in the direction the scout heirarchy began taking, I was appalled as well.  I don't think Lord Baden Powell was a PC type individual, do you?  Needless to say, my daughters and I became active in YMCA Indian Princesses and we had the time of our life there.  I became friends with a lot of the other fathers and we went every year to Camp Classen at Davis, Oklahoma in the Arbuckle Mountains near Turner Falls.  Waco Turner was an old Oklahoma oil man that gave a bunch of that beautiful land to the State and the YMCA.  I just could never picture my girls in a coed boy scout troop.  Did Lyndon Johnson sign your Eagle Scout Award as he did mine?  I always found some irony in that.


04/20/20 11:33 PM #17949    

 

Steve Keene

Terry,

Did the Galagagos tortoises hang out by the see?   I am just kidding you!


04/21/20 11:05 AM #17950    

Kurt Fischer

Steve:

re. Price of oil

I worked for Mobil Oil and Exxon (the Mobil was silent) for 15 years, ending in 2002.

When we experienced the drop in the price of oil down below $10/barrel in 1999, the impact was sufficiently great that Mobil Oil, the second largest oil and gas firm in the US, was close to going out of business.  We were "rescued" by Exxon (or Exxon bought our assets) in 2000.  Exxon retained the brand name "Mobil", but has effectively removed most of the Mobil staff.  If I remember right, Mobil had about 60,000 employees, of which Exxon acquired around 40,000.  Within five years Exxon's total head count was below their original head count before the Mobil acquisition.  They went from 80,000 to 120,000 and down to 80,000 employees in those five years.  

I never thought I would see the price of oil close to $10/barrel again, but here we are.

It will be very interesting to see the shake-out in the industry due to this plummet in pricing.

 


04/21/20 11:32 AM #17951    

Bob Fleming

Terry,

I enjoyed reading your post about Master and Commander.  I had the occasion to speak to your husband briefly at the mini-reuinon at your home outside Austin (I think I've told you how spectacular i think your home is) but was only able to find out what he did for a living.  He was busy and had to break away.  i do remember saying to him, "I' bet you have some stories to tell."  He gave a wry smile and said, "I sure do."  I missed him at Sarah's house (but got to meet your sister instead.)  Next time I see Don I am going to seriously "chat him up."

In regards Master and Commander the movie, I have two memories.  First, I love the scene in which Russell Crowe meet with his officers in his cabin and tells the joke about "the lesser of two weevils."  (It's a Steve Keene worthy pun.)  Also I remember in that scene and in the chase scene where Rusell Crowe's ship was after the French ship to engage in battle.  i swear to God, in both scenes I felt like I was going to get sea-sick because of the way the camera work captured how the ships rolled and pitched.


04/21/20 12:10 PM #17952    

Kurt Fischer

Bob:

The "lesser of two weevils" joke in the movie was also a hit in O'Brian's books.  In fact, this same joke was repeated often in almost every book following its intial introduction.  Within the books, Captain Aubrey is presented as greatly appreciating his own humor and a joke like this lived on with both him and those under his command.

For those who don't remember it...  The setting is at the table where ship biscuits are being eaten.  Most often these biscuits were inhabited by weevils based on the amount of time the flour had been on board the ship.  The characters are Jack Aubrey (Captain) and Stephen Maturin (doctor and British intelligence agent)  

“Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly.

I do.

Which would you choose?

There is not a scrap of difference. Arcades ambo. They are the same species of curculio, and there is nothing to choose between them.

But suppose you had to choose?

Then I should choose the right-hand weevil; it has a perceptible advantage in both length and breadth.

There I have you,' cried Jack. 'You are bit - you are completely dished. Don't you know that in the Navy you must always choose the lesser of two weevils? Oh ha, ha, ha, ha!”


04/21/20 05:15 PM #17953    

 

Martha Mize (Mareth)

Terry,  Thank you for the story about your dad.


04/21/20 07:06 PM #17954    

 

Mike Marks

Terry,

I certainly enjoyed your post regarding the filming of Master and Commander and your Dad's readings. That was a great movie! It's interesting to visualize the perspective of a film crew versus the view of the finished product. I would have to imagine some of the shots Don was required to make were very difficult with the movement in the ocean simulating a sea battle. Did Don ever mention how it was working with Russell Crowe on the set or off? I always thought he was talented, but you really don't know how they are otherwise.


04/21/20 08:27 PM #17955    

 

David Cordell

FOUR RETIREES VISIT A BAR

Four old retired men are walking down a street in Yuma , Arizona . They turn a corner and see a sign that says, "Old Timers Bar - ALL drinks 10 cents."

They look at each other and then go in, thinking this is too good to be true.

The old bartender says in a voice that carries across the room, "Come on in and let me pour one for you! What'll it be, gentlemen?"

There's a fully stocked bar, so each of the men orders a martini.

In no time the bartender serves up four iced martinis shaken, not stirred and says, "That'll be 10 cents each, please."

The four guys stare at the bartender for a moment, then at each other. They can't believe their good luck. They pay the 40 cents, finish their martinis, and order another round.

Again, four excellent martinis are produced, with the bartender again saying,"That's 40 cents, please."

They pay the 40 cents, but their curiosity gets the better of them. They've each had two martinis and haven't even spent a dollar yet.

Finally one of them says, "How can you afford to serve martinis as good as these for a dime apiece?"

"I'm a retired tailor from Phoenix ," the bartender says, "and I always wanted to own a bar. Last year I hit the Lottery Jackpot for $125 million and decided to open this place. Every drink costs a dime. Wine, liquor, beer it's all the same."

"Wow! That's some story!" one of the men says.

As the four of them sip at their martinis, they can't help noticing seven other old people at the end of the bar who don't have any drinks in front of them and haven't ordered anything the whole time they've been there.

Nodding at the seven at the end of the bar, one of the men asks the Bartender, "What's with them?"

The bartender says, "They're retired people from Florida . They're waiting for Happy Hour when drinks are half-price..."


04/21/20 11:18 PM #17956    

 

Jerry May

Many of you will certainly remember this song. I loved it then,

and still do now. Jimmy Fallon reproduces this fabulously!



04/22/20 10:12 AM #17957    

 

Lowell Tuttle

Thank you Jerry May


04/22/20 10:25 AM #17958    

 

Terry Mitchell (Reddy)

Don says it's the best movie he ever worked on. He loved working with Peter Weir, and thought Russell Crowe was outstanding. So was Paul Bettany who was dating Jennifer Connelly at the time (they later married). They were living at the condo complex where Don was living just south of Rosarito. Every day they had to load the camera and gear from the ship onto a Zodiac, so scenes that made you seasick were shot on a bobbing boat. They have fancy gimbals that keep the camera steady. Everyone was seasick but they dealt with it! Russell Crowe had a fancy sound system installed at the local bar and hired security since their cars were being broken into so they could enjoy good music after wrapping for the day. I have to dig the stories out of him too!  


04/22/20 05:14 PM #17959    

 

Steve Keene

Jerry and Lowell,

Neil Young Lyrics never get old.




04/22/20 09:09 PM #17960    

 

David Cordell

Can you meet this challenge?

We've seen this with the letters out of order, but this is the first time we've seen it with numbers.  Good example of a Brain Study: If you can read this OUT LOUD you have a strong mind.  And better than that: Alzheimer's is a long long, way down the road before it ever gets anywhere near you.

7H15  M3554G3  53RV35  7O  PR0V3  H0W  0UR M1ND5  C4N  D0  4M4Z1NG   7H1NG5!

1MPR3551V3  7H1NG5! 1N  7H3  B3G1NN1NG 17  WA5  H4RD  BU7 N0W,    0N  7H15   LIN3

Y0UR   M1ND  1S  R34D1NG 17    4U70M471C4LLY  W17H0U7   3V3N  7H1NK1NG  4B0U7     17,

B3   PROUD!    0NLY  C3R741N    P30PL3  C4N   R3AD   7H15!  PL3453    F0RW4RD   1F  U   C4N      R34D   7H15.

To my 'selected' strange-minded friends: If you can read the following paragraph, forward it on to your friends with 'yes' in the subject line. Only great minds can read this. This is weird, but interesting!

If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid, too.

Can you raed this? Olny 55 people out of 100 can.

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg.  The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in what oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is that the frsit and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae.  The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it whotuit a pboerlm.  This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe.  Azanmig huh?  Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!  If you can raed this forwrad it.

FORWARD ONLY IF YOU CAN READ IT…


04/22/20 09:29 PM #17961    

 

David Cordell


04/23/20 05:22 AM #17962    

 

Steve Keene

David,

Why have you shown such preferential treatment to Tommy?


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