Re: Re: Good to be back
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Toadster on Sat Mar 01 2025 06:50 am

Toadster wrote to Bogomips <=-

So yeah, I'm off Facebook, I'm off Twitter, or X or whatever it is now, I'm off Instagram; you name it, I'm off it. And I don't think I've ever gone ON TikTok.

I think TikTok is the only social media I can trust these days. It's an
odd world we live in.

I only use Facebook Messenger to communicate with family. I have never actually used Facebook app. I used the web page to set up my account so I could use Messenger. I hear of people wasting a lot of time on those social sites. I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Nightfox to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Mar 01 2025 07:55 am

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Toadster on Sat Mar 01 2025 06:50 am

I think TikTok is the only social media I can trust these days. It's an odd world we live in.

I hadn't heard of TikTok until it was in the news in early 2000, when I star hearing the US government wanted to block it due to being possibly spyware since it's developed in China.

Nightfox

Has Tiktok been around that long? I am out of step with the times.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Eddie Wilson to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Sep 10 2025 01:34 pm

an odd world we live in.

I only use Facebook Messenger to communicate with family. I have
never actually used Facebook app. I used the web page to set up my
account so I could use Messenger. I hear of people wasting a lot of
time on those social sites. I like the BBS scene and it works for

why don't you just text them or call them
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to Eddie Wilson on Wed Sep 10 2025 12:07 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?

Grim, but probably true for the lot of us lol.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: The Lizard Master to Digital Man on Mon Sep 15 2025 06:48 am

Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Digital Man to Eddie Wilson on Wed Sep 10 2025 12:07 pm

I like the BBS scene and it works for me until my time is up.

That sounds a bit grim. :-?

Grim, but probably true for the lot of us lol.

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)
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Hi Digital,
In a message to The Lizard Master you wrote:

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing
drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

Shawn

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Digital Man on Tue Sep 16 2025 05:29 am

Hi Digital,
In a message to The Lizard Master you wrote:

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing
drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

Shawn

whats the worst thing that could happen?

btw there's a new spinal tap movie out.
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Hi Mro,
On <Wed, 16 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

whats the worst thing that could happen?

Some of their drummers have perished in the strangest of ways.

btw there's a new spinal tap movie out.

That's what brought it to mind. I haven't seen it yet, but it's
on the list for sure. :)

Shawn

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Mro on Wed Sep 17 2025 05:04 am

Hi Mro,
On <Wed, 16 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour,

please don't.

whats the worst thing that could happen?

Some of their drummers have perished in the strangest of ways.

yeah i know. it's a long running joke. it's in the new movie too.

btw there's a new spinal tap movie out.

That's what brought it to mind. I haven't seen it yet, but it's on
the list for sure. :)

sadly i didnt like it. i turned it off
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Hi Mro,
On <Thu, 17 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

sadly i didnt like it. i turned it off

I hated that new beatlejuice so I get what you mean.

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Tiny wrote to Digital Man <=-

If spinal tap calls you to fill in on the new tour, please don't.

What are they up to now, 15 drummers?

I'm surprised they haven't played with 2 drummers, like the Doobies or
.38 Special - have a hot spare handy.



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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Mro on Thu Sep 18 2025 06:19 am

I hated that new beatlejuice so I get what you mean.

I actually thought it was a decent sequel. It had a new story and what I thought was decent acting, as well as callbacks to the first movie.

Nightfox

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On 18 Sep 2025, Tiny said the following...

Hi Mro,
On <Thu, 17 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

sadly i didnt like it. i turned it off

I hated that new beatlejuice so I get what you mean.

ironically, despite a lot of these movies being remade because they attained some sort of cult following, "the cult" usually doesn't like the new versions, reimaginings, or whatever they end up creating.

"ordinary" people who just remember liking the movie when they were younger and probably haven't seen it since then eat that shit up though.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Mro on Thu Sep 18 2025 06:19 am

Hi Mro,
On <Thu, 17 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

sadly i didnt like it. i turned it off

I hated that new beatlejuice so I get what you mean.

oh yeah that sucked. i couldn't take more than a few mins of it.
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Hi Nightfox,
On <Fri, 18 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

I actually thought it was a decent sequel. It had a new story and what
I thought was decent acting, as well as callbacks to the first movie.

My wife agree's with you, hell everyone in my family agrees with you.
I have agreed to try it again. Possibly I just wasn't in a movie
watching mood when we watched it.

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Hi Mro,
On <Fri, 18 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

I hated that new beatlejuice so I get what you mean.

oh yeah that sucked. i couldn't take more than a few mins of it.

I made it about 20 minutes in when I went to another room to read. I
think I wanted to like it too much and had built up this amazing
experience in my mind.

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Mro on Fri Sep 19 2025 07:02 am

I hated that new beatlejuice so I get what you mean.

oh yeah that sucked. i couldn't take more than a few mins of it.

I made it about 20 minutes in when I went to another room to read. I think I wanted to like it too much and had built up this amazing experience in my mind.

I didn't really build up any expectations in my mind, and I thought it was a decent sequel.

Nightfox

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Hey Tiny!

On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:02:42 -0500, you wrote:

My wife agree's with you, hell everyone in my family agrees with you.
I have agreed to try it again. Possibly I just wasn't in a movie
watching mood when we watched it.

I agree also. Just like Happy Gilmore 2, both good in their own regard. You can't compare it to their predecessor that was what, 2 decades ago when we didn't know what to expect when a new movie came out.

Nowadays with all the regurgitated crap they put out, these two were a breath of fresh air in comparison, IMO. They have the silly stuff we thought was awesome 20 years ago. Which should definitely be taken for granted and/or respected, since most of the new shit coming out is terrible. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Hey Tiny!

On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:02:42 -0500, you wrote:

I made it about 20 minutes in when I went to another room to read. I
think I wanted to like it too much and had built up this amazing
experience in my mind.

Yeah dude, don't do that. The last one was way too long ago to build up anything more than what the original movie was. Unless you were expecting tons of CGI and crazy robot shooters running around. C'mon man, it's Beetlejuice, for cripes sake. The original wasn't anything phenominal, either, but it was funny!

Prime example, imagine a remake of "The Great Outdoors"... Hilarious for it's time. Now? We know what to expect.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Mro on Fri Sep 19 2025 07:02 am

Hi Mro,
On <Fri, 18 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

I hated that new beatlejuice so I get what you mean.

oh yeah that sucked. i couldn't take more than a few mins of it.

I made it about 20 minutes in when I went to another room to read.

don't read. it's bad for your eyes.

I think I wanted to like it too much and had built up this amazing experience in my mind.

you arent the same person when you saw the first one. So what you are seeing with #2 is a poor attempt so there's no way you could like it.
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Re: Good to be back
By: Accession to Tiny on Fri Sep 19 2025 06:38 pm

Hey Tiny!

On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 07:02:42 -0500, you wrote:

I made it about 20 minutes in when I went to another room to read.
I think I wanted to like it too much and had built up this amazing experience in my mind.

Yeah dude, don't do that. The last one was way too long ago to build
up anything more than what the original movie was. Unless you were
expecting tons of CGI and crazy robot shooters running around.
C'mon man, it's Beetlejuice, for cripes sake. The original wasn't
anything phenominal, either, but it was funny!

Prime example, imagine a remake of "The Great Outdoors"... Hilarious
for it's time. Now? We know what to expect.

i'm waiting for the running man remake, that will be november.
There might be hope for that one. but the original was kinda cheesy and
had muscular arnold and it was over the top in a robocop way. they arent going to do that with this movie i'm sure.
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Hi Accession,
On <Sat, 19 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

I agree also. Just like Happy Gilmore 2, both good in their own
regard.

This one I liked. It wasn't as funny as the original, but I laughed
and enjoyed it.

thought was awesome 20 years ago. Which should definitely be taken for granted and/or respected, since most of the new shit coming out is terrible. ;)

The new stuff... Very rarely do I make it through a new movie. I either
fall asleep, leave the room to read, or just hate it so much I use my
tablet LOUDLY so as to ruin the movie for my wife.

(2025 disclaimer - I have a dry sense of humour and the above is a joke,
please do not send the army to arrest me for making a joke)

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Hi Accession,
On <Sat, 19 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

Prime example, imagine a remake of "The Great Outdoors"... Hilarious
for it's time. Now? We know what to expect.

I wouldn't even bother to watch it. I've seen it. This is why I don't
watch any super hero movies, I've seen them all. They just remake the
same script over and over now.

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Hi Mro,
On <Sat, 19 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

don't read. it's bad for your eyes.

Good advice. I'll give it up right away.

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I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g. playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner. :-)
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Really? Tell me more!

:)

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Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Accession on Sat Sep 20 2025 07:04 am

I agree also. Just like Happy Gilmore 2, both good in their own
regard.

This one I liked. It wasn't as funny as the original, but I laughed
and enjoyed it.

one remake i just saw was dracula a love tail 2025 which is a poor remake of the 90s dracula 1992. it was pretty much crap. good actors but script was crap.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Tiny to Mro on Sat Sep 20 2025 07:04 am

Hi Mro,
On <Sat, 19 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

don't read. it's bad for your eyes.

Good advice. I'll give it up right away.

you'll shoot your eye out, kid
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Matthew Munson to DIGITAL MAN on Thu Sep 18 2025 07:39 pm

I hope I'll keep doing all the things I love doing (e.g.
playing drums) until the day I die too. Hopefully later than sooner.
:-) --

I saw a preview of a documentary about Phil Collins, he said he
wanted to be known more as a drummer than a vocalist.

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sadly his hearing problems and nerve problems with his feet have affected
him. part of getting old and part of not protecting your hearing.

i agree that he's a better drummer than vocalist. look into genesis with
peter gabriel.
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Re: Re: Good to be back
By: Exodus to Tiny on Sat Sep 20 2025 01:21 pm

... Just then, a boneless chicken wobbled by.

Really? Tell me more!

:)

and then i ate it!
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Hi Mro,
On <Mon, 21 Sep 25>, you wrote me:

one remake i just saw was dracula a love tail 2025 which is a poor
remake of the 90s dracula 1992. it was pretty much crap. good actors
but script was crap.

It's on my list of things to watch, but it doesn't sound like it's going
to be for long.

How many times can I watch the same dracula movie!?!?

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