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Charlene
May 13, 2013, 6:21:11 PM5/13/13
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Washington Post newsflash, more to come
wd49
wd49
Michael OConnor
May 13, 2013, 6:33:48 PM5/13/13
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I thought she died years ago, as she was all over TV in the 60's and
70's and all of a sudden disappeared.
70's and all of a sudden disappeared.
David Carson
May 13, 2013, 6:42:17 PM5/13/13
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On Mon, 13 May 2013 15:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Charlene
<charlene...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Washington Post newsflash, more to come
I remember her best for her cameo appearances. They were always obviously
<charlene...@gmail.com> wrote:
>Washington Post newsflash, more to come
wedged in, just so the characters could say, "Look! It's Dr. Joyce
Brothers!" and then get on with whatever they were doing before.
David Carson
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NotYetObit
May 13, 2013, 6:51:12 PM5/13/13
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In article <5afa2932-6cdd-4d27...@googlegroups.com>, Charlene
says...
Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers has died
6:31 p.m. EDT May 13, 2013
The columnist died Monday in New York City.
LOS ANGELES (AP) � Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film
personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85.
Longtime publicist Sanford Brokaw says Brothers died Monday in New York City.
She was a pioneer of the television advice show.
Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called The
$64,000 Question. She became the only woman to ever win the show's top prize.
says...
>
>Washington Post newsflash, more to come
>
>wd49
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/13/joyce-brothers-dead/2156805/
>Washington Post newsflash, more to come
>
>wd49
Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers has died
6:31 p.m. EDT May 13, 2013
The columnist died Monday in New York City.
LOS ANGELES (AP) � Popular psychologist, columnist, and television and film
personality Joyce Brothers has died. She was 85.
Longtime publicist Sanford Brokaw says Brothers died Monday in New York City.
She was a pioneer of the television advice show.
Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called The
$64,000 Question. She became the only woman to ever win the show's top prize.
Robert Catt
May 13, 2013, 6:59:14 PM5/13/13
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"Charlene" wrote in message
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Washington Post newsflash, more to come
Here's the obit in People magazine
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20700071,00.html
R H Draney
May 13, 2013, 7:32:23 PM5/13/13
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NotYetObit filted:
Boxing...go figure....
When I used to read Asimov's robot short stories, Dr Brothers was always what I
pictured whenever Dr Susan Calvin put in an appearance...certainly not Bridget
Moynahan....r
--
Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
>
>Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers has died
>
>Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers has died
>
>Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called The
>$64,000 Question. She became the only woman to ever win the show's top prize.
Anybody remember what her category was?...
>$64,000 Question. She became the only woman to ever win the show's top prize.
Boxing...go figure....
When I used to read Asimov's robot short stories, Dr Brothers was always what I
pictured whenever Dr Susan Calvin put in an appearance...certainly not Bridget
Moynahan....r
--
Me? Sarcastic?
Yeah, right.
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Sarah Ehrett's Lesbian Love Interest
May 13, 2013, 8:01:16 PM5/13/13
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On Monday, May 13, 2013 4:32:23 PM UTC-7, R H Draney wrote:
> NotYetObit filted:
Here is the Wiki list for heavy weight champs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavyweight_boxing_champions
Not very complicated then. Much more complicated today.
A few weight classifications memorized and you'd have the whole history.
> NotYetObit filted:
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> >Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called The
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> >$64,000 Question. She became the only woman to ever win the show's top prize.
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> Anybody remember what her category was?...
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> Boxing...go figure....
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I remembered her talking about that. Seems boxing is not all that complicated. A few hundred names and dates and you pretty much have it. I suppose it was before all the different boxing organizations that award titles.
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> >Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called The
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> >$64,000 Question. She became the only woman to ever win the show's top prize.
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> Anybody remember what her category was?...
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> Boxing...go figure....
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Here is the Wiki list for heavy weight champs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heavyweight_boxing_champions
Not very complicated then. Much more complicated today.
A few weight classifications memorized and you'd have the whole history.
Scott Brady
May 13, 2013, 9:07:59 PM5/13/13
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On Monday, May 13, 2013 5:33:48 PM UTC-5, Michael OConnor wrote:
> I thought she died years ago, as she was all over TV in the 60's and
> 70's and all of a sudden disappeared.
I knew she was alive, but I had a premonition of her dying today. What if turns out to have been at the exact same moment?
> I thought she died years ago, as she was all over TV in the 60's and
> 70's and all of a sudden disappeared.
Brad Ferguson
May 13, 2013, 10:35:22 PM5/13/13
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In article <kmrq1r$3ff$1...@dont-email.me>, David Carson
my apartment, usually through midtown. Sunday mornings were the best
because all these famous people would be out of their Madison Avenue
apartments and doing normal stuff. Once I saw Dr. Joyce Brothers
packing suitcases into a hired car. Her hair was odd, two inches of
gray and white turning abruptly into bottled blonde. She was going
somewhere -- the airport, I guess -- and she obviously didn't care
about things like touchups. When I saw the bit about her refusing to
wear makeup on the Revlon-sponsored $64,000 Question, I thought, yeah,
I get it now.
<da...@neosoft.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 May 2013 15:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Charlene
> <charlene...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Washington Post newsflash, more to come
>
> I remember her best for her cameo appearances. They were always obviously
> wedged in, just so the characters could say, "Look! It's Dr. Joyce
> Brothers!" and then get on with whatever they were doing before.
>
> David Carson
I'd always walk to work in New York, about two and a quarter miles from
> On Mon, 13 May 2013 15:21:11 -0700 (PDT), Charlene
> <charlene...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Washington Post newsflash, more to come
>
> I remember her best for her cameo appearances. They were always obviously
> wedged in, just so the characters could say, "Look! It's Dr. Joyce
> Brothers!" and then get on with whatever they were doing before.
>
> David Carson
my apartment, usually through midtown. Sunday mornings were the best
because all these famous people would be out of their Madison Avenue
apartments and doing normal stuff. Once I saw Dr. Joyce Brothers
packing suitcases into a hired car. Her hair was odd, two inches of
gray and white turning abruptly into bottled blonde. She was going
somewhere -- the airport, I guess -- and she obviously didn't care
about things like touchups. When I saw the bit about her refusing to
wear makeup on the Revlon-sponsored $64,000 Question, I thought, yeah,
I get it now.
Tommy Joe
May 13, 2013, 11:18:10 PM5/13/13
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Charlene wrote:
> Dr. Joyce Brothers, 85
Gotta give her credit for making it to 85, but she started looking
like a corpse 20 years ago.
TJ
> Dr. Joyce Brothers, 85
Gotta give her credit for making it to 85, but she started looking
like a corpse 20 years ago.
TJ
R H Draney
May 14, 2013, 12:01:41 AM5/14/13
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>"NotYetObit" <n...@no.com> wrote in message
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> Barbara Feldon ('Agent 99' on "Get Smart") won the top prize on that
>show (1957, age 24), in the category 'Shakespeare'!
>
> "I want a word with all you tigers! All you men know which ones you are!
>Grrrrr! I like you!...Get medicated Top Brass, and sic 'em!"
> --a purring, sensual-to-the-max Barbara Feldon (1964, at 31), in her
>famous "Top Brass' hair cream commercial
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy33kNEIwgw
>
>
>COMMENTER:
>
> "Somehow Barbera Feldon manages to roll around on lionskin rugs with a
>beehive hairdoo, a Jackie Kennedy suit, and STILL come off as sexy!"
Wonder if Gunilla Knudson ever won anything....r
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>"NotYetObit" <n...@no.com> wrote in message
>news:kmrqp...@drn.newsguy.com...
>>
>> Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called The
>> $64,000 Question. She became the only woman to ever win the show's top
>> prize.
>
> NOT TRUE!
>> Her celebrity took off after she entered a television quiz show called The
>> $64,000 Question. She became the only woman to ever win the show's top
>> prize.
>
> Barbara Feldon ('Agent 99' on "Get Smart") won the top prize on that
>show (1957, age 24), in the category 'Shakespeare'!
>
> "I want a word with all you tigers! All you men know which ones you are!
>Grrrrr! I like you!...Get medicated Top Brass, and sic 'em!"
> --a purring, sensual-to-the-max Barbara Feldon (1964, at 31), in her
>famous "Top Brass' hair cream commercial
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy33kNEIwgw
>
>
>COMMENTER:
>
> "Somehow Barbera Feldon manages to roll around on lionskin rugs with a
>beehive hairdoo, a Jackie Kennedy suit, and STILL come off as sexy!"
Wonder if Gunilla Knudson ever won anything....r
Brad Ferguson
May 14, 2013, 12:16:38 AM5/14/13
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Sarah Ehrett
May 14, 2013, 12:37:44 AM5/14/13
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On Mon, 13 May 2013 20:18:10 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe <jo...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
> Gotta give her credit for making it to 85, but she started looking
>like a corpse 20 years ago.
You sure you're not thinking of Helen Gurley Brown?
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/08/14/1226449/725736-helen-gurley-brown.jpg
wrote:
> Gotta give her credit for making it to 85, but she started looking
>like a corpse 20 years ago.
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/08/14/1226449/725736-helen-gurley-brown.jpg
Tommy Joe
May 14, 2013, 3:16:14 AM5/14/13
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Sarah Ehrett wrote:
She has the corpse look too, but nowhere near the championship
level of Brothers. Did you see her on those commercials (can't
remember what they were about, her cadaverous face was so
compelling).....? I think it was from a bunch of face lifts.
Sometimes they work, other times they accentuate the very thing
they're supposed to mask. Yeah, that's it - a mask - that's what it
looked like, more a mask than a corpse - a death mask. Now she's dead
for real. How do these dead people handle not breathing? That is
what scares me the most. I don't mind being dead, but I hate giving
up breathing like the now breathless Dr. Joyce Brothers.
TJ
Tommy Joe wrote:
> >Gotta give her credit for making it to 85, but she started looking
> >like a corpse 20 years ago.
> You sure you're not thinking of Helen Gurley Brown? http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/08/14/1226449/725736-helen-...
> >Gotta give her credit for making it to 85, but she started looking
> >like a corpse 20 years ago.
She has the corpse look too, but nowhere near the championship
level of Brothers. Did you see her on those commercials (can't
remember what they were about, her cadaverous face was so
compelling).....? I think it was from a bunch of face lifts.
Sometimes they work, other times they accentuate the very thing
they're supposed to mask. Yeah, that's it - a mask - that's what it
looked like, more a mask than a corpse - a death mask. Now she's dead
for real. How do these dead people handle not breathing? That is
what scares me the most. I don't mind being dead, but I hate giving
up breathing like the now breathless Dr. Joyce Brothers.
TJ
Sarah Ehrett
May 14, 2013, 2:05:29 PM5/14/13
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On Tue, 14 May 2013 00:16:14 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe <jo...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
>Sarah Ehrett wrote:
>Tommy Joe wrote:
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>> >Gotta give her credit for making it to 85, but she started looking
>> >like a corpse 20 years ago.
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>> You sure you're not thinking of Helen Gurley Brown? �http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/08/14/1226449/725736-helen-...
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> She has the corpse look too, but nowhere near the championship
>level of Brothers. Did you see her on those commercials (can't
>remember what they were about, her cadaverous face was so
>compelling).....?
No, I haven't seen her on TV or print pictures in years. I'll have to
Google up some images.....< shudder>
This is the worst I could find in a very quick search. Not pretty.
http://cosmicallychic.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/dr-joyce-brothers.jpg
wrote:
>Sarah Ehrett wrote:
>Tommy Joe wrote:
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>> >Gotta give her credit for making it to 85, but she started looking
>> >like a corpse 20 years ago.
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>> You sure you're not thinking of Helen Gurley Brown? �http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/08/14/1226449/725736-helen-...
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>
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> She has the corpse look too, but nowhere near the championship
>level of Brothers. Did you see her on those commercials (can't
>remember what they were about, her cadaverous face was so
>compelling).....?
Google up some images.....< shudder>
This is the worst I could find in a very quick search. Not pretty.
http://cosmicallychic.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/dr-joyce-brothers.jpg
radioacti...@gmail.com
May 14, 2013, 2:24:22 PM5/14/13
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If that's the WORST-looking photograph of the late Dr. Brothers someone can find, then she was doing pretty darned well physically toward the end. For my part, I would LOVE to be that attractive at age 85...or 75...or, at the rate I'm deteriorating, even 65.
Incidentally, my respect for the late pop psychologist increased considerably after I read the obit that explained that her boxing speciality on "The 64,000 Question" was an afterthought, rather than the subject areas she applied for the show under, and was only embarked upon--by memorizing a boxing encyclopedia!--when the production people suggested it to her as a tele-friendly expertise for the pretty young blonde to espouse.
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
Incidentally, my respect for the late pop psychologist increased considerably after I read the obit that explained that her boxing speciality on "The 64,000 Question" was an afterthought, rather than the subject areas she applied for the show under, and was only embarked upon--by memorizing a boxing encyclopedia!--when the production people suggested it to her as a tele-friendly expertise for the pretty young blonde to espouse.
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
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Truth
May 14, 2013, 3:42:44 PM5/14/13
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On Tue, 14 May 2013 15:57:35 -0300, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
> I think that is a very mean sort of photo - never had a photo of
> yourself that you wished had never been taken?
Kensarah is just envious. Pay no mind.
> I think that is a very mean sort of photo - never had a photo of
> yourself that you wished had never been taken?
Kensarah is just envious. Pay no mind.
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Sarah Ehrett
May 14, 2013, 4:20:08 PM5/14/13
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>On Tue, 14 May 2013 14:05:29 -0400, Sarah Ehrett <nine...@cox.net>
>wrote:
>OTOH still not so bad given her age.
It's a very mean picture but she doesn't look bad. Do you drink?
>wrote:
>
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>>No, I haven't seen her on TV or print pictures in years. I'll have to
>>Google up some images.....< shudder>
>>
>>This is the worst I could find in a very quick search. Not pretty.
>>http://cosmicallychic.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/dr-joyce-brothers.jpg
>>
>>
>>
>>No, I haven't seen her on TV or print pictures in years. I'll have to
>>Google up some images.....< shudder>
>>
>>This is the worst I could find in a very quick search. Not pretty.
>>http://cosmicallychic.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/dr-joyce-brothers.jpg
>>
>>
>I think that is a very mean sort of photo - never had a photo of
>yourself that you wished had never been taken?
It's not my picture, blame the paparazzi.
>yourself that you wished had never been taken?
>OTOH still not so bad given her age.
It's a very mean picture but she doesn't look bad. Do you drink?
R H Draney
May 14, 2013, 4:30:21 PM5/14/13
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>"Brad Ferguson" <thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote in message
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> Nobody was named Gunilla Knudson.
> Gunilla Hutton is another matter.
Wikipedia sez: "Gunilla Knutsson (sometimes billed as Gunilla Knutson, Gunilla
Knudson, and Gunilla Knudsen, born ?)[1] is a Swedish model"
"Knudson" is the spelling used on her IMDb entry, which includes:
Alternate Names: Gunilla Knudsen | Gunilla Knutson
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>"Brad Ferguson" <thir...@frXOXed.net> wrote in message
>news:140520130016386686%thir...@frXOXed.net...
> Gunilla Hutton is another matter.
Wikipedia sez: "Gunilla Knutsson (sometimes billed as Gunilla Knutson, Gunilla
Knudson, and Gunilla Knudsen, born ?)[1] is a Swedish model"
"Knudson" is the spelling used on her IMDb entry, which includes:
Alternate Names: Gunilla Knudsen | Gunilla Knutson
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Sarah Ehrett
May 14, 2013, 4:56:56 PM5/14/13
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As to be expected, both ladies are very pretty.
Diner
May 14, 2013, 5:02:32 PM5/14/13
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On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:30:21 PM UTC-4, R H Draney wrote:
> Wikipedia sez: "Gunilla Knutsson (sometimes billed as Gunilla Knutson, Gunilla Knudson, and Gunilla Knudsen, born ?)[1] is a Swedish model"
> "Knudson" is the spelling used on her IMDb entry, which includes:
> Alternate Names: Gunilla Knudsen | Gunilla Knutson
Technically, you are correct. ;-)
> Wikipedia sez: "Gunilla Knutsson (sometimes billed as Gunilla Knutson, Gunilla Knudson, and Gunilla Knudsen, born ?)[1] is a Swedish model"
> "Knudson" is the spelling used on her IMDb entry, which includes:
> Alternate Names: Gunilla Knudsen | Gunilla Knutson
Sarah Ehrett
May 14, 2013, 5:37:26 PM5/14/13
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On Tue, 14 May 2013 17:45:24 -0300, lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
>On Tue, 14 May 2013 16:20:08 -0400, Sarah Ehrett <nine...@cox.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>a very bitter streak.
What's to be bitter about a piccy on AO of someone who's dead and looked
like a corpse before she died? :)
>On Tue, 14 May 2013 16:20:08 -0400, Sarah Ehrett <nine...@cox.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>>OTOH still not so bad given her age.
>>
>>It's a very mean picture but she doesn't look bad. Do you drink?
>>
>Nope but perhaps you need to in order to lighten up, you seem to have
>>
>>It's a very mean picture but she doesn't look bad. Do you drink?
>>
>a very bitter streak.
What's to be bitter about a piccy on AO of someone who's dead and looked
like a corpse before she died? :)
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Lanskee Shuru
May 14, 2013, 6:28:24 PM5/14/13
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On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 2:24:22 PM UTC-4, radioacti...@gmail.com wrote:
> If that's the WORST-looking photograph of the late Dr. Brothers someone can find, then she was doing pretty darned well physically toward the end. For my part, I would LOVE to be that attractive at age 85...or 75...or, at the rate I'm deteriorating, even 65. Incidentally, my respect for the late pop psychologist increased considerably after I read the obit that explained that her boxing speciality on "The 64,000 Question" was an afterthought, rather than the subject areas she applied for the show under, and was only embarked upon--by memorizing a boxing encyclopedia!--when the production people suggested it to her as a tele-friendly expertise for the pretty young blonde to espouse. BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
So, she was never a fight fan?
> If that's the WORST-looking photograph of the late Dr. Brothers someone can find, then she was doing pretty darned well physically toward the end. For my part, I would LOVE to be that attractive at age 85...or 75...or, at the rate I'm deteriorating, even 65. Incidentally, my respect for the late pop psychologist increased considerably after I read the obit that explained that her boxing speciality on "The 64,000 Question" was an afterthought, rather than the subject areas she applied for the show under, and was only embarked upon--by memorizing a boxing encyclopedia!--when the production people suggested it to her as a tele-friendly expertise for the pretty young blonde to espouse. BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
Anglo Saxon
May 14, 2013, 8:13:02 PM5/14/13
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lucreti...@fl.it wrote:
Keep a barf bag close by.... speaking of looks, we're got a
self-admitted 300 lb-plus, 5'9" blivet here with a life entirely created
out of paperback war thrillers and wiki.
SarahFatKen is an object of usenet abuse far and wide, stretching back
decades. hehh
> On Tue, 14 May 2013 16:20:08 -0400, Sarah Ehrett <nine...@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>>OTOH still not so bad given her age.
>>
>>It's a very mean picture but she doesn't look bad. Do you drink?
>>
> wrote:
>
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>>>OTOH still not so bad given her age.
>>
>>It's a very mean picture but she doesn't look bad. Do you drink?
>>
> Nope but perhaps you need to in order to lighten up, you seem to have
> a very bitter streak.
Google "Sarah Ehrett" in quotes, and "Sarah Czepiel". And "Ken Ehrett".
> a very bitter streak.
Keep a barf bag close by.... speaking of looks, we're got a
self-admitted 300 lb-plus, 5'9" blivet here with a life entirely created
out of paperback war thrillers and wiki.
SarahFatKen is an object of usenet abuse far and wide, stretching back
decades. hehh
R H Draney
May 15, 2013, 1:53:21 AM5/15/13
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>"R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> I'm just a victim of circumstance.
Knock it off....
Knock it ALL off....r
>
>"R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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Knock it off....
Knock it ALL off....r
Tommy Joe
May 15, 2013, 1:55:15 AM5/15/13
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Sarah Ehrett wrote:
> No, I haven't seen her on TV or print pictures in years. I'll have to
> Google up some images.....< shudder>
Well, I went and did something I never thought would have happened a
> No, I haven't seen her on TV or print pictures in years. I'll have to
> Google up some images.....< shudder>
few years ago, I became a tv watcher. She was off the tube a while,
not that I noticed, but reappeared a few years back in a commercial
that appeared on many networks for quite some time. I can't recall
what it was for, but it was shyster material - something medical I
think. She seemed spry and everything, but I was taken in my her face
and her head which looked like a skull. Hey, maybe I'm psychic and
she only looked that way to me because I was seeing her in death.
Wow, I might have to investigate this further. I could be psychic.
"Everybody who wants to know the exact date of their death, please get
in the line to the right and have your money ready."
TJ
Tommy Joe
May 15, 2013, 1:58:25 AM5/15/13
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lucretiabor wrote:
> I think that is a very mean sort of photo - never had a photo of
> yourself that you wished had never been taken?
Nope. I'm too egotistic to think that of any photo taken of me.
> I think that is a very mean sort of photo - never had a photo of
> yourself that you wished had never been taken?
Even the bad ones are worth holding on to. If one ages fast and ugly,
in time all past photos will look good to them. Maybe.
TJ
Sarah Ehrett
May 15, 2013, 4:17:00 AM5/15/13
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On Tue, 14 May 2013 22:55:15 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe <jo...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
>Sarah Ehrett wrote:
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>> No, I haven't seen her on TV or print pictures in years. I'll have to
>> Google up some images.....< shudder>
>
>
>
>
> Well, I went and did something I never thought would have happened a
>few years ago, I became a tv watcher. She was off the tube a while,
>not that I noticed, but reappeared a few years back in a commercial
>that appeared on many networks for quite some time. I can't recall
>what it was for, but it was shyster material - something medical I
>think. She seemed spry and everything, but I was taken in my her face
>and her head which looked like a skull. Hey, maybe I'm psychic and
>she only looked that way to me because I was seeing her in death.
>Wow, I might have to investigate this further. I could be psychic.
LOL. More likely you're probably hallucinating TJ.
wrote:
>Sarah Ehrett wrote:
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>> No, I haven't seen her on TV or print pictures in years. I'll have to
>> Google up some images.....< shudder>
>
>
>
>
> Well, I went and did something I never thought would have happened a
>few years ago, I became a tv watcher. She was off the tube a while,
>not that I noticed, but reappeared a few years back in a commercial
>that appeared on many networks for quite some time. I can't recall
>what it was for, but it was shyster material - something medical I
>think. She seemed spry and everything, but I was taken in my her face
>and her head which looked like a skull. Hey, maybe I'm psychic and
>she only looked that way to me because I was seeing her in death.
>Wow, I might have to investigate this further. I could be psychic.
Sarah Ehrett
May 15, 2013, 4:24:45 AM5/15/13
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On Tue, 14 May 2013 22:58:25 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe <jo...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
You certainly have a different spin on it but you have a point. Sort of.
I've been an amateur photographer for close to 35 years. I always have a
camera nearby. You never know what you'll observe. :)
>TJ
wrote:
I've been an amateur photographer for close to 35 years. I always have a
camera nearby. You never know what you'll observe. :)
>TJ
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Sarah Ehrett
May 15, 2013, 1:29:29 PM5/15/13
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On Wed, 15 May 2013 09:35:34 -0500, "News" <m...@sb.net> wrote:
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>"Sarah Ehrett" <nine...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> When do you graduate to the amazing, small, impressive Flip videocam?
Ken has one of those plus all his camera equipment he purchased in far east
years ago. I've always used Pentax equipment in the past and now Olympus
and Nikon.
> You can capture a 'still' frame with it, in getting the best in
>combination of a videocam (with sound) *and* a camera taking still pics.
While I like taking video's, I'm a still picture purest at heart. :)
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>"Sarah Ehrett" <nine...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Ken has one of those plus all his camera equipment he purchased in far east
years ago. I've always used Pentax equipment in the past and now Olympus
and Nikon.
> You can capture a 'still' frame with it, in getting the best in
>combination of a videocam (with sound) *and* a camera taking still pics.
While I like taking video's, I'm a still picture purest at heart. :)
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Tommy Joe
May 16, 2013, 3:05:27 AM5/16/13
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Sarah Ehrett wrote:
> LOL. More likely you're probably hallucinating TJ.
Nope, just going for the LOL. Nothing psychedelic about that.
> LOL. More likely you're probably hallucinating TJ.
It's a dream, a Goddamn dream I'm telling ya,
TJ
Tommy Joe
May 16, 2013, 3:13:57 AM5/16/13
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Sarah Ehrett wrote:
> You certainly have a different spin on it but you have a point. Sort of.
> I've been an amateur photographer for close to 35 years. I always have a
> camera nearby. You never know what you'll observe. :)
The full length mirror is bad enough. I live in a single
> You certainly have a different spin on it but you have a point. Sort of.
> I've been an amateur photographer for close to 35 years. I always have a
> camera nearby. You never know what you'll observe. :)
apartment, good enough for me, never had a one bedroom or beyond in my
life. Anyway, I have a mirror in the bathroom, but it's just for the
face, maybe some of the chest, down to the navel at best. I also have
a cheap one hanging in the "living room" that shows only the face.
But if I back away from it I can see more.
The funny part is I had been living in this place for about 10
years when I went down to J'ville Florida to visit my brother for a
week or so. The first shower I took in his place, when I stepped out
of the tub there was a full length mirror directly in my path. I
could not believe what I saw. I did not look into that mirror the
rest of the visit. There was a time I couldn't pass a full length
mirror a "not bad, not bad at all" pause and nod, smiling at what I
saw. Not looking into a full length mirror for a decade or more while
undergoing the ravages of too much boozing and drinking without
exercise set me up for the big shocker in J'ville. If you look in the
mirror every day you age more slowly. Take a break from the mirror,
ten years or more, you might be in for a not so lovely shock. Depends
of course. The camera doesn't lie either, although the pictures it
snaps can be used to paint possibly false pictures of the subject.
The Egotist,
TJ
R H Draney
May 16, 2013, 5:14:44 AM5/16/13
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Tommy Joe filted:
contact lenses, I often have the reaction "what's Dad doing here?"...r
>
> The full length mirror is bad enough. I live in a single
>apartment, good enough for me, never had a one bedroom or beyond in my
>life. Anyway, I have a mirror in the bathroom, but it's just for the
>face, maybe some of the chest, down to the navel at best. I also have
>a cheap one hanging in the "living room" that shows only the face.
>But if I back away from it I can see more.
When I go into the bathroom first thing in the morning before putting in my
> The full length mirror is bad enough. I live in a single
>apartment, good enough for me, never had a one bedroom or beyond in my
>life. Anyway, I have a mirror in the bathroom, but it's just for the
>face, maybe some of the chest, down to the navel at best. I also have
>a cheap one hanging in the "living room" that shows only the face.
>But if I back away from it I can see more.
contact lenses, I often have the reaction "what's Dad doing here?"...r
Sarah Ehrett
May 16, 2013, 3:49:48 PM5/16/13
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and pains you're doing well '. Aging gracefully indeed.
R H Draney
May 16, 2013, 5:28:27 PM5/16/13
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Sarah Ehrett filted:
Not always true...I remember the morning I woke up pain-free because I had lost
all the feeling in my right leg, from toes to hip...sciatica...damn near killed
myself falling down the stairs when the leg folded up underneath me....
Most of the feeling eventually came back, but there are a few patches on my
instep that remain numb to this day....r
all the feeling in my right leg, from toes to hip...sciatica...damn near killed
myself falling down the stairs when the leg folded up underneath me....
Most of the feeling eventually came back, but there are a few patches on my
instep that remain numb to this day....r
Tommy Joe
May 17, 2013, 1:10:53 AM5/17/13
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R H Draney wrote:
> When I go into the bathroom first thing in the morning before putting in my
> contact lenses, I often have the reaction "what's Dad doing here?"...r
That's funny. I'm glad I never got that same reaction as my Dad
> When I go into the bathroom first thing in the morning before putting in my
> contact lenses, I often have the reaction "what's Dad doing here?"...r
has been dead for years. You know what it was mainly? The groin.
Where the belly meets the groin. My entire shape had changed over the
decade or two I had not looked into a full length mirror. I'm not a
really fat guy, but there was a certain trimmed down Hitchcockian look
to it when I stepped from the tub. The same thing has occurred while
walking and glancing sideways into a dark shop window and wondering
"who the fuck is that guy?" What kind of reaction do you get after
you put the contact lenses in? Sometimes I wonder if faltering eye
function is not a good thing as one ages. Not total blindness or
anything incapacitating, just a bit of a blur to ease the pain of
seeing things you don't want to see. It's a God-installed function
designed to make things look less bad and shocking to the heart for
old people.
TJ
Tommy Joe
May 17, 2013, 1:13:30 AM5/17/13
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R H Draney wrote:
> Most of the feeling eventually came back, but there are a few patches on my
> instep that remain numb to this day....r
Try looking on the bright side. One day you may find yourself
> Most of the feeling eventually came back, but there are a few patches on my
> instep that remain numb to this day....r
trapped in rubble caused by a massive earthquake, your foot pinned
beneath tons of unmovable weight. All you can do is cut your foot off
if you want to get out. With that small numb spot at least you've got
a good starting point. Try to remember that, Draney - it's time to
start thinking positive, like me.
TJ
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Tommy Joe
May 18, 2013, 12:47:08 AM5/18/13
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"News" wrote:
> They have Lasik surgery for that problem now. <g>
I'm going for custom lasik surgery. I told the guy I want good
vision but not too sharp where every last ugly thing can be seen.
"Give me the soft glow, Doc", I told him. Then he sat me in front of
a chart to test my request "Now?", he said as he changed focus over
and over until finally I said, "That's it, right there." He had taken
me to a spot where I had a good view of his face but not the small
pimple to the side of his nose I had seen when he offered a sharper
and stronger vision level. I want to be selectively blind, just like
people who are selectively deaf.
We're working on it,
TJ
> They have Lasik surgery for that problem now. <g>
I'm going for custom lasik surgery. I told the guy I want good
vision but not too sharp where every last ugly thing can be seen.
"Give me the soft glow, Doc", I told him. Then he sat me in front of
a chart to test my request "Now?", he said as he changed focus over
and over until finally I said, "That's it, right there." He had taken
me to a spot where I had a good view of his face but not the small
pimple to the side of his nose I had seen when he offered a sharper
and stronger vision level. I want to be selectively blind, just like
people who are selectively deaf.
We're working on it,
TJ
Anglo Saxon
May 18, 2013, 1:27:31 AM5/18/13
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Tommy Joe wrote:
> I'm going for custom lasik surgery. I told the guy I want good
> vision but not too sharp where every last ugly thing can be seen.
> "Give me the soft glow, Doc", I told him. Then he sat me in front of
> a chart to test my request "Now?", he said as he changed focus over
> and over until finally I said, "That's it, right there." He had taken
> me to a spot where I had a good view of his face but not the small
> pimple to the side of his nose I had seen when he offered a sharper
> and stronger vision level. I want to be selectively blind, just like
> people who are selectively deaf.
>
> We're working on it,
>
> TJ
chuckle
> I'm going for custom lasik surgery. I told the guy I want good
> vision but not too sharp where every last ugly thing can be seen.
> "Give me the soft glow, Doc", I told him. Then he sat me in front of
> a chart to test my request "Now?", he said as he changed focus over
> and over until finally I said, "That's it, right there." He had taken
> me to a spot where I had a good view of his face but not the small
> pimple to the side of his nose I had seen when he offered a sharper
> and stronger vision level. I want to be selectively blind, just like
> people who are selectively deaf.
>
> We're working on it,
>
> TJ
Sarah Ehrett
May 18, 2013, 2:42:43 AM5/18/13
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On Fri, 17 May 2013 21:47:08 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe <jo...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
>"News" wrote:
>
>
>
>> They have Lasik surgery for that problem now. <g>
>
>
>
>
> I'm going for custom lasik surgery. I told the guy I want good
>vision but not too sharp where every last ugly thing can be seen.
You doing this all wrong! Go for good vision but smear vasoline on you
mirrors. yes-yes?
>"Give me the soft glow, Doc", I told him. Then he sat me in front of
>a chart to test my request "Now?", he said as he changed focus over
>and over until finally I said, "That's it, right there." He had taken
>me to a spot where I had a good view of his face but not the small
>pimple to the side of his nose I had seen when he offered a sharper
>and stronger vision level. I want to be selectively blind, just like
>people who are selectively deaf.
Hey, save time and money and skip the surgery all together.
>We're working on it,
Have you thought about using eye patches? On both eyes.
>TJ
wrote:
>"News" wrote:
>
>
>
>> They have Lasik surgery for that problem now. <g>
>
>
>
>
> I'm going for custom lasik surgery. I told the guy I want good
>vision but not too sharp where every last ugly thing can be seen.
mirrors. yes-yes?
>"Give me the soft glow, Doc", I told him. Then he sat me in front of
>a chart to test my request "Now?", he said as he changed focus over
>and over until finally I said, "That's it, right there." He had taken
>me to a spot where I had a good view of his face but not the small
>pimple to the side of his nose I had seen when he offered a sharper
>and stronger vision level. I want to be selectively blind, just like
>people who are selectively deaf.
>We're working on it,
>TJ
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Tommy Joe
May 19, 2013, 1:18:23 AM5/19/13
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That's good enough for me, thanks.
TJ
Tommy Joe
May 19, 2013, 1:19:30 AM5/19/13
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Sarah Ehrett wrote:
> Have you thought about using eye patches? On both eyes.
Only if I have received advanced warning that you are going to be
> Have you thought about using eye patches? On both eyes.
in the area.
TJ
Tommy Joe
May 19, 2013, 1:34:04 AM5/19/13
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"News" wrote:
> That discerning idea on well one sees was very well done!
> Love that last line: "I want to be selectively blind, just like people who
> are selectively deaf."
My aunt who is no longer alive, died about 3 years ago at age 85,
was here from her home in Jamaica to visit me and my brother about 15
years ago. She was an artist. She had cataracts in both eyes that
made watching tv with her a major chore. She would resist assistance
down steps and so forth, but if the tv was on we'd have to answer
questions such as, for example, "Who is that actor I'm hearing
there?"
We had trouble talking her into getting the surgery. She had the
cash and insurance as well, she was simply afraid of the surgery (and
I don't blame her). My brother and I along with my sister kept after
her till finally she gave in and agreed to have one eye done. We kept
telling her she needed it for her painting, but she always retorted,
"I have inner vision." Funny thing is, with her abstract paintings, I
understood what she meant.
She got the surgery on one eye and never went back for the other
one which was in worst shape than the one she agreed to have worked
on. So I guess when she died she had a form of "semi inner vision".
Anyway, the term 'inner vision' has stayed with me since and I can
understand it even more as I myself slip into the clutches of aging.
I never needed anything but reading glasses. But about 6 years ago
after being really lucky to pass my drivers license test I knew I had
to go have them checked. I waited 5 years till about a month before
time to renew my license.
Being a cab driver, and the greatest driver on earth, I couldn't
wait to put them on and see how they worked from behind the wheel. I
didn't like them at all. All they did was enable me to see road sign
text from further out. They muddled the dash board. I put them away
and use them strictly for watching tv now, and even then only for
times where important graphics appear on the screen, such as an NFL
football game or Wheel of Fortune or something that requires reading
from a distance. Otherwise I too just like my aunt prefer to go with
inner vision (with a little help when necessary). By the way, the
appearance of the glasses mean nothing to me - no vanity about it - I
just didn't like the overly clear look they gave to some things. I
drove the cab for two years before quitting last summer and never had
an accident. In fact, in 33 years of driving a cab I never had one.
Inner vision baby, that's the ticket. (with temporary aid at
necessary times of course).
TJ
TJ
> That discerning idea on well one sees was very well done!
> Love that last line: "I want to be selectively blind, just like people who
> are selectively deaf."
My aunt who is no longer alive, died about 3 years ago at age 85,
was here from her home in Jamaica to visit me and my brother about 15
years ago. She was an artist. She had cataracts in both eyes that
made watching tv with her a major chore. She would resist assistance
down steps and so forth, but if the tv was on we'd have to answer
questions such as, for example, "Who is that actor I'm hearing
there?"
We had trouble talking her into getting the surgery. She had the
cash and insurance as well, she was simply afraid of the surgery (and
I don't blame her). My brother and I along with my sister kept after
her till finally she gave in and agreed to have one eye done. We kept
telling her she needed it for her painting, but she always retorted,
"I have inner vision." Funny thing is, with her abstract paintings, I
understood what she meant.
She got the surgery on one eye and never went back for the other
one which was in worst shape than the one she agreed to have worked
on. So I guess when she died she had a form of "semi inner vision".
Anyway, the term 'inner vision' has stayed with me since and I can
understand it even more as I myself slip into the clutches of aging.
I never needed anything but reading glasses. But about 6 years ago
after being really lucky to pass my drivers license test I knew I had
to go have them checked. I waited 5 years till about a month before
time to renew my license.
Being a cab driver, and the greatest driver on earth, I couldn't
wait to put them on and see how they worked from behind the wheel. I
didn't like them at all. All they did was enable me to see road sign
text from further out. They muddled the dash board. I put them away
and use them strictly for watching tv now, and even then only for
times where important graphics appear on the screen, such as an NFL
football game or Wheel of Fortune or something that requires reading
from a distance. Otherwise I too just like my aunt prefer to go with
inner vision (with a little help when necessary). By the way, the
appearance of the glasses mean nothing to me - no vanity about it - I
just didn't like the overly clear look they gave to some things. I
drove the cab for two years before quitting last summer and never had
an accident. In fact, in 33 years of driving a cab I never had one.
Inner vision baby, that's the ticket. (with temporary aid at
necessary times of course).
TJ
TJ
Tommy Joe
May 19, 2013, 1:39:36 AM5/19/13
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"News" wrote:
> No wonder the U.S. is so messed up and going in the wrong direction
> over the past two decades as surveys have reported how the people feel!
I think it's been going down the wrong path since the start, only we
weren't around back then to know it. Some knew it, but of course
those people were ignored. Ignored by most people, including even
myself. Even the most liberal among us have a tendency to not
recognize the wrong path until we ourselves are on it. We are less
aware of the 'other side of the tracks' until those tracks are smack
dab in our face or heading that way fast. I saw it coming a long time
ago, the wrong path - but that's because, once again, I have inner
vision.
TJ
> No wonder the U.S. is so messed up and going in the wrong direction
> over the past two decades as surveys have reported how the people feel!
I think it's been going down the wrong path since the start, only we
weren't around back then to know it. Some knew it, but of course
those people were ignored. Ignored by most people, including even
myself. Even the most liberal among us have a tendency to not
recognize the wrong path until we ourselves are on it. We are less
aware of the 'other side of the tracks' until those tracks are smack
dab in our face or heading that way fast. I saw it coming a long time
ago, the wrong path - but that's because, once again, I have inner
vision.
TJ
Sarah Ehrett
May 19, 2013, 2:38:17 AM5/19/13
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On Sat, 18 May 2013 22:19:30 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe <jo...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
Nice to know you trust me with your health and well being. I've got my
sharpened knives. Ok, put on both patches...
>TJ
wrote:
sharpened knives. Ok, put on both patches...
>TJ
Tommy Joe
May 19, 2013, 6:37:43 PM5/19/13
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Sarah Ehrett wrote:
> Nice to know you trust me with your health and well being. I've got my
> sharpened knives. Ok, put on both patches...
Knives don't have to be sharp to enter eye sockets. As for
> Nice to know you trust me with your health and well being. I've got my
> sharpened knives. Ok, put on both patches...
patches, I have astigmatism in one eye, worse than the other one, and
have often thought of using a patch over the better eye to force me to
see with the bad one so that later when I remove the patch the world
will look really bright and clear. Sometimes I'll do something
similar when watching tv. The screen will look muddled, so I'll put
on a pair of strong reading glasses to make it appear even more
muddled. I'll keep them on for maybe a minute before removing and
suddenly the screen looks clear. Of course it's not clearer, it only
seems that way in relation to how it looked while wearing the coke
bottle glasses. So that's my new scientific approach to making things
better in life: purposely make them worse in small doses, then emerge
from the self-induced world of worseness to find things suddenly
looking pretty good.
TJ
Sarah Ehrett
May 22, 2013, 5:23:27 PM5/22/13
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On Sun, 19 May 2013 15:37:43 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe <jo...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
>Sarah Ehrett wrote:
>
>
>
>> Nice to know you trust me with your health and well being. � I've got my
>> sharpened knives. � Ok, put on both patches...
>
>
>
> Knives don't have to be sharp to enter eye sockets.
Who said anything about a limited target area?
wrote:
>Sarah Ehrett wrote:
>
>
>
>> Nice to know you trust me with your health and well being. � I've got my
>> sharpened knives. � Ok, put on both patches...
>
>
>
> Knives don't have to be sharp to enter eye sockets.
Tommy Joe
May 22, 2013, 7:44:28 PM5/22/13
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Sarah Ehrett wrote:
> Who said anything about a limited target area?
I will be wearing body armor head to toe with only my eyes
> Who said anything about a limited target area?
available for assault as I will need them to see to defend myself.
I'll be wearing eye patches with tiny holes in them that no one can
see but me. You'll think I'm blind, but I'll dance all around you,
kicking and punching those sharp knives from your hands, then moving
in for the kill which will be applied by strangling you to death with
my feet.
TJ
Sarah Ehrett
May 22, 2013, 8:44:12 PM5/22/13
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On Wed, 22 May 2013 16:44:28 -0700 (PDT), Tommy Joe <jo...@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
>Sarah Ehrett wrote:
>
>
>
>> Who said anything about a limited target area?
>
>
>
> I will be wearing body armor head to toe with only my eyes
>available for assault as I will need them to see to defend myself.
So one between the eyes then.
>I'll be wearing eye patches with tiny holes in them that no one can
>see but me. You'll think I'm blind, but I'll dance all around you,
>kicking and punching those sharp knives from your hands, then moving
>in for the kill which will be applied by strangling you to death with
>my feet.
And one shot to the feet and you're down.
>TJ
wrote:
>Sarah Ehrett wrote:
>
>
>
>> Who said anything about a limited target area?
>
>
>
> I will be wearing body armor head to toe with only my eyes
>available for assault as I will need them to see to defend myself.
>I'll be wearing eye patches with tiny holes in them that no one can
>see but me. You'll think I'm blind, but I'll dance all around you,
>kicking and punching those sharp knives from your hands, then moving
>in for the kill which will be applied by strangling you to death with
>my feet.
>TJ
Tommy Joe
May 23, 2013, 12:11:30 AM5/23/13
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Sarah Ehrett wrote:
> And one shot to the feet and you're down.
It's gonna take more than a few shots to stop me, I'm a former
> And one shot to the feet and you're down.
fireman and first responder who has seen it all. I was even a wounded
warrior in Korea back in '49. But they didn't call us wounded warrior
back then, we were just vets, nothing more. I carry scars all over my
body from defending people like you. You owe me. Knowing that
propels me forward, even as bullets ravage my feet, even as I crawl on
my knees, ever forward, arms reaching out, clutching and grabbing,
ripping and tearing everything in my path which in this case is you.
Even after I'm dead I'll keep coming. I cannot be stopped. But I'm a
nice guy and we'll never brawl, so I guess we'll never really know the
answer for sure. May peace be with you always.
TJ
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