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DollyCali and All of the Singles & their FRiends | October 27, 2006 | DollyCali and Kate of Spice Island

[DollyCali]

Tomorrow Kate of Spice Island will be sharing
her stories of the “Sixth Sense”



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THE HAUNTED PALACE
BY E. A. POE, ESQ.

In the greenest of our valleys
By good angels tenanted,
Once a fair and stately palace —
Snow-white palace — reared its head.
In the monarch thought's dominion —
It stood there!

Never Seraph spread his pinion
Over fabric half so fair.
Banners yellow, glorious, golden,
On its roof did float and flow —
This — all this — was in the olden
Time long ago —

And every gentle air that dallied,
In that sweet day,
Along the rampart plumed and pallid,
A winged odour went away.
All wanderers in that happy valley,

Through two luminous windows saw
Spirits moving musically
To a lute's well tuned law,
Round about a throne where sitting (Porphyrogene!)
In state his glory well befitting,

The sovereign of the realm was seen.
And all with pearl and ruby glowing
Was the fair palace door ;
Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing,
And sparkling evermore,

A troop of echoes, whose sweet duty
Was but to sing
In voices of surpassing beauty,
The wit and wisdom of their king.
But evil things in robes of sorrow,
Assailed the monarch's high estate!

Ah, let us mourn — for never morrow
Shall dawn upon him desolate!
And round about his home the glory,
That blushed and bloomed,
Is but a dim-remembered story
Of the old time entombed.

And travelers now within that valley,
Through the red-litten windows, see
Vast forms that move fantastically
To a discordant melody;

While, like a rapid ghastly river,
Through the pale door;
A hideous throng rush out forever,
And laugh — but smile no more.<

Ghost (1990) PG13; Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg ; rotten tomato rating: 78; Romantic, suspense, ghost story. 2 hours; 5 min

Ghostbusters (1984) PG, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd,Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts; ; rotten tomato rating 100% Classic Comedy Ghost story. 3 hrs; 20 min

Pirates of the Caribbean (2003) PG13; Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley ,Geoffrey Rush; Rotten Tomatoes rating 80% Historic Humor Action w/Ghosts who are heroes; 3 hrs. 32 minutes

Pirates of Caribbean- Dead Man’s Chest (2006); same cast. Same excitement; Rotten Tomatoes Rating 54%; PG13; 2 hrs. 30 min;

Halloween, (1978) R, Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis ; Rotten Tomatoes Rating 100%; Horror, suspense - best of the group; 1 hour; 44 minutes

The Addams Family (1991) pg13; Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci; Rotten Tomaotoes Rating 71% Creepy Black Comedy/Horror spoof; 2 hours

6th Sense (1999) PG13; Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, , Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg, ; Rotten Tomaotes Rating 85% Mystery suspense 1 hr; 45 minutes

The Others (2001) PG13; Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Eccleston ; Rotten Tomatoes Rating 81%; Spooky thriller ; 1 hr; 43 Min

An American Haunting(2006) PG13; Sissy Spacek & Donald Suttherland; Rotten Tomatoes Rating 13%; based on true story from 1800s in Tennessee. 1 hr 31 min.

Pet Sematary (1989) R Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby ; Rotten Tomatoes rating 44; Thriller w/not so nice ghosts; 1 hr 43 min

Haunted( 2001) PG13 Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews , ; rotten Tomatoes Rating 80%’ spooky horror suspense; 1 hr 43 minutes

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir( 1947) Not Rated Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders ; Rotten Tomatoes Rating 100% ; Romantic ghost story. 1 hours 47 min

Blackbeard’s Ghost (1968) G; Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette ; Rotten tomatoes Rating 75% Comedy Ghost story; 1 hour 48 minutes

The Haunting (1963) G; Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson ; ; Rotten Tomaotes Rating Rating 90%; spooky horror suspense; 1 hour 52 Minutes

[potlatch]

I've read this before, very nice story. Thank you.

[ilovew]

Lol I think I can forgive you ;)

[WFTR]

The story line was feasible

How so? I only have a very vague idea about someone trying to release snakes on an airplane to kill someone.

What several people have said is that in a real situation where snakes were loose on a plane, they could turn on the air conditioning to lower the temperature substantially. The low temperatures would make the snakes very stiff, and they wouldn't be able to move well enough to be effectively aggressive. I only know of a few species that would really scare me in that situation. I've wondered how the movie got around those issues.

Bill

[rzeznikj at stout]

Well, I've got a couple of ideas, but I don't really think you'd want to try them...8^)

[snugs]

Congratulations look forward to hearing you have secured a position

[snugs]

One last British old time recipe especially popular in the autumn/winter

Semolina Pudding

You can use coarsely ground rice, oatmeal, a small sago or cornmeal instead of semolina if you prefer

35 fl oz milk
3oz Semolina
Pinch of salt
2 – 3 oz caster sugar
Butter for greasing

Warm the milk in heavy bottomed saucepan. Add any solid flavouring if used to the milk and infuse for about 10 mins. Then remove

Sprinkle the semolina on to the milk stirring quickly to prevent the formation of lumps, Bring to simmering point, stirring all the time. Continue stirring and simmer for 15 – 20 mins or until the grain is transparent and cooked through.

Stir in the salt, sugar and any flavouring essence if used.

Serve the creamed semolina hot cold or pour into a well buttered 2 ½ quart pie dish and bake at 350F gas 4 for 20 – 30 mins until the top has browned.

Serves 6

Mrs Beeton Tip: Grated citrus rind, ground cinnamon, allspice or grated nutmeg may be added to the above puddings. Flavouring essences or liqueurs are equally suitable. A pinch of salt improves the flavour of all puddings.

Snugs tip: Lovely hot or cold with a spoonful of jam in particular strawberry or raspberry

[snugs]

Dolly I got the milk content wrong it should be 35 fl oz not 25.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Dolly,

I'm doing well, thanks. Busy but otherwise happy, and I certainly can't let Halloween pass without wishing you a Happy Halloween.

Hope you are doing fine and enjoying the Fall season - more like winter if you ask me. ;-)

click on it

[proud_yank]

Thanks Snugs, I'm getting pretty close!

[DollyCali]

Love your post Victoria... thanks for checking in. Missing your contributions. I dont' know how long I will have time to be this involved.. just have to see.. 'hugs'

[DollyCali]

thanks for the recipe. I am putting them in a file called Snugs Recipes.. I have one from the Dose bookmarked that had a lot of your recipes & will find & add those.

thanks again

[DollyCali]

What I meant about the "STORY LINE" being feasible, was that of some DIFFERENT threat being on plane to take the plane down, which was the basis of the film. NOT just pilots taking it to a specialized target.

The goal in this movie was to take out a key witness with no regard if the rest of the passengers were killed in process.

The technical aspects were not what I meant.. and you are right re: temps/snakes. It had a lot in it Bill.. I do recall there was some type of apparatus attached to the snake area,(maybe heaters). Movies anymore have a lot of technical experts involved, to cover this sort of thing. I have been surprised when movies that are in my realm of expertise, if you will, are good!

[DollyCali]

Well, I've got a couple of ideas, but I don't really think you'd want to try them...8^)

Is this one of them?

[DollyCali]

Will pray for you for a good decision. How nice to have 3 to chose from & 3 good ones & where you want to be geographically!

Know there are a lot of folks here not completely happy with their job situation but for now are locked into a locale geographically. PLEASE keep us posted.

Phil is posting next weekends thread ...hope you can give us the final decision then, if it is done.

And phil.. perhaps if you continue doing the singles thread every 2 months or so you can use this for your toons? just a thought. you do have a following, just not the time/energy/spirit right now & sometimes backing away & doing things in a more limited way are good.

[proud_yank]

Thanks Dolly! I'm off to an interview with one of the big eeeeevil oil companies now, hopefully within a week I'll have a good idea of who I will work for!!

[Rca2000]

Hello guys....

Nice to be back(I guess..)

I have an idea, that came to me this weekend(Saturday night, to be exact.) It involves creating a little video, one that would demonstrate the total lunacy of the "food police", that are now seeking to ruin all of the food we consume in this land.

It would go something like this::

A pair of uniformed officials(one male and the other female) would drive around in a car, most likely a Toyota Prius or Honda Insight. The car would have the initials "DEA" on it. Under each capital letter would be these words:: Dietary Enforcement Administration. They would respond to calls on their car radio of "serious violations" and would then race to the "Crime scene", (such as a couple eating steak at a restaurant) and then, approach the "crime scene", saying' Stop!! You are in violation of code"xxx-xxx-xx" consuming a prohibited substance" please step away from the table, slowly". Then--the DEA officers would "confiscate" the "contraband" and in turn, "replace" it with some "approved" food-- like celery or tofu. They would chant.....as they left the scene" we are the here to save humnanity--from themselves....because we care!! AND- as they were leaving the "crime scene" a REAL crime would be taking place(such as someone getting accosted in a parking lot) to which they would be totally oblivious to.

This would continue, with the "DEA" raiding backyard cookouts, fast-food joint,school cafeteria and finally, a big pig roast, which would of course, cause them to shout "we need backup here". In route to and from each "crime" they would pass and ignore such real crimes such as a car theft,drug deal, robbery of a store, shoot-out, and finally, after the "raid of the pig roast" they would pass by Osama Bin Laden and his gang loading containers with the "radioactive" symbol on them into a truck--(having hijacked a military convoy) to which they would just wave--and head to their next "crime scene", chanting. We are hear to protect humanity..from themselves..because we care!!


Does that sound like something that someone could make into a good little video(say about 8-10 minutes or so??) I do NOT have the know-how to do so myself.

[ColdSteelTalon]

I need to visit the UK someday and check out the "haunts"

:)

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!

[DollyCali]

Okay, enough time has passed for you to know the end result. How did GF take to the fun plans (spreading stone) you had?

True test!

1) did she smile & help,

2)leave & tell you to call her when you had time for a "real date" or

3) just leave as she gave you a dirty look?

You and Ilovew, share the honors of yukky jobs on this passed weekend!

Whether or not you have a GF or wife or whatever, you are welcome to join us. It is for singles & "their friends".. we have several married regular participants

[DollyCali]

okay, it is halloween night. Will you throw salt licks at the deer?