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'A Christmas Story' fan buys house where film family lived
Akron Beacon Journal ^
| April 3, 2005
| associated Press
Posted on 04/04/2005 6:20:20 AM PDT by 6SJ7
CLEVELAND - Brian Jones' purchase of a house in Cleveland has linked the California man's future to "A Christmas Story," the nostalgic holiday film he loves.
He wants to create a museum in the home where the film family lived and the main character, a boy named Ralphie, daydreamed of shooting bad guys with the BB gun he hoped his parents would buy him for Christmas.
"I'm getting overwhelmingly positive feedback," Jones, 29, of San Diego, said of owning the house. "People who are fans (of the film) think it's the greatest idea ever."
The former Navy man with a degree in aerospace engineering could not resist when his wife, who is serving on a Navy ship, informed him by e-mail that the house used in "A Christmas Story" was for sale on eBay. The starting bid for the four-bedroom house was $99,999.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: christmas; shepherd
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"What I want for Christmas is a Red Ryder 200-shot carbine-action model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.."
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:20:21 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: 6SJ7
You'll shoot your eye out!
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:21:40 AM PDT
by
wizardoz
To: 6SJ7
To: 6SJ7
Do the Bumpus' and their turkey scarfing Dogs still live next door? Mr. Jones better fix that screen door.
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:24:44 AM PDT
by
sockmonkey
(Rest in Peace, John Paul II)
To: 6SJ7
Does he win a major award?
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:25:00 AM PDT
by
shekkian
To: 6SJ7
"Aaaah, frah-GEE-leh! It must be Italian!"
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:26:46 AM PDT
by
Ebenezer
(Strength and Honor!)
To: 6SJ7
I dunno - I seem to recall they had problems with the fuses.
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:26:57 AM PDT
by
general_re
("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
To: 6SJ7
Welcome to the cesspool of inner-city Cleveland, Mr. Jones.
I loved the movie!
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:27:56 AM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
To: general_re
"My old man could change a fuse faster than a jackrabbit on a date..."
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:27:56 AM PDT
by
general_re
("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
To: 6SJ7
>>Brian Jones' purchase of a house in Cleveland
the former Rolling Stone who suffered "death by misadventure"?
To: 6SJ7
They should redo the sound track and re-release it. They need the music directors from The Simpsons.
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:30:43 AM PDT
by
stevio
(Let Freedom Ring!)
To: 6SJ7
"It's...it's indescribably beautiful! It reminds me of the Fourth of July!"
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:30:48 AM PDT
by
Puddleglum
(Thank God the Boston blowhard lost)
To: wizardoz
It says Fra-jee-ly. Must be Italian
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:32:40 AM PDT
by
didi
To: 6SJ7
Who will maintain the furnace?
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:33:01 AM PDT
by
em2vn
To: 6SJ7
D-R-I-N-K M-O-R-E O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:34:29 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Sometimes I wonder if this is FR or DU...)
To: Puddleglum
Google search for "leg lamp" and they're out there, complete with wooden crate for an extra charge.
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:35:39 AM PDT
by
Sender
(Team Infidel USA)
To: 6SJ7
A museum in that part of Cleveland!?!?
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:37:18 AM PDT
by
DJ Taylor
(Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
To: 6SJ7
To: didi
... only I didn't say "fudge" ...
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:41:10 AM PDT
by
wizardoz
To: 6SJ7
As long as he doesn't hop around his neighborhood wearing a bunny suit and carrying a leg lamp.
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posted on
04/04/2005 6:41:40 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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