A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....10-28,29,30-05....Halloween 2005

DollyCali, curlybill | 10-38-05 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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Union Cemetery contains graves and fieldstones dating as far back as the 1600's and up to and including present day burials. The Easton Baptist Church, which stands to the right of the cemetery was built in the 1840's, centuries after the first settlers were interred here (perhaps on an old church foundation?)

There are many stories attached to this plot of land, the most popular being that of "The White Lady", a ghostly figure that to this day her identity is unknown. She has been reportedly seen in and around the graveyard for over 60 years now. She appears in a white nightgown or wedding dress, and travels many miles between Union Cemetery and Stepney Graveyard (next to Our Lady of the Rosary Church) which is less than ten miles down the road. A fireman was said to have struck her after viewing the road in front of him take on an eerie red glow, and seeing a farmer with straw hat seated beside him in his truck. He looked up to see the white lady with hand outstretched and could not stop in time. He heard a thud and the truck was visibly dented. No sign of the woman was to be found however.

Union Cemetery and the “white lady“ in entirely.



I gave the cabinet to my sister. She kept it for a week, then gave it back. She complained that she couldn't get the doors to stay closed and that they kept coming open. There are no springs in the door mechanism and I have never found that the doors come open. I gave it to my brother and his wife who kept it for three days and then gave it back. My brother said it smelled like Jasmine flowers, while his wife insisted that it put out an odor of cat urine. I gave it to my girlfriend who asked me to sell it for her after only two days. I sold it the same day to a nice middle aged couple. Three days later, when I came to open the shop for the day, I found the cabinet sitting at the front doors with a note that read, This has a bad darkness. I had no idea what that meant. Anyway, I ended up taking it home. Then, things got even worse.

Dibbuk Haunted Jewish Wine Cabinet Box in entiriety .



Burlington, NJ, also claims to be the birthplace of the Jersey Devil. In 1735, Mother Leeds was in labor on a stormy night. Gathered around her were her friends. Mother Leeds was supposedly a witch and the child's father was the devil himself. The child was born normal, but then changed form. It changed from a normal baby to a creature with hooves, a horses head, bat wings and a forked tail. It beat everyone present and flew up the chimney. It circled the villages and headed toward the pines. In 1740 a clergy exercised the devil for 100 years and it wasn't seen again until 1890.

The Jersey Devil in entiriety .



Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief — oh, no! — it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself — "It is nothing but the wind in the chimney — it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "it is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel — although he neither saw nor heard — to feel the presence of my head within the room.

Poe‘s Tell Tale Heart in entiriety.



When I was 14 (in the 1960s) my daddy decided that farming was his next big thing, and he bought an 18th century farmhouse and property from an eccentric old lady who was a story in herself, in New York ... and we hadn't lived there long before we were visited by The Ghost. (We named him Albert, for no reason other than that we had to call him something). Albert was a short man with dark hair, and although he manifested himself in various parts of the house, particularly in the kitchen/pantry, the only place he was seen was in the furnace room, a dim figure in the shadows that scared the bejezuz out of the handyman the first time he went down there ... although the house also had a poltergeist (which is not a ghost as you probably know, but an energy field), Albert never bothered anybody and we got used to him and his footsteps on the stairs or closing doors.

Freeper KateatRFM Ghost Story in entiriety



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Finest: Freeper Pippin‘s ghost stories

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

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

Pet Sematary (1989) R
Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne, Denise Crosby
Rotten Tomatoes rating 44
Stephen king Thriller w/naughty 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

09-27-05 ~ Hall of Fame #13

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 10-24-05 Military Monday 10-25-05 Pippin's Thoughts ~ "Ghost Stories" 10-26-05 Green is Green is Green 10-27-05 Why God Made Pets.

Opinions by our own 'King of Ping' Every Thursday at the Finest The guy's good, folks!

[Alberta's Child]

LOL.

I actually played my best game of the season tonight, but we were up against a very good team and lost 5-0.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Well, you did your best; and I'm proud of you.

[Alberta's Child]

Thanks so much!

It's no fun being on the losing end of a 5-0 game, but it was actually very close until the last ten minutes and then we just ran out of gas and couldn't keep up with them.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I don't look at it that way... I think you guys are playing better than ever before, just keep on playing and eventually you'll win.

[Alberta's Child]

We lost two of our best players this season -- they moved up to a higher division and are playing on another team. The new guys we got are OK, but we have to get used to playing with them.

The team that beat us tonight has always given us trouble. We've lost 4 of the last 5 times we played them, including once in the playoffs last year.

Our game next week is against a new team in this league. I've seen them play a couple of times, and I think we can beat them.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I've seen them play a couple of times, and I think we can beat them.

That's the spirit. I'm sure you can, just think positive and you'll beat then.

I know you're good, but like you said, you need the entire team to play well. However, with some work and a little bit of luck you'll be numero #1... just the way I like it, hehe.

[Alberta's Child]

You ought to come and coach our team -- we could use someone with such a positive outlook to lead us. LOL.

It's nearly 1 AM and my body is still on Daylight Savings Time, so I'm pretty beat and need to get to bed. Hope to see you here tomorrow night for a little while (I can't be up late).

[Victoria Delsoul]

A song for ya...

[Alberta's Child]

Cool tune.

Whenever I hear that song I can't help remembering that episode of "The Little Rascals" where Darla sang it during a show that they were putting on. LOL.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Gosh, a bucket of water feels better than that comment. You ruin it, LOL!

OK, last try.

[Alberta's Child]

Another beautiful song. You've great musical tastes!

I really gotta get to bed now. LOL.

C.U. tomorrow!

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL, I feel bad keeping you so late.

Gotta go, too. Nighty night.

Ci vediamo domani.

[Dan Lacey]

[DollyCali]

oh thank you Dan! wish it was on earlier so more could have seen it!!! (new thread up last night).. will post it on military monday, okay? Appreciate you & your work so much!

[Billie]

Thanks for verifying that I wasn't going crazy and that my memory of FR of '96 is not a total washout. (OK, alright, maybe I am going a little crazy...smile)

LOL. You're not going crazy. I was using AOL political boards a lot in '96, and there was one poster there(forgot who it was) who used to link or bring articles posted at FR to the AOL boards all the time - of course it didn't sway any of the die-hard lefties our way, but several of us tried.

Eventually, I wandered over to FR myself, and remember names such as Deb, Phil V, a Bob or two, Norm (firehat), Jim of course, and more, and of course the infamous Eschoir.

I didn't save any of the early threads where I lurked, but my earliest recollections were at the end of 1996, and actually, gooleyman, it looks like it would certainly be categorized as a *forum* if there were people posting comments, but for whatever reason, I did get the information for the history of FR from an old article about JimRob.

I don't remember FR ever *looking* like that link either. Wish I'd saved some of the early Whitewater threads.

[gooleyman]

Of course I remember Deb. She was on all the time. And Doug from Upland with his limericks. There's a Deb registered now, but I wonder if she is the same Deb. She doesn't sound....I mean write, like the old Deb used to write, so I think it's not her. I remember Norm Firehat. He used to write some good articles. Eschoir, the original disruptor, got kicked off several times and came back under different names. Wonder what name he's using now. Whenever someone made comments from left field, they were always accused of being Eschoir reincarnated. the There are so many disruptors crossing over from the DU nowadays, there's no telling if he's out here or not.

I remember saving some old threads, but don't know what I did with them. Like I said, I'll check old hard drive backups. I was painting outside all day today and didn't get a chance to check them. I think I was using a laptop at that time so I'll check the ghost image of that one first.

[gooleyman]

Bad News. I checked my hard drive backups and the earliest file I can find is from about mid-1999. I guess those are lost forever. Darn. One thing I saw that I did not know. I didn't know you could use taglines back then. Very few had them, but there were a couple of them in that mid-1999 article. Probably the first tagline pioneers.

Even some of the links on the internet archives page don't work.