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Yeah, we don't go to the movie theaters either.
In fact the only time in I don't know how many years,
we went to the movies every other Sunday about 3 years ago
for maybe 3 months.
We had put our home in Southern Arizona up for sale and
or agent had open house, so we had to find somewhere else to
be for about 4 hours.
We were fortunate that our local cinema had specials on Sunday
afternoons, $4 each for Seniors with a small bag of popcorn thrown in.

But I agree with you Cheryl, the volume was way too loud!

I also agree with Casey, I do prefer to watch what I want, when I want
on our large set at home with any sort of snacks we like, pause, rewind (for those "what did he say" moments)
AND have TWO comfy sofa to recline on to boot!
 
Cheryl J said:
I enjoy watching a movie in my own living room, but occasionally I love to go see something on the big screen. Once my ears get used to the incredibly high volume they use, that is....:huh:
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We like seeing a movie occasionally on the big screen, too. The only theater we go to anymore is the beautifully restored Art Deco theater in our city's downtown. Tickets are $10 and they serve dinner or snacks, including beer and wine, during the show.

http://www.commodoretheatre.com/index.php

Usually, though, we watch movies at home for the same reasons as everyone else. Theaters definitely need to adapt.
 
My husband just lost his job... it was supposed to be for 6 months but no it was only when people was on vacation.
 
So sorry, CakePoet. Keep your chin up. Something should turn up soon. thinking that maybe there will be a lot of help needed while people clean up from all the fires going on?
 
Sure wish we had one of those Commodore Theaters here, GG! I would totally get into that.

As it is, I'll still enjoy the theater that we have when a movie seems worthy of the big screen. While I'm thinking of it, I'm pretty sure most of us here remember drive-in theaters. :) We still had one here when my youngest was little - we'd pack a bunch of sleeping bags and pillows in the bed of the truck, back it up, and have a great movie evening under the stars.
 
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CakePoet said:
My husband just lost his job... it was supposed to be for 6 months but no it was only when people was on vacation.
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How stressful for you and your husband, CakePoet! I’m sure something will turn up for him soon! What line of work is he in, if I may ask?
 
This doesn't require response. I'm just venting. Again it is my father. He got one of those mailers, you know, one of many where you "win", this time $25000.00. This time from car dealership. And he even called them and of course assured him that all he has to do is come to dealership, speak to a sales person and his winnings are on the way. I of course threw the darn paper away, so now he is accusing me that I still the money. What the f***. How stupid can person be. It's been time after time. He gets this idiotic papers that I tell him to throw away and trying to explain that it is all fake. None of that is true. Incidentally he keeps buying crap from TV advertisements and then of course nothing works and yet he still does it. i just don't have it in me to keep up with this. But this last accusation just really made me upset. I can't even think about talking to him again. I wish i did not have to. It sucks being the only child. :mad:
 
CharlieD said:
This doesn't require response. I'm just venting. Again it is my father. He got one of those mailers, you know, one of many where you "win", this time $25000.00. This time from car dealership. And he even called them and of course assured him that all he has to do is come to dealership, speak to a sales person and his winnings are on the way. I of course threw the darn paper away, so now he is accusing me that I still the money. What the f***. How stupid can person be. It's been time after time. He gets this idiotic papers that I tell him to throw away and trying to explain that it is all fake. None of that is true. Incidentally he keeps buying crap from TV advertisements and then of course nothing works and yet he still does it. i just don't have it in me to keep up with this. But this last accusation just really made me upset. I can't even think about talking to him again. I wish i did not have to. It sucks being the only child. :mad:
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How old is your dad? Sadly, when people get older a lot of them start getting suspicious, paranoid, forgetful. So they start wrongly accusing their loved ones of taking their stuff, money while at the same time they may get talked into giving their money to a scam artist.

My 80 year old grandmother gave away all her savings ($60k) to scam artists for lottery pyramid schemes, over paying for unneeded repairs from door to door shady contractors, etc..

It's hard to mitigate these problems because if you take their money away from them to protect it, they then get their feelings hurt, may call the police on you for theft. lol. Wow, it's bad. Or other siblings may accuse the one sibling (who removed the money from the senile parent to protect it) of "trying to steal dad's money!"
 
Venting...sitting here without my morning coffee. Grrr Nothing at all since midnight.
I'm scheduled for an 11:00 am semi annual sonogram for checking on an aortic aneurysm discovered a couple years ago.



I guess it's better for me to crab about not getting my morning coffee.
 
Kayelle said:
Venting...sitting here without my morning coffee. Grrr Nothing at all since midnight.
I'm scheduled for an 11:00 am semi annual sonogram for checking on an aortic aneurysm discovered a couple years ago.



I guess it's better for me to crab about not getting my morning coffee.
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DH hears ya K-L!!
He's in that boat with you, he has an abdominal aortic aneurysm... but if I may … he's had his tests done now for the past, oh, maybe 2010, and it has not changed in size, so he now has a pass, for a whiles anyways... not sure when they want to look at it again really. So, fingers crossed for you as well :flowers:
 
caseydog said:
I drink more than I should, but when I go out, I limit myself.

For one thing, I can't afford a DUI. That can cost 10-grand or more in Texas.

But, the biggest thing is that I couldn't live with myself if I killed someone because I was driving drunk.

I like to go listen to my college friends play classic rock at a bar near me, but I nurse a beer or two over a few hours. I know I can drive home safely with that amount of consumption.

CD
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Yeah, I hear you loud and clear. I was with my BIL on the way back to my house. The driver in front of us wiped out the car in front of him.

"Lou, stop, we have to help the driver."
"I don't have any medical knowledge."

"Well I have some, at least I can do something. Let me out of the car." You get any info regarding the car that hit him for the cops.

I managed to get the injured driver to lay across the front seat. So much easier for the paramedics to remove the driver. I also grabbed the end of my dress, tore off a large piece and placed some pressure on an open wound. The driver was bleeding profusely.

My BIL was able to garner enough information for the few seconds the driver stayed there, that one cop car took off and grabbed the driver that caused the accident further down the road. I don' know how but he even got the colors of his eyes.

Because I had the sense to put pressure on his open wound, about two weeks later his wife contacted me and told me I most likely saved his life, according to what the doctors told her.

That was my first encounter with a serious accident. The second one happened right in front of my house. Some kids were racing on my street. They hit a woman hard and she ended up with a compound fracture in her shoulder and elbow. Too dangerous to move her. So I found a pen in her car on the floor. Made a quick release tourniquet and released it every 30 seconds. Kept a close eye on the color of her fingertips.

She also had in her purse, more than three thousand dollars. She had been out collecting and delivering to her makeup customers. She was more worried about that than the accident. I found a piece of paper and another pen in her car to write down my name, phone, and address. About a week later, her husband showed up at my door. I got her purse out of my linen closet and handed it him. The coffee table was clear and I informed him he could use it to count out the money. "No, I trust you. Thank you so much." He was clutching a bunch of photos. He broke down into some of the deepest sobs I have ever heard. I took the pictures from his hand and let him have a really good cry. OMG!!! The steering wheel had pushed the back of her bench type front seat all the way back into the seat of the back seat.

One a drunk driver, the other a bunch of teens clowning around with a lethal weapon. A car. Both accidents in the early 70's. Nobody had been wearing seat belts. Were they even in cars then?

So far my prayers have been answered. I never want to be witness to a serious accident again.
 
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I almost never go to regular movie theatres anymore. For that price I shouldn't have to be subjected to that many commercials at a volume that is painful with my fingers in my ears. We have a movie theatre called "Dollar Cinema". They have put the price up to $2 + tax. The snacks are a buck or two as well. They get movies a month or three after they premiere. No commercials, occasionally a trailer for another movie. Also, reasonable volume. If I want to see a movie on a big screen, that's where I go. I am tired of the BS, including those "convenience fees".
 
taxlady said:
I almost never go to regular movie theatres anymore. For that price I shouldn't have to be subjected to that many commercials at a volume that is painful with my fingers in my ears. We have a movie theatre called "Dollar Cinema". They have put the price up to $2 + tax. The snacks are a buck or two as well. They get movies a month or three after they premiere. No commercials, occasionally a trailer for another movie. Also, reasonable volume. If I want to see a movie on a big screen, that's where I go. I am tired of the BS, including those "convenience fees".
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My daughter and I had plans to go on Senior Citizen Wednesday to see Mama Mia Two.The day came and she reminded me of the ear plugs. "Did I still have mine. That nixed that plan. So when she can she will go to the theatre and see if they have the CD available yet. I have the first one and when we can sit down and watch both of them in sequence, we will. I may even make it a double movie night for the building.
 
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Kaneohegirlinaz said:
DH hears ya K-L!!
He's in that boat with you, he has an abdominal aortic aneurysm... but if I may … he's had his tests done now for the past, oh, maybe 2010, and it has not changed in size, so he now has a pass, for a whiles anyways... not sure when they want to look at it again really. So, fingers crossed for you as well :flowers:
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I got my coffee......!!! It's iced in a nice tall glass here. :yum:


Kgirl, his should be followed more often in my opinion. I try not to think about mine until it's time to check it out again, every 6 months. It can be a ticking time bomb as it was for Lucille Ball, Albert Einstein and more recently, John Ritter.
 
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CharlieD said:
This doesn't require response. I'm just venting. Again it is my father. He got one of those mailers, you know, one of many where you "win", this time $25000.00. This time from car dealership. And he even called them and of course assured him that all he has to do is come to dealership, speak to a sales person and his winnings are on the way. I of course threw the darn paper away, so now he is accusing me that I still the money. What the f***. How stupid can person be. It's been time after time. He gets this idiotic papers that I tell him to throw away and trying to explain that it is all fake. None of that is true. Incidentally he keeps buying crap from TV advertisements and then of course nothing works and yet he still does it. i just don't have it in me to keep up with this. But this last accusation just really made me upset. I can't even think about talking to him again. I wish i did not have to. It sucks being the only child. :mad:
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Charlie, you can get a change of address from the post office to your home address. Go through his mail, toss what you know is scam and other crap, like from "Help Feed The Starving Children of Slovbovia You can also notify the senders of these mailings to take him off their mailing list. Give them any feasible reason you want. He is now feeble minded, Lost his sight due to old age, etc. You get the idea.

I had a neighbor many, many years ago who did just this when his mother was doing the same thing with her money. And lastly there is a place where you can register his name and address that will notify these sender of junk mail and let them know that they are to stop sending mail to this address. I do not remember the address, but you can ask at the post office.

For me, I don't mind getting junk mail. When I go down to get my mail, the junk stuff tells me that this is new mail from what I received yesterday, so the mailman came today. And it can be just another means of bitching about junk mail for me.

Type up a letter and make many copies. You can send it to all the junk mail senders. Talk to the supervisor at the P.O. Tell them about how many scams he has received and responded to. There is help out there. You just have seek it out.
And if the sender violates the order from the P.O. now they are dealing with a Federal Law violation. No one wants that on their record!
 
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My parents look forward to daily junk mail. They love them and get a lot of them. If I divert their mail they will notice and I'll be on their shet list and cut me off as beneficiary. I don't want that.
 
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