Wrong Place At The Wrong Time

I remember in 1983 I was waiting in line at the free food place; Even in line I let people go in front of me especially the ones who had families with kids. Outside the line was this girl Jean (one of the workers) yelling for people not to cut in line she never shutted up.

Anyway, I was almost got near the front until this Jean told me "Go back to the end of the line, you  cutted in the front". Heck lady, I tought to myself lines do go down. 

Fortunately, my female friend Gloria was also one of the workers.Gloria told Jean "Jean, Stanley did not cut in line, in fact he let others go in front of him ! " Gloria then told me "Stanley, go ahead and come down"  even tough I was behind 7 lines of people. Talk about karma :) and  I suspect Jean felt like an idiot

"David" Bruce Banner  a fictional character from 80's Incredible Hulk series usually is in the wrong place at the wrong time and got  accused of two murders he did not commit (Season 1 first episode). 

The Incredible Hulk is like Jekyll and Hyde turning into a Frankenstein monster but with one key difference he doesn't kill. The Hulk  does destroy stuff in a mad rage .The bad guys may get cuts and bruises but they'll still be alive and kicking.In fact, if someone yells "help" or "I cannot breathe" the Hulk will come to their aid.

Even tough "The Incredible Hulk" is a fantasy science-fiction series the stories are not ,most of the stories are base on real human problems except for the episode "Prometheus" (Season 4 episodes 1 and 2)

In the episode Prometheus:  A meteor full of gamma rays lands on earth making David  1/2 human, 1/2 Hulk at the same time. He also helps a blind girl through a forest. The Prometheus episode is written and directed by Kenneth Johnson (Bionic Woman).

Strange, isn't it ? When I was in English classes they frown on comic books and yet they want the class do a book report on the workings  of  Robert Louis Stevenson ?????! (Jekyll and Hyde).

Believe it or not in the 1980's people in college read The Incredible Hulk comics.

The 80's Incredible Hulk can be viewed presently
on Netflix. Below is the 80's Incredible Hulk theme "Lonely Man" genre:  modern classical??.
                   click here for Lonely Man

Steaming Hot Dogs In A Roaster Oven

It's summer and most people will be cooking outdoors, but that doesn't mean one cannot use other appliances not all plug in the same circuit of course.

I like the 100% beef hotdogs which to me is all bull.---lol

Pour 1 1/2 cups of water in your roaster oven ,replace the lid ,since a roaster oven does not have an on/off switch make sure your temperature control is at the very lowest setting before you plug it in. Not doing so will cause sparks in your outlet.I found out the hard way. :(

Once your roaster oven is plug in ,set the temperature to 300 degrees for 20 minutes. Once that is done introduce hotdogs preferably  on a steam rack replace the lid and steam/roast for another 10-20 minutes set your temperture control to its very low setting wait 20 seconds then unplug.

Serve with baked beans along with  cottage cheese with crush pineapple mixed in on a bed of lettuce. Yummy ! :)

Remember the times are approximate different brands of hotdogs and/or cuts of meat may require adjustment. Trail and error.

I forgot to get a steaming rack the last time I was at Wal-mart so I use foil instead.

Even tough hotdogs are pre-cook don't eat them without cooking them. It may cause listeriosis, salmonella and other problems and don't leave meat out for more than 2 hours ,or during the summer less than that. Put them in the refridgerator and reheat in the mircowave when needed.

Boy ! Am I Stupid (Green and Purple)

Remember the old windows 98 desktop ?  Well, one day  (2001) I decided that my desktop and its peripherals were way too close to my open windows. I disconnected everything and re-connected my computer in middle of the room sitting  the peripherals on various tables I had then turn it on.

The computer kept poping up this dialogue box saying "Computer unable to find a mouse" so I check all the connections and again I turn on my computer and again the dialogue box pops up saying "Computer unable to find a mouse"

What was the problem? Well, the keyboard was in the mouse jack and the mouse was in the keyboard jack. (they're both the same size jacks)

I then notice something the two jacks they have different colors:  green and purple. I also notice the plug of my keyboard is purple so I guess that means it goes into the purple jack, and the green plug of the mouse goes into the green jack  and it work.

Note: the mouse back then had a ball inside of it which had to be clean from time to time. They now have mice with lasers which I like a lot better.

Below  is a short video of my commodore 64 computer but unlike windows, Commodore didn't use any color codes. However the cords that went into the various peripherals were all different sizes. So if  a cord  didn't fit into any perticular jack then it didn't belong there.

A Shelley Long Fan's Autograph

A fan of Shelley Long has been writing to her since 1983 just to be writing. He assumed she will never get the fan letters, he only wrote them just for something to do. Guess what? She actually got them or probably some of them anyway. The way it worked then is that secretaries would have read them first and if they're okay they're pass on to her. Sometimes even the producers of the shows read them first.

In 1990, Shelley Long was on the Dick Cavet show a talk show talking about her upcoming TV movie "The Voices Of  Truddi Chase" base on a true story. On the interview Shelley said "I know of at least one person who will get something special "  What the person got which is so special  is her saying her fan's first name "Stanley" though out the movie.

In fact (1990) this fan probably saw Shelley Long in a local grocery store without realizing it. She was right next to him looking at steaks. The fan realize she might want to pay for the steaks for him. He didn't want that, but they did talk and then she left with the fan still wondering  if it was the real Shelley Long or not.After all she looked too young for the age of 40 not yet 41 since her birthday is August 23rd. The only clue he had was the shape of the bridge of her nose. It did look similar to the real Shelley's   bridge.

If that fan was smart he should have asked her if she was really Shelley Long ,and if so, ask her for an autograph which would be authentic and not a copy like the one get  he got through the mail.

I knew what my brother would be thinking ,he always thinks of terms of money ,and probably would of tought I would sell the autograph.No way, it is something I can touch that she touched and I would  have kept it forever.

Now on one of the scenes of "Truddi Chase" (4 hour version) she is in an office with envelopes pinned to the wall. You'll see one envelope with "Okay" written across it. It is actually a fan letter that a secretary read before passing it on to Shelley.

Now if a person sends fan letters out to stars today it is still read by secretaries but some distance away via monitors and computers and the computers themselves open the fan letters.

In 1990 the movie "The Voices Of Truddi Chase" was shown on the ABC network as a two night event (4 hours).However, the edited 
1 3/4 hour version can be seen below, the movie starts with fade-in from black.

      click here for Voices Of Truddi Chase.

Phonies , Liars and Tricksters

When I was a teenager my aunt would brag that she can do crossword puzzle books in ink. She'll show us the book and tear out the answers pages and give them to one of us kids, but as a teenage magician I knew  a person cannot really know everything.I didn't have to guess to know what exactly what she did, she bought two copies of the same puzzle book and filled one out with the answers before hand.The old switch-a-roo.

In the 1970s I used to live in some small hicktown boy that was a mistake "rumors galore". Back then before cable tv most small town people would start rumors about their new neighbors mostly because they were bored. I am not saying that all small towns are like this.

Instead of re-writing I am simply going to post my former twitpic pictures: 

Now since I am now on the subject of dogs can dogs really do math of course not, they can't.

Sometimes I see shows were muscle men pulls  cars or trucks by strength alone ,but as for me anyway I am wondering if the vechiles were hollowed out ,no motors or other heavy parts just one hollow shell on wheels.

click here to see Strongman Pulling Truck

Now wrestling is it actually real ?  All I am going to say is watch wrestling one day with the sound off and decide for yourselves. Even watch "Walker Texas Ranger" with the sound off, you can tell the fighters are actually missing each other.  (end)

Things We Don't Need Anymore

In the 1960's I had a regular 8mm "film" projector and a super 8 "film" projector. The Super 8 was like the regular 8 mm except it had smaller sprocket holes to make the picture slightly wider.

Also I had a 8mm and super 8mm editor that also had splicers for both regular and super 8 film reels and it came with splicing tape.

Of course ,I had a slide projector and a movie regular 8mm and super 8mm movie projector and a movie screen.

And thanks to CDs and DVDs; Record players and VCRs and the like are out. I even had a demagnetizer to demagnetized my audio tape heads on reel to reel and audio cassette tape machines. VCRs didn't need to be demagnetize because of the high frequencies it used.VCRs actually didn't record pictures and sound it just recorded the TV signals.

 Also unlike audio tape players and  VCRs; DVDS and CDs are digital so the copies are  just like the original.Analogue copies of tapes downgrade from being copied from copies from that copy then from a copy from that copy and then a copy of the copy of that copy of a copy copy etc.

I still use DVD's in data file format to backup my files I really want to keep ,but I mostly use thumb drives which are well about of the size of your thumb ,and it holds loads of memory also it is easy to copy one thumb drive to another (same capacity or better) by going to "edit" ,"Select all", "copy" go to your blank thumb drive and click "paste" then go watch tv or take a nap etc.,until your computer is finish transferring.I use both dvds and usbs for backup just in case.Backing up on DVDs only, you may have to keep inserting disks one after another until it's done,not so with USB thumb drives with matching capacities  just a long wait. :)

IMPORTANT: On computer hard drives as well as thumb drives: Only filled them up to 75% and leave them 25%  disk space free ,so the drives will still work properly.

Another thing we don't need are phonebooks. All listed numbers are on the internet, especially on the Google site. To find all the theaters in Terre Haute, Indiana for example, type in the search box "Theaters 47808" without the quotes or if you do not know the zipcode look for it online or type "Theaters in Terre Haute, Indiana" again without the quotes.

So thanks to computers and the internet we no longer need typewriters, word processors, home movie screens, record players, video and audio cassette recorder/players, slide projectors, home movie projectors, phone books, paint and ink if we do artwork via photoshop , movie editors, tape and film splicers,audio tape head demagetizers, diary entry books (internet has blogs which people can use their real name or if they wish pseudonyms), newspapers, paper magazines, tv guides,cook books, how to books etc. The list may be endless. 

One final note:  I was going to take all my old equipment out of a messy room I use for storage  and take a picture of each item then post each item on this blog,but that  is too much for this old man. 

My messy room reminds me of my old teenage room except it was filled with wall to wall comic books. My parents had a hard time finding me in fact they had to use a backhoe to dig me out. Don't ask me how they got the backhoe in the house without damage.

Below is a video of my now messy closet the public domain music I use is titled "Rickety Roadster" from the royal free site http://www.purple-planet.com