So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[Haversack]

Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under The Elms resonates a pitchfork wield in a barn loft but Phaedra, Hippolytus
and Thesus were Sophia Loren, Anthonty Perkins, and Burl Ives.

Harp, thanks for that reference. It adds some depth to what Russ Meyer was doing with Uschi Digard, Charles Pitt, and Stuart Lancaster in Supervixens.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Do you know these people, which instead of packing here groceries on the belt wait until the last moment, before it's their turn?
I never comprehended this behavior.

They're afraid of being judged harshly by onlookers for their selections of a store-brand frozen pizza, a two-liter bottle of Diet Moxie, and eight cans of cat food.

 

[Harp]

Harp, thanks for that reference. It adds some depth to what Russ Meyer was doing with Uschi Digard, Charles Pitt, and Stuart Lancaster in Supervixens.

O'Neill's borrow from Euripides and Racine, and Delbert Mann's directorial take I imagine would add quite considerable collective depth to said film.

 

[Harp]

They're afraid of being judged harshly by onlookers for their selections of a store-brand frozen pizza, a two-liter bottle of Diet Moxie, and eight cans of cat food.

Or Bumble Bee canned albacore tuna, Hormel's corned beef hash, Ghiradelli dark chocolate sea salt caramel
squares, a Coke Zero six-pak, and, last but not least Evan Williams bourbon.

 

[tonyb]

The American sitcom Barney Miller (1975-1982) was originally filmed in front of a studio audience, but that stopped somewhere during the second or third season for a number of reasons, and by season 4 a relatively tame laugh track was added when it was deemed necessary. Almost everyone I know who was a fan of the show agreed it became a better show after the live audience was removed from the equation.

That was among the better-written sit-coms.

 

[tonyb]

Do you know these people, which instead of packing here groceries on the belt wait until the last moment, before it's their turn?
I never comprehended this behavior.

It makes me a little crazy, too. That, and the people who don’t scan their loyalty cards and enter their debit or credit cards until AFTER the purchases are rung up.

I avoid self-checkout, but I do set to bagging my purchases after the checkout person scans them, so as to save her, myself, and everyone behind me a little time. I really got nothing better to do while my purchases are being rung up, after all.

 

[LizzieMaine]

That was among the better-written sit-coms.

I was in awe of that show. The writing, the acting, the claustrophobic one-act-play setting -- the closest thing to live theatre that 1970s television had. Whenever I catch a rerun on some high-number cable channel, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and watch.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
The characters were all “types” we all know, so they rang true. Wojo, Harris, Yemana, Fish, Dietrich, Levitt, Luger. I chuckle just thinking of them.

 

[Touchofevil]

I was in awe of that show. The writing, the acting, the claustrophobic one-act-play setting -- the closest thing to live theatre that 1970s television had. Whenever I catch a rerun on some high-number cable channel, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and watch.

I too stop to watch it whenever I stumble across it. It has always felt like it was more than a sit-com.

 

[belfastboy]

Do you know these people, which instead of packing here groceries on the belt wait until the last moment, before it's their turn?
I never comprehended this behavior.

or the people that don't get out their money or credit cards until they see the amount on the register.......like they don't know this was coming? Like it is a surprise.....have they never shopped before?

 

[tonyb]

We’ve discussed this annoying supermarket checkout line behavior before. I recall griping about the mostly elderly people who still write checks and who don’t start the process until all their items are rung up and bagged, at which point they reach into their purses and dig around for their checkbooks and ink pens, all the while making idle chitchat with the cashiers.

But, as I was reminded, for many of these people, it’s among their only social interactions. They’re lonely and they have lotsa time on their hands.

For all the griping we do, we sometimes forget how the checkout went before the advent of the barcode. A week’s grocery shopping for the average family could take a few hours out of Mom’s Saturday.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I miss that telephone dial thing that spit out the Green Stamps. That made the whole wait worthwhile.

 

[tonyb]

S&H. That’s been awhile.

 

[tonyb]

People given to boasting of a superior intellect.

In my experience, they’re either, 1.) trying to convince themselves, because in truth they harbor doubts, or, 2.) they are in truth stupid enough to believe it.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Thanks to all for the Barney Miller inspiration!

"How long you've been a cop?"

"I was the first."

 

[Hercule]

Vehicle issues. The anxiety of car issues is very debilitating for me as we really don't have a safety net. I write this while at the dealership waiting for the inspection report. Fingers crossed.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^^
What kinda car? How many miles on it?

 

[Hercule]

^^^^^^
What kinda car? How many miles on it?

A 4 year old Mazda cx5 , shy of 80k. Everything ended up being tight and within spec. So peace of mind was obtained. This is the longest we've had a vehicle in many years, so it tapped in to the latent anxieties from the olden days of my civic (300k+) and Açcord (250k+) both of which did leave me stranded on more than one ocasion. My fear of the "major everything bolt" failing is deep seated.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Living the "good sticker/will run" life will get you every time. If it weren't for medical bills and auto repair bills, I'd actually be solvent.

 

[tonyb]

^^^^^
I’ve never lived in a place that required vehicle safety inspections as a condition of licensing. Emissions, yes, but no one is checking for bald tires and metal-on-metal brakes (with brown brake fluid) and rusted-out structural members.