Things that make you smile

[ortega76]

Been on a bit of a diet recently. But today I grabbed lunch at this little hot dog spot down the way. Two chilli dogs with onions. Fantastic. The smell. The taste. Poppyseed buns. Brings me back to being 8 or so and going on Saturdays with my dad and brothers to get lunch and see a movie (my mom worked weekend nights as a nurse and my dad wanted her to sleep).

 

[Killick]

My pups

 

[BobHufford]

The first mowing of the season. After that ... it's just work.

 

[Killick]

The first mowing of the season. After that ... it's just work.

True dat Bob!

 

[Fading Fast]

We just switch out the winter for summer sheets and the down mattress cover (something I learned about when I started living with a woman - it's basically a mattress shaped linen bag full of down feather that you put on top of the mattress and under the fitted sheet to keep you warm in the winter - it works well if, like us, you keep your bedroom pretty cold - otherwise, you'd boil to death in your sleep).

It was dark out and we only had a small light on when we stripped the bed and took the down mattress cover's cover off to be washed. Then down to the apartment building's basement laundry room - we did this really early as we knew we'd take up a bunch of machines and didn't want to be hogs (no one's there at 5am). After washing and drying everything (and "de-balling" the mattress cover's cover in the dryer a few times) we headed up to our bedroom (where we'd left the down cover) which, much to our surprise, now had decent coating of down feathers, well, everywhere. It looked as if we had had a multi-pillow pillow fight and everything had since settled.

It was so stupid and silly looking - and despite being a decent amount of work to clean up - we were just smiling away, both at our stupidity (never thought about it as a risk) and how fun / goofy the room looked cover in feathers.

 

[green papaya]

I hate the rainy season, I prefer long dry seasons , less chance on flooding, safer

a drought is more pleasant, less green grass to worry about, I prefer the dry desert / brown look.

rain causes mud slides , road hazards, fallen trees, flash floods

sunny dry weather =

 

[2jakes]

 

[Fading Fast]

This ⇩ at the start of a movie always brings a smile to my face. The image and words - the classic radio tower on the globe, the sound waves, the "electric" lettering - all evoke the Era for me. A movie that opens with this image always has a head start for me.

 

[2jakes]

“Attention--an--R-K-O--Radio--Picture--End--"
(Morse Code)

The actual "beeping" was discontinued in 1942. When the logo caption was changed from A RADIO PICTURE to AN RKO RADIO PICTURE in late 1937, the studio first had the morse beeps solo for a few seconds and then scoring was brought in underneath. In 1942 studio musical director Roy Webb devised a simulated morse played by the string section which played four bars and then the brass played the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. This emblem would accompany the RKO logo through 1945. When the war ended and the "V" fanfare was retired, the logo was accompanied by individual scoring - no beeping - specific to each individual film.

 

[2jakes]

This.

Buttered popcorn, cold drink and I'm ready for a Sunday silent-film treat.

 

[Fading Fast]

“Attention--an--R-K-O--Radio--Picture--End--"
(Morse Code)

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The actual "beeping" was discontinued in 1942. When the logo caption was changed from A RADIO PICTURE to AN RKO RADIO PICTURE in late 1937, the studio first had the morse beeps solo for a few seconds and then scoring was brought in underneath. In 1942 studio musical director Roy Webb devised a simulated morse played by the string section which played four bars and then the brass played the opening notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. This emblem would accompany the RKO logo through 1945. When the war ended and the "V" fanfare was retired, the logo was accompanied by individual scoring - no beeping - specific to each individual film.

You are so right - can't believe I didn't mention the morse code beeps - they are integral to its evoking of the technology, the feel, the vibe of the Era.

 

[BlueTrain]

For a few years, Universal Studios began their films with an airplane flying around a cloudless globe. That was replaced by their name doing the same thing and, I believe, going in the opposite direction. I liked their serial productions from the 1940s. In contrast, RKO's globe was floating in clouds.

During that era, some of the studios owned local motion picture theaters and your town might have had a "Warner's" theater.

 

[2jakes]

The 1929 version is the one I always associated with my mom & dad when
I was just a twinkle in their eyes!

It was a popular novelty custom downtown to have your photo framed
flying over the air:


I see the Universal opening logo and I think of my folks.

Lovely images that always bring a smile.

 

[2jakes]

Today


Yesterday

 

[HadleyH1]

Animals and children always make me smile.

Always!

 

[2jakes]

Animals and children always make me smile.

Always!

Welcome back Hadley!

 

[3fingers]

My granddaughter always makes me smile. When the door flies open and her little 3 year old legs are going at full throttle while she yells "Poppy where you?" That's as good as life gets.

 

[HadleyH1]

Welcome back Hadley!

Thank you 2jakes!

 

[2jakes]

Thank you 2jakes!

Btw:
Your avatar is another reason that makes me .

Am I flirtin” with ya ?

Darn right I am!

 

[HadleyH1]

Btw:
Your avatar is another reason that makes me .

Am I flirtin” with ya ?

Darn right I am!