I'm back in Milwaukee now. Here I am with my son at Glacier National Park. We took the tour in a 1930s vintage bus. Really a first class event and highly recommended. If nothing else, it was very relaxing to sit back and enjoy the scenery without having to drive. We also had a great driver who knew the park inside and out.
Stuck in an airport and the next flight is tomorrow at 7 AM. ?&!$
At least you're making 20%+ on your funny Texas cash
I almost stopped at your house but ran out of time. I even had your trophy in my carry-on. I was going to stick it in your mail box. Toronto traffic is the worst I've ever seen and I drive one of the most congested freeways in Texas everyday. We had to speed to the airport to make the flight.
Oh and by a miracle our flight from Buffalo landed 1 hour and 40 minutes late but my Houston flight was delayed 45 minutes so we made it to the gate right when they were boarding - home safe and sound now.
Brighton, Melbourne (which is just down the road really)
Got a call from an old boy (John) to go have a look at some old posters he got back in the day when he was an assistant to the projectionist at The Dendy...he also worked at the 'Beeb' too, but I digress
One of the stories he weaved to me was that the owner of The Dendy where he worked also owned the other theatre in town, the Prince George, aka the Fleapit (apparently no one liked to go there)
Now, in 1956/57 when The Ten Commandments was coming to town, tickets sold out at The Dendy quickly however the owner advertised in the local paper "still tickets left" (at The Dendy) but when people turned up to buy the tickets they got told 'sorry, just sold out, but if you head over the the Prince George the have a few left - start time is 30 minutes later but you should be able to grab a seat'. As a result both had the 'house full' signs out.
Now on the night it was John's job to sprint between the Dendy and the Prince George with the movie reel as each one finished at The Dendy!
hospital. Had a stroke scare that was a false alarm. Still don't know what really happened, but with all the things they did to me, I am certain it wasn't a stroke.
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In training for?
But i thought i would rather brave those temperatures rather then wet and windy
I had frozen eye lashes !
Worked in the city last week for a day. Beats the prison.
Oh Wow!
Got a call from an old boy (John) to go have a look at some old posters he got back in the day when he was an assistant to the projectionist at The Dendy...he also worked at the 'Beeb' too, but I digress
One of the stories he weaved to me was that the owner of The Dendy where he worked also owned the other theatre in town, the Prince George, aka the Fleapit (apparently no one liked to go there)
Now, in 1956/57 when The Ten Commandments was coming to town, tickets sold out at The Dendy quickly however the owner advertised in the local paper "still tickets left" (at The Dendy) but when people turned up to buy the tickets they got told 'sorry, just sold out, but if you head over the the Prince George the have a few left - start time is 30 minutes later but you should be able to grab a seat'. As a result both had the 'house full' signs out.
Now on the night it was John's job to sprint between the Dendy and the Prince George with the movie reel as each one finished at The Dendy!
Boy did I lol!
http://www.theatreorgans.com/southerncross/Victoria/Dendy.htm
http://www.theatreorgans.com/southerncross/Victoria/PrinceGeorge.htm
Great story!!!
but you digressed from the looking at old posters part of the story....