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A Beautiful Mind

by LittleToe in

i've just watched "a beautiful mind", with russell crowe, on video.. i loved it, even though i was moved to tears.

believe me when i say that's an accolade.

last time i got near to that was seeing "dead poet's society" and "awakening" with robin williams, on the big screen (1989/90 respectively?

Inquiry

LT:

Loved "A Beautiful Mind", with Russell Crowe. Excellent movie.

Also loved "Dead Poet's Society". I went out and bought it to keep it on hand... very moving... my son watched it too and really liked it...Robin Williams has several really good movies... Did you see "What dreams may come? Another really good movie, but it wasn't too popular.. which surprised me.... Goodwill Hunting is a must see too... what can I say... I'm quite a Robin Williams fan... :)

Cruzan

"Adaptations."

Now that was a very different movie... it took a bit to get into it, but when I did, it stuck with me... I really did like it... very oddly reality based too, which added to it's presentation....

Robdar

"The thing that ruined it for me was that stupid, sappy speech where Nash (Crowe) said that love saved him. Yeah right. By the way, Nash never said that. I thought the ending was a shameless ploy to try to get me to cry. I think Nash's story deserved better than this."

I felt that way too, but that scene was redeemed, to me anyways, seeing Nash and his wife at the Academy Awards.... I think in many ways the movie was trying to make up for some of the injustice that happened to him... Maybe a bit of a slap in the face to the old establishment and their treatment of this brilliant man... The movie portrayed his illness very well I thought... in such a short time span, you could feel like you understood what he was dealing with...

Just my two

Inq

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Guilt and Infidelilty

by lisavegas420 in

recently a poster shared with us that her father had committed infidelity.

then 3-5 years later, decides he can no longer live with the guilt and confesses to his wife.

he alone with his actions turned the entire family upside down.

Inquiry

I'm with Cruzan on this one... I would definately want to know...

I see it as, he made a decision and acted a certain way... he had his reasons... she should be given an opportunity to make a decision based on her reasons....

It's too bad though that kids have to go through it... I don't agree that kids should be confessed to in these situations... What ever happened to parenting...*shakes head and sighs* I know things could be strained for a bit, but I would do my darndest to keep the kids out of it...

Just my two

Inq

45

United States and Canada.

by Englishman in

jw
friends

most europeans have more than a little difficulty in telling a us accent apart from that of a canadian one.

it's a bit like ozzies and kiwi's, until you've met a few, the differences aren't that apparent to the untrained ear.

some folk even think that the us and canada are simply interchangeable terms for what is basically the same place.

Inquiry

There's something about snow people eh?

Being able to drive in the stuff is second nature to most people who've lived here... and not just in Toronto... they rarely get what most of us call "snow"! WTG Detroit.... we luvs ya too!

Inq

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United States and Canada.

by Englishman in

jw
friends

most europeans have more than a little difficulty in telling a us accent apart from that of a canadian one.

it's a bit like ozzies and kiwi's, until you've met a few, the differences aren't that apparent to the untrained ear.

some folk even think that the us and canada are simply interchangeable terms for what is basically the same place.

Inquiry

Hey doc...

Canadians say zed.... I remember placing an order in South Carolina for custom furniture and the operator kept correcting me on that saying "Did you say Zee"? lol... I said no, I said zed but it's the same thing.... hahahahah.. she was not impressed... no sense of humour to say the least...

Oh well... if she only knew she was speaking to another American....*sigh*

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45

United States and Canada.

by Englishman in

jw
friends

most europeans have more than a little difficulty in telling a us accent apart from that of a canadian one.

it's a bit like ozzies and kiwi's, until you've met a few, the differences aren't that apparent to the untrained ear.

some folk even think that the us and canada are simply interchangeable terms for what is basically the same place.

Inquiry

LOL @ Mary

I love Rick Mercer and "This Hour Has 22 Minutes"... I saw "Talking to Americans" and thought it was a total hoot!!!!! LOL

I love it when Marg does her Zena bit with the politicians too... an absolute scream!

I agree that Sadam had to be dealt with... but it was the US who got him where he was in the first place... he got his training from the US during Iraq's war with Iran so it is fitting that the US got him out of Iraq... but it was an american issue... one they knew they had to deal with and Canada has nothing to do with it....and I think the US should keep him out of Iraq... I hope they get the rest of the bastards that they help install in the middle east too.... cripes... they should know better by now....re:Columbia...*shakes head and sighs*

Toodles for now Mary... and sorry it took so long to get back to you.... our power was out...

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Well, the power is back on....

by Inquiry in

jw
friends

for now anyways... it was out here for about 20 hours... .

they're going to do rolling blackouts so the power can be distributed around the entire affected area... this truly sucks... we don't have a water problem where i live as of yet...thank goodness for generators... but they are passing bylaws in areas close to lake huron not to water the lawns...and enforcing water restrictions... i hope this doesn't get worse!

i can't imagine why someone would water their lawns this weekend... we've got thunderstorm warnings in the area.... well, i don't have much more time with power until it goes out again... so i better make this short.... toodles for now.

Inquiry

Hi DoubleEdge and Ballistic....

well, most folks had friday off... no power here until past 12pm... but it messed with everyone's weekend plans... the Premier declared a state of emergency for the province and people were told not to travel... they had some looting and problems with youth in Ottawa and Toronto... funny.... Ottawa was worse than Toronto... all those spoiled brats of political leaders I suppose... lol....

They said that a cascade failure of the grid happened... They had a similar problem in 65 and thought that they had corrected it.. but.. the basis of the system is still the same... I think a major overhaul will be suggested, and then completely ignored... again... it would cost tons to do it... not to mention that Ontario has a freeze on hydro prices till 2006.. no one is going to put money in if they can't get a return on it.. so if they do really fix it this time...it will end up costing us consumers big time...as usual...we're already paying off the cost of purchase of the provincial facility... it's called debt retirement charge... figures eh... a company buys a facility and makes the consumer pay for it... pretty saavy kiss on the premier's butt I'd say...but, I digress...

toodles for now

Inq

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Real Reason for the Power Outage

by patio34 in

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the power outage has been traced to a dim bulb in the white house .

trying to suck all the power it (he) can get.. pat (running and ducking for cover!!!

Inquiry

LOL @ patio... too true...hahahahahhaha

I'll cover ya pat... you exit stage right, k?

Inq

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Well, the power is back on....

by Inquiry in

jw
friends

for now anyways... it was out here for about 20 hours... .

they're going to do rolling blackouts so the power can be distributed around the entire affected area... this truly sucks... we don't have a water problem where i live as of yet...thank goodness for generators... but they are passing bylaws in areas close to lake huron not to water the lawns...and enforcing water restrictions... i hope this doesn't get worse!

i can't imagine why someone would water their lawns this weekend... we've got thunderstorm warnings in the area.... well, i don't have much more time with power until it goes out again... so i better make this short.... toodles for now.

Inquiry

For now anyways... it was out here for about 20 hours...

They're going to do rolling blackouts so the power can be distributed around the entire affected area... This truly sucks.. power outs are not only boring as heck, they are expensive too.... as in all the food in the fridge spoiling.. I did pretty good though... bought bags of ice and packed the fridge and freezer with them.. but it's $2.50 a bloody bag!!!! (What's that... $1 US? lol

We don't have a water problem where I live as of yet...thank goodness for generators... but they are passing bylaws in areas close to lake Huron not to water the lawns...and enforcing water restrictions... I hope this doesn't get worse! I can't imagine why someone would water their lawns this weekend... we've got thunderstorm warnings in the area...

Well, I don't have much more time with power until it goes out again... so I better make this short...

Toodles for now

Inq

46

Does the night sky prove the universe is older than 6-7 thousand years old?

by m0nk3y in

i was just thinking about this today.

i'm not really that scientifically minded in space matters and stuff so i was hoping some of the smarter people on this forum could comment.

how many light years basically are the stars we can actually see from earth ?

Inquiry

Hi there M0nk3y,

I'm not Miss Scientific American... but I think the issue your thinking of was about how long man has been on the earth.. the JW's contend that man has been here about 6,000 years ... I think that's a bunch of hooey... but that's their story and their stickin to it... for now at least... until the "light" gets brighter.. or someone wakes up... lol.....the earth itself is hundreds of millions of years old... at least... the universe is billions of years old... as far as we can tell....

It does take a long time for the light of the stars we can see at night to actually get here... It's called light years... meaning the amount of time light takes to travel (light speed)...to get here so we can see it; many of the stars we see take thousands of light years to get here... some of the stars we see have already disappeared, but we still see the light from them... interesting eh?

Tonight is a great night for another "spacial" phenomena... meteor showers... if it's clear you should be able to see at least some "falling stars" tonight....I saw about 4 in 20 minutes... it was quite spectacular...

Just my two...

Inq

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United States and Canada.

by Englishman in

jw
friends

most europeans have more than a little difficulty in telling a us accent apart from that of a canadian one.

it's a bit like ozzies and kiwi's, until you've met a few, the differences aren't that apparent to the untrained ear.

some folk even think that the us and canada are simply interchangeable terms for what is basically the same place.

Inquiry

I'm an American, but have lived in Canada almost all of my life...

I think the problems between the US and Canada are political and don't speak to the heartfelt bond that the peoples of these two countries have. The two countries do have different ideals and they approach their decisions differently... depending on who is in Government of course...

Addressing the issue of the US being ticked at Canada for the war... Canada does hold a very strong international credibilty, and it was just that credibility that the US wanted to use to justify their actions, (I'm an American, and I love my country, but I don't condone these silly childish tactics that the Bush administration seems to be so fond of, and the US government should grow up.. it's flippin embarrassing for those of us living out of the country) Just turn the situation around... if Canada (who did, by the way, send ships, supplies and troops, lets not forget that in our rush to over generalize ) had in fact fully and without UN approval supported the action, exactly how would Canada be looking right about now? And Canadian credibility? That credibility the US courted so persistantly? Now, wouldn't that be in the toilet right about now...As an American, I feel that Canada acted very well indeed towards the US...especially it's people.... don't forget what Canada did for the US on 9/11... and after the fact... I think the Bush government would do well to remember that. (Interesting point: Britain who was up to it's neck and straining at the bit to go to war with Iraq was not so quick to judge Canada... it might behoove some of my American bretheren to think on that) America is now suffering a crisis in governmental confidence for just that action, as is the British government... but Canada still holds it's credibility...I believe that Canada has been completely exhonerated on it's position on the matter ... nuff said on that front...

As an American, I know personally how warmly affectionate and attached Canadians are to the US... Canadians love us, they don't necessarily agree with all of our politics... And I know, that Americans love Canadians too...ask any of the thousands of Americans who were offered a place in a Canadian home during 9/11...when they couldn't get home...or ask any American who was present for the huge and multiple memorials of that event... I'm sure they have no doubts.. except for maybe the Ambassador who seems to play his political game with so much finesse...but his daughter did marry recently in Canada...hmmmmm......seems he at least thoroughly enjoys the Canadian press...

As to the accents... I still have a clearly American accent, which is recognized in Canada... but my sister, who now lives in the US, speaks with a more clearly defined American North West accent... I live in a small town in Canada and this place has it's own accent... drive 20 minutes in any direction, and the accent differs... when I visit the states... people remark about how I speak... the a'boot thing... is a regional thing... not a national thing... house is still house.. but there is an emphasis in this place anyways on the "ou".... and everyone here says 'eh all the time.... apparently it comes from the french...and now is a fairly predominant feature in certain regions... but not everywhere in Canada...and now not only to the french... I think the states has the same situation... I can tell if someone is from New York, from the midwest, from Boston... Chicaugo, (which is close to where I was born) from Georgia, Texas... and Califonia... it's regional... not national...

I get to see the best and the worst of both coutries.. everyday... I love them both... I appreciate them both... and I hate what politics and rhetoric can do to people's opinions in very short order... it's really sad that more people don't disengage their mouths in favour of engaging their minds more often....

Hmmm.. had quite a bit to say about all of this... didn't mean to go on so long... but I thought it had to be said...

Just my two.. and a half...

Inq

oh, kilometres... one word... smooth as silk... house about????? We can work about the house.. but I've never heard of house about... I've heard of walk abouts... but not house abouts....lol....