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Digest - 16 Jun 2009 to 17 Jun 2009 (#2009-105)
Wed, 17 Jun 2009
There are 4 messages totalling 178 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Why is the caddy a convertible? (2)
2. Episode Discussion: Black Buddha 1 (2)
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:43:17 EDT
From: LDukie913@a.......
Subject: Re: Why is the caddy a convertible?
6) "Why the convertible?" indeed. I mean, the Caddy is cool and wouldn't
be the same as a coupe...but why would a sunlight-fearing vampire not drive
something that at least has a roof? I've got to think that driving a
convertible in Toronto - with the snowfalls that they get - could be a real
annoyance.
I am guessing that you have never driven a convertible. I learned
to drive on my father's vintage 1967 Lincoln Continental Convertible
and I can tell you that car ruined me for all other cars. Convertibles
(at least of the era of the Caddy and Dad's car) were very bottom heavy
which gave them a super smooth ride. It is very easy to go very fast
in those cars. I can see for Nick that driving with the top down would
probably be as close to the sensation of flying that he could get with a
mortal in tow. The convertible top allows for a quick flying escape if
need be. The other thing is when the top is down it folds into the trunk.
My Dad's car even had hydraulics that would open the trunk and fold the
top in. Because the trunk has to accommodate the top and attendant
machinery it is very big. Ostensibly what Nick likes about the
Caddy is the big trunk. As for the whole snow and convertibles thing,
as long has you have a garage (which Nick does) there is no reason
why you can't use an convertible in winter. We live in Madison
Wisconsin which has weather very comparable to Toronto and we
drove the Lincoln year round. It was actually really good on snow
because it was so heavy and powerful.
Lori
"Oh, I'm newly calibrated. All shiny and clean.
I'm your recent adaptation. Time to redefine me."
- "Better Now" by Collective Soul.
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:11:16 -0700
From: cindy clark <badwolf15895@s.......>
Subject: Re: Why is the caddy a convertible?
I totally agree. My first car was a 1973 MG A series Migit convertible. The
top didn't seal very well, but it was worth brushing the snow off the seats
just to remember what it felt like to drive it in the summer.
Most people have minds like concrete: mixed up or permanently set.
----- Original Message ----
From: "LDukie913@a......." <LDukie913@a.......>
To: FORKNI-L@l.......
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 7:43:17 PM
Subject: Re: Why is the caddy a convertible?
I am guessing that you have never driven a convertible.
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Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:54:56 +0200
From: CousinLucilla <cousinlucilla@f.......>
Subject: Re: Episode Discussion: Black Buddha 1
Am 16.06.2009 um 22:10 schrieb Phillips, Tim:
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> 2) blood sweat. I know I've seen this in fan fiction but I
> honestly don't remember if this has been in a previous episode???
Don't remember, but we have the blood tears in Baby,Baby.
>
> 4) I'm a little surprised that Nick jokes about Myra fooling around
> a little on the phone with Schanke... But it did give the characters
> one last time to tweak each other.
I like the fact that in the German version Schanke talks back. God, I
miss him ;-)
> 6) "Why the convertible?" indeed.
Nick answers Schanke's exact same question in Dark Knight: trunk space.
> 9) Can anyone else name an occasion that a female lead fainted in a
> television show (soap-operas not included)? How often did the character
> then move onto be taken seriously by the fans?
Was she ever taken seriously? At least I didn't *hehe* I mean, she
not only fainted (which is quite understandable in the situation)
she had a lot of snafus later on as well.
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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:14:53 -0700
From: Walt Doherty <wdoherty5@c.......>
Subject: Re: Episode Discussion: Black Buddha 1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phillips, Tim" <Tim.Phillips@s.......>
> 6) "Why the convertible?" indeed. I mean, the Caddy is cool and wouldn't
> be the same as a coupe...but why would a sunlight-fearing vampire not drive
> something that at least has a roof? I've got to think that driving a
> convertible in Toronto - with the snowfalls that they get - could be a real
> annoyance.
>
Pure and simple: cool.
A convertible has a definite coolness factor. To heck with
inconvience, rain or snow, trunk space, whatever. Having
a convertible is simply cool. And, of course, the guy who
owns it has to be that cool, too.
> 8) Somebody give Vachon a hand, please!
> Thank you. Thank you. I'm here at the Comedy Room all week, please
> tell your friends.
Maybe Vachon can explain to us what the sound
of one hand clapping is.
>
>
> 10) There are unique ways that couples meet...then there are the first few
> minutes of Tracy and Vachon's relationship.
O.k., please start your senetence with a word other than "you".
There was awfully good, and some really clever, writing on this show.
I forget whether it's in part one or part two, but the "dialog"
between Vachon, Nick, the Inca, and Tracy (?) giving Vachon's
and the Inca's background was marvelously done. Excellent
cross-cutting/editing.
>
> 11) very good scene between Nick and Natalie in the loft when she learns
> he has resigned and is about to disappear.
>
She shoulda hit him over the head with a frying pan!
Walt Doherty
wdoherty5@c.......
Phoenix, AZ
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