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Post by italianbluemooner on Jan 20, 2009 23:59:34 GMT -5
4. Maddie's conversation with Preston Holt has her revealing personal info about her modelling days. Is Maddie opening up to a stranger something you might expect, or possibly just a writer's viewpoint without knowing her longterm character?Hmm, I don't buy the story our Maddie would open up to a stranger in that way. I think that: a) the writers were still struggling to nail down her character; or b) Maddie was thinking: "You know something I need to know, Prestie. That is my first big client and I don't care squat if I gotta suck up on you tonight to get what I want! So I'm gonna tell ya some stuff 'bout me so you'll tell me something 'bout you. But don't get any ideas, Mr. Barracuda: you're not my kind of horse!"Well, I could keep writing this tripe all night long... ;D Tripe's my specialty! LOL! IBM, I don't know...maybe Maddie felt if she opened up to him, he'd open up to her and give the information she was looking for...maybe, just a thought I was kidding!!! ;D LOL! I was merely trying to find an outlet for my imagination... Yeah, sinceifell4u, I agree with you and the others. Maddie thought that opening up to Holt would get him to tell her what she needed to know.
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Post by jpen on Jan 20, 2009 23:59:37 GMT -5
Found this: WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT phrase (also whatever blows your skirt up) [1980s and still in use] (U.S.): A general phrase of acquiescence; whatever you like; whatever make you happy. (Cassell’s Dictionary of Slang) This reminds me of another quote: "Whatever curdles your cream"... LOL! That's from "Next Stop Murder"! Good one, IBMer! And thanks for the help, guys...if I find out any more about the specific origin (I do think it connects with Ms. Marilyn), I'll let you know. In the meantime, I'm off to catch some zzzz's myself...this was, as always, stimulating and essed-ifying...thanks for the q's, Diane!
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Post by italianbluemooner on Jan 21, 2009 0:03:22 GMT -5
This reminds me of another quote: "Whatever curdles your cream"... LOL! That's from "Next Stop Murder"! Good one, IBMer! And thanks for the help, guys...if I find out any more about the specific origin (I do think it connects with Ms. Marilyn), I'll let you know. In the meantime, I'm off to catch some zzzz's myself...this was, as always, stimulating and essed-ifying...thanks for the q's, Diane! Good night, jpen! I had FUN, too!!! Sweet Dreams!
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Post by italianbluemooner on Jan 21, 2009 0:13:35 GMT -5
Great observation, sinceifell4u! A boyfriend-wannabe once bit my arm in the 2th grade... Amazing but true, I know... Not the boyfriend-wannabe part, of course! LOL, I know right! Get your hands on them anyway you can, even if it's a punch in the arm...boys, I tell you, LOL Never had problems doing that, sinceifell4u! But I gotta tell you, my personality dominates them...By golly, how come I attract only boring boys? I DON'T WANT BORING! I WANT FUN (and SMART and COOL)! Yeah, I know, I'm a fussy girl! LOL! Nah, I'm going to wait for someone like Dave alright. That's the kind of guy who can handle me! ;D
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Post by italianbluemooner on Jan 21, 2009 0:18:35 GMT -5
Oh, oh, I almost forgot! There are many educational quotes in this episode! My favorites: a) "But I don't believe in ever going back to anything. I think that's why our eyes are in the front of our heads."b) "These people have a problem. Why don't they wanna solve it?"Cool lines, huh? Many thanks for the great Qs, diane!! Night!
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Post by jpen on Jan 21, 2009 10:18:05 GMT -5
Just realized I forgot to answer the quote question...
I second (third?) "Guy to girl, outie to innie..." (guess it's lucky those censors are such literal guys...)
also, of course, "Wet becomes you"...
and finally, the aforementioned "Whatever blows your skirt up"--classic! ;D
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Post by beesnbears on Jan 21, 2009 18:46:10 GMT -5
Well, we never got the specs on that "hot piece of weaponry" like graycav promised!!!!
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Post by italianbluemooner on Jan 21, 2009 19:41:20 GMT -5
Well, we never got the specs on that "hot piece of weaponry" like graycav promised!!!! You're right, bees! Darn! I had some questions to ask him!! ...BTW, are we talking about the same thing here? What "hot piece of weaponry" are you referring to, bees ;D
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Post by beesnbears on Jan 21, 2009 19:44:58 GMT -5
LOL!!! ;D I knew that might come back to bite me!!! Really, I was quoting David, but we will let brother gray figure it out..........
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Post by italianbluemooner on Jan 21, 2009 19:51:03 GMT -5
I'm sure he'll give us his best shot! ;D
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Post by graycav56 on Jan 21, 2009 21:15:13 GMT -5
Ah the L-1 gun, SRT Industries prototype entry into the emerging military particle beam weapon market.
Alas, even now over 20 years later, our Star Trek fantasies are still a way off.
Most people's first exposure to real "lasers" was in the famous scene in Goldfinger, where the bad guy threatened to beam off Sean Connery's, well, personal weapon with a rather large apparatus.
Industrial lasers have been around for a while, but lasers in practical terms first hit consumers around 1974 with the bar code scanner. Video laser disc players came out in 1978 and CDs in 1982 and followed with laser pointers, laser printers, dermatological uses, dentistry, etc.
The military started using lasers to mark targets as a homing device for early "smart bombs" called LGBs (Laser Guided Bombs) that adjusted their trajectory to hit the "painted" target. We also used laser rangefinders to increase the accuracy of our tank guns.
Research by firms other than SRT continues and I'm certain that someday we will be blasting away like Buck Rogers, Mr. Spock and, well, Vivian.
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Post by italianbluemooner on Jan 21, 2009 21:48:57 GMT -5
Hey graycav! Thank you so much for this, dear!! May I ask you a couple of questions on that laser gun? I'm curious: what was that thing they had to put on their shoulders? Some sort of power unit? A generator? And what kind of laser was it supposed to be? Maybe a chemically-powered gas dynamic laser? If so, that "backpack" would turn up to be a combustion chamber filled with nitrogen, helium and other explosive gases! Wouldn't it be a tad bit dangerous to carry that stuff on your shoulders in the middle of a war?
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Post by rose35 on Jan 21, 2009 23:19:13 GMT -5
4. Maddie's conversation with Preston Holt has her revealing personal info about her modelling days. Is Maddie opening up to a stranger something you might expect, or possibly just a writer's viewpoint without knowing her longterm character? I think like some of you guys do: Maddie did it to get Preston Holt to open up to her. Of course what she didnt figure was that he wanted to sleep with her LOL But David knew what Preston Holt was up too and knew he had to swoop in to save Maddie I love how David just broke into her house for the first time,guess she gives him a key then later on huh? I think everyone mentioned the great quotes from this episode already. i do love the WET BECOMES YOU one alot though They both do look good wet LOL
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Post by italianbluemooner on Jan 22, 2009 9:23:41 GMT -5
I love how David just broke into her house for the first time,guess she gives him a key then later on huh? You know, I was thinking about that just yesterday! I'm sure David had not her house key, yet... So how the hell did he get in? He did the Hokey-Pokey dance, perhaps? ;D
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Post by graycav56 on Jan 22, 2009 9:39:14 GMT -5
Hey IBM, you probably nailed it with it being a Gas Dynamic Laser, although even now they aren't that advanced. There is a bogus web site that kinda does a tongue in cheek press release on a fielded gun: www.defensereview.com/352003/TIS1.pdfI'd have to do a tad more research on the danger of carrying one of these things on your back, but remember that GIs used to hump flamethrowers as well. One stray bullet and KABLOOM! Deep fried army dude. If you do a cost/benefit analysis, if I could have a weapon available with those capabilities...I'd probably take the risk. Not for every soldier, but maybe one per squad.
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