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THANKS FOR BREAKFAST
This is a big thank you to the person who bought my wife and I breakfast at the Upland Diner last Sunday. Thank you very much, and it will be paid forward. God bless.
OLDIES & GOODIES
The oldies are the best. This week I saw that they remade “Halloween” and “Halloween II” around 2009 or ‘10. They both stink. You still can’t beat the original from 1978, back in the sensational ‘70’s, with Jamie Lee Curtis. Why do they remake these movies and ruin them? They stink. Keep to the classics, the good ones that were made originally. “Halloween” with Jamie Lee Curtis is the best.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
To “Movie Blues,” I agree with you 100 percent. Not only do the movies cost too much today, but they aren’t near as good as the old movies. Plus, you spend more for popcorn and soda than you do for a ticket to get in. You’re lucky if you can get out of there with spending less than $25 a person. It’s totally ridiculous. The food cost more than a movie. BOB
MORE MOVIES
I agree with “Movie Madness.” Movie theater costs have been going since TV came out in the ‘50s. You can’t have it both ways. I’ll take having TV and paying $15 to see a movie in theaters once in a blue moon. It’s like how live, theaters had to change when movies came out. Times change and you have to roll with the punches – evolve or die. CAPITALIST MOVIE FAN
JUST PEACHY
“Boothwyn” makes a good point that you need a cause to impeach somebody. So when Republicans tried to impeach Bill Clinton, they had no cause, but they went ahead with it anyway. Why? Because Republicans are vindictive and spiteful. However, there is a cause to impeach Trump. It’s called obstruction of justice. Ever heard of that?
GOP SPITE
“Mr. Tom In Linwood” is right that the tax plan pushed by the Republicans is going to cut deductions for people that live in states like New York, Illinois and California. It just proves how spiteful petty Republicans just like you are.
BUM FORECAST
“The Weatherman” brings up a good point that I wish more people today would remember. Wally Kinnan “The Weatherman” was a war hero, a pioneer in military and civilian meteorology and graduated from MIT. These weather reporters today go get a master’s from Wattsamotta U and suddenly it’s “oh, I prefer the term ‘meteorologist.’” When your credentials speak for themselves, you don’t need any petty self-promotion. There’s way too much of that these days in every field – too much flash and no substance. It’s like how until the day he died, Ben Franklin just considered himself a printer. That’s the kind of attitude we need more of today.
OLD SCHOOL DEMS
I’ve got to hand it to Donna Brazile, she really pulled some old school Democratic city machine stuff with that Politico article. Throw Hillary and the DNC under the bus to come out looking like a repentant whistleblower despite being fairly deep into all these shenanigans – great move, Donna. Er-ah, Boss Tweed and Honey Fitz would, er-ah, be proud. J. KENNEDY FROM, ER-AH, BOSTON
STAR TREATMENT
It’s funny that “Car Crazy” mentions “Sunset Boulevard.” I always figured some of the regular Sound Off callers are like the Norma Desmond character in that movie: Respectable upper management people during their working years who have nothing else to do but call Sound Off and feel like they can exert some kind of influence like when they used to be somebody… kind of like a faded silent movie start wandering her empty mansion pretending that the fans still care about her.
GONE TO POT
Sometimes I’m embarrassed by some of the things I read in this section of the paper, especially when it comes to marijuana. It seems nobody does their research whatsoever. The last time I checked, alcohol will destroy your body and life, whereas smoking some medicinal or even recreational marijuana will not. LEGALIZE IT