Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-16 (Saturday) Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:15:30 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 56 Message-ID: References: <1128731081.732429117.644759.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:15:30 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4a7b9af8f99aa23c023249331f49fdec"; logging-data="283771"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18N+SoU4OjJBiq+804pzyrmLWRNWxAyE/M=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:3Jr5bOWOW6h6+FrdPrDkHHYGBvY= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <1128731081.732429117.644759.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Bytes: 3620 On 3/17/2024 9:40 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >> On 3/17/2024 2:01 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> In article , >>> "Ian J. Ball" wrote: >>> >>>> On 3/17/24 11:18 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >>>>> On 3/17/2024 8:50 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >>>>>> On 3/17/24 1:30 AM, Ubiquitous wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> What did you watch? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm making a big push this weekend to finish everything I can before I >>>>>> go on vacation next weekend. So the focus was on grading/prepping >>>>>> stuff, not TV watching. >>>>> >>>>> Going anywhere fun?  Although staying home and decompressing can be >>>>> loads of fun too. >>>> >>>> Hawai-EYE-EYE. >>>> >> >> Nice! >> >> >>>> I'd actually have preferred to stay home this year, but for various >>>> reasons, that wasn't going to happen. So I need to make sure that I get >>>> everything done before I leave, 'cos I'm not going to get much done in >>>> Hawaii! >>> >>> Stop by 5.1 and maybe McCarrott will hand you a badge from his Drawer o' >>> Badges and let you work a case with them. Maybe even invade the >>> sovereign territory of a foreign consulate or something. >> >> >> I used to live in Hawaii when I was very very young, maybe 4 or 5 years >> old. I remember going to an amusement park called "Castle Park" which >> apparently hasn't existing in decades. Other than that, I just remember >> the weather was always pleasant. >> > > I like the place but… Pleasant? Summer, when it’s 95°F and 95% humidity. We > sat in the laundromat putting dimes in the dryer trying to get our towels > dry for hours until somebody explained that it would never ever ever > happen. All you could ever have were hot wet towels. > > A friend of mine was smarter and they vacation in Hawaii for Christmas/New > Year’s when they have big fireworks displays. > Fortunately for me, I only have the good memories. If you can call the vague blurs memories. Although I do remember the kid who lived across the street had a bunch of Star Wars action figures. As far as the weather goes, I just remember it always being nice. Or raining and then once the rain stopped it was immediately nice again.