The text of our Charlie Chan Family Chat for January 21, 2019
Features:
The NEW Adventures of Charlie Chan (The Secret of the Sea; The Lost Face)
Extra:
The Adventures of Smilin’ Jack (Chapter 3)
Participants:
angel & fox
cdirus
Dona
Godwinshelley2
hounder
LibraryJim
Louise
marcycloud
Matt
Mike in DC
PaulM
Rush
cdirus has joined this room16:22
Rush has joined this room16:28
Rush: Hello, CD!16:29
cdirus: Hi Rush! I got your messages today. Thanks!16:29
Rush: Very good! happy to hear!16:29
Rush: How are you this evening?16:29
Matt has joined this room16:30
cdirus: Tired. First day back at work for 4 weeks. 16:30
Matt: Hello Rush & CD!16:30
cdirus: Hi Matt!16:30
Rush: Good evening, Matt!16:30
hounder has joined this room16:30
Matt: Hello Hounder!16:30
Rush: Hello, Hounder!16:30
hounder: Hi everyone.16:30
cdirus: Hi Hounder!16:30
Rush: CD, you didn’t get to take today off?16:31
Rush: How are you tonight, Hounder and Matt?16:31
cdirus: Nope, I work at a doctor’s office so no holliday for us.16:31
Rush: AH!16:31
Rush: We had a nice, chilly, breezy day in my area today.16:33
Rush: Went to Balboa Park with my family for the afternoon.16:33
Matt: Very chilly and windy here in FL too16:33
cdirus: It was -6 this morning when I left for work.16:33
Matt: That’s cold!16:33
hounder: I’m good. chilly here as well. Sorry I missed nw16:34
Rush: VERY cold!16:34
cdirus: We had snow and freezing rain Saturday into Sunday morning. Everything froze! It was pretty, but Frigid!!!!16:34
hounder: hl did a super great ob on the newsletter. and i was so pleased to see va participate.16:34
Rush: Hopefully NW will be back tonight.16:34
Matt: It was good seeing her last week16:35
Rush: Yes, Hounder. HonoluLOU did the vast majority of the work on the newsletter. loks great, does it not?16:35
Rush: I was thinking today that we could even start now getting things together for NEXT year’s!16:36
Rush: Well…16:36
cdirus: 16:36
Rush: Should we get ready to roll our episode of “Smilin’ Jack”?16:36
hounder: great plan rush. hope we can execute it.16:37
Matt: I’m ready to roll #3 here!16:37
Rush: The link is just above us….16:37
Mike in DC has joined this room16:37
Rush: Ready here, too…16:37
Mike in DC: Good evening all!16:37
Matt: Hello Mike!16:37
Rush: Hello, Mike!16:37
Rush: Good evening to you.16:37
Rush: Without Rachel tonight?16:38
hounder: ready here i think16:38
Mike in DC: In time for Smilin Jack?16:38
Rush: Yes.16:38
Mike in DC: Great! Ready for take off!!!16:38
Rush: Please get ready, everyone…16:38
Rush: Okay…16:38
Mike in DC: *zoom*16:38
Rush: 30 seconds….16:38
Rush: 20 seconds…16:38
Rush: 15…16:38
Rush: 10….16:38
Rush: 5…16:39
Rush: GO!!!16:39
Rush: And…off we go!16:39
Mike in DC: *dons cap and gown for graduation music*16:39
Matt: Keye has higher billing than Toler16:39
Rush: Yes.16:39
Mike in DC: *waves to mom and dad*16:39
Rush: Mike: 16:40
Mike in DC: Well, Keye seems to have a bigger role in this…16:40
Mike in DC: Straight to China!16:40
Rush: Chungking, China….16:40
cdirus: Hi Mike!16:40
Mike in DC: Hey CD!16:40
hounder: hi mike16:40
Mike in DC: OH. Hi hounder…sorry I missed you!16:41
Rush: The bad guys..16:41
Mike in DC: von Teufel talks to Schoemacher16:41
Mike in DC: An umlaut fest16:41
angel & fox has joined this room16:42
Mike in DC: Guten Abend16:42
hounder: surprising, not much of a recap.16:42
Mike in DC: Angel & Fox16:42
cdirus: Hi Angel!16:42
Rush: Hello, Angel and Fox!16:42
Rush: WELCOME!16:42
hounder: hi angel and fox.16:42
Rush: We are a couple minutes into the serial.16:43
Mike in DC: Ha! Got em!16:43
hounder: btw rush, thanks for the list of people in the letter. brought back some nice memories.16:43
angel & fox: TIME, ANYONE?16:43
Matt: Hello Angel!16:43
angel & fox: hIHIHIHIHI116:43
angel & fox: !16:43
Mike in DC: Tincan for the Jap.16:43
Mike in DC: 4:32 Angel16:43
Rush: 4:4016:43
Mike in DC: We’re going to run out of cans if this keeps up16:44
Rush: TYSM, Mike…16:44
Rush: Yes.16:44
angel & fox: i LIKE THE HEADDRESS! What WAS that, a WASTEBASKET?16:44
Mike in DC: The guy with the headdress sounds like Et Fu Ahmad from “Egypt”16:44
hounder: brb dog walk16:44
Mike in DC: woof16:44
angel & fox: With this ring i WHOEVER wed.16:45
Rush: Yes, Mike…he does.16:45
Rush: Sounds like him, too.16:45
angel & fox: Putting the MUST in MUSTACHE.16:45
angel & fox: “Excellency” is a relative term. Whose relative are you?16:46
angel & fox: Radio op looks not unlike Eve Arden, says i. Anybody?16:46
Mike in DC: Quick look at IMDB…I think it’s the same guy!16:46
Mike in DC: Nigel de Brulier16:46
Rush: Yes, Mike? Interesting!16:46
angel & fox: ChunKing. With those tasteless noodles?16:46
Mike in DC: Yes, Effendi. :)16:47
angel & fox: Effendi! I use that on my dog’s dentures!16:47
Rush: Nigel de Brulier plays Edfu Ahmad in “CC in Egypt.”16:47
angel & fox: Ed f u. I can imagine he had a FINE time in the schoolyard.16:48
Rush: Mr. Toler.16:48
hounder: back16:48
angel & fox: They BOTH look like they’re GOOFIN’.16:48
Rush: Angel, I would imagine so!16:48
angel & fox: Rush, gracias!16:48
Mike in DC: happy puppy , hounder?16:48
angel & fox: Attention shoppers, attention shoppers…16:48
hounder: guess it never occurred to anyone that someone else would be listening to the transmission16:49
Rush: Pretty sure of herself….16:49
Mike in DC: Blue light special, aisle 416:49
Rush: 16:49
angel & fox: Heyyyy, buddddy, we’re gettttttin’ puhretttty bommmmmed nowwwww!16:49
angel & fox: Mike! You READ my MIND!16:49
cdirus: Mine too, 16:49
Mike in DC: Great minds….16:50
angel & fox: hounder: i invite one & all to listen to MY transmission. Buzzing in 2nd, clunking in third…16:50
angel & fox: …& sliding into home.16:50
angel & fox: He’s adjusting the radio to increase the Background Music.16:50
cdirus: I’m not worrying about my transmission until spring16:51
Rush: Can be costly!16:51
angel & fox: “…Japanese listening in…” Well, WE SHOULD HOPE SO! How we gonna sell any of the tasteless noodles?!16:51
Mike in DC: Since the Japs are listening in, this is a great way to keep the new wavelength secret?16:51
hounder: lol@angel16:51
cdirus: Got 314000 miles on the first transmission so not too bad16:51
Mike in DC: Ramen, sister.16:51
angel & fox: cd, ALWAYS procrastinate. I keep REMINDING myself to start. Tomorrow. Maybe.16:52
Mike in DC: *boom*16:52
Rush: Bombs away….16:52
angel & fox: RUSH—other scholars—WHAT was the date of these films?16:52
Rush: 194316:52
Mike in DC: Ruh-ro16:52
angel & fox: Do you hear what i hear?16:53
Rush: Height of WW2.16:53
hounder: ruh ro raggy.16:53
Mike in DC: No Angel, there’s too much noise from the bombs :)16:53
angel & fox: Rush—thanks—as i thought. These HAVE to have faced ambivalent, if not cynical, audiences. Hmm.16:53
cdirus: hounder, need to break out the scooby snacks16:53
Rush: I have a feeling that the radio operator will not be broadcasting much longer….16:54
angel & fox: Bet he’s not Smilin now.16:54
angel & fox: BomBing.16:54
Rush: Not at the moment, Angel!16:54
Mike in DC: Fu Chang = trap. Yikes!16:54
angel & fox: Rush: 16:54
angel & fox: Don’t look NOW, but your WINGS are on your ROOF.16:55
angel & fox: Thank you for flying Mohawk, Mr. Draper.16:55
Rush: A trap!16:55
Mike in DC: Quick! Follow in the plane!16:55
angel & fox: Bet they’re all using Jap-Stick, too.16:55
Rush: “OUCH!”16:56
angel & fox: OH, my NAIVE little GIRL!16:56
Louise has joined this room16:56
angel & fox: They’re BOTH trying to dog-track you.16:56
Louise: Hi gang!
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Mike in DC: Hi Louise…16:56
Matt: Hello Louise!16:56
angel & fox: Low-zy!! Welcome!!16:56
Rush: Good evening, Louise!16:56
cdirus: Hi Louise!16:56
Rush: WELCOME!16:56
Rush: We are about to reach the edge of this week’s “cliff”!16:57
Mike in DC: Wonder if this was any inspiration for the crop dusting scene in North by Northwest…16:57
Louise: I am only visiting today because I am in the middle of an art project and can’t stop. But I will put my two cents in every now nd then.16:57
angel & fox: They look like they SHOULD be in a Shriners Clown Car; either that, or they need ANOTHER NINE aboard.16:57
hounder: got to end at a cliff hanger16:58
Mike in DC: Damn Chinese machine guns!16:58
angel & fox: Damn MECHANISM.16:58
Rush: Yes. Jammed!16:58
Mike in DC: Now if were a Merican gun….16:58
angel & fox: Hop in the car with the Sun, Son!16:58
angel & fox: NICE handling!16:58
Rush: Sounds good, Louise!16:58
Mike in DC: Bomb carefully though16:59
Godwinshelley2 has joined this room16:59
Godwinshelley2: Hello all16:59
Mike in DC: Knives of Vengance…can’t wait!16:59
angel & fox: Can’t put anything past this guy. OVER, yeah. And, like, a bomb. But not PAST.16:59
hounder: hi gs216:59
Rush: Will they survive that bomb?16:59
cdirus: Hi GS!16:59
angel & fox: **kids yeah**16:59
Matt: Hello GS!16:59
Rush: We shall see, next week!16:59
angel & fox: Till NEXT WEEK!!16:59
Mike in DC: <applause>16:59
Rush: Good evening, GS!17:00
Rush: WELCOME!17:00
Mike in DC: Hello GS!17:00
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Godwinshelley2: I still need to load my DVD17:00
Louise: Hey Rush, now that you are archiving the chats, I’ll look and see if I can find the screengrabs I did of some of our earlier chats.17:00
Rush: 14 minutes till our first episode of “The New Adventures of CC.”17:00
Mike n Rachel in DC has joined this room17:00
Rush: Very good, Louise!17:00
Nothere has joined this room17:01
Godwinshelley2: How is everyone surviving the weather?17:01
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good evening, NT17:01
Rush: AH! I see Rachel is now with Mike and us!17:01
Nothere: Hello Rush17:01
Mike n Rachel in DC: With a parka, GS. :)17:01
Rush: Hello, NT!17:01
Matt: Hello NT!17:01
Godwinshelley2: Didn’t even go outside today17:01
Rush: Sorry, missed your entrance!17:01
Nothere: Hello Mike and Raceal.17:01
hounder: hi nt17:01
Mike n Rachel in DC: Yep. Just finished her workout. Now munching egg salad sandwich.17:01
Rush: WELCOME!17:01
Godwinshelley2: You were running from a bomb when I dropped in17:01
Nothere: Hello person whose name I misspelled:)17:01
Rush: Sounds good.17:01
cdirus: Hi Nothere!17:02
Louise: Eating pasta here. Need it to keep warm.17:02
Rush: GS…cold weather where you are?17:02
Nothere: Hi CD17:02
Godwinshelley2: Very – 12′ this morning – unusual17:02
Rush: THAT sounds really good, Louise!17:02
angel & fox: HELLO to all last few arrivals!17:02
Nothere: But does it have a spicy meatball Louise?17:02
Rush: I am waiting for my lentil soup to cool….17:02
Mike n Rachel in DC: Just slightly chillier than San Diego, Rush. :)17:02
Godwinshelley2: Ah – does that come with crusty bread?17:02
angel & fox: GS: a FOOTASNOW? uGH!17:02
Louise: No spicy meatballs, alas.17:02
cdirus: Warmer than Ohio17:03
Rush: Yes, I would guess so, M/R!17:03
Godwinshelley2: yikes – not ready for a lot of snow17:03
Nothere: Considering yesterday we really need the wolf howling sound effect 17:03
Mike n Rachel in DC: Rush, the lentil soup got a “ooooh” from Rach. :)17:03
Godwinshelley2: being close to the coast gives us a warmer winter climate than DC17:03
Louise: No snow at the Jersey shore.17:03
Rush: That’s one thing that we never worry about in my area, GS!17:03
Nothere: I’ll take an inch or two off your hands God.17:03
angel & fox: Here SOUTH and WEST of Boston we got 6″-8″—my (younger, stronger) housemates did snow removal 13 HOURS. I HATE the wintah.17:03
Rush: Rachel: 17:04
Godwinshelley2: I wouldn’t say NEVER Rush – we had snow in Arizona when I lived there in the 80s17:04
hounder: which one first?17:04
Louise: My sister in Vermont got 12+ inches17:04
Rush: 11 minutes until showtime.17:04
cdirus: Don’t know how much we got this time, it was blowing around too much.17:04
Mike n Rachel in DC: Secret of the C is first?17:04
Godwinshelley2: Shovelling snow was when you met your neighbors in DC17:04
Rush: Our first episode will be “The Secret of the Sea.”17:04
Mike n Rachel in DC: Ah.17:04
hounder: thanks17:04
angel & fox: Louise, i never had any but good times at The Sho-ah when i was a Philly kid.17:04
Matt: Cued to San Pedro, CA17:05
Mike n Rachel in DC: My neighbor lady is getting up in years so we shovel her sidewalk, too. She comes out and chats. :)17:05
Nothere: But is it a secret to Davy Jones, and if not did he tell the rest of the Monkeys?17:05
Rush: Sorry! Hit the wrong button!17:05
angel & fox: Got JCN and his silly Secret queued up. Just sprained my finger stumbling over q-u-e-u-e.17:05
Rush: I am back…17:05
angel & fox: Notty: Mike Nesmith was TOO bitter.17:05
Rush: This episode features a glimpse of Victor Sen Yung.17:05
Mike n Rachel in DC: Isn’t that Macarthur’s line, Rush?17:05
Rush: We also have Phillip Ahn in it.17:06
Nothere: Nope that’s I have returned.17:06
Rush: Yes, I guess I “borrowed” it, M/R!17:06
Mike n Rachel in DC: They got a lot of work in the WW2 years, Rush17:06
Dona has joined this room17:06
Rush: Yes.17:06
Nothere: Hi Donna17:06
angel & fox: If Victor Sen Yung had married a Spanish girl named Something Yung Sen, their kids would be named Sen Sen—i think.17:06
Rush: A BIG era.17:06
Matt: Hello Dona!17:06
Dona: Hello Everyone!17:07
angel & fox: Oh Dona! Oh Dona!17:07
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good evening, Dona!17:07
cdirus: Hi Dona!17:07
Rush: 7 minutes to go…17:07
Godwinshelley2: I’m cued to San Pedr4o17:07
hounder: hi dona17:07
Dona has left this room17:07
Rush: Very good….17:07
marcycloud has joined this room17:07
Mike n Rachel in DC: And the kids would have been Yung, too17:07
Nothere: Hounder did it.17:07
Rush: I need to get my DVD ready….17:07
Matt: Hello MC!17:08
hounder: welcome marycloud17:08
Nothere: Hi Matry17:08
angel & fox: Wasn’t Pepsi “For Those Who Think Yung”? What, didn’t Joan Crawford like the tasteless noodles?17:08
marcycloud: Hi everybody!!!!!17:08
Dona has joined this room17:08
Mike n Rachel in DC: Good evening marcycloud17:08
Mike n Rachel in DC: WB Dona17:08
Nothere: Hi Donna17:08
Dona: not sure what i did17:08
Nothere: Hounder did it.17:08
Mike n Rachel in DC: It was the dog17:08
hounder: i did?17:08
angel & fox: marcycloud, or marycloud? i bought a NICE jacket last week at macy’s, i think.17:08
Rush: Hello, DONA!17:08
cdirus: Hi Mary!17:08
Rush: WELCOME!17:08
angel & fox: The homework ate my dog.17:09
Rush: 5 minutes to go…17:09
hounder: my misprint marcy17:09
angel & fox: tick tick tick17:09
Nothere: That’s a lot of homework Angel.17:09
angel & fox: It was a BIG dog, Notty.17:09
Godwinshelley2: Does anyone follow Larry Storch on his official facebook page?17:09
Godwinshelley2: He does “watch alongs” whenever there is a program that he guest starred in17:09
Matt: No, GS…..funny?17:09
Nothere: Gentelmen start your engines.17:10
Rush: 4 minutes…17:10
Godwinshelley2: You get to watch along with him and other fans – 17:10
angel & fox: Larry Storch! Golly no! Heard him a few years back as a guest on a radio talk show, & he was a hoot tho. A storching hoot!17:10
Matt: How cool17:10
angel & fox: *folding fox*17:10
Rush: 17:10
Godwinshelley2: I did the Gilligan’s Island episode and asked if it was colorized – which is was since it was 1st season – he didn’t realize it had been17:10
hounder: didn’t he play in f troop?17:10
Rush: Everyone ready?17:10
Nothere: Yes and he was inGhostbusters.17:10
Godwinshelley2: yes he was Agarn17:10
Rush: Please pause at “San Pedro”17:11
hounder: ready17:11
Matt: F Troop was a classic17:11
angel & fox: GS…he may ALREADY have been taking LSD, ya think, maybe?17:11
Mike n Rachel in DC: Gong-ready in DC17:11
Rush: 3 minutes…17:11
Godwinshelley2: ready17:11
Dona has left this room17:11
hounder: thanks gs. thought so.17:11
angel & fox: NBC says bong-bong-bong in NYC.17:11
cdirus: Ready17:11
Godwinshelley2: He was in an Alfred Hitchcock episode recently – really showed off his acting chops in that17:11
LibraryJim has joined this room17:11
Rush: 2 1/2 minutes….17:11
Nothere: Good evening.17:11
Rush: LJ!17:11
cdirus: Hi Jim!17:11
Mike n Rachel in DC: Hello LJ!17:11
Rush: WELCOME!17:11
Matt: Hello Jim!17:11
hounder: hi lj17:11
LibraryJim: quick,what are we watching???17:11
angel & fox: Hitchcock had a lotta chops himself. Lotta chops.17:11
Godwinshelley2: I don’t think he was in any Chan unless he voiced the cartoon17:11
Rush: Just over 2 minutes to go!17:11
Mike n Rachel in DC: *dons captains hat*17:12
Dona has joined this room17:12
angel & fox: LJ: Thec New Adventures of CC—J Carroll Naish—Number 217:12
Godwinshelley2: New Adventures – listed above Secret of the sea17:12
Nothere: Secret of the Sea. It’s on youtube if you don’t have t.17:12
cdirus: Secret of the Sea17:12
Dona: i wasn’t touching my computer this time17:12
Rush: LJ, the online copy of “The Secret of the Sea” is located just above as a link…17:12
Mike n Rachel in DC: Chat room is not liking Dona tonight…17:12
Rush: 90 seconds…17:12
angel & fox: O Captain! My Captain! Your Hat!17:12
Rush: Sorry, Dona…17:12
Mike n Rachel in DC: *strokes parrot*17:12
Rush: 75 seconds…17:12
angel & fox: MnR: She’s sitting DANGEROUSLY near the digital hole in the digital floor.17:13
Rush: 60 seconds…17:13
Mike n Rachel in DC: need to save this costume for Dead men tell17:13
Rush: 50 seconds…17:13
angel & fox: *gradual explosion*17:13
Rush: 40 seconds…17:13
Mike n Rachel in DC: *ponders going for the hook and peg leg*17:13
Nothere: Watch your digits Angel17:13
Rush: 30 seconds…17:13
Rush: 25…17:13
Rush: 20…17:13
Rush: 15…17:13
Rush: 10…17:13
Rush: 5…17:14
Rush: GO!!!17:14
Matt: <GONG!>17:14
Rush: Here we go…17:14
Rush: Sen Yung…17:14
Godwinshelley2: All a telephone booth!!17:14
Dona has left this room17:14
angel & fox: Dig it all, dig it all, Notty—tysm!17:14
Godwinshelley2: Poor Dona17:14
Mike n Rachel in DC: Looks a bit older in this one.17:14
Nothere: A phione in the street? It’s a plot.17:14
Rush: Yes…17:14
cdirus: I think Dona needs an exorcist.17:14
Rush: This is 1957.17:14
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hounder: i thought we left the gremlins back in parachat17:15
angel & fox: Looks like Ferdinand Marcos in one of his old shirts in one of his old movies on one of his old streets.17:15
Dona: did we start17:15
Godwinshelley2: Yikes17:15
Rush: Cue the tincan…17:15
Godwinshelley2: Yes Dona17:15
Paul M has joined this room17:15
Rush: Title…17:15
Godwinshelley2: 1:1517:15
Mike n Rachel in DC: <tincan>17:15
Nothere: Shows credits 17:15
angel & fox: Honolulu SCAR, ya mean! Hiya Paul!!17:15
Paul M: just in time.17:15
hounder: hi paul17:15
Mike n Rachel in DC: *clink*17:15
cdirus: Hi Paul!17:15
Rush: Chan emerges from the mist….17:15
LibraryJim: got it, just started so I’mgoing to be behind. 17:15
Godwinshelley2: 1:30 – credits ending17:15
Paul M: 1957. year before i was born17:15
Mike n Rachel in DC: So do out of tune horns, Rush17:15
Godwinshelley2: Baby17:15
LibraryJim: family was over and just left.17:15
Mike n Rachel in DC: eeek17:15
Rush: Tea is served….17:15
angel & fox: I keep thinking it’s my glasses. It’s Chinese.17:15
Rush: By, Phillip Ahn.17:16
LibraryJim: 1Now … deep breath … hi all17:16
Nothere: Chan walks out of the fog. Looks around. “How did I get to Pittsburgh?17:16
hounder: tea cervice17:16
Godwinshelley2: Howdy LibraryJim17:16
angel & fox: Out of the fog, into the night, into his American adventures comes…Kim Importers?17:16
Mike n Rachel in DC: Philip Ahn?17:16
Godwinshelley2: And who is that older actor17:16
Godwinshelley2: talking with Chan17:16
angel & fox: His red scarf matches his tie.17:16
Mike n Rachel in DC: He’s a standard in WW2 films17:16
Nothere: Beware the goatee.17:17
Rush: 3:0017:17
angel & fox: Goatee there looks like his hair has been BREADED.17:17
hounder: does this chan always wear bow ties?17:17
Godwinshelley2: Up to 13 online, Rush17:17
LibraryJim: okat3:0517:17
Mike n Rachel in DC: What year is this? Does anyone know?17:17
angel & fox: “My son”? Or “my sin”?17:17
Rush: 3:40…17:17
Nothere: All right you two. This is still the fiftes break that up.17:17
Godwinshelley2: 195717:17
angel & fox: I know what THEY’VE got on their minds. Sin.17:18
Mike n Rachel in DC: Woo. I was born in that year…17:18
Rush: Angel, one would be a kid, the other a perfume…17:18
angel & fox: Notty, in the event any of our INCUMBENT hall monitors is unable to serve, the committee has selected YOU…17:18
LibraryJim: the age of serenity… I’m not there yet17:18
angel & fox: Rush: I was the kid WITH the perfume. Hmm.17:19
Mike n Rachel in DC: Nor I, LJ. :)17:19
Nothere: Well I didn’t have any prepared remarks. But it was an honor just to be nominated.17:19
angel & fox: LJ: Many of us are PAST IT, & don’t know.17:19
hounder: that’s one angry man17:20
Godwinshelley2: Or just a bystander perhaps17:20
angel & fox: Prepared remarks always go stale before serving. The honor is ours, to have had you near our uneven, wobbling table.17:20
Godwinshelley2: I do like the sweetheart neckline of the dress17:20
Mike n Rachel in DC: A woman?17:20
Rush: I had a thought today that, should anything ever go awry with this Chat Room, or if I do not show up, or, if anything unusual happens, please go to our CCF Message Board to see if there is a message left regarding the situation!17:20
Nothere: Nah peterbed maybe. Possibly irked.17:20
angel & fox: Smuggling rackets is HIGHLY overrated. Many strings attached, too.17:20
Rush: One never knows…!17:20
Dona: can i get a time check17:20
Rush: Yes, Angel…17:20
Louise: If you don’t show up, Rush? Running away?17:21
cdirus: His tie matches her dress.17:21
Paul M: shlemiel is the one who spills the soup. schlemazzel is the one he spills it on17:21
Nothere: 715’17:21
hounder: that’s not inspiring confidence rush. but better safe than sorry.17:21
angel & fox: Rush, sounds like Our Committee needs to create a Telephone Tree with you & Notty at the top. Would Nancy Pelosi figure in any way?17:21
Mike n Rachel in DC: A little tense @ dinner table17:21
Rush: Well, with all that can go wrong with technology, things can happen!17:21
Godwinshelley2: Sounds like a plan Rush17:21
Rush: Yes, M/R.17:21
LibraryJim: so now we know schlemial and schlemazel, what about Hozzenffer corporated?17:21
angel & fox: She wore THAT dress, & nobody’s looking. No wonder she’s sour. And CAN’T sweeten.17:22
Rush: This is the third episode in the series.17:22
Nothere: Were sorry the number you have reached has been murdered. Please check your number and dial again at the sound of the gunshot.17:22
Rush: Number One Son has not yeat arrived.17:22
angel & fox: Notty: 17:22
Rush: (yet)17:22
Rush: Sabatage!17:23
Godwinshelley2: Looks like its from a vacuum cleaner17:23
angel & fox: Rush—we ARE watching #2, Secret of the Sea, yes? Anyway, i am.17:23
Godwinshelley2: yes17:23
Mike n Rachel in DC: A frozen thrust block17:23
Rush: Yes!17:23
Rush: Sorry!17:23
Mike n Rachel in DC: That’ll set ya back a bundle, buddy17:23
Dona: I am too Angel17:23
Rush: I mean, episode TWO!17:23
hounder: doesn’t sound like he’s verygood at his job17:23
angel & fox: An admirable admiral.17:23
Rush: The first episode was set in Malibu.17:24
Mike n Rachel in DC: I had my thrust block fixed at Jiffy Lube17:24
Godwinshelley2: Kinda depends on what you mean by two – Rush says it’s the Third in the series though it might appear in a different order on a DVD set17:24
Nothere: But is the Admiral ship shape?17:24
Rush: “Your Money or Your Wife.”17:24
angel & fox: Thanks, Rush! Not that it would have harmed anything! I’ve already had milkshake running out my nose from things our fellows have said, as it is.17:24
Nothere: I’m thinking. I’mthinking.17:24
LibraryJim: dirt!17:24
angel & fox: Dirt.17:24
Rush: Recognize this gentleman?17:24
Rush: He appears in TV dramas of the era.17:25
Godwinshelley2: He does look familiar17:25
Dona: the voice is familar17:25
Nothere: ::Tincan clink::17:25
LibraryJim: shiver me timbers!17:25
angel & fox: Honolulu Star spelled backward is RATS ULULONOH.17:25
Nothere: Battan down the hatches.17:25
LibraryJim: lol17:25
Mike n Rachel in DC: a five-can night and we’ve still got a way to go. What’s the record?17:25
angel & fox: Did she change DRESSES?17:25
Godwinshelley2: Same sweetheart neckline as before17:26
LibraryJim: i;m at 12:00 where is everyone else17:26
Rush: This could be day 2.17:26
Godwinshelley2: 12:3017:26
Rush: 12:4017:26
LibraryJim: close enough17:27
Nothere: What sort of a dress do you wear for a murder discovery and interrogation. A sun dress? Nothing black preferably.17:27
LibraryJim: 17:27
Rush: Back in San Pedro (Los Angeles).17:27
Godwinshelley2: Nothing with noticeable blood stains17:27
Nothere: God wins 17:27
Rush: Indeed!17:27
Mike n Rachel in DC: a “friendly” basis…17:28
Rush: So, Flynn makes two.17:28
Nothere: So whats this register nick button good for?17:28
angel & fox: He looks TOO sorrowful. GEEZ, it’s not like HE owned anything.17:28
angel & fox: EXTREMELY dead.17:28
LibraryJim: not just dead, but EXTREMELY dead? wow!17:28
Nothere: House of Kim? But what is Bob moves in?17:29
Rush: $150,000…tow charge.17:29
Nothere: Well it is a boat.17:29
angel & fox: Notty: 17:29
Rush: A BIG boat.17:29
Rush: I would guess that would be over a million today.17:29
angel & fox: Give it up, guys. You can’t haul it in anyway.17:29
hounder: was that an unusual berd for a chinese? looked like it wanted to gorw up to be mutton chops17:30
angel & fox: Probably TWO mil.17:30
Nothere: A mill? I’ll just leave the boat there. IT’ll be a tourist attraction.17:30
Rush: Yes!17:30
Dona has left this room17:30
Rush: 17:30
Rush: Poor Dona!17:30
angel & fox: h: i was THINKING…ONE slip with scissors, might take him till the NEXT Chinese revolution to raise that wisp back again.17:31
Rush: Ford coupe.17:31
Nothere: That’s what she gets for being the 13th member.17:31
Dona has joined this room17:31
Mike n Rachel in DC: No collusion17:31
angel & fox: He’s trying to avoid being found redundant.17:31
Dona: I don’t think it likes me17:31
Nothere: Hey Donna. You the 13th again.17:31
Rush: It seems to be the case tonight, Dona…sorry….17:32
Dona: The lucky one17:32
angel & fox: MnR No collusion doesn’t mean no investigation. 17:32
Mike n Rachel in DC: Dude likes his coffee mug, doesn’t he?17:32
angel & fox: Detection, and Good Coffee. Sounds like a book title.17:32
Nothere: Oh and to answer an earlier question maybe. Mr. Whiskers is played by Philip Ahn17:32
Nothere: I think.17:33
Rush: Yes, Angel!17:33
angel & fox: Mighty damp headquarters. Damp hindquarters, anyway.17:33
Rush: Detective story for a cold day….17:33
Nothere: Worst Chiropracter ever.17:33
Mike n Rachel in DC: So much for that friendly deal17:33
Rush: There’s the ONE person who does NOT know Charlie Chan!17:33
LibraryJim: all three in the front seat — I miss bench seats17:34
angel & fox: Why does ANYBODY say they’re gonna kill Arturo Ramirez? Cuz they’re gonna kill SOMEBODY ELSE.17:34
angel & fox: Have some MORE GROG, Cap17:34
angel & fox: Cap’n!17:34
Nothere: It’s a cunning plan. While everyone s protecting Arturo from my attack, I’m free to kill….Never mind you didn’t hear anything.17:35
Rush: “IF the distess signal went out…”17:35
angel & fox: Don’t get sick in your hat.17:35
angel & fox: Actually—17:35
Mike n Rachel in DC: Confederate…17:35
angel & fox: You still got your hat?17:35
Mike n Rachel in DC: I’m a Union guy, myself17:35
angel & fox: Go ahead.17:35
Rush: LT. Kovacs.17:35
Nothere: Oh I bought a fedora recently.17:36
Rush: GOOD move!17:36
Mike n Rachel in DC: This Ramierez guy doesn’t seem overly Mexican17:36
Rush: Got him!17:36
LibraryJim: is that steve baridino? from General Hospital (Steve Hardy)?17:36
Godwinshelley2: For your nights as a film noir detective, Nothere?17:36
LibraryJim: sorry,JOHN Baridino17:36
Nothere: He isn’t. Ramierez is Nigerian.17:36
Dona: Looks like him17:36
Rush: Mr. Ramirez could have a lot of Spanish blood.17:36
Nothere: Well the top hatseemed too formal.17:36
Godwinshelley2: quick end17:36
angel & fox: Anybody think the State Hotel Regulations are REALLY posted on that door? They don’t fool me.17:36
Rush: Abrupt ending…17:36
Matt: <Clap-Clap>17:37
Mike n Rachel in DC: I was going on the accent…17:37
Rush: So…17:37
Godwinshelley2: The next one?17:37
Rush: A five minute pause….17:37
angel & fox: Lotta Irish in Nigeria.17:37
Rush: and then…17:37
Rush: “The Lost Face.”17:37
Nothere: Not an attempt to ironically name the episode at all. :)17:37
Godwinshelley2: San Fernando17:37
Godwinshelley2: I’m cued17:37
Rush: Yes…17:37
Godwinshelley2: Red Skelton would talk about San Fernando alot17:38
Rush: Please pause at “The San Fernando Valley”17:38
angel & fox: Is that you, Myrt?17:38
Matt: Ready!17:38
Mike n Rachel in DC: Cued.17:38
Rush: Yes, GS?17:38
hounder: charlie needs to learn no to turn his back on people17:38
Nothere: I Vigo will move to San Fernando.17:38
Rush: Probably lived there.17:38
Rush: I lived in Northridge in the Valley for 6 years while in Jr. high and high school.17:39
Godwinshelley2: did Dona ever return17:39
hounder: still finishing17:39
Rush: I don’t know…17:39
Rush: Dona?17:39
Nothere: Yes Donna is listed.17:39
Rush: Her name is still on the list.17:40
Rush: Yes…17:40
Nothere: Don’t know why she’s not talking.17:40
angel & fox: LOST FACE found. Queued.17:40
Mike n Rachel in DC: But did he ever return? No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned…17:40
Godwinshelley2: Oh I see – my screen doesn’t show all the names at once here17:40
hounder: ready here17:40
LibraryJim: cued17:40
Nothere: Anyone know if shes a mime?17:40
angel & fox: Ready, Betty!17:40
Rush: Everyone ready?17:40
Godwinshelley2: yes17:40
Mike n Rachel in DC: He may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Boston, he’s the man who never returned…17:40
Mike n Rachel in DC: yes (done w song)17:40
Nothere: I’m as ready a someone not here can be:)17:40
LibraryJim: Oh, I checked the credits, I was right — John Baredino17:40
LibraryJim: sp?17:41
Rush: two minutes…17:41
angel & fox: MnR: He couldn’t afford to then. Luckier than we. WE can’t afford to leave.17:41
Nothere: Gentelemen start your engines.17:41
Mike n Rachel in DC: NT, you are a walking philosophal conundrum17:41
Rush: Yes, LJ?17:41
Mike n Rachel in DC: was one of my favorite songs back ‘when17:42
Rush: 60 seconds…17:42
angel & fox: There ARE thirteen!17:42
Mike n Rachel in DC: Eran Trece17:42
Rush: 50 seconds…17:42
angel & fox: [Estan Trece]!17:42
Rush: 40 seconds…17:42
Mike n Rachel in DC: Or Estan Trece…17:42
Rush: 30 seconds…17:42
Dona: Ready here Rush17:42
Rush: 25…17:42
Nothere: Supposedly. On of us is here and apparently not here And for once I don’t mean me.17:42
Rush: 20…17:42
angel & fox: MnR, i’ll ask YOU to translate my eulogy.17:42
Rush: 15…17:42
Rush: 10…17:42
Rush: 5…17:43
angel & fox: *fishing for bait*17:43
Rush: GO!!!17:43
Matt: <GONG>17:43
LibraryJim: going17:43
Rush: And…off we go….17:43
LibraryJim: vacuuming17:43
angel & fox: THE San Fernando Valley!17:43
Mike n Rachel in DC: Vacuum scene17:43
Godwinshelley2: I don’t think I like this one Rush17:43
Nothere: Donna if a werewolf ate you, don’t tell m.17:43
Paul M: there’s a mystery/giallo movie called “The killer is among the 13″17:43
Godwinshelley2: This one and the one with the dog I’m not fond of17:43
hounder: love how all the 50’s shows have wives wearing aprons to clean17:43
Rush: Mom screams….keep playing…17:43
Nothere: I want the ball.17:43
Nothere: Stranger danger.17:44
LibraryJim: litle girl acts like women screaming is a daily occurance.17:44
angel & fox: The Great Gildersleeve’s Not-So-Great Cousin!17:44
Rush: Title…17:44
angel & fox: *GONG*17:44
Rush: Chinese to English…17:44
Mike n Rachel in DC: Too much Chan has made my vision cloudy17:44
Mike n Rachel in DC has left this room17:44
Rush: Chan emerges from the foggy mist…17:44
LibraryJim: out of the fog17:44
angel & fox: Smoking ‘ll get you ten now in Cali.17:44
Mike in DC has joined this room17:44
Rush: Happy Birthday, J. Carroll Naish!17:44
Nothere: Well she is a little girl in a mystery show. The occasional scream is probably pretty commin.17:44
cdirus: Opps, maybe it’s contagious.17:44
Rush: Mike…welcome back.17:45
Mike in DC: Chat room strikes again.17:45
Mike in DC: Rach = phone call17:45
Rush: I see!17:45
Nothere: I was going to ask what happened to her.17:45
Mike in DC: Has band parent phone calls going on this evening17:45
angel & fox: How many CANDLES for J.C.N.?17:46
Rush: Another TV actor we might note, here.17:46
LibraryJim: Yikes! Mike, we did our share of that!17:46
LibraryJim: hugh beaumont?17:46
LibraryJim: nope, wrong on that one17:46
Mike in DC: The guy coming in the room now?17:46
angel & fox: He looks like a stir-fry Edward R. Murrow.17:46
LibraryJim: I blame a fuzzy picture.17:47
Nothere: Yep he’s that guy. No one knows his name, but he has a list of 500 appearances.17:47
Rush: Acid attack.17:47
angel & fox: Wish i had a nose like his full of nickels.17:47
Rush: His wife!17:47
LibraryJim: professional extra and character actor17:47
Mike in DC: I’ve been serving on a grand jury. Why don’t we have Charlie Chan working for us?17:47
angel & fox: We need some CRITICISMS of the guy.17:47
Nothere: Wouldn’t that be awfully heay Angel?17:47
Godwinshelley2: Are you on the jury now?17:48
angel & fox: Notty, i been putting all my strength into British Pounds.17:48
Rush: 17:48
LibraryJim: uh-oh, he got sent a message through his wife..17:48
Mike in DC: Angel, that’s a coincidence. I’ve been trying to get rid of my American pounds!17:48
LibraryJim: Mike LOL17:49
Mike in DC: Yes, GS. 17:49
angel & fox: MnR17:49
cdirus: A one room hospital? Sign on door said Emergency Hospital17:49
angel & fox: 17:49
Rush: Yes Angel… 17:49
Nothere: So I forget does this thing kick us off if we doesn’t say something every few minutes?17:49
angel & fox: You MUST keep talking, keep walking, otherwise the drugs overcome you.17:49
Rush: Reminds me of Joe’s Coffee Shop in “The Shanghai Cobra.”17:50
Godwinshelley2: I only got called for jury duty once – didn’t get picked – I had been advised by a friend to say “your puny laws mean nothing to me, earthling!” if I wanted to get off.17:50
Mike in DC: Yes, Rush. Beef stew anyone?17:50
angel & fox: Gimme a soda, jerk.17:50
Nothere: No just shout guilty every few minutes for no reason.17:50
hounder: i got called as an alternate.17:50
Rush: I’ll stick to my letil soup tonight…17:50
Mike in DC: GS :). That should do the trick!17:50
Rush: (lentil)17:50
angel & fox: Guy’s rather ENERVATED innt ‘e?17:50
angel & fox: Willie, or Wonty?17:51
Nothere: That’s a wonky comment.17:51
angel & fox: Looks a little like Leon Ames, to me. Anybody? (Played The Client in The Lady In The Lake, 1944)17:51
Mike in DC: Jack Hart. tough guy.17:52
LibraryJim: gWest is played by Dabbs Greer who played the minister on Little House on the Prairie17:52
Rush: Dabbs Greer: Zac West. He’s the actor who might be a familiar face to some.17:52
angel & fox: Let’s dance! Put on your red shoes & dance the blues!17:52
Rush: He was in many TV dramas in the ’50s.17:52
Godwinshelley2: Yea!! Tom Waits – Red Shoes17:52
Nothere: Interesting people are so interesting I become interested.17:53
Dona: He does look familar17:53
Godwinshelley2: No – Bowie17:53
angel & fox: Dabbs Greer spelled backwards, & that was his trouble. Expelled at 51; i mean, 15.17:53
Mike in DC: Not trying to intimidate…just warn17:54
Rush: “A boulder of suspicion cannot stop an avalanche of justice.”17:54
Nothere: So was the lost face lost by the man with 1000 faces?17:54
angel & fox: I almost expected him to say “we’d better be running along”.17:54
Rush: That would make him the “Man With 999 Faces.”17:55
Rush: We have been seeing a lot of Fords.17:55
Rush: I wonder if they were a sponsor?17:55
LibraryJim: Ive got to go, daughter just came in. 17:55
Dona: My copy had a very bad cut17:55
hounder: did anyone see the blank screen?17:55
Godwinshelley2: certainly a lot of Fords in 77 Sunset Strip17:55
Dona: i did hounder17:56
hounder: nite lj17:56
Rush: There was a Ford wagon parked across the street in the first scenes.17:56
Nothere: Bye Jim.17:56
LibraryJim: Have a great week, and see all y’all next week.17:56
Rush: Good night, LJ.17:56
angel & fox: That’s right, Notty. 999 faces to go. 999 faces on the wall, 999 faces to lose; take one off (see Travolta in Face/Off) & pass it along, 997 faces to lose…997 faces…17:56
Godwinshelley2: Night LJ17:56
Mike in DC: bye!17:56
LibraryJim has left this room17:56
Rush: Next week: “The Black Camel.”17:56
angel & fox: Buena noche, LJ!17:56
hounder: lol@angel and fox17:56
angel & fox: I’d walk a mile if that Camel isn’t in his spot.17:56
Nothere: Well he has time to find it. This is episode 3. I don’t recall which episode 1000 faces is.17:57
Rush: I’ll check, NT….17:57
Mike in DC: One again the Black Camel kneels at our gate… :)17:57
Rush: “When a tree is weighted down with the snows of adversity, who is there to say when the limb would break?”17:57
angel & fox: Probably at least seven or eight hundred faces will still be there when they’re found.17:57
Rush: Yes.17:57
Nothere: Alright where is this camels handler. Get it out of my tent or your fired.17:58
angel & fox: Rush: When your new Studebaker is parked under it.17:58
Mike in DC: It’s probably just the nose, NT17:58
angel & fox: You camel jockeys think you can show me! I’ll show you!17:58
Rush: Episode 33: “The Man With 100 Faces.”17:58
angel & fox: Take my wife, please.17:58
Nothere: 30 episodes? Oh boy he can lose 20 faces and still have time to get to a thousand.17:59
angel & fox: Pickayunish. Pickayou own eunuch.’17:59
Rush: “Ten years to an innocent man is like ten lifetimes.”17:59
Nothere: Who was that lady I saw you with Angel?17:59
angel & fox: It WASN’T me! I was at the Haul of Justice engineering a Hart transplant!18:00
Rush: Saved by the defective cartiges!18:00
angel & fox: WHERE ARE WE TIMEWISE? The “snows of adversity” JUST came up on MY (YouTube) version! I’m at 18:00…NOW.18:00
Godwinshelley2: 18:0018:01
Rush: Yes…18:0518:01
angel & fox: Oh, goody. Thought i was off.18:01
Mike in DC: Same here…just heard about snow18:01
Rush: 18:25..18:01
angel & fox: Stupid…stubborn…STALLION, maybe?18:01
angel & fox: Ten years—he’d STILL have been out by ‘67.18:02
Rush: Again…next week: “The Black Camel.”18:02
Rush: Back to the coffee shop.18:02
Rush: No Starbucks in 1957.18:02
Mike in DC: Yeah. don’t think the lattes would be very good there18:03
angel & fox: Let’s see. A bear’s cave with a tiny candle. A monkey on his back. A gunshot—silence.18:03
Nothere: I’d rather have an ostrich. I just don’t trust that camel. Always sticking it’s nose where it doesn’t belong.18:03
angel & fox: Some peace officer. Come back in ’67. Plenty of work then.18:03
Rush: 1957: “Latte…LATTE? What’s a LATTE?”18:03
angel & fox: Notty, i left my head in the sand years ago.18:04
Rush: Chan at work, here…18:04
angel & fox: POLICE STEAL JACKETS! extra! extra! POLICE STEAL JACKETS!18:04
Rush: Nice move, there!18:04
Mike in DC: Full Metal Jacket18:05
angel & fox: Chan sounds like a darn Buddhist or something. Hmm.18:05
Rush: BOTH of them!18:05
angel & fox: BOTTOMS UP!18:05
angel & fox: Willie seems suspicious.18:05
Mike in DC: Macciato scuro18:05
Rush: An eye for an eye.18:05
angel & fox: MnR! Watch your linguini!18:06
Rush: That would have been a good title.18:06
Rush: The End…18:06
Rush: (Applause…)18:06
Matt: <Yee-Haw!>18:06
Godwinshelley2: Next week – Lugosi!!!18:06
Rush: YES!18:06
Mike in DC: Hm…still drinking coffee here. :)18:06
angel & fox: I’ll bet Willie’s SECRET VICE involves Mattress Tags.18:06
Mike in DC: Yes, GS. One of the best!18:06
Rush: Next week…Oland “vs.” Lugosi!18:06
Rush: My favorite Chan film.18:06
Rush: “The Black Camel.”18:07
hounder: sorry. had to step out. mom duty18:07
Mike in DC: It’s really good…also love the roving artist18:07
Matt: Good night everyone. Stay warm and have a great week!18:07
angel & fox: Let me guess—coffee in face gonna happen?18:07
hounder: nite matt18:07
Rush: Trivia: Whom will we see in that movie who is related to someone we saw in “Behind That Curtain”?18:07
Godwinshelley2: Night everyone – have a safe (and warm) week if possible18:07
angel & fox: Gnite Matt!!18:07
Rush: Think on it…18:07
hounder: charllie’s quick on the draw18:08
Rush: I thank you ALL again for a GREAT evening!18:08
Mike in DC: Night!18:08
Rush: Also, again….18:08
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Nothere: Night all18:08
angel & fox: i KNEW Willie was a WONK!’18:08
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Rush: “Happy Birthday, J. Carroll Naish…”18:08
Rush: Please have a happy and SAFE week, everyone!18:08
Mike in DC: Many thanks18:09
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Rush: Stay warm…18:09
Dona: I must be behind. mine just ended18:09
hounder: thanks all for the fun. see you next week.18:09
Mike in DC: Until next week!18:09
angel & fox: An eye for an iPhone4?18:09
Dona: Have a good week all!18:09
angel & fox: YAY!18:09
Rush: Take care, and thank you….18:09
cdirus: So did mine dona18:09
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Rush: Good night….18:09
angel & fox: *wrapping fox*18:09
Dona: at least i wasn’t alone cdirus18:09
angel & fox: See everyone NEXT TIME!!!18:09
Rush: 18:09
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angel & fox: Thanks for an entertaining crime!18:09
hounder: see y’all next week18:10
Rush: Have a happy rest of the evening…18:10
Rush: You, too, Hounder!18:10
Dona: Thank you Rush!18:10
cdirus: See everyone next week and be safe!18:10
Rush: TYSM, CD…18:10
Rush: Ah!18:10
Rush: Marcycloud!18:10
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Rush: Didn’t see that you were here!18:10
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Rush: WELCOME BACK!!!!18:10
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Rush: I apologize for not seeing you were here!18:11
marcycloud: yup.made it this week. Thank you. I couldn’t access the old chatroom.18:11
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Rush: I hope that this one will work for you, MC!18:11
marcycloud: i think so..nice to be back. see you next time!18:12
Rush: It seems to be “basic” enough that things generally work smoother than our old room was in some ways.18:12
Rush: YES!18:12
Rush: Take care….18:12
marcycloud: u218:12
Rush: SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!18:12
Rush: 18:13
Rush: Good night Marcycloud…18:13
Rush: And…thank you!18:13
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