marius

Funny story about that movie. Our grandkids were over one night and they were ages: 5, 6, 7, and 10. So, we pulled that movie out and the three boys about died cause they didn't want to watch a "stinkin' princess movie."

And, just like Fred Savage in the movie, these boys tried to resist interest ... but resistance was futile. To this day they will still say, "My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father ..." I forget the rest of it, but they don't!

solosater

Prepare to Die! Oh! Mandy I forgot Mandy.

And I see you are a trekkie as well!

marius

Not so much a trekkie as spouse who has every Xmas ornament they made. Are you a trekkie? (wondered if that reference would come through)

solosater

Yeah, just a bit...

I've never been to a convention and I don't own any memorabilia but I've got it all in my head.

My mother is a huge sci-fi fan and so we grew up watching sci-fi and fantasy.

She used to be the only parent willing to go to the movies with all the kids.

solosater

She raised me to be a nerd!

marius

Your mom must be a great parent. Perhaps she knew the secret: that there is NOTHING quite as delightful as a room full of children all laughing at once! I took my sister to a kid movie once and she was quite ill at ease with all the little ones about ... but I shared the secret with her. After the movie she said she didn't know what was better, the kids laughing or the movie.

Anyway, my cough medicine is kicking in. It's an extremely potent syrup and I'll probably fall asleep before I finish shutting down my computer.

Great to talk to you solosater and will look forward to more.

marius

PS Nerds are the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

solosater

Sleep well and feel better! Good night!

sheftali52

Voles? Dastardly little critters that tunnel around eating the roots of treasured plantings. We have to put lava-like gravel into the holes we dig before planting anything significant, as the voles will not then chew through the gravel to get at the roots they savor. Other than eating roots (and I suppose other stuff), they seem to be cute little critters.

sheftali52

Baldur should be pleased to see more than 2000 posts when he checks in here next time. There are few places I go on-line consistently, and Channel Baldur is certainly one of those few. Sheftali hopes Chez Baldur remains the not-so-known place (as Baldur prefers) from which interesting, thoughtful, and quirky musings emerge. I contend that this forum is a rare gem to be treasured.

lynnspotter

SO agree sheftali! Yes, Baldur will be sad that he missed 2000! That's what is so wonderful about this 'station'-just keeps ticking right along! If I ever get near any place I know my friends on TD live, I will put out an invite to meet at a Starbucks or other place. It was delightful meeting matthew, jdx, poet, &joy. Have already put some faces with names thru myspace/facebook. You all ARE a great group!!

marius

Congratulations Baldur Radio on passing the 2000 mark!

sheftali, perhaps voles are valued, or not, depending on where you and they live. I loved them when I was living, working, on a nature preserve. As there were numerous predators that consider voles delicious treats, it was uncommon to find or observe them. Am sure my feelings would match yours if said voles were eating roots of plants in my yard!

marius

This makes me think of how nature reacts when people move in. One year there was a gigantic new housing development placed near the outskirts of a smallish city. The location was a pretty wooded area with rocky hillsides and a creek. As the houses were finished and people began to move in - the furor began. People were calling all the wildlife places in the area complaining that they had rattlesnakes in their yards! Well of course they did! No one had bothered to tell said snakes that their habitat was about to be invaded and that they'd best move on.

Another story comes to mind. We had neighbors who moved in next to our preserve. They said how happy they were to be close to nature. They marveled at all the birds they saw, the deer, the beaver and on and on. It was a heaven for them. But then, summer came.

We got an angry phone call telling how "our" deer were eating "their" garden. Somehow we were supposed to inform the deer, who did not restrict themselve to our tiny preserve, of what they could and could not eat. Really felt bad for those folks as they had been so in love with the beauty of their home and yard in a "real" nature setting. Eventually the reality of Mother Nature was too much. The people moved. And, I'm sure the deer still eat whatever they feel like eating.

Dragon

Had to laugh at Baldur's riff-raff neighbours (though I'm sure Baldur wasn't laughing) They sound so much like young oil-field people. Here in Alberta and in Northern BC oil is king. Young men often drop out of school and go into working in the oilfield. The money is ridiculously good when they are working. The first thing they do is marry their sweetheart (sometimes they are already married- shot gun weddings if you know what I mean) then they buy the biggest house they can and proceed to get several ATV's, snowmobiles, dirtbikes, RV's, giant trucks with duelly's and lift kits and chrome everywhere and everything else you can imagine. Then spring break-up hits when no-one can work because of the road bans and their bonus checks dry up and they all have to get a second job to make payments on all the crap they bought. None of them seems to think about the future and save their bonuses for a time when maybe they might be to old to be out roughnecking!

Dragon

marius, loved your story about 'our deer' eating 'their garden'. My town of Red Deer has a fantastic park system and deer are quite common, I remember being a little upset that the deer ate all the bird food in the bird feeder and knocked it out of the tree breaking it. However, it was my upstairs neighbour I was upset with as she'd refilled the feeder and not hung it properly. The deer were soing what deer do and I actually rather enjoyed having them come through the yard. My cats were unsure as to whether they liked them and would either stare out the window at them or run freakishly from the window as if the deer might suddenly decide they would like a little Chicken Chow Meow instead of bird seed.

marius

Yes Dragon - I've known people like that. It's kind of sad and funny at the same time. Do NOT understand it at all.

marius

Baldur - my density astounds! Just now figured out the hints (to solve recent puzzle) you created in your picture titles! Quite clever!!!

I had seen some of your pic titles but nothing computed ... especially how the picture titles tied together. (hands clapping - waaaay too funny!)

marius

We had deer at our bird feeders too, also cat who was unsure of them. She finally got used to them but one day ... spouse gets out of shower and cat is howling, growling and fur on her back could not have been more spiked.

Spouse saw nothing out the picture window until he looked down. There was a young bobcat lounging in the sun against our house. He HAD to have heard our housecat but just didn't care? Thought our miss priss calico would never recover from that territorial intrusion!

Dragon

My manx would have been beside himself. Any cat coming into the yard would spark off such a fit of growling escalating to full blown screaming. You'd have thought I had a cougar rather than a tailless fool!

marius

Other than being tail-less, is a manx like other cats? Don't know a thing about them.