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    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 4 12:47:38 2021
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    Tues. May 4, 2021 – May the Fourth be with you….

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

    I remember two of my buddies talking me into go seeing Star Wars at the
    Houston Galleria Cinema in 1977. We had to wait in line for several
    hours around the ice skating rink before we got into one of the four
    huge theaters (well over 1,000 seats each). The movie was cool. Super
    cool. I went back in a couple of weeks and saw it again. Now it looks
    dated but that is ok because they so upped the game in follow-on movies.

    And I still think that “The Empire Strikes Back” is the best of the
    bunch. Why yes, “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones is one of my favorite songs. Why do you ask ?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg

    Lynn

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Tue May 4 18:16:09 2021
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    In article <s6s1bt$amf$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tues. May 4, 2021 – May the Fourth be with you….

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

    I remember two of my buddies talking me into go seeing Star Wars at the >Houston Galleria Cinema in 1977. We had to wait in line for several
    hours around the ice skating rink before we got into one of the four
    huge theaters (well over 1,000 seats each). The movie was cool. Super
    cool. I went back in a couple of weeks and saw it again. Now it looks
    dated but that is ok because they so upped the game in follow-on movies.

    And I still think that “The Empire Strikes Back” is the best of the >bunch. Why yes, “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones is one of my >favorite songs. Why do you ask ?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg

    Lynn

    I got a blog post out of my first encounter some years ago:

    http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress/?p=150
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    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 4 13:20:14 2021
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    On 5/4/2021 1:16 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <s6s1bt$amf$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tues. May 4, 2021 – May the Fourth be with you….

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

    I remember two of my buddies talking me into go seeing Star Wars at the
    Houston Galleria Cinema in 1977. We had to wait in line for several
    hours around the ice skating rink before we got into one of the four
    huge theaters (well over 1,000 seats each). The movie was cool. Super
    cool. I went back in a couple of weeks and saw it again. Now it looks
    dated but that is ok because they so upped the game in follow-on movies.

    And I still think that “The Empire Strikes Back” is the best of the
    bunch. Why yes, “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones is one of my
    favorite songs. Why do you ask ?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg

    Lynn

    I got a blog post out of my first encounter some years ago:

    http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress/?p=150

    "Silent Running" was awesome until you thought about it.

    Lynn

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Tue May 4 14:07:59 2021
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    On 5/4/2021 11:20 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 5/4/2021 1:16 PM, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <s6s1bt$amf$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tues. May 4, 2021 – May the Fourth be with you….

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

    I remember two of my buddies talking me into go seeing Star Wars at the
    Houston Galleria Cinema in 1977.  We had to wait in line for several
    hours around the ice skating rink before we got into one of the four
    huge theaters (well over 1,000 seats each).  The movie was cool.  Super >>> cool.  I went back in a couple of weeks and saw it again.  Now it looks >>> dated but that is ok because they so upped the game in follow-on movies. >>>
    And I still think that “The Empire Strikes Back” is the best of the
    bunch.  Why yes, “Paint It Black” by the Rolling Stones is one of my >>> favorite songs.  Why do you ask ?
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4irXQhgMqg

    Lynn

    I got a blog post out of my first encounter some years ago:

        http://columbiaclosings.com/wordpress/?p=150

    "Silent Running" was awesome until you thought about it.

    "Silent Running" can be replaced with a lot of other titles.... :-P


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  • From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to lynnmcguire5@gmail.com on Tue May 4 21:45:53 2021
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    In article <s6s1bt$amf$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tues. May 4, 2021 – May the Fourth be with you….

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

    I remember two of my buddies talking me into go seeing Star Wars at the >Houston Galleria Cinema in 1977. We had to wait in line for several
    hours around the ice skating rink before we got into one of the four
    huge theaters (well over 1,000 seats each). The movie was cool. Super
    cool. I went back in a couple of weeks and saw it again. Now it looks
    dated but that is ok because they so upped the game in follow-on movies.

    I haven't seen them. I saw Episode One, which I considered okay,
    and then I saw the trailer for Episode Two and I said, "Oh,
    crumbs, that's how he's going to be drawn to the Dark Side, by
    twoo wuve. What fools these mortals be."

    And I still think that The Empire Strikes Back is the best of the
    bunch.

    The Imperial March has lyrics, you know. They begin,

    "We are the Empire, we're big and we're mean;
    We are Darth Vader's destruction machine."

    I forget who wrote them.



    --
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    Vallejo, California
    djheydt at gmail dot com
    Www.kithrup.com/~djheydt/

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  • From J. Clarke@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 4 18:25:43 2021
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    On Tue, 4 May 2021 21:45:53 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
    wrote:

    In article <s6s1bt$amf$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tues. May 4, 2021 – May the Fourth be with you….

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

    I remember two of my buddies talking me into go seeing Star Wars at the >>Houston Galleria Cinema in 1977. We had to wait in line for several
    hours around the ice skating rink before we got into one of the four
    huge theaters (well over 1,000 seats each). The movie was cool. Super >>cool. I went back in a couple of weeks and saw it again. Now it looks >>dated but that is ok because they so upped the game in follow-on movies.

    I haven't seen them. I saw Episode One, which I considered okay,
    and then I saw the trailer for Episode Two and I said, "Oh,
    crumbs, that's how he's going to be drawn to the Dark Side, by
    twoo wuve. What fools these mortals be."

    I would have been fine with the twoo wuve, the trouble is that Lucas
    didn't actually manage to sell it.

    And I still think that The Empire Strikes Back is the best of the
    bunch.

    The Imperial March has lyrics, you know. They begin,

    "We are the Empire, we're big and we're mean;
    We are Darth Vader's destruction machine."

    I forget who wrote them.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to J. Clarke on Wed May 5 15:16:21 2021
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    On 2021-05-04 22:25:43 +0000, J. Clarke said:
    On Tue, 4 May 2021 21:45:53 GMT, djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
    wrote:
    In article <s6s1bt$amf$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tues. May 4, 2021 – May the Fourth be with you….

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day

    I remember two of my buddies talking me into go seeing Star Wars at the
    Houston Galleria Cinema in 1977. We had to wait in line for several
    hours around the ice skating rink before we got into one of the four
    huge theaters (well over 1,000 seats each). The movie was cool. Super
    cool. I went back in a couple of weeks and saw it again. Now it looks
    dated but that is ok because they so upped the game in follow-on movies.

    I haven't seen them. I saw Episode One, which I considered okay,
    and then I saw the trailer for Episode Two and I said, "Oh,
    crumbs, that's how he's going to be drawn to the Dark Side, by
    twoo wuve. What fools these mortals be."

    I would have been fine with the twoo wuve, the trouble is that Lucas
    didn't actually manage to sell it.

    George Lucas managed to sell it far far better than *anything* in
    JarJar Abrams' ridiculous "Sequel Trilogy" which was simply pointlessly
    idiotic ill-fitting garbage (as usual from him).

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