"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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You're supposed to hire someone else to do that!

Hell, my butler pours the 750ml. bottles for us now as it is. g

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Hey, I used to live in Hollywood. It wasn't so bad in the 70s, at least
not for an impressionable young person. :-)

I lived right across the street from where Sal Mineo was murdered.

I was there for two months in the late 70s, and it was nowhere near as
cesspoolish as it is today, but it was getting there fast. The hookers used
to knock on our door and ask my wife if they could "speak with the man of
the house."

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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It was a pretty scary place in some ways. Had to chain the hood of the car
down, so the junkies wouldn't steal the battery.

I read a news piece not long ago about some stars who of course have to
travel through Hollywood to get to the studios. Most have armored cars with
1/2" thick tempered, multilaminate glass. Lots of gang activity, especially
Mexican, in West Hollywood these days. Some actors and actresses won't take
roles that need to be shot in the studios there. They'll only work on
location elsewhere.

Max

What did she say? :-)

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"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Hey, I used to live in Hollywood. It wasn't so bad in the 70s, at least
not for an impressionable young person. :-)

I lived right across the street from where Sal Mineo was murdered.

I was there for two months in the late 70s, and it was nowhere near as
cesspoolish as it is today, but it was getting there fast. The hookers
used to knock on our door and ask my wife if they could "speak with the
man of the house."

Max

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Maxprop wrote:

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L.A. is a put. One of our kids lives in N. Hollywood. We wish he
didn't.


Hollywood is a cesspool. How did they end up there?

Max

He's a film editor for New Line (LOTR fame) and does commercials,
stunts, etc in his spare time....


Yes, but Hollywood?? It's but a short drive to safer proximal
residential areas, away from the 'tutes, dealers, and general
ner-do-wells that slither about the streets of Hollywood. I can't
understand why anyone would want to live there, although I do understand
why folks work there.

Max

He can't afford an apartment outside that area....he amkes small
production films and prefers to live relatively cheaply there so he has
funds to priduce his own stuff for film festivals, etc....


You couldn't pay me enough to live in any part of Hollywood, especially
the west end. Last visit there I rolled up the windows and locked the
doors. Frightening place.

Max

His apartment is on the very edge and is in an enclosed compound, mostly
Hispanic families with mothers who stand watch all day over their kids.
Says there haven't been any problems there and he doesn't walk the
neighborhood...when you're young and trying to get established, sometimes
you have to live in places and accept things that you wouldn't later on in
life. he has a good work ethic and wants to make it in "the Biz" so
delegates everything he can to that pursuit. It's not what we would have
chosen for him, but it is what he wants and it is his life.


I wish him the best of luck and a speedy retreat out of that living hell and
into someplace decent.

Max


Amen to that....

In article , OzOne wrote:

On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:24:52 +0000, Peter Wiley
scribbled thusly:



Yeah but - if the NSW Govt doesn't start getting a handle on this sort
of crap, people will start carrying. I know I'd think seriously about
it and all it'd take is one instance of a serious threat of violence to
get me to do it. The gun laws are meaningless; I made a 6 shot double
action revolver from steel stock some 15 years ago just to see if I
could. A blowback semiauto pistol is easier and I have a lot more
precision tooling these days.

They are working on it, Police areconstantly on the lookout for
weapons, confiscate and charge when they are found.

As I said I prefer to live where it isn't necessary Sydney is becoming
a right **** hole, courtesy and safety wise. Some places are fine -
northern beaches for example. I had a moment about buying another place
on Dangar Island when I was up last month. Got over it tho when the
rest of the family rebelled.

I prefer to live where it isn't necessary. And I do. My tooling gets
used to build my house, make boat bits, help out friends and the like.
I have a couple ideas for a different sort of boat winch, just need the
time to make some patterns and get the castings done. I have a couple
sets of bronze porthole castings that I'm machining up ATM.

Sounds interesting.

PITA but so what..... forgot how 'grabby' bronze was, had to grind
small flats on the top of the lathe tools to stop dig-ins.


Bring your new toy boat down for a visit, I have a spare mooring out
the front provided you don't draw more than 1.8m. The neighbour across
the road has a nice boutique winery.

Draft is 6', but I won't see her again till early next summer.
I'll quite probably come down and visit as long as you don't shoot at
me ...OK? :-)

Hell, the only guns I have in Tasmania are 3 muzzle loading cannons I
haven't got around to machining yet. My excuse is that the castings
need extensive ageing. So you're pretty safe.

Marinas at Kettering are 5 minutes drive away.

Amazingly, I expect to actually manage to be in Australia next summer.
Pity about autumn tho.

PDW

"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message
news:K7oNf.9560$vC4.4071@clgrps12...

"Maxprop" wrote in message

Really? I'm just getting started.

Strange... your last post to me on the subjected carried a rather beaten &
tired attitude and it seemed as if your feelings were hurt. So I left you
alone with your 'Man-Killer" Swiss Army Knife delusions.

There's only one way to settle this Max..... meet me in Yellowknife
outside the Strange Range at 0100hrs on a Friday night.... bring your
sharpest Swiss Army Knife, Tanto Blade and back-up nail clippers. We'll
get together and aggravate some drunken Indians until they grab a bottle
and break it. When they come after us... I'll step back and see how you do
with all that "training" in swords and combat!

Don't worry none... if you start losing, I know of a 'No Parking' sign
nearby on Franklin and 50th that slips right out of it's base with a
twist... makes an excellent pike! I'll come in and settl'em down while you
run away!

I should mention I've been in a fight in the Strange Range each and every
time I've gone there..... [about 2 dozen times in the last 10 years] so we
shouldn't have to many problems... I think my "Life Time Ban" expired last
month so my friends bouncing won't be obligated to ask us to leave. :-).

I'd love to oblige you, Mooron, but as I explained earlier, the prime tenet
of my training centered around avoiding combat at all costs. I'll leave the
natives to you, since you seem to have a penchant for causing the
breakage/wielding of beer bottles.

I did an externship at Browning, MT, when I was in school. The nearest
physician was about ten miles away and perpetually drunk during his off
hours--a five-martini man, so if the locals went at each other with bottles
and knives, my fellow students and I got called in to stitch them up. It
was way beyond the scope of our training, but we learned quickly. Saw lots
of bottle cuts, and none were anything near life-threatening.

But each to his own. Hope the beer and the native women are worth it.

Max

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Maxprop" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Hey, I used to live in Hollywood. It wasn't so bad in the 70s, at least
not for an impressionable young person. :-)

I lived right across the street from where Sal Mineo was murdered.

I was there for two months in the late 70s, and it was nowhere near as
cesspoolish as it is today, but it was getting there fast. The hookers
used to knock on our door and ask my wife if they could "speak with the
man of the house."

What did she say? :-)


"Wait here--I'll get him."

Max

OzOne wrote in message ...
On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:39:08 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:

. The hookers used
to knock on our door and ask my wife if they could "speak with the man of
the house."

Max

Awwww..to easy....

Never stopped you before.

Max

OzOne wrote in message
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On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:24:52 +0000, Peter Wiley
scribbled thusly:



Yeah but - if the NSW Govt doesn't start getting a handle
on this sort
of crap, people will start carrying. I know I'd think
seriously about
it and all it'd take is one instance of a serious threat
of violence to
get me to do it. The gun laws are meaningless; I made a 6
shot double
action revolver from steel stock some 15 years ago just
to see if I
could. A blowback semiauto pistol is easier and I have a
lot more
precision tooling these days.

They are working on it, Police areconstantly on the
lookout for
weapons, confiscate and charge when they are found.


Do they still wear those cool looking black & red armbands
with the swastikas on them?

Scotty