... spent approximately four hours today (∼11:45am thru ∼3:30pm) on line (and phone) with an "unknown and unseen" tech specialist (from who knows where?) trying to solve (by remote control) an issue with the home computer...
... now definitely believe that these guys had an idea of "things to come" back in the day:
... so far, definitely a great adventure - and left with a "cliffhanger" ending ta' boot > had to order a "package" from 'Apple' which is said to be arriving next Tuesday...
... or is it really coming from 'Electronics Service - Unit #16'...
... ?...
... Update 04/02/16: Received disc - spent another four hours on-line with "Exeter" - problem solved - situation normal - "Unit #16" did good...
... was flippin' channels the other night and came across the old film 'Deliverance' which was playin' on one of the cable stations - saw it originally on the big screen and a few times since (mostly at the drive-in around the same time, where ya' could get a small party goin') - hadn't seen it many years since...
... that film got a lot of people fired up to go river paddling, particularly around here with the 'Youghiogheny River' as a backyard - always wondered if they ever considered using the 'Yough' as the filming location - would have been pretty cool - think that the old P&LE Railroad was still operating along the west side of the river (now the 'Yough River Trail') back then - along with the B&O Railroad on the east river side, getting a full Hollywood production crew with equipment repeatedly in and out of the 'Lower Yough River Gorge' would have been near impossible - also read that the whole production operated without any type of insurance policy - that would have gotten a big laugh out of both railroads... coincidentally, this year would be the 45th anniversary of actual filming (1972 theater release)...
... came across a few good production stills we found on line - all photos property of 'Christopher Dickey' (son of story and screenwriter 'James Dickey')...
... don't think that they would have had any problem casting extras here in 'FayetteNam' - know a few actual folks who would probably be considered too unbelievable for the part...
... we think that 'Buddy Matt' would have made a good 'Lewis' - probably could have gotten him for a few bucks cheaper than 'Burt Reynolds' ta' boot...
... still even have this old 'Recurve Bow' that we rigged' back in the day to match Burt's movie rig - has long been out of service because of an overused and twisted limb - and those old aluminum arrows could use some new fletching...
... great film...
"... in one scene, the stunt coordinator decided that a scene showing a canoe with a dummy of Burt Reynolds in it looked phony; he said it "looked like a canoe with a dummy in it". Reynolds requested to have the scene reshot with him in the canoe rather than the dummy. After shooting the scene, Reynolds, coughing up river water and nursing a broken tailbone, asked how the scene looked. The director (John Boorman) responded, "like a canoe with a dummy in it"...
... (although we didn't ask - more blatant theft on our part) thanks to the very talented visual artist, Jeff Zoet, for use of the images...
... good work as well from strength and fitness coach, Shawn Zagorce - provided an info link - he got a 'Facebook' page as well but we don't have a link (personally we don't have a 'Facebook' account and don't want one)...
