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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 3, 2019 10:24:10 GMT -5
One of my regrets has to do with the actor, Ed Herrmann... app.box.com/s/x5fpiko5o8yg9yyjqfeked0tauhnhzkd...he had come to the shop for a fitting, and was as nice and polite a man as I've ever encountered. We happened to be leaving the shop at the same time, and he asked me if I would like to share a cab with him. He was going uptown. I was meeting my wife at a restaurant downtown, so I politely declined. When he died, years later, I thought back to that time and wished I had taken the cab with him. |
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Post by JimInks on Mar 3, 2019 10:37:23 GMT -5
He lost out for the role of Ellery Queen to Jim Hutton. As much as I like Hutton, I wonder how Herrmann would have done? He did a great job as a surgeon who falls to pieces in an episode of M*A*S*H. I listen to audio books, and I think he's the best narrator I have heard. He did a bunch of TV documentaries, too.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 3, 2019 10:42:54 GMT -5
I love him in the lost boys.
Now to think of a regret of my own (that I'm willing to share).
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 3, 2019 10:48:28 GMT -5
Regrets, I have a few, but then again too few to mention.
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Post by Scott W on Mar 3, 2019 11:08:44 GMT -5
Regrets, I have a few, but then again too few to mention. Yup, me too |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 3, 2019 11:21:52 GMT -5
I was a technology buyer for the company that I worked for. Wozniak was the "Chief Scientist" for Fusion-IO, a company that made giant solid state catching modules to speed up data access from spinning disks. Since our company bought almost all of the products sold in Houston, I was offered a one on one lunch with Woz. I thought about it, and turned it down. I figured I had read his book and I didn't have anything to talk about or any questions. I was under the influence of some bad BP medicine that slowed my brain at the time, but I think I made the right choice. We are so different as to be from different planets. Other people said I was crazy.
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 3, 2019 13:59:15 GMT -5
He lost out for the role of Ellery Queen to Jim Hutton. As much as I like Hutton, I wonder how Herrmann would have done? He did a great job as a surgeon who falls to pieces in an episode of M*A*S*H. I listen to audio books, and I think he's the best narrator I have heard. He did a bunch of TV documentaries, too. ...he did an admirable job as FDR on PBS as I recall... I like Jim Hutton a lot (never met him), but it would have been interesting to see Ed in the role... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2019 17:52:52 GMT -5
I love him in the lost boys. Now to think of a regret of my own (that I'm willing to share). That's the movie I immediately thought of too, but he was in a lot of other things as well. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2019 19:17:19 GMT -5
Regrets, I have a few, but then again too few to mention. Sing it, Frankie! (Am I the only one who got this one?)  ![]() |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2019 19:18:10 GMT -5
Man I could not turn down lunch with the Woz the man is a party animal from the stories I have read about.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2019 19:20:36 GMT -5
I have an entire life of regrets.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2019 19:26:57 GMT -5
"And bad mistakes, I've made a few. I've had my share of sand kicked in my face. But I've come through." Name that tune. Hint:  &docid=IQiLOxuTpJ0UPM&tbnid=dnJT96hD3BpQ3M%3A&vet=10ahUKEwirjdzSnOfgAhXM1IMKHfkECW8QMwgnKAAwAA..i&w=330&h=328&itg=1&bih=578&biw=1280&q=queen%20we%20will%20rock%20you%20single&ved=0ahUKEwirjdzSnOfgAhXM1IMKHfkECW8QMwgnKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8) ![]() |
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Post by bouwser on Mar 3, 2019 19:28:29 GMT -5
I hear Ed Herrmann’s voice through my class room walls quite often. My neighbor teacher instructs US History and he is the narrator in many docs he shows. Classic voice. Great actor.
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 3, 2019 20:30:59 GMT -5
I hear Ed Herrmann’s voice through my class room walls quite often. My neighbor teacher instructs US History and he is the narrator in many docs he shows. Classic voice. Great actor. He was one of the nicest fellows I've ever met. He was very tall. I'm 6'3" and he towered over me. |
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Post by qmechanics on Mar 4, 2019 0:43:14 GMT -5
Only 6'3", a mere 4" shorter than me!!! 😁
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2019 0:48:40 GMT -5
Only 6'3", a mere 4" shorter than me!!! 😁 LOL. I'm 6'3" too. My uncles were your height Q. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 4, 2019 1:45:16 GMT -5
Man I could not turn down lunch with the Woz the man is a party animal from the stories I have read about. I am not an animal! |
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 4, 2019 1:51:39 GMT -5
Man I could not turn down lunch with the Woz the man is a party animal from the stories I have read about. I am not an animal! I've heard that Woz is a party kind of guy... never met him, though... |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2019 2:01:47 GMT -5
Well the man is without a doubt the worlds better coder. After watching some videos and interviews he seems well rounded and funny.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 4, 2019 9:11:48 GMT -5
The Undertaker is a friend of the family. My wife used to change his diapers. No stories worth telling. Nice, quiet guy and his mom is a sweet little woman. But, I am 6'0 and he tower's over everyone. It's funny to see him with his mom.
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 4, 2019 9:13:31 GMT -5
Well the man is without a doubt the worlds better coder. After watching some videos and interviews he seems well rounded and funny. Agreed. But, still, I had nothing to say to him. I do admire the guy. As far as a coder, I think he designed and built the hardware and Jobs wrote the code. |
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 4, 2019 12:22:41 GMT -5
...really, Ron? I never had the impression that Steve had any ability to code. I could be wrong. I've been wrong before. I'm sure I'll be wrong again. Why am I even posting? Shutting up now, lol...
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Post by sperrytops on Mar 4, 2019 12:49:40 GMT -5
So I will relate one of the few stories I have. I too am a refugee of the IT industry. On my second job (not first) I joined a company called Computer Sciences Corporation. I was part of a new group headed up by a man named Jules Schwartz. He was a quiet unassuming man who was friendly and supportive. I remember he often took me aside and guided me in my development. I was in my early 20's, he was probably in his 50's. He actually devoted a great deal of time to hep me and I was grateful. I only later found out he was not just the head of the group, he was the chief scientist for the corporation. He was assigned temporarily to the group to make sure it got off to the right start. Earlier in his career he headed the team that developed the computer language that satellites spoke to each other with. It was called JOVIAL, Jules Own Version of the International Algebraic Language. He was a good man and great role model to have early in my career.
By the way, he smoked a pipe.
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 4, 2019 13:04:58 GMT -5
So I will relate one of the few stories I have. I too am a refugee of the IT industry. On my second job (not first) I joined a company called Computer Sciences Corporation. I was part of a new group headed up by a man named Jules Schwartz. He was a quiet unassuming man who was friendly and supportive. I remember he often took me aside and guided me in my development. I was in my early 20's, he was probably in his 50's. He actually devoted a great deal of time to hep me and I was grateful. I only later found out he was not just the head of the group, he was the chief scientist for the corporation. He was assigned temporarily to the group to make sure it got off to the right start. Earlier in his career he headed the team that developed the computer language that satellites spoke to each other with. It was called JOVIAL, Jules Own Version of the International Algebraic Language. He was a good man and great role model to have early in my career. By the way, he smoked a pipe. Really cool, Perry! Thanks for the story! |
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Post by Mac on Mar 4, 2019 13:16:44 GMT -5
"And bad mistakes, I've made a few. I've had my share of sand kicked in my face. But I've come through." Name that tune. ![]() |
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