At 03:59 PM 2/13/03 -0600, gumbie tygress wrote:

>> I've stayed out of this colloquy, but decided I'd jump in.  What the 
>
>great! the water's fine!

Seems like.

>> I have to say that I find that the men out there on the screen 
>> (large and small) who float my boat are generally not the ones 
>> who float anyone else's  boat.  I guess I'm weird.
>
>and we LIKE you that way....

Good thing, because at my age, I'm highly unlikely to change!

>> Yes, one thing I like in a man is a distinctive voice.  The GREAT 
>> voices  like James Earl Jones and Martin Sheen.
>
>I love that commercial with Charlie Sheen trying to rent videos with a
>check.
>Ends focussing on his driver's license and the clerk saying: "This
>doesn't look like you."
>=pull away, and it's Martin Sheen=
>"It did when I came in here."

It is a hoot!  And it was screamingly funny when they showed it a few weeks
ago during "The West Wing!"  Heeheehee.

>> The other is eyes.  I just can't resist good eyes, and I agree with the
>> remark one of you made about First Peoples and their eyes.  Robert 
>> Beltran  (Chakotay on "Voyager") is part Indian, and his
eyes are just 
>> smoldering!  
>
>so's the rest of him
>=g=

He is yummy, isn't he!  Heeheehee.

>of course, we fair people with the invisible lashes tend to really like
>what we ain't got, too....

I'm not fair, nor terribly dark -- just in-between.  Heh.  I like a
variety, though.

>> >> But yes, you're right. ppl were getting their hankies wet over 
>> >> Kate and Leo, and I'm sitting there leaking buckets over the ship 
>> designer. 
>> 
>> Heck, Keys and I would have been sitting there feeling bummed about 
>> the  SHIP!  
>
>quite so

Heh!

>>  Didn't see Titanic; had no wish to.  Leo is too 
>
>you'd like the first half
>the special effects of Engineering and the props and so on, they're
>really worth it....
>You BELIEVED in this ship, in a way that I, at least, had not believed in
>it before.

That could be worthwhile, maybe as a rental.

>> Heeheehee.  Here's another one I don't know from Adam's off ox, but 
>> the  name is great!
>
>Dark haired Irish. 
>Rent Ya Ya Sisterhood (it's worth it -- just for Garner and McFadyen;
>mostly for the 4 old actresses getting to be, well, curmudgeonly old
>ladies. But then, I'll watch Maggie Smith in about anything.)

True.

>> >you like 'em dark and lean and melancholic, is all.
>> >I like 'em big and ruddy and jolly.
>> >(yes, as a mater of fact, Santa Clause IS my type =ho ho ho=)
>> 
>> ROFL!
>
>=grin=
>
>> I like 'em serious, I guess.  It's a counterbalance, because Keys is 
>> so  silly!  But I do like Keys's silly.  I just need some balance.  
>> 
>
>balance is important
>appropriate response is important
>but I need 'em to make me laugh

That, too.  I get enough laughs around here, that's for sure.  Even if the
next family to move into this house are dour as Vulcans, there's enough
laughter soaked into these walls to carry the house through.

>> >Tommy Lee Jones -- there's a looker.
>> 
>> In a rugged sort of way.
>
>well, yeah (I like rugged, but that's my background).


True.  Rugged can be very nice.

>> >strings.... the Bridges boys (and their pappy).....]
>> 
>> Oh, my!  Lloyd Bridges was one of those men who definitely got
>> better-looking with age!
>
>didn't he just?!?

Most definitely!

>> >> > >> James Garner, there's one I've always
greatly enjoyed.
>> 
>> No, he don't float my boat.
>
>I don't know about "looks" in that way, but he always seems
to enjoy what
>he's doing.

That's true.  I couldn't get into Rockford Files, however.  

>Speaking of Sheriff, how about Omar Sharif???
>Now there's some smoldering good looks that just get better and
>better......

Ummm, yes.  He could teach me how to play bridge anytime.  

>> >> > Yeah, well, I prefered Artimus to Jim West, too....
>> 
>> Oh, definitely!  For one thing, I never have been able to stand 
>> Robert Conrad.... But Ross Martin, I always liked, because he
>> always attacked any role with such gusto.  He enjoyed it, and you 
>> could tell.  He was wonderful as the sidekick Andamo in "Mr.
Lucky" (now 
>> I'm getting into REAL television archaeology!).  
>
>yes you are

And from first-hand knowledge, too!  Scary.

>> Keys tinkers.  Mostly with his computer these days, but he tinkers 
>> with  other stuff, too.
>
>My Dad's the tinkerer.... give him a couple pipes and some bailing twine
>and you'll have an RV in no time....

Keys isn't that extreme, but he could put together a fair Honda.  

>> >[Not so much Kevin Brannagh -- you were thinking it -- but then, in 
>> Much
>> >Ado, for example, who could tear their eyes away from Denzel?]
>> 
>> Brannagh is nice enough, 
>
>I was very impressed with his Shakelton

That was well done!

>It's one thing to do various characters from Shakespeare -- but Shakelton
>was real. His whole carriage, the way he held his mouth and all, BECAME
>so like the photos. Great actor. 

Indeed.  Not bad as a director, either!

>> but you're right about Denzel Washington.  
>> And  what an actor!  Wow!
>
>oh YEAH

Indeed!

>> >> But Paul Newman -- now there's a pretty boy that I thought had 
>> >> enough of an edge to be truly fine, and he's still a very
fine looking  
>> >> man. He's 
>> 
>> Oh, yes.  He is nice.  And another one who I think has gotten
>> better-looking with age.
>
>=g=

Nice that he's kept himself trim, too.  (As a side note, during our escape
to Mayport a few weeks ago, I saw "The Three Faces of Eve" with Joanne
(Mrs. Newman) Woodward.  I had never seen it before.)

>> >And the mischief going on behind 'em.  I'm enjoying the Newman's 
>> Own labels -- this guy is NOT hung up on himself.
>> 
>> And he's having more fun than a barrel of monkeys!
>
>yee haw!

Those labels are a flippin' hoot!

>> >well, you put those football pants on 'em and that all smooths 
>> out.
>> >The ol' Men in Tights "oh!" Nice butt!
>> >(I do appreciate a tight end)
>> 
>> Yes, indeed.
>
>I thought you probably did

Heh.

>
>
>> >I dunno, Prince Andrew, Duke of York is a cutie....
>> 
>> Also true.  Maybe Charles just got all the ugly genes.  > hand>
>
>he is not a handsome man


That is a true statement.

>> >> accounts also her painful shyness. 
>> >
>> >George V suffered same.
>> >(didn't he stutter, too? I might be misremembering)
>> 
>> Yes, he did.
>
>thanks
>I get these notions sometimes....

Well, we not long ago finished watching the PBS "The Royals" again.  That
was interesting.  Went into great length about how painful public speaking
was for George V.

>> I concur.  I prefer being obscure, thank you.
>
>a.m.
>When I was in high school my brother's girl friend said she saw me as the
>first woman President of the US.
>"Oh NO, you couldn't GIVE me that job. Cabinet member, MAYBE...."

  I wouldn't want it.  I don't have anywhere near the required
energy.
>> Veloci--well, I jumped in--raptor
>
>Good for you! tygress

Veloci--the water is fine--raptor


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