Re: [FairfieldLife] Okay Everyone, I'm Stepping Up To The Plate!
Nice. I will give that a try. Thanks for the recommendation. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Red Bull cola is the best as it's made with real cola nuts. If you have some Indian grocers around they often stock Thumbs Up from India. On 06/21/2015 05:20 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, I admit, my drink of choice is Mountain Dew, and yes, you can now get it with cane sugar. We've been striking out with theater movies lately. Below, is my wife's most favorite, recent movie. A Hijacking A Hijacking Critics Consensus: A tense, gripping thriller, A Hijacking avoids action movie cliches and instead creates a palpable sense of dread by mixing gritty realism ... View on www.rottentomatoes... Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... wrote : Mexican Coca-Cola is the way to go. It uses sugar rather than HFCS. Tastes like the cola that was around when I was a kid. In fact the company that makes those lime and orange sodas that Mexican restaurants serve has also gotten into the sugar sweeten cola biz. Pepsi tried it a few years back but didn't continue. Coke seems to be behind the curve. Many candy companies are dropping HFCS. We've had those new fangled drink dispensers at some theaters here for years. I looked into the theater butter flavoring and apparently after years of taking hits they make it from natural ingredients. It's oilier than butter though. You can even buy the stuff online from places like Amazon and put it on your own popcorn. I like melted sweet cream butter from Europe. And sometimes I pop with olive oil and throw some herbs in too. I recently got a new Whirly Popper to replace the old one. Looks like they have made the gears which are about the only thing that breaks replaceable. On 06/21/2015 04:56 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Excellent point about the reclining seats. Yes, the wife did almost doze off, she said. Now, unfortunately this theater did not have real butter, but here's the deal. They had two (fake) butter dispensers, where you serve your own butter flavored stuff. And get this, the dispenser next to the one I was using was empty, so there was a guy waiting for me to finish, and I felt some obligation to butter my corn quickly, and, alas, shorted myself. Now, as I had asked for a cardboard tray so both my wife and I could have our own batches, my wife's portion got shorted as well, but she didn't mind. I have not tasted a Coke Zero, so I cannot testify to the taste, but I am happy to report that the Coke was up to standard. And, I might add, I can immediately detect when I have been served a Diet Coke, as opposed to a real Coke as sometimes happens. What I think happens in that case, is that the server, most often a woman, cannot fathom that anyone would order a regular coke, and so instinctively gets the Diet Coke. By the way, they had one of those new fangled soda dispensers where you can have most any variation of the drink you want. As a matter of fact, I served up, a lime coke, regular coke combo. Very satisfying. Now, as far as the movie is concerned, I don't know if you know anything about it, but it revolves around a girl, and her four primary emotions: Joy, Sadn! ess, Fear, and Anger, and how they those feelings play out in her daily life. Drama ensues, and things get pretty dicey, but not too intense for the younger audience. Sorta hard to give much a synopsis. Again, we went in with pretty high expectations, and felt a little let down. Thanks for asking! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... wrote : Did you stay awake? I mean reclining seats though that may just be the seats like are at the theater up the hill from me that is all digital (one of the first in the Bay Area). But the seat I take does not recline because it's right under the projection booth and that's to avoid any seat kickers or stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me. So how was the movie? How was the popcorn? Real butter? How was the coke? Pixar is down the road about 30 miles from here. In and Out is a burger chain in California. I watched Blackhat which is a Michael Mann movie last night on DVD. It was so-so for a Michael Mann movie but it was free as Lucky's gives a code for a free DVD rental a week when you shop there. On 06/21/2015 03:50 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Movie Review In and Out My wife went to see this last night, as it had such marvelous reviews. We saw it in one of those renovated theaters with reclining seats which you can reserve ahead of time. We got popcorn and
Re: [FairfieldLife] Okay Everyone, I'm Stepping Up To The Plate!
Mexican Coca-Cola is the way to go. It uses sugar rather than HFCS. Tastes like the cola that was around when I was a kid. In fact the company that makes those lime and orange sodas that Mexican restaurants serve has also gotten into the sugar sweeten cola biz. Pepsi tried it a few years back but didn't continue. Coke seems to be behind the curve. Many candy companies are dropping HFCS. We've had those new fangled drink dispensers at some theaters here for years. I looked into the theater butter flavoring and apparently after years of taking hits they make it from natural ingredients. It's oilier than butter though. You can even buy the stuff online from places like Amazon and put it on your own popcorn. I like melted sweet cream butter from Europe. And sometimes I pop with olive oil and throw some herbs in too. I recently got a new Whirly Popper to replace the old one. Looks like they have made the gears which are about the only thing that breaks replaceable. On 06/21/2015 04:56 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Excellent point about the reclining seats. Yes, the wife did almost doze off, she said. Now, unfortunately this theater did not have real butter, but here's the deal. They had two (fake) butter dispensers, where you serve your own butter flavored stuff. And get this, the dispenser next to the one I was using was empty, so there was a guy waiting for me to finish, and I felt some obligation to butter my corn quickly, and, alas, shorted myself. Now, as I had asked for a cardboard tray so both my wife and I could have our own batches, my wife's portion got shorted as well, but she didn't mind. I have not tasted a Coke Zero, so I cannot testify to the taste, but I am happy to report that the Coke was up to standard. And, I might add, I can immediately detect when I have been served a Diet Coke, as opposed to a real Coke as sometimes happens. What I think happens in that case, is that the server, most often a woman, cannot fathom that anyone would order a regular coke, and so instinctively gets the Diet Coke. By the way, they had one of those new fangled soda dispensers where you can have most any variation of the drink you want. As a matter of fact, I served up, a lime coke, regular coke combo. Very satisfying. Now, as far as the movie is concerned, I don't know if you know anything about it, but it revolves around a girl, and her four primary emotions: Joy, Sadn! ess, Fear, and Anger, and how they those feelings play out in her daily life. Drama ensues, and things get pretty dicey, but not too intense for the younger audience. Sorta hard to give much a synopsis. Again, we went in with pretty high expectations, and felt a little let down. Thanks for asking! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Did you stay awake? I mean reclining seats though that may just be the seats like are at the theater up the hill from me that is all digital (one of the first in the Bay Area). But the seat I take does not recline because it's right under the projection booth and that's to avoid any seat kickers or stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me. So how was the movie? How was the popcorn? Real butter? How was the coke? Pixar is down the road about 30 miles from here. In and Out is a burger chain in California. I watched Blackhat which is a Michael Mann movie last night on DVD. It was so-so for a Michael Mann movie but it was free as Lucky's gives a code for a free DVD rental a week when you shop there. On 06/21/2015 03:50 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Movie Review In and Out My wife went to see this last night, as it had such marvelous reviews. We saw it in one of those renovated theaters with reclining seats which you can reserve ahead of time. We got popcorn and she got a Coke Zero and I got a regular Coke. The little feature beforehand was called LAVA, and we enjoyed that very much. The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A Inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes, the film is a musical love story that takes place over milli... View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo Now, I have never watched Game of Thrones, so I really can't offer a baseline comparison, but I'd say the film was okay, but did not live up to the almost uniform rave reviews. I'm giving it a B. (oops, maybe, I should go A- or C+ (-:
Re: [FairfieldLife] Okay Everyone, I'm Stepping Up To The Plate!
Red Bull cola is the best as it's made with real cola nuts. If you have some Indian grocers around they often stock Thumbs Up from India. On 06/21/2015 05:20 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Well, I admit, my drink of choice is Mountain Dew, and yes, you can now get it with cane sugar. We've been striking out with theater movies lately. Below, is my wife's most favorite, recent movie. A Hijacking http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_hijacking/ image http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_hijacking/ A Hijacking http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_hijacking/ Critics Consensus: A tense, gripping thriller, A Hijacking avoids action movie cliches and instead creates a palpable sense of dread by mixing gritty realism ... View on www.rottentomatoes... http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_hijacking/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Mexican Coca-Cola is the way to go. It uses sugar rather than HFCS. Tastes like the cola that was around when I was a kid. In fact the company that makes those lime and orange sodas that Mexican restaurants serve has also gotten into the sugar sweeten cola biz. Pepsi tried it a few years back but didn't continue. Coke seems to be behind the curve. Many candy companies are dropping HFCS. We've had those new fangled drink dispensers at some theaters here for years. I looked into the theater butter flavoring and apparently after years of taking hits they make it from natural ingredients. It's oilier than butter though. You can even buy the stuff online from places like Amazon and put it on your own popcorn. I like melted sweet cream butter from Europe. And sometimes I pop with olive oil and throw some herbs in too. I recently got a new Whirly Popper to replace the old one. Looks like they have made the gears which are about the only thing that breaks replaceable. On 06/21/2015 04:56 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Excellent point about the reclining seats. Yes, the wife did almost doze off, she said. Now, unfortunately this theater did not have real butter, but here's the deal. They had two (fake) butter dispensers, where you serve your own butter flavored stuff. And get this, the dispenser next to the one I was using was empty, so there was a guy waiting for me to finish, and I felt some obligation to butter my corn quickly, and, alas, shorted myself. Now, as I had asked for a cardboard tray so both my wife and I could have our own batches, my wife's portion got shorted as well, but she didn't mind. I have not tasted a Coke Zero, so I cannot testify to the taste, but I am happy to report that the Coke was up to standard. And, I might add, I can immediately detect when I have been served a Diet Coke, as opposed to a real Coke as sometimes happens. What I think happens in that case, is that the server, most often a woman, cannot fathom that anyone would order a regular coke, and so instinctively gets the Diet Coke. By the way, they had one of those new fangled soda dispensers where you can have most any variation of the drink you want. As a matter of fact, I served up, a lime coke, regular coke combo. Very satisfying. Now, as far as the movie is concerned, I don't know if you know anything about it, but it revolves around a girl, and her four primary emotions: Joy, Sadn! ess, Fear, and Anger, and how they those feelings play out in her daily life. Drama ensues, and things get pretty dicey, but not too intense for the younger audience. Sorta hard to give much a synopsis. Again, we went in with pretty high expectations, and felt a little let down. Thanks for asking! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... wrote : Did you stay awake? I mean reclining seats though that may just be the seats like are at the theater up the hill from me that is all digital (one of the first in the Bay Area). But the seat I take does not recline because it's right under the projection booth and that's to avoid any seat kickers or stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me. So how was the movie? How was the popcorn? Real butter? How was the coke? Pixar is down the road about 30 miles from here. In and Out is a burger chain in California. I watched Blackhat which is a Michael Mann movie last night on DVD. It was so-so for a Michael Mann movie but it was free as Lucky's gives a code for a free DVD rental a week when you shop there. On 06/21/2015 03:50 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Movie Review In and Out My wife went to see this last night, as it had such marvelous
Re: [FairfieldLife] Okay Everyone, I'm Stepping Up To The Plate!
Well, I admit, my drink of choice is Mountain Dew, and yes, you can now get it with cane sugar. We've been striking out with theater movies lately. Below, is my wife's most favorite, recent movie. A Hijacking http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_hijacking/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_hijacking/ A Hijacking http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_hijacking/ Critics Consensus: A tense, gripping thriller, A Hijacking avoids action movie cliches and instead creates a palpable sense of dread by mixing gritty realism ... View on www.rottentomatoes... http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_hijacking/ Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Mexican Coca-Cola is the way to go. It uses sugar rather than HFCS. Tastes like the cola that was around when I was a kid. In fact the company that makes those lime and orange sodas that Mexican restaurants serve has also gotten into the sugar sweeten cola biz. Pepsi tried it a few years back but didn't continue. Coke seems to be behind the curve. Many candy companies are dropping HFCS. We've had those new fangled drink dispensers at some theaters here for years. I looked into the theater butter flavoring and apparently after years of taking hits they make it from natural ingredients. It's oilier than butter though. You can even buy the stuff online from places like Amazon and put it on your own popcorn. I like melted sweet cream butter from Europe. And sometimes I pop with olive oil and throw some herbs in too. I recently got a new Whirly Popper to replace the old one. Looks like they have made the gears which are about the only thing that breaks replaceable. On 06/21/2015 04:56 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Excellent point about the reclining seats. Yes, the wife did almost doze off, she said. Now, unfortunately this theater did not have real butter, but here's the deal. They had two (fake) butter dispensers, where you serve your own butter flavored stuff. And get this, the dispenser next to the one I was using was empty, so there was a guy waiting for me to finish, and I felt some obligation to butter my corn quickly, and, alas, shorted myself. Now, as I had asked for a cardboard tray so both my wife and I could have our own batches, my wife's portion got shorted as well, but she didn't mind. I have not tasted a Coke Zero, so I cannot testify to the taste, but I am happy to report that the Coke was up to standard. And, I might add, I can immediately detect when I have been served a Diet Coke, as opposed to a real Coke as sometimes happens. What I think happens in that case, is that the server, most often a woman, cannot fathom that anyone would order a regular coke, and so instinctively gets the Diet Coke. By the way, they had one of those new fangled soda dispensers where you can have most any variation of the drink you want. As a matter of fact, I served up, a lime coke, regular coke combo. Very satisfying. Now, as far as the movie is concerned, I don't know if you know anything about it, but it revolves around a girl, and her four primary emotions: Joy, Sadn! ess, Fear, and Anger, and how they those feelings play out in her daily life. Drama ensues, and things get pretty dicey, but not too intense for the younger audience. Sorta hard to give much a synopsis. Again, we went in with pretty high expectations, and felt a little let down. Thanks for asking! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... mailto:noozguru@... wrote : Did you stay awake? I mean reclining seats though that may just be the seats like are at the theater up the hill from me that is all digital (one of the first in the Bay Area). But the seat I take does not recline because it's right under the projection booth and that's to avoid any seat kickers or stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me. So how was the movie? How was the popcorn? Real butter? How was the coke? Pixar is down the road about 30 miles from here. In and Out is a burger chain in California. I watched Blackhat which is a Michael Mann movie last night on DVD. It was so-so for a Michael Mann movie but it was free as Lucky's gives a code for a free DVD rental a week when you shop there. On 06/21/2015 03:50 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Movie Review In and Out My wife went to see this last night, as it had such marvelous reviews. We saw it in one of those renovated theaters with reclining seats which you can reserve ahead of time. We got popcorn and she got a Coke Zero and I got a regular Coke. The little feature beforehand was called LAVA, and we enjoyed that very much. The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A The
Re: [FairfieldLife] Okay Everyone, I'm Stepping Up To The Plate!
Excellent point about the reclining seats. Yes, the wife did almost doze off, she said. Now, unfortunately this theater did not have real butter, but here's the deal. They had two (fake) butter dispensers, where you serve your own butter flavored stuff. And get this, the dispenser next to the one I was using was empty, so there was a guy waiting for me to finish, and I felt some obligation to butter my corn quickly, and, alas, shorted myself. Now, as I had asked for a cardboard tray so both my wife and I could have our own batches, my wife's portion got shorted as well, but she didn't mind. I have not tasted a Coke Zero, so I cannot testify to the taste, but I am happy to report that the Coke was up to standard. And, I might add, I can immediately detect when I have been served a Diet Coke, as opposed to a real Coke as sometimes happens. What I think happens in that case, is that the server, most often a woman, cannot fathom that anyone would order a regular coke, and so instinctively gets the Diet Coke. By the way, they had one of those new fangled soda dispensers where you can have most any variation of the drink you want. As a matter of fact, I served up, a lime coke, regular coke combo. Very satisfying. Now, as far as the movie is concerned, I don't know if you know anything about it, but it revolves around a girl, and her four primary emotions: Joy, Sadness, Fear, and Anger, and how they those feelings play out in her daily life. Drama ensues, and things get pretty dicey, but not too intense for the younger audience. Sorta hard to give much a synopsis. Again, we went in with pretty high expectations, and felt a little let down. Thanks for asking! ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, noozguru@... wrote : Did you stay awake? I mean reclining seats though that may just be the seats like are at the theater up the hill from me that is all digital (one of the first in the Bay Area). But the seat I take does not recline because it's right under the projection booth and that's to avoid any seat kickers or stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me. So how was the movie? How was the popcorn? Real butter? How was the coke? Pixar is down the road about 30 miles from here. In and Out is a burger chain in California. I watched Blackhat which is a Michael Mann movie last night on DVD. It was so-so for a Michael Mann movie but it was free as Lucky's gives a code for a free DVD rental a week when you shop there. On 06/21/2015 03:50 PM, steve.sundur@... mailto:steve.sundur@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Movie Review In and Out My wife went to see this last night, as it had such marvelous reviews. We saw it in one of those renovated theaters with reclining seats which you can reserve ahead of time. We got popcorn and she got a Coke Zero and I got a regular Coke. The little feature beforehand was called LAVA, and we enjoyed that very much. The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava' The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava... Inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes, the film is a musical love story that takes place over milli... View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo Now, I have never watched Game of Thrones, so I really can't offer a baseline comparison, but I'd say the film was okay, but did not live up to the almost uniform rave reviews. I'm giving it a B. (oops, maybe, I should go A- or C+ (-:
Re: [FairfieldLife] Okay Everyone, I'm Stepping Up To The Plate!
Did you stay awake? I mean reclining seats though that may just be the seats like are at the theater up the hill from me that is all digital (one of the first in the Bay Area). But the seat I take does not recline because it's right under the projection booth and that's to avoid any seat kickers or stinky tennies on the top of the seat next to me. So how was the movie? How was the popcorn? Real butter? How was the coke? Pixar is down the road about 30 miles from here. In and Out is a burger chain in California. I watched Blackhat which is a Michael Mann movie last night on DVD. It was so-so for a Michael Mann movie but it was free as Lucky's gives a code for a free DVD rental a week when you shop there. On 06/21/2015 03:50 PM, steve.sun...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: Movie Review In and Out My wife went to see this last night, as it had such marvelous reviews. We saw it in one of those renovated theaters with reclining seats which you can reserve ahead of time. We got popcorn and she got a Coke Zero and I got a regular Coke. The little feature beforehand was called LAVA, and we enjoyed that very much. The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A Inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes, the film is a musical love story that takes place over milli... View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo Now, I have never watched Game of Thrones, so I really can't offer a baseline comparison, but I'd say the film was okay, but did not live up to the almost uniform rave reviews. I'm giving it a B. (oops, maybe, I should go A- or C+ (-:
[FairfieldLife] Okay Everyone, I'm Stepping Up To The Plate!
Movie Review In and Out My wife went to see this last night, as it had such marvelous reviews. We saw it in one of those renovated theaters with reclining seats which you can reserve ahead of time. We got popcorn and she got a Coke Zero and I got a regular Coke. The little feature beforehand was called LAVA, and we enjoyed that very much. The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A The writer/director of Pixar's new film 'Lava... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A Inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes, the film is a musical love story that takes place over milli... View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5qYttARw8A Preview by Yahoo Now, I have never watched Game of Thrones, so I really can't offer a baseline comparison, but I'd say the film was okay, but did not live up to the almost uniform rave reviews. I'm giving it a B. (oops, maybe, I should go A- or C+ (-:
