Dug - You may be right. Now keep it down! And who touched the thermostat!?!?! Where are my pills?!?! I've fallen and I can't get up!
Geriatric Shag On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Dug B. <[email protected]> wrote: > Did Shag just say "Get off my lawn!"? > > We see a decent work ethic from employees at the theater here. I've even > seen teenage moviegoers hush each other and remind each other to turn off > their phones as the movie starts. I think the problem may be that you're in > Tallahassee, home of godawful movie crowds. > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Shag <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They left something important off the list. One more thing you don't see >> in movie theaters anymore is: Courtesy or work ethic in theater employees. >> >> Shag >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I wonder if the theater would benefit from having intermission. I pretty >>> sure the theater makes more money off of concession sales than the actual >>> movie so I would think the drive of getting guest to purchase more snacks >>> and beverages during intermission would be a good sales drive. >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> Have a Better One, >>> Edward Crosby >>> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:35 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Digital projection has eliminated the need for intermissions for longer >>>> movies, unfortunately. Only a few extra-long epics get them nowadays, and >>>> then it is a creative decision moreso than a practical decision. >>>> >>>> We are seeing more long movies now, because thanks to the multiplex, >>>> theaters can exhibit longer films without worry about tying up theaters for >>>> 3+ hours at a clip. And the marginal cost of making a film longer has >>>> never been cheaper, so it's synergistic. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 9:31:29 AM UTC-4, Edward Crosby wrote: >>>> >>>>> Very cool. >>>>> I wish they would bring back those 20 minute serials in place of the >>>>> 20 minutes of crappy advertisements we always see before movies. And bring >>>>> back intermission too, especially for those 2 1/2 hour + movies. I'm >>>>> pretty >>>>> sure we see more lengthy movies these days compared to the days of >>>>> intermission. >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------**---------- >>>>> Have a Better One, >>>>> Edward Crosby >>>>> http://about.me/edwardcrosby >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/**11-things-we-no-longer-see-in-** >>>>>> movie-theater-185824694.html?**page=1<http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/11-things-we-no-longer-see-in-movie-theater-185824694.html?page=1> >>>>>> >>>>>> Cute article about old school "movie palace" ammenities which we no >>>>>> longer see. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to theuniquegee...@**googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]**. >>>>>> Visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/**group/theuniquegeek<http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek> >>>>>> . >>>>>> For more options, visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "The Unique Geek" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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