New Year's Eve is my favorite time of the year! Did you all miss me?

On 1/1/2017 12:18 AM, Andy wrote:
> New Year's Eve is my favorite time of the year! Did you all miss me?
>

Scanner scum?

On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:18:57 -0600, Andy > wrote:

>New Year's Eve is my favorite time of the year! Did you all miss me?

Yes. Next time I'll aim better Steve

"Travis McGee" wrote in message ...

On 1/1/2017 12:18 AM, Andy wrote:
> New Year's Eve is my favorite time of the year! Did you all miss me?
>

Scanner scum?

===

Ugh! Someone obviously thinks they are clever.

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On Sun, 1 Jan 2017 13:01:01 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:46:50 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:18:57 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>>
>>>New Year's Eve is my favorite time of the year! Did you all miss me?
>>
>> Yes. Next time I'll aim better Steve
>
>Not me. I wasn't home last night and that's not my paid news server,

I thought you had a Usenet-news account? It seemed like your kind of
work

>not my time zone, nor my news client (though that last one's
>debatable, I understand). And I use two spaces to begin a new
>sentence after a period. Net probability it was I: about 3.29%.
>
>tert's the one who usually misses Andy on his deathdate. I don't even
>think of Andy when I see Egg Beaters(tm) in the store.

I don't especially think of him either, and did not realise it was his
death date.

>Trivia: What was Andy's last breakfast (and his second to last post)
>
>Answer:
>
>Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
>Subject: Last 2012 breakast?
>From: Andy >
>Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 08:31:11 -0500
>Organization: CotD
>Message-ID: >
>User-Agent: Xnews/2009.05.01
>
>Last 2012 breakast?
>
>Bacon and Egg Beaters on a toasted English muffin, generously
>white peppered.
>
>Washed down with a tall glass of ice--cold fruit punch
>gatorade.
>
>Desssert: A York peppermint ice cream patty.
>
>You?
>
>Andy

Heh. If you asked me 18 hours ago I probably could have looked it up
(I won't even try using google groups). The database for RFC in my
copy of Agent got completely corrupted yesterday. The only posts I had
were all from 1970 with 0 lines. Had to happen sooner or later, this
copy of Agent is so old (and database so big). I think it was
originally V.4, plus I've done so many mad experiments on it with a
hex editor I'm amazed it still works at all. It'll soon be time to
start with a fresh copy of Agent. I'm hoping it'll hold up until I
build a new PC, as this one is getting a little old/slow now.

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:46:50 +1100, Je?us wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:18:57 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>>
>>>New Year's Eve is my favorite time of the year! Did you all miss me?
>>
>> Yes. Next time I'll aim better Steve
>
> Not me. I wasn't home last night and that's not my paid news server,
> not my time zone, nor my news client (though that last one's
> debatable, I understand). And I use two spaces to begin a new
> sentence after a period. Net probability it was I: about 3.29%.
>
> tert's the one who usually misses Andy
******************
HAUNTED BY

you might think it's funny but ghosts are no laughing matter (cf. The
Shining, Amityville Horror, etc)

and I didn't post that crap - I'm much funnier than that

On 1/2/2017 10:57 AM, tert in seattle wrote:
> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:46:50 +1100, Je?us wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 23:18:57 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>>>
>>>> New Year's Eve is my favorite time of the year! Did you all miss me?
>>>
>>> Yes. Next time I'll aim better Steve
>>
>> Not me. I wasn't home last night and that's not my paid news server,
>> not my time zone, nor my news client (though that last one's
>> debatable, I understand). And I use two spaces to begin a new
>> sentence after a period. Net probability it was I: about 3.29%.
>>
>> tert's the one who usually misses Andy
> ******************
> HAUNTED BY
>
> you might think it's funny but ghosts are no laughing matter (cf. The
> Shining, Amityville Horror, etc)
>
> and I didn't post that crap - I'm much funnier than that
>
LOL The Shining was a work of fiction by Stephen King. It *is* based
on an actual hotel in Colorado called 'The Stanley'. He changed the
name to 'The Overlook' in the book and subsequent movie. The film was
not one of Mr. Kings "shining moments" (pardon the pun!). His books are
so long they don't often translate well to film.

The Amityville Horror was merely an alleged haunting, sensationalized by
a few grade B movies. Tons of remakes. They all sucked.

I've actually encountered a ghost on at least one occasion. Wasn't
anything like the movie fiction with dead girls in a hotel hallway or
Jack Nicholson wielding an axe. No blood running down walls. No scary
pig faces in a window, either. If you'd like, I'll tell you about it,
even though it's way past Halloween.

Whoever posted as the faux Andy is in poor taste and not getting quite
the response intended.

Jill

On 1/2/2017 2:11 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:49:16 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> I've actually encountered a ghost on at least one occasion. Wasn't
>> anything like the movie fiction with dead girls in a hotel hallway or
>> Jack Nicholson wielding an axe. No blood running down walls. No scary
>> pig faces in a window, either. If you'd like, I'll tell you about it,
>> even though it's way past Halloween.
>
> This oughta be good. Please Jill! Tell your ghost story!
> Ghostbusters I and II seemed to be playing all weekend on some channel
> or another.
>
> -sw
>
Hey, are you gonna play Sheldon and call me a liar?

Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
window down the driveway.

It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard the
door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle of
the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
walked home to my parents house which was not far away.

A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed her
to death.

Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
spend time alone in that place again.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
>
> LOL The Shining was a work of fiction by Stephen King. It *is* based
> on an actual hotel in Colorado called 'The Stanley'. He changed the
> name to 'The Overlook' in the book and subsequent movie. The film was
> not one of Mr. Kings "shining moments" (pardon the pun!). His books are
> so long they don't often translate well to film.

I first read the book and it was pretty creepy/scary. I lived alone and
reading it late at night, I'd turn on ALL lights just to go to the
bathroom. heheh

The movie though (with Jack Nicholson) was a joke. Not scary and
a big letdown version. Most movies made from books are though. Not
enough time to follow the book very well.

If you liked Stephen King books, check out books by Dean Koontz.
Much scarier. One review said he's like SK grown up.

I don't read any of those anymore but I did for a while years ago.

PS - the original book, Amityville Horror, was also pretty scary
but not the movies.

On 1/2/2017 11:31 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 18:25:22 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 1/2/2017 2:11 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:49:16 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've actually encountered a ghost on at least one occasion. Wasn't
>>>> anything like the movie fiction with dead girls in a hotel hallway or
>>>> Jack Nicholson wielding an axe. No blood running down walls. No scary
>>>> pig faces in a window, either. If you'd like, I'll tell you about it,
>>>> even though it's way past Halloween.
>>>
>>> This oughta be good. Please Jill! Tell your ghost story!
>>> Ghostbusters I and II seemed to be playing all weekend on some channel
>>> or another.
>>>
>> Hey, are you gonna play Sheldon and call me a liar?
>
> Not unless this ghost story includes a bottle of Dom Perignon.
>
>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
>> window down the driveway.
>>
>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard the
>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle of
>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
>>
>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed her
>> to death.
>>
>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
>> spend time alone in that place again.
>
> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
>
> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
>
> -sw
>
LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
I got goosebumps.

Jill

On 1/3/2017 11:03 AM, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> LOL The Shining was a work of fiction by Stephen King. It *is* based
>> on an actual hotel in Colorado called 'The Stanley'. He changed the
>> name to 'The Overlook' in the book and subsequent movie. The film was
>> not one of Mr. Kings "shining moments" (pardon the pun!). His books are
>> so long they don't often translate well to film.
>
> I first read the book and it was pretty creepy/scary. I lived alone and
> reading it late at night, I'd turn on ALL lights just to go to the
> bathroom. heheh
>
> The movie though (with Jack Nicholson) was a joke. Not scary and
> a big letdown version. Most movies made from books are though. Not
> enough time to follow the book very well.
>
> If you liked Stephen King books, check out books by Dean Koontz.
> Much scarier. One review said he's like SK grown up.
>
> I don't read any of those anymore but I did for a while years ago.
>
> PS - the original book, Amityville Horror, was also pretty scary
> but not the movies.
>
I've read lots of books by Koontz. I used to read everything King
wrote, too, but I just couldn't get into the gunslinger (Dark Tower) series.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
news
> On 1/3/2017 11:03 AM, Gary wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> LOL The Shining was a work of fiction by Stephen King. It *is* based
>>> on an actual hotel in Colorado called 'The Stanley'. He changed the
>>> name to 'The Overlook' in the book and subsequent movie. The film was
>>> not one of Mr. Kings "shining moments" (pardon the pun!). His books are
>>> so long they don't often translate well to film.
>>
>> I first read the book and it was pretty creepy/scary. I lived alone and
>> reading it late at night, I'd turn on ALL lights just to go to the
>> bathroom. heheh
>>
>> The movie though (with Jack Nicholson) was a joke. Not scary and
>> a big letdown version. Most movies made from books are though. Not
>> enough time to follow the book very well.
>>
>> If you liked Stephen King books, check out books by Dean Koontz.
>> Much scarier. One review said he's like SK grown up.
>>
>> I don't read any of those anymore but I did for a while years ago.
>>
>> PS - the original book, Amityville Horror, was also pretty scary
>> but not the movies.
>>
> I've read lots of books by Koontz. I used to read everything King wrote,
> too, but I just couldn't get into the gunslinger (Dark Tower) series.
>
> Jill

Same here, I never could get into "Roland" and the gunslinger series either,
I also think his later books started becoming "churn them out as quickly as
possible" and not as good as the earlier books. I like John Sandford a lot
too. I always liked the dogs in the DK books.

Cheri

On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 11:39:33 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 1/3/2017 11:03 AM, Gary wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>> LOL The Shining was a work of fiction by Stephen King. It *is* based
>>> on an actual hotel in Colorado called 'The Stanley'. He changed the
>>> name to 'The Overlook' in the book and subsequent movie. The film was
>>> not one of Mr. Kings "shining moments" (pardon the pun!). His books are
>>> so long they don't often translate well to film.
>>
>> I first read the book and it was pretty creepy/scary. I lived alone and
>> reading it late at night, I'd turn on ALL lights just to go to the
>> bathroom. heheh
>>
>> The movie though (with Jack Nicholson) was a joke. Not scary and
>> a big letdown version. Most movies made from books are though. Not
>> enough time to follow the book very well.
>>
>> If you liked Stephen King books, check out books by Dean Koontz.
>> Much scarier. One review said he's like SK grown up.
>>
>> I don't read any of those anymore but I did for a while years ago.
>>
>> PS - the original book, Amityville Horror, was also pretty scary
>> but not the movies.
>>
>I've read lots of books by Koontz. I used to read everything King
>wrote, too, but I just couldn't get into the gunslinger (Dark Tower) series.
>
>Jill

Koontz yes, I quit King because he is too creepy and is willing to
hurt children and dogs (those are no-no's in my entertainment venues)
I have to have those security blankets.
Janet US

On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 08:50:08 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
>news
>> On 1/3/2017 11:03 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>> LOL The Shining was a work of fiction by Stephen King. It *is* based
>>>> on an actual hotel in Colorado called 'The Stanley'. He changed the
>>>> name to 'The Overlook' in the book and subsequent movie. The film was
>>>> not one of Mr. Kings "shining moments" (pardon the pun!). His books are
>>>> so long they don't often translate well to film.
>>>
>>> I first read the book and it was pretty creepy/scary. I lived alone and
>>> reading it late at night, I'd turn on ALL lights just to go to the
>>> bathroom. heheh
>>>
>>> The movie though (with Jack Nicholson) was a joke. Not scary and
>>> a big letdown version. Most movies made from books are though. Not
>>> enough time to follow the book very well.
>>>
>>> If you liked Stephen King books, check out books by Dean Koontz.
>>> Much scarier. One review said he's like SK grown up.
>>>
>>> I don't read any of those anymore but I did for a while years ago.
>>>
>>> PS - the original book, Amityville Horror, was also pretty scary
>>> but not the movies.
>>>
>> I've read lots of books by Koontz. I used to read everything King wrote,
>> too, but I just couldn't get into the gunslinger (Dark Tower) series.
>>
>> Jill
>
>Same here, I never could get into "Roland" and the gunslinger series either,
>I also think his later books started becoming "churn them out as quickly as
>possible" and not as good as the earlier books. I like John Sandford a lot
>too. I always liked the dogs in the DK books.
>
>Cheri
>
another genre entirely, but have you ever read any of Spencer Quinn's,
Chet and Bernie Mystery's? Bernie is a bumbling detective and Chet is
his dog. I adore them and wish Quinn wrote more of them. The titles
give clue to the slightly warped mind behind them -- 'A Fistful of
Collars,' 'To Fetch a Thief', 'Thereby hangs a Tail, etc. You see
most of the story through the eyes and mind of Chet.
Janet US

"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 1/2/2017 11:31 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 18:25:22 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 1/2/2017 2:11 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 11:49:16 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've actually encountered a ghost on at least one occasion. Wasn't
>>>> anything like the movie fiction with dead girls in a hotel hallway or
>>>> Jack Nicholson wielding an axe. No blood running down walls. No scary
>>>> pig faces in a window, either. If you'd like, I'll tell you about it,
>>>> even though it's way past Halloween.
>>>
>>> This oughta be good. Please Jill! Tell your ghost story!
>>> Ghostbusters I and II seemed to be playing all weekend on some channel
>>> or another.
>>>
>> Hey, are you gonna play Sheldon and call me a liar?
>
> Not unless this ghost story includes a bottle of Dom Perignon.
>
>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
>> window down the driveway.
>>
>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard the
>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle of
>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
>>
>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed her
>> to death.
>>
>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
>> spend time alone in that place again.
>
> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
>
> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
>
> -sw
>
LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
I got goosebumps.

Jill

================

Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!



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http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >
>>
>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
>>> window down the driveway.
>>>
>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard the
>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle of
>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
>>>
>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed her
>>> to death.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
>>> spend time alone in that place again.
>>
>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
>>
>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
>>
>> -sw
>>
> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
> I got goosebumps.
>
> Jill
>
> ================
>
> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
>
>
>
There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too. I heard the chimes
in the clock tower, only to be told by the caretaker (docent?) "There
haven't been chimes in that clock in 30 years." Allegedly the church
was haunted by a former caretaker/docent. One of his jobs was to make
sure the clock was running. (The church was built in the 1800's.)

A friend and I were downtown early in the morning. I was dropping off a
computer monitor at the church. There had been a call out on the radio
for anyone who might have a spare monitor or computer equipment... the
church was setting up a school for homeless children.

We got there around 9:30AM. When my friend and I heard the chimes we
looked up at the clock face. The hands read 1:05. We both commented
oh, that's not the right time.

The new caretakers told us that's what time the former caretaker died.
(That could be a tall tale, no way to prove anything.) He said he and
his wife sometimes heard him sweeping down the stone steps from the
upper gallery.

All I know is it was creepy. The man carried the monitor I'd brought
inside and his wife showed us the lovely holiday baskets they'd made for
the children. It was very nice. But also a bit creepy. A clock that
chimes with no works? With the hands not on the hour?

Sadly, the church burned to the ground in 2006. I don't recall if any
cause was ever determined although I think they did rule out arson.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fire-des...emphis-church/

Jill

On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >>
>>>
>>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
>>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
>>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
>>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
>>>> window down the driveway.
>>>>
>>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
>>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
>>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
>>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard the
>>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
>>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle of
>>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
>>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
>>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
>>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
>>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
>>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
>>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
>>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
>>>>
>>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
>>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
>>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
>>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
>>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed
>>>> her
>>>> to death.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
>>>> spend time alone in that place again.
>>>
>>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
>>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
>>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
>>>
>>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
>> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
>> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
>> I got goosebumps.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>> ================
>>
>> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
>>
>>
>>
> There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.

No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)

On 1/3/2017 2:31 PM, graham wrote:
> On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >>>
>>>>
>>>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
>>>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
>>>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
>>>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
>>>>> window down the driveway.
>>>>>
>>>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
>>>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
>>>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
>>>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard
>>>>> the
>>>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
>>>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the
>>>>> middle of
>>>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
>>>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
>>>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
>>>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
>>>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
>>>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
>>>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
>>>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
>>>>>
>>>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
>>>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
>>>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
>>>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
>>>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed
>>>>> her
>>>>> to death.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
>>>>> spend time alone in that place again.
>>>>
>>>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
>>>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
>>>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
>>>>
>>>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>>
>>> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
>>> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
>>> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
>>> I got goosebumps.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>> ================
>>>
>>> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
>
> No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)
>
Perhaps... but I was not ever a gullible believer. I wasn't raised
going to church. I heard those chimes ring even though there were no
works in that steeple clock and hadn't been for nearly 30 years. There
was nothing wrong with my ears.

Jill

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 10:04:34 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > LOL The Shining was a work of fiction by Stephen King. It *is* based
> > on an actual hotel in Colorado called 'The Stanley'. He changed the
> > name to 'The Overlook' in the book and subsequent movie. The film was
> > not one of Mr. Kings "shining moments" (pardon the pun!). His books are
> > so long they don't often translate well to film.
>
> I first read the book and it was pretty creepy/scary. I lived alone and
> reading it late at night, I'd turn on ALL lights just to go to the
> bathroom. heheh
>
> The movie though (with Jack Nicholson) was a joke. Not scary and
> a big letdown version. Most movies made from books are though. Not
> enough time to follow the book very well.
>
> If you liked Stephen King books, check out books by Dean Koontz.
> Much scarier. One review said he's like SK grown up.
>
> I don't read any of those anymore but I did for a while years ago.
>
> PS - the original book, Amityville Horror, was also pretty scary
> but not the movies.

Two of Kings books that translated great to film were... Stand By Me, and of course The Shawshank Redemption.. This in my opinion is one of the best movies ever made.

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > >>
> >>>
> >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
> >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
> >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
> >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
> >>>> window down the driveway.
> >>>>
> >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
> >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
> >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
> >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard the
> >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
> >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle of
> >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
> >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
> >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
> >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
> >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
> >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
> >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
> >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> >>>>
> >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
> >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house..
> >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
> >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
> >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed
> >>>> her
> >>>> to death.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
> >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> >>>
> >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
> >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
> >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> >>>
> >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> >>>
> >>> -sw
> >>>
> >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
> >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
> >> I got goosebumps.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >>
> >> ================
> >>
> >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
>
> No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)

Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have an OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands in the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody there. After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was caused by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain soaked streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on numerous occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan. Too bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > >>
> >>>
> >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
> >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
> >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
> >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
> >>>> window down the driveway.
> >>>>
> >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
> >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
> >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
> >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard
> >>>> the
> >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
> >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle
> >>>> of
> >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
> >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
> >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
> >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
> >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
> >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew
> >>>> I
> >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
> >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> >>>>
> >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
> >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
> >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
> >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
> >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed
> >>>> her
> >>>> to death.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
> >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> >>>
> >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
> >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
> >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> >>>
> >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> >>>
> >>> -sw
> >>>
> >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
> >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
> >> I got goosebumps.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >>
> >> ================
> >>
> >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
>
> No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)

Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have an
OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands in
the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody there.
After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was caused
by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain soaked
streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on numerous
occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan. Too
bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.

===

You could always put the fan back <g>



--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >
>>
>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
>>> window down the driveway.
>>>
>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard the
>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle of
>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew I
>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
>>>
>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed her
>>> to death.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
>>> spend time alone in that place again.
>>
>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
>>
>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
>>
>> -sw
>>
> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
> I got goosebumps.
>
> Jill
>
> ================
>
> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
>
>
>
There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too. I heard the chimes
in the clock tower, only to be told by the caretaker (docent?) "There
haven't been chimes in that clock in 30 years." Allegedly the church
was haunted by a former caretaker/docent. One of his jobs was to make
sure the clock was running. (The church was built in the 1800's.)

A friend and I were downtown early in the morning. I was dropping off a
computer monitor at the church. There had been a call out on the radio
for anyone who might have a spare monitor or computer equipment... the
church was setting up a school for homeless children.

We got there around 9:30AM. When my friend and I heard the chimes we
looked up at the clock face. The hands read 1:05. We both commented
oh, that's not the right time.

The new caretakers told us that's what time the former caretaker died.
(That could be a tall tale, no way to prove anything.) He said he and
his wife sometimes heard him sweeping down the stone steps from the
upper gallery.

All I know is it was creepy. The man carried the monitor I'd brought
inside and his wife showed us the lovely holiday baskets they'd made for
the children. It was very nice. But also a bit creepy. A clock that
chimes with no works? With the hands not on the hour?

Sadly, the church burned to the ground in 2006. I don't recall if any
cause was ever determined although I think they did rule out arson.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fire-des...emphis-church/

Jill

===

Good grief You must be psychic girl!!!



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On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:39:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
> > >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
> > >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
> > >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
> > >>>> window down the driveway.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
> > >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
> > >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
> > >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
> > >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle
> > >>>> of
> > >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
> > >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
> > >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
> > >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
> > >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
> > >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew
> > >>>> I
> > >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
> > >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
> > >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
> > >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
> > >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
> > >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed
> > >>>> her
> > >>>> to death.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
> > >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> > >>>
> > >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
> > >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
> > >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> > >>>
> > >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> > >>>
> > >>> -sw
> > >>>
> > >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> > >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
> > >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
> > >> I got goosebumps.
> > >>
> > >> Jill
> > >>
> > >> ================
> > >>
> > >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
> >
> > No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)
>
> Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have an
> OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
> assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands in
> the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
> checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody there.
> After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was caused
> by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain soaked
> streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on numerous
> occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan. Too
> bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.
>
> ===
>
> You could always put the fan back <g>
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

I want to meet up with a real ghost - I got some questions for him/her.

My brother works at an area well known for ghost sightings. The place rents out storage lockers. He said he saw the famous spirit while he was up on a ladder changing light bulbs. The lockers are open on the top and he saw a woman with long hair slowly rise, look around, and then slowly descend all floaty like. My brother assumed it was a ghost but my guess is that there's someone living in those storage lockers rather than a mujina.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina

"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 08:50:08 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>news
>>> On 1/3/2017 11:03 AM, Gary wrote:
>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL The Shining was a work of fiction by Stephen King. It *is* based
>>>>> on an actual hotel in Colorado called 'The Stanley'. He changed the
>>>>> name to 'The Overlook' in the book and subsequent movie. The film was
>>>>> not one of Mr. Kings "shining moments" (pardon the pun!). His books
>>>>> are
>>>>> so long they don't often translate well to film.
>>>>
>>>> I first read the book and it was pretty creepy/scary. I lived alone and
>>>> reading it late at night, I'd turn on ALL lights just to go to the
>>>> bathroom. heheh
>>>>
>>>> The movie though (with Jack Nicholson) was a joke. Not scary and
>>>> a big letdown version. Most movies made from books are though. Not
>>>> enough time to follow the book very well.
>>>>
>>>> If you liked Stephen King books, check out books by Dean Koontz.
>>>> Much scarier. One review said he's like SK grown up.
>>>>
>>>> I don't read any of those anymore but I did for a while years ago.
>>>>
>>>> PS - the original book, Amityville Horror, was also pretty scary
>>>> but not the movies.
>>>>
>>> I've read lots of books by Koontz. I used to read everything King
>>> wrote,
>>> too, but I just couldn't get into the gunslinger (Dark Tower) series.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>Same here, I never could get into "Roland" and the gunslinger series
>>either,
>>I also think his later books started becoming "churn them out as quickly
>>as
>>possible" and not as good as the earlier books. I like John Sandford a lot
>>too. I always liked the dogs in the DK books.
>>
>>Cheri
>>
> another genre entirely, but have you ever read any of Spencer Quinn's,
> Chet and Bernie Mystery's? Bernie is a bumbling detective and Chet is
> his dog. I adore them and wish Quinn wrote more of them. The titles
> give clue to the slightly warped mind behind them -- 'A Fistful of
> Collars,' 'To Fetch a Thief', 'Thereby hangs a Tail, etc. You see
> most of the story through the eyes and mind of Chet.
> Janet US

No, I haven't read any, but I will give it a look, I like books about dogs,
I always liked the way DRK would tell parts from the golden retriever's
point of view.

Cheri

On Tue, 3 Jan 2017 20:55:20 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
.. .

>> another genre entirely, but have you ever read any of Spencer Quinn's,
>> Chet and Bernie Mystery's? Bernie is a bumbling detective and Chet is
>> his dog. I adore them and wish Quinn wrote more of them. The titles
>> give clue to the slightly warped mind behind them -- 'A Fistful of
>> Collars,' 'To Fetch a Thief', 'Thereby hangs a Tail, etc. You see
>> most of the story through the eyes and mind of Chet.
>> Janet US
>
>No, I haven't read any, but I will give it a look, I like books about dogs,
>I always liked the way DRK would tell parts from the golden retriever's
>point of view.

It's always nice when the main character of a book thinks like you.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:39:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It
> > >>>> was
> > >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
> > >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up
> > >>>> some
> > >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
> > >>>> window down the driveway.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors
> > >>>> open
> > >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was
> > >>>> a
> > >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
> > >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard
> > >>>> the
> > >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps
> > >>>> walking
> > >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the
> > >>>> middle
> > >>>> of
> > >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
> > >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I
> > >>>> went
> > >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
> > >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
> > >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was
> > >>>> suddenly
> > >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I
> > >>>> knew
> > >>>> I
> > >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
> > >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
> > >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main
> > >>>> house.
> > >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
> > >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
> > >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and
> > >>>> stabbed
> > >>>> her
> > >>>> to death.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
> > >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> > >>>
> > >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
> > >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
> > >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> > >>>
> > >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> > >>>
> > >>> -sw
> > >>>
> > >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> > >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did
> > >> get
> > >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just
> > >> that
> > >> I got goosebumps.
> > >>
> > >> Jill
> > >>
> > >> ================
> > >>
> > >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
> >
> > No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)
>
> Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have an
> OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
> assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands in
> the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
> checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody there.
> After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was caused
> by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain soaked
> streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on numerous
> occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan.
> Too
> bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.
>
> ===
>
> You could always put the fan back <g>
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

I want to meet up with a real ghost - I got some questions for him/her.

My brother works at an area well known for ghost sightings. The place rents
out storage lockers. He said he saw the famous spirit while he was up on a
ladder changing light bulbs. The lockers are open on the top and he saw a
woman with long hair slowly rise, look around, and then slowly descend all
floaty like. My brother assumed it was a ghost but my guess is that there's
someone living in those storage lockers rather than a mujina.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina

=====================

You could be right. I have never seen a badger with long floaty hair ...



--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

rosie wrote:
>
> Two of Kings books that translated great to film were... Stand By Me, and of course The Shawshank Redemption.. This in my opinion is one of the best movies ever made.

Huh. I never knew he wrote those. Shawshank Redemption is a good movie
but I never would
have guessed that SK wrote.

I was a big fan of his books back over 30 years ago. Haven't kept up
with
what he's done since then. One of my daughter's babysitters used to
live near
him in Maine....said his house looked creepy like a haunted house.

I saw him give a talk here at the library about 35 years ago. He had
a cold but he said, "I shouldn't be here and I should be in bed,
but no worries, I'm taking plenty of vitaman B." Then he opened
up his sports coat and both sides had 3 pockets lined with
beer cans. LOL.

I thought that was funny but reading a few days later in the newspaper,
lots of people got offended by that joke, thinking it was very
inappropriate. sigh.

> rosie wrote:
>>
>> Two of Kings books that translated great to film were... Stand By Me, and
>> of course The Shawshank Redemption.. This in my opinion is one of the
>> best movies ever made.

SBM was a great movie and so was SR. I also think Apt Pupil was a good
movie.

Cheri

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:33:29 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:39:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > > On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It
> > > >>>> was
> > > >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
> > > >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up
> > > >>>> some
> > > >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
> > > >>>> window down the driveway.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors
> > > >>>> open
> > > >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was
> > > >>>> a
> > > >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
> > > >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard
> > > >>>> the
> > > >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps
> > > >>>> walking
> > > >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the
> > > >>>> middle
> > > >>>> of
> > > >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
> > > >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I
> > > >>>> went
> > > >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
> > > >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
> > > >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was
> > > >>>> suddenly
> > > >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I
> > > >>>> knew
> > > >>>> I
> > > >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
> > > >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
> > > >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main
> > > >>>> house.
> > > >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
> > > >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
> > > >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and
> > > >>>> stabbed
> > > >>>> her
> > > >>>> to death.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
> > > >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
> > > >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
> > > >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> -sw
> > > >>>
> > > >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> > > >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did
> > > >> get
> > > >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just
> > > >> that
> > > >> I got goosebumps.
> > > >>
> > > >> Jill
> > > >>
> > > >> ================
> > > >>
> > > >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
> > >
> > > No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)
> >
> > Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have an
> > OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
> > assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands in
> > the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
> > checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody there.
> > After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was caused
> > by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain soaked
> > streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on numerous
> > occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan..
> > Too
> > bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.
> >
> > ===
> >
> > You could always put the fan back <g>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
> I want to meet up with a real ghost - I got some questions for him/her.
>
> My brother works at an area well known for ghost sightings. The place rents
> out storage lockers. He said he saw the famous spirit while he was up on a
> ladder changing light bulbs. The lockers are open on the top and he saw a
> woman with long hair slowly rise, look around, and then slowly descend all
> floaty like. My brother assumed it was a ghost but my guess is that there's
> someone living in those storage lockers rather than a mujina.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina
>
> =====================
>
> You could be right. I have never seen a badger with long floaty hair ...
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

In this case it refers to a faceless ghost in the shape of a woman with long hair. These stories arise from places with bad vibes because of location and architecture. They inherently have a bad feel to them. I've been to places like that and have even lived in one. No ghost sightings to report - yet.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:33:29 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:39:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > > On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It
> > > >>>> was
> > > >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
> > > >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up
> > > >>>> some
> > > >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the
> > > >>>> kitchen
> > > >>>> window down the driveway.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors
> > > >>>> open
> > > >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There
> > > >>>> was
> > > >>>> a
> > > >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I
> > > >>>> was
> > > >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring,
> > > >>>> heard
> > > >>>> the
> > > >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps
> > > >>>> walking
> > > >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the
> > > >>>> middle
> > > >>>> of
> > > >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing.
> > > >>>> I
> > > >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I
> > > >>>> went
> > > >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door
> > > >>>> spring
> > > >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
> > > >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was
> > > >>>> suddenly
> > > >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I
> > > >>>> knew
> > > >>>> I
> > > >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door
> > > >>>> and
> > > >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they
> > > >>>> were
> > > >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main
> > > >>>> house.
> > > >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in
> > > >>>> the
> > > >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the
> > > >>>> farm
> > > >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and
> > > >>>> stabbed
> > > >>>> her
> > > >>>> to death.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to
> > > >>>> ever
> > > >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked.
> > > >>> No
> > > >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at
> > > >>> 10x
> > > >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> > > >>>
> > > >>> -sw
> > > >>>
> > > >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> > > >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did
> > > >> get
> > > >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just
> > > >> that
> > > >> I got goosebumps.
> > > >>
> > > >> Jill
> > > >>
> > > >> ================
> > > >>
> > > >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
> > >
> > > No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)
> >
> > Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have
> > an
> > OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
> > assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands
> > in
> > the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
> > checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody
> > there.
> > After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was
> > caused
> > by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain
> > soaked
> > streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on
> > numerous
> > occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan.
> > Too
> > bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.
> >
> > ===
> >
> > You could always put the fan back <g>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
> I want to meet up with a real ghost - I got some questions for him/her.
>
> My brother works at an area well known for ghost sightings. The place
> rents
> out storage lockers. He said he saw the famous spirit while he was up on a
> ladder changing light bulbs. The lockers are open on the top and he saw a
> woman with long hair slowly rise, look around, and then slowly descend all
> floaty like. My brother assumed it was a ghost but my guess is that
> there's
> someone living in those storage lockers rather than a mujina.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina
>
> =====================
>
> You could be right. I have never seen a badger with long floaty hair ...
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

In this case it refers to a faceless ghost in the shape of a woman with long
hair. These stories arise from places with bad vibes because of location and
architecture. They inherently have a bad feel to them. I've been to places
like that and have even lived in one. No ghost sightings to report - yet.

==================

Give it time ... ooooooooooOOOOooooooo
--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 09:41:20 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
>> rosie wrote:
>>>
>>> Two of Kings books that translated great to film were... Stand By Me, and
>>> of course The Shawshank Redemption.. This in my opinion is one of the
>>> best movies ever made.
>
>SBM was a great movie and so was SR. I also think Apt Pupil was a good
>movie.
>
>Cheri

I saw Shawshank Redemption twice about two years apart (both times on
TV), I loved it the first time but the second time it disappointed
me... I guess because I knew the ending. The acting wasn't great, it
was all about the plot. I don't remember seeing Stand By Me so I
probably didn't. I'm not a big movie fan, the last time I saw a movie
at a theater was many years ago, it was Sophie's Choice.

On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:24:37 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:


>I saw Shawshank Redemption twice about two years apart (both times on
>TV), I loved it the first time but the second time it disappointed
>me... I guess because I knew the ending. The acting wasn't great, it
>was all about the plot.

A good movie for sure. The Green Mile could have been too, except that
much of story is very similar to Shawshank Redemption. I guess Steve
was feeling lazy at the time he wrote that.

On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 11:43:09 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:33:29 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:39:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > > > On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > > > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > > > > >>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It
> > > > >>>> was
> > > > >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
> > > > >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up
> > > > >>>> some
> > > > >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the
> > > > >>>> kitchen
> > > > >>>> window down the driveway.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors
> > > > >>>> open
> > > > >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There
> > > > >>>> was
> > > > >>>> a
> > > > >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I
> > > > >>>> was
> > > > >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring,
> > > > >>>> heard
> > > > >>>> the
> > > > >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps
> > > > >>>> walking
> > > > >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the
> > > > >>>> middle
> > > > >>>> of
> > > > >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing.
> > > > >>>> I
> > > > >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I
> > > > >>>> went
> > > > >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door
> > > > >>>> spring
> > > > >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
> > > > >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was
> > > > >>>> suddenly
> > > > >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I
> > > > >>>> knew
> > > > >>>> I
> > > > >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door
> > > > >>>> and
> > > > >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they
> > > > >>>> were
> > > > >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main
> > > > >>>> house.
> > > > >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in
> > > > >>>> the
> > > > >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the
> > > > >>>> farm
> > > > >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and
> > > > >>>> stabbed
> > > > >>>> her
> > > > >>>> to death.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to
> > > > >>>> ever
> > > > >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked.
> > > > >>> No
> > > > >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at
> > > > >>> 10x
> > > > >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> -sw
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> > > > >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did
> > > > >> get
> > > > >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just
> > > > >> that
> > > > >> I got goosebumps.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Jill
> > > > >>
> > > > >> ================
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
> > > >
> > > > No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)
> > >
> > > Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have
> > > an
> > > OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
> > > assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands
> > > in
> > > the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
> > > checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody
> > > there.
> > > After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was
> > > caused
> > > by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain
> > > soaked
> > > streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on
> > > numerous
> > > occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan.
> > > Too
> > > bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.
> > >
> > > ===
> > >
> > > You could always put the fan back <g>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
> >
> > I want to meet up with a real ghost - I got some questions for him/her.
> >
> > My brother works at an area well known for ghost sightings. The place
> > rents
> > out storage lockers. He said he saw the famous spirit while he was up on a
> > ladder changing light bulbs. The lockers are open on the top and he saw a
> > woman with long hair slowly rise, look around, and then slowly descend all
> > floaty like. My brother assumed it was a ghost but my guess is that
> > there's
> > someone living in those storage lockers rather than a mujina.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina
> >
> > =====================
> >
> > You could be right. I have never seen a badger with long floaty hair ...
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
> In this case it refers to a faceless ghost in the shape of a woman with long
> hair. These stories arise from places with bad vibes because of location and
> architecture. They inherently have a bad feel to them. I've been to places
> like that and have even lived in one. No ghost sightings to report - yet.
>
> ==================
>
> Give it time ... ooooooooooOOOOooooooo
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

There's not much time to give. If those ghosts don't show up soon, I won't need to meet one - I'll be one.

"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 09:41:20 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> rosie wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Two of Kings books that translated great to film were... Stand By Me,
>>>> and
>>>> of course The Shawshank Redemption.. This in my opinion is one of the
>>>> best movies ever made.
>>
>>SBM was a great movie and so was SR. I also think Apt Pupil was a good
>>movie.
>>
>>Cheri
>
> I saw Shawshank Redemption twice about two years apart (both times on
> TV), I loved it the first time but the second time it disappointed
> me... I guess because I knew the ending. The acting wasn't great, it
> was all about the plot. I don't remember seeing Stand By Me so I
> probably didn't. I'm not a big movie fan, the last time I saw a movie
> at a theater was many years ago, it was Sophie's Choice.


Sophie's Choice was a good movie. I think Stand By Me is so good because it
reminds a lot of people about their own coming of age. I love movies, but I
don't care to go to the movies, so I rent a lot of movies that interest me
when they release. Last week I watched Sully, which I enjoyed. Also Papa
Hemingway in Cuba was good, very interesting and beautiful scenery.

Cheri

Cheri

On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 21:58:00 -0600, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:49:12 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:24:37 -0500, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I saw Shawshank Redemption twice about two years apart (both times on
>>>TV), I loved it the first time but the second time it disappointed
>>>me... I guess because I knew the ending. The acting wasn't great, it
>>>was all about the plot.
>>
>> A good movie for sure. The Green Mile could have been too, except that
>> much of story is very similar to Shawshank Redemption. I guess Steve
>> was feeling lazy at the time he wrote that.
>
>Other than they both took place in prisons around the same time
>period, I don't see any similarities between the two movies. Even
>with the same director.

I'd have to watch them again (it's been many years) but I'm sure there
were other similarities.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 11:43:09 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:33:29 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:39:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
> > > ...
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > > > On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > > > > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> > > > >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > > > > >>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house.
> > > > >>>> It
> > > > >>>> was
> > > > >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a
> > > > >>>> moderate
> > > > >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up
> > > > >>>> some
> > > > >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the
> > > > >>>> kitchen
> > > > >>>> window down the driveway.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors
> > > > >>>> open
> > > > >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There
> > > > >>>> was
> > > > >>>> a
> > > > >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I
> > > > >>>> was
> > > > >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring,
> > > > >>>> heard
> > > > >>>> the
> > > > >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps
> > > > >>>> walking
> > > > >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the
> > > > >>>> middle
> > > > >>>> of
> > > > >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing.
> > > > >>>> I
> > > > >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway.
> > > > >>>> I
> > > > >>>> went
> > > > >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door
> > > > >>>> spring
> > > > >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy
> > > > >>>> steps
> > > > >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was
> > > > >>>> suddenly
> > > > >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I
> > > > >>>> knew
> > > > >>>> I
> > > > >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door
> > > > >>>> and
> > > > >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they
> > > > >>>> were
> > > > >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main
> > > > >>>> house.
> > > > >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in
> > > > >>>> the
> > > > >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the
> > > > >>>> farm
> > > > >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and
> > > > >>>> stabbed
> > > > >>>> her
> > > > >>>> to death.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to
> > > > >>>> ever
> > > > >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked.
> > > > >>> No
> > > > >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at
> > > > >>> 10x
> > > > >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> -sw
> > > > >>>
> > > > >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see
> > > > >> clear
> > > > >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room
> > > > >> did
> > > > >> get
> > > > >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it,
> > > > >> just
> > > > >> that
> > > > >> I got goosebumps.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Jill
> > > > >>
> > > > >> ================
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
> > > >
> > > > No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)
> > >
> > > Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to
> > > have
> > > an
> > > OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
> > > assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands
> > > in
> > > the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
> > > checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody
> > > there.
> > > After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was
> > > caused
> > > by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain
> > > soaked
> > > streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on
> > > numerous
> > > occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the
> > > fan.
> > > Too
> > > bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.
> > >
> > > ===
> > >
> > > You could always put the fan back <g>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
> >
> > I want to meet up with a real ghost - I got some questions for him/her.
> >
> >
> > My brother works at an area well known for ghost sightings. The place
> > rents
> > out storage lockers. He said he saw the famous spirit while he was up on
> > a
> > ladder changing light bulbs. The lockers are open on the top and he saw
> > a
> > woman with long hair slowly rise, look around, and then slowly descend
> > all
> > floaty like. My brother assumed it was a ghost but my guess is that
> > there's
> > someone living in those storage lockers rather than a mujina.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina
> >
> > =====================
> >
> > You could be right. I have never seen a badger with long floaty hair
> > ...
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
> In this case it refers to a faceless ghost in the shape of a woman with
> long
> hair. These stories arise from places with bad vibes because of location
> and
> architecture. They inherently have a bad feel to them. I've been to places
> like that and have even lived in one. No ghost sightings to report - yet.
>
>
> ==================
>
> Give it time ... ooooooooooOOOOooooooo
> --
> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk

There's not much time to give. If those ghosts don't show up soon, I won't
need to meet one - I'll be one.

===

lol I know what you mean)))



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On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:27:23 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 11:43:09 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:33:29 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> > "dsi1" wrote in message
>> > ...
>> >
>> > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:39:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> > > "dsi1" wrote in message
>> > > ...
>> > >
>> > > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>> > > > On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> > > > > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
>> > > > >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >> > > > >>
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It
>> > > > >>>> was
>> > > > >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
>> > > > >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up
>> > > > >>>> some
>> > > > >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the
>> > > > >>>> kitchen
>> > > > >>>> window down the driveway.
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors
>> > > > >>>> open
>> > > > >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There
>> > > > >>>> was
>> > > > >>>> a
>> > > > >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I
>> > > > >>>> was
>> > > > >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring,
>> > > > >>>> heard
>> > > > >>>> the
>> > > > >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps
>> > > > >>>> walking
>> > > > >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the
>> > > > >>>> middle
>> > > > >>>> of
>> > > > >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing.
>> > > > >>>> I
>> > > > >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I
>> > > > >>>> went
>> > > > >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door
>> > > > >>>> spring
>> > > > >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
>> > > > >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was
>> > > > >>>> suddenly
>> > > > >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I
>> > > > >>>> knew
>> > > > >>>> I
>> > > > >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door
>> > > > >>>> and
>> > > > >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they
>> > > > >>>> were
>> > > > >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main
>> > > > >>>> house.
>> > > > >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in
>> > > > >>>> the
>> > > > >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the
>> > > > >>>> farm
>> > > > >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and
>> > > > >>>> stabbed
>> > > > >>>> her
>> > > > >>>> to death.
>> > > > >>>>
>> > > > >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to
>> > > > >>>> ever
>> > > > >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked.
>> > > > >>> No
>> > > > >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at
>> > > > >>> 10x
>> > > > >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >>> -sw
>> > > > >>>
>> > > > >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
>> > > > >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did
>> > > > >> get
>> > > > >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just
>> > > > >> that
>> > > > >> I got goosebumps.
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Jill
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> ================
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>
>> > > > >>
>> > > > > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
>> > > >
>> > > > No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)
>> > >
>> > > Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have
>> > > an
>> > > OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
>> > > assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands
>> > > in
>> > > the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
>> > > checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody
>> > > there.
>> > > After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was
>> > > caused
>> > > by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain
>> > > soaked
>> > > streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on
>> > > numerous
>> > > occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan.
>> > > Too
>> > > bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.
>> > >
>> > > ===
>> > >
>> > > You could always put the fan back <g>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>> >
>> > I want to meet up with a real ghost - I got some questions for him/her.
>> >
>> > My brother works at an area well known for ghost sightings. The place
>> > rents
>> > out storage lockers. He said he saw the famous spirit while he was up on a
>> > ladder changing light bulbs. The lockers are open on the top and he saw a
>> > woman with long hair slowly rise, look around, and then slowly descend all
>> > floaty like. My brother assumed it was a ghost but my guess is that
>> > there's
>> > someone living in those storage lockers rather than a mujina.
>> >
>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina
>> >
>> > =====================
>> >
>> > You could be right. I have never seen a badger with long floaty hair ...
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>>
>> In this case it refers to a faceless ghost in the shape of a woman with long
>> hair. These stories arise from places with bad vibes because of location and
>> architecture. They inherently have a bad feel to them. I've been to places
>> like that and have even lived in one. No ghost sightings to report - yet.
>>
>> ==================
>>
>> Give it time ... ooooooooooOOOOooooooo
>> --
>> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk
>
>There's not much time to give. If those ghosts don't show up soon, I won't need to meet one - I'll be one.

Wow, I didn't know there was life this far down.

On 1/3/2017 4:39 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >
>>
> There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too. I heard the chimes
> in the clock tower, only to be told by the caretaker (docent?) "There
> haven't been chimes in that clock in 30 years." Allegedly the church
> was haunted by a former caretaker/docent. One of his jobs was to make
> sure the clock was running. (The church was built in the 1800's.)
>
> A friend and I were downtown early in the morning. I was dropping off a
> computer monitor at the church. There had been a call out on the radio
> for anyone who might have a spare monitor or computer equipment... the
> church was setting up a school for homeless children.
>
> We got there around 9:30AM. When my friend and I heard the chimes we
> looked up at the clock face. The hands read 1:05. We both commented
> oh, that's not the right time.
>
> The new caretakers told us that's what time the former caretaker died.
> (That could be a tall tale, no way to prove anything.) He said he and
> his wife sometimes heard him sweeping down the stone steps from the
> upper gallery.
>
> All I know is it was creepy. The man carried the monitor I'd brought
> inside and his wife showed us the lovely holiday baskets they'd made for
> the children. It was very nice. But also a bit creepy. A clock that
> chimes with no works? With the hands not on the hour?
>
> Sadly, the church burned to the ground in 2006. I don't recall if any
> cause was ever determined although I think they did rule out arson.
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fire-des...emphis-church/
>
> Jill
>
> ===
>
> Good grief You must be psychic girl!!!
>
I guess the female friend who went with me must have been psychic, too!
She also heard the clock chime. We both noted the incorrect time on
the clock face. So no, it wasn't some delusion due to a misguided
religious belief, as graham suggests. It actually happened. Of course
it could have been a prank pulled by the [then] caretaker. I can't
figure out why he would do that, though. He and his wife had no idea I
was going to drop by any sort of donation for the school. I had no
prior affiliation with the church. <shrug>

Jill

On 1/4/2017 10:58 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:49:12 +1100, Jeßus wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:24:37 -0500, Brooklyn1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I saw Shawshank Redemption twice about two years apart (both times on
>>> TV), I loved it the first time but the second time it disappointed
>>> me... I guess because I knew the ending. The acting wasn't great, it
>>> was all about the plot.
>>
>> A good movie for sure. The Green Mile could have been too, except that
>> much of story is very similar to Shawshank Redemption. I guess Steve
>> was feeling lazy at the time he wrote that.
>
> Other than they both took place in prisons around the same time
> period, I don't see any similarities between the two movies. Even
> with the same director.
>
> -sw
>
Agreed. I didn't see any similarities in those two films, either. 'The
Green Mile' involved more of the supernatural (typical King) than
'Shawshank' did. BTW, the original SHORT STORY by King was called 'Rita
Heyworth and the Shawshank Redemption'. This due to the pinup poster on
the prison cell wall.

Regarding 'The Green Mile' (great book, IMHO), here's a question. Who
knows who played the elderly 'Paul Edgecomb' (Tom Hanks' character) in
the film? I do. His name was Dabs Greer. He showed up in a lot of old
TV shows. He was a character actor, never really a lead.

According to IMDB: "Greer's last role in a long and successful career,
was in the hit movie, The Green Mile. He shared the starring role with
Tom Hanks--Hanks as the younger version, Greer as the much older
version--of lead character, Paul Edgecomb. Greer's character narrates
throughout the entire film. It is from Greer's p.o.v. and memory
flashbacks that the entire tale unfolds. He was 82 years old."

There wasn't a Mr. Jingles (the mouse on the mile!) in 'The Shawshank
Redemption', either.

The composer Thomas Newman did the music for 'The Green Mile'. I love
the soundtrack.

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message news
On 1/3/2017 4:39 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >
>>
> There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too. I heard the chimes
> in the clock tower, only to be told by the caretaker (docent?) "There
> haven't been chimes in that clock in 30 years." Allegedly the church
> was haunted by a former caretaker/docent. One of his jobs was to make
> sure the clock was running. (The church was built in the 1800's.)
>
> A friend and I were downtown early in the morning. I was dropping off a
> computer monitor at the church. There had been a call out on the radio
> for anyone who might have a spare monitor or computer equipment... the
> church was setting up a school for homeless children.
>
> We got there around 9:30AM. When my friend and I heard the chimes we
> looked up at the clock face. The hands read 1:05. We both commented
> oh, that's not the right time.
>
> The new caretakers told us that's what time the former caretaker died.
> (That could be a tall tale, no way to prove anything.) He said he and
> his wife sometimes heard him sweeping down the stone steps from the
> upper gallery.
>
> All I know is it was creepy. The man carried the monitor I'd brought
> inside and his wife showed us the lovely holiday baskets they'd made for
> the children. It was very nice. But also a bit creepy. A clock that
> chimes with no works? With the hands not on the hour?
>
> Sadly, the church burned to the ground in 2006. I don't recall if any
> cause was ever determined although I think they did rule out arson.
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/news/fire-des...emphis-church/
>
> Jill
>
> ===
>
> Good grief You must be psychic girl!!!
>
I guess the female friend who went with me must have been psychic, too!
She also heard the clock chime. We both noted the incorrect time on
the clock face. So no, it wasn't some delusion due to a misguided
religious belief, as graham suggests. It actually happened. Of course
it could have been a prank pulled by the [then] caretaker. I can't
figure out why he would do that, though. He and his wife had no idea I
was going to drop by any sort of donation for the school. I had no
prior affiliation with the church. <shrug>

Jill

==============

Heh are least you are paying for your entertainment <g>

Maybe you choose psychic pals like yourself )

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