Jazz

Those things are stylin! Where do you get a hold of those?

I can honestly say I never have. It sounds like something that needs to be experienced to be understood. Jsngry, I tried to send you a PM apology for that comment, but your box is full: Sorry about that comment. It wasn't a shot, I was just trying to play along as I thought your joke was pretty funny. I tend to fumble over net communication, treating it like I would a regular conversation. Anyways, hope there's no hard feelings! Anywho, I really really need to get studyin, so I'm gonna log off. If I don't I could end up spending my whole evening here!! Jazzy

Rooster Ties, your avatar man looks decidedly much happier before he has shaved. Almost like shaving made him sad. I don't know what the point of this post is. Sorry....

I don't think it would amount to an admission of liability. Having worked in retail for nearly six years (much of that time at a supervisory level or higher), I know a thing or two about this sort of thing. I know that Walmart cannot say that they are "sorry" without admitting liability (that was the first thing I learned about retail management...no matter what happens, never say "I'm sorry"). But they could certainly give her a DVD player (or even a gift card in the amount of the DVD player, if it's a matter of not screwing up inventory) as a gesture of sympathy. It would be viewed as "good customer service" not "admitting that they were at fault." If anything, the offer to hold the item in question just makes them look insensitive. Kinda like that Starbucks in NY that tried to charge the 9/11 emergency workers for all the bottled water they used... Incidentally, I am blessedly OUT of retail this holiday season. And I'll never go back, either! I don't know if you would know this, but if she did accept a free dvd player, could that possibly be seen later as a settlement? I've always heard advice along the lines of don't take anything offered to you in a situation like that.

A.B. - I'm sure she was really....FLATtered by their offer....

yeah sorry. mine was a joke too. I should have included this smilie face:

WHOAH! Remind me not to make any sudden movements around you!

Don't you think the smartest thing Wal-Mart could have done would have been to give her a DVD player for all of her troubles? When you're so busy maintaining the bottom line that you can't even bring yourself to give merchandise to someone who was knocked unconscious in your store, you've got troubles... I wondered about that myself, but I thought maybe there were legal reasons. As in, maybe that could be seen as some sort of admission of liability. At any rate, the offer to hold a dvd player for her is a slap in the face.

I sure hope she doesn't catch word of this post!! In response to a thread about old things that make your life comfortable, no less!!

If you don't wish to be bothered, then here's what you do: As soon as you see one of them making a beeline for you, draw yourself up to your full height, shoulders back. Widen your eyes a bit (just a little, not like a maddog). Start walking towards them. Loosely clinch your fists. When they ask you or tell you something, respond with something polite, like "excuse me?" or "I'm sorry?" but say it with a slight edge in your voice. If they don't give up right away and say something else, firmly say "I'm not interested". Usually they'll immediately give up. I usually only react this way when it seems apparent that they are going to be antagonistic. If they approach in a friendly manner, then I'll just be just as friendly. Hope that helps! *edit - by loosely clench your fists I mean leave enough space in your hand so that you can put them up to your eyes and pretend you have binoculars (something I do on a regular basis. TANGENT!!). This is so the shape of a fist is apparent, but it is impossible to actually hit someone and not break your hand. You don't want anyone to jump into self defense mode!

Holy crap what a jerk! Maybe club owners shouldn't get paid, maybe they should just do it to provide for the community. I'm sorry to hear about your woes B-3er. I hope things pick up for you real soon.

I totally agree! It's definitely one of the most unpretentiously philosophical movies I've ever seen. You know what else I loved about it? The definitely un-contrived nature of the dialogue. I mean, this movie was made with the idea that not every plot/subplot has to be talked about in full just so we, the dumb audience members, can follow along. In fact, I don't remember any exposition in this movie at all. My friend and I discussed the virtues of a movie that lets the audience members decide what is happening at length after we finished watching it. Man I need to see that again soon...

I saw this for the first time not too long ago. I thought it was AMAZING. I'm not sure what I was expecting, maybe some weird unintelligible attempt at art film, but Dexter Gordon did an excellent job acting. I actually couldn't understand a word he was saying until my friend and I turned on the english subtitles. Of course, the extended scenes of these amazing jazz combos cranking out amazing music didn't hurt! I will refrain from saying too much more in case someone hasn't seen it and wants to. Has anyone else seen this? What do you guys think of this movie?

Guys, thanks for the responses! I'll have to print this out and go a-huntin. I don't know why I'm so enamoured with the Jazz Fugue idea, it just seemed to work really well when I heard it. If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it! Jazz

No, thank YOU!!! In my mind I saw this spinning out of control, infecting the whole board until all anyone posted were "thank you"'s! Then we'd be like those pelicans in Finding Nemo ("mine! mine mine!"). Imagine new posters visiting the forum, it would be like a scene out of Hitchcock's The Birds. That would rock. Sorry, my imagination is a little weird and overactive. P.S. - No no, thank YOU

A.Brass, I didn't want to mention this, but I think your avatar has the power to stop time. There have been several times where I was browsing posts and your avatar seemed to leap out of the screen and then time just completely stopped. So, if you wanted, you could just use your groovy James T. Cat to stop time and then write your top 500 list. Oh whoops. Meds time was a whole hour ago. Wheee!!

Thank you!

Yeah, maybe so they can finish her off. I used to work at a Wal Mart so I have all sorts of horror stories. Even so, I have no horror stories that involve a shopper getting trampled. Just the mere thought that these people thought it was worth possibly taking this woman's life for a 50 dollar discount and then pretended not to see her lying there... I can't even explain how this makes me feel.

trampled shopper I almost didn't post this. I'm at a loss, seriously.

Wow thanks! I'll definitely look for that MJQ. Can't say as I'm much of a John Williams fan, but I'll see if I can find that Stan Kenton too.

Erm. Uh, how about Fagin and Oliver?

I have the feeling I posted this before, but it may have been on another board. I remember hearing some absolutely awesome jazz fugues on vinyl at the listening center at college. Unfortunately, I absolutely cannot remember the name of the combo or the album. Does anyone know of any jazz musicians or groups that have done entire albums (whether vinyl or cd) devoted to the jazz fugue idea? Thanks in advance!

I just like to pretend I can read!

This all just fits into my theory of naming all technical devices after literary characters. From now on we can call the primary hard drive "Captain Ahab" and the secondary drive "Moby Dick".

The one that immediately comes to my mind is All The Pretty Horses. Anyone remember towards the end where Matt Damon makes the phone call to P. Cruz and convinces her to see him? Well, he's talking on the phone in front of one of the Mexican workers. The whole movie has been pretty serious up to this point. Matt Damon finishes the conversation then BAM - the Mexican guy starts TAP DANCING. For no apparent reason. That scene still freaks me out. Sometimes I pop that movie in and just fast forward to see the guy get down with his bad self. Anyone got any other good ones?