From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #800 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, January 3 2012 Volume 2011 : Number 800 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: NJC Do you still go to the movies? [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:22:19 -0500 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: NJC Do you still go to the movies? Thanks Catherine - I would imagine your rant is pretty typical for folks of our age and stage. On any given night I would much rather opt to sit in my own space and watch a DVD from Netflix or stream one than go to the theater. I watched "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" last night and thought it was great. I have no need to see the latest trendy blockbuster; a good film is still going to be good even if I see it 2 years after it came out. For the price of 2 theater movies I can watch a couple dozen movies at home (not that I do watch that many but I could). And speaking of Blockbuster, I'm delighted to see their video-rental stores close and I'm betting they don't make it to 2015. Any takers? I abandoned them years ago when they constantly levied "late" fees on me, even when I returned the movies THE SAME DAY. I swore off of them a long time ago, same with Sears who also gave up any semblance of customer service years ago, and now I see that they are closing 100 stores. See, my business is important! The funny thing is - American jobs used to be based in manufacturing, we've shipped bunches of them overseas and substituted them with service jobs, and America pretty much sucks at service. The exceptions stand out like a bright light in the darkness. I saw three movies while I was in China - Kung Fu Panda 3 (3D in English with Chinese subtitles), Source Code (also English with Chinese subtitles) and a Chinese film called "Love Is Not Blind". I enjoyed that one the most; it was filmed in Beijing and I actually recognized lots of the locations. Surprisingly the texting wasn't so bad in the movie theaters, the Chinese do love their phones though, even more so than Americans do. Bob NP: Jackson Browne, "I'm Alive" - ------------------------------------------------------------ The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #800 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------