odeon's ask away-thread

[odeon]

A mute pig, among other things.

That, or, an egg.

I wonder if there are scrambled pigs.

They're called sausages.

 

[DirtDawg]

IF all your favorite geeks were making it so that they could all get their best GEEK ON, where would you want to be?

... apart from it all, just a witness?

... aside taking notes?

... heckling to the best of your geekness?

... loving life and just encompassing it all?

... taking over and proving that you are the most geeky?

... starting a new geek cult?

(This is not a single choice question. There are gray areas between each of the questions. LOL)


... but, seriously, what if all your favorites came together to ... I do not know. You decide.

[odeon]

Not sure what you're asking here, but...

...I'd probably do what I always do, which is a bit of everything. I'm not into starting new cults, really, though. If someone wanted to follow me, fine, but that's got to be their decision and not something I'd want to be directly involved in.

Many of my favourite geeks are like me. They wouldn't know what to answer here, either.

[DirtDawg]

Not sure what you're asking here, but...

...I'd probably do what I always do, which is a bit of everything. I'm not into starting new cults, really, though. If someone wanted to follow me, fine, but that's got to be their decision and not something I'd want to be directly involved in.

Many of my favourite geeks are like me. They wouldn't know what to answer here, either.

That is the closest answer I could have expected, let alone wished for.
A bit of everything, indeed.  (Me too!)

Thank you.

[Parts]

Do you wear ear protection when working at the cinema? I find the volume levels unbearable and have worn ear plugs for years when I go they cut it down just enough I can sit though the movie and not miss anything.  You also have the added bonus of blocking out the noise from the other people in the audience

[odeon]

Not in the booth, no. There's just the noise from the projectors which is quite soothing, actually. It's also diagnostically important--I can hear when thing go wrong.

OTOH, while I rarely find the volume to be too loud in the auditorium, I think the audience is too loud. I can't block them out so I'm constantly annoyed by them. I haven't watched a film with an audience in years.

[Parts]

I completely understand the needing to hear the projector,  I do the same with the machines I use at work for the same reasons.
I find the volume almost painful in the auditorium especially with the changing levels.  With the ear plugs in I can hear everything fine and it has the added bonus of blocking all the people noise from the crowd,  my daughter even complained to me yesterday after the movie about the people behind us slurping their drinks and the kid making noises, I head none of it

[odeon]

These days, the worst are the ones with mobile phones. I don't understand why people can't stay off their bloody phones for two hours. Even those who turn off their phones during the film itself invariably light up their darlings when the end credits are rolling.

[Parts]

These days, the worst are the ones with mobile phones. I don't understand why people can't stay off their bloody phones for two hours. Even those who turn off their phones during the film itself invariably light up their darlings when the end credits are rolling.

I turn mine off in the car and don't put it back on before I get back in it,  I miss the days of being unavailable

[Queen Victoria]

Parts and Odeon I agree whole heartedly with you.  However, a turned-on phone is a necessity for me when out because of PA and the PR's health issues.  In sensitive places it's on vibrate and between my breasts, so instead of a ring tone nearby people are treated to me screaming, jumping up and scrabbling in my bra.  But no ring tone.

[odeon]

Parts and Odeon I agree whole heartedly with you.  However, a turned-on phone is a necessity for me when out because of PA and the PR's health issues.  In sensitive places it's on vibrate and between my breasts, so instead of a ring tone nearby people are treated to me screaming, jumping up and scrabbling in my bra.  But no ring tone.

If it being tucked away between your breasts isn't a sensitive place, then I don't know what is.

[odeon]

These days, the worst are the ones with mobile phones. I don't understand why people can't stay off their bloody phones for two hours. Even those who turn off their phones during the film itself invariably light up their darlings when the end credits are rolling.

I turn mine off in the car and don't put it back on before I get back in it,  I miss the days of being unavailable

Me too. I miss the days when it was considered to be perfectly normal that if you want out, you wouldn't actually be available unless you used a pay phone.

[Parts]

These days, the worst are the ones with mobile phones. I don't understand why people can't stay off their bloody phones for two hours. Even those who turn off their phones during the film itself invariably light up their darlings when the end credits are rolling.

I turn mine off in the car and don't put it back on before I get back in it,  I miss the days of being unavailable

Me too. I miss the days when it was considered to be perfectly normal that if you want out, you wouldn't actually be available unless you used a pay phone.

Pay phones are near impossible to find around here and when you do they generally do not work.

[odeon]

These days, the worst are the ones with mobile phones. I don't understand why people can't stay off their bloody phones for two hours. Even those who turn off their phones during the film itself invariably light up their darlings when the end credits are rolling.

I turn mine off in the car and don't put it back on before I get back in it,  I miss the days of being unavailable

Me too. I miss the days when it was considered to be perfectly normal that if you want out, you wouldn't actually be available unless you used a pay phone.

Pay phones are near impossible to find around here and when you do they generally do not work.

It's the same here. I think it's a shame. It was a more normal way of being, IMHO. This insane fascination with being connected all the time is just not healthy.

['andersom']

These days, the worst are the ones with mobile phones. I don't understand why people can't stay off their bloody phones for two hours. Even those who turn off their phones during the film itself invariably light up their darlings when the end credits are rolling.

I turn mine off in the car and don't put it back on before I get back in it,  I miss the days of being unavailable

Me too. I miss the days when it was considered to be perfectly normal that if you want out, you wouldn't actually be available unless you used a pay phone.

Pay phones are near impossible to find around here and when you do they generally do not work.

It's the same here. I think it's a shame. It was a more normal way of being, IMHO. This insane fascination with being connected all the time is just not healthy.

True.

I'm liking it that most of my family members are "out of reach" now and then. Only the brother who has to be stand by for emergencies always can be reached.