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My wife has seen the stage version many times and also thought that Huge was poor.
David Kentley wrote: Argo f*** yourself.
Arkin, particularly, was great in this.
Even though you know what's going to happen it was still tense.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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I have a general rule against seeing anything that gets nominated for anything.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I have a general rule against seeing anything that gets nominated for anything.
Well that's just silly.
So you've missed: Rebecca, Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars (you did say nominated), the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, Schindler's List, American Beauty, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, A Serious Man, Fargo... too many to list. Nobody ever agrees about the winners, but a lot of great, and I mean great movies get recognized by at least some in the industry.
Look at me still talking when there's science to do
When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
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Perhaps you missed the word "general". I've seen about half of those -- Fargo in particular is rubbish. Particularly I avoid movies that others say are great.
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Then you're probably one of the few people that truly appreciate the cinematic genius of Christopher Lambert, Casper Van Dien, and Jean Claude Van Damme.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Particularly I avoid movies that others say are great.
Then let me change my assessment from "silly" to "just plain weird."
Look at me still talking when there's science to do
When I look out there it makes me glad I'm not you
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
I have a general rule against seeing anything
that gets nominated for anything.
Have to say, that's the silliest thing I've seen anyone say here for a while.
What happens if you see it before it gets nominated? Or do you have a crystal ball that tells you which movies will get a nomination?
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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mark merrens wrote: castin<layer>g of Huge Jackman
You know him intimately, then?
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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Try saying his name without it sounding like that's what it is. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Damned Frenchies![^]
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I read that as well. I thought it was because they opened their foul mouths exhaling the stinking odour of garlic mixed with Disque Bleu cigarette smoke and what have you. If Horatio was alive, he'd have cured them.
"I do not have to forgive my enemies, I have had them all shot." — Ramón Maria Narváez (1800-68).
"I don't need to shoot my enemies, I don't have any." - Me (2012).
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It's fortunate that the concentration is low; mercaptan is not harmless (MSDS[^]), though the health effects are not long term or life threatening. Nasty stuff, which is what makes it so effective as a flammable gas odorant. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Take a look at your MSDS:
NFPA RATINGS (SCALE 0-4): HEALTH=0 FIRE=3 REACTIVITY=0
See the "HEALTH=0" part? Yeah, not that dangerous. Mercaptans naturally occur in a lot of foods (garlic for example) and tBuSH is a common ingredient in flavors.
So yeah, mostly harmless.
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I was looking more at the description of inhalation results - not very pleasant. The numeric rating only ranks the risk of serious, permanent damage, but I sure wouldn't care to be downwind of that stuff in any concentration! 
Will Rogers never met me.
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MSDS are talking about industrial scale exposures. I wouldn't worry about it. As I said, it's in many foods and added to many other foods. It's used in tiny amounts because it's aroma is so potent. Hence why a release in France can be smelt in southern England. And why it's added (in tiny amounts) to natural gas, even a tiny leak is detectable by the nose.
Look up the MSDS for any number of innocuous materials and you'll see similar things.
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I often do look up MSDS for all sorts of things, since it's fun to see what we're getting. Since we're a gas company, I know a bit about mercaptan. What I find interesting, though, is that the odor in natural gas is very unlike the odor in propane, even though they are both t-butyl mercaptan. Interesting, and handy to know in an area where many people use propane instead of natural gas.
Will Rogers never met me.
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There was a leak of the stuff near where I live in England several years ago. As the cloud drifted over the north west, the local natural gas supplier got hundreds of calls reporting suspected gas leaks. By law they have to send an engineer to each report - they were not happy!
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Those wacky Irish[^]
Quote: Kerry County Council will now ask Justice Minister Alan Shatter to issue licences that would allow people living in remote countryside to drive home from their nearest pub “after having two or three drinks on little-used roads driving at very low speeds”.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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ChrisElston wrote: Drinnk
Maybe you should have posted this before lunch.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H
OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre
I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer
Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Trying to type with a mug of tea on the go whilst fending off an amorous puppy.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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Well stop, finish with the puppy and most importantly STOP trying to type with a mug of tea, use your fingers like everone else
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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It's not helping that my missus is watching Jeremy Kyle and my IQ has dropped around 40 points since I started this thread.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
Shed Petition[ ^]
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you know when you hit single figures Kyle starts to make sense!
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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FFS! How stupid can you get? They have been trying to stop the Irish drink driving and when it finally starts to work they come up with an idea like this? What a surprise that the "Yes" voters own pubs!
That's like saying "it's OK to drink and drive provided it's only a few miles, and you don't weave about too much". Idiots!
If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.
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it's OK to drink and drive provided it's only a few miles, and you don't weave about too much only hit Irish people and tourists
FIFY
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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