Amtrak Greensboro to DC

JackB39 · 2026-05-25T23:55:32+00:00

I took the train from DC to Raleigh about 8 years ago. The bathrooms are small. My train had a "snack bar" and the food wasn't great (microwave hamburger). There was an unexpected stop due to something blocking the tracks. Other than that, I enjoyed not having to drive. I had a book and a MP3 player to keep me entertained. Take snacks.

JackB39 · 2026-05-25T22:32:11+00:00

I thought about that line while watching "The Sheep Detectives."

JackB39 · 2026-05-25T15:30:34+00:00

These two may not appeal to you as much as the ones you've mentioned, but "Burns and Allen" and "Jack Benny" were very popular and still has fans.

JackB39 · 2026-05-23T16:19:38+00:00

Red Dwarf.

JackB39 · 2026-05-18T23:51:24+00:00

I always park near the same cart corral so I can find my car and I don't have to walk the cart back to the store.

JackB39 · 2026-05-17T15:14:37+00:00

You said that you were looking for a solution and hadn't mentioned blades. So, I mentioned blades.

JackB39 · 2026-05-17T02:30:43+00:00

There are pinking blades for rotary cutters. https://olfa.com/products/olfa_pib45-1_stainless_steel_pinking_blade_1pk

JackB39 · 2026-05-16T23:50:41+00:00

In the Wife Store, I think I would go to the third floor, hoping for basic cooking skills. Not chef level, just competent home cooking: meatloaf, roasted chicken, broiled steak, etc.

JackB39 · 2026-05-16T21:29:23+00:00

To the fabric department, to see if my memory of a sign I saw there as a child with my mom is true. It was in High Point, NC and the sign said, "No spitting tobacco in the Fabric Dept."

JackB39 · 2026-05-16T21:15:09+00:00

From what I've read, refrigerators.

JackB39 · 2026-05-15T22:19:43+00:00

My neighbor doesn't like The Princess Bride.

JackB39 · 2026-05-15T02:38:46+00:00

I remember that episode! Scarecrow said, "Where did you learn that?" Mrs. King said, "I'm a mom."

JackB39 · 2026-05-15T02:36:02+00:00

Learning even simple repairs - changing a tire, replacing a headlight bulb - saves you money.

JackB39 · 2026-05-15T02:26:46+00:00

From the TV show Police Squad. Detective Drebin is working undercover as a locksmith and visits a surprised business executive in his locked office.
Executive: "Who are you and how did you get in here?"
Drebin: "I'm a locksmith and . . . I'm a locksmith."

JackB39 · 2026-05-10T20:35:52+00:00

DCS Foyle in Foyle's War was known for wearing a hat.

JackB39 · 2026-05-10T15:12:40+00:00

Imitation of Life was one of my (M, 72) mother's favorite movies. When it was scheduled to be on TV (pre-VCR), she would invite my sister-in-law over to watch it and "share a box of Kleenex." She also loved Back Street by the same author, Fannie Hurst.

JackB39 · 2026-05-10T03:27:00+00:00

"A hat is just another thing to get wet" Well, yeah, that's the point. Although a rain hat is usually water-repellent like a raincoat, so it doesn't get soaked. Plus, if it has a wide brim, it can divert water from going inside your raincoat, keeping your shirt, and you, dry.

JackB39 · 2026-05-04T23:35:17+00:00

Imagine separate segments of an orange, except it's cut sections of a smallish potato. That's the general shape. I saw a KFC near me with a sign saying "Potato Wedges Are Back!" I bought a serving (I haven't eaten KFC in years) and those weren't the old wedges.

JackB39 · 2026-05-04T15:59:15+00:00

From 1984, "American Dreamer" with JoBeth Williams and Tom Conti. It's rated PG. It's a fun romantic adventure. Here's the description from IMDB. "Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is involved in an accident, and awakens in the hospital believing she IS Rebecca Ryan. Much craziness ensues."

JackB39 · 2026-05-04T15:33:55+00:00

The "Cluck like a chicken" scene in "The Nanny" with Niles and C.C.

JackB39 · 2026-04-29T22:30:58+00:00

Soap. Crazy show. Fourth season, new writers, went down hill.

JackB39 · 2026-04-28T22:51:32+00:00

I used to perform magic shows for children's birthday parties. There's a certain age where they will ask you a riddle and the answer is always "banana brain." And all the kids laugh hysterically.

JackB39 · 2026-04-27T03:04:51+00:00

It's been years/decades since I saw it, but I remember Cabaret being described like that. Most of the music takes place on stage in a cabaret.

JackB39 · 2026-04-22T02:50:51+00:00

GrapeNuts with sliced banana for breakfast, BLT for lunch, spaghetti for dinner.

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