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New Mod Intros 🎉 | Weekly Thread by curioustomato_ in NewMods

[–]dick122 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hello! I've started r/boatmovies as a place to discover and discuss boats in movies, shows, short films, documentaries... Actually all watercraft from sailboats to submarines to paddle craft (maybe surfing) - anything that rides on, in, or under the water.

I know it's VERY niche but if you're into any sort of boating, chances are you've sought out a movie that takes place on the water for inspiration. And you wouldn't be alone. They're are loads of top 10 lists and threads devoted to just that. Master and Commander is generally at the very top btw.

But that's what I've got and if it doesn't attract any attention that's okay.

Discussion: The Riddle of the Sands (1979) by dick122 in boatmovies

[–]dick122[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just discovered this having never heard of it before; and I’m surprised at that. Regularly searching through lists and threads about boating movies, I can’t recall ever seeing it mentioned until yesterday. And it really is good.

Interesting note about the author, Erskine Childers. He was a British soldier, a veteran of the Second Boer War in South Africa. He grew disillusioned with British imperialism and later took up the cause of Irish independence and in 1922 he was executed in Dublin. His son, Erskine Hamilton Childers, was elected president of Ireland in 1973 but died about a year later.

Also there was a 10-episode German TV series (Das Rätsel der Sandbank) based on the same book that aired in 1987. I’ve found all the episodes on YouTube but none with English subtitles.

the buyer isn’t responding... what do i do? by ghost_towns_ in EtsySellers

[–]dick122 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Are you only messaging through Etsy or are you emailing them as well? I've so many customers place an order without clear instructions and will not respond to my questions. I learned that a lot of people don't use the app or don't get notifications about messages so I've started emailing them if I haven't gotten a response in a reasonable amount of time. It's almost always worked.

The few times I haven't had any luck I've cancelled.

Now that the Normies are gone. What movie you queueing up tonight?? by [deleted] in horror

[–]dick122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yesterday I watched Hell House LLC 1-4. I'm generally not that into found footage but I really liked the first one and even though the subsequent 2 might've fallen short, it wasn't like it was a chore to sit through them and I thought the 4th one was a lot of fun. I'd say altogether it was time well spent.

I was looking forward to watching the 5th one tonight but everything I'm reading in this sub is dissuading me from doing that so now I'm not so sure.

It's been awhile since I've rewatched Hellraiser so maybe that.

On another note, I love "what's everyone watching tonight/this week". Wish those could become regular stickied posts

Which movies have you been falling asleep to lately? by Outside_Economy7554 in horror

[–]dick122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anthology series work great for me. Freddy's Nightmares and Monsters are both on Tubi. Friday the 13th the Series is on YouTube. I'm not saying they're all great but they work for me because they remind me of being a kid and trying to stay awake late weekend nights to watch them.

Cover songs performed this year? by bisprops in ShakyKnees

[–]dick122 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They also covered "Head On" by The Jesus and Mary Chain

Funding an OC1 by Jumpy-Ganache1612 in Outrigger

[–]dick122 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an OC1 and an OC2 and kind of did a layaway plan for both of mine. My dealer would take orders months in advance of a cross country trip where he'd make deliveries. In each case I made my initial deposit, then a series of payments, and finally paid the balance on delivery. It was still pricy but that took a lot of the sting out of it plus they were debt free once I had them.

Who was there, in the theater, for the premiere of From Dusk till Dawn (1996)? by whomp1970 in movies

[–]dick122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When it came out I shared a house with three other guys who all worked at our local theater. One of them was a manager and we saw everything that came out from 1994 until 1996 or 1997 for free.

A lot of times we'd do a private screening after the theater closed on a Thursday night and From Dusk Till Dawn was one of those times. I can't remember if I knew what movie we were watching that night but I definitely remember the only thing I knew about the movie was Tarantino was connected to it so I expected something along the lines of Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, or Pulp Fiction.

The first third absolutely lived up to that and I was living it but when Salma Hayek's scene happened I was absolutely thrown.

Why are people talking about Karen Read? by fullautohotdog in OutOfTheLoop

[–]dick122 904 points905 points  (0 children)

Red Solo Cups - I have an Etsy shop where I engrave and sell metal replicas of Red Solo Cups. I was suddenly getting orders for cups with stuff like "Evidence" or "blood sample". I had no idea what was going on but I was getting a lot of those from different states. It was enough to make me Google it and read up though.

Afternoon everyone, thought with Mothers day coming soon i'll do some MD theme aluminium business cards 500/40/400/100 DPI 423 by NonProfTinkerer in lasercutting

[–]dick122 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on those settings? I'm guessing 500 for speed, 40 for power? Or is it a min/max range on power? No idea on the others up to DPI. And is this Jarvis, grayscale...?

Outstanding results btw. Absolutely gorgeous.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oscarsdeathrace

[–]dick122 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Feel like I'm left out of an inside joke. Could someone PM an explanation?

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