May 12, 2009: Martha Mason

[ZenGum]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Yes, but I hear "Mutha" more often.

A bully, yes. But for someone that just fucks up and makes a fool of themselves, a couple slaps is sufficient.
We don't want to make lurkers afraid to post for fear of screwing up, or violating some unwritten code, and being unmercifully pulverized.
That's not what we want to be about.

I didn't really think banning was necessary, I just thought that it was so bizarre that someone would go to all the trouble of creating an account purely so they could storm out in a snit, based on just two posts, that the only way we could out-futile that was to ban someone who has already left.

Can I just throw this rock at them, just one? Please?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Since they have a good head start, OK, a small one.

By the way, Snits are all the rage because they have continued to innovate.

[ZenGum]

*throws small stone*


Ow. That hurt my shoulder. Wahhhhhwahhhhwahhhhh.

[barefoot serpent]

and didn't she write the entire first season of Branded!? /back on topic.

[capnhowdy]

Series Writing credits
Larry Cohen (48 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jameson Brewer (8 episodes, 1965-1966)
John Wilder (8 episodes, 1965-1966)
Jerry Ziegman (8 episodes, 1965-1966)
Frank Chase (5 episodes, 1965-1966)
Frederick Louis Fox (4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Andrew J. Fenady (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Nicholas T. Rowe (2 episodes, 1965)
Lou Shaw (2 episodes, 1965)
Jerome B. Thomas (2 episodes, 1965)
Chuck Connors (2 episodes, 1966)
Frank Paris (2 episodes, 1966)
Ken Trevey (2 episodes, 1966)

Cecil Barker (unknown episodes)

[Gravdigr]

I'm too busy to give a snit. (Right now anyway.)

[monster]

Seems the BBC had not heard of her 6 years ago when they published this article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3182096.stm

Interesting to note this guy had a portable version and only needed the full iron lung when sick. I noted that he had similar things to say about life in an iron lung. I wonder if he's still going?

[monster]

I also found this story about an iron-lung patient killed by a power-cut in 2008. i wonder how many people are still living in these things?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7424571.stm

[ZenGum]

One fewer than there used to be.

[spudcon]

Back in the 50s, you could buy an iron lung by saving Raleigh coupons.

[TheMercenary]

I wonder if you could get one with Green Stamps.

[chrisinhouston]

My older brother got polio in 1954 while the family vacationed at a lake in upstate NY. he was lucky though. His main affliction was a smile that went up on one side of the mouth and down on the other. He also had very little muscle development in his right hand. His smile is better but not normal, and he built hand strength by taking up the bass fiddle in his jazz period in the mid 60's . He then went to asia as a zen yoga student where we lost track of him for many years. Now he has reamerged and is close to his family and is a potter which requires good hand muscle skills.

Don't know what the moral of the story is but he has really bad eyesight and very weak enamel in his teeth, could be from being a strict vegetarian in poor countries but who knows. Think I'll keep eating meat though...

[monster]

Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

is a potter which requires good hand muscle skills.

well yes and no. I assume you're talking about the wheel, in which case only one hand needs to be strong -the other one just needs to be steady. it's perfect for people with strength imbalances, because it will exercise the steadying hand.