tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post2011996229017079649..comments2024-03-27T22:27:16.556-04:00Comments on It's About TV: Around the dialMitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-52409023570658103202023-03-22T16:50:21.404-04:002023-03-22T16:50:21.404-04:00thanks for the shoutout! I need to pick up the pa...thanks for the shoutout! I need to pick up the pace on the Bob reviews if I'm going to get all 173 episodes covered eventually.Halhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09291930694234773688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-73055031711081899412023-03-20T12:45:26.044-04:002023-03-20T12:45:26.044-04:00Same Email as always:
mike.doran9740@att.net
Fair...Same Email as always:<br /><b>mike.doran9740@att.net</b><br /><br />Fair warning:<br />I have a whole bunch of overflow in my inventory, which I'd be more than happy to dump on/share with you, should the need arise ...Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-63591219123096085102023-03-20T12:34:10.552-04:002023-03-20T12:34:10.552-04:00First, glad to know I was wrong; I'm about a d...First, glad to know I was wrong; I'm about a decade younger than you, but as a new retiree, I sure know what you're talking about!<br /><br />Second - I have all the EQMMs that you've sent along (along with everything else you've sent!) - of course, I read "Unc Solves Flix Flap" because it's based in Indiana! And I had no idea that John Jakes wrote pulp and scifi before he did the "North and South" books. (I also had no idea that there was a magazine with stories based on Mike Connors' "Tightrope" until I looked up Jakes' body of work and saw he'd written for it.) I'm glad you mentioned this, because I need to get back to reading these stories - they're fun, and they make for a nice break when I'm reading long, dry histories. <br /><br />By the way, do you still have the same email address? I can email you our new address here.Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-59567988604044843962023-03-18T13:16:02.286-04:002023-03-18T13:16:02.286-04:00Sort of off-topic:
A couple of posts back, I menti...Sort of off-topic:<br />A couple of posts back, I mentioned "health woes", which you read to mean that I'd been ill; that wasn't exactly the case, as I'll explain here.<br />As I often find myself having to clarify, "health woes" is how I describe "getting older".<br />As of today - Saturday the 18th of March - I'm 72 and a half, and every day in every, I'm more and more aware of this.<br />Most recent marker: A few days ago, I went in for jury service, maybe the seventh or eighth time I've gotten the summons.<br />My "history" as a juror is mainly uneventful, and I went to the courthouse hoping for the same outcome.<br />When I got there, the nice lady at the front desk showed me the very small print on the summons card that said since I was past seventy, I had only to call the phone number and tell them, and I would be automatically excused without having to come in (I hadn't noticed).<br />Well, I was already there, and the nice lady gave me the option, so I stuck around, collected the $35 check, and it was a slow day in court, and we all got turned loose at lunchtime, and there you are.<br />Anyway, I went home, but the old age thing was on my mind.<br /><br />A few weeks ago, the mail brought me the latest issue of <i>Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine</i>, February-March 2023 (Vol. 161, Nos. 3&4, Whole Nos. 978 & 979).<br />According to the mailing label, my two-year renewal runs until 06/25, which is the May-June 2025 issue - or putting it another way, the <i>sixtieth</i> anniversary of my first starting to read <i>EQMM</i>.<br />I think of that as a marker in my life; as a late-in-life collector, I found myself with two copies of my first <i>EQMM</i>, June 1965 - and I sent one of them as a gift to you (along with scads of other stuff, but that's another story ...).<br />And that brings me to a multi-part Question:<br /> - (1) By any chance, do you still happen to have that <i>EQMM</i> from 1965?<br /> - (2) Have you gotten around to reading any of it?<br /> - (3) If so, what did you think of the stories - and for that matter, of the magazine as a whole?<br />This is just "old man talk".<br />Frankly, I'm curious as to your reactions to the 1965 contents (I'll admit that a few of the stories just might be targeted to you for possible reactions - maybe).<br />Since I don't have an Indiana address for you, you most likely won't be getting any more gifts from me in the future, so my curiosity is in force.<br />Anyhoo, I'd kinda like to know ...<br />Think about it, won't you?<br /><br />By the bye, that 2025 issue of <i>EQMM</i> -<br /> - if I've got the count right, this will be Whole No. 1000-1001.<br />I'm <i>definitely</i> looking foward to that one ... and I'll be coming up on 75 when I get it ...Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.com