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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 01-01-2001 10:23 AM
Here in Huntsville, AL, on New Years Day, I don't think business is going to be very good at all because we got snow last night, and I tried to drive out of my neighborhood about an hour ago (around 10:30) and decided it was too dangerous to drive at this time. If conditions don't improve this afternoon, I don't think many people will make it to the theatre. Going about 15 MPH, I typically slid 40 to 50 feet (or more if going downhill) every time I hit the brake, and my car would start going sideways. Sharp turns were also a problem, as you could imagine.Are any others affected by snow or ice today?
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Jerry Chase
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1068
From: Margate, FL, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-01-2001 12:45 PM
Yep. It doesn't melt as quickly in my glass. (From sunny South Florida, where it is a frigid 62 as I type.) Sorry guys, I worked in the cold for years and took every move south to be able to make smartass comments like that. I HATE the cold, having frozen my backside and nearly everything else on my childhood paperboy route in central Vermont. For a webcam of my old stompin' grounds in Vermont- http://www.wcax.com Then click on weather, then skywatch3 weather shots. I'd make another remark about how Vermont drivers know how to drive on snow, but I've experienced the Alabama and Georgia ice storms, which offer all the misery of winter driving with none of the pleasures of the snow covered Vermont scenery. I feel your pain.
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John Pytlak
Film God
Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-01-2001 02:22 PM
New Year's day in Rochester today is beautiful. A few inches of fresh snow, not much wind, just below freezing, and a sunny blue sky (rare for Rochester). Roads were slick, but the crews plowed and salted early this morning, so lots of people out and about. My daughters went to see "Castaway" at a weekday matinee last week, and said the theatre was quite full. Bowl games tonight may keep people at home watching TV (Go Notre Dame Irish! ).------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Eastman Kodak Company Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419 Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
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Charles Everett
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Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001
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posted 01-02-2002 01:03 PM
For the last 6 years I have had a New Year's Day ritual: Breakfast at the diner followed by a movie -- the first show of the day on the first day of the year. Since the stadium theater near me picked up The Royal Tenenbaums my New Year's breakfast turned out to be two Quarter Pounders with Cheese in a Mickey D's only 250 feet away.Turnout? Surprisingly huge! Jimmy Neutron all but sold out its first New Year's show (the theater just dropped Harry Potter). Ocean's 11 was still bringing 'em in, teens as well as adults. The Royal Tenenbaums drew about 30-35 for its first matinee (pic was also playing a nearby mall theater and the closest arthouse). The Lord of the Rings didn't seem to have anyone in its first matinee. On my way out (2:30) the parking lot was almost filled and the ticket line was almost 20-deep on a frigid day. How was your New Year's turnout?
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