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  1. One of my personal favorite character actors has dies. Never even realized he was 91 years old. Loved him in Alien and Escape From New York. RIP.
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  2. Really sad to hear of his passing. He made many, many films greater with his presence for decades going back to bit roles in many studio era Westerns to his many appearances with Warren Oates in films such as 92 in the Shade and Dillinger, his iconic roles in Red Dawn, Paris Texas and Repo Man, and of course his frequent collaborations with David Lynch. He was the most grounded part in Lynch's Wild at Heart as an ill-fated private eye and he had most recently reprised his Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me role of Carl Rodd in the new series going from a late-waking grouch in the film to a softer soul in the new series. The man was a legend who thankfully in recent years has been seen as such by many people. His hometown in Kentucky holds a film festival annually showing some of his films and there's even a documentary "Partly Fiction" exploring his life and laid-back philosophy that has received a lot of acclaim. Roger Ebert once said of Harry Dean "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." RIP, Harry Dean. You were one of the best.
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  3. 49 minutes in talking about auditioning for Michael Mann and being in Crime Story.
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  4. I'm back - never lost power but I did lose internet for 5 days!
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  6. Another from Fort Lauderdale on Las Olas("Whatever Works")
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  7. I'm good no damage and power back on a few days ago. Very fortunate. I also have hurricane shutters I put up each time too.
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  8. Hi Everyone, Just checking in to say all is good here (finally), considering everything, I think we dodged a major bullet this time around.
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  9. All is well. Just checking in and appreciate the asking. All fine and ready to Miami Vice location hunt.
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  10. Hey, Ferrariman. I'm down here in Florida (Levy County to be exact) and am ok. Thankfully the county clerk managed to get some of the power back up in town pretty fast so I'm already back home and the internet appears to be working fine here. Didn't damage the inside any but left the yard a bit of a mess (thankfully I have mostly palm trees so it's just a case of mowing and picking up the palm fronds). Levy County seems to have got out of the storm okay although I haven't heard any news from Cedar Key who usually get hammered pretty hard in big storms and a good chunk of the county is running on Duke Energy who are going to be down for a while longer than others as they had lost some of their power stations. I hope to everyone else in Florida is able to check in soon.
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  11. Thanks for asking, Tim! Yeah, we put sandbags by back door, but the water wasn't as bad as the thunderstorm a couple weeks ago. 11PM Sunday we lost our power but it returned on Mon. around 3PM. Lots of branches down & a huge tree across the road near the clubhouse but no damage. The worst was no power & watching the palm trees bending in the wind & the howling of the wind around the house. I'm glad you are O.K. Tim. Maybe we'll meet in Publix again!
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  12. Hi team, Just got power back about an hour ago. AC set to max! I hope all our other members are doing as well. Please check in when you can and give us an update. Thanks, Tim
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  13. I hope you are all ok guys, stay safe out there.. thinking of you all
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  14. Ya heard that C Glide had just moved down to the Ft. Myers area. Not the greatest way to be welcomed back to Fla. I left a message on his cell phone answering system. Pretty sure he and his family are OK but he will have some war stories to tell. Hopefully he will return my call soon, I'm not that far away and, of course, will help in any way if he needs it. Tony D. didn't get as much of the storm's high winds in his area. Same goes for him also. He may not have power yet. mvnyc is in Miami we will probably hear from him soon. I'm pretty sure he is OK.
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  15. We survived, no damage and power just came back on at 11AM. Keeping generator in place for 24 hrs, don't trust our Mom and Pop electric company. Also leaving the windows boarded up for the duration of hurricane season. This is likely to be to be a very active season. Lots of trees down around Bradenton, shelters were jammed packed and I think half the people drove North to face bumper to bumper traffic, no gas etc. Staying in place was the right move but had my bug out bag packed in case the house became unlivable due to serious damage. Thanks for the well wishes. Hope my Fla friends are OK. The storm did a number on the Keys, Naples, and Ft. Myers and then moved due north (just like Charlie in 2004) saving us on the coast from the worst. Do we have an invisible protective shield? But the entire state was affected, flooding in Miami, Jacksonville etc, heard that 6 million people in the state lost power. Still don't know how high the winds were here.
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  16. Hello team, just checking in for the post Irma report. For those that don't know I live 45 min NW of Tampa so I ended up being in the middle of this. I work for a major hospital in Tampa as the Manager of Facilities. I over see Engineering and Maintenance. This past week has been a doozie to say the least. I boarded up my home, standard practice as a native Floridian and then helped board up parts of the hospital. I spent Saturday and Sunday night there working 7p to 7a shifts while trading off with other management for them to work 7a to 7p. Why did I get the graveyard shift? Cause that's when it was predicted to hit! All in all, very very lucky this thing broke up before it hit us. Couldn't been catastrophic if it hit as a cat 4. Hospital recieved next to no damage. Lost a sign cover and a snapped tree in the back parking lot. My home received no damage but I'm without power. Charging my cell phone in the truck with my other iPad. May be without power for up to a week according to Duke Energy's web site. My brother who lives 5 minutes away and who also has a whole house generator, did not lose power! Prick! He offered for me to come stay but after two nights of hell sleeping on a cot in my office I want my own bed. Thankfully it isn't sweltering hot now so the temp is comfortable. I hope everyone else is ok. Tony D, my neighbor, you OK? Thanks team, stay safe! Tim
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