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Katie77:
--- Quote from: mvansand76 on September 28, 2006, 06:54:37 am ---[i
I wonder, this is also featured in the Bridges of Madison County (a film which, by the way, has a LOT in common with BBM), but that movie wasn't filmed in Indiana, was it?
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Just poked my nose in here, and saw Bridges of Madison County, mentioned.......I have written in other posts, the similarity between the two movies, the story of forbidden love, given up because of family committments....I loved that movie back then, saw it several times and read the book just as many.
If any Brokies havent seen it, they should...
And those covered bridges, are beautiful, thank you for the explanation of them, does make sense.....
Front-Ranger:
Is Indiana the place where "Breaking Away" was filmed? Dennis Quaid was in that movie...
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on September 28, 2006, 06:45:01 pm ---Is Indiana the place where "Breaking Away" was filmed? Dennis Quaid was in that movie...
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Yes. "Breaking Away" was filmed in Bloomington, Indiana about 50 miles south of Indianapolis. The school featured in the movie was Indiana University (I.U.) also located in Bloomington. :)
David In Indy:
Melissa, Geri and Katie...
Here are a few pictures of some covered bridges ...just for you!
Cumberland Bridge in Matthews, Indiana (Grant County)
Potters Bridge near Noblesville, Indiana (Hamilton County)
Vermont Bridge located near Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Bridgeton Bridge located in Bridgeton, Indiana (Parke County)
Holton Covered Bridge in Ripley County Indiana
David In Indy:
It was a gloomy and cold morning. I spent my morning and early afternoon catching up on some work. I am working from home right now until my leg is better. After staring at the General Ledger and Payroll for 5 hours, I decided to take a break and clean my coffee maker. I have one of those computerized coffee makers. When I clean it, I am suppose to pour 1/2 pot of vinegar into the machine and press the "clean" button. I hobbled back upstairs and decided to log on to Bettermost for a few minutes. A few minutes suddenly turned into an hour, and I forgot all about the coffee machine. As soon as I remembered, I went back downstairs to see if it had finished its' cleaning process. When I walked into my kitchen I saw it. For some reason, the vinegar had flooded out of the coffee machine. There was vinegar all over the kitchen counter and all over the floor. The entire downstairs smelled of vinegar. As I was bending over to clean up the mess, Cody (my dog) came bolting out of the utility room, skidded across the vinegar puddle and slid into me. Both of us were covered in it.
Well, I just felt like crying. Just as I was about to go into my "drama queen" mode, I heard a news report on MSNBC about a suicide bomber who detonated himself somewhere in Iraq, killing several people.
Suddenly my BIG vinegar problem didn't seem so big anymore. There are wars raging in far away places like Iraq and Afghanistan, people starving and dying in Darfur, and my biggest problem of the day was an overflowing coffee machine and some trouble balancing the payroll. I have never felt so ashamed. It's so easy to make our small problems into big ones while forgetting how bad life is for others.
I hope that vinegar smell stays around a few days longer. I hope everytime I smell vinegar from now on, I will remember the lesson I learned today.
In summary, Cody had a bath, I had a shower, the mess was cleaned up and the payroll and GL was balanced.
.... and people are still dying overseas. :'(
I hope I never act like that again.
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