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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #250 on: March 05, 2007, 09:18:11 am »
Gasp! Yes, of course, Alexias would have been naked!  ::)

Embarrassing for him? Well, no, not really. He would have been viewed quite quizzically if he'd been running around that track with his clothes on!   :laugh:

Ya gotta luv thum thar zany Greeks! Yee-haw!  :-*  ;)  8)
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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #251 on: March 05, 2007, 09:52:14 am »
Gasp! Yes, of course, Alexias would have been naked!  ::)

Embarrassing for him? Well, no, not really. He would have been viewed quite quizzically if he'd been running around that track with his clothes on!   :laugh:

Ya gotta luv thum thar zany Greeks! Yee-haw!  :-*  ;)  8)

uh Kerry...I was takling about the natural physiological response a teenager would have when presented unexpectedly with the object of he admiration leaning over him and offering to touch him (even just the ankle!)

do I HAVE to spell it out??

I can see poor Alexias being very embarrassed....I am so fond of him!! very real to me...makes me want to mother his sweet self!

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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #252 on: March 09, 2007, 08:16:25 pm »
This is OT...BUT...have any of you seen the movie "300". I saw it today and WOW !!!! :) I want to see it again if my ears can stand the VERRY LOUD sound  :)
I remember Kirk Douglas in SPARTACUS  :)

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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #253 on: March 09, 2007, 08:20:55 pm »
Spartacus!!

I was like forty before I realized what man was talking about when he said "some men like fish...and some like beef. There is nothing wrong with it...just a matter of taste...now I like beef myself..."

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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #254 on: March 20, 2007, 06:29:42 pm »
Kirk Douglass was on TV this morning, this March 20th 2007... 90 yrs plus?

He mentioned his real name!

And  talked about his book which is out now!

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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #255 on: March 20, 2007, 06:50:42 pm »
I haven't seen HIM in a long time! I am glad he is still doing well!

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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #256 on: March 20, 2007, 07:02:54 pm »
I missed seeing Kirk on the Regis and Kelly show . I have seen him several times and highly respect him.

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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #257 on: March 20, 2007, 09:14:59 pm »
Kirk Douglas had a stroke and talks now slowly. Guessed he had to relearn how to talk. He joked that he could NOT talk afterwards and, therefore, wished that black and white movies were back (so he could do one without talking!)!

He mentioned that his dog has his real name he had as a child (before having an actor's name), as he had a jewish one!! Russian jewish family, if I remember, but I do not know if he is born in the USA!

And he re-married his wife, same lady for over 50 or 60 or more (?) years!!

He sure makes good jokes too!! I have forgotten if I ever saw his house in Los Angeles! Does he live in Hollywood?

The film 300 is like Spartacus?

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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #258 on: March 21, 2007, 07:59:23 am »
I think Kirk Douglas is from New York. Not the city though.
Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement. -Mark Twain.

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Re: Mary Renault Book Discussion
« Reply #259 on: March 21, 2007, 10:58:18 am »
Thanks opinionista!

It was on TV this morning March 21st 2007, that Kirk Douglas is 90 years old!

He had said so himself yesterday too, on TV!

So you think he lives near New York City?

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