From: IMRud@aol.com
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:58 AM
To: Clark, Wes
Subject: Re: on the chin




<<  I'm sure you remember Griffith Observatory - the trip to the moon

"ride." And the big rotating moon globe, those great paintings on the

ceiling of the dome...>>  

There was also that huge pendulum thing in the cavernous lobby.  It swung 
slowly back and forth, back and forth, on each pass knocking over something 
like a little block in what looked like a long line of dominoes.  I have no 
idea what the point of it was, but it was pretty cool to watch.  I also 
remember these scales you could stand on that would tell you your weight on 
different planets.  Of course, we stood on all of them.  The Griffith 
Observatory turns up in all kinds of old movies and was used as a location 
even as recently as Rocketeer (or does that even rate as an "old" movie by 
now?).


<<  Hey, what was the name of that movie we saw that had a sort of genie

on a rug? It was a fantasy of some kind. Do you recall?>>

The obvious film that comes to mind is Thief of Baghdad, but could you 
possible be thinking of the Saturday morning cartoon show Shazam?


<<  Do you recall the Miller's High Life bouncing lights sign?>>

Yeah, I do.  I don't do much drinking, not even beer, but you know, I have a 
fond feeling for both Hams and Miller, probably because on my association 
with these signs and that time.

<<  We just liked colors. Remember when we assigned colors to rings we'd

make out of paper? Yours were blue and mine were green. We were going on an

expidition under an apartment building being built, and we prayed and

learned that God wnated us to wear paper jewelry as protection - it was to

be blue-green, to focus both powers.>>

I don't remember this instance specifically, but I do have lots of memories 
of crawling under or behind things.  Under houses, behind bushes -- you name 
it.  I also remember the defining of favorite colors being very important.  I 
don't know how much thought I gave it before meeting you, but I know that 
this was the time when blue became locked in as my favorite color.

Jim