Some things just should remain unsaid...

[mayk]

So, on this 15th day of November, which happens to be my birthday , I receive a nice text from JT with well wishes...and as I drive to work, the cell phone rings and it comes up from JT....but to my surprise, it is not JT, but rather his fine young son who proceeds to wish me a happy birthday....

Well, being that I also have a child of the same age (5), it is very easy for me to strike up a convseration with him and of course we chat about his school day, what color shirt he is wearing, etc. etc. He proceeds to explain he is wearing his favorite shirt from the movie Transformers and that 'Bumble Bee' is not his favorite...

Ahem...moving forward to the conversation, I asked him what Johns favorite transformer was, and to this, there was a pause...then a very quiet reply of "John likes Gladiators"...

To my point of this yet another questionable thread started by mayk?

You know, I realize JT has started a great community here, and JT is always stressing the importance of creating a detailed bio (which by the way many still need to do!),and to date this new community of fans that love the ALMS is a huge success, but I have to ask, are there not things best unsaid?

Todd B. - You have known JT longer than I, so I have to ask, were you aware of his fondness for Gladiators? Does JT also tape the Roman Wrestling events during the Olympics? Does he ever talk about going into a steam bath after a day at the races?

Funny, all that runs through my head now is the scene from the movie 'Airplane' (one of many fine movies snubbed for an Oscar)....when Captain Murdock explains to Jimmy the puppy is a boy dog....

Gladiators huh? Well, not that there is anything wrong with that.....

The things that children say just make you smile, and the start of my 44th birthday will forever now somehow be linked to JT and Gladitors.....shudder the thought and perhaps I should not inform my lovely bride of this news....

All seriousness, just another reason why this community's timing and JT's efforts are in sync...this is my first stop each morning for news about the ALMS and also to have some fun with friends!

[fanta]

Happy birthday old man!!

[bullitt_60]

Happy Birthday!

[BobN]

yawn.

Happy Birthday, Ken.

[Rizzo]

Where's Thawley on this? I mean we really need to know... JT, do you like movies about Gladiators?

[mayk]

"Yawn"

That was classic Bob! Too funny...

Speaking of JT and where he is....ROTFLMAO, just got off the phone with him as he is having major MAC issues this morning! Has to reinstall the operating system as something (he gave me the details, as if I have any idea what he as talking about! LOL) happened last night duing an automatic upgrade from Apple and only 98% of the transfer completed.

Funny, I dont have that propblem with my PC...and will need to check with my lovely bride if we had any issues last night with an upload from Apple on the lap top.

Ahem, anyway...back on subject....

JT...Gladiators...English....Fancy Coffee....Wears shoes with no socks.....Um, you connect the dots. (Not that there is anything wrong with it........

[Todd Benne]

Do you know the difference between a good friend and a really good friend?

The good friend will come down at 2am and bail you out.

The really good friend will be sitting next to you in the cell and say, "Dude, that was freaking awesome..."

I like my cell mate.

Now as to Lord ****zinmydrawers, who would you believe, a five year old or his dad? This is the same kid that thinks hot cocoa goes through the espresso machine. The same kid who thinks chicken fingers from Costco is a gourmet entree. The same boy who thinks Kira's diet should consist of Hershey bars.

So I ask you, the jury of our peers, is this a credible witness?

[Rizzo]

Nice... attack the man while his "mac" is down. Thought we were on the high road here...

[mayk]

Attack? Where? Who? I was stating facts of a conversation and asking for feedback of others...on JTs fondness for Gladiators....

[John Thawley]

YAWN...

I guess as you start aging, little things in your life become exciting...

My son is enthralled with the soundtrack from the movie Gladiators. He will not allow us to listen to anything else while driving in the car. Furthermore, he insists on giving us a full blow by blow narration through each passage of the music. It's actually kind of funny.

While downloading a system upgrade for my OS, it glitched at 98% of the install. Hence, when trying to restart, the boot record was now trying to locate an operating system version that was incomplete.

I reinstalled the orginal ... upgraded that.. and hear I am. Nothing earth shattering... unless your turning 44 and your friend's life is more interesting than yours.

JT