Old Man's Corners
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Hamartia Antidote
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The biggest fright I ever got in my life from watching TV....
Space 1999: Dragons Domain:
Apparently I'm not the only one:
What IS the scariest single hour of TV ever? Something out of Night Gallery, perhaps, or one of the more high octane Twilight Zone episodes? Star Trek’s “The Devil in the Dark?” What about recent vintages like True Blood, or some modern-day zombie flick? Salem’s Lot was made for TV and that has chills aplenty, but it’s far longer than an hour.
What’s left?
Space 1999. That’s right. Not usually a rock ‘em-sock ‘em sort of program, and definitely relegated now to the “dated” category, but still… for one awful hour in 1975, Space 1999 changed my life.
Let me admit up front that I was a scaredy-cat kid. If a more frightened child ever existed, I have yet to meet him, her, or it. I was scared of the dark, terrified of the basement, and petrified of being alone: demonstrating fear of abandonment in all its forms, from sensorial to parental.
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So you could say that what Space 1999 did to me was my fault, but honestly, it wasn’t. The first several episodes were downright dull. Very little happened. How could I have possibly prepared for what the show unleashed next?
“Dragon’s Domain” was the 23rd episode numerically in the Space 1999 series, and was first aired in the U.K. on October 23, 1975. In the U.S., it must have aired in summer; I watched it during prime time and still had time to go outside after and play badminton with my dad. When it was time to come in, I refused to open the door. I was literally shaking, too terrified to risk what might be on the other side.
Well. Now that I’m older than dirt and hoarier than Methuselah on his deathbed, I felt it was high time to revisit the single most traumatic viewing experience of my childhood, and so off I went to Youtube in search of my past.
.......
5 minute clip:
Space 1999: Dragons Domain:
Apparently I'm not the only one:
The Scariest Hour in TV History
What IS the scariest single hour of TV ever? Something out of Night Gallery, perhaps, or one of the more high octane Twilight Zone episodes? Star Trek’s “The Devil in the Dark?” What about recent vintages like True Blood, or some modern-day zombie flick? Salem’s Lot was made for TV and that has chills aplenty, but it’s far longer than an hour.
What’s left?
Space 1999. That’s right. Not usually a rock ‘em-sock ‘em sort of program, and definitely relegated now to the “dated” category, but still… for one awful hour in 1975, Space 1999 changed my life.
Let me admit up front that I was a scaredy-cat kid. If a more frightened child ever existed, I have yet to meet him, her, or it. I was scared of the dark, terrified of the basement, and petrified of being alone: demonstrating fear of abandonment in all its forms, from sensorial to parental.
.....
So you could say that what Space 1999 did to me was my fault, but honestly, it wasn’t. The first several episodes were downright dull. Very little happened. How could I have possibly prepared for what the show unleashed next?
“Dragon’s Domain” was the 23rd episode numerically in the Space 1999 series, and was first aired in the U.K. on October 23, 1975. In the U.S., it must have aired in summer; I watched it during prime time and still had time to go outside after and play badminton with my dad. When it was time to come in, I refused to open the door. I was literally shaking, too terrified to risk what might be on the other side.
Well. Now that I’m older than dirt and hoarier than Methuselah on his deathbed, I felt it was high time to revisit the single most traumatic viewing experience of my childhood, and so off I went to Youtube in search of my past.
.......
5 minute clip:
Dragon’s Domain | Space: 1999
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SolarWarden
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Relatable song. 
AZ_HighCountry
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Been busy. Working on moving. PHX metro house is on the market. Hot here in the high country.
Regional playoffs for LLWS underway so spending my time watching that. Nothing better than watching a bunch of 12U kids out there having fun. Some of them will be tomorrow's major leaguers.
Oh, and for my 5000th post; this is my 5000th post.
Has Yommie achieved his wet dream of becoming the #1 poster here?
Regional playoffs for LLWS underway so spending my time watching that. Nothing better than watching a bunch of 12U kids out there having fun. Some of them will be tomorrow's major leaguers.
Oh, and for my 5000th post; this is my 5000th post.
Has Yommie achieved his wet dream of becoming the #1 poster here?
Davey Crockett
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Did the math, not until October..
Oh, and for my 5000th post; this is my 5000th post.
Has Yommie achieved his wet dream of becoming the #1 poster here?
Fatman17
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Where are you headed?Been busy. Working on moving. PHX metro house is on the market. Hot here in the high country.
Regional playoffs for LLWS underway so spending my time watching that. Nothing better than watching a bunch of 12U kids out there having fun. Some of them will be tomorrow's major leaguers.
Oh, and for my 5000th post; this is my 5000th post.
Has Yommie achieved his wet dream of becoming the #1 poster here?
Davey Crockett
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AZ_HighCountry
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We have had a 2nd home in Yavapai County for almost 15 years now. Closest towns are Prescott and Prescott Valley.
The plan was always to move up here permanently. Now that I am retired and Mrs. AZ's job is 100% remote, we're making the move. Not "big bang" style. Come up for a week or so and fill the bed of the F-150 each trip. This home will be for another year or so. Once the PHX metro house sells, proceeds will be used to start construction on "Casa Retiro". This is what it will look like:
In addition to main garage, a separate 24'x32' detached garage / workshop for me. Solar is already factored into the design.
The downside of consolidating two homes into one is you "find" things you lost or misplaced then bought a replacement. So it isn't long before you have 2, 3, 4, or even 6 of some things.
AZ_HighCountry
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I'm shaking it boss. I'm shaking it.
