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[puppytreats]

Does that mean we get a picture of Christian in his party clothes?

[cubanmiamiboy]

puppytreats, on 22 December 2011 - 10:48 AM, said:

Does that mean we get a picture of Christian in his party clothes?

Yes, indeed..!!

[cubanmiamiboy]

Ok, so last Saturday I had the pleasure to assist to a theater performance that bore partial nudity-(bare breasts)-to an audience that included wonderfully behaved children and non surprised teens-(there was not previous announcing of the nudity item), zero wrappers, zero cell phones and complete silence during the whole time.  I was almost in tears of joy!

Edited to add: The performance took place 90 miles south of Miami, BTW...

[Birdsall]

Were you in the Everglades????? LOL

[cubanmiamiboy]

Bart Birdsall, on 12 January 2012 - 05:05 AM, said:

Were you in the Everglades????? LOL

Way more down south, BB...

[puppytreats]

cubanmiamiboy, on 12 January 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

Bart Birdsall, on 12 January 2012 - 05:05 AM, said:

Were you in the Everglades????? LOL

Way more down south, BB...

pitchforks, fires, south

[Birdsall]

Somewhere in the Keys?

[cubanmiamiboy]

puppytreats, on 12 January 2012 - 08:07 AM, said:

cubanmiamiboy, on 12 January 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

Bart Birdsall, on 12 January 2012 - 05:05 AM, said:

Were you in the Everglades????? LOL

Way more down south, BB...

pitchforks, fires, south

Mooooooore south! -(hint-hint.. )

[cubanmiamiboy]

Bart Birdsall, on 12 January 2012 - 10:09 AM, said:

Somewhere in the Keys?

Even more south..!  

[puppytreats]

cubanmiamiboy, on 12 January 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

puppytreats, on 12 January 2012 - 08:07 AM, said:

cubanmiamiboy, on 12 January 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

Bart Birdsall, on 12 January 2012 - 05:05 AM, said:

Were you in the Everglades????? LOL

Way more down south, BB...

pitchforks, fires, south

Mooooooore south! -(hint-hint.. )

in a pineapple under the sea

[cubanmiamiboy]

puppytreats, on 12 January 2012 - 08:14 PM, said:

cubanmiamiboy, on 12 January 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

puppytreats, on 12 January 2012 - 08:07 AM, said:

cubanmiamiboy, on 12 January 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

Bart Birdsall, on 12 January 2012 - 05:05 AM, said:

Were you in the Everglades????? LOL

Way more down south, BB...

pitchforks, fires, south

Mooooooore south! -(hint-hint.. )

in a pineapple under the sea

[carbro]

Meanwhile, back in the USA   , earlier this week the New York Philharmonic was called to a halt mid-Mahler when a persistent ring tone (coming from the first row) would not quit.  Bravo, Maestro Gilbert!  

[4mrdncr]

Yes, I caught this on the national news, and though my step-father didn't understand stopping the  performance, I TOTALLY agreed with the maestro's action/reaction -- and feel the offender should have also reimbursed the management for having to pay the orchestra's overtime due to the delay s/he caused with an offensive phone.

My mother also reminded me of the time the Kirov came to town and during the most poignant momemts of the White Swan pdd, the idiot theater ushers allowed an entire group of late-comers to return to their seats -- very noisily too!--which both blocked the views of all above/behind them, and distracted everyone else! Horrible!

[Helene]

The follow-up story was published in the New York Times;

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Actually, Patron X said he had no idea he was the culprit. He said his company replaced his BlackBerry with an iPhone the day before the concert. He said he made sure to turn it off before the concert, not realizing that the alarm clock had accidentally been set and would sound even if the phone was in silent mode.

“I didn’t even know phones came with alarms,” the man said.

But as Mr. Gilbert was glaring in his direction, he fiddled with the phone as others around him did, just to be sure, pressing buttons. That was when the sound stopped. It was only in the car going home that his wife checked the settings on his phone and found that the alarm had been set.

The only reason I knew that "Powered off" on my iPhone really means "Waiting to explode" was that I read the manual to be sure that the alarm would sound if  the phone went into "Sleep" mode overnight.

[kfw]

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Actually, Patron X said he had no idea he was the culprit. He said his company replaced his BlackBerry with an iPhone the day before the concert. He said he made sure to turn it off before the concert, not realizing that the alarm clock had accidentally been set and would sound even if the phone was in silent mode.

“I didn’t even know phones came with alarms,” the man said.

But as Mr. Gilbert was glaring in his direction, he fiddled with the phone as others around him did, just to be sure, pressing buttons. That was when the sound stopped. It was only in the car going home that his wife checked the settings on his phone and found that the alarm had been set.

This guy sounds sincerely apologetic, but he doesn't explain why he didn't immediately take out his phone and figure out how to silence it. It doesn't take five minutes to figure out whose phone is ringing when it's your own, even if you thought you'd turned it off.