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Ta da! I'm Back!

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H'lo, It seems like forever since I've been on the forums lately! Looks like nothing really happened since I was gone! And TMQ Hope ya know that Ling put a message on your Ratigan Forum.

Chow everybody!!!!!!

Posted on Jan 8, 2000, 12:54 PM

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U Ling too?

by TViolet

I love Ling. Ling is King. Anyhoosies, a very LATE welcome back, cuz I'm such an evil horrible person I haven't been here for DAYS at a time, and criminy, this is MY forum! Wish I had internet at home again... But YOU just keep things alive whilst I get my stuffs togetha, kay?

Love y'ALL,
TViolet

Posted on Jan 15, 2000, 4:07 PM

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHERLOCK HOLMES!!! :)

by Ethel TMQ

Amazing...two things to celebrate today: the Festival of Fools and Sherlock Holmes' 154th birthday!!! Like I said, something told me to watch Great Mouse Detective (for the umpteenth time!), get loaded and scarf down chocolate!
Happy Birthday, O Great Detective!!! :)

Posted on Jan 6, 2000, 4:14 PM

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146th B-day

by Sweeper887

According to popular belief...

Sherlock Holmes was born on January 6, 1854. Jan. 6 was determined by the twelth night reference...and I can't remember why 1854...but it is that year.

We still have time to be in London for the celebration of the 150 B-Day of Holmes - it's in another 4 years... I plan to be there (whether I am or not, is a different story, though).

Monica M. Schmidt
(Sweeper887)

Posted on Jan 8, 2000, 12:29 AM

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I hope to be there, too! :)

by Ethel TMQ

If not in body, at least in spirit!!!

Posted on Jan 12, 2000, 9:31 AM

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I know, weird

by TViolet

What a day to be born! Maybe they all thought he would be a DUMB baby or something.. eh? Well happy UN birthday, at this point, I completely forgot to give Sherlock his present! ;_;

Hey speakin' of Birthdays, mine's on the 17th ::nudgewinkhint::(Martin Luther King day ::thumbs up::)

Posted on Jan 15, 2000, 4:08 PM

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I didn't give him one either... ;)

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Unless he appreciated me getting loaded while watching The Great Mouse Detective and scarfing down Oreos...he'd better have appreciated it, because I had a whale of a hangover before the day was out!

I had a less painful celebration a few days later...I rented a bunch of Sherlock-oriented tapes, including a Jeremy Brett one and Spielberg's great epic, YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which I thought was wonderful!

Happy early birthday, TViolet! Mine's in April, on the day the Titanic started sinking! =:(

Posted on Jan 15, 2000, 4:42 PM

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Fun fun fun!

by TViolet

Aw Ethel, I wish we lived close together, we could watch the Sherlockian movies together, and like, rant about GMD and stuff! Sounds like FUN 2 me! Hey I've been scarfing on Oreos too.... It must be Oreo season. There goes another one-- BANG Missed.

Posted on Jan 19, 2000, 8:13 PM

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Re:I didn't give him one either

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It is ok guys. I didn't know about his birthday until someone said it on her site. Don't worry thanks for reminding me Ethel. Mine is past it was February 24th.

Posted on Apr 11, 2007, 2:13 AM

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Do you know what day it is, Professor?

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Yes, January 6. I just got a wire, it's accordingly Topsy-tury Day. Yet ironically, it is also Sherlock Holmes' birthday as well. He's 146!

I take it, dahling, you do not wish to throw a party? Okay! I'll be WAAYYYY over there. We'll discuss the Aberline Family case later.

Cheers!

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Posted on Jan 6, 2000, 3:08 PM

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I thought you said 154...

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Whoa, I guess I AM loaded... Hey, I'd be more than HAPPY to throw a party...if I'd known this earlier I would have, though actually, I have had a party of sorts...I got "lonesome loaded" and scarfed down cheese and Oreos!!! I hope Sherlock would've been proud...

Uh...sorry to show my ignorance, but who is the
Aberline Family? (I'm ashamed to say I'm not as up on the Sherlock stories as I should be...)



Posted on Jan 6, 2000, 4:22 PM

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Re: I thought you said 154

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Guess we are both off about the number. I thought it was that as well.

Posted on Apr 11, 2007, 2:17 AM

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It's Y2K in the UK!!! :)

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Basil says "Happy New Year from London"! He's over there right now for the opening of the Millenium dome, and right now he's watching them
try to set the Thames on fire. And so far, it's thumbs up with the computers, though I'm shutting down tonight anyway.

Wouldn't you love to be over there now?

Posted on Dec 31, 1999, 4:56 PM

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Just Surfed in!

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Hey happy 2000 yourselves! Tho, My dad was seriously afraid of viruses. So we had to deffenatly shut down the entire computer including pulling the phone line off of the computer harddrive so the viruses couldn't even touch our computer! Ha, I went a little stur crazy being sooooooooo bord without my computer!


Posted on Jan 1, 2000, 5:29 PM

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Re: It's Y2K in the Uk!!!

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I wish I was over there as well. But I am stuck in Scotland. Yes that is where I live.

Posted on Apr 11, 2007, 2:19 AM

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Just Introducing My self ^-*

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Just saying hi and to tell ya all that I'm a little new at this. I'm a fellow GMD fan my self
and My Home page for this little detective with BIG adventures is called The Getaway from Fans It has my own little discussion forum and more GMD Stuff to enjoy. So I'll be looking forward to discuss somemore with ya'll!

Chow everybody!

Posted on Dec 27, 1999, 8:37 PM

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Hi there! :)

by The Mouse Queen

You'll like this forum. If you haven't checked out TViolet's Basil page yet, be sure to do that
too! Go back and read some of the older pages
on this---you won't believe the nutty (but fun)
discussions we had about our two favorite detectives!

Posted on Dec 27, 1999, 9:58 PM

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Yup did that!

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Well You all did have some intresting discussions. and Some of my pics also came from TViolet's page. Thanks TViolet! I really enjoyed the discussion about........ "I watched the secret weapon today" It really explains alot about GMD and the Ideas for the costumes and climax.

Posted on Dec 27, 1999, 10:15 PM

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Thanks! :)

by The Mouse Queen

Yes, I think I'll get the whole set of the Sherlock stories. I like the ones with the late Jeremy Brett, too.

Our discussions got pretty crazy, didn't they? "Dr. Strangemouse" is going to be a character in some fan-fiction I'm hoping to do. I am working on some for Mlle. Relda's site; I also sent some to TViolet, and hopefully she got it ok. Often I have to send an article, etc. by .txt mode. I hate to do it that way, though, because the formatting doesn't come through like with .wps mode.

Just checked out your new forum, btw...it's neat!
Thanks for the link...

Posted on Dec 28, 1999, 10:05 AM

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Your Welcome !

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Hey My sister got a little carried away on the forum..... Sorry about that If ya read it! I'm thinking about deleting it soon. Well It kinda disobeys my rules alittle.

Posted on Dec 28, 1999, 8:48 PM

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Re:Just Introducing Myself

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That is so cool. I wish I can do one. But I don't know how to start it. I got the ideas for my gmd site but I need help knowing how to get it started.

Posted on Apr 11, 2007, 2:23 AM

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It's an Inverness cape!!!

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Sorry, TViolet, just a little "blast from the past"...remember when we were wondering about that thing Sherlock (and Basil) wore? I found out
from the latest Basil book (from the library)I've
gotten, "Basil and the Lost Colony". It's called an Inverness cape. Amazing what you can learn
from a kid's book...

Posted on Dec 22, 1999, 10:18 AM

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So THAT's what he calls it...

by Baroness Hazel

I wondered about that the day I started reading Sherlock Holmes(which was a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away).

Posted on Dec 22, 1999, 10:25 AM

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Been there...

by Ethel

Though I've always had a thing about the Sherlock
mystique, the last time I got really serious about
Holmes was back in 1978. Then after seeing GMD
this year, I started again, only more in earnest
this time. I hope it's terminal...

Posted on Dec 22, 1999, 9:02 PM

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D'oh!

by TViolet

SURE highness, TAKE all the glory.. B-) I realized that one night visiting a Sherlockian website and yelled it out a little too loudly... "INVERNESS!!"

Anyway YES, that's what it's called! I kept forgetting to mention it. Well, there's ONE thing settled.

Posted on Dec 27, 1999, 2:30 PM

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That's ok! :)

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What matters is we finally know what the heck that
thing is!

Oh, I wish you could have been with me at Disney World. When I went to the United Kingdom pavilion
at EPCOT, I found some genuine, bonafide Sherlock Holmes deerstaker caps, made in Ireland of 100%
wool. The only thing that kept me from buying one was the price: $100!!! Much as I love Sherlock AND Basil, I had to draw the line somewhere. But I did have my picture taken wearing one of them, as well as a photo of a leather chair similar to one Holmes himself might have sat in. I wish you had been with me at Baskervilles', TViolet---it was Holmes Heaven!

Maybe we should have a Basil/Sherlock convention at Disney next year?

It's so good to hear from you again. Hope your holidays were nice!

Posted on Dec 27, 1999, 3:31 PM

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Leslie Howard

by TViolet

Those of you who've read 'Mouse Under Glass' (Or my pathetic little essay thingie "Basil vs. Basil") may know that Basil's design was originally to be based on Bing Crosby, but then they decided on *Leslie Howard*. For the longest time I didn't even know who this guy WAS, let alone what he looked like. I had a picture of him at my website for a while but then it disappeared on me.... I'll find another one tho.

Anyway last night I couldn't sleep so I stayed up watching this movie called "It's Love I'm After." LO-O-O-OOOVE It! And I think you guys would love it too-- Leslie Howard is a snooty actor named Basil Underwood (eh? eeeeh? Basil dangit, BASIL!) who's engaged to one lady who's kind of a pain, but he loves her, but he starts falling for this girl who's a HUGE fan of his....
It's mostly a verbal comedy, and the jokes come a mile a minute, and it's just too delicious-- don't miss it for the world!!!

The more stuff I see Leslie Howard in, the more I like him! I wonder why he never played Sherlock Holmes. Hmmmm...

Oh yes-- Happy Holidays y'all!
from TViolet

Posted on Dec 18, 1999, 4:11 PM

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I saw him in "Romeo and Juliet"...

by TMQ

...in one of the older versions. And guess what:
BASIL Rathbone played Tybalt!!! Ah, Ratters,
you looked so good in tights...;)

Posted on Dec 18, 1999, 5:58 PM

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I'm back, too!

by Ethel

I would have said goodbye on your forum, TViolet,
but I was having trouble posting stuff to the
Net 54 forums for some reason.

I'll tell you much more later, but I spent a
week at Disney World. I stayed at Coronado Springs resort, but I might stay at the Grosvenor
next time, because that's the home of Baskerville's! I found out, they don't actually
have a Sherlock MUSEUM, per se, but they do have
several exhibits. I took lots of pictures, and
I'll try to get them on a CD-rom so I can hopefully upload them. The food there is wonderful, too!

Posted on Dec 14, 1999, 6:42 PM

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TViolet, everything ok???

by TMQ

Just wondering. We haven't heard from you in a while...come back soon. We miss you...

Posted on Dec 3, 1999, 10:04 PM

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Thanks for caring *^_^*

by TViolet

I KNOW, this place is totally neglected by its maintainer! I'm so bad!!! It hasn't been easy getting online lately, cuz I'm always watching my nephew and I can't put him anywhere by himself in this house-- not exactly child-proofed yet. And he gets literally bored to tears at the library

for further ranting-- our "office" has been converted into my brother's bedroom, but the computer's still in here. So if I wanna go online, I need HIS permission! *PUH*

Posted on Dec 4, 1999, 5:46 PM

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Well, that bytes...

by TMQ

...but it's good to hear from you again. Oh,
yeah, nephews can be a handful---I've been an aunt
to three of them!

Have you seen Zora's Basil Page yet? I've got
the link up on my forum.

I'll be leaving for Disney World Tuesday, but
I'll say goodbye on the forum before I do!

Posted on Dec 5, 1999, 8:47 PM

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I saw THE SECRET WEAPON today!! :)

by TMQ

And now I know how Disney got the idea for Basil's
disguise in the pub scene (besides a bit from the
original book): Sherlock disguises himself as
a sailor and walks with a limp. And incidentally,
a guy with a peg-leg (shades of FIDGET!!!)accosts
him.

Then at the end, Moriarty tries to get away and
falls 60 feet into the sewers. H*ll of a way to
die, man...

Posted on Nov 29, 1999, 7:11 PM

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Wait a minute...

by Hazel

I'm terribly confused, dear.
If Moriarty keeps falling to his demise,
how does he keep coming back to try and
set Sherlock Holmes to an end? He must
have one heck of an insurance plan...

Posted on Nov 29, 1999, 7:14 PM

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He takes a lickin and keeps on tickin!

by Ethel TMQ

Unless this was the last time for Moriarty, it'll
probably be like it was in this episode: Holmes
assumed he died, then somehow the guy came back
(though how he could survive a 60-foot fall in
a sewer?).

Posted on Nov 29, 1999, 9:49 PM

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the moriarty conspiracy

by TViolet

It was the same in "Adventures Of", everyone assumed Moriarty was dead except for Holmes, whose suspicion was confirmed when dear old James dropped by for an unexpected visit.

Yet another item of confuzzlement, there are at least 3-4 actors who play Moriarty against Ratters' Holmes! Maybe they're all different James Moriartys, from the same family, all up against the one detective spoiling all their criminal fun.

Posted on Dec 4, 1999, 5:53 PM

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It's a Family Affair!

by Hazel

Oh, yes we ALL know what happened with the Moriarties, don't we, dears?! *winkwink*

Posted on Dec 4, 1999, 7:36 PM

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I liked the one in "Woman In Green"

by TMQ

I forget who played him then, but some feel he was the DEFINITIVE Moriarty. I haven't seen them
all, so I'm undecided. He was a good actor, though.

Posted on Dec 5, 1999, 8:51 PM

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My fave Moriarty

by TViolet (She's back!!)

I liked the one in "Adventures Of" the best. "You've murdered a flower! For that you should be hanged!" Come to think of it that part was kinda hokey, but it still makes moriarty seem pretty nasty!
Henry Daniel (the Woman in Greeen Moriarty) is a favorite of many Sherlockians, and he's a pretty cool customer alright.. but his ape-face bugs me *LOL*

Nice to see y'all again!
love
TViolet

Posted on Dec 14, 1999, 6:37 PM

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