# Newbie here, friend of Eve’s **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114 "2019-02-24T03:47:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cindycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cindycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cindycat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/21 "2019-02-24T15:02:44Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Welcome to our playground! > > Ah, feeling old - I’ve got a post-retirement job and in my group, at least 5 coworkers are young enough to be my grandkids, and the rest, including my boss, are around my daughter’s age. They’re bright enough professionally, but lacking in other, odd ways. > > For example, I used the phrase “funnily enough” and I got perplexed looks in return. My office mate immediately googled to make sure I wasn’t making something up. Kids these days… > > Regardless, we are a fun group, and count me as another who misses **Eve**. I think I’ve alienated a lot of my peers by using “old-fashioned” phrases (for me, it’s “oddly enough,” “life of Riley,” or pretentious words like “pedantic” and “saturnine”). But that definitely will not stop me from using them! ---
**Author:** ![Cindycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cindycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cindycat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/22 "2019-02-24T15:04:17Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I do not think they had any Lloyd this year but there have been many in past years. I like him, but I prefer Buster Keaton even more, and Charley Chase is great too. > > 2019 festival program: > > [2019 Kansas Silent Film Festival](http://www.kssilentfilmfest.org/kssff2019/2019promo.html) Thanks for the link! I’m ashamed to say I have not seen any Charley Chase films. I’ll put some on my “to watch” list! Eve is working on two books right now; she’s submitted full proposals for them an is awaiting replies right now! I sure hope they get accepted! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/23 "2019-02-24T15:47:13Z")
Eve sent you, huh? That’s what they all say. I extend a tentative welcome and stare you down Larry David style. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MEd57FxI-FM/hqdefault.jpg "Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry's stare interrogation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEd57FxI-FM) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/24 "2019-02-24T15:59:41Z")
Welcome Cindycat! I’m a crazy dog person. Always must have one. Two is better so they can play. I’m on the wrong side of 50, but one of my best friends just turned 31 (he’s teaching me guitar, I’m teaching him chess. Beers are required in these classrooms). Getting old isn’t all that bad. A few decades behind when it comes to music, but I find that I really don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/25 "2019-02-24T16:05:56Z")
Hi, **Cindycat**! Please give our love to **Eve** ; we remember her well, and miss her terribly. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/26 "2019-02-24T16:06:33Z")
Welcome cindycat. Nostalgia for the 90’s, eh? Well, I am regrowing my beard (let the girl’s 12U soccer team I coach cut it off for winning tournament medals) with a 90’s look…the 1890’s, that is… ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/27 "2019-02-24T17:44:07Z")
Welcome! I’m also a student in my 30s, though it’s my first degree. Most of the younguns on my course are pretty nice and don’t just live on their phones, but I do feel like the fusty old Gran in the corner sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/28 "2019-02-24T20:40:30Z")
Welcome **Cindycat**! Hope the weirdos here don’t scare you off… Oh, who am I kidding? We’re ALL weirdos here! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/29 "2019-02-24T21:12:11Z")
Welcome, **Cindycat** , and good luck to you on your second degree. How far back does your classic Hollywood expertise go? Are you knowledgeable about the silent era? ---
**Author:** ![Cindycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cindycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cindycat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/30 "2019-02-24T22:49:01Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Eve sent you, huh? That’s what they all say. I extend a tentative welcome and stare you down Larry David style. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEd57FxI-FM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEd57FxI-FM) I love Curb Your Enthusiasm! I am such a social assassin 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cindycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cindycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cindycat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/31 "2019-02-24T22:51:34Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Welcome, **Cindycat** , and good luck to you on your second degree. How far back does your classic Hollywood expertise go? Are you knowledgeable about the silent era? Yes, I am learned in silent film, especially the work of DW Griffith. I am most knowledgeable about the films of Mary Pickford, Harold Lloyd, and Billie Burke (sadly none of Billie’s silent exist, but I have read about them)! Are you a silent film buff? ---
**Author:** ![Cindycat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@Cindycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cindycat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/32 "2019-02-24T22:53:44Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Welcome! > I’m also a student in my 30s, though it’s my first degree. Most of the younguns on my course are pretty nice and don’t just live on their phones, but I do feel like the fusty old Gran in the corner sometimes. Hello fellow thirty something (did you ever see the tv show thirty something by the way? It’s pretty good!) What are you studying? I’m Psychology, which is ironic considering I’m so neurotic! ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/33 "2019-02-24T23:00:37Z")
High:D ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/34 "2019-02-25T00:07:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And please give our regards to **Eve** , and let her know how much we all miss her. > > ETA: (Lots.) Exactly! Welcome aboard, and best wishes to **Eve**! And now if you’ll excuse me, gotta get back to the curling! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/35 "2019-02-25T01:34:19Z")
> [@Cindycat](#): > > Yes, I am learned in silent film, especially the work of DW Griffith. I am > most knowledgeable about the films of Mary Pickford, Harold Lloyd, and Billie Burke (sadly none of Billie’s silent exist, but I have read about them)! Are you a silent film buff? I like them, but I’m no expert. Mostly I wanted someone to fangirl with - I just saw Ramon Novarro in _The Pagan_ and he made my eyes pop. How is it I never heard of him before? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/36 "2019-02-25T01:53:29Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I like them, but I’m no expert. Mostly I wanted someone to fangirl with - I just saw Ramon Novarro in _The Pagan_ and he made my eyes pop. How is it I never heard of him before? You should see him as Judah Ben-Hur, from 1925! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/37 "2019-02-25T02:41:42Z")
> [@digs](#): > > You do realize that we’re not here in real life, right? My point is, analog ice cream=yummy, digital ice cream=well, less than yummy. What’s this about Analog being better than Digital? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/38 "2019-02-25T02:42:16Z")
Should the OP start a new thread on silent movies at this point? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/39 "2019-02-25T02:51:17Z")
Welcome to the Boards, **Cindycat**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114/40 "2019-02-25T06:35:07Z")
Welcome, **Cindycat**! And please give my regards to **Eve**. We never interacted much here, but as a fan of old movies, I was always interested in what she had to say about them. Without knowing it, through her mentions and suggestions, she helped me discover a few that I have since quite enjoyed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-here-friend-of-eve-s/830114.md?page=3)