Greetings and Hallucinations

[Sundrop]

 

[Blonde Bombshell]

 

[blunthead]

Welcome to the SKMB!

 

[William Bell]

Thanks so much. I think I'm gonna like it here!

 

[Spideyman]

Thanks so much. I think I'm gonna like it here!

It is a great group of people. Good discussions and lots of fun. Keep posting.

 

[William Bell]

Welcome to Board Mate. One or the other, something... Ride the Lightning, great catch phrase, Metallica album and song.
Thank you for the little info.

Thanks for the welcome and you're welcome my friend.

 

[Neesy]

Thanks guys, but the credit should go to Metallica for the inspired Artwork, the brilliant programmers who wrote the Photo Editing software that I used and our new member William Bell.
For his great first post gave us all an interesting piece of SK Trivia, and me an idea for a welcome.

You are a real whiz with computers kingzeppelin, but then again you did start working with them when they were in their 'infancy' so to speak - Well Done!
p.s. I loved how you managed to squeeze me into the post card with the rest of the gang!

 

[Neesy]

My name is Bill and have been an avid "Constant Reader" since the mid 70s when I picked up my first Stephen King book, 'Salem's Lot. I still have that book along with a copy of every one of Mr. King's print books including all of the Richard Bachman Books. I finally was able to meet the legend that is Stephen King when my wife Ann-Marie bought me VIP tickets to a meet & greet at the Mark Twain House in Hartford. God I love that woman! That's where I got my one and only signed copy of a Stephen King book: "Joyland." I haven't even cracked a page in that copy, but bought another one so that I can save that signed copy as a cherished memento of a fantastic birthday evening.

I came to this website after reading a Rolling Stone article by Kory Grow titled Fighting Fire with Fire: Metallica Look Back on Ride the Lightning. When asked where the title for Ride the Lightning came from, Kirk Hammett said: "I was reading The Stand by Stephen King, and there was this one passage where this guy was on death row said he was waiting to "ride the lightning." I remember thinking, "Wow, what a great song title." I told James, and it ended up being a song and the album title." I thought that was so cool, that the title for a multi-platinum rock album, one that I have liked for years, was inspired by a line from what is probably one of my favorite Stephen King books.

Well, I've undoubtedly just informed all of you about something that you already knew, but that's my first go at posting something here, for better or worse. I hope to get acquainted with some of you fine people soon. Have a great day and maybe, if this is well received, I'll share a recent experience that had me thinking I had just stepped into a "Stephen King storybook moment" or taken a trip directly into the Twilight Zone.

Welcome to the SKMB William Bell

 

[GNTLGNT]

....and screechings and salivations right back atcha!....

 

[kingzeppelin]

You are a real whiz with computers kingzeppelin, but then again you did start working with them when they were in their 'infancy' so to speak - Well Done!
p.s. I loved how you managed to squeeze me into the post card with the rest of the gang!

Cheers Neesy, you are right I started using computers 49 years ago, when as you said computers were in their infancy and so was I!
I enjoyed my time as a computer operator and I still like playing with images.
Making the camera lie so to speak, doing things like adding you to the Reformatory Tet.
So I taught myself how to use the photo editing software, which really isn't that hard.
You just need time and patience. Which a retired old fellow like me has quite a lot of!

 

[Neesy]

Cheers Neesy, you are right I started using computers 49 years ago, when as you said computers were in their infancy and so was I!
I enjoyed my time as a computer operator and I still like playing with images.
Making the camera lie so to speak, doing things like adding you to the Reformatory Tet.
So I taught myself how to use the photo editing software, which really isn't that hard.
You just need time and patience. Which a retired old fellow like me has quite a lot of!

Some days I wish I was retired, too. Like today for example. I must log off now as my darn coffee break is now over. Two more days to go, then I get Friday off. Unfortunately I have to work the long weekend - August 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Monday is a Civic Holiday or what you would call a "Bank Holiday". Cheers! See you later today after my work day is over!

 

[Ceefor]

Welcome to the SKMB, Bill - have fun posting!