Where's Screech? The only other cast member I seem to vaguely recall (I was a tad too old for the show and didn't really watch much of it, but for the girls, especially Kelly).

I never watched Boy Meets World, but I do occasionally see bits of the new show Girl Meets World, which stars the original cast as parents now and their daughter. My one son is pretty much all teen dramedy, especially Disney styled ones... and he's only 10... so lots of these sort of shows every other weekend.

Screech is a piece of work! Thanks for the DP

*doublepromote

So so awesome seeing them all together again at Bayside (and in their 90s wardrobe!).



Screech would've been there but he's in jail for stabbing a guy on Christmas.

I did tape scratching in the 90s a lot, with modified reel to reel machine. The technique i used is harder, doesn't differ from vinyl scratching a lot (except in mine, i didn't cut the audio with fader but lifting the tape head from tape. THe end result surprised me, didn't expect it to work as at that point, had no knowledge of anyone ever using that (now i of course know that i was actually late..) It is a lot like vinyl, you still need to keep manually rotating the reels, working with the tape motor, needing to hit hits precisely without actually seeing where they are (easier with reel but there's a lot of tape in that reel and manually rotating against the motor and motion, makes the tape tighten so you can't use marks on the reels either...) Plus few handy effect like taking both reels and just turning them opposite directions, making the tape sits still but stretching, making all kinds of nice screeching sounds as the vibrations from the reel and the tape are heard, not the audio material on tape...)

Next i'm thinking of refitting old 5,4" floppy disk with analog tape head and maybe drawing the recordings on to to it, attaching the tape head to the end of my index finger.. Then i could get even closer to vinyl as there is something interesting on rotating sound sources.. Mainly it is the recording part that makes tape scratching interesting, taking a scratch sample, scratching it, resampling it again, using signal generators, designing harmonics etc.. Maybe that's next for me, using one hand to record and the other to play back.

While I see where you're coming from, I have a few issues with what you're saying:

1. The organization you're referring to is staffed, has offices and overheads. Assuming it isn't corrupt and skimming and holding multi-million-dollar appreciation nights and galas (and we probably shouldn't assume that it isn't), the money you're giving this organization still gets portioned off quite a bit. Your point about helping on the systemic level is quite valid (provided you are channelling your concern into actually doing so), but I'd look more into local community health centres or the nonprofit down the street, and still, that money isn't guaranteed to reach the person in front of you. Much as a social worker can help him connect to essential services, advocate for fair and affordable housing, counsel him on trauma, etc, he will still need money for a lot of basic needs.

2. You are vastly oversimplifying the needs and situation of every person on the street. That person may actually depend on money from strangers to make rent (being that welfare barely puts a dent in even the lowest affordable housing costs), feed kids, buy food that isn't McDonald's or canned food, get a haircut, or a million other things that everyone needs money for.

3. Even if that person intends to spend some of your money on oxy or crack, it is not in your right to judge that. While addiction can very generally be called "bad", this person may suffer from chronic pain, trauma, mental illnesses, or some combination and short of governments finally realizing that housing and caring for the poor is cheaper than incarcerating them and treating emergency health conditions, self-medicating is the only reasonable way they can continue functioning for another day. This isn't even an unlikely scenario; think how easily someone can go from your (or my) comfy life to homeless, poor and desperate. It isn't always "bad decisions"; you could be a contractor that falls and gets a serious injury, hit by a car, stricken with a mental illness you have no control over, traumatized earlier in life, born into a high-risk environment or social strata, or anything else, and then start sliding from there. You develop an addiction, your income comes to a screeching halt, your loved ones can't or get too tired to support you, bills that were routine become suffocating, and there you are on the street, pain exploding relentlessly in your body/mind, on the other side of the decision, seeing chins turned up and eyes turned away from you and hearing people mutter "Don't give anything to him; he's just gonna use it to get high," to each other.

4. Not a single person in the video (and really, in just about every situation you see on whatever street you're on) speaks to or even looks at the guy.

While I wouldn't expect that everyone gives money to folks on the street (I myself have only done it a few times), it frustrates me to hear people insist that nobody should. "He's just going to use it for drugs/booze" is a presumptuous and ignorant statement and mindset.

One more thing: if you really care about urban poverty and those suffering from it, the biggest thing (IMO) you can do is vote for politicians/parties who openly and strongly support social services and welfare, then hold them to their promises. I don't make a ton of money, but I am happy to pay higher taxes and lose some luxuries if it means people who need help just to get by get it.

Not exactly.. It is limited by time and amount of energy. There is no "push to pass" button but they have some leeway on how to spread the extra energy around the lap. You can use it more on one corner but for the rest of the lap, you're total power output is reduced.

First race is now over, RBR got disqualified due to too much fuel was being fed to the engine... Also the dreaded "they will save fuel" phase was over in 10 laps. There were lots of technical DNFs, 14 cars made it to the finishline, which was miles better than worst fears. Some of the cars made their first race distance. But the main change was..

Almost unlimited torque at the low revs.. The cars were sliding, they were skittish, there were 3rd gear opposite locks.. They are once again more powerful than the grip what tires and aero can produce. Turns like T2 and T5 in Albert Park used to be "non-corners", they just pointed the nose to apex and floor it.. Now.. totally different thing. Even T9 exit was dangerous, which it hasn't been since 1999.

Eau Rouge will not be a flat out, easy corner but terrifying rollercoaster that eats lives if you don't respect it..

Only thing we lost is the sound, the new V6 uses energy so much efficiently that sound is not as loud.. On the plus side, you can hear the tires squeeling and the audience cheering. It's not V10 screech but low throaty roar.

One of my biggest pet peeves are people that run into traffic, cause (or almost cause) accidents and simply walk away without giving a care.

That applies at cross walks too. Depending where you are, cross walks often means pedestrians have right of way, but that doesn't mean you can carelessly run across without looking.

I witnessed on my bike once someone park (legally) in a parking lot that was separated by the road by a 5-foot wide side walk. He hurriedly got out of his car, locked the door and SPRINTED to cross the street (not at a cross walk) without looking. The car on the other side of the road had to slam hard on their brakes to successfully avoid hitting this asshole. That motorist got rear-ended. The pedestrian kept sprinting away despite the obvious accident he just caused. I don't buy the excuse that he didn't know because the tire screeching was deafeningly loud!

This little owl is very cute - http://videosift.com/video/Kuu-the-Screech-Owl-having-a-bath-and-then-being-dried

Remember this one well - even got a run on the Footy Show - Channel Nine Melbourne Jim Jacques is prone to screeching and screaming so it was bound to happen !!

I was waiting patiently to see if he still made that distinct screech. IF they changed the sound he made I wouldn't watch it. So glad he is still Godzilla. Man did I have nightmares as a kid about him.

Haven't watched, but I'm going to predict at least one really boring segment that focuses on the controversy over violence in video games. I wish it were not so, but every single video games history I've ever seen has screeched to a halt in at least one part to rehash something that has little to do with the actual games and more to do with media hype and political opportunism.

Yes, was going to say, the fox says, "AIYEE!" Absolutely the most horrifying sound to hear out in the woods at night if you don't know what it is. Screech owls are a close second.

hey it's missing the video montage with all the wrong sounds he's talking about, ah well...

i have the same frustration with car chase sounds : tires don't make a screeching sound when rolling on dirt!!!

Go'h.... I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels that way. That mans screech is just... nail biting.