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Saw Hunger Games tonight. \u00a0This movie hits the right notes, keeps the tension on and has a hard, unblinking bravery. \u00a0They didn’t go ironic with it, nor did they CGI it to death. \u00a0It was a grim story, told honestly. \u00a0I agree with the person who compared it favorably to Last of the Mohicans, though placed it on a lower level. \u00a0It has a distinct American feel while being dystopian to the core.<\/p>\n
Kate and I went out afterwards to Pappy’s Bar in sort of downtown Andover. \u00a0We saw the movie in Andover then had burgers at Pappy’s. \u00a0Relatively new, Pappy’s is an adjunct to Pappy’s Cafe, a very downhome joint. \u00a0So’s the bar.<\/p>\n
I witnessed a phenomenon, I imagine common, that I had not seen before. \u00a0People went to a pull tab counter, bought the pull tabs, picked up a small plastic tub which they took back to their table and their Budweisers. \u00a0Then, at least the two couples I watched would drink beer, watch gymnastics on TV and open the pull-tabs, throwing the losers in the plastic tubs. \u00a0After a while, they’d get up and repeat. \u00a0The men bought the pull tabs, but the women shared in the opening and discarding.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile four fairly large middle-aged women sat on bar stools and poured’em back one after another. \u00a0“We’ll be back another time. \u00a0If we get home.”<\/p>\n
Big doin’s in Andover.<\/p>\n
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