(1) I hadn't watched the whole thing for at least a decade, but still knew most of the dialogue, even found myself mouthing along to some of the sound effects, and I was able to commune with the film in a way that I haven't before or since, appreciating every working part: the apparent throwaway lines that quietly pay off; the absurd ambition of act three's triple climax that is a peer-shaming success (hiya, Peter Jackson); even the fact, lost on me before, that the very last scene in which Marty and his girlfriend are whisked off to the future by the Doc was not an intentional lay-up for a sequel but a gag – one the filmmakers must have come to rue when their movie became a mega-hit and they had to shoehorn a second instalment into their own jokey premise.
(2) Manning: 2010-03-05 21:07:12 hi Assange: 2010-03-05 21:07:49 hiya Assange: 2010-03-05 21:08:15 I like debates.
(3) "Hiya, haven't really been doing much over the past decade or so"?
(4) A typical message Hall listened to and transcribed at the time read: "Hiya kid.
(5) Slowly he drove alongside me and I said: 'Hiya lad, you alright?'
Howdy
Definition:
(n.) A midwife.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the end of a drive to Yucca, Arizona, 200 miles south-east of Vegas, we swung through the ranch gate and climbed out to a laconic “Howdy” from a cowpoke who introduced himself as Tex, the head wrangler.
(2) Ruth has heard of him and offers grudging respect and a seat in the cabin, while Daisy merely screams "Howdy, nigger!"