@El Loro posted:ÂĢ6m superyacht on fire at Torquay:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-61617224
Never heard a thing El 
I hope no-one was hurt 
@El Loro posted:Somerset couple living at their home as in the 1930s:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...nd-somerset-61599777
awww each to their own
tbh very brave to do what they are doing
@El Loro posted:Although Vangelis was best known for his music for "Chariots of Fire" and "Blade Runner" he composed many other things.
Here's movement 6 of his "Mythodea" sung by Jessye Norman. It's quite extraordinary.
absolutely stunning EL fantastic voice - so pure and love the orchestral accompaniment as well
@slimfern posted:Lovely El
She's got a belting set of lungs on her hasn't she
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:absolutely stunning EL
Jessye Norman was an American opera singer. One music critic described her voice as a "grand mansion of sound", and wrote that "it has enormous dimensions, reaching backward and upward. It opens onto unexpected vistas. It contains sunlit rooms, narrow passageways, cavernous halls."
@slimfern possible films in the coming week on the Talking Pictures tv channel:
Wednesday 15.10 "The Proud Rebel" (1958) A confederate veteran (Alan Ladd) returns home to tragedy and loss, but with determination to do the best for his son (his real life son David). Also Olivia de Havilland. (film repeated next Sunday)
Thursday 9.20 am "I met a Murderer" (1939) Early James Mason film, Film was based on a story by him and Pamela Kellino who also starred in the film. It was directed by her husband at the time, Roy Kellino. Subsequently, she married Mason.
The film which may be of more interest to you is on Tuesday at 18.30. It's a 1945 film called "Painted Boats". It's a fictional documentary on life on canals back then. Concentrates on two families, one with a horse-drawn boat, the other with a motorised boat. The storyline is slight and the majority of the cast are not at all well known. Although it's an Ealing film and was directed by Charles Crichton, it's not a comedy.
I mentioned "The Bigamist" (1953) last Sunday and watched it yesterday evening. I had seen it before quite some time ago.
Although imdb and Wiki describe it as a film noir, it's more of a drama rather than a film noir. None of the characters are out and out baddies.
There are some references to Santa Claus, Kris Kringle and Edmund Gwenn's house. Edmund Gwenn is in the film and, of course, he is best known for the original "Miracle on 34th Street" Not really in-jokes as everyone watching the film in cinemas would have known.
@El Loro posted:@slimfern possible films in the coming week on the Talking Pictures tv channel:
Wednesday 15.10 "The Proud Rebel" (1958) A confederate veteran (Alan Ladd) returns home to tragedy and loss, but with determination to do the best for his son (his real life son David). Also Olivia de Havilland. (film repeated next Sunday)
Thursday 9.20 am "I met a Murderer" (1939) Early James Mason film, Film was based on a story by him and Pamela Kellino who also starred in the film. It was directed by her husband at the time, Roy Kellino. Subsequently, she married Mason.
The film which may be of more interest to you is on Tuesday at 18.30. It's a 1945 film called "Painted Boats". It's a fictional documentary on life on canals back then. Concentrates on two families, one with a horse-drawn boat, the other with a motorised boat. The storyline is slight and the majority of the cast are not at all well known. Although it's an Ealing film and was directed by Charles Crichton, it's not a comedy.
Yes you're right El, the boat film I will definitely be interested in watching 
I'm not sure about the other two they sound a bit of a heavy watch tbh.
Thanks though 
@El Loro posted:I mentioned "The Bigamist" (1953) last Sunday and watched it yesterday evening. I had seen it before quite some time ago.
Although imdb and Wiki describe it as a film noir, it's more of a drama rather than a film noir. None of the characters are out and out baddies.There are some references to Santa Claus, Kris Kringle and Edmund Gwenn's house. Edmund Gwenn is in the film and, of course, he is best known for the original "Miracle on 34th Street" Not really in-jokes as everyone watching the film in cinemas would have known.
Well I'm glad he didn't get away with it El...
The original 'Miracle on 34th Street' is a classic! ..a must see every Christmas 
@slimfern posted:Well I'm glad he didn't get away with it El...
The original 'Miracle on 34th Street' is a classic! ..a must see every Christmas
I've seen the original "Miracle on 34th Street" a few times over the years, as you say it's a classic
I've never watched the Richard Attenborough remake though I know many people love it. If someone were to remake "The Wizard of Oz", "It's a Wonderful Life" or "Singin' in the Rain" I wouldn't want to watch those either.
night EL slim moonsieee Velvet
@El Loro posted:I've seen the original "Miracle on 34th Street" a few times over the years, as you say it's a classic
I've never watched the Richard Attenborough remake though I know many people love it. If someone were to remake "The Wizard of Oz", "It's a Wonderful Life" or "Singin' in the Rain" I wouldn't want to watch those either.
No me neither El 
I have seen the remake of 'Miracle on 34th street' though...I watched it with my daughter when she was a little girl.
I prefer the original
If imperial units are to be brought back in, will we hear of these:
Length units
twip (17,280 twips equals 1 foot)
thou (nothing to do with thousand, 12,000 thous equals 1 foot)
barleycorn (3 barleycorns equals 1 inch)
Dry unit measures
peck (2 gallons)
bushel (8 gallons)
Mass units
grain (7,000 grains equals 1 pound)
drachm (256 drachms equals 1 pound)
Gravitational unit
slug ( 1 of those is about 32.17404856 pounds)
these are per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units
@El Loro posted:If imperial units are to be brought back in, will we hear of these:
Length units
twip (17,280 twips equals 1 foot)
thou (nothing to do with thousand, 12,000 thous equals 1 foot)
barleycorn (3 barleycorns equals 1 inch)
Dry unit measures
peck (2 gallons)
bushel (8 gallons)
Mass units
grain (7,000 grains equals 1 pound)
drachm (256 drachms equals 1 pound)
Gravitational unit
slug ( 1 of those is about 32.17404856 pounds)
these are per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units
@El Loro posted:If imperial units are to be brought back in, will we hear of these:
Length units
twip (17,280 twips equals 1 foot)
thou (nothing to do with thousand, 12,000 thous equals 1 foot)
barleycorn (3 barleycorns equals 1 inch)
Dry unit measures
peck (2 gallons)
bushel (8 gallons)
Mass units
grain (7,000 grains equals 1 pound)
drachm (256 drachms equals 1 pound)
Gravitational unit
slug ( 1 of those is about 32.17404856 pounds)
these are per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units
@El Loro posted:If imperial units are to be brought back in, will we hear of these:
Length units
twip (17,280 twips equals 1 foot)
thou (nothing to do with thousand, 12,000 thous equals 1 foot)
barleycorn (3 barleycorns equals 1 inch)
Dry unit measures
peck (2 gallons)
bushel (8 gallons)
Mass units
grain (7,000 grains equals 1 pound)
drachm (256 drachms equals 1 pound)
Gravitational unit
slug ( 1 of those is about 32.17404856 pounds)
these are per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_units
Does it make me old if I admit to hearing some of those before 
night EL slim moonsieee
@El Loro posted 19/5/22:The other day I got one of those loft insulation callers ringing about British Lung Foundation referring to some types of insulation causing irritation to lungs. I get those calls from time to time. They are from questionable outfits trying to con people into getting expensive insulation done by them. I put the phone down.
When I did a check on the phone number I saw that someone had posted that the caller was a chatbot
I got the same caller yesterday. They were using a different phone number in order to avoid detection but it was the same person.
Those behind the call are probably targeting elderly people who use landlines as they seem to ring during the daytime between Monday and Friday. Although the caller sounds as if they are live, I think it's a crafty chatbox, with the caller trying to agitate people into getting work done which is probably not needed and is expensive.
I did notice a delay between be answering the phone and the woman starting to speak. I think that's because they are ringing lots of people at the same time, it's just chance as to which of them answers, and then the caller need to check as to the name and address of who it is who has answered.
There is no point in talking with the caller, just put the phone down on them without saying anything.
@El Loro posted:I got the same caller yesterday. They were using a different phone number in order to avoid detection but it was the same person.
Those behind the call are probably targeting elderly people who use landlines as they seem to ring during the daytime between Monday and Friday. Although the caller sounds as if they are live, I think it's a crafty chatbox, with the caller trying to agitate people into getting work done which is probably not needed and is expensive.
I did notice a delay between be answering the phone and the woman starting to speak. I think that's because they are ringing lots of people at the same time, it's just chance as to which of them answers, and then the caller need to check as to the name and address of who it is who has answered.There is no point in talking with the caller, just put the phone down on them without saying anything.
Hanging up on them is very wise El unless you can avoid answering them at all that is
When I was young BBC One would show films on a Sunday afternoon under the heading of "A Film for the Family".
One such film was the 1935 film "Clive of India" which starred Ronald Colman. I found the film one of the most boring I had ever seen The only thing I remembered about the film was that there's a battle where battle elephants are used and it seemed to me that a tiny part of that scene with elephants was duplicated a few seconds later. I may be wrong about that.
I'm not going to waste time trying to see I I can confirm that though.
Film was shown back in 1970 and I don't know if it's ever been repeated. Not a film to look out for. The only two Indian characters listed in the credits were played by Cesar Romero and Mischa Auer, so no attempt at authenticity.
(only vaguely interesting bit of trivia was that Colin Clive was in the cast, he was a descendant of Clive of India)
@El Loro posted:When I was young BBC One would show films on a Sunday afternoon under the heading of "A Film for the Family".
One such film was the 1935 film "Clive of India" which starred Ronald Colman. I found the film one of the most boring I had ever seenI'm not going to waste time trying to see I I can confirm that though.
Film was shown back in 1970 and I don't know if it's ever been repeated. Not a film to look out for. The only two Indian characters listed in the credits were played by Cesar Romero and Mischa Auer, so no attempt at authenticity.
(only vaguely interesting bit of trivia was that Colin Clive was in the cast, he was a descendant of Clive of India)
Didn't know there were such beasts El...
I thought, unless provoked, Elephants were pacifists.....like me!