night EL slim Moonsieee
The world's smallest plant is the wolffia globosa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolffia_globosa
not that there's much to see 
@El Loro posted:The world's smallest plant is the wolffia globosa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolffia_globosa
not that there's much to see
It looks like eggs doesn't it 
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@El Loro posted:The world's smallest plant is the wolffia globosa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolffia_globosa
not that there's much to see
seen that on lakes I think -fascinating tbh EL -such tiny plants
night EL slim moonsieee
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:seen that on lakes I think -fascinating tbh EL -such tiny plants
wolffia globulus is generally found in Asia and parts of the Americas, it's also called duckweed. There are many types of duckweed which are similar. Common duckweed is the type you are most likely to have seen here, that is called lemma minor.
@El Loro posted:wolffia globulus is generally found in Asia and parts of the Americas, it's also called duckweed. There are many types of duckweed which are similar. Common duckweed is the type you are most likely to have seen here, that is called lemma minor.
As always, a mind of interesting and informative information El 
@El Loro posted:Friday June 10th marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Judy Garland.
BBC Four are devoting Thursday evening to her, though with as a repeated documentary, the Renee Zellweger biopic "Judy" and "A Star is Born".
No-one could really play Judy Garland could they...she was a one off 
@slimfern posted:No-one could really play Judy Garland could they...she was a one off
I haven't seen "Judy" and don't think I want to as it also covers her last days when she was not at all well. Renee Zellweger does all the singing but as the mature Judy singing in London at her final concerts. She won an Oscar for that film. I suspect it's quite a downbeat film and I'd rather stay with Judy in her films
@El Loro posted:I haven't seen "Judy" and don't think I want to as it also covers her last days when she was not at all well. Renee Zellweger does all the singing but as the mature Judy singing in London at her final concerts. She won an Oscar for that film. I suspect it's quite a downbeat film and I'd rather stay with Judy in her films
I sort of feel the same way El
My parents saw her live on stage, they said she was very good
@El Loro posted:wolffia globulus is generally found in Asia and parts of the Americas, it's also called duckweed. There are many types of duckweed which are similar. Common duckweed is the type you are most likely to have seen here, that is called lemma minor.
thank you EL
night EL slim Mooonsieee
Not much of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel for the next week.
There are some minor films which might be worth recording but don't expect much:
Tuesday 2.40 in the morning "Let's Make Love" (1960) Marilyn Monroe's last musical. Also in the film are Yves Montand and Tony Randall. Frankie Vaughan sings in the film along with Marilyn.
Wednesday 7.20 in the morning "Crackerjack" (1938) British comedy about a gentleman thief poses as a butler to outsmart a criminal gang and falls in love with a baroness.
Thursday 2.05 in the morning "The Grass is Greener" (1960) Mild comedy with Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons (cast more interesting than the film)
Saturday 18.15 "The Gentle Gunman" (1952) In 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods. The only reason for mentioning this film is the rather unlikely casting of the two brothers - John Mills and Dirk Bogarde The only other film I've seen with those two as the leads was "The Singer not the Song" (1961) where Mills was a catholic priest (he was alright as that) and Bogarde as a Mexican bandit, absurdly cast. Mills is on record for saying that Bogarde was one of the few actors he disliked working with,
@El Loro posted:Not much of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel for the next week.
There are some minor films which might be worth recording but don't expect much:
Tuesday 2.40 in the morning "Let's Make Love" (1960) Marilyn Monroe's last musical. Also in the film are Yves Montand and Tony Randall. Frankie Vaughan sings in the film along with Marilyn.
Wednesday 7.20 in the morning "Crackerjack" (1938) British comedy about a gentleman thief poses as a butler to outsmart a criminal gang and falls in love with a baroness.
Thursday 2.05 in the morning "The Grass is Greener" (1960) Mild comedy with Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons (cast more interesting than the film)
Saturday 18.15 "The Gentle Gunman" (1952) In 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods. The only reason for mentioning this film is the rather unlikely casting of the two brothers - John Mills and Dirk Bogarde
It's hard to imagine Bogarde as that
Did Mills say why he didn't like working with Bogarde?
@slimfern posted:It's hard to imagine Bogarde as that
Did Mills say why he didn't like working with Bogarde?
Apparently Mills said that in interviews.
If you look at the first two comments on the IMDB trivia page for "The Singer not the Song" it doesn't seem that they liked each other:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054740/trivia
@El Loro posted:Apparently Mills said that in interviews.
If you look at the first two comments on the IMDB trivia page for "The Singer not the Song" it doesn't seem that they liked each other:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054740/trivia
No: it doesn't look like they did...fancy threatening to make everyone's lives a misery if he didn't get his own way 
@El Loro posted:I didn't watch the concert yesterday evening but the highlight seems to have been this:
saw a clip of it -was brilliant really clever
night EL Slim moonsieee
Besides England winning a cricket test match, Wales qualifying for the football would cup, & Nadal winning the French Open yesterday, there was another notable sport event taking place on the same day:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-61696644
@El Loro posted:Besides England winning a cricket test match, Wales qualifying for the football would cup, & Nadal winning the French Open yesterday, there was another notable sport event taking place on the same day:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-61696644
There are some mad crazy people in this world
Watched a programme about this once...folk really get hurt doing it.
@slimfern posted:
There are some mad crazy people in this world
Watched a programme about this once...folk really get hurt doing it.
It's not something I've ever been to and certainly have never participated
So many people go to watch that so the parking is a nightmare when the event takes place
@slimfern posted:Yeah the only participation I'd have with it possibly, is eating the cheese before it gets rolled
I've never tried some but one can get Single Gloucester cheese, that can only be made in Gloucestershire. That has less fat and milder than Double. A lot more expensive as not mass produced.
@El Loro posted:I've never tried some but one can get Single Gloucester cheese, that can only be made in Gloucestershire. That has less fat and milder than Double. A lot more expensive as not mass produced.
It's one of those cheeses that only appears in our house at Christmas, for the cheeseboard selection
I much prefer a Stilton