@El Loro posted:

Link to a Youtube clip posted by someone who has created their concept of what the Lord of the Rings films might have looked like if it had been made many years ago by one of the classic international film directors. It's just under 5 minutes and consists of black and white imagined art stills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-VvTnGafUE
Worth looking at some of the comments made.

I didn't realise they were CGI characters...thought they were real actors

Yeah I'd watch it if it were to be made

@El Loro posted:

A letter delivered over 100 years late
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64647166

Telephone: Croydon 843

@El Loro posted:

I note that Film 4 is showing "The Detective"AKA "Father Brown" (1954) this afternoon at 3pm (repeated next Wednesday at 3.30pm). Alec Guinness as Father Brown, Peter Finch as Flambeau, Joan Greenwood as Lady Warren (rather than Lady Felicia Montague in the tv series), Bernard Lee as Inspector Valentine (was played by Hugo Speer in the tv series).

Might give this one a watch ...a dose of comedy would go down well 

Cheers El

@slimfern posted:

Telephone: Croydon 843

Interesting he was a stamp dealer you both. My kind of job     

World gets madder each day. Hope all are well or getting there     

@velvet donkey posted:

Interesting he was a stamp dealer you both. My kind of job     

World gets madder each day. Hope all are well or getting there     

Hey Velvet 

Didn't El's Dad collect stamps? 

@slimfern posted:

Hey Velvet 

Didn't El's Dad collect stamps?

Think he did. I had a few masel when I was younger - loved that hobby. Stanley Gibbons was the reference     

@velvet donkey posted:

Think he did. I had a few masel when I was younger - loved that hobby. Stanley Gibbons was the reference     

Postcards was my thing ...had an idea to paint something akin to a Donald McGill on the side of my boat

Hi Slim and Velvet

Slim, I hope you enjoy that Father Brown film

Velvet and Slim, it was my mother's father who was the philatelist (stamp collector) but he wasn't a dealer

@El Loro posted:

Hi Slim and Velvet

Slim, I hope you enjoy that Father Brown film

Velvet and Slim, it was my mother's father who was the philatelist (stamp collector) but he wasn't a dealer

Cheers El

I knew it was a dad of sorts in your family who collected stamps

@slimfern posted:

Cheers El

I knew it was a dad of sorts in your family who collected stamps

He also published a few books on stamp collecting not that I've ever seen one.

@El Loro posted:

He also published a few books on stamp collecting not that I've ever seen one.

That would be a nice find El

@slimfern posted:

That would be a nice find El

Might beat J. R. Hartley - Yellow Pages     

@slimfern posted:

That would be a nice find El

@velvet donkey posted:

Might beat J. R. Hartley - Yellow Pages     

If I wanted to I could buy one of my grandfather's books from Amazon - his books have been out of print for decades but I could get a second one copy. But it's 70 years old which means that there would be no reference to any stamps printed since then

@El Loro posted:

If I wanted to I could buy one of my grandfather's books from Amazon - his books have been out of print for decades but I could get a second one copy. But it's 70 years old which means that there would be no reference to any stamps printed since then

Cool El     

I guess you don't won't to send a rocket into inner space   

That might beat neutral carbon       

I remberbour headless 2p.s and phosphourus misprints       

Gotta be Victorian though     

I think the penny black invented the QR code.

The four corners can be decisive.

@velvet donkey posted:

Gotta be Victorian though     

I think the penny black invented the QR code.

The four corners can be decisive.

Rowland Hill

@El Loro posted:

A letter delivered over 100 years late
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64647166

wow that is amazing EL

@velvet donkey posted:

Think he did. I had a few masel when I was younger - loved that hobby. Stanley Gibbons was the reference     

collected stamps as well when very young

@El Loro posted:

He also published a few books on stamp collecting not that I've ever seen one.

awww lovely

night EL slim velvet

@El Loro posted:

Rowland Hill

It was   

Good morning everyone

Cloudy with sunshine at times here.

I hope everyone has a good day

The Met Office, having previously said that media reports of another Beast from the East in early March as a small possibility, are now saying "There remains a small but increasing probability of much colder weather developing as we move further into March."

@El Loro posted:

The Met Office, having previously said that media reports of another Beast from the East in early March as a small possibility, are now saying "There remains a small but increasing probability of much colder weather developing as we move further into March."

What we need is a retractable roof over our little island so we can enjoy the glorious British weather
and yet keep out those Beasts the East keep sending us  

@slimfern posted:

What we need is a retractable roof over our little island so we can enjoy the glorious British weather
and yet keep out those Beasts the East keep sending us

Storm Otto arrives with wind warnings for parts of the country (yellow so highly unlikely to be blowing roofs off )

@El Loro posted:

Storm Otto arrives with wind warnings for parts of the country (yellow so highly unlikely to be blowing roofs off )

30,000 homes without power in Scotland because of this beast

@slimfern posted:

30,000 homes without power in Scotland because of this beast

And there's been damage to buildings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64662300

@El Loro posted:

And there's been damage to buildings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64662300

Thankfully no major injuries or deaths have been reported ...

The final series of Endeavour starts on Sunday week (26th) with the first of 3 episodes.

@El Loro posted:

The final series of Endeavour starts on Sunday week (26th) with the first of 3 episodes.

I've missed too many episodes to watch the final series yet

night EL slimVel

@El Loro posted:

And there's been damage to buildings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64662300

awww looks dreadful

night EL Slim velvet

Morning me luvlies       

Push the boat out - treat yourselves       

Good morning everyone

Bits of sunshine at times here today, might get some rain later this morning.

I hope everyone has a good day

Met Office longer term forecast for 4-18 March:
"High pressure probably continuing dominant across the UK through the first week of March, any more unsettled weather probably across the far north or northwest, with a low likelihood for strong easterly winds in the south. Through the rest of March blocked or easterly conditions are expected with the high likely to move further in the north and lower pressure developing to the South. Occasional Atlantic fronts progressing eastwards across the UK, are not ruled out, but less likely. Temperatures will most likely start off around average, but there is increasing likelihood of colder conditions (relative to average). Cold nights are likely in places throughout the period."

Not definitely a Beast from the East yet but ......

I find the Met Office pretty accurate   

@El Loro posted:

Met Office longer term forecast for 4-18 March:
"High pressure probably continuing dominant across the UK through the first week of March, any more unsettled weather probably across the far north or northwest, with a low likelihood for strong easterly winds in the south. Through the rest of March blocked or easterly conditions are expected with the high likely to move further in the north and lower pressure developing to the South. Occasional Atlantic fronts progressing eastwards across the UK, are not ruled out, but less likely. Temperatures will most likely start off around average, but there is increasing likelihood of colder conditions (relative to average). Cold nights are likely in places throughout the period."

Not definitely a Beast from the East yet but ......

@velvet donkey posted:

I find the Met Office pretty accurate   

Exeter met office is only 2 miles away from me....

Wonder if that makes our forecast more reliable

Morning chaps!

@velvet donkey posted:

I find the Met Office pretty accurate   

Though I find that sometimes they can be wrong

@slimfern posted:

Exeter met office is only 2 miles away from me....

Wonder if that makes our forecast more reliable

Morning chaps!

I wonder if you could borrow their supercomputer they have there, it's rather fast