15-02-2018, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by gumbud
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I think it hurts BECAUSE the ages of nostalgia WERE better - who says this age is FANTASTIC??
We had been doing that for years with no injuries so not our fault. That lot all had wussy thumbs when testing out that tried and true method.
Trouble is they never came up with a better method of getting gravy inside our puds. Interfering pillocks the lot of em.
15-02-2018, 03:37 PM
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nostalgia was before we had personal pc's and Ipads etc etc. I remember an old friend of mine in UK who I had pressured and pressured to buy himself a pc as a great way to use emails and keep in touch with me and others without having to send his audiotapes and letters!!he finally made the effort and got himself one and really struggled for the first year learning how to deal with it but he finally mastered it and sent me a few intro emails and then they mysteriously stopped. He still has his pc and writes long tomes on his unusual holidays [oh forgot to tell you he a bachelor with plenty of money - NO you can't have his phone number] but regular emails never ensued - WE [his other friends] always thought he loved communicating but NO - the connection was never made. YES nostalgia was better!!
15-02-2018, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Jnr.
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Leisurely scribbles is my favourite place to beI don't think I'll bother posting anywhere else.
15-02-2018, 04:11 PM
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by way of diversion:Quiz for the over 50's
Great mental exercise for people over 50.
Which of the following names are you familiar with?
1. Monica Lewinsky
2. Hillary Clinton
3. Benito Mussolini
4. Adolf Hitler
5. Jorge Bergoglio
6. Al Capone
7. Vladimir Putin
8. Linda Lovelace
9. Saddam Hussein
10. Tiger Woods
You had trouble with Number 5, didn’t you?
So, you know all the liars, criminals, adulterers, murderers, thieves, cheaters, but you don’t know the Pope?
Lovely, just lovely… sometimes I worry about you.
15-02-2018, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Pug
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I'm with you,Jem. My favourite film ever is still "Oh,Mr Porter!" with Moore Marriott,Graham Moffat...and the leg-end that was Will Hay. 1937,black-and-white...and brilliant. Makes a chap wish Buggeskelly were a real place...#sigh#...
"The next train's gone!"
Originally Posted by Jem
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Them who want broad fat minds is welcome to them, but when all is said and done there’s no place like home.
I watch a lot of 1930’s films on youtube, nearly all of them are remastered and look so clear on the screen. The 30’s is my favourite decade although I wasn’t even born then, In my opinion British cinema was on a roll then and who knows what classics we would have had if the war hadn’t put a stop to it all. Another reason I love looking at 30’s stuff is there’s not an atom of plastic in sight.
When I’m looking at these old films it’s hard to imagine that everyone in the films are now all dead, bright young things dancing about, charming well dressed young men with early BBC radio newsreaders accents, all so very much alive and kicking.
I heard a chap say in an oldie I watched last night “What the blazes is that?” I got a bit of a start, “Blazes” almost sounded worse than the “F” word, who knows the F word is losing it’s clout maybe blazes will make a comeback.
I am partial to many of the old filums. After you've been watching a black and white one for a while, you tend to forget it's black and white.
Some of the early colour talkies were good as well. I've yet to find a modern remake of one that is as good though. Why people bother to make them I don't know. Just show the original. The Four Feathers is a case I point. I saw the remake first and it was just lain mediocre. Then one lazy Sundegg arternoon I saw the original. What a corker. Heroics and derring do and massive battle scenes galore. All good stuff.
As for this Elfin Safety malarkey. Some of it is of course very necessary and important, but not when it comes to things like hot pies and gravy, or kids swings on concrete. The latter was much safer than the modern soft landings. You knew if you fell off it was going to hurt, and would be your fault, so you made sure you didn't fall orf. Nowadays kids think they won't get hurt if they fall so don't hang on for grim death like we did in our yoof, and the parents decide it was somebody else's fault if their kids do fall off and want someone to pay.
Well it must be somebody else's fault muss-nit?
15-02-2018, 04:49 PM
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Now for a bit of cultureLast year I enjoyed a evening at the opera, and here is my review
Lakmé by Léo Delibes
Theatre Royal
Performed by City Opera.
Nothing lacking in this performance in my humble opinion. All credit to the Theatre Royal & City Opera for staging this rather neglected work. Lakmé by Léo Delibes has suffered in the same way as all the other misunderstood gems branded a one tune Opera. The flower song in this case. Cruelly when you think of Cav & Pag forever staged jointly & known mainly for the Intermezzo in Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni, and Vesti la giubba from I Pagliacci by Ruggierio Leoncavallo.
A magnificent cast & difficult to pick out anyone for their performance because they were all outstanding. I must highlight though the pure tones and power of Madalina Barbu in the role of Lakmé her voice soared transcendently achieving unbelievable peaks effortlessly
Hakan Vramsmo, as Nilakantha the Brahmin priest has my vote for being the tallest and loudest performer and Daniel Joy for his range, stamina & likeability
The unusual setting for this work based in the period of partition in India & the clashes of culture added to which the various factions don’t get in the way of the glorious music as could easily have happened.
I must mention an incident I witnessed. In a seat 2 rows down the aisle sat an innocent lady theatre goer when the poor dear’s seat suddenly collapsed throwing her unceremoniously into the aisle. This was before the performance had even started. Thinking she was protesting over some important matter I was relieved when a little man with a box of screws came scuttling along & discreetly fixed the chair back. All in the dark too. She was re seated I guess, for she didn’t return to her seat. I checked mine.
But I digress.
A wonderful evening, a wonderful theatre & discreet ,attentive staff ^& volunteers.
Jack James aka Robert Jnr.(not qualified for this task)
15-02-2018, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Sweetie pie
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I read that Errol Flyn had halitosis
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