(1651) Almost evening all.
14. Chinatown
13. The reeded edge
12. The Bass crim
11. Steve at 1281 and war room
“This film opens with this line and is one of the greatest opening hooks I’ve heard in film. These words are spoken as anonymous hands are clanging away on a typewriter. And so begins “Green for Danger”.
This is a great, quirky British mystery drama that I found quite entertaining. At times it’s tense and scary, then its humorous – and then its almost noir. I found this kept the film interesting and the pace was quite energetic. I will say the beginning is a little slow to start after the great opening hook. It starts out looking like it will be just another doctor/nurse soap opera. But hang with it and it gets rolling.
I found the black and white cinematography to be quite accomplished and loved its great use of architectural shapes, shadows, and the mix of light and dark.
Alastair Sim as The Inspector was great. He has an unusual mug of a face and bulging eyes. He’s tall and somewhat clumsy. And more than a little goofy. He makes quite effective use of sarcasm. I loved his line when he said “My presence lay over the hospital like a pall.”
It was interesting to see some of the old hospital equipment. I noticed there was a coin meter for gas utilities in the kitchen – never saw one before. My only complaint during the film was having difficulty following some of the clipped British accents.
There is a nice twist at the end. The hapless inspector solves the crime, but causes harm in so doing. There is a clever closing line back on the typewriter – ” I offer my resignation, in the confident hope that you wont accept it.”
Quirky piece – loved it!”
(0857) There’s quite a backlog in the queue here to clear. (1030)
10. Moosh corner
9. Not just in American politics
8. Steve had, in Sun 4 …
“Disgraced Andrew Everywhere in Epstein Files – From Multiple Sexual Indiscretions to…”
To everything, there is a season and when Grifty (Royal Grift) really got stuck into Airmiles, his egregious wife and unfortunate children, I buried it … it’s still available but …
… and this is a big butt … it’s all very well for Grifty in America to tear strips off our royals but actual paedo charges, specifics, in this country, on a Royal … well let’s just say there are nasty people about … think Callan’s section, the Scottish Rite, Tavistock … we have a “more than our life’s worth” situation … just ask the ghost of Diana.
However, now it seems to be all coming out across the pond, specifically on X. Golly gosh, were I our Belived Leader, I’d do something to shut down X within the UK, as if that would stop the revelations. In fact, it’s gone viral over there last night their time.
7. While we’re on lists, charts and maps
… here’s one from downunder, west side of The Bay south of Melbourne, with Hwy 1 coming down through Lara and south to the Great Ocean Road, thence southwest along the coast, until finally turning north-west to Adelaide, which DM knows well.
We would camp at Rye, where I met my first true romance, taking in Sorrento and Portsea, plus “the heads”. The opposite shore had Geelong and Ocean Grove, stomping ground of my father’s side of the family, emigrated from West Riding, plus the team I still follow, but on the GOR is Wye River, my mate’s holiday home, plus Lorne, where the Melbourne upper social set also hung out, inc. a young lady I still know decades later. I have similar in North Riding here.
This is about Lorne, an item in the Geelong local rag:
6. Over at OOL plus Jstack
https://orphansofliberty.blogspot.com/2026/02/three-charts-which-may-or-may-not-be-of.html
(0746) Light’s up, looks drab out there. (0840)
5. Torquaymada
“As good a summation of a recent imposition that I’ve read so far….a useful article for sharing…”
https://restoremag.com/what-the-evidence-now-says-about-covid-prophylaxis
This will be saved in Bookmarks 3. We need to provide an insta-reference … yes, we have many, stretching back in time … but we need something we can lay our hands on instantly, comprehensive, written in a measured way … for me, when I go in to have anything medical done and they talk jab … I’ll have written the url on a slip of paper to give them, as one reason for my refusal.
Might be useful for you too to have tucked away.
4. Steve at 1280
3. If you get a chance, take a look at the Callan episode
HERE … I ran it two days ago. If you can stand Edward Woodward, Anthony Valentine, William Squires and Patrick Mower … good, as it was a tour de force in how to operate. My focus was on William Squires (Hunter) and the most important moment to my mind was when he appeared at the gun practice room and shot three bulls in front of Callan, who noted it (46:28).
Deskbound Hunter … a most significant move. Then in Hunter’s office later, the discussion about Cross. Highly significant about the value of all parties present.
2. DAD at 1280
a) This method of robbery of the elderly is becoming more common. Le Vésinet (78): An elderly couple in their eighties were assaulted and robbed by burglars armed with a hammer.
b) Here is another – NANTES, again. Horrific home invasion in Nantes: a 70-year-old jeweler and his daughter attacked, tied up, and robbed by a team of burglars…
c) Filming in Paris is a problem. “We no longer film in certain districts”: filming in Paris, prime targets for criminals… racketeering, threats, unreliable private security guards or even “big brothers” in the neighborhoods who no longer help.
d) A Canadian lawmaker and former provincial premier is sounding the alarm after reports revealed that an elderly woman was euthanized against her will…
e) Finally, something that gave me a smile. Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, joked on Saturday she does not look like an angel…
(0634) Morning all. Going to devote this entire post to a minor matter which might have theatened us, had it gone on. It’s also a micro-focus on what is happening between Reform and non-Reform right at this moment. Long experience teaches all of us where that ends up.
Keeping eyes on the main objective
Decades ago, as a young teacher in charge of a year level camp of children and staff, we had the chn ready and waiting half an hour before the sailing of a riverboat … we were first in the queue, the ladies looking after the needs of this or that child.
Riverboat captains were not noted for their bonhomie, their chatty manner … but nor was I. We were first because I wanted the kids on deck, with views, rather than down below in the “hold”. The captain greeted us, no naval cap, just a brimmed hat, hisself swarthy, feisty, gruff … he then proceeded to march us down into the bilges, to fill up the space … the latecomers would have the deck.
I was not having that and refused. No one need teach me, as a sailor, that the captain’s word is law and yet I was also representing these chn and staff, on behalf of the parents. I tried niceness, I tried reason … that “someone” had to be on deck, why not the earlybirds?
Challenge to his authority, a shock to all, he did the face to face eyeballing, our ladies stayed shtum, my natural instinct is always attack, quick knee to the groin and overboard with him but that was not going to work here … he did have a responsibility to the entire party from various schools, plus public, I’d already thought he might order us off so I was going to say no, don’t order them off, order me, I’m the insubordinate bstd, I’d wait onshore, the ladies would attend to our chn. Plus we were not yet “at sea”, so that law does not apply until we cast off.
Anyway, we did go downstairs but to the first level, he rotated who was on deck during the cruise and made sure we had our fair share, good result, but I awaited trouble once we got back … summoned to the franchise’s main office, ladies and chn eating afternoon tea not far away.
He was expecting a firebrand but I saw that he too was strong and ran a good tourist operation, he opened with soothing words, I said let’s get to the nitty gritty … I disobeyed a captain on water.
“Well yes.”
It turned out fine. Captain was already cruising with the next batch, I asked the boss here to convey my apologies to him for the earlier unpleasantness. Anyway, that was that.
Fun with creole
With a dour Yorkshire father and feisty Irish mother … I’m still wondering WTH they were thinking back in the day. Never mind. And yet I’m surrounded by Scots these days, useful to have by you in a fight … they’re feisty plus, whereas the English lad is a brick wall, with violence if necessary.
There’s another factor which came out during Chuckles’s time here. We can run an adversarial, parliamentary or academic style of pitched insult and counter-insult, steeped in rhetoric … or we can run a business model of everyone in a room, laying info on the table, which all present can see and we sort out if it can take us any forrarder or not … at present. But the prime directive, the imperative, is to at least get that info on the table, minus the peripherals.
Personal feelings, umbrage, whatever, have no place in this if we’re going to be a stopping off place for readers to see if there’s anything new. We are not a forum … no way, I’ve neither the time nor the inclination.
I’m quite interested in Dearieme’s stance: “English fits exactly the definition of a creole,” plus in Steve’s reply in comments (you can always find it at https://unherdablecats.com/2026/01/31/saturday-3-onwards-3/). With my landlord’s hat on, I want that discussion archived, preserved … it was interesting.
At the same time, now representing both our protagonists and readers, let’s keep the eye on that particular ball, eh? Are we any forrarder on “creole”? I’d say we are … and in my eyes, that’s a win for us as a whole. …/END.