(1251) Afternoon all. (1302)
20. Lord Toby at TDS

19. New gal in town


18. Dressing down

17. Foreign ownership

16. A cautionary tale

(1251) Afternoon all. (1302)
20. Lord Toby at TDS
19. New gal in town
18. Dressing down
17. Foreign ownership
16. A cautionary tale
Here’s the cunning plan … I have a Persuaders (Suzan Farmer), shall run it now … a film mid-afternoon.
Quite agree with this review, as a male:
“The episode is saved from being plain by the surprising turn of events as feisty Prue, the girl from “The Old, The New, And The Deadly” turns up again. Prior to this, the leading lady, Suzan Farmer, gave a lackluster performance, I am sorry to say. She absolutely failed to generate any real interest, and was one tiny step away from sinking away into an abyss of boredom.
But the right girl dived onto the script, the delightfully spunky Juliet Harmer. She makes the other girls look positively slow, even though there is an abundance of pretty models as set decoration – she stands out like a rose amongst daisies. Notice the conspiratorial laugh in her scene with Danny (Tony Curtis) – she has live pulsing through her veins, while the others are made of cardboard. There is a most thrilling car chase scene during which Juliet is just absolutely the perfect choice, 100% ideal for the part. What’s more, all of a sudden the whole episode is turned from a sad loser to… Well, in all fairness, not even Juliet could turn it into a winner. But instead of being a sad loser, it is now just a (for the most part) loser.
I’ve always stressed the importance of a sparkling leading lady in film. The girl is everything. Screw the special effects, show me the likable girl… Here we have a wonderful example of an actress creating viewer interest the moment she appears on the screen, livening up an otherwise dull affair.
Okay, so early Seventies fashion needs the soft look, and all those fur coats would today cause a public outcry, but as a testament to its time, THE PERSUADERS! can’t be beat!
THE PERSUADERS! – classic sports cars and some really cute dolly birds. Chuckles aplenty goofing about with a fading star and the upcoming James Bond. A recipe in there for greatness. One big fruitcake. Fun, though.”
Whoever did the thumbnail pic got it right too … it’s the quality of the gal which counts. We used to play mixed indoor cricket and the males, in a sense, cancelled each other out … so it came down to the quality of the girls. We had the best, so made the final. I was a quick runner but was stopped by their best girl in the field. That was her sole job. My own fave position was silly point … cricket fans will know what that involved.
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15. Update on America’s traitor
14. Allotments again
13. Interesting
12. Nor do these two
11. She never stops
(0559) Morning all … first glow of sun behind them thar clouds. (0710)
10. Fred Dibnah
9. Didn’t we have a luvverly time …
8. Morrisons (and ASDA)
Not going to run the YT by the Silver Fox … essentially, 3600 employees have been laid off by Morrisons … not good. Now, was it due to chsnges in online habits, was it due to politics … laying off indigenous (expensive) Brits for cheap foreigners … or are there other factors as well?
7. Bunch of bleedin’ liars
… Christian? Don’t make me laugh.
6. DAD at 1125
a) Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior on ‘X’. “The man who desecrated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by lighting a cigarette with the memorial flame was arrested in Paris for violating a grave, tomb, urn, or monument erected in memory of the dead.
b) “The EU’s Green Deal looks like Soviet central planning”—Historian Ion Mischevca.
c) The argument that Britain needs mass migration to sustain its economy and generous welfare state is fundamentally flawed and is, in reality, creating more economic problems…
d) “Guido hears from DC insiders that the disastrous – and eye-wateringly costly – Chagos sellout is not fully settled Stateside”.
(0418) Despite the time, a reasonable sleep, hope your is/was too. Low dark cloud out there. (0544)
5. The shameful dropping away
… of proper medical support for the indigenous Brit, American etc.
4. Another look at what divides our tavern patrons
The initial closing of the castle gates (or gates to the tavern complex) was my banning Wokery “in all its forms” … but that does not leave us agreeing on all matters. Going to look at this under the heading Views and then under the heading Presentation.
Views
Some of our news and views droppers must, by definition, inevitably clash on some things. Think it’s fair to say IYE looks at a form of metaphysical which allows the Book of Enoch, Mercury, symbolism et al, most certainly not Zionist, is strongly anti-paedo … Steve is pro-Britain, pro-MAGA and fairly pro-Israel … Dearieme is certainly not anti “Golden Age of Is**m, I attribute any golden age to Persia/Iran, I’m afap pro good women, anti Woke … Toodles is a widely read Christian, meaning OT just as much as NT … DAD is pro the old France and Britain, anti deathcult as we almost all seem to be … and so it goes on. Redacted writes God in the Jewish way G-d, MMutR is not “religious”, is “libertarian”, as is Julia across the way … and so on … Andy is Old Labour and has his own battles with the Left MSM, interfaces with us, the pack of fasc*** bstds according to, say, AOC.
In the inevitable clashes over the things we disagree on, the golden rule is civility, which IYE and Steve are exponents of, plus me … it’s the only possibly way … play the topic, not the man. Then we have the issue of Presentation.
Presentation
I’m hardening on this I’m afraid … never thought it would ever be an issue but it is … as I wrote to Toodles, Redacted may well be hurt by the reception but I assure him it’s essentially over presenting in paragraphs, with some coded euphemism, so that the average to above average reader of the English language can at least bleedin’ understand it. And not going on and on and on … nothing wrong with going on and on and on but not at HQ … the place for longs is at UHC or at the end of urls … and I’ll ensure that … fair notice now … I need to work a bit at UHC to make it even more accessible … there are some nice pieces over there.
Don’t forget Microdave, Bob and Isilme, Woodsy, Penseivat, Doonhamer and the usual bunch in this general corner of the sphere. Imho, uppermost are civility towards one another, not towards our targets out there, keeping emotion to our targets, not between ourselves … plus presenting in readable English … plus me maintaining a navigable series of sites to cover what we need to. Not perfect but basically doable, with some effort.
3. These two were brought by Steve last evening
… urls are in the sidebar as of this morning.
2. Steve at 1124
1. On a beach in Spain
In TDS newsletter this morning (url in Brolls), a vessel arrived, invading men dived off some were wrestled to the ground by tourists and locals:
“Witnesses branded the scenes as “surreal”. … Around 13 men, believed to be of Moroccan origin, are believed to have jumped out of the boat. According to witnesses, some of the migrants ran along the beach as soon as they reached dry land, while others tried to blend in with the crowd.”
Blend in? This was the peninsula’s biggest problem for well over a Millennium, no surprises. How to keep the savages out. On the question of “more savage than thou or not”, yes, Dearieme made a good point long ago that the “Iberians” were not exactly noted for their own sophistication “back in the day”, as was not much of Europe at the time … just look at the Franks … yet the deathcult always was savage and barbaric, real throwback “culture” … you’d not want them as neighbours at ground level.
(1638) Nearly evening all.
22. Puzzle
21. Moosh corner
20. Well, they don’t want to be knifed or raped
19. More of Britain’s n1 issue in 2025
18. Nuclear codes
17. Digital ID
16. Steve at 1124
“This final picture in the Saint series is connected to the early 1940s RKO entries only by the presence of Louis Hayward, the original Simon Templar in 1938’s The Saint in New York.
This time around, the Saint seeks information about a girlfriend who cabled him for help—and then crashed her car into the river before his arrival on the scene. The police call it an accident, but Hayward (seems to be a section missing here) is a smooth-talking Saint whose smirk is alternately insolent and charming; caught red-handed snooping through an apartment, he merely removes the cigar from his mouth and asks politely, “Pardon me, do you have a match?”
He can play rough, however, as well—he does not hesitate to slap around a crook who has sneaked into his own room and doesn’t want to tell who sent him.
The Saint is assisted by right-hand man Hoppy (Thomas Gallagher), a reformed pickpocket (of course) who doubles as valet and bodyguard. The “girl Friday” of the title is a woman named Carol (Naomi Chance), whose help Templar enlists in tracking the mob that killed his girlfriend and is threatening and manipulating Carol over gambling debts.
The plot is okay but nothing extraordinary, although the identity of the secret mob “chief” did surprise me at the end. The mood is rather darker than that of the fairly breezy comedy-mysteries of a decade earlier; however, Louis Hayward’s confident performance, a fair amount of droll humor, and some atmospheric London underworld settings combine for an entertaining and still essentially light-hearted adventure.”
Let’s go with this Persuaders, with Catherine Schell, before an actual filum ready in the queue. I myself have some chores and commitments for just a while. See ya soon.
(1156) Not quite afternoon yet but health better here. As my dear mama dun told me … we’re only as good as our health. Yeah. (1239)
15. Sammy again
14. Really do hope you’re having a wonderful day
A really super day, one in which all good things happen. You saw this, before we move on?
13. Old news for us
… but possibly not to newcomers to socmed.
12. Did you see the new Chas3 £20 note?
The issue here is that though it’s a two year period to swap notes, there are two whammies against us. One is digital ID and the coming crash but there’s another too … banks are saying yes, you can deposit your old notes with us, we’re bound to take them by law but that’s a separate thing from withdrawing cash.
There are new rules whereby the cashier has a list of acceptable reasons to have the new cash, otherwise she can’t give it to you, even with the £800 per day limit. Plus one more thing … if you’ve been saving against the coming crash, and you’ve maybe made small deposits a dozen times in a year, the bank now asks … where exactly did that money come from?
11. It’s possible some of you chaps and chapesses
… aren’t completely up with this one as yet. You might be up with Thune’s dirty trix with Johnson against Trump. Right … Texas is redistricting, which should see five seats flip GOP. So what do three Dem crims do? Fly interstate, right, so that the chamber has no quorum and can’t ratify it.
Right, so back to Thune … some MAGAs are saying make sure JDV is in there calling no quorum. No response from Donny.