(1050) Nearly elevenses. (1110)
15. I know I’ve mentioned passing by this train years ago
… along the length of it, saw inside in places, that was in Venice, not Paris:
14. Many pubs once had a rule about kids
13. The beloved BBC
12. Extracting the micturation
11. If they get even an inkling they can get away with it, plod etc.
Little has emerged so far about the threat it poses for British women:
We men were no match for these fierce Swedes I’m afraid.
(0629) Morning all again. (0647)
10. Moosh corner
9. It’s all in extended credit
8. The girl who was Russiagate
7. Still with Canada
6. Steve at 1246
(0546) Before we start, a warning that there is going to be a severe invasion of blondes and similar this morning … I’m also asking our severely tempted males to present Bardot clothed, as befits a 91 year old lady. Requested in jest but actually quite serious. Thank you. (0627)
5. Bardot as she might like to be remembered
4. The C of E is now but a demonic parody
3. Guess which country these are from
2. DAD at 1246
a) Brigitte Bardot: “Before, I would have said that I didn’t want to live in an Islamized France; today I say that I don’t want to die in an Islamized France.”
b) Frank Capra’s cinema masterpiece It’s a Wonderful Life has entertained film lovers for generations but a Canadian college professor sees the Christmas classic as full of “racism” and something to be condemned.
c) Elon Musk Criticizes Immigration Policies, Alleges Threat To Democracy, Says, ‘If This Is Not Reversed, Your Vote Will Mean Nothing’.
d) Drug trafficking: “We’re going to raise the fine to €500” for drug use, announces Emmanuel Macron.
(0217) Greetings on this “inbetween” Monday or just after the last weekend for the year, as Xer Irina called it. This might be one of the most vital posts yet at this site, due to the heterogenerational and heterogender nature of its sources. More below. (0254)
To understand, look beyond your own cohort
… but this does not mean DEI in the least … and certainly not Wokery
It means from our own national, cultural, westwide values, plus to repeat what was said above … there’s value in the heterogenerational and in the heterogender. Plus a willingness to take on board issues which a different cohort is raising. Or even eccentrics within cohorts.
My first stop is Svali in 2000 in Toronto, a San Diego lady … to paraphrase her, when asked how Them can be stopped, she replied that these people are so arrogant, they make mistakes. Svali was a baddy turned goody because of newfound faith, she was possibly war generation, her “illumined” parents of Frankfurt School age.
And so to Roobeedoo and this exchange last evening and this morning:
Knowledge is power. (Francis Bacon)
But it needs more than just inter this and that dialogue … it needs ethics and a moral compass before even getting down to the details … it needs systemic integrity.
(1530) Approaching evening, good people.
23. It’s a thought … have a good evening, you lot
… I’m for bed.
22. What the hell is going on with them?
21. Steve at 1246
20. RIP Bardot (91 ans) … via DAD
19. Moosh corner
18. Nick Shirley part three
Hmmmmm, try elsewhere, it’s not expanding here.
17. This Peter Gunn series
A few are par for the course in plot, some are intriguing. Thing is, at just over 25minutes running time, there’s not a lot of plot you can fit in there. The commercials must have been horrendous … what, four minutes each half hour? The companies were ripping the public off something awful … at least the ads were in blocks and you could go to the kitchen for coffee or light up or whatever.
The Peter Gunns therefore needed a tad more than the usual mob boss gets taken down plot and by and large … there were intriguing endings, after one or two “misleads” along the way. This episode yet to be shown here, but I watched this afternoon, was not bad at all.
So I’ll review now with as few spoilers as poss. Showgirl is killed … shan’t say how but it’s spectacular … was it suicide, an accident, or as Peter thinks, natch … something more? With the mislead over with, the seemingly real culprit enters the fray and here’s where the writing earns plaudits … the central question is not quite resolved … audiences would certainly have discussed it afterwards.
Think I can let slip that it’s the same old same old about attraction and being played … more after I run the episode.
Awkward afternoon. Being about to cook late lunch, with two TV shorts up to give myself time to do that, there is also the HQ Sunday programme … films leading into jazz, later to start the evening politics.
Into this comes Steve with Minnesota and Nick Shirley, a big international topic today out there.
Brainwave strikes, such as it is. It’s been concerning me that UHC-WP is currently only being used for archives, important though those archives are. Remember though that it has the smallest disk space for saving material, needs to be used sparingly.
However, how about I run Steve’s expanding links there:
… plus I have a third Nick Shirley ready to go as the opening evening post item. That would seem to cover all bases and give all sites a workout.
Another Peter Gunn … with a twist:
Going to run two shorts now (feature length film tomorrow) … the first via AKH, ta. Not altogether enamoured myself with Peter Vaughan (Grouty), though his acting chops are unquestioned. See how you go.