Just been watching an exciting tax course this morning 
@El Loro posted:Not Breakfast at Tiffany's
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5dz556jl6o
Not the 'Usual' Breakfast at Tiffany's anyways El 
@slimfern I hadn't spotted a film which you may want to see on the Talking Pictures tv channel. "The October Man" (1947) is a British psychological thriller about a suicidal man (John Mills) who thinks he may have killed someone. Also stars Joan Greenwood. It's on tomorrow evening and again next Friday afternoon. It's been shown on television before and it's worth watching.
Trivia points - there's a scene on the bus where Mills is talking with a young girl - that's his daughter Juliet.
There's an uncredited appearance by Sid James (his second film rile) as a man crossing the railway bridge.
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
A mix of blue sky and clouds here today, mild for March, may stay dry.
Forecast to remain mild until Tuesday when a return to cooler days and cold nights with the wind coming from the north or east.I hope everyone has a good day
Just cloud here so far today El.. 
Stay safe folks! 
@El Loro posted:@slimfern I hadn't spotted a film which you may want to see on the Talking Pictures tv channel. "The October Man" (1947) is a British psychological thriller about a suicidal man (John Mills) who thinks he may have killed someone. Also stars Joan Greenwood. It's on tomorrow evening and again next Friday afternoon. It's been shown on television before and it's worth watching.
Trivia points - there's a scene on the bus where Mills is talking with a young girl - that's his daughter Juliet.
There's an uncredited appearance by Sid James (his second film rile) as a man crossing the railway bridge.
Okay, thanks El 
Slim, I haven't spotted much of interest to you on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
There are a couple of low budget poor comedies. On Wednesday morning there's an American film called "Ghosts on the Loose" (1943) which was one of the "East Side Kids" series of films. They come across some Nazi spies who presumably are trying to keep people away fro their base by pretending that it's haunted, Bela Lugosi is in that which is why the film was also known as "The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi". The only notable piece of trivia is that this was the first credited role by Ava Gardner.
Next Sunday afternoon is a British comedy called "The Runaway Bus" (1954) which was intended to be a star vehicle (pun intended) for Frankie Howerd who is the bus driver. The only reason for mentioning it is that one of the passengers was played by Margaret Rutherford. Piece of trivia in that when the film had been completed and cut it was realised that it was only 72 minutes. To qualify as a feature film at the time it had to be at least 75 minutes. So Howerd improvised a scene in a phone box talking to his girl friend.
@El Loro posted:Slim, I haven't spotted much of interest to you on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
There are a couple of low budget poor comedies. On Wednesday morning there's an American film called "Ghosts on the Loose" (1943) which was one of the "East Side Kids" series of films. They come across some Nazi spies who presumably are trying to keep people away fro their base by pretending that it's haunted, Bela Lugosi is in that which is why the film was also known as "The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi". The only notable piece of trivia is that this was the first credited role by Ava Gardner.Next Sunday afternoon is a British comedy called "The Runaway Bus" (1954) which was intended to be a star vehicle (pun intended) for Frankie Howerd who is the bus driver. The only reason for mentioning it is that one of the passengers was played by Margaret Rutherford. Piece of trivia in that when the film had been completed and cut it was realised that it was only 72 minutes. To qualify as a feature film at the time it had to be at least 75 minutes. So Howerd improvised a scene in a phone box talking to his girl friend.
Thankyou El
Unfortunately, as much as I love Margaret Rutherford, I cannot stand Frankie Howerd...so that one will be a definite miss for me.
Dunno about the other film...we'll see
@slimfern posted:Thankyou El
Unfortunately, as much as I love Margaret Rutherford, I cannot stand Frankie Howerd...so that one will be a definite miss for me.
Dunno about the other film...we'll see
Judging by a trailer I've just seen for that "Runaway Bus", Howerd was just the same as he was in later years, someone who thought he was funny but wasn't 
I remember my mother using one of these when I was very young. I did use it once or trice but it wasn't that effective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vR7HC06Fe8
@El Loro posted:I remember my mother using one of these when I was very young. I did use it once or trice but it wasn't that effective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vR7HC06Fe8
Wow….never seen one of those before El 
@Baz posted:Wow….never seen one of those before El
I don't think the one my mother used was quite the same. Baz. It had a lid which went on the top and the turning handle went through the centre of the top but the way it worked would have been the same as the one in the clip.