@slimfern posted:There's a dedicated XMAS channel on ITVX if you fancy watching one El
Thinks about it, Slim, for a few seconds and i think I mightn't watch one 
Channel 5 does two of them each afternoon at present and Great! Christmas channel which does lots of them every day.
night EL slim
Yesterday morning I spent doing an online money laundering update course (I have to do that every year). In the past it's been watching a video and answering some test questions at the end. This year was very different. Rather than watch a video, it was reading every item of every section of each of the 5 chapters, with some questions to answer during it and watching quite a number of short video clips. Then doing some test questions at the end.
Took the whole of the morning to do. Not an easy course as it covered a wide range of things some of which have no relevance to me. For instance the Criminal Finance Act and the Bribery Act 2010. Those acts apply to accountants who operate through limited companies or partnerships rather than accountants who don't.
I just passed the test getting 8 out of 10 questions right. The majority of questions were on areas which I'm very unlikely to actually come across.
@slimfern posted:
It's wet with a gentle breeze here El, but it's not cold...maybe not bikini weather but very bearable
Take care folks!
It's already warmer here than it was at any time yesterday, Slim 
. Still fairly sunny, the rain doesn't arrive until late afternoon.
@El Loro posted:Yesterday morning I spent doing an online money laundering update course (I have to do that every year). In the past it's been watching a video and answering some test questions at the end. This year was very different. Rather than watch a video, it was reading every item of every section of each of the 5 chapters, with some questions to answer during it and watching quite a number of short video clips. Then doing some test questions at the end.
Took the whole of the morning to do. Not an easy course as it covered a wide range of things some of which have no relevance to me. For instance the Criminal Finance Act and the Bribery Act 2010. Those acts apply to accountants who operate through limited companies or partnerships rather than accountants who don't.
I just passed the test getting 8 out of 10 questions right. The majority of questions were on areas which I'm very unlikely to actually come across.
Well done on passing El 
@El Loro posted:Yesterday morning I spent doing an online money laundering update course (I have to do that every year). In the past it's been watching a video and answering some test questions at the end. This year was very different. Rather than watch a video, it was reading every item of every section of each of the 5 chapters, with some questions to answer during it and watching quite a number of short video clips. Then doing some test questions at the end.
Took the whole of the morning to do. Not an easy course as it covered a wide range of things some of which have no relevance to me. For instance the Criminal Finance Act and the Bribery Act 2010. Those acts apply to accountants who operate through limited companies or partnerships rather than accountants who don't.
I just passed the test getting 8 out of 10 questions right. The majority of questions were on areas which I'm very unlikely to actually come across.
awww well done EL
night EL slim
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:awww well done EL
Thanks Ros
Hardly a news story 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx247dwx1p7o
@El Loro posted:Hardly a news story
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx247dwx1p7o
Yes, I can think of more exciting things to waste a query on
@slimfern posted:Yes, I can think of more exciting things to waste a query on
I accidentally saw a couple of minutes of "Bela Lugosi meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" (1952) which was on the Talking Pictures tv channel. Appallingly bad.
Martin Landau played the part of Bela Lugosi in the Tim Burton film "Ed Wood" which was a biopic of Ed Wood, often regarded as the worst film director ever, To prepare for his role he watched BLMABG three times and said that it was so bad it made Ed Wood's films look like "Gone With the Wind".
night EL slim
Slim, a couple of films to mention on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
Tomorrow at 16.05 is "Terror by Night" (1946) one of the latter-day Sherlock Holmes series of Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce films. I'd recorded the series when it was shown on the Sky Arts channel and saw this one a few days ago. It's quite watchable for a low budge film, Set on a train.
Thursday at 17.35 is "Brandy for the Parson" (1953) a minor British comedy about a young couple (James Donald and Jean Lodge) on a boating holiday get mixed up with a smuggling racket. Also in the cast are Kenneth More and Charles Hawtrey. On a trivia point, due to delays in the shooting of the film, Jean Lodge replaced the actress who had been going to play the part, none other than Audrey Hepburn.
On Friday at 13.40 is a film I have mentioned before "Champagne for Caesar" (1950) (Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm and Vincent Price), a comedy where Colman enters a quiz show run by an obnoxious individual. It's being shown in place of a film called "Scandal Sheet". The Radio Times website and its magazine have this as the 1952 film of that name. The actual onw which was to have been shown was a 1985 TV movie which had Burt Lancaster in it. That would have been a repeat as it was shown a few days ago. I happened to see a few minutes of it. There were clearly serious problems with the condition of the copy Talking Pictures had, a rather echoey soundtrack and rather washed out picture. I think that when Talking Pictures realised that they decided to drop the film and replace it.
@El Loro posted:Slim, a couple of films to mention on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
Tomorrow at 16.05 is "Terror by Night" (1946) one of the latter-day Sherlock Holmes series of Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce films. I'd recorded the series when it was shown on the Sky Arts channel and saw this one a few days ago. It's quite watchable for a low budge film, Set on a train.
Thursday at 17.35 is "Brandy for the Parson" (1953) a minor British comedy about a young couple (James Donald and Jean Lodge) on a boating holiday get mixed up with a smuggling racket. Also in the cast are Kenneth More and Charles Hawtrey. On a trivia point, due to delays in the shooting of the film, Jean Lodge replaced the actress who had been going to play the part, none other than Audrey Hepburn.
On Friday at 13.40 is a film I have mentioned before "Champagne for Caesar" (1950) (Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm and Vincent Price), a comedy where Colman enters a quiz show run by an obnoxious individual. It's being shown in place of a film called "Scandal Sheet". The Radio Times website and its magazine have this as the 1952 film of that name. The actual onw which was to have been shown was a 1985 TV movie which had Burt Lancaster in it. That would have been a repeat as it was shown a few days ago. I happened to see a few minutes of it. There were clearly serious problems with the condition of the copy Talking Pictures had, a rather echoey soundtrack and rather washed out picture. I think that when Talking Pictures realised that they decided to drop the film and replace it.
Thankyou El
I like the look of all of them...will set the recorder
A special performance of a song called "Tell Me, Star" taken from "Jack Frost - A Winter Story".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjbDX4RT2ME
It's sung by Cerys Matthews in a duet with her son. It was to have been sung by just her but he wanted to sing the song with her.
The words are by Alan Titchmarsh and the music composed by Debbie Wiseman who can be seen in the background. She's composed music for the "Father Brown" series, "Shakespeare & Hathaway" and also "Wolf Hall".
@El Loro posted:A special performance of a song called "Tell Me, Star" taken from "Jack Frost - A Winter Story".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjbDX4RT2ME
It's sung by Cerys Matthews in a duet with her son. It was to have been sung by just her but he wanted to sing the song with her.
The words are by Alan Titchmarsh and the music composed by Debbie Wiseman who can be seen in the background. She's composed music for the "Father Brown" series, "Shakespeare & Hathaway" and also "Wolf Hall".
that was gorgeous EL - thank you
night EL slim
@Rocking Ros Rose posted:that was gorgeous EL - thank you
I heard a bit from "Tell Me, Star" the other day and thought I'd look for it, Ros
Do you listen to Cerys on 6 El? Good show. I like Huey too. 6 is alright.
Hope everyone is okay including squiggle and Yogi
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Some rain here overnight, dry at present, forecast to get some rain this afternoon, wind direction now coming from the north,temperature could get down to zero.
I hope everyone has a good day
It's a drizzly day here El...have had a few bursts of sunshine and can see some blue in the sky....so not altogether a bad day
Take care folks! 
@velvet donkey posted:Do you listen to Cerys on 6 El? Good show. I like Huey too. 6 is alright.
Hope everyone is okay including squiggle and Yogi
I have listened to that radio programme from time to time, Velvet 
I hope you're OK too
You get some scammers EL
I get the odd phone call and a random email
Hope all is well
@velvet donkey posted:You get some scammers EL
I get the odd phone call and a random email
Hope all is well
Thanks Velvet and I hope you're OK
There are reasons why I tend to get quite a number of scam call, One is that as mobile phone reception is poor here, I need a landline which scammers target as they are more likely to be used by older people, Another is that I use Virgin Media which doesn't block out scam calls in the way that BT does. Also as I work from home quite a number of scam phone calls are targeting small businesses,
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Rather cloudy here, not warm outside but no frost. May get a bit of sunshine later.
I hope everyone has a good day
I haven't been out yet, but it's looking quite grey & still here El...I'm hoping that the cold wind from yesterday has blown away...
Stay safe & warm folks!
@slimfern posted:
I haven't been out yet, but it's looking quite grey & still here El...I'm hoping that the cold wind from yesterday has blown away...
Stay safe & warm folks!
Hardly noticeable breeze here though not particularly warm out, Slim. Thursday and the weekend looking as if those days could be quite strong gusts - in the 30s and low 40s here. Might be another named storm (Darragh)- peak seems to be early Saturday in the south west of Wales and the south west of England, Slim
@El Loro posted:Hardly noticeable breeze here though not particularly warm out, Slim. Thursday and the weekend looking as if those days could be quite strong gusts - in the 30s and low 40s here. Might be another named storm (Darragh)- peak seems to be early Saturday in the south west of Wales and the south west of England, Slim
Sounds like something off of Dr Who El
I'm hoping it is early Saturday as have plans for later in the day...
