night EL slim
yogi moonsiieeee-miss you
Good morning everyone it's forecast to be sunny intervals this morning but clouding over later.
Enjoy your day everyone 
@slimfern posted:II used to like watching 'Lou Grant'...what a shame
I agree 
I used to watch the Dick Van Dyke Show which also had Mary Tyler Moore. Then there was the Mary Tyler Moore Show which introduced Ed Asner as Lou Grant. She became a major producer and produced Lou Grant.
@El Loro posted:I agree
I used to watch the Dick Van Dyke Show which also had Mary Tyler Moore. Then there was the Mary Tyler Moore Show which introduced Ed Asner as Lou Grant. She became a major producer and produced Lou Grant.
We didn't return to England from Cyprus till 74, and having not watched tv for a number of years, we weren't in a hurry to get one, so I don't remember watching much of the 'Mary Tyler Moore show' or 'Dick Van Dyke'....but I do remember 'Lou Grant'.
I also loved to watch 'Quincy ME' with Jack Klugman 
@slimfern posted:We didn't return to England from Cyprus till 74, and having not watched tv for a number of years, we weren't in a hurry to get one, so I don't remember watching much of the 'Mary Tyler Moore show' or 'Dick Van Dyke'....but I do remember 'Lou Grant'.
I also loved to watch 'Quincy ME' with Jack Klugman
The Dick Van Dyke Show was 1961-1966 and the Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970-1977.
I watched "Quincy ME" also .
NBC Murder Mystery started off with Columbo, McMillan & Wife, and McCloud and Quincy ME started a few years later.
There were other series shown as part of NBC Murder Mystery but those are the best known.
@El Loro posted:The Dick Van Dyke Show was 1961-1966 and the Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970-1977.
I watched "Quincy ME" also
NBC Murder Mystery started off with Columbo, McMillan & Wife, and McCloud and Quincy ME started a few years later.
There were other series shown as part of NBC Murder Mystery but those are the best known.
Oh! I remember all of those you have mentioned...the good ol' days of none gory crime drama 
Have to mention 'The Rockford files' too ... James Garner was a hit with my Mum
night EL slim monnsieee yogi
Good morning everyone it's very overcast this morning and the forecast is for a cloudy day.
Enjoy your day everyone
One of the rarest musical instruments is the pyrophone. They use fire to produce a note. Some of them are similar to organs with a keyboard, so sometimes referred to as fire organs. Others don't have a keyboard as such, those are more likely to be gimmicky.
I found this clip of a pyrophone without a keyboard. Michel Moglia is playing a flute accompanying the sounds produced by the pyrophone.
That's a lovely sound El...quite haunting in places.
I went onto google to see how the instrument actually worked and found this.....it's quite a long video but really fascinating to see how creative these people are 
https://andycavatorta.com/pyrophone.html
@slimfern posted:That's a lovely sound El...quite haunting in places.
I went onto google to see how the instrument actually worked and found this.....it's quite a long video but really fascinating to see how creative these people are
https://andycavatorta.com/pyrophone.html
Thanks 
"The Guns of Navarone" film has been shown on television many times over the years as a PG certificate film. When I was at school, it was one of the films I saw at the school film club.
Link to BBFC page for that film:
https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release...jdglvbjpwwc0ynzazotm
The BBFC has today reclassified it as a 15 for violence:
https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release...jdglvbjpwwc01mzmzmtg
Likely to be a very controversial decision with implications for many older films such as westerns which have been shown on television during the day time for decades.
@El Loro posted:"The Guns of Navarone" film has been shown on television many times over the years as a PG certificate film. When I was at school, it was one of the films I saw at the school film club.
Link to BBFC page for that film:
https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release...jdglvbjpwwc0ynzazotm
The BBFC has today reclassified it as a 15 for violence:
https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release...jdglvbjpwwc01mzmzmtgLikely to be a very controversial decision with implications for many older films such as westerns which have been shown on television during the day time for decades.
That's just dumb if you ask me, we see more violence on the news 
This culture of today is getting out of hand if you ask me....big brother parenting where the parents should 
It's a film that would have been on in our house at some point El, but it's a war type film so I would have probably been half watching whilst doing something else
@slimfern posted:That's just dumb if you ask me, we see more violence on the news
This culture of today is getting out of hand if you ask me....big brother parenting where the parents should
It's a film that would have been on in our house at some point El, but it's a war type film so I would have probably been half watching whilst doing something else
I could understand it if it had been reclassified as a 12 but a 15 is absurd.
Raiders of the Lost Ark etc now have a 12 certificate having originally been a PG. Questionable that they got a PG in the first place.
@El Loro posted:One of the rarest musical instruments is the pyrophone. They use fire to produce a note. Some of them are similar to organs with a keyboard, so sometimes referred to as fire organs. Others don't have a keyboard as such, those are more likely to be gimmicky.
I found this clip of a pyrophone without a keyboard. Michel Moglia is playing a flute accompanying the sounds produced by the pyrophone.
This is gorgeous EL
night EL slim yogi moonsiee miss you both
Good morning everyone it's a very chilly morning and the temperatures don't rise much during the day. Heavy cloud cover forecast and not much chance of seeing the sun.
Enjoy your day everyone
BBC collection of photographs in this year's Bird Photographer of the Year awards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-58396228
My favourite is the one from India.
@El Loro posted:BBC collection of photographs in this year's Bird Photographer of the Year awards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-58396228
My favourite is the one from India.
Shows you how resourceful nature is El - neverending Kathryn's murmur of starlings is good too from the method and the navigation aspect involved in that - mindblowing. They are all class - photogaphy's art, no doubt
Hope you're doing well El and are okay. Quiet without Moons and Yogi - wishing them well
September the first - where did it go? Rabbits.
Years ago a murmuration of starlings came to rest for a few minutes on the roof and trees at my parents' house. We saw them through the glass conservatory. There would have been thousands of them. We could hear them murmuring to each other before they flew off again.
Met Office has published its list of names for storms for use in the next year:
Link to Met Office article which has some information on some of the choices:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/a...n-latest-storm-names
@El Loro posted:BBC collection of photographs in this year's Bird Photographer of the Year awards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-58396228
My favourite is the one from India.
I saw on the news the winner was a type of roadrunner sat in the middle of the road facing the ugly wall built between Mexico and the US.......I understand the bird is a rare sighting but I thought there were much nicer photos
My favourite was the owl from Sweden 
@El Loro posted:Met Office has published its list of names for storms for use in the next year:
Link to Met Office article which has some information on some of the choices:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/a...n-latest-storm-names
That's quite sad, the fact that there will be storms so powerful that they require a name.
@slimfern posted:I saw on the news the winner was a type of roadrunner sat in the middle of the road facing the ugly wall built between Mexico and the US.......I understand the bird is a rare sighting but I thought there were much nicer photos
My favourite was the owl from Sweden
If the only photo there was that road runner one I wouldn't have posted it as I didn't like it.
The owl one was my second favourite
@slimfern posted:That's quite sad, the fact that there will be storms so powerful that they require a name.
The Met Office have been doing this for the last few years. The majority of the names don't get used for naming storms.
We do get damaging storms but not like the hurricanes which hit the Caribbean & the States for instance.
@El Loro posted:If the only photo there was that road runner one I wouldn't have posted it as I didn't like it.
The owl one was my second favourite
The one from India was my second favourite, It had more colour but I liked the character in the face of the owl ....he looks like an old grump rubbing his hands as if he is witnessing a wicked deed
@El Loro posted:The Met Office have been doing this for the last few years. The majority of the names don't get used for naming storms.
We do get damaging storms but not like the hurricanes which hit the Caribbean & the States for instance.
I didn't realise the names were pre-picked.
Watch out for the one named Gladys....it will be a stinker.....that was my maternal Grandmothers name 
I often find myself grateful for not living in countries where they suffer from the harshest of weather
@El Loro posted:Years ago a murmuration of starlings came to rest for a few minutes on the roof and trees at my parents' house. We saw them through the glass conservatory. There would have been thousands of them. We could hear them murmuring to each other before they flew off again.
North Pier in Blackpool was the best I've seen.
The Bridge theme. Original tv - try that now
@slimfern posted:I didn't realise the names were pre-picked.
Watch out for the one named Gladys....it will be a stinker.....that was my maternal Grandmothers name
I often find myself grateful for not living in countries where they suffer from the harshest of weather
I agree
@velvet donkey posted:North Pier in Blackpool was the best I've seen.
The Bridge theme. Original tv - try that now
I think it quite likely that Yogi watched The Bridge as she likes Nordic noir series
@velvet donkey posted:North Pier in Blackpool was the best I've seen.
The Bridge theme. Original tv - try that now
It's almost hypnotic to watch and quite remarkable how they are able to fly like that without bumping into each other