@El Loro posted:@slimfern you asked me to remind you that "The Tales of the Unexpected" series starts from series 1 at 1pm today.
Thanks El 
......I had forgotten 
@slimfern posted:It was a very young Pamela Stephenson
I never realised they were Roald Dahl stories
Watched episodes 1 and 2 today
Yes, every episode of the first series, 8 of the second series and 1 other were written by Roald Dahl.
In the first episode, Katy Jurado was the Mexican woman who appeared towards the end. She was a notable film actress being the first Latin American actress to be nominated for an Oscar. Her best known film was "High Noon".
By the way "High Noon" is a very very good western. It's as much a character study and a thriller as a western. The film's climax is as tense as a Hitchcock film.
@El Loro posted:Yes, every episode of the first series, 8 of the second series and 1 other were written by Roald Dahl.
In the first episode, Katy Jurado was the Mexican woman who appeared towards the end. She was a notable film actress being the first Latin American actress to be nominated for an Oscar. Her best known film was "High Noon".
By the way "High Noon" is a very very good western. It's as much a character study and a thriller as a western. The film's climax is as tense as a Hitchcock film.
I did recognise her face but wasn't sure where from 
High Noon is a good film 
Has been many years since I saw it.
@slimfern posted:I did recognise her face but wasn't sure where from
High Noon is a good film
Has been many years since I saw it.
I did watch "High Noon" again fairly recently. It may be the only western made where the action takes place in real time (supposedly but not quite). Not many films like that, the first being Hitchcock's "Rope".
night EL Slim
monsiee hope you are ok
Good morning everyone it looks like we may get some sunny intervals today still with a strong breeze though.
Enjoy your day everyone 
Good morning everyone
Another cloudy day here.
Fossil of a 8 foot long millipede found on a beach in Northumberland:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-59734747
I hope everyone has a good day
@El Loro posted:Good morning everyone
Another cloudy day here.
Fossil of a 8 foot long millipede found on a beach in Northumberland:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/sci...environment-59734747I hope everyone has a good day
Imagine having to co-ordinate 32-64 legs 
I have trouble with just two sometimes
@slimfern posted:Imagine having to co-ordinate 32-64 legs
Centipedes have between 30 and 354 legs (2 per body segment, there are always an odd number of body segments).
Millipedes have at least 44 legs (4 per body segment). Most of them have at least 84 legs and there is a species which has over 1,300 legs.
That's per Wiki
@El Loro posted:
Bach's Toccata and Fugue is an odd choice of music for the clip, possibly chosen as toccata is a composition for performers to demonstrate their abilities in a way to show off.
Yuk! they really are quite ugly looking little creatures aren't they 
That first picture looks like a tapeworm...
A collection of photos of fogbows taken over the weekend on the BBC site:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-norfolk-59728244
@El Loro posted:A collection of photos of fogbows taken over the weekend on the BBC site:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-norfolk-59728244
I've never heard of a fogbow before ....can see how it got it's name
Some good pictures there
@El Loro posted:A collection of photos of fogbows taken over the weekend on the BBC site:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-norfolk-59728244
they are stunning photos EL - not heard of them before
night EL slim
Good morning everyone it looks like we'll be getting quite a few sunny intervals today with rain creeping in this afternoon.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Bits of pale blue sky amidst the clouds here though forecast to become cloudy again with some rain later. Some ground frost at present.
Daylight hours start increasing from today though hardly noticeable, about an extra 4 minutes of daylight in the next week at the latitude here.
I hope everyone has a good day
Willy Nelson
@velvet donkey posted:Willy Nelson
could be:
I think he was a native. They keep them well supressed the Americans do.
I come with love. Hope all are Hunky Dory. I've seen him
He sounds a bit lazy on that El. Probably the attitude I would take right now.
@velvet donkey posted:He sounds a bit lazy on that El. Probably the attitude I would take right now.
If the date the clip was posted is around the time Nelson sung the song he would have been 80 which could account for why he sounds lazy, Velvet.
Due to the global supply chain crisis, McDonald's in Japan is suffering a chip shortage (of the potato type rather than microprocessors):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59750613
@El Loro posted:Due to the global supply chain crisis, McDonald's in Japan is suffering a chip shortage (of the potato type rather than microprocessors):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59750613
The microchip would probably be a healthier option El...
night EL moooonsieee slim velvet
Good morning everyone it's a mainly cloudy day with rain this morning and the wind increasing.
Enjoy your day everyone
High calibre cast of the first "Tales of the Unexpected" today - Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons) and Wendy Hiller (Pygmalion, I Know Where I'm Going). Those films from the late 1930s and 40s being their most important. "Pygmalion" is the definitive version of Shaw's play and "I Know Where I'm Going" (Powell/Pressburger) is the one British romantic comedy equal to the best of the Hollywood comedies of that time.
@slimfern posted:Oh! ha...see am bliddy useless at times...just heard them say that too
They may have said that it was the first M & W episode to be originally shown on BBC One. Previous series had been shown on BBC Two as that broadcast in colour before BBC One did.