@El Loro posted:

I think many foodbanks are busy The Trussell Trust is the main charity setting up foodbanks. The trust initially started in Bulgaria. When they were contacted by a British woman struggling to fee her children, they set up their first foodbank in their home town of Salisbury.
2,814 food parcels in 2006
1,900,122 in 2020

The Coen brothers have their fans but not me.

Didn't realise the Trust originated in Bulgaria.
Those figures differ massively don't they Considering the worth of our country it's criminal really

In "Sullivan's Travels" the title of the film that Sullivan was intending to make as his next film was "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" which he had envisaged as a serious film about homeless people.

The musical "Gold Diggers of 1933" was for the most part what one expects from a Busby Berkeley music. But there was one segment which was and is extraordinary. Joan Blondell starts, then Etta Moten takes over.
Here is the complete segment.

If Sullivan had made "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" he would have intended it to be as powerful as "Remember my Forgotten Man" but as a drama, not a musical. Soup kitchens as shown rather than food banks as this was the 1930s.

@El Loro posted:

In "Sullivan's Travels" the title of the film that Sullivan was intending to make as his next film was "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" which he had envisaged as a serious film about homeless people.

The musical "Gold Diggers of 1933" was for the most part what one expects from a Busby Berkeley music. But there was one segment which was and is extraordinary. Joan Blondell starts, then Etta Moten takes over.
Here is the complete segment.

If Sullivan had made "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" he would have intended it to be as powerful as "Remember my Forgotten Man" but as a drama, not a musical. Soup kitchens as shown rather than food banks as this was the 1930s.

A very emotive song El
Things haven't changed really have they...we still send our men off to war and then society forgets them. I've seen countless homeless with cardboard signs telling they are ex servicemen.....it's a disgrace!
I suspect it's even worse in places like the States where they have no free health care etc...

I should think there are a few strong feminists out there though, that might not care for being told a woman's got to have a man.

@El Loro posted:

In "Sullivan's Travels" the title of the film that Sullivan was intending to make as his next film was "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" which he had envisaged as a serious film about homeless people.

The musical "Gold Diggers of 1933" was for the most part what one expects from a Busby Berkeley music. But there was one segment which was and is extraordinary. Joan Blondell starts, then Etta Moten takes over.
Here is the complete segment.

If Sullivan had made "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" he would have intended it to be as powerful as "Remember my Forgotten Man" but as a drama, not a musical. Soup kitchens as shown rather than food banks as this was the 1930s.

wow very emotive EL

@slimfern posted:

quite enjoyed that EL

night EL slim

Good morning everyone it's a sunny day today with a bit of a breeze, the family were sunning themselves yesterday afternoon it was so warm with the baby wearing his new sun hat!

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

A sunny day here.

I hope everyone has a good day

@slimfern posted:

A very emotive song El
Things haven't changed really have they...we still send our men off to war and then society forgets them. I've seen countless homeless with cardboard signs telling they are ex servicemen.....it's a disgrace!
I suspect it's even worse in places like the States where they have no free health care etc...

I should think there are a few strong feminists out there though, that might not care for being told a woman's got to have a man.

I agree with you

As you can guess, the lyrics were written by a man

If you want to know why I don't watch horse racing, this is why. The content is distressing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-60799153

Cheltenham 3, Wimbledon 1. Cheltenham now on 50 points, 17 points clear of the relegation zone with 8 games left of the season.. So another good result

@El Loro posted:

If you want to know why I don't watch horse racing, this is why. The content is distressing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-60799153

It's horrific what those poor horses are made to do for human entertainment..
Have always hated the Grand National because it has deathly jumps and yet it's still run every year

@slimfern posted:

It's horrific what those poor horses are made to do for human entertainment..
Have always hated the Grand National because it has deathly jumps and yet it's still run every year

I'm no fan of the Grand National either

@El Loro posted:

If you want to know why I don't watch horse racing, this is why. The content is distressing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...cestershire-60799153

that is soo sad EL

night EL slim

Good morning everyone it's a lovely sunny day to come by the looks of it.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Sunny day here, not expected to be quite as warm as yesterday.

I hope everyone has a good day

@slimfern not a lot worth mentioning on the Talking Pictures tv channel in the next week.
On Friday late evening there's another one of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe horror films  - "The Raven" (1963) That's described as a mix of horror, Fantasy and comedy. Based on Poe's poem and does refer to "Quoth the raven, never more". Film doesn't quite work though an interesting cast of Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre, and also a very early role before he became famous by Jack Nicholson.
Saturday 3.55 in the morning "Fourteen Hours" (1951) Unhappy man (Richard Basehart) stands on the ledge of a high rise building, threatening to jump. Paul Douglas as the police officer trying to talk him down. Good tense film. For obvious reasons not one to look at imdb or Wiki to see if it's worth watching as then you would know how it ends.
Sunday 14.45 "The One that Got Away" (1957) British film based on fact about a German prisoner of war (Hardy Kruger), shot down in England is captured and makes numerous attempts to escape. Surprisingly enjoyable film, a bit of the reverse of The Colditz Story.

@El Loro posted:

@slimfern not a lot worth mentioning on the Talking Pictures tv channel in the next week.
On Friday late evening there's another one of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe horror films  - "The Raven" (1963) That's described as a mix of horror, Fantasy and comedy. Based on Poe's poem and does refer to "Quoth the raven, never more". Film doesn't quite work though an interesting cast of Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre, and also a very early role before he became famous by Jack Nicholson.
Saturday 3.55 in the morning "Fourteen Hours" (1951) Unhappy man (Richard Basehart) stands on the ledge of a high rise building, threatening to jump. Paul Douglas as the police officer trying to talk him down. Good tense film. For obvious reasons not one to look at imdb or Wiki to see if it's worth watching as then you would know how it ends.
Sunday 14.45 "The One that Got Away" (1957) British film based on fact about a German prisoner of war (Hardy Kruger), shot down in England is captured and makes numerous attempts to escape. Surprisingly enjoyable film, a bit of the reverse of The Colditz Story.

Thanks El

I've seen 'The Raven' before and have to say...it was a bit rubbish and probably not one to watch again, despite a good cast.

I vaguely remember watching a film based around a 'jumper' but couldn't tell you what it was, would have to see it to know if it's the same one. Will record rather than watch at that time... I won't wiki it

Haven't seen 'The One that Got Away'...I tend to steer clear of war films generally, but I guess this isn't strictly on of those is it?
There's no combat fighting etc...

Made an attempt of watching 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' with Gary Oldman last night....big failure...had to turn it off
Not my cup of tea

Hope you don’t mind me ‘butting in’ to your thread here.  I one attended a writer’s summer school at the Hayes conference centre in Swanwick.  The Hayes was used as a POW Camp in the Second World War and was the site of the original escape that the film ‘The One that Got Away’ was based on.  You can still see the remains of the tunnel there.  Thought that this may be of interest.

https://beacreativewriter.word...e-one-that-got-away/

@slimfern posted:

Thanks El

I've seen 'The Raven' before and have to say...it was a bit rubbish and probably not one to watch again, despite a good cast.

I vaguely remember watching a film based around a 'jumper' but couldn't tell you what it was, would have to see it to know if it's the same one. Will record rather than watch at that time... I won't wiki it

Haven't seen 'The One that Got Away'...I tend to steer clear of war films generally, but I guess this isn't strictly on of those is it?
There's no combat fighting etc...

Made an attempt of watching 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' with Gary Oldman last night....big failure...had to turn it off
Not my cup of tea

Thanks
No, "The One that Got Away" isn't an out and out war film. It's years since I've seen it but it was quite enjoyable and the Hardy Kruger character was quite likeable.

Oddly enough, after I posted about "The Raven" I had a look at the wiki article about another film director who, before he became well known, had worked on some of Roger Corman's films. That was Francis Ford Coppola, the director of that Dracula film you attempted to watch.

@JustOneMoreThing posted:

Hope you don’t mind me ‘butting in’ to your thread here.  I one attended a writer’s summer school at the Hayes conference centre in Swanwick.  The Hayes was used as a POW Camp in the Second World War and was the site of the original escape that the film ‘The One that Got Away’ was based on.  You can still see the remains of the tunnel there.  Thought that this may be of interest.

https://beacreativewriter.word...e-one-that-got-away/

Hello there
Don't mind you posting one bit...join in whenever you want to

A very interesting article.. Franz Von Werra was very determined wasn't he
Seems a shame he died the way he did after the struggles he went through.

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” - one for the quotes thread maybe

@El Loro posted:

Thanks
No, "The One that Got Away" isn't an out and out war film. It's years since I've seen it but it was quite enjoyable and the Hardy Kruger character was quite likeable.

Oddly enough, after I posted about "The Raven" I had a look at the wiki article about another film director who, before he became well known, had worked on some of Roger Corman's films. That was Francis Ford Coppola, the director of that Dracula film you attempted to watch.

A man of great talent judging by the number of awards his films have won
I know of the 'Godfather' and 'Apocalypse Now'...neither of which have I seen.
Think I saw 'Peggy Sue got Married' but not sure ..could just be the song that brings it to mind

Coppola's "The Conversation" (1974) is one of the best films about paranoid, secretive surveillance expert (Gene Hackman). One of the rare Hollywood films which is a serious disturbing character study.

night EL, slim, just one more thing  (hello as well)

Good morning everyone it's a cloudy day today.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here with some sunny intervals at times.

I hope everyone has a good day

Extracting gold from old phones & laptops:

Saw that on the news El
It's good that E waste is being addressed (although it has been by smaller companies for years). Let's hope the percentage increases quickly.
Even better would be that computer/phone companies were encouraged to make existing technology last longer and to stop insisting that updated versions require new hardware.

@slimfern posted:

Saw that on the news El
It's good that E waste is being addressed (although it has been by smaller companies for years). Let's hope the percentage increases quickly.
Even better would be that computer/phone companies were encouraged to make existing technology last longer and to stop insisting that updated versions require new hardware.

I agree

@El Loro posted:

I agree

@slimfern posted:

Saw that on the news El
It's good that E waste is being addressed (although it has been by smaller companies for years). Let's hope the percentage increases quickly.
Even better would be that computer/phone companies were encouraged to make existing technology last longer and to stop insisting that updated versions require new hardware.

By one of those strange coincidences, Radio 4 had a program in their digital human series this afternoon looking as to why people yearn for new technological solutions to problems:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0015lld

@El Loro posted:

By one of those strange coincidences, Radio 4 had a program in their digital human series this afternoon looking as to why people yearn for new technological solutions to problems:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0015lld

Have never been one for the thrill of the ride, whether it's a rollercoaster, fast car or the like, and as for anticipation...well it's a good way to raise my blood pressure so I try to stay away from it as much as possible these days

So in the program they are saying that technology keeps changing/improving because the people think that it generally means their lives will also improve, which may have been the case when it started out for general use back in the day, but am not convinced it is now. I don't include scientific/medical technologies of course, just those things that have only recently become essential because society have made them so. Faster = Better, Bigger = Better etc.
Or am I hearing it wrong?

@El Loro posted:

Extracting gold from old phones & laptops:

wow that was  really interesting  EL -E waste being utilised is really good news and looks like it is going to develop more in the future

night EL slim

Good morning everyone it's a day of sunny intervals to come with a moderate breeze.

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine at times here.

I hope everyone has a good day

@slimfern posted:

Have never been one for the thrill of the ride, whether it's a rollercoaster, fast car or the like, and as for anticipation...well it's a good way to raise my blood pressure so I try to stay away from it as much as possible these days

So in the program they are saying that technology keeps changing/improving because the people think that it generally means their lives will also improve, which may have been the case when it started out for general use back in the day, but am not convinced it is now. I don't include scientific/medical technologies of course, just those things that have only recently become essential because society have made them so. Faster = Better, Bigger = Better etc.
Or am I hearing it wrong?

I think you heard it right I was only half listening to it as I didn't find it that interesting

@El Loro posted:

I think you heard it right I was only half listening to it as I didn't find it that interesting

No. It wasn't particularly
Especially as I don't put myself in the same category as the folk they were talking about

BBC article about a new site of aerial photographs of England over the last 100 years:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...d-wiltshire-60822579
Link to the site itself (seem to be having access problems at time of posting, possibly because of lots of people trying to access it)
https://historicengland.org.uk...tions/aerial-photos/