@El Loro posted:

@slimfern films on Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
There's a Laurel & Hardy short on Wednesday at 11.30 "Below Zero" (1930)

Films include:
Tuesday 11.30am "The Singer not the Song" (1961) that's the film I've mentioned before with John Mills as a priest and Dirk Bogarde weirdly cast as a Mexican bandit
Wednesday 6.00am "Woman in the Dark" (1934) apparently a very creaky film with Fay Wray (of King Kong fame), Ralph Bellamy and Melvyn Douglas both of whom had long film careers making films when they were 80.
Thursday 9.05am "Dangerous Crossing" (1953) film noir on a cruise vessel - Jeanne Crain and Michael Rennie
Friday 6.00am "Scarlet Street" (1945) Fritz Lang film noit Edward G Robinson, Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea, good but grim.

Thank you El

I shall need the laurel and Hardy comedy methinks

Will probably have to record that lot as have a busy week ahead
Don't think I've seen any of them before...

@slimfern posted:

Thank you El

I shall need the laurel and Hardy comedy methinks

Will probably have to record that lot as have a busy week ahead
Don't think I've seen any of them before...

Thanks Slim

A silent comedy from 1917 called "The Pest" which starred Billy West who was known for hid blatant Chaplin impersonation:

Oliver Hardy is also in it, mainly towards the end.

@El Loro posted:

A silent comedy from 1917 called "The Pest" which starred Billy West who was known for hid blatant Chaplin impersonation:

Oliver Hardy is also in it, mainly towards the end.

Was that not Charlie Chaplin then?
A very good impression if it wasn't.

@slimfern posted:

Was that not Charlie Chaplin then?
A very good impression if it wasn't.

No, it was Billy West. Chaplin was so successful that there were a lot of imitators but West was regarded as the best of them.
Although Oliver Hardy worked with other people before he teamed up with Stan Laurel, he never appeared in any of Chaplin's films.

Max Linder is considered to be the first international film star making short comedies. Here's one which is under 5 minutes long. He was French which is why the title cards are in French but the storyline is easy to follow even if you don't know any French. Buys a hat in order to visit his fiancée and her parents.

@El Loro posted:

Max Linder is considered to be the first international film star making short comedies. Here's one which is under 5 minutes long. He was French which is why the title cards are in French but the storyline is easy to follow even if you don't know any French. Buys a hat in order to visit his fiancée and her parents.

A man destined for the flat cap

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Sunshine and cloud here. Looks as if weather becoming unsettled by Friday.

I hope everyone has a good day

Cut the grass what there was of it even though it's been weeks since I last cut it,

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Sunshine and cloud here. Looks as if weather becoming unsettled by Friday.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

Its a cool overcast start to the day here. We may get some sunshine later

Enjoy the Bank Holiday everyone

@El Loro posted:

Cut the grass what there was of it even though it's been weeks since I last cut it,

A good start to your day El

@Moonie posted:

A good start to your day El

Thanks Moonie

@El Loro posted:

Cut the grass what there was of it even though it's been weeks since I last cut it,

Here's a short piece of music, you might recognise some of it:

T42

@El Loro posted:

Here's a short piece of music, you might recognise some of it:

T42

Tea for Two

@slimfern posted:

Tea for Two

Yes
Tea for Two comes from the musical "No, No, Nanette" (music was by Vincent Youmans). The Russian composer Boris Fomin used the music of "Tea for Two" in an operetta calling it "Tahiti Trot". And it's Fomin's version which Shostakovich had heard which is why he called it "Tahiti Trot"

Boris Fomin wrote this song and this is possibly the oldest recording from 1925:

That song was used in the British comedy film "Innocents in Paris"(1953).
Gene Raskin had grown up hearing the song and wrote the lyrics in English and Mary Hopkin had a world wide hit with his version.

@El Loro posted:

Boris Fomin wrote this song and this is possibly the oldest recording from 1925:

That song was used in the British comedy film "Innocents in Paris"(1953).
Gene Raskin had grown up hearing the song and wrote the lyrics in English and Mary Hopkin had a world wide hit with his version.

Those were the days

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

eccentric madness thank you EL

@slimfern posted:

Tea for Two

awww tea for two

@El Loro posted:

Boris Fomin wrote this song and this is possibly the oldest recording from 1925:

That song was used in the British comedy film "Innocents in Paris"(1953).
Gene Raskin had grown up hearing the song and wrote the lyrics in English and Mary Hopkin had a world wide hit with his version.

Those were the days Mary Hopkin -Eurovision winner

night EL slim moonsieee velvet

Good morning everyone

A cloudy day here.

I hope everyone has a good day

Well done Slim and Ros for identifying "Those were the days"

French tax authorities, artificial intelligence and swimming pools:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62717599

Got recorded phone call from the "bank security department" about £300 Amazon payment and £1,100 international payment on my card this morning. Obviously a scam, same as ones I've had before. Oddly enough, the phone number displayed was supposedly a local call as no dialling code.

Good afternoon Buddies

A cold and breezy day here. The occasional bursts of sunshine

Enjoy your day everyone

@El Loro posted:

French tax authorities, artificial intelligence and swimming pools:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62717599

I would have thought irregation was far more important than filling a swimming pool...shouldn't that be banned too.

We're not taxed on having a pool in the back garden are we El?
(Unless it comes under the council rates paid)

@El Loro posted:

Got recorded phone call from the "bank security department" about £300 Amazon payment and £1,100 international payment on my card this morning. Obviously a scam, same as ones I've had before. Oddly enough, the phone number displayed was supposedly a local call as no dialling code.

Bogus number do you reckon El?
Can they do that...show a different number from the one being used?

@slimfern posted:

I would have thought irregation was far more important than filling a swimming pool...shouldn't that be banned too.

We're not taxed on having a pool in the back garden are we El?
(Unless it comes under the council rates paid)

It would come under the council tax in this country

Could affect what is called ATED (annual tax on enveloped dwellings) That only affects companies which own residential properties in the UK where a property is worth over £500k. Unlikely to affect most people. I don't have any clients in that position.

@slimfern posted:

Bogus number do you reckon El?
Can they do that...show a different number from the one being used?

Yes, bogus numbers. I had the same call this afternoon, again a local number but different to the first.

The use of bogus numbers is called spoofing. Here's an Ofcom article on this:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phone...ams/phone-spoof-scam

@El Loro posted:

Yes, bogus numbers. I had the same call this afternoon, again a local number but different to the first.

The use of bogus numbers is called spoofing. Here's an Ofcom article on this:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phone...ams/phone-spoof-scam

That's why Ofcom is working with the international regulators – as well as the telecoms industry – to find solutions to the problem.

Voice over IP (VoIP) technology – the type of technology used to make internet calls – is often used in spoofing. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which helps to develop internet standards, has created a group specifically to tackle this issue.


Gee I feel safer knowing they're looking into it

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

French tax authorities, artificial intelligence and swimming pools:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62717599

find AI fascinating interesting article thankyou EL

@El Loro posted:

Yes, bogus numbers. I had the same call this afternoon, again a local number but different to the first.

The use of bogus numbers is called spoofing. Here's an Ofcom article on this:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phone...ams/phone-spoof-scam

phew scary stuff - really glad they are looking into it EL tbh  though hopefully peeps are becoming a bit more  savvy to it

night EL slim moonsieee