From the same director as that trip to Jupiter short I posted, he's also the man seen in this. It's from 1908 so  the graphic quaility isn't great. 8 minutes long and the best part is at the end:

@El Loro posted:

From the same director as that trip to Jupiter short I posted, he's also the man seen in this. It's from 1908 so  the graphic quaility isn't great. 8 minutes long and the best part is at the end:

Very forward thinking

@slimfern posted:

Very forward thinking

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night ELslim mooonsieee

Good morning everyone

Mainly cloudy day here, a bit of sunshine at times.

I hope everyone has a good day

@slimfern there's a short season of Laurel & Hardy shorts and longer films on the Talking Pictures tv channel from Wednesday to Sunday in the early mornings. They will have been shown before,
Wednsesday from 6.00 "Pack up your troubles" and "Brats"
Thursday from 6.00 "Sons of the Desert"
Friday from 5.35 "Busy Bodies" and "Our Relations"
Saturday from 6.00 "The Bohemian Girl"
Sunday from 5.30 "Another Fine Mess"

Also Thursday 12.45 "Inquest" (1940) A minor British courtroom drama notable as being one of Roy Boulting's first films as director.

Good morning Buddies

A cold, breezy but dry start to the day here. No rain forecast. We shall see

Enjoy your Sunday everyone

El, Luton v Cardiff yesterday. Cardiff won but one of the goals was 2 inches higher than the other

The teams and the match officials knew about this but the game still went on

The game went on because, according to talkSPORT radio, it would have taken 2 hours to change the offending goal and the ground was full. Now that’s bizarre

@Moonie posted:

El, Luton v Cardiff yesterday. Cardiff won but one of the goals was 2 inches higher than the other

The teams and the match officials knew about this but the game still went on

The game went on because, according to talkSPORT radio, it would have taken 2 hours to change the offending goal and the ground was full. Now that’s bizarre

You meant Wigan v Cardiff, your side were playing Luton

How about this for a match yesterday, quite something :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63099461

@El Loro posted:

You meant Wigan v Cardiff, your side were playing Luton

How about this for a match yesterday, quite something :
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63099461

Whoops, my mistake El

Before I even look at your link, was it the Wrexham game?

Yep, I was right

@Moonie posted:

Whoops, my mistake El

Before I even look at your link, was it the Wrexham game?

Yep, I was right

Here's the highlights of Wrexham v Barnett

@El Loro posted:

Here's the highlights of Wrexham v Barnett

Thanks El

Some poor outfield and keeper mistakes but some screamers too

@Moonie posted:

Thanks El

Some poor outfield and keeper mistakes but some screamers too

Thanks Moonie

As you say, some howlers and some screamers

@El Loro posted:

@slimfern there's a short season of Laurel & Hardy shorts and longer films on the Talking Pictures tv channel from Wednesday to Sunday in the early mornings. They will have been shown before,
Wednsesday from 6.00 "Pack up your troubles" and "Brats"
Thursday from 6.00 "Sons of the Desert"
Friday from 5.35 "Busy Bodies" and "Our Relations"
Saturday from 6.00 "The Bohemian Girl"
Sunday from 5.30 "Another Fine Mess"

Also Thursday 12.45 "Inquest" (1940) A minor British courtroom drama notable as being one of Roy Boulting's first films as director.

Thanks El

He’s one for you El…

Is a player considered offside if he is in the net when a fellow player scores?

I have googled and can’t find an answer

@Moonie posted:

He’s one for you El…

Is a player considered offside if he is in the net when a fellow player scores?

I have googled and can’t find an answer

Offisde rules keep on changing so here's a link to the rules set out by the FA for the present season:
https://www.thefa.com/football...-11/law-11---offside
So it seems that the player is in an offisde position but not necessarily committing an offence provided that the player isn't interfering or obstructing the goallkeeper.

@El Loro posted:

Offisde rules keep on changing so here's a link to the rules set out by the FA for the present season:
https://www.thefa.com/football...-11/law-11---offside
So it seems that the player is in an offisde position but not necessarily committing an offence provided that the player isn't interfering or obstructing the goallkeeper.

Wow, thanks El, I think

Joking apart, it was very informative

@Moonie posted:

Wow, thanks El, I think

Joking apart, it was very informative

And here's the MCC rule 36 in cricket
https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-...et/leg-before-wicket

@El Loro posted:

And here's the MCC rule 36 in cricket
https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-...et/leg-before-wicket

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

Here's the highlights of Wrexham v Barnett

my son and hubby were there -my son has  a wrexham season ticket since him and /gf moved back toFlintshire from Durham in september -they lived in durham for 7 years-GF went to uni there - and son goes to all the away matches

@El Loro posted:

And here's the MCC rule 36 in cricket
https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-...et/leg-before-wicket

love cricket

night  EL slim Moonsieee velvet

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

my son and hubby were there -my son has  a wrexham season ticket since him and /gf moved back toFlintshire from Durham in september -they lived in durham for 7 years-GF went to uni there - and son goes to all the away matches

Your son was lucky to be at such a terrific game

Good morning everyone

Rain has moved on and it's now sunny here.

I hope everyone has a good day

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

my son and hubby were there -my son has  a wrexham season ticket since him and /gf moved back toFlintshire from Durham in september -they lived in durham for 7 years-GF went to uni there - and son goes to all the away matches

Your son and hubby won't forget that match

Good morning Buddies

A cool but sunny start to the day here. A high of just 15 degrees expected

Enjoy your day everyone

'Warm Banks'

https://www.bigissue.com/news/...crisis-energy-bills/

@slimfern posted:

'Warm Banks'

https://www.bigissue.com/news/...crisis-energy-bills/

Martin Lewis was saying this back in July and some have already opened

@El Loro posted:

Martin Lewis was saying this back in July and some have already opened

I must be blinkered,cos today was the first I've heard of such a thing

Food banks I've helped with in the past (even topped up a few meter keys) but warm banks ..Yikes...who would have thought.

@slimfern posted:

I must be blinkered,cos today was the first I've heard of such a thing

Food banks I've helped with in the past (even topped up a few meter keys) but warm banks ..Yikes...who would have thought.

Just heard on an American soccer game, “that goal was so hot it was like a sun lamp to an albino.”

@Moonie posted:

Just heard on an American soccer game, “that goal was so hot it was like a sun lamp to an albino.”

I think the commentator who said that should be criticised as those who have albinism are at increased risk of getting skin cancer so they need to take greater care - they are advised by the NHS to use sunscreen of at least 30 SPF:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/albinism/

@slimfern posted:

'Warm Banks'

https://www.bigissue.com/news/...crisis-energy-bills/

so sad we need warm spaces

night EL slim moonsieee  velvet

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

Good morning everyone

Sunny cold start to the day here.

New stamps being issued by Royal Mail from next week with various Aardman Animation characters depicted such as Wallace & Gtomit and Shaun the Sheep:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...and-bristol-63202506

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

A sunny cold start to the day here. No rain forecast

Have a nice day everyone

Links to 2 silent films on Youtube.
The first is called "Terror Island" from 1920. 2 of the 7 reels are missing though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCYaZfvsjUE
The second is called "The Man from Beyond" from 1922:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-njiAhwXg
The films are hardly worth bothering to watch other than to see who the leading "actor" (if you can call him an actor is). He is much better known outside films.

Incidentally he was a family friend of a couple of vaudeville comedians. At one time he travelled with them in a medicine show, At that time he saw their 3 year old son fall down the stairs. He picked the son up, brushed the dust off, and said to the father that the fall was "a buster". The father liked that name and that's how Joseph Keaton jnr became "Buster" Keaton.