Scene from "Royal Wedding" (1951), a Fred Astaire musical which Slim recorded some time ago.

Good morning Buddies

It rained all night but it stopped now, well for a little while

Enjoy your day everyone

@El Loro posted:

Scene from "Royal Wedding" (1951), a Fred Astaire musical which Slim recorded some time ago.

Prefer this one from that film El



Have to say though...I liked Jane Powell in 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' much better
Loved that film...
My brother was named after Russ Tamblyn, who btw is the only cast member still alive today.

@slimfern posted:

Prefer this one from that film El



Have to say though...I liked Jane Powell in 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' much better
Loved that film...
My brother was named after Russ Tamblyn, who btw is the only cast member still alive today.

I agree with you that "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" is a much better musical

I think the latter part of Russ Tamblyn's film career is not good and best to remember him for his films of the 50s and early 60s

@El Loro posted:

I agree with you that "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" is a much better musical

I think the latter part of Russ Tamblyn's film career is not good and best to remember him for his films of the 50s and early 60s

West Side Story being one of them ...another excellent musical film.

@slimfern posted:

West Side Story being one of them ...another excellent musical film.

And before "West Side Story" there was "Tom Thumb". Although it's not an outstanding film, I saw it as a child in the cinema and it was a delightful film

@El Loro posted:

And before "West Side Story" there was "Tom Thumb". Although it's not an outstanding film, I saw it as a child in the cinema and it was a delightful film

Yes it was

His gymnastic training certainly held him in good stead for that film

night EL slim moonssiee

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

Good morning everyone

Stopped raining here and may be dry for the rest of the day.

First new coins with the King's portrait )50p coin) has started being struck and will enter general circulation in December:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63413134

I hope everyone has a good day

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Stopped raining here and may be dry for the rest of the day.

First new coins with the King's portrait )50p coin) has started being struck and will enter general circulation in December:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63413134

I hope everyone has a good day

He said it took months of painstaking work


His sculpture work does look great though.

@slimfern posted:

He said it took months of painstaking work


His sculpture work does look great though.

The sculptor had been working on this for about a year alongside experts at the Royal Mint. It isd likely that the same image will be used on all future coins during the time of the King;s reign.  So it wold have taken a lot of time to get it just right. I think it's reasoable to assume that this was done with the consent of the Queen and the then Prince of Wales though would not have been made public knoiwledge.

My late father had a large number of books but I don't recall seeing this one at their house:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-63412913

Good morning Buddies

It was raining all night but it’s sunny and windy now. That’ll do for me

Enjoy your day everyone

@Moonie posted:

Good morning Buddies

It was raining all night but it’s sunny and windy now. That’ll do for me

Enjoy your day everyone

Moonie, I think the early morning weather here tomorrow is non-stop rain from about 4am to just after 8am

It’s looking like rain overnight and until 1pm tomorrow too El

@Moonie posted:

It’s looking like rain overnight and until 1pm tomorrow too El

Locally, the amount of rain this month is now above the average for October, but for the year to date about 5/6ths of the average.

@El Loro posted:

Locally, the amount of rain this month is now above the average for October, but for the year to date about 5/6ths of the average.

@El Loro posted:

My late father had a large number of books but I don't recall seeing this one at their house:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-63412913

Sensible man I would say

@slimfern posted:

Sensible man I would say

Though it's unlikely he could have known that about the book.

Virgin Media doing planned works in my area next Thursday from 9am to potentially 6pm so I may not be able to post much that day.

@El Loro posted:

Virgin Media doing planned works in my area next Thursday from 9am to potentially 6pm so I may not be able to post much that day.

Missing you already El

Fingers crossed you won't be absent for long that day...if at all! 

@slimfern posted:

Missing you already El

Fingers crossed you won't be absent for long that day...if at all! 

Thanks Slim
Could be related to that outage the other day, that they did a quick fix then, and now need to do something more long term.

An artwork has been displayed upside down in art galleries for some 75 years without anyone realising it until now, The fact that the artwork was by Piet Mondrian explains why this happened
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-63423811

@El Loro posted:

An artwork has been displayed upside down in art galleries for some 75 years without anyone realising it until now, The fact that the artwork was by Piet Mondrian explains why this happened
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-63423811

Ermmm!
Personally, I would struggle to call that art

@slimfern posted:

Ermmm!
Personally, I would struggle to call that art

And Mondrian's have been known to sell for outrageous sums of money which is both absurd and, frankly, disgusting

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Stopped raining here and may be dry for the rest of the day.

First new coins with the King's portrait )50p coin) has started being struck and will enter general circulation in December:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63413134

I hope everyone has a good day

image looks good but reminds me of  -king George V1

@El Loro posted:

My late father had a large number of books but I don't recall seeing this one at their house:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-63412913

wow an arsenic  book bit dodgy but an interesting concept thank you EL

@El Loro posted:

An artwork has been displayed upside down in art galleries for some 75 years without anyone realising it until now, The fact that the artwork was by Piet Mondrian explains why this happened
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-63423811

no way is that art IMO bet its worth silly money as well

night EL slim moonsieee

Good mornng everyone

Rain likely this morning. Possibly a high of 20° which is high for late October.

Don't forget, clocks change tonight so an extra hour in bed.

I hope everyone has a good day

@Rocking Ros Rose posted:

image looks good but reminds me of  -king George V1

I can see what you mean though the familial similarity is enhanced by the heads on their coins both looking to the left. Long standing tradition for coins that the direction of the head alternates between left side and tight side of the face each time there's a new monarch.

@El Loro posted:

I can see what you mean though the familial similarity is enhanced by the heads on their coins both looking to the left. Long standing tradition for coins that the direction of the head alternates between left side and tight side of the face each time there's a new monarch.

I didn’t know that El

Good morning Buddies

Wet and breezy here. Set to be like it until at least 1pm

We could hit 18 degrees today

Enjoy your day everyone

@Moonie posted:

I didn’t know that El

There's an article about that on  the Royal Mint website:
https://www.royalmint.com/stor...-portrait-tradition/

'Singing in the Rain' is on BBC2  just before 3 this afternoon El

It's hard to think of that film without remembering Morecombe and Wise's sketch

@slimfern posted:

'Singing in the Rain' is on BBC2  just before 3 this afternoon El

It's hard to think of that film without remembering Morecombe and Wise's sketch

"Singin' in the Rain" is of course a film I've seen many times and has never been bettered

The idea of the film came from the song of that name which was written in 1929. It was first used in an MGM film called "The Hollywood Revue of 1929" which was more of a showcase for MGM rather than a film.
"Singin' in the Rain" in that film can be seen on Youtube but in comparison to the Gene Kelly film, it's dreadful.
If you really want to watch it it's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRcr_5qWa-o

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

I can see what you mean though the familial similarity is enhanced by the heads on their coins both looking to the left. Long standing tradition for coins that the direction of the head alternates between left side and tight side of the face each time there's a new monarch.

thankyou EL-didn't realise that