@Moonie posted:

It’s chucking it down here. Worse than earlier

Well ordered El

It's the same band of rain as here and it's now raining as forecast

Just luck that the paper arrived early unless the dfriver knew that it was going to get wet so same early

@velvet donkey posted:

Class       

@slimfern posted:

Am I possibly the only one that got annoyed by that  

I don't remember seeing it but there was one called "The Year of the Mouse" where Tom did eventually get the better of Jerry. Looks as if it's on Youtube in two parts though the uploaded duplicated the first half twice and also the second half.
It's quite violent.

@El Loro posted:

I don't remember seeing it but there was one called "The Year of the Mouse" where Tom did eventually get the better of Jerry. Looks as if it's on Youtube in two parts though the uploaded duplicated the first half twice and also the second half.
It's quite violent.

As are most of the 'Tom & Jerry' cartoons 

It's a quandry isn't it....as much as I would like to see Tom catch Jerry or the Coyote capture the Roadrunner or indeed Elmer Fudd nail Bugs bunny etc, it's the thrill of the chase I suppose what makes the cartoon

@slimfern posted:

As are most of the 'Tom & Jerry' cartoons 

It's a quandry isn't it....as much as I would like to see Tom catch Jerry or the Coyote capture the Roadrunner or indeed Elmer Fudd nail Bugs bunny etc, it's the thrill of the chase I suppose what makes the cartoon

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim moonsieee Velvet

Good morning everyone

Forecast to be a reasonably sunny day here. Rain forecast for tomorrow evening, then it looks as if the weather will become settled though cloudy and temperatures not getting into double figures.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

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

Its looking like the weather will settle here too El

Enjoy your day everyone

@slimfern posted:

Believe it or not El, I've never watched any of the Poirot series, well none with David Suchet
I think I've seen Peter Ustinov play the character...

I do like Agatha Christie's Stories though
There's a Lucy Worsley 3 part dcumentary series starting next Friday about Ms Christie
and of course you know she was a local lass

First episode is tonight at 9pm on BBC Two

It may not be a coincidence that the series is starting today.
The premiere of the play "The Mousetrap" was on 25th November 1952, 70 years ago today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-63744907

Wales lost

@El Loro posted:

First episode is tonight at 9pm on BBC Two

It may not be a coincidence that the series is starting today.
The premiere of the play "The Mousetrap" was on 25th November 1952, 70 years ago today:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ent...inment-arts-63744907

Yep! got it booked in for tonight's viewing


Have you been to see 'The Mousetrap' El?

@slimfern posted:

Yep! got it booked in for tonight's viewing


Have you been to see 'The Mousetrap' El?

No, I haven't seen the play. 
If you've ever come across the Agatha Christie book "Three Blind Mice and Other Stories" the first story was written in 1948 in the States. Hasn't been published in this country as the first story was a version of her 1947 radio play which she later used as the basis of "The Mousetrap". It's a long held tradition that those who have seen the play don't divulge who did it. That's why the book hasn't been published.
The other stories have been included in other collections.

It's raining here at present - Met Office have rain chance under 5% and BBC 3% so both wrong

@El Loro posted:

It's raining here at present - Met Office have rain chance under 5% and BBC 3% so both wrong 9

Nothing new there then El?

@Moonie posted:

Nothing new there then El?

There's been about 5mm of rain since I posted an hour and a half ago, both the Met Office and BBC forecasts showed no sign of that.

@El Loro posted:

There's been about 5mm of rain since I posted an hour and a half ago, both the Met Office and BBC forecasts showed no sign of that.

Cool but mostly sunny here all day El

@Moonie posted:

Cool but mostly sunny here all day El

There are 4 flood warnings in place at present for England. 2 of those are in my part of the country. These are in recognised flood risk areas and there's nothing unusual about warnings being issued.
There's no chance of me being affected by them as I don't live in an area regarded as a flood risk area.

@El Loro posted:

There are 4 flood warnings in place at present for England. 2 of those are in my part of the country. These are in recognised flood risk areas and there's nothing unusual about warnings being issued.
There's no chance of me being affected by them as I don't live in an area regarded as a flood risk area.

The river Exe near us has broken it's banks this week, the pathways on either side are underwater...

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

There are 4 flood warnings in place at present for England. 2 of those are in my part of the country. These are in recognised flood risk areas and there's nothing unusual about warnings being issued.
There's no chance of me being affected by them as I don't live in an area regarded as a flood risk area.

night EL slim moonsieee velvet

@slimfern posted:

As are most of the 'Tom & Jerry' cartoons 

It's a quandry isn't it....as much as I would like to see Tom catch Jerry or the Coyote capture the Roadrunner or indeed Elmer Fudd nail Bugs bunny etc, it's the thrill of the chase I suppose what makes the cartoon

Where do you stand on Captain Scarlet ?   

Was it the SPV? Height of my achievement as a kid       

Good morning everyone

Fairly cloudy here, forecast to be mainly dry until evening when more rain forecast.

I hope everyone has a good day

@slimfern posted:

The river Exe near us has broken it's banks this week, the pathways on either side are underwater...

I hope the flooding is restricted to the pathways

@velvet donkey posted:

Where do you stand on Captain Scarlet ?   

Was it the SPV? Height of my achievement as a kid       

I saw it in my teens and it was quite watchable though I preferred Thunderbirds.

Okay. That ends that then     

I was deffo Captain Scarlet and Joe 90. I think Joe had his own customised vehicle too       

Gerry Anderson was innovative     

He beat George Lucas to toys.

Star Wars - I don't think so. I would talk under interrogation.

@velvet donkey posted:

Where do you stand on Captain Scarlet ?   

Was it the SPV? Height of my achievement as a kid       

I don't...the Mysterons shadow used to scare me

Marina was more my style

@slimfern posted:

I don't...the Mysterons shadow used to scare me

Marina was more my style

Aye, the Mysterions and Captain Black.

It was probably quite dark. Look how I turned out     

@velvet donkey posted:

Aye, the Mysterions and Captain Black.

It was probably quite dark. Look how I turned out     

Yeah...the badass kiddies watched Captain Scarlet...Mummies boys watched Thunderbirds

You would have sat well with my brother

I've seen worse 

@velvet donkey posted:

Gerry Anderson was innovative     

He certainly was

SPV-Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle

@slimfern posted:

I don't...the Mysterons shadow used to scare me

Marina was more my style

Stingray was good as well

I just noticed when thumbing through the channels that on Sky Arts they are showing Double Indemnity (1944) with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward Robinson, as he is billed

Great film. Set it to record

Good morning Buddies

A cool cloudy but dry start to the day here. A lot of rain expected later though

Enjoy your weekend everyone

@Moonie posted:

I just noticed when thumbing through the channels that on Sky Arts they are showing Double Indemnity (1944) with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward Robinson, as he is billed

Great film. Set it to record

Yes, it's a great film. I resaw it fairly recently, one of Billy Wilder's classics
I think you'll find that the opening credits has him as Edward G. Robinson. His birth name was Emmanuel Goldberg and the G. stands for Goldberg.

@El Loro posted:

Yes, it's a great film. I resaw it fairly recently, one of Billy Wilder's classics
I think you'll find that the opening credits has him as Edward G. Robinson. His birth name was Emmanuel Goldberg and the G. stands for Goldberg.

Oh, I didn’t know that El 👍

@Moonie posted:

Oh, I didn’t know that El 👍

His breakthrough role was "Little Caesar" (1931) one of the Warner Bros gangster films. For its time a rather violent film though not now, 
James Cagney's breakthrough role was in the same year in another Warner Bros gangster film "The Public Enemy". As with "Little Caesar" fairly violent then but not now. His 1949 film "White Heat" is more violent than "The Public Enemy".
The most violent gangster film of that era is possibly the original "Scarface" (1932) which was from a different studio.
I haven't seen those 1930s films.

@El Loro posted:

His breakthrough role was "Little Caesar" (1931) one of the Warner Bros gangster films. For its time a rather violent film though not now,
James Cagney's breakthrough role was in the same year in another Warner Bros gangster film "The Public Enemy". As with "Little Caesar" fairly violent then but not now. His 1949 film "White Heat" is more violent than "The Public Enemy".
The most violent gangster film of that era is possibly the original "Scarface" (1932) which was from a different studio.
I haven't seen those 1930s films.

I have watched all of those except Scarface El