Gaslight

@Baz posted:

Yes, that one , and the one with Ingrid Bergman , whose title escapes me right now , are great Victorian melodramas imo

That's probably "Gaslight" (1944)

night EL slim bazzy

Good morning everyone

Another cold day here though forecast to be closer to average temperature for January from tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a good day

BBC clip of a 4 year old who is now a member of Mensa:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...and-bristol-64373693

@El Loro posted:

BBC clip of a 4 year old who is now a member of Mensa:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...and-bristol-64373693

Wow! what a clever little chap

@El Loro posted:

BBC clip of a 4 year old who is now a member of Mensa:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...and-bristol-64373693

Afternoon El and Slim Hope your day is going well . Wow , what a clever child …..but part of me wonders how much of his childhood will actually be *blighted* by it ……

@Baz posted:

Afternoon El and Slim Hope your day is going well . Wow , what a clever child …..but part of me wonders how much of his childhood will actually be *blighted* by it ……

Afternoon Baz

That child seems happy enough at present but..

@El Loro posted:

Afternoon Baz

That child seems happy enough at present but..

Yes, but I can’t help but wonder at the pressures he will be put under are he gets a bit older .

@El Loro posted:

BBC clip of a 4 year old who is now a member of Mensa:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...and-bristol-64373693

I always feel a bit sorry for them and the pressure they are under and  how it affects them being far better academically than their peers  - he is very clever though thankyou EL

night EL slim Bazzy

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here, a bit warmer than recently.

I hope everyone has a good day

Rather misty here now. 4° outside at present but high humidity making it more like 2°.
So although warmer than recently, still below average for late January.

Afternoon El Hope you are having a good day . It’s definitely a bit warmer here …..no icy patches….or puddles…. on my walk today .

@Baz posted:

Afternoon El Hope you are having a good day . It’s definitely a bit warmer here …..no icy patches….or puddles…. on my walk today .

Not too bad a day. Baz
I hope yours is OK

Just been watching an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" called "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole".
Set in London in 1919 about someone going round strangling people.
It won't come as a surprise that the outdoor scenes are rather foggy

@El Loro posted:

Not too bad a day. Baz
I hope yours is OK

Just been watching an episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" called "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole".
Set in London in 1919 about someone going round strangling people.
It won't come as a surprise that the outdoor scenes are rather foggy

Yes, fog was a must for creepy outdoor scenes , eh .

@Baz posted:

Yes, fog was a must for creepy outdoor scenes , eh .

night EL slim Bazzy

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here, some sunshine forecast at times.

I hope everyone has a good day

The comet C/2022 E3 can be seen through binoculars/telescope in areas with low light pollution. It's the first time in 50,000 years since it was last here. It's been called the green comet due to its appearance.
Link to a youtube page which is live streaming this through a telescope at this time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8R8_53HKpw
The comet will be closest on 1 February.

Looks as if the present series of "Father Brown" will continue to be shown on Fridays only. I see that episode 6 is to be shown on February 10th, I had wondered if episodes 6 to 10 were to be shown during that week.

@El Loro posted:

The comet C/2022 E3 can be seen through binoculars/telescope in areas with low light pollution. It's the first time in 50,000 years since it was last here. It's been called the green comet due to its appearance.
Link to a youtube page which is live streaming this through a telescope at this time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8R8_53HKpw
The comet will be closest on 1 February.

It's taking a long time to load El ...probably lots of traffic at present. I'll try later

@slimfern posted:

It's taking a long time to load El ...probably lots of traffic at present. I'll try later

I've just tried that link and it's working for me without any delay,
One can see the green comet but other than a timer counting down over the next 6 days, there's nothing much to see

@El Loro posted:

I've just tried that link and it's working for me without any delay,
One can see the green comet but other than a timer counting down over the next 6 days, there's nothing much to see

Yes, I've just tried it again

I know we can't actually see it moving, but the green mist around it gives the illusion that we can...do you get that too?

@slimfern posted:

Yes, I've just tried it again

I know we can't actually see it moving, but the green mist around it gives the illusion that we can...do you get that too?

Yes, I do, I think it's because of the apparent trail behind it

The reason why it appears green is because of the sunlight on some of its molecules, specifically diatonic carbon (a form of carbon which is unstable at normal temperature & pressure) and cyanogen.

@El Loro posted:

Yes, I do, I think it's because of the apparent trail behind it

The reason why it appears green is because of the sunlight on some of its molecules, specifically diatonic carbon (a form of carbon which is unstable at normal temperature & pressure) and cyanogen.

So it's pretty toxic and a bit smelly then El

@slimfern posted:

So it's pretty toxic and a bit smelly then El

Yes, but I don't think there's any need to be concerned unless you are going out into space to the comet to breathe it in

By the way, apple pips, peach stones, and apricot stones have cyanide in them but you would have to eat a lot of them to get poisoned.

@El Loro posted:

Yes, but I don't think there's any need to be concerned unless you are going out into space to the comet to breathe it in

By the way, apple pips, peach stones, and apricot stones have cyanide in them but you would have to eat a lot of them to get poisoned.

I'm not in any hurry to, No El


I know of someone who took his own life by ingesting cyanide ...not a pleasant way to go
His guilty conscience

@slimfern posted:

I'm not in any hurry to, No El


I know of someone who took his own life by ingesting cyanide ...not a pleasant way to go
His guilty conscience

That's sad

@El Loro posted:

The comet C/2022 E3 can be seen through binoculars/telescope in areas with low light pollution. It's the first time in 50,000 years since it was last here. It's been called the green comet due to its appearance.
Link to a youtube page which is live streaming this through a telescope at this time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8R8_53HKpw
The comet will be closest on 1 February.

amazing -thankyou EL

night EL slim

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here, some sunshine forecast later. Tonight is forecast to be cold at about zero, the last cold night of the recent cold spell of weather.

I hope everyone has a good day

A 12 minute silent film (with piano score) called "The Last Leaf" made in 1912 by Alice Guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_cYhqVblLc

@El Loro posted:

A 12 minute silent film (with piano score) called "The Last Leaf" made in 1912 by Alice Guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_cYhqVblLc

Aww I enjoyed that El...how sweet was the little sister to tie leaves to the branches to try and stop her sister from dying

Thank you

@slimfern posted:

Aww I enjoyed that El...how sweet was the little sister to tie leaves to the branches to try and stop her sister from dying

Thank you

Thank you Slim

Alice Guy based it on a story by O Henry called "The Last Leaf" though his story is rather different. That had been filmed, the best known being part of "O Henry's Full House" (1952) and that segment can be seen via:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeaszRQEYk
The older sister was played by Anne Baxter, the younger one by Jean Peters and the artist by Gregory Ratoff. The man who introduces the segment is John Steinbeck.

@El Loro posted:

Thank you Slim

Alice Guy based it on a story by O Henry called "The Last Leaf" though his story is rather different. That had been filmed, the best known being part of "O Henry's Full House" (1952) and that segment can be seen via:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jeaszRQEYk
The older sister was played by Anne Baxter, the younger one by Jean Peters and the artist by Gregory Ratoff. The man who introduces the segment is John Steinbeck.

That was a sad story El...

It is different, but has the same meaning behind it

@slimfern posted:

That was a sad story El...

It is different, but has the same meaning behind it

As you say, a sad story and I preferred the Alice Guy adaptation

@El Loro posted:

As you say, a sad story and I preferred the Alice Guy adaptation

Yes, I think I'd lean towards that version too, although I did like the old man

night EL slim

Good morning everyone

Cloudy day here, not much chance of seeing that green comet as it's forecast to be cloudy here for days.

I hope everyone has a good day