A short Russian animated film made in 1912 called "The grasshopper and the ant". Quite a dark story.
Best seen on a full size screen to be able to see the detail. Quite remarkable animated film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7lruO14vYA
@El Loro posted:A short Russian animated film made in 1912 called "The grasshopper and the ant". Quite a dark story.
Best seen on a full size screen to be able to see the detail. Quite remarkable animated film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7lruO14vYA
I prefer the version we saw and talked about the other week El 
@slimfern posted:I prefer the version we saw and talked about the other week El
Two very different treatments of Aesop's fable
There's a wiki article on that fable as to the various different ways it's been treated over the generations in various forms of media though the article includes a painting of a nude woman which is somewhat different from what you might be expecting to see in the article.
@El Loro posted:Two very different treatments of Aesop's fable
There's a wiki article on that fable as to the various different ways it's been treated over the generations in various forms of media though the article includes a painting of a nude woman which is somewhat different from what you might be expecting to see in the article.
It's represents the fable in an art form...
Because of the influence of La Fontaine's Fables, in which La cigale et la fourmi stands at the beginning, the grasshopper then became the proverbial example of improvidence in France: so much so that Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1836â1911) could paint a picture of a female nude biting one of her nails among the falling leaves and be sure viewers would understand the point by giving it the title La Cigale. The painting was exhibited at the 1872 Salon with a quotation from La Fontaine, Quand la bise fut venue (When the north wind blew), and was seen as a critique of the lately deposed Napoleon III, who had led the nation into a disastrous war with Prussia.
Some photos of the full moon over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...h-yorkshire-64887992
Re it being called a "worm" moon, there's a list of names for the full moon on wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon
@El Loro posted:Some photos of the full moon over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...h-yorkshire-64887992
Re it being called a "worm" moon, there's a list of names for the full moon on wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon
Hi El and Slim 
Hope you are both having a good Thursday . Stunning photos El 
Looks as if BBC One's decision to show Father Brown only on Fridays at 1.45 pm rather than on Mondays to Fridays as in the past may be permanent.
Tomorrow;s episode is the last of the present series, Next Friday has the first episode of the second series of Hope Street. The first series had been shown on Mondays to Fridays. Although the second series is flagged as a repeat, the series has already been shown but on BBC Four at 1 in the morning,
@El Loro posted:Looks as if BBC One's decision to show Father Brown only on Fridays at 1.45 pm rather than on Mondays to Fridays as in the past may be permanent.
Tomorrow;s episode is the last of the present series, Next Friday has the first episode of the second series of Hope Street. The first series had been shown on Mondays to Fridays. Although the second series is flagged as a repeat, the series has already been shown but on BBC Four at 1 in the morning,
Thanks for the info El. Was Hope street the one set in Ireland ?
@El Loro posted:Some photos of the full moon over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...h-yorkshire-64887992
Re it being called a "worm" moon, there's a list of names for the full moon on wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon
gorgeous photos EL -love the first one with the silhouette of the bird
night EL Slim bazzy
@Baz posted:Thanks for the info El.
"Hope Street" is filmed at Donaghadee in Northern Ireland.
The police station can be located on Google Maps:
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/...Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Number 4. It's actually Shore Street 
There was another police series set in Ireland in the same time slot. I didn't watch it and I think it was a different type of drama than "Hope Street".
Big cast change for the second series is that DC Leila Hussain has gone and there's a new character - DC Alistair Quinn.
Series is watchable but a bit unbelievable.
Short clip of a "snow tornado" in Shetland:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-64900417
@El Loro posted:Short clip of a "snow tornado" in Shetland:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-64900417
Just seen this on the news El ...quite a sight to see
I wonder if a snow tornado would have the same force a regular tornado has?
@slimfern posted:Just seen this on the news El ...quite a sight to see
I wonder if a snow tornado would have the same force a regular tornado has?
There are ratings for tornados starting from 0 for a weak one which might damage trees but not substantial structures. That snow one would have been at the weak end of the ratings.
I don't think a snow one would have the same force as a major tornado - Antarctica doesn't get them
Link to a 1941 film on Youtube called "Sun Valley Serenade"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUnVNzeVPpI
The leads were Sonja Henie (who was a 3 time Olympic gold winner for Norway for figure skating) and John Payne.
The sequence starting at 46 minutes is a musical number written for the film lasting about 8 minutes in all ending with Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicolas Brothers.
You'll recognise the music even if you've never heard of the film.
@El Loro posted:Short clip of a "snow tornado" in Shetland:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-64900417
wow that is amazing EL
night EL slim bazzy
@El Loro posted:Link to a 1941 film on Youtube called "Sun Valley Serenade"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUnVNzeVPpI
The leads were Sonja Henie (who was a 3 time Olympic gold winner for Norway for figure skating) and John Payne.
The sequence starting at 46 minutes is a musical number written for the film lasting about 8 minutes in all ending with Dorothy Dandridge and the Nicolas Brothers.
You'll recognise the music even if you've never heard of the film.
Glen Miller's Chatanooga choo choo....a brilliant tune
Followed by some amazing tap dancing
@slimfern posted:Glen Miller's Chatanooga choo choo....a brilliant tune
Followed by some amazing tap dancing
The Nicholas Brothers were amongst the best tap dancers of all time. Fayard was older than Harold by a bit over 6 years.
Here's a clip of them tap dancing when they were young:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-ZYxkwaPd4
Another clip which is from the 1948 musical "The Pirate" with them dancing with Gene Kelly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYf0L-QP_k
Those are surpassed by this clip from the 1943 film "Stormy Weather". Cab Calloway and his orchestra perform "Jumping Jive" and then the brothers perform one of the greatest dance routines ever filmed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGGtVKrD8
@El Loro posted:The Nicholas Brothers were amongst the best tap dancers of all time. Fayard was older than Harold by a bit over 6 years.
Here's a clip of them tap dancing when they were young:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-ZYxkwaPd4
Another clip which is from the 1948 musical "The Pirate" with them dancing with Gene Kelly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYf0L-QP_k
Those are surpassed by this clip from the 1943 film "Stormy Weather". Cab Calloway and his orchestra perform "Jumping Jive" and then the brothers perform one of the greatest dance routines ever filmed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yGGtVKrD8
I'm exhausted just watching them dance
They are brilliant aren't they 
I've seen the first and last clips before El, but can never remember their names 
Imagine the hours of practice that went into being able to dance like that 
@slimfern posted:I'm exhausted just watching them dance
They are brilliant aren't they
I've seen the first and last clips before El, but can never remember their names
Imagine the hours of practice that went into being able to dance like that
Fayard, the older brother, would sit in the front row of the theatre where their parents worked (in their own band). He saw many performers there and was fascinated by the dancers and effectively learned from them. He started dancing and taught first his sister Dorothy, They would perform as the Nicholas Kids. He then taught Harold and they became the Nicholas Brothers.
Harold's full name was Harold Lloyd Nicholas. He was so named because Fayard insisted to his parents than he be named after his idol, Harold Lloyd, the film comedian.
Lloyd's best known film is "Safety Last!" (1923). That's the one with a scene of him hanging on to the hands of a clock near the top of a tall building.
(I don't rate Harold Lloyd in the same category as Buster Keaton as Lloyd did use stuntmen and some special effects, whereas Keaton did his own stunts)
night EL slim
Slim, not much new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
The film on Thursday at 15.10 is "The Ware Case" (1938), there's a film next Sunday at 21.30 called "Knock at any Door" (1949) which starred Humphrey Bogart. However both films seem to be serious and outdated. "The Ware Case" is about an aristocratic financier on trial for murder and was adapted from a 1915 play. "Knock at any Door" is about a lawyer trying to defend a petty criminal on a murder charge with an attempt to convince the jury that the slum conditions in which the accused came from were to blame for him becoming a criminal.
@El Loro posted:Slim, not much new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
The film on Thursday at 15.10 is "The Ware Case" (1938), there's a film next Sunday at 21.30 called "Knock at any Door" (1949) which starred Humphrey Bogart. However both films seem to be serious and outdated. "The Ware Case" is about an aristocratic financier on trial for murder and was adapted from a 1915 play. "Knock at any Door" is about a lawyer trying to defend a petty criminal on a murder charge with an attempt to convince the jury that the slum conditions in which the accused came from were to blame for him becoming a criminal.
Thank you El
night EL Slim velvet
@slimfern posted:We've a gusty one going on here too El
It;s a recycling day here.
There's a house nearby where the occupants put out the recycling box with a damaged cover which blows off whenever it's windy. Result is the much of the contents get blown elsewhere. They don't bother to crush milk bottles or cans which they're supposed to do so the box would be overflowing if the contents stayed there,
Other people such as people walking by or neighbours pick up what's been blown.
Another neighbour has told the occupants about this before but get ignored.
I found a foil container which probably had had something like a cherry tart in - they hadn't bothered to attempt to wash it. I don't know if it had come from the same box or from somewhere else. The collectors would have refused to empty anyone's box where it contains something like that.
As you say, it's a gusty day
@El Loro posted:It;s a recycling day here.
There's a house nearby where the occupants put out the recycling box with a damaged cover which blows off whenever it's windy. Result is the much of the contents get blown elsewhere. They don't bother to crush milk bottles or cans which they're supposed to do so the box would be overflowing if the contents stayed there,
Other people such as people walking by or neighbours pick up what's been blown.
Another neighbour has told the occupants about this before but get ignored.
I found a foil container which probably had had something like a cherry tart in - they hadn't bothered to attempt to wash it. I don't know if it had come from the same box or from somewhere else. The collectors would have refused to empty anyone's box where it contains something like that.As you say, it's a gusty day
Neighbours like that can be annoying El 
It's lucky you don't have seagulls, cos they would have a field day.
Fortunately where we are we have bin rooms which are shared, with a combination lock to open the door, which is only known by the residents (private & council) and of course the bin men
At home though we have a regular bin system like you which we are quite maticulous about.
Just wish the local authority were the same when it comes to litter on the footpaths.
@El Loro posted:It;s a recycling day here.
There's a house nearby where the occupants put out the recycling box with a damaged cover which blows off whenever it's windy. Result is the much of the contents get blown elsewhere. They don't bother to crush milk bottles or cans which they're supposed to do so the box would be overflowing if the contents stayed there,
Other people such as people walking by or neighbours pick up what's been blown.
Another neighbour has told the occupants about this before but get ignored.
I found a foil container which probably had had something like a cherry tart in - they hadn't bothered to attempt to wash it. I don't know if it had come from the same box or from somewhere else. The collectors would have refused to empty anyone's box where it contains something like that.As you say, it's a gusty day
Have you heard about the Scottish Govt's recycling plans. They intend adding 20p onto every plastic, glass and metal drinks container and then you reclaim it. A 12 pack of small plastic bottled water from say Aldi will go from ÂĢ1.49 to ÂĢ3.99.
That's what I'm up against. I think 2 leadership contenders want to bin it and Yousaf wants to defer it. It's batshit crazy.
The UK Govt are gonna make veto number two and rightly so. The sooner Noddy's gone the better.
Hope you're well you two
@slimfern posted:Neighbours like that can be annoying El
It's lucky you don't have seagulls, cos they would have a field day.
Fortunately where we are we have bin rooms which are shared, with a combination lock to open the door, which is only known by the residents (private & council) and of course the bin men
At home though we have a regular bin system like you which we are quite maticulous about.
Just wish the local authority were the same when it comes to litter on the footpaths.
Actually we do get seagulls here. Food waste goes in a separate caddy for collection and the lid can be locked so that seagulls can't get inside
@velvet donkey posted:Have you heard about the Scottish Govt's recycling plans. They intend adding 20p onto every plastic, glass and metal drinks container and then you reclaim it. A 12 pack of small plastic bottled water from say Aldi will go from ÂĢ1.49 to ÂĢ3.99.
That's what I'm up against. I think 2 leadership contenders want to bin it and Yousaf wants to defer it. It's batshit crazy.
The UK Govt are gonna make veto number two and rightly so. The sooner Noddy's gone the better.
Hope you're well you two
Velvet, I think the Scottish government have been trying ti do something like that for years but it keeps on getting deferred.
All's well here and I hope likewise for you
@velvet donkey posted:Have you heard about the Scottish Govt's recycling plans. They intend adding 20p onto every plastic, glass and metal drinks container and then you reclaim it. A 12 pack of small plastic bottled water from say Aldi will go from ÂĢ1.49 to ÂĢ3.99.
That's what I'm up against. I think 2 leadership contenders want to bin it and Yousaf wants to defer it. It's batshit crazy.
The UK Govt are gonna make veto number two and rightly so. The sooner Noddy's gone the better.
Hope you're well you two
How?
Again, the onus is put upon the consumer
Non recyclables should be stopped from being made!