@El Loro posted:Seemed odd to me
Long way for a "homer" 
(backhander)
@slimfern posted:It could have been an ex Scottish gas van.....one sold off in the auctions
or someone from Scottish Gas who does checks on the work of engineers who do smart meters installation. When my meters were done there was someone who had come to check on the engineer dong the installation. I wasn't impressed by the checker when he rebuked the engineer whilst I was present in the same room. If it was necessary to criticise the engineer, he should have done so when the customer was elsewhere in the house.
@velvet donkey posted:Ex P.O. Land Rover here from auction years ago - decals were off but if you squinted..... Can think of worse co. cars for the countryside - it was stonking
Hope all are safe and well
All's well here, Velvet. I hope Babet isn't causing you problems 
@El Loro posted:For those who missed the end of Wednesday's Bake Off, Matty was the star baker. As Tasha was taken ill and had to go home, it was decided that no one would be eliminated this time but two would be next week.
Tasha had had a migraine the previous evening. Although she was better in the morning, she suffered in the heat and collapsed on to the ground. She is in next week's episode and could be seen in the preview bit at the end of Wednesday's one.
Thanks El 
night EL slim moonsieee velvet bazzy
Went passed that flooded road corner this morning and the water had drained away.
The road is one I've done through hundreds of times, there is no dip at the corner which is why I knew that the water would have been an inch deep, not inches or feet. The water would have been caused by a blockage in the drain gully, not by an overflowing brook. So there was no safety issue 
@El Loro posted:Went passed that flooded road corner this morning and the water had drained away.
The road is one I've done through hundreds of times, there is no dip at the corner which is why I knew that the water would have been an inch deep, not inches or feet. The water would have been caused by a blockage in the drain gully, not by an overflowing brook. So there was no safety issue
That's good to hear El...let's just hope everywhere else's flooding drains away as quickly
@slimfern posted:That's good to hear El...let's just hope everywhere else's flooding drains away as quickly
The flooding in many places will take s lot longer to drain away 
@Moonie posted:Apparently in South Yorkshire they are having it quite bad in some places.
And Shropshire and Derbyshire and Suffolk and many other places
Although storm Babet is likely to cease to be in the news in the next few days, the impact on those whose homes have been flooded will continue for much longer. For some it could take a year for their home to be fully habitable. That's based on what happened to someone I know whose house was flooded locally in July 2007.
@El Loro posted:The flooding in many places will take s lot longer to drain away
And Shropshire and Derbyshire and Suffolk and many other places
Although storm Babet is likely to cease to be in the news in the next few days, the impact on those whose homes have been flooded will continue for much longer. For some it could take a year for their home to be fully habitable. That's based on what happened to someone I know whose house was flooded locally in July 2007.
Too right El. Can't mess with the elements and total heartbreak. A real nightmare 
Troops
The fightback is on! 
nighth EL slim moonsieeee velvet
Slim, on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
On Wednesday at 11.50 pm is a short 25 minute tv documentary made in 1963. The title is "The Unsinkable Bette Davis" and looks at her professional life and her personal life. It was hosted by Joseph Cotten.
On Saturday at 8.55 am is "A Night in Casablanca" (1946) which was the last Marc Brothers film worth watching Their last one was "Love Happy" made 3 years later and is poor in comparison to their other films.
@El Loro posted:Slim, on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
On Wednesday at 11.50 pm is a short 25 minute tv documentary made in 1963. The title is "The Unsinkable Bette Davis" and looks at her professional life and her personal life. It was hosted by Joseph Cotten.On Saturday at 8.55 am is "A Night in Casablanca" (1946) which was the last Marc Brothers film worth watching Their last one was "Love Happy" made 3 years later and is poor in comparison to their other films.
Will record them both
the Bette Davis doc I'd like to see for certain
Thank you El
nightEl slim moonsiee velvet
A BBC collection of photos in this year's Mangrove Photography Awards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-67155632
The first photo is, not surprisingly, the overall winner and is poignant
@El Loro posted:A BBC collection of photos in this year's Mangrove Photography Awards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-67155632
The first photo is, not surprisingly, the overall winner and is poignant
Some fabulous photo's El....looks like a stunning yet rather deadly place to live
Wouldn't want to be a nurse shark in mating season that's for sure 
@slimfern posted:Some fabulous photo's El....looks like a stunning yet rather deadly place to live
Wouldn't want to be a nurse shark in mating season that's for sure
There's that alligator/crocodile scene in "Live and Let Die" where Bond escapes being eaten by them by jumping from one to another to another to get to safety. That was filmed on some mangrove swamp area in Jamaica though in the film is treated as if it was in the Louisiana backwoods and bayou.
@El Loro posted:There's that alligator/crocodile scene in "Live and Let Die" where Bond escapes being eaten by them by jumping from one to another to another to get to safety. That was filmed on some mangrove swamp area in Jamaica though in the film is treated as if it was in the Louisiana backwoods and bayou.
With real gators?
That's some stunt if they were 
@slimfern posted:With real gators?
That's some stunt if they were
Although described as alligators and crocodiles in the film, it seems that they were all crocodiles,
Per the trivia section of imdb for the film:
"It took crocodile wrangler and stuntman Ross Kananga (the villain in the movie was named after him) 6 takes to complete the scene were he doubles for Sir Roger Moore when Bond flees the bad guys by running across the backs of 3 crocodiles in a swamp. Kananga received $60,000 for the stunt, filmed at Swamp Safaris, his 350 acres of mangrove swamp on Jamaica's north coast, where he kept a herd of over 1000 crocodiles. In a 1973 interview, he explained; "something like that is almost impossible to do. So, I had to do it six times before I got it right. I fell five times. The film company kept sending to London for more clothes. The crocs were chewing off everything when I hit the water, including shoes. I received one hundred ninety-three stitches on my leg and face.""
@El Loro posted:Although described as alligators and crocodiles in the film, it seems that they were all crocodiles,
Per the trivia section of imdb for the film:
"It took crocodile wrangler and stuntman Ross Kananga (the villain in the movie was named after him) 6 takes to complete the scene were he doubles for Sir Roger Moore when Bond flees the bad guys by running across the backs of 3 crocodiles in a swamp. Kananga received $60,000 for the stunt, filmed at Swamp Safaris, his 350 acres of mangrove swamp on Jamaica's north coast, where he kept a herd of over 1000 crocodiles. In a 1973 interview, he explained; "something like that is almost impossible to do. So, I had to do it six times before I got it right. I fell five times. The film company kept sending to London for more clothes. The crocs were chewing off everything when I hit the water, including shoes. I received one hundred ninety-three stitches on my leg and face.""
Good grief! You couldn't pay me enough to do something like that
The insurance premiums must been extortionate making that film
@slimfern posted:Good grief! You couldn't pay me enough to do something like that
The insurance premiums must been extortionate making that film
It's not the sort of thing I would even think about doing
In terms of film finances, studios do not generally know if a film is going to make a profit until it's been released. There are some exceptions where a profit is almost certain even before it's released and those include the Bond films. So they wouldn't be too concerned as to what the insurance would cost
@El Loro posted:It's not the sort of thing I would even think about doing
In terms of film finances, studios do not generally know if a film is going to make a profit until it's been released. There are some exceptions where a profit is almost certain even before it's released and those include the Bond films. So they wouldn't be too concerned as to what the insurance would cost
Nope! not a career I've ever considered either
And as for acting....my stage appearance started & ended playing Wendy in Peter Pan when I was 10 
@slimfern posted:Nope! not a career I've ever considered either
And as for acting....my stage appearance started & ended playing Wendy in Peter Pan when I was 10
My acting roles are non-existent outside being one of the shepherds in a nativity play when I was very young
EL -thankyou for the photos love eye contact -brilliant , mangroves-very atmospheric and the tiger -stunning but all were brilliant