Good afternoon everyone 
Breezy, dry but not to cold 
Have a nice day Buddies
Germany was civilised in '86.
Everything worked.
@velvet donkey posted:I need a holiday.
I've been thinking that very same thing recently....somewhere warm & peaceful 
My grandfather was an engineer. War effort. He always respected the Germans.
To see him in my uncles 300 SEL 3.5 made me happy. Some things you don't forget.
@velvet donkey posted:To see him in my uncles 300 SEL 3.5 made me happy. Some things you don't forget.
Slim, I forget to mention that the Talking Pictures tv channel is showing the 1957 film "Heaven Knows, Mr Allison" tomorrow afternoon. It's a film which gets shown from time to time on various channels so you are likely to have seen it before.
A marine (Robert Mitchum) and a novice nun (Deborah Kerr) are stranded on an island in the South Pacific during WW2.
Although part war film, it's mainly about two very different people put together.
It was directed by John Huston so he must have been trying for another "African Queen" type of film. The film is OK but not in the same class, Nor in the same class as "Black Narcissus" (Kerr's other film as a nun).
@El Loro posted:Slim, I forget to mention that the Talking Pictures tv channel is showing the 1957 film "Heaven Knows, Mr Allison" tomorrow afternoon. It's a film which gets shown from time to time on various channels so you are likely to have seen it before.
A marine (Robert Mitchum) and a novice nun (Deborah Kerr) are stranded on an island in the South Pacific during WW2.
Although part war film, it's mainly about two very different people put together.
It was directed by John Huston so he must have been trying for another "African Queen" type of film. The film is OK but not in the same class, Nor in the same class as "Black Narcissus" (Kerr's other film as a nun).
Yes I have seen it El 
It was an okay film, but not in the same league as others as you say 
Thanks anyways for letting me know though
A BBC collection of winning photos in this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68543633
@El Loro posted:A BBC collection of winning photos in this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68543633
The ball of barnacles is an unusual picture....good though
I liked them all, none that were really standout favourites for me, although, the last one of a pheasant is very good for an 11year old....his little speech was impressive too
Thanks El
@El Loro posted:BBC Four showing a 2019 film called "Lunana: a Yak in the Classroom" tomorrow evening. A disillusioned young teacher is sent to Lunana up in the Himalayan mountains to teach.
Filmed on location in Bhutan. Lunana has 610 inhabitants and is in the north of the country.
Trailer for the film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W8m1IjLJB8
Film is subtitled.
I watched this last night El and thoroughly enjoyed it ....it was a humbling, gentle film...
stunning location
Great Gonerby...perhaps one to avoid 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgevg48w8nro
@slimfern posted:The ball of barnacles is an unusual picture....good though
I liked them all, none that were really standout favourites for me, although, the last one of a pheasant is very good for an 11year old....his little speech was impressive too
Thanks El
Thanks Slim
If I had to pick one as my favourite, it would be the one with a fox on a tree branch.
@slimfern posted:I watched this last night El and thoroughly enjoyed it ....it was a humbling, gentle film...
stunning location
I'm glad you enjoyed that film, Slim . I've recorded it so haven't yet watched it. I thought that the location would be stunning being in the Himalayas.
I wonder if Mount Everest is visible from Lunana. They are over 200 miles apart.
@slimfern posted:Great Gonerby...perhaps one to avoid
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgevg48w8nro
@El Loro posted:I'm glad you enjoyed that film, Slim
I wonder if Mount Everest is visible from Lunana. They are over 200 miles apart.
Possibly with a good pair of binoculars El
@slimfern posted:Possibly with a good pair of binoculars El
On a clear day, it's possible to see 211 miles away from the summit of Mount Everest so it depends as to whether there are mountains in between Everest and Lunana as to whether the mountain could be seen. In the trailer I posted there's a view near the end where a couple are sitting down looking at the view and there's a couple of mountain peaks in the middle of the view, the one on the right being higher than the one on the left.
The 4th highest mountain in the world is Lhotse which is a few miles to the south of Everest. Lunana is a couple of hundred miles to the east.
So there was some logic to my query. Everest wouldn't be called that in the film as that was named in the UK after a surveyor of that name. The Nepalese name is SagarmÄthÄand the Tibetan name is Qomolangma.
@El Loro posted:A BBC collection of winning photos in this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68543633
aww thank you EL tbh loved them all this time -stunning photos
night EL slim moonsiee
According to my television programme guide (Freeview), tonight's episode of "Pointless Celebrities" on BBC 1 has a warning "contains scenes that some viewers might find upsetting" 
Also tomorrow for BBC 1 at 8pm, the EPG is showing "Ebrington Square" rather than "Antiques Roadshow" - Ebrington Square is the location for the episode
@El Loro posted:According to my television programme guide (Freeview), tonight's episode of "Pointless Celebrities" on BBC 1 has a warning "contains scenes that some viewers might find upsetting"
Also tomorrow for BBC 1 at 8pm, the EPG is showing "Ebrington Square" rather than "Antiques Roadshow" - Ebrington Square is the location for the episode
Wonder what may be upsetting in Pointless El 
@Baz posted:Wonder what may be upsetting in Pointless El
Baz, one of the contestants is a comedian called Larry Dean, There's a clip on the BBC from the first round with him talking before he gives his answer. He talks about trying to get his father's approval in his early days of being a comedian and his father would say things like "what's the point, you're not funny". That part could upset viewers who had met with similar reactions from their parents.
Although that clip is on the BBC site, it is a spoiler as it also includes what the question is, what others have scored, his answer and what he scores.
@El Loro posted:Baz, one of the contestants is a comedian called Larry Dean, There's a clip on the BBC from the first round with him talking before he gives his answer. He talks about trying to get his father's approval in his early days of being a comedian and his father would say things like "what's the point, you're not funny". That part could upset viewers who had met with similar reactions from their parents.
Although that clip is on the BBC site, it is a spoiler as it also includes what the question is, what others have scored, his answer and what he scores.
Oh right , thanks El .
night EL slim moonsieee bazzy
Slim, I haven't spotted anything new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
A couple of films with minor points of trivia.
On Wednesday, there's a 1952 film called "Way of a Gaucho". It's set in Argentina and was filmed there with the leads being from the US and the rest of the cast from Argentina. It's effectively a western but st in Argentina. On a point of trivia, the film crew had ended filming when Eva Peron ("Evita") died and the Argentinian government asked the crew to stay on and film the funeral in technicolor.
On Thursday, there's a 1935 film called "Big Ben Calling" /(AKA "Radio Pirates"). A music composer decides to set up his own pirate radio station. Film is little more than a series of acts. The version being shown is a 38 minute version of the original film version which ran 89 minutes. On a point of trivia, one of the acts was a 15 year old Hughie Green in his first credited role impersonating Mae West, He's best known as the original host of Opportunity Knocks, I don't know if his act is included in the cut version.
@El Loro posted:Slim, I haven't spotted anything new of interest on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
A couple of films with minor points of trivia.
On Wednesday, there's a 1952 film called "Way of a Gaucho". It's set in Argentina and was filmed there with the leads being from the US and the rest of the cast from Argentina. It's effectively a western but st in Argentina. On a point of trivia, the film crew had ended filming when Eva Peron ("Evita") died and the Argentinian government asked the crew to stay on and film the funeral in technicolor.On Thursday, there's a 1935 film called "Big Ben Calling" /(AKA "Radio Pirates"). A music composer decides to set up his own pirate radio station. Film is little more than a series of acts. The version being shown is a 38 minute version of the original film version which ran 89 minutes. On a point of trivia, one of the acts was a 15 year old Hughie Green in his first credited role impersonating Mae West, He's best known as the original host of Opportunity Knocks, I don't know if his act is included in the cut version.
Thanks for looking and the interesting points of trivia El
I watched a documentary about Hughie Green a few months ago
