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Lez
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Jun 11, 2018 08:38AM
......... or even no pics at all? ;-)
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Ohhh Lez Lee?!! ;o< ... I'm allergic to blank pages and beige thinking and I like the way we all come together to shape and decorate our Group Forum ;o>
How about fluffy kittens?
Gingerlily - All kinds of everything! wrote: "How about fluffy kittens?"So long as they’re not on a plate.......
Really? ... (*enlarges pic to get a better look*) ... Oooh Gordon?!! ;o>
Rule One of The Amazon Exiles Group Forum...Do NOT mess with The Moderator!
Hee, Hee, Hee!!! ;o>
Oh, many thanks for the pills, Gordon. 😁
I think we should give Gordon something back in return.
Just adding another gripe about Amazon. We now have our very own Amazon in Australia. From July 1 none of the overseas Zons will ship to Australia, instead we'll be redirected to the local franchise. My brief look at the local offering indicates it doesn't have a lot on offer and it's pretty expensive. A bit of googling tells me that as of Jan this year, the US store offered 564 million products, the UK 370.8 million and the Australian store 24.7 million - so only another 300 million or so to go here before I feel like I'm not missing out on anything. And, given their habit of shutting users out, I thought I would copy details of all my purchases over the last 14 years before they disappear off the face of the earth without notice. It's not that onerous for me - in a good year I'd maybe place 30 orders, some years only a couple. Except that half the info is missing. At first I thought the missing info might relate to marketplace sellers but it seems more random than that. Where the full info is present, it shows me date, item price, shipping cost, how I paid, marketplace seller (if relevant), and AU$ total if I elected to pay in local currency. On the others I see the order and the date but when I click on order details I just get a message "There's a problem loading this order. We're working on fixing this. Please come back and try again later." Yeah, like I really believe that! It probably isn't much of a problem to the rest of you, but just be warned, Zon likes to flick the OFF button whenever it can.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Nobody tell poor Duke! ;oOThe poor love actually posted earlier on the Lists Thread that he wanted to get more active and to lose some weight?! ... and now Goodreads have just gone and rounded hi..."
Aw..poo! I've gorn all round!
At least me profile pic still fits..which reminds me...I really need to change that image....since I've learnt what a cornhole is..opps!
As soon as you posted something about cornhole my mind went back to reading Edmund White's A Boy's Own Story. I assumed that wasn't what you were referring to.
By the way, thanks for the kind thoughts Gingerlily. I don't drink gin, so please all help yourselves...
Gordon wrote: "As soon as you posted something about cornhole my mind went back to reading Edmund White's A Boy's Own Story. I assumed that wasn't what you were referring to."According to another member on here.....yes! I honestly had no idea..just thought it was an amusing image! :)
Gordon wrote: "By the way, thanks for the kind thoughts Gingerlily. I don't drink gin, so please all help yourselves..."Should we hide it from the mums though?! :)
That'll be 'him', wot told me! :)Sooo...me old image won't fit in that round 'window'...I best hunt around for something else then....off I go...!
that's much better! duke of cornhole, indeed! try wearing that t-shirt in boystown! :)
Hah Gordon I fooled you - its a cake! So you can have a slice :)
Tech wrote: "that's much better! duke of cornhole, indeed! try wearing that t-shirt in boystown! :)"
Thought it appropriate..a rugger ball, whilst the AFL season is in full swing! :)
The times showing up on this Site get ever more random and inaccurate with every Upgrade. I'm used to the fact that the times of our Posts always seem to adjust themselves over a day or a night to being in some kind of a US Time Zone all of their own - but now I get new Notifications showing up on Posts I've already read hours before and saying on the Notification that they were posted just a few minutes before when the Post will accurately say that it was posted several hours ago?You'd think that Maintenance and all of the Upgrades would improve on these things, wouldn't you? - but they only ever seem to make these annoying little quirky oddities into even bigger ones! ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "The times showing up on this Site get ever more random and inaccurate with every Upgrade. I'm used to the fact that the times of our Posts always seem to adjust themselves over a day or a night to ..."It's a feckin farce, so it is. The bots are in control and unable to tell a fart in the face from a hot 'motherboard'.
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Gordon wrote: "By the way, thanks for the kind thoughts Gingerlily. I don't drink gin, so please all help yourselves..."What ever happened to Commander Whitehead?
Joaniepony wrote: "What ever happened to Commander Whitehead?"Ssshhhh
Gordon wrote: "Joaniepony wrote: "What ever happened to Commander Whitehead?"Ssshhhh"
Gordon~ Where is the old geezer???
gordon - it would appear that we have reached the milestone of 100 members (tho' about 75 are a mystery to me!), so do we gets to have a party with cake?
Tech wrote: "gordon - it would appear that we have reached the milestone of 100 members (tho' about 75 are a mystery to me!), so do we gets to have a party with cake?"Tech wrote: "gordon - it would appear that we have reached the milestone of 100 members (tho' about 75 are a mystery to me!), so do we gets to have a party with cake?"
Tech wrote: "gordon - it would appear that we have reached the milestone of 100 members (tho' about 75 are a mystery to me!), so do we gets to have a party with cake?"
For sure!!! "Cakes and Ale" would be fitting-- Am I the 100th or do I just look to be 100?
thrice he cried 'cake and ale! dilly dilly!! :)
I have ice-cream. Can anyone else provide jelly? I'm not a cake fan but I'm sure Suzy & GingerLily can make some suggestions. What else do we need? Balloons? Streamers? Music? Blindfolds?
a pinata shaped like van morrison full of pinatas shaped like rod stewart so one may keep beating lumps out of them to one's heart's content! :)
Well I found a cake...
And some fireworks
“Whatever happened to Commander Whitehead? “So often I‘ve no idea what people are talking about! I must exist in a parallel universe.
Lez wrote: "“Whatever happened to Commander Whitehead? “So often I‘ve no idea what people are talking about! I must exist in a parallel universe."
I'm in a diagonal one. I occasionally know whats going on....
I'm in a upside down one...I never know what anybody is on about in here!! :)
We’re in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Obviously an English conspiracy.
Bloomin' typical that!
Lez wrote: "“Whatever happened to Commander Whitehead? “So often I‘ve no idea what people are talking about! I must exist in a parallel universe."
Lez, Commander Whitehead was a retired naval officer who was recruited by Ogilvy & Mather to feature in a famous advertising campaign for Schweppes tonic (hence my "Ssshhhh" comment). He's a key figure in 1950s/60s advertising, much like the man with the eye patch (Baron Wrangell) in Ogilvy's ground-breaking Hathaway shirts campaign.
EDIT: Did you ever see a series that James Fox (the Cambridge art historian, not the actor) did called Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities? It covered three major cities and chose one particular year that highlighted major events in each city (Vienna 1908, Paris 1928 and New York 1951). The New York episode had quite a big section on David Ogilvy and the Hathaway shirts campaign. The series is available on Dailymotion (https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25... for the New York episode). I'd say it's my favourite among all the many excellent history/culture/art documentary series that BBC4 has broadcast. The Vienna episode, in particular, is outstanding.
Ah, thanks. I rarely take any notice of ads. I do remember Sshhh... but didn’t know the bloke had a name. Nowadays I either mute the sound or pause programmes for 10 minutes or so at the beginning, then I have space for whizzing through the ads. I recently not only found out what Haribo are but that they’re pronounced Harry-bo, not Ha-ree-bo. Must be lots out there that could make me a laughing-stock. 🤔
Lez wrote: "Ah, thanks. I rarely take any notice of ads..."These were mostly newspaper/magazine ads, Lez. Television was a poor relation until well into the nineteen-sixties. I keep forgetting you didn't watch Mad Men.
The man in the UK "Schhh... you know who" television commercials was a ham actor called William Franklyn. The best thing I saw him do on television was a comedy sketch show called What's On Next, which sadly introduced the world to Jim Davidson.
I remember William Franklyn very well, one of a group of jobbing actors who could be relied on to turn up in everything!I’ve definitely never heard of Hathaway shirts in spite of the ad being one of the “Greatest ad campaigns of the 20th C.”
Lez wrote: "I remember William Franklyn very well, one of a group of jobbing actors who could be relied on to turn up in everything!..."c.f. Patrick Cargill, Julian Orchard, Richard Wattis...
can i just say that we're on course for a mention of benny hill (hill!), of whom it was alleged (thanks tim!) was altogether more amusing than monty python! just sayin'! :)
Gordon wrote: "Lez wrote: "I remember William Franklyn very well, one of a group of jobbing actors who could be relied on to turn up in everything!..."c.f. Patrick Cargill, Julian Orchard, Richard Wattis..."
In the '60's , I think people would have paid to watch Stan Freberg's TV commercials-utter genius~ I doubt if any of his commercial would be acceptable in today's culture---
Stan Freberg Commercials - YouTube
Tech wrote: "can i just say that we're on course for a mention of benny hill (hill!), of whom it was alleged (thanks tim!) was altogether more amusing than monty python! just sayin'! :)"Did I mention Henry McGhee, Bob Todd, Jack Wright...?
you were in the area! it's too late now, we're doooomed! doooooomed ah tell ye!
Joaniepony wrote: "In the '60's , I think people would have paid to watch Stan Freberg's TV commercials-utter genius~ I doubt if any of his commercial would be acceptable in today's culture---Stan Freberg Commercials - YouTube..."Pure genius! I also loved the comedy routines of Shelley Berman and Bob Newhart. "I'm fine, thank you."
Gordon wrote: "EDIT: Did you ever see a series that James Fox (the Cambridge art historian, not the actor) did called Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities?............I'd say it's my favourite among all the many excellent history/culture/art documentary series that BBC4 has broadcast. The Vienna episode, in particular, is outstanding."Gordon, did you watch his programmes about gold, blue and white: "A history of art in three colours"? Was a while ago tho' so it's no longer available on iPlayer. All 3 episodes are on YouTube if anyone else's interested.
Also, I really enjoyed his more recent programme on land art (v interesting): "Forest, Field & Sky: Art Out of Nature".
It's available on dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4c...
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