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[Darcy]

You know, I've not seen any of his films.

[Mark]

Darcy wrote: "You know, I've not seen any of his films."

may i recommend http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039220/?...

brighton rock

[Andy]

Mark wrote: "Darcy wrote: "You know, I've not seen any of his films."

may i recommend http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039220/?...

brighton rock"

A quality film that Mark, good choice.

AND as its a wet n rainy afternoon, must be a Bank Holiday....... why not pick another of his to watch

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058166/?...

Guns At Batasi.

He also played Crippen in 10 Rillington Place which was quite good.

[Darcy]

I'll see if I can get a hold of them. Thanks for the recommendations :)

[Linda]

Simona wrote: "and drink beer from the bottle! and smoke a cigar! :)"

lol

'And I'd do somethin' worse if'n I could think of that too!'

[Allison]

Terri wrote: "Alicja wrote: "I got a job interview today. Yay!

..."


Good luck with the interview!"

Ditto!

[Gretchen]

I know it wasn't exactly historically accurate but I loved Attenborough in Elizabeth as William Cecil. I never knew he directed Gandhi. That wasn't exactly on the movie quiz in high school.

[Simona]

And Gandhi was a good film, starring ben Kingsley

[Jane]

Simona wrote: "And Gandhi was a good film, starring ben Kingsley"

Ben Kingsley was perfect for that part. He is Indian background; "Ben Kingsley" is a pseudonym. With a pseudonym he figured he wouldn't be typecast as some one from India.

[Darcy]

Tomorrow in my area:
Bad news - heat warnings (first this summer, and means 40° before humidity
Good news - rain to play in and temper dehydration and general hot weather
Bad news - severe thunderstorm warnings (making jumping into puddles hazardous)
And to make life fun, there is a cold front chasing all this and should it catch up, potential tornado weather.

Now, all this isn't so unusual in these parts, it's just that it typically happens in June or July, not end of August when we're usually considering if our jumpers and cardies are still in fashion.

[Alicja]

Darcy wrote: "Tomorrow in my area:
Bad news - heat warnings (first this summer, and means 40° before humidity
Good news - rain to play in and temper dehydration and general hot weather
Bad news - severe thunders..."

Ick!

At least our weather is typical for the season. We are getting waves of off Hurricane (now, was tropical storm this morning) Cristobal. Thankfully it doesn't look like it'll hit land, seems to be hanging around Bermuda for now.

Makes me want to read something with pirates in it for some reason. :P

[Gretchen]

Here it was over 90 degrees with high humidity yesterday. Today we all had to wear long sleeve shirts. That's pretty Minnesota normal for this time of year.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Happy little bunny today.

Sherlock won 7 out of the 12 Emmys it was nominated for. Including outstanding actor awards for both Benedict and Martin, and best writer for Steve Moffat.

I feel a Sherlock marathon coming up over the next weekend. :)

[Alicja]

Margaret wrote: "Happy little bunny today.

Sherlock won 7 out of the 12 Emmys it was nominated for. Including outstanding actor awards for both Benedict and Martin, and best writer for Steve Moffat.

I feel a She..."

Yay Sherlock!!

[Lisa]

I've only watched a couple from that series a little while ago, Margaret. We stopped watching because we wanted to start at the beginning. Finally bought it last weekend, loved it!!!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

It's my favourite watching pick-me-up. The level of talent with all the cast is amazing. The writers are mostly brilliant too. I say mostly, because I am not fond of Steve Thompson's offerings.

[happy]

Darcy wrote: "Tomorrow in my area:
Bad news - heat warnings (first this summer, and means 40° before humidity
Good news - rain to play in and temper dehydration and general hot weather
Bad news - severe thunders..."

For the last couple of weeks it has been abnormally cool - instead of the Mid 90's F(35ish C) it's been in the low 70's F(21ish C). It has also been very rainy for us - we've had about 2.5 inches (65mm) of rain this month (about 4 times normal for Aug). I finally got the lawn mowed today - between storms, it was turning to a jungle :)

There has also been some beautiful lighting storms at night over the mountains

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Margaret wrote: "I'm getting a little annoyed with the media calling him the "Jurassic Park" actor. He was so very much more than that.

There are days when I REALLY loathe the media. Today is one of them."

me too. I didn't even remember that he was in it. To me he is the voice of the most wonderful nature documentaries and a voice on many environmental issues.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Margaret wrote: "I'm getting a little annoyed with the media calling him the "Jurassic Park" actor. He was so very much more than that.

There are days when I REALLY loathe the media. Today is on..."

Ummm... sure you're not confusing him with his little brother, David?

Richard, Lord Attenborough was an actor and director.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh f#@k. Yes, I was. Shame about Richard, but good that David's not dead then. :)

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I am now officially 18 books behind my Goodreads Book Challenge goal. What a big gap to try and make up. I usually read a few cookbooks a year, but I don't think I can make that 18 up with cookbooks alone. Lol

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Oh f#@k. Yes, I was. Shame about Richard, but good that David's not dead then. :)"

Buawahahahahahahahaha.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "I am now officially 18 books behind my Goodreads Book Challenge goal. What a big gap to try and make up. I usually read a few cookbooks a year, but I don't think I can make that 18 up with cookbook..."

I'm 40 books ahead of schedule. No doubt due to the cookbooks I have been reading this year. :p

[Allison]

Margaret wrote: "Happy little bunny today.

Sherlock won 7 out of the 12 Emmys it was nominated for. Including outstanding actor awards for both Benedict and Martin, and best writer for Steve Moffat.

I feel a She..."

I was so happy for BC and Martin! They are soooo good in it! I love little Martin :)

[Allison]

Terri wrote: "Oh f#@k. Yes, I was. Shame about Richard, but good that David's not dead then. :)"

Completely terrible news but this is cracking me up :)


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Ugh. Can't sleep and I have to be up by 7:00 tomorrow. Meanwhile my cat is stretched out on my legs, snoring away! Seriously, its so loud.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Allie wrote: "Margaret wrote: "Happy little bunny today.

Sherlock won 7 out of the 12 Emmys it was nominated for. Including outstanding actor awards for both Benedict and Martin, and best writer for Steve Moff..."

I try to avoid thinking of him as "little" Martin. He's about an inch taller than I am. :p

[Allison]

I'm rather long legged and wear heels most days so I think I'd tower over him lol. He's just so adorable and little, I want to hug him :)

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Allie wrote: "I'm rather long legged and wear heels most days so I think I'd tower over him lol. He's just so adorable and little, I want to hug him :)"

He is somewhat huggable.

[Linda]

My sister's two daughters and their husbands, all Mississippi residents, went to Nappa Valley this past weekend to celebrate somebody's birthday.... They were not injured in the earthquake, just scared out of their minds. The window and mirror glass was flying through their motel rooms, beds were rolling over, etc. They caught a puddle jumper flight as soon as they could and came limping home late Sunday night.

[Mark]

http://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/08/...

archaeology humour. Lols

[Darcy]

Mark wrote: "http://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/08/...

archaeology humour. Lols"

Too bleedin' true that!

[Kimber]

Linda wrote: "My sister's two daughters and their husbands, all Mississippi residents, went to Nappa Valley this past weekend to celebrate somebody's birthday.... They were not injured in the earthquake, just sc..."

Glad they're okay. My cousins are in Sacramento and definitely felt the shaking but were far enough away for only minor damage.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Linda wrote: "My sister's two daughters and their husbands, all Mississippi residents, went to Nappa Valley this past weekend to celebrate somebody's birthday.... They were not injured in the earthquake, just sc..."

I don't blame them. Earthquakes are not fun.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Mark wrote: "http://www.heritagedaily.com/2014/08/...

archaeology humour. Lols"

Too true that.

[Bobby]

Football season starting......on the road again. Will stop in once in a while!

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

*sings* On the road again, I can't wait to get on the road again....

[Allison]

Bobby wrote: "Football season starting......on the road again. Will stop in once in a while!"

Yay!! So glad fall is almost here! Cooler temps, falling leaves, football and then hockey. All good things :)

[Kimber]

Allie wrote: "Bobby wrote: "Football season starting......on the road again. Will stop in once in a while!"

Yay!! So glad fall is almost here! Cooler temps, falling leaves, football and then hockey. All good th..."

HOCKEY! I do love it...I do..but I lose the Mister for a few months this time every year. :D Had to go and fall in love with a Canadian *sigh*

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Linda wrote: "My sister's two daughters and their husbands, all Mississippi residents, went to Nappa Valley this past weekend to celebrate somebody's birthday.... They were not injured in the earthquake, just sc..."

I heard about that Earthquake. Which is not surprising, it was world news.
Sounds like it really caught everyone of guard. No warning rumbles, just bang.
We had a small quake here in Australia yesterday. Quakes are rare in my country. Other than the odd bigger ones throughout our history, whenever there are quakes in Australia they are only small tremors, not often felt and not often occuring. The one yesterday was about 2 I think. it was the timing that was spooky. The quake in the US, then a week later a small quake in eastern Australia. When we hadn't had a quake here for ages.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Gets even more interesting, Terri. New Zealand has had something like 5-6 small quakes in the last 24 hours.

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Oh, I don't know. They don't call it the Shakey Isles for nothing. :)
Hearing there are tremors or quakes in New Zealand is like hearing that the mailman just delivered the mail. A fairly regular occurence. :D
I never get spooked by poor old NZ shaking again.

[Lisa]

More confirmation Margaret that we ARE the mainland!! Jokes aside they must be very nervous, after the last big one! A very scary event no matter where they happen, I'm thinking. I wonder if the damage we see in middle eastern countries is due to the scale of the earthquake or the type of building structures?

[Terri, Wyrd bið ful aræd]

That big one in Christchurch was just so awful.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Terri wrote: "Oh, I don't know. They don't call it the Shakey Isles for nothing. :)
Hearing there are tremors or quakes in New Zealand is like hearing that the mailman just delivered the mail. A fairly regular o..."

I grew up there. I still think small earthquakes are fun. :p However, these buggers are coming in clusters, which I don't like. And White Island volcano has woken up again.

[Margaret, Sherlockian Sheila]

Lisa wrote: "More confirmation Margaret that we ARE the mainland!! Jokes aside they must be very nervous, after the last big one! A very scary event no matter where they happen, I'm thinking. I wonder if the da..."

Bit of both. Very little of what they build comes close to being earthquake proof.

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We are having man made earthquakes here in Oklahoma thanks to the greedy oil barons. Most of them have been minor, but they are happening at an alarming rate. Freaking frackers....destroying our environment with their greedy oil obsession. There will be blood! http://www.theguardian.com/environmen...

[Lisa]

Instead of putting all that money into raping the land, why the hell can they put it into developing alternate fuels!! They could make just as much bloody money by having a monopoly on that!!

I agree Margaret a combo off both no doubt!

[Jane]

Derek wrote: "We are having man made earthquakes here in Oklahoma thanks to the greedy oil barons. Most of them have been minor, but they are happening at an alarming rate. Freaking frackers....destroying our en..."

I'm glad New York State SO FAR has resisted fracking!

[Linda]

ON THE ROAD AGAIN, JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET ON THE ROAD AGAIN...Willie Nelson's song. I think he is the only singer I know who can get away with changing words and tunes to songs at his pleasure. Those who appear with him keep their eyes on him for some hint as to what the next note or tune may be. I love Willie. My twins got dubbed 'Willie' and 'Waylon' at birth.

The low last night here was 75°F. The Ole Miss/U of Memphis game will be this week-end, and the crowd will burn up! After that game, the nights will get chilly. I do not like fall of the year even if it is absolutely beautiful. I want Bobby to wear some identifying article of clothing so I will recognize him! Good travels, my friend.

[[deleted user]]

Lisa wrote: "Instead of putting all that money into raping the land, why the hell can they put it into developing alternate fuels!! They could make just as much bloody money by having a monopoly on that!!

I a..."

Exactly Lisa...exactly. Couldn't have said it any better than that myself. I could, and am tempted to, go on a long, angry political diatribe involving this matter, but I will refrain. I'll just say that the Big Oil companies run this state, and our politicians' pockets are stuffed with their dirty money.