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JuliusHMarx wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:

Galted wrote:

Pal Joey wrote:

Galted wrote:We had a spider in our flat on Monday.

I saw two little ones on the ceiling last night... in different rooms.
Common house spiders. We've had a lot of rain lately so they're obviously looking for a warm dry refuge.

Have to feel a bit sorry for our spider living in the UK if warmth and dryness is what they like.

Make a little cotton wool nest for it and take it up to Tino's. Pretty sure he'll have some space in the shed for it.

In amongst the thimble collection.

Maybe I could smuggle my kid into his house, doubt he'd notice with the multitudes he has rampaging about.

Morning all, I did not name a child after Ikea, just to confirm.

Hope everyone is well

lostinwales wrote:I have been wondering why Ice Cold in Alex was mentioned in a discussion about Hardy Kruger given he's not in the film.

Never heard of either of them!

I did, however, buy that book you recommended - A Writer At War. I'm about half way through. Great book, really enjoying it so far.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

lostinwales wrote:I have been wondering why Ice Cold in Alex was mentioned in a discussion about Hardy Kruger given he's not in the film.

Never heard of either of them!

I did, however, buy that book you recommended - A Writer At War. I'm about half way through. Great book, really enjoying it so far.

Glad to hear it. I did try and read one of his fiction books (Life and Fate) but I don't think I have the attention span needed to read a book like that any more. As discussed the journalistic writings are something else.

Ice Cold in Alex is pretty good. The name is a reference to the beers in Alexandria that the key characters are looking forward to, and something used by Carlsberg in advertising. Its the kind of old black and white British war film you may have seen parts of as a kid, and is almost entirely about trying to get an ambulance through desert conditions in WWII. A big part is just getting the thing up a sandy slope that the engine can't cope with. They move it by using the starter handle.

lostinwales wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

lostinwales wrote:I have been wondering why Ice Cold in Alex was mentioned in a discussion about Hardy Kruger given he's not in the film.

Never heard of either of them!

I did, however, buy that book you recommended - A Writer At War. I'm about half way through. Great book, really enjoying it so far.

Glad to hear it. I did try and read one of his fiction books (Life and Fate)

I read Life but not Fate, and glanced at Deja Vu.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

lostinwales wrote:I have been wondering why Ice Cold in Alex was mentioned in a discussion about Hardy Kruger given he's not in the film.

Never heard of either of them!

I did, however, buy that book you recommended - A Writer At War. I'm about half way through. Great book, really enjoying it so far.

Just downloaded it and had a look at a certain part. Very hard read. The scale of what happened in the East is mind boggling. What I can't get my head around today during the current situation in Ukraine is that there are some who seem to want a repeat of all the death and destruction. Sending arms and military logistic teams and threatening the Russians is not going to end well. It could escalate very quickly. Then suggesting that if the Russians and Chinese work together (would be difficult but it's not out of the question) is something that we definitely don't want.

The Ukrainians and Russians might have the stomach to fight for their homelands, culture, etc but us Westerners need to keep out. Unless those looking for a fight really want to be involved in saving a 'democracy', which Ukraine isn't as yet, even though there may be millions of their citizens who wish for that. I just don't think Liz Truss has thought things through properly, or more likely, simply has no clue about the real brutal history of that part of the world. Her soft threats against Putin must make him laugh. They (Ukraine and Russia) can sacrifice again but I don't think 'we' can afford to sacrifice especially after the recent military interventions in the Middle East, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Peej, I think what you're basically saying is - War! (Huh. Good God.) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.

Pal Joey wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

lostinwales wrote:I have been wondering why Ice Cold in Alex was mentioned in a discussion about Hardy Kruger given he's not in the film.

Never heard of either of them!

I did, however, buy that book you recommended - A Writer At War. I'm about half way through. Great book, really enjoying it so far.

Just downloaded it and had a look at a certain part. Very hard read. The scale of what happened in the East is mind boggling. What I can't get my head around today during the current situation in Ukraine is that there are some who seem to want a repeat of all the death and destruction. Sending arms and military logistic teams and threatening the Russians is not going to end well. It could escalate very quickly. Then suggesting that if the Russians and Chinese work together (would be difficult but it's not out of the question) is something that we definitely don't want.

The Ukrainians and Russians might have the stomach to fight for their homelands, culture, etc but us Westerners need to keep out. Unless those looking for a fight really want to be involved in saving a 'democracy', which Ukraine isn't as yet, even though there may be millions of their citizens who wish for that. I just don't think Liz Truss has thought things through properly, or more likely, simply has no clue about the real brutal history of that part of the world. Her soft threats against Putin must make him laugh. They (Ukraine and Russia) can sacrifice again but I don't think 'we' can afford to sacrifice especially after the recent military interventions in the Middle East, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

It is a complicated situation and I can't pretend to know much detail at all. It is a huge step for all involved to start shooting, and the Russian army in particular has a lot of bark and very little bite, given that the Russian economy just can't support a serious military anymore. I do buy into the idea that Putin has been fighting an 'asymmetric' war against the West for some time - a little money in the pocket of the right politician here, a troll farm there is a lot cheaper (and deniable) compared to military acts. And of course Russian natural gas powers half of Europe. In theory that gives the Russians influence, but also means that the west has a degree of financial muscle that can hit the oligarchs in the only place they really care about.

LiW, unless I misunderstand, you're saying war ain't nothing but a heart-breaker, friend only to the undertaker (woo).

Now the winds of war are blowing,
and men's lives are like blades of grass
And them that makes the mowing machines
will make a pile of brass....

JuliusHMarx wrote:Peej, I think what you're basically saying is - War! (Huh. Good God.) What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Say it again.

Exactly Jules. No winners.

Deleted my post... it might be too much for some. Anyway, you get the gist.

I'd rather leave a good michaelsing instead.

On the subject of war, took my son to a birthday party yesterday, almost certainly the first time in over 40 years I've been to a birthday party for a 4 year old. I can confirm that PTSD is no laughing matter.

Galted wrote:On the subject of war, took my son to a birthday party yesterday, almost certainly the first time in over 40 years I've been to a birthday party for a 4 year old.  I can confirm that PTSD is no laughing matter.

...the younger generation. Induction then destruction...

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Galted wrote:On the subject of war, took my son to a birthday party yesterday, almost certainly the first time in over 40 years I've been to a birthday party for a 4 year old.  I can confirm that PTSD is no laughing matter.

...the younger generation. Induction then destruction...

Lord knows there's got to be a better way.

Sicond. What is it good for, without a fist?

I couldn't take a fist like this. No. Not this way.

Tues Tird.

Peaceful on here today.

It's almost Zen-like.

Quite tranquil.

Today I shall take the fist. Morning tea lives matter.

Sicond. All lives matter (not spiders' lives, obviously).

JuliusHMarx wrote:(not spiders' lives, obviously).

They matter more than the flies they kill. The flies that if the spiders hadn't killed, would be sh*tting all over your filet mignon that chef has prepared you.

Excellent work, Julius.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

JuliusHMarx wrote:(not spiders' lives, obviously).

They matter more than the flies they kill. The flies that if the spiders hadn't killed, would be sh*tting all over your filet mignon that chef has prepared you.

My fly-wallah takes care of those.

C*nts.

Both fly-wallah and c*nts understood and acknowledged.

Fist! F*cking get in there!

Sicond on Turdsday

Tird on here today.

Hoping none of you were Barry Cryer. Mrs Bat and I saw him do a one man show in Guildford a few years ago. Clever, funny and lovely man.

I'm sorry, I haven't a clue who Barry Cryer is.

I'm not Barry Cryer but I like his joke about the woman reading the bible on the train.  

A young man sits down on a train opposite an old woman. Once the train is underway the old woman brings a bible out of her bag and starts reading it. But when the train gets into the next station the young man notices that she puts the bible away. And then when the train gets going she brings the bible out and carries on reading.

She repeats this same action over and over again and finally after five or six stops the young man has to ask, 'Excuse me, I've noticed that whenever the train is in a station you put your bible away, but once the train starts up again you bring the bible back out and carry on reading. I have to ask, is there some reason for this?'

To which the old woman replies, 'Why don't you just F*CK OFF!

I saw Barry Cryer several times at the Edinburgh fringe over the last 10 years. Such a natural wit and always came across as an immensely likable bloke. My dad is a bit of comedy nerd and adored ISIHAC so I grew up hearing his voice and comedy.

The list of people he worked with is pretty incredible. Started off writing for David Frost alongside Cleese, Chapman and Ronnie Barker. Wrote for Morecambe and Wise and the Two Ronnies. Collaborated with Spike Milligan and Tommy Cooper. Just incredible. His career was so prolonged that he was almost an umbilical cord to a different time in British comedy.

A man shoots a golden eagle, a protected species, and goes up before the magistrate.

'I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to shoot it,' he says. 'It just flew into my sights and I shot it by mistake.'
'Well, what did you do with it afterwards?' asked the magistrate.
'I ate it,' he said.
'You ate it!' said the magistrate. 'What did it taste like?'
'Rather like swan,' he said.

RIP Barry.

JuliusHMarx wrote:I'm sorry, I haven't a clue who Barry Cryer is.

Top work, Jules

Just checking in as not Barry Cryer

guildfordbat wrote:Hoping none of you were Barry Cryer. Mrs Bat and I saw him do a one man show in Guildford a few years ago. Clever, funny and lovely man.

I'm not him but I also saw him once many years ago. Must have been about 2008. He was hosting some London Bullion Market Association dinner at some posh hall somewhere. He was very, very funny. He was wandering around talking to people before he starting hosting. Then he came out with this 15 minute opening speech about the LBMA Chairman that he just completely adlibbed after gathering a few stories from people. No notes, just pulled this guy to pieces in a friendly way based on stories he had got 30 minutes prior. Very amusing chap.

I think that was the last time I wore a tuxedo as well. I thought I looked alright but when I started talking, people assumed I was a waiter.

Never saw him live but did see one man shows by Spike Milligan and Peter Ustinov

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I think that was the last time I wore a tuxedo as well. I thought I looked alright but when I started talking, people assumed I was a waiter.

Nowadays there's no mistaking you as a seamstress.

JuliusHMarx wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:I think that was the last time I wore a tuxedo as well. I thought I looked alright but when I started talking, people assumed I was a waiter.

Nowadays there's no mistaking you as a seamstress.

Assistant to the seamstress.

Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Michaelsed with a Jeffism, unmichaelsed with a fist.

Galted wrote:Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Sicond.

I saw that and was saddened to see Jeff use his twitter celebrity to spread negativity. He should be using his celebrity for good causes - like eradicating malaria or sorting out the famine in Afghanistan.

Friday Sicond. Only about 8 hours to go.

superflyweight wrote:

Galted wrote:Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Sicond.  

I saw that and was saddened to see Jeff use his twitter celebrity to spread negativity.  He should be using his celebrity for good causes - like eradicating malaria or sorting out the famine in Afghanistan.  

In his defence, his previous t***t was a scathing critique of the education system after a poster used the phrase 'more later'.

Galted wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Galted wrote:Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Sicond.  

I saw that and was saddened to see Jeff use his twitter celebrity to spread negativity.  He should be using his celebrity for good causes - like eradicating malaria or sorting out the famine in Afghanistan.  

In his defence, his previous t***t was a scathing critique of the education system after a poster used the phrase 'more later'.

I did see an amusing Tw*tter exchange on t'internet yesterday. Some nondescript ex Corrie actor who is an anti-vaxxer campaigner was moaning that all his work had dried up and he was sleeping on a mattress at his mates place. Then it had a Tw*tter exchange below and some lady was insulting him and then put "that is some way to ruin you're career".

I immediately thought of Jeff/Geoff. He would have loved that.

I'm still willing to overlook one or two negative Tw*ets and remember the good times we shared with him.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Galted wrote:Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Sicond.  

I saw that and was saddened to see Jeff use his twitter celebrity to spread negativity.  He should be using his celebrity for good causes - like eradicating malaria or sorting out the famine in Afghanistan.  

In his defence, his previous t***t was a scathing critique of the education system after a poster used the phrase 'more later'.

I did see an amusing Tw*tter exchange on t'internet yesterday. Some nondescript ex Corrie actor who is an anti-vaxxer campaigner was moaning that all his work had dried up and he was sleeping on a mattress at his mates place. Then it had a Tw*tter exchange below and some lady was insulting him and then put "that is some way to ruin you're career".

I immediately thought of Jeff/Geoff. He would have loved that.

I'm still willing to overlook one or two negative Tw*ets and remember the good times we shared with him.

SerialDAVE is still the only member unaccounted for.  I like to think that he's loping across a foggy moor with his favourite axe in his hand but I fear the worst.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Galted wrote:Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Sicond.  

I saw that and was saddened to see Jeff use his twitter celebrity to spread negativity.  He should be using his celebrity for good causes - like eradicating malaria or sorting out the famine in Afghanistan.  

In his defence, his previous t***t was a scathing critique of the education system after a poster used the phrase 'more later'.

I did see an amusing Tw*tter exchange on t'internet yesterday. Some nondescript ex Corrie actor who is an anti-vaxxer campaigner was moaning that all his work had dried up and he was sleeping on a mattress at his mates place. Then it had a Tw*tter exchange below and some lady was insulting him and then put "that is some way to ruin you're career".

I immediately thought of Jeff/Geoff. He would have loved that.

I'm still willing to overlook one or two negative Tw*ets and remember the good times we shared with him.

SerialDAVE is still the only member unaccounted for.  I like to think that he's loping across a foggy moor with his favourite axe in his hand but I fear the worst.

I'll try and get tickets to the next BON JOVI concert and see if I can find him. You can take the GOO GOO DOLLS gig if you don't mind? He is bound to be at one of them.

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Galted wrote:Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Sicond.  

I saw that and was saddened to see Jeff use his twitter celebrity to spread negativity.  He should be using his celebrity for good causes - like eradicating malaria or sorting out the famine in Afghanistan.  

In his defence, his previous t***t was a scathing critique of the education system after a poster used the phrase 'more later'.

I did see an amusing Tw*tter exchange on t'internet yesterday. Some nondescript ex Corrie actor who is an anti-vaxxer campaigner was moaning that all his work had dried up and he was sleeping on a mattress at his mates place. Then it had a Tw*tter exchange below and some lady was insulting him and then put "that is some way to ruin you're career".

I immediately thought of Jeff/Geoff. He would have loved that.

I'm still willing to overlook one or two negative Tw*ets and remember the good times we shared with him.

SerialDAVE is still the only member unaccounted for.  I like to think that he's loping across a foggy moor with his favourite axe in his hand but I fear the worst.

I'll try and get tickets to the next BON JOVI concert and see if I can find him. You can take the GOO GOO DOLLS gig if you don't mind? He is bound to be at one of them.

Even though I've never seen him before, I suspect I'd recognise him if I ever did see him.

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Galted wrote:Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Sicond.  

I saw that and was saddened to see Jeff use his twitter celebrity to spread negativity.  He should be using his celebrity for good causes - like eradicating malaria or sorting out the famine in Afghanistan.  

In his defence, his previous t***t was a scathing critique of the education system after a poster used the phrase 'more later'.

I did see an amusing Tw*tter exchange on t'internet yesterday. Some nondescript ex Corrie actor who is an anti-vaxxer campaigner was moaning that all his work had dried up and he was sleeping on a mattress at his mates place. Then it had a Tw*tter exchange below and some lady was insulting him and then put "that is some way to ruin you're career".

I immediately thought of Jeff/Geoff. He would have loved that.

I'm still willing to overlook one or two negative Tw*ets and remember the good times we shared with him.

SerialDAVE is still the only member unaccounted for.  I like to think that he's loping across a foggy moor with his favourite axe in his hand but I fear the worst.

I'll try and get tickets to the next BON JOVI concert and see if I can find him. You can take the GOO GOO DOLLS gig if you don't mind? He is bound to be at one of them.

Even though I've never seen him before, I suspect I'd recognise him if I ever did see him.

The stench of corpse would be a big clue.

superflyweight wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

Mind the windows Tino. wrote:

Galted wrote:

superflyweight wrote:

Galted wrote:Jeff had this to say on the matter.

Barry Dier more like.

Sicond.  

I saw that and was saddened to see Jeff use his twitter celebrity to spread negativity.  He should be using his celebrity for good causes - like eradicating malaria or sorting out the famine in Afghanistan.  

In his defence, his previous t***t was a scathing critique of the education system after a poster used the phrase 'more later'.

I did see an amusing Tw*tter exchange on t'internet yesterday. Some nondescript ex Corrie actor who is an anti-vaxxer campaigner was moaning that all his work had dried up and he was sleeping on a mattress at his mates place. Then it had a Tw*tter exchange below and some lady was insulting him and then put "that is some way to ruin you're career".

I immediately thought of Jeff/Geoff. He would have loved that.

I'm still willing to overlook one or two negative Tw*ets and remember the good times we shared with him.

SerialDAVE is still the only member unaccounted for.  I like to think that he's loping across a foggy moor with his favourite axe in his hand but I fear the worst.

I'll try and get tickets to the next BON JOVI concert and see if I can find him. You can take the GOO GOO DOLLS gig if you don't mind? He is bound to be at one of them.

Even though I've never seen him before, I suspect I'd recognise him if I ever did see him.

The stench of corpse would be a big clue.  

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