starbuck wrote: ↑

Fri 18 Sep 2020, 6:57 pm

If it is Christian Bale I feel sorry for any Spurs groundsmen that get in his eye line when he is practising his free kicks!!

Whoops, corrected

Question I have thought of today, with football transfers happening at the moment, shouldn't those arriving from Spain etc be self isolating on arrival and therefore not completing medicals and deals etc?? Football is exempt from all things COVID. This was clearly illustrated on the BBC news when G...

DerekF wrote: ↑

Thu 10 Sep 2020, 1:46 pm

Diana Rigg - dies at 82.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... es-aged-82

Mrs Peel was one of the loves of my life

DerekF wrote: ↑

Thu 10 Sep 2020, 1:46 pm

Diana Rigg - dies at 82.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radi ... es-aged-82

Mrs Peel was one of the loves of my life

5944 wrote: ↑

Wed 02 Sep 2020, 8:04 pm

Great War Display Team B.E.2 has crashed at Sywell. Pilot ok luckily, aircraft less so.

https://trendswide.com/wwi-replica-brit ... aerodrome/

A gloriously photogenic aircraft from just about any angle

I've just watched Sully for the first time. About 80% of passengers left the plane without life jackets. Was that true. I've heard that message so many times "In the unfortunate event that the plane comes down on water" I'm sure I would grab my lifejacket. If the film’s transcript follows the cockp...

I've just watched Sully for the first time. About 80% of passengers left the plane without life jackets. Was that true. I've heard that message so many times "In the unfortunate event that the plane comes down on water" I'm sure I would grab my lifejacket.

What is the cinema experience like now? Wanted to go but was put off with having to wear a mask for 2+ hours. Then found out if you are eating you don't need to wear one so presumably everyone is just eating one piece of popcorn every 30 secs?? It was good, mask in the foyer but optional in the cin...

Tenet. If you like previous Christopher Nolan films you will like this although the old brain took a hell of a battering. It's a good example of why the cinema exists.

seven days since anybody of note died, is this a record?

TonyB wrote: ↑

Sat 08 Aug 2020, 8:15 am

Wayne Fontana of 60´s band The Mindbenders aged 74.

recorded this lovely bit of slush

iainpeden wrote: ↑

Sun 26 Jul 2020, 4:34 pm

Olivia de Havilland at 104. I wonder which film will be shown as a tribute.

Is she the last of the golden age of Hollywood, I can't think of who else is left from say films made up until the end of WWII

John Saxon, star of Enter the Dragon and three Nightmare on Elm Street films, has died aged 83.

fabulous pics, well done

When will people realise that there are some truly awful cases of prejudice and racism across the world and token gestures like this will do absolutely nothing to make the world a better place. It was the dog's name and it will be in perpetuity. Removing it's name from a headstone will do nothing to...

What's different about the batteries that they are so expensive? are non-Canon ones available? The battery life is a challenge. I think camera manufacturers say to themselves "if we are charging a lot for the camera, it stands to reason we can charge a lot for the battery". No dig at Cannon here, t...

RAF4EVER wrote: ↑

Sun 12 Jul 2020, 3:48 pm

Judy Dyble, of Fairport Convention dies aged 71,https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53382561

nice lady, sacked for being not good enough, yet still managed to stay on speaking terms

Interesting that for years I've heard DSLR users say that they will never go mirrorless because they couldn't live with the battery life. On a busy day at Duxford, I can come away with over 400+ images and still have 50% battery life showing which official tests state that the battery life for my a...

Interesting that for years I've heard DSLR users say that they will never go mirrorless because they couldn't live with the battery life. Now people are queuing up to buy these two canons with atrocious battery life when compared to just about all other mirrorless cameras and the batteries cost over...

TonyB wrote: ↑

Mon 06 Jul 2020, 7:27 am

Ennio Morricone, Italien film composer aged 91. Best known for the music to the Segio Leone film Once Upon a Time in the West, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

One of the greats, I just love his music

Take half an hour to listen to Radio 4s More or Less programme (broadcast this morning). The series has been looking at Covid stats for the last 14 weeks and the one today is using hindsight to explain decisions, looking at what has and hasn't worked and compares national reporting. it's a very bal...

Canopus wrote: ↑

Mon 29 Jun 2020, 3:10 pm

…. and £50 for a car is reasonable I think.

It's not if you are on your own. Fortunately many venues stopped this single person discrimination many years ago.

I went through some statistics for some volunteering I do at my club yesterday using the latest Public Health England data - they made for some scary reading. The current mortality rate for those infected in England is 16% 42% of cases have been in males The mortality rate for males is 22% In males...

Nice to see the A300 in amongst all the new generation

ericbee123 wrote: ↑

Tue 23 Jun 2020, 2:21 pm

It’s a crazy mixed up world. No wonder everyone is confused.

So true