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I have no complaints of the programming. I do wish they could find time for movies which are not so very often repeated. I do not recall: The House in Marsh Road (1960), The Spell of Amy Nugent (1941) or No Place Like Homicide! (1961) being shown in recent memory. I feel that it might be worthwhile also to show some of the more unusual cross-genre movies such as the Film-Noir / Horror movies: Pillow of Death (1945), Calling Dr. Death (1943) or Fright (1956). I must wonder how many might be interested in movies which are less androcentric such as: Vampyros Lesbos (1971), Vampire Lesbian Kickboxers (2004) or Daughters of Darkness (1971).
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Somewhat Off-Topic: What have you been reading lately?
SansFin replied to misswonderly3's topic in General Discussions
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Somewhat Off-Topic: What have you been reading lately?
SansFin replied to misswonderly3's topic in General Discussions
I am sorry to say that unbridled pedantry is a known side effect of my current medication. There is a warning also to not open an encyclopedia or thesaurus until effects of the medication are known. The plus side is that my hair is glossy, my nose is cold and I have mostly stopped **** men's legs. -
Somewhat Off-Topic: What have you been reading lately?
SansFin replied to misswonderly3's topic in General Discussions
"If you're nauseated you're about to throw up, if you're nauseous, you're a toxic funk and you're going to make someone else puke." https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/nauseated-nauseous/ -
Somewhat Off-Topic: What have you been reading lately?
SansFin replied to misswonderly3's topic in General Discussions
It does concern a man's nasty bits . . . -
Somewhat Off-Topic: What have you been reading lately?
SansFin replied to misswonderly3's topic in General Discussions
Successful reversal is problematic and expensive. The basic procedure is to cut a small tube in half, tie the ends closed, and then bury them in different layers of tissue. This is repeated for the other side. It is usually finished within an hour in an outpatient environment. There are few risks of complications and follow-up is in a month. Reversing the procedure involves finding the ends, assessing the amount on each which has collapsed or grown closed, cutting to a viable section, stretching the ends so that they may be sewn together, and stabilizing the tube within the tissue. This requires hospitalization and often takes several hours. Risk of infection is much higher. There are significant other risks. Follow-up generally begins after three months and it may take much longer for indications it was successful. -
Somewhat Off-Topic: What have you been reading lately?
SansFin replied to misswonderly3's topic in General Discussions
Books which I should read soon: Basics of Lateral Dissection. I am told that it is side-splitting. How to Be the Smartest Person in the Room. This is the new: For Dummies publication. -
I believe that the wife not being at home as she claimed at the time of the murder is a red herring. It is to give the audience one more suspect to consider when trying to solve the mystery.
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He is so very good at it that his role in: Telefon (1977) seems nearly to be typecasting.
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This sounds very much as if it is a cheap rehash of Rollin's The Nude Vampire (1970). I am sorry to say that there are so few French surreal soft-core horror romance movies that one must not complain overmuch of the quality when you do find one.
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Couldn't help but "spit take" on this....
SansFin replied to Sepiatone's topic in General Discussions
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Have you thought of offering them to a film studies program at a college or university? The local community college was quite happy to receive a large amount of books and papers on woodworking and machining as subsidiary research material for their vocational training programs.
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I suspect that you are speaking of an American version of the program. The only furniture which I remember seeing in these episodes were cabinets and desks which were 18th Century or earlier. One episode of what I watched had an assortment of bowls, pitchers and so forth all of bright orange glass. The customer seemed quite pleased to have such a collection. The expert spoke highly of certain aspects but was quite clear also that such items have essentially no value now because the high point of collecting such things is long past and it is unlikely to ever again be desired by collectors. Silver items have the positive factor that they will retain a certain portion of their value due to their content. The experts on the program at times stated the melt value of an item. The appraised value varied from slightly above that to several times that even for objects with little historical value. My insignificant duther has a small collection of Art Deco silverplate. The silver content is negligible but they are decorative and are likely to return their cost as he only buys items which are vastly underpriced.
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I would not have thought that audiences found the egg as worthy of their focus as other visual curves displayed in the movie.
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I thank you for that information. I was not aware that the illustrious name of the world's greatest goldsmith was now associated with cheap cosmetics.
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This is the episode in which Fiona Bruce has a giraffe named for her: https://pluto.tv/on-demand/series/antiques-roadshow/season/38/episode/plas-newydd-1-38-1 "Plas Newydd is a country house set in gardens, parkland and surrounding woodland on the north bank of the Menai Strait, in Llanddaniel Fab, near Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales."
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There was not such a retrospective in any of the episodes which I watched. I found the "Impostor" section of the episodes interesting because I often did not think that any of the items was worth more than pocket money. I should perhaps note that I watched these on PlutoTV which has several of the seasons in their On Demand section as well as having a channel which constantly plays episodes.
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Antiques Roadshow Seasons 38 and 39 (2015-2017) This gentle program displays common people with uncommon goods. It is interesting to learn some of the nuances of what makes an item valuable as a collectible and what makes it boot sale junk. I must wonder if there is a depression in Great Britain as customers often act as if a thousand Pounds is a life-changing amount of money. I found it mildly surprising that so many of the people attending have heard of Fabergé. I must wonder if it is on purpose that the majority of items shown are pottery, vases and tea sets or if that truly reflects what the English have in abundance and believe is valuable.
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Actors You Would Have Liked To See Play Bond?
SansFin replied to Athos's topic in General Discussions
Sir Christopher Lee Michael Caine Patrick Macnee -
I will have what he is smoking.
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You do not like him in love scenes because he is stiff? no . . . even I will not go there . . .
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I believe that people with different experiences will have significantly different views of what is stereotypical behaviour in regards to sexual orientation. A person who is long immersed in a Bohemian lifestyle might become blind to all indications and connotations which are not directly related to that segment of the population whom they wish to trip and fall on top of. This is a form of 'inattentional blindness' in that they focus only on those they desire at first glance and all others become invisible. Such selective attention is perhaps best demonstrated in: http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/gorilla_experiment.html but it applies in many forms on many levels for many traits. I am personally so innocent and naive that I believe this is what your reference to cats in the background must indicate:
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It is my understanding that the difference is methodology. "Skipping rope" is when the person lands on one foot and alternates between feet with each jump. This may include also a shuffling of the foot on the ground in imitation of a child skipping. "Jumping rope" is when the person lands on both feet at the same time. The latter is more popular among boxers and others who exert more energy and concentrate their force while the former is more popular among casuals such as Englanders. This is an example of "jumping" as all feet land simultaneously to exert maximum force:
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Serenity (2005) has many wonderful lines: Mr. Universe: You guys always bring me the very best violence. Mal: Doctor, I'm takin' your sister under my protection here. If anything happens to her, anything at all, I swear to you, I will get very choked up. Honestly, there could be tears. Dr. Tam to his sister: If there's any fighting, drop to the floor or run away. It's okay to leave them to die. Mal: It's of interest to me how much you seem to know about that world. Shepherd Book: I wasn't born a shepherd, Mal. Mal: You have to tell me about that sometime. Shepherd Book: No, I don't. Zoë: In the time of war, we would never have left a man behind. Mal: Maybe that's why we lost.
