Re: Tales of Home [7]

by azriel Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:56 am

Sounds like two axe murderers now

by azriel Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:56 am

Axe murderers with a machete pale

by azriel Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:57 am

And no axe silent

by azriel Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:58 am

Just a duuuuull machete silent

by halfwise Sun Mar 20, 2016 12:14 pm

Um...the machete-as-tool clan is sort of a born-again evangelical group. Nobody understands what we're about at first; but if you ever find yourself with some brush to clear, and somebody rushes up all hopeful-like with a machete, presses it into your hands and says "the trick, you see, is is slice down, not across!", then you know somebody is trying to induct you as a new convert. We're used to being looked at like loonies, so desperately hope new candidates will come to realize the thrill of a sharp machete correctly used.

Many people have tried machetes and dismissed them simply because they never think to sharpen them. All too often we just get the squint-eyed look, accompanied by "naw, I don't think so." And we have to slink away sadly, hoping to pass by some sapling that we can off-handedly slice through with a single stroke, thus gaining multitudes of new admirers.

by Mrs Figg Sun Mar 20, 2016 2:04 pm

well I am sure you machetied with conviction and didn't do a woosie Sandsnake flip flop. Very Happy

by halfwise Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:58 pm

Figgy, if you want to chip in on this with me, Keith Richards is selling his New York apartment; I'm sure it has two bedrooms.

http://www.businessinsider.com/keith-richards-selling-his-nyc-penthouse-2016-3

by Mrs Figg Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:55 pm

halfwise wrote:Figgy, if you want to chip in on this with me, Keith Richards is selling his New York apartment; I'm sure it has two bedrooms.

http://www.businessinsider.com/keith-richards-selling-his-nyc-penthouse-2016-3

I will give it serious consideration. when I win the lottery. Razz

but when I win the lottery I would probably build a mini Minas Tirith. Razz

by azriel Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:14 pm

these I find fascinating, seeing how things change over the years Smile

by Mrs Figg Fri Mar 25, 2016 1:13 pm

yeah I love old footage, specially the carriages and the clothes, it seem so near yet so far.

by Eldorion Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:15 pm

My step-mom took an Easter-themed photo of the chicks today. They're looking a little gangly and are only half-feathered at this point but I think they're still pretty cute. Razz

The yellow one seems to be establishing herself as the boss chicken, though they haven't been properly introduced to our two grown ones yet.

Tales of Home [7] - Page 10 ICRk9JYh

by Mrs Figg Sun Mar 27, 2016 5:44 pm

boss ginger chicken I love you

so cute

by azriel Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:13 pm

They are adorable !!!!! I love you

DONT eat them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by halfwise Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:20 pm

How did she get a bunch of bird brains to pose like that? I seriously think that easter pic could go viral. She should post it somewhere.

by Eldorion Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:41 pm

You don't have to worry, azriel. Smile

They're egg-laying chickens, not for eating. Not even after they stop laying; I don't think any of us could bring ourselves to do that.

Not sure about how she posed them, halfy. They're pretty chill and don't seem to mind being picked up in general though. Plus they like to roost. She put the pic on FB cause some coworkers of hers had been asking about the chicks.

by azriel Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:44 pm

Its a bloody good picture tho Very Happy

I like the little cute guy,on the left ( as you look at him ) 2nd one down, with a ginger star on his face.

by Mrs Figg Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:22 pm

they are the sweetest little things. I love you

by azriel Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:32 pm

Its a day for birds I think Smile

Rescued a lovely bird from my two "assassins" Maia & Jupiter tonight, its in my cabinet away from everyone, hope it will be ok !

Tales of Home [7] - Page 10 DSC04592_zpsk88zu7qi

Tales of Home [7] - Page 10 DSC04592_zpsk88zu7qi

by halfwise Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:45 am

I'm sipping maple bourbon from Vermont, and re-watching Murder on the Orient Express. Halfie is happy.

by halfwise Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:14 am

And though his present character has no relation, I'm again reminded how perfect Sir John Gielgud would be as Denethor. A shame the movie wasn't made a decade earlier.

by halfwise Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:36 am

Watching John Gielgud I realized I really knew nothing about him (!), so looked him up. This brought tears to my eyes: (Wikipedia)

On the evening of 20 October 1953, Gielgud, usually highly discreet about casual sex, was arrested in Chelsea for cruising in a public lavatory. Until the 1960s sexual activity of any kind between men was illegal in Britain. The Home Secretary of the day, David Maxwell Fyfe, was fervently homophobic, urging the police to arrest anyone who contravened the Victorian laws against homosexuality. Gielgud was fined; when the press reported the story, he thought his disgrace would end his career. When the news broke he was in Liverpool on the pre-London tour of a new play, A Day by the Sea. According to the biographer Richard Huggett, Gielgud was so paralysed by nerves that the prospect of going onstage as usual seemed impossible, but his fellow players, led by Sybil Thorndike, encouraged him:

She grabbed him and whispered fiercely, "Come on, John darling, they won't boo me", and led him firmly on to the stage. To everybody's astonishment and indescribable relief, the audience gave him a standing ovation. They cheered, they applauded, they shouted. The message was quite clear. The English public had always been loyal to its favourites, and this was their chance to show that they didn't care tuppence what he had done in his private life ... they loved him and respected him dearly. It was a moment never to be forgotten by those who witnessed it.

by halfwise Tue Mar 29, 2016 3:50 am

Ingrid Bergman is blowing my mind. To go from Casablanca to this mouse of a missionary - of course Albert Finney is an equally astounding transformation. It's a shame that we typecast our great actors : they have so much to offer if allowed to roam free.

by azriel Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:49 am

Your quite right Halfy Smile

Do we seem to think these people are actors & only actors ? They act in a film, go home till the morning, then, act again & thats it ? How many do good things, amazing things, with their lives yet we know nothing of it.

by halfwise Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:31 pm

Actually I was just talking about how we often only see them in typecast roles, and don't realize how good they are playing outside their type.

But some, I assume, are good people....