I read about movies I’m planning to see.
I said “chances are” not that I’m categorically opposed.
I’ve seen little clips that were very nicely paced, etc, but I don’t want to watch the gory bits..
If I ever read a review of a Tarantino movie that sounds good, with no blood, nobody getting violently killed, I might see it.
That said, I don’t watch any movies, when they’re new, cos I avoid theaters, and I don’t currently have a TV..
I have to really want to see something to bother watching on an 8″ tablet. By the time I could stream it, it would probably have been around long enough for me to hear all about it. 🙂
LOL… Actually I did see Jaws. Not my favorite movie but not horrible… maybe cos I thought the shark looked fake from the beginning.
There are movies I’ve liked with some violence… Spaghetti westerns, Bond movies… The first Godfather, Bonnie and Clyde, though I’ve had to look away at certain scenes. I loved A Clockwork Orange, but it was stylized.
And yeah, those are all old… Cos as time goes by, I see fewer movies, and grow more averse to them being violent.
I don’t know anywhere in the US where building codes would allow such big houses so close together… A few small neighborhoods, maybe, but they generally have to include areas of open space.
This looks like desert, so I googled it…
And yep… it’s in Dubai.
I couldn’t find a price, but this development is known for it’s 1,500 identical houses… You can see that they’re not actually identical, but there are only a few models, and they’re set in matching rows.
From one Instagram promoting them…
“Al Sheba III is a residential community in Dubai, developed by Nakheel Properties and known for its elegant Mediterranean and Moroccan-style villas.
Built with a harmonious, symmetrical layout, it offers modern amenities such as sports courts, a clubhouse, a swimming pool, and a fully equipped gym. Perfectly positioned near Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, it provides easy access to the rest of the city—while offering residents a balanced lifestyle with plenty of recreational and retail options right at their doorstep.”
The first comment under that on the page: “What a hellhole.”
But if it still sounds appealing, consider that Dubai has average winter temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s F, and summer temperatures 110 to 118°F, with high humidity, and nighttime temps almost the same as day.
Holding hands or kissing in public get fines for married couples, jail time or deportation for unmarried, death for homosexuals.
Don’t worry, women with bare shoulders, or anybody swearing or chewing gum, usually only get fines, rarely jail.
When I was a kid they were still showing those serials at the Saturday matinees.
So old the film made hissing and crackling noises, and little flashes of light appeared on the screen, I guess from little pinholes or cracks.
But it never occurred to us kids that they were dated, or even old. We loved them.
15 cents got you a (usually horror or sci-fi, but sometimes Abbot and Costello or Laurel and Hardy) movie, a serial chapter, and a cartoon. Good times.
first there was a newsreel, then a continuing adventure (like Flash G) then a cartoon, —popcorn and candy were pretty much done by then– then the movie
I’ve boarded BC ferries, but I don’t remember a big open space like that first step, or being terrified.
And yeah, 10 feet over water isn’t as scary as a few hundred feet in the air over land, though it would still scare me some.
Maybe they’re not all the same… I’ve only done Victoria-Vancouver (both ways). It’s been a very long time, but I remember one where you get off on an island and take a different one into Vancouver.
There used to be a wonderful ferry Seattle to Victoria and back… Not the car one, but just people, directly from downtown to downtown. It stopped running years ago, and they got a faster one that I’ve never taken.
This is the type of airship station the Empire State building was meant to have, but the blimps couldn’t get quite that close, plus it was over 100 stories up, so it would have been even scarier to board.
After couple of test runs… I don’t know whether they had actual passengers….the idea was abandoned, due to high winds jostling the airships and threatening to knock people off the walkway.
I only know they’re called swedes in the UK because of reading British cookbooks.
We call them rutabagas, except I bet a lot of Americans don’t know what those are either, especially if they’re under 50.
Root vegetables are getting harder and harder to find in our grocery stores. When I was a kid, rutabagas, turnips and parsnips were common and cheap… by now you rarely see them, at least here in California, except at fancy markets, or in organic vegetable displays, where they’re treated as exotic or chic, and overpriced.
Beets started becoming more expensive a year or so ago… When they get a little old, the big supermarket near me cuts off the fading green tops, and sells the loose beets cheaper.. but twice what they were before.
That also cuts off the tag that was attached, so when i buy them, the checker will often ask me what they are, so they can look up the price.
Carrots are the only ones still obiquitous and cheap, and recognizable to a teenager.
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Happy birthday, Abe!
and then there’s…….
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Behind the scenes. Obviously, because the director is in it.
That’s why the grins at such a tragic time.
and also because the machine-gunned Sonny is alive and smiling
Yeah… I didn’t mean they’re grinning cos Coppola is there.. I meant his being there shows it’s not actually a scene from the movie.
The cameras aren’t rolling… Well, except the still camera that took this shot… so they’re free to play.
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Three-faced?
Beautiful but creepy at the same time.
..
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I’ve only seen two of them.
I’ve only seen one (Top Middle).
And I haven’t seen any.
If it says Quentin Tarantino, chances are I haven’t and won’t.
If you haven’t seen any for what reason do you say you won’t ?
Violence.
I read about movies I’m planning to see.
I said “chances are” not that I’m categorically opposed.
I’ve seen little clips that were very nicely paced, etc, but I don’t want to watch the gory bits..
If I ever read a review of a Tarantino movie that sounds good, with no blood, nobody getting violently killed, I might see it.
That said, I don’t watch any movies, when they’re new, cos I avoid theaters, and I don’t currently have a TV..
I have to really want to see something to bother watching on an 8″ tablet. By the time I could stream it, it would probably have been around long enough for me to hear all about it. 🙂
So you don’t like seeing any violence in movies .
If you watch the movie Jaws backwards, it becomes a heartwarming story about a shark who swims around giving arms and legs to disabled people.
😉
LOL… Actually I did see Jaws. Not my favorite movie but not horrible… maybe cos I thought the shark looked fake from the beginning.
There are movies I’ve liked with some violence… Spaghetti westerns, Bond movies… The first Godfather, Bonnie and Clyde, though I’ve had to look away at certain scenes. I loved A Clockwork Orange, but it was stylized.
And yeah, those are all old… Cos as time goes by, I see fewer movies, and grow more averse to them being violent.
I miss “From Dusk Till Dawn” – “only” one of the writers, but still…
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If you’d given him a little respect, maybe it wouldn’t be so angry.
Ooooh! This is almost better than a ride in the car!!!
“Where’s my lucky feather?”
,
Little boxes
On a hillside,
Little boxes
Made of ticky-tacky
The thing is, those are giant boxes!
I don’t know anywhere in the US where building codes would allow such big houses so close together… A few small neighborhoods, maybe, but they generally have to include areas of open space.
This looks like desert, so I googled it…
And yep… it’s in Dubai.
I couldn’t find a price, but this development is known for it’s 1,500 identical houses… You can see that they’re not actually identical, but there are only a few models, and they’re set in matching rows.
From one Instagram promoting them…
“Al Sheba III is a residential community in Dubai, developed by Nakheel Properties and known for its elegant Mediterranean and Moroccan-style villas.
Built with a harmonious, symmetrical layout, it offers modern amenities such as sports courts, a clubhouse, a swimming pool, and a fully equipped gym. Perfectly positioned near Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road, it provides easy access to the rest of the city—while offering residents a balanced lifestyle with plenty of recreational and retail options right at their doorstep.”
The first comment under that on the page: “What a hellhole.”
But if it still sounds appealing, consider that Dubai has average winter temperatures in the high 70s to low 80s F, and summer temperatures 110 to 118°F, with high humidity, and nighttime temps almost the same as day.
Holding hands or kissing in public get fines for married couples, jail time or deportation for unmarried, death for homosexuals.
Don’t worry, women with bare shoulders, or anybody swearing or chewing gum, usually only get fines, rarely jail.
,
The 1939 movie serials:
WOW!
When I was a kid they were still showing those serials at the Saturday matinees.
So old the film made hissing and crackling noises, and little flashes of light appeared on the screen, I guess from little pinholes or cracks.
But it never occurred to us kids that they were dated, or even old. We loved them.
15 cents got you a (usually horror or sci-fi, but sometimes Abbot and Costello or Laurel and Hardy) movie, a serial chapter, and a cartoon. Good times.
Flash Gordon was shown over here on TV early Saturday Mornings (I think) in the 1980’s.
first there was a newsreel, then a continuing adventure (like Flash G) then a cartoon, —popcorn and candy were pretty much done by then–
then the movie
Oooh I forgot about the newsreel.
They were part of every every nighttime movie showing, when we went with our parents. We didn’t go a lot, so even the newsreel was a treat.
Maybe I just don’t remember, but I think they didn’t show them at our kiddie matinee.
Tat looks like a pulp cover. 🙂
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Nope! That first step would be a bit freaky!
I think I’d faint.
Looks like boarding a BC Ferry today. At least there was water to land in if you fell off…
I’ve boarded BC ferries, but I don’t remember a big open space like that first step, or being terrified.
And yeah, 10 feet over water isn’t as scary as a few hundred feet in the air over land, though it would still scare me some.
Maybe they’re not all the same… I’ve only done Victoria-Vancouver (both ways). It’s been a very long time, but I remember one where you get off on an island and take a different one into Vancouver.
There used to be a wonderful ferry Seattle to Victoria and back… Not the car one, but just people, directly from downtown to downtown. It stopped running years ago, and they got a faster one that I’ve never taken.
Nope.
This is the type of airship station the Empire State building was meant to have, but the blimps couldn’t get quite that close, plus it was over 100 stories up, so it would have been even scarier to board.
After couple of test runs… I don’t know whether they had actual passengers….the idea was abandoned, due to high winds jostling the airships and threatening to knock people off the walkway.
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Why warn the flies to be cautious?
I’d think they’d say “Welcome flies! Free lounging area and dance floor!”
Plausible deniability…..
The entomophiles would have objected…
They’d starve a poor flytrap?
I hope they understand that something with only the brains of s plant can’t figure out how to be a vegetarian.
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“Canis latrans whirlygiggius.”
Driftin’ along with the tumblin’ tumbleweeds…. ♪♪
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It’s not very clear, so I don’t really know exactly what any of the signs say, but one of them looks different.
So my best guess is that
I keep forgetting that you can’t use quotation marks in spoiler titles… They make text disappear.
The title was supposed to be ‘THIS one says “For Sale.”‘
I think the rest of them say “sold.”
Yeah .. it’s a little clearer on my phone. I think so too.
There sure have been s lot of sales in that neighborhood.
Why is everybody leaving?
Browsed the page, all good, then site decided to go down just as I wanted to upload the first picture…..
I wonder if it’s trying to tell me something!
Anyhoo:
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Bicycle Act.
1897-ish beefcake. I’m sure ladies blushed.
Google says 1885… wow… I stand corrected.
And they’re Swedish.
We don’t call them that in the US.
I only know they’re called swedes in the UK because of reading British cookbooks.
We call them rutabagas, except I bet a lot of Americans don’t know what those are either, especially if they’re under 50.
Root vegetables are getting harder and harder to find in our grocery stores. When I was a kid, rutabagas, turnips and parsnips were common and cheap… by now you rarely see them, at least here in California, except at fancy markets, or in organic vegetable displays, where they’re treated as exotic or chic, and overpriced.
Beets started becoming more expensive a year or so ago… When they get a little old, the big supermarket near me cuts off the fading green tops, and sells the loose beets cheaper.. but twice what they were before.
That also cuts off the tag that was attached, so when i buy them, the checker will often ask me what they are, so they can look up the price.
Carrots are the only ones still obiquitous and cheap, and recognizable to a teenager.
We have a lot to thank Bugs Bunny for!
(sigh) I know…
It was a play of words!
Maangchi (who used to live in Canada before she moved to the USA) calls them Swedes, too.
Black-throated Apalis.
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