General Chat

Hi all, I'm back again...job has just rung and asked would I work a night shift as one of the girls is off sick...thought I'd do it as the last time I worked was 6th June!! Oh I'm getting a lazy old wotsit.

Speak soon,

Pam.

Glad you had a lovely holiday Pam, and that the weather was good, bit of a bu***r having to work on your 1st night back.........thats the trouble with holidays ...they put you in holiday "Mode" and its hard to get back on track...


Blimey David, the pictures for a sixpence!!, that 2 and half p in todays money, don`t even think penny chews are a penny any more....more like 2p..

Hows the job hunting going Ed?

Nicky

Hi Nicky,

Job hunting is a bit stagnant right now. My CV is off with a couple of firms at the moment and I'm awaiting feedback, hopefully get an interview or two this week.

Still studying like a nutter in the evenings - should be ready for another exam in a couple of weeks.

Been decorating my youngest's bedroom this week; most of the prep has been done now - will be ready to start the pretty bits soon!

Watching the latest remake of King Kong on ITV2 at the moment - can't wait for the climax with the biplanes and the Empire State Building!

Saturday morning pictures David - I don't recall ever going (I think they stopped it when I was old enough to go) - but I do remember going to the local 'flea pit' in the afternoons to see lots of films; Skyjacked with Charlton Heston and James Brolin, The Poseidon Adventure, The Towering Inferno, Young Winston, Airport 75 (Charlton Heston again - dropping into the cockpit of a 747 from a helicopter fer gossake!)

Whatever happened to the "disaster movie" as a genre?

Ed

Oh yeah and in Airport 75 there was Helen Reddy as the singing nun!

Dear Eyebrows Ed

Hello,

Thank you for telling me about your course a few posts earlier.

A computer wizard!
I would like to go back to quill and ink!

Now you mentioned "The Towering Inferno".

I told Pam this when I first posted on this site.
This film is one of my all-time favourites.

It was billed as the film to watch over Christmas 1980 on BBC1.
There were only 3 TV channels.

The special effects for the time were superb.
Steve McQueen and Paul Newman - what can I say about them!
The roles suited each actor perfectly.

Sadly, only a short time earlier in 1980, Steve McQueen
had passed away far too young.

Another excellent fim: "The day the earth stood still"
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal and the peerless Sam Jaffe.

A timeless sci-fi movie. Simple idea but powerful about a friendly alien coming to earth and the way people react to him.

Best wishes to all.
x

Whatever happened to the "disaster movie" as a genre?
LOL!
They are still be made but more likely to be for the TV and all set in the States featuring characters personal problems being resolved in the final clip.

Recent disaster movie 'The Day After Tomorrow" which tells the tale of a world froze over and once again set in the States.

Didn't Richard Chamberlaine play an unsavoury character in Towering Inferno ?

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Clint Eastwoods on tonight...spaghetti western, will go and give it a look as I love the music. (Good film too)

Pam.

PS Elizabeth I know you like Steve McQueen and as you say he died very young...he died on the 7th of November 1980, my son Stephen was born on the 14th november...a week after. The nurses asked did I name him after Mr McQueen, lot's of sad ladies when he died I think.

Hi David,

Yes Richard Chamberlain was the man who was responsible for the building of the "Glass Tower" and he used sub-standard electrical components to cut costs. I seem to remember him grappling with someone near the end to try and get out on the Bosun's Chair and the while thing collapsing and him falling a rather long way down ...

Oh The Towering Inferno....what a wonderful film, Pau Newman was the architect? and Steve Mcqueen the Fire Chief?....... with a superb star studded supporting cast.

Elizabeth, I can`t believe we only had 3 TV channels in 1980....!!!! How did we cope???...

Can you imagine telling our young childen today that there are only 3 channels they can watch, most of them won`t broadcast ANYTHING all day, {just the Test Card}, and they`ll all finish arounf 11.30pm,!!! .....they`d be horrified.

Like the look of the new Gangster film with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale thats being advertised at the moment, will try and get to the cinema to see that one.....

Sorry to hear the job situation is not resolved yet Ed, just hang on in there, someting will turn up trumps.


Nice to see you back Pam...seems you bought some of that nice weather with you. I`ve noticed the spaghetti Westerns have been on a lot lately, that and Arnie Scwarzanegger films, I think its because the summer tv schedule is pretty poor, so they put on lots of films to fill the gaps.


Did anyone watch "Occupation" about 3 soldiers and the affects on their lives of the Iraq war in the early 90s on BBC1 last week ? it was on Tuesday to Thursday night . We recorded it and watched it on Saturday afternoon to fill the Football gap, it was very good, and as a big fan of James Nesbitt it was nice to see him back on the small screen.


Nicky

Hi Nicky,

Yes hubby watched Occupation on the telly in our hotel room last week...i watched it inbetween having a shower and dozing. It was good wasn't it, i agree James Nesbitt's a good actor.

Pam.

I don't mean I doze in the shower...that would be silly....oh you know what I mean!!

Watched Dirty Harry last night, forgotton how violent it was in places, made in 1971 I think.

Pam.

Nudge.

Bridges at Maddison County was on earlier this evening.
Clint Eastwood shows his versatility.
Star, producer, director

He was 80 this week

Hi Pam,

Yes I saw Dirty Harry was on but I gave it a miss as I'm studying again. Should be up for exam 2 soon; then it's one more and I'll be an MCPIT! (Yes I can put the initials after my name if I want and a snazzy logo on my CV)

Just watched Lee Evans on TV - trying to mop the tears out of my keyboard at the moment - he's got to be one of the funniest comedians on the circuit at the moment.

Can't believe Clint Eastwood is 80 though.

Looking forward to Public Enemy coming out - the OH will want to see that as it's got Johnny Depp in it as Dillinger (she's got a thing about Johnny Depp - especially if he's dressed as a pirate)

Yes Ed we've been watching Lee Evans earlier too, he makes me ache with laughter literally! Love the bit with women pushing the car, jump starting etc. and it's all so true!! He's so, so funny!!! I'm still achey through laughing!

Glad you're doing ok with your exams...a MCPIT sounds very impressive.

I like Johnny Depp, but he's alittle bit girly for my taste, good actor though.

David I've never seen Bridges of Maddison County, but I have a friend who always cries when she watches it! So I'm guessing it's atear jerker.

This old thread of ours has been going a fair while now hasn't it, it goes a bit slow every now and then but we keep going.

Speak soon,

Pam.

Bridges at Maddison County is recommended. He can act.
.
It was made in 1995 when he was 66. He does,nt look it in the film.
An earlier western of his had him lusting over a woman on the run pretending to be a nun , He didn't know she was pretending. Two Mules for Sister Sarah
Kinky

Yes David i remember that one, Shirley Mclain played the nun didn't she.

Pam.

Public Enemy, thats the name Ed, I couldn`t remember it.......not a huge Johnny Depp fan myself ,but must admit he looks rather fetching in his trilby on the billboards.

Did you catch Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury on BBC2 last night Ed,? we`d been to a BBQ so only caught the last hour, but did manage to see Born to Run and he finished with Dancing in the Dark { I think.........a bit too much vino last night...} Thought he was brilliant ,and didn`t look his age.... The Script were very good earlier in the day as well. The Specials were on Friday night, I thought of you Ed, didn`t think they were very good.

Dirty Harry Pam, isn`t that the one wilth the girl buried under ground with time running out? Pretty scary for its day I think.

I too have never seen Bridges of Madison County, but will try and catch it sometime, if its a bit of a weepy I`m bound to cry.

Nicky

Edit... Yes agree Lee evans is funny, but I can`t get on with all that sweating....... always want to run him a shower and hand him a towel..........Lol

counting the days till friday....off to Wembley to see Take That..