I saw Mission Impossible yesterday, and I liked it too! Didn't like Top Gun though, it was too loud for me
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I think that we may have discussed this before, but, have you ever watched The Third Man?
Amazing setting (shot in postwar Vienna), story, (written by Graham Greene), excellent story, superb script, outstanding cast, haunting (and brilliant) cinematography, and unforgettable music.
An impressive (I thought it excellent, and very intelligent) fairly modern American movie that I would also recommend is Lone Star which is directed by John Sayles. (The music/soundtrack on that is great, as well).
Thinking about why I just spent over an hour and a half talking (on the phone) to the most complacent (and quite rude) person I've ever met. For one reason or another, I allowed that to happen, and it's just put me in a bad mood. A great example of a time where setting some boundaries might've been a good idea...
What makes this person so "special" and deserving of my attention for so long, I have no idea. Think about the countless other things I could have done with that time that would have brought me joy, not made me frustrated. Well, there's an hour and a half I will never get back...
What makes this person so "special" and deserving of my attention for so long, I have no idea. Think about the countless other things I could have done with that time that would have brought me joy, not made me frustrated. Well, there's an hour and a half I will never get back...
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Unfortunately work is still on my mind even though I have finished for the day and I’m off all next week.
How I've been playing Fly Me to the Moon wrong for the past 7 years. Now I know how to play it right lol
Growing up, there used to be mulberries at the grocery store. I don’t think there are now. We have a mulberry tree in our front yard that I have been considering cutting down, because there is an annual event in the Spring where our cars in the driveway, get **** bombed multiple times day after day by birds that have gorged themselves on them. I’ve also read that because of the associated mess municipalities specifically avoid planting them on city streets. What I don’t know is if this tree was native or planted by a former owner. By it’s grouping with a large oak, it might have been on the lot when the neighborhood was built about 40 years ago, but maybe not. In the States, the Red Mulberry is considered native from Texas north to Iowa and to the Coast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_rubra
My idea of hell. Here it’s very windy. Some sun. Some light rain.
In other words a typical British summer!
But a pleasant 22 degrees. Much better than the 40 degrees they have in other parts of Europe right now.
The wonderful sight of a real chilli plant, one where growing chilli peppers are to be found thriving among the dark leaves of the plant.
It was over 45C yesterday at times; one of my colleagues reported experiencing 48C.
A wall of (stifling) heat (rather than mere warmth) immediately engulfs you when you head out to the car (from whatever airconditioned building where you have been holding meetings).
Car handles burn your hand when you reach to open the door; the driver asks you to wait, while he attempts to cool the car down before you get in; the water bottles he has put out for you are already tepid.
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Grim. One of the nice features of my i3. You just tell it what time you are leaving and it cools or warms the car as required. Very nice feature.
Stay hydrated.
I have to say that my driver has been very thoughtful and protective, and careful.
This heat - and, in general, I love heat - is punishing.
It is already 28C at 6.00 in the morning.
Since June we (East Texas) have been running mid 90s to low 100sF (32-40C) With lows of 85F (29C) at night. A high pressure dome of heat parked over the Central US bringing no rain for several weeks and high temps. Comparing F to C, I prefer the spread of F over C, but not said to start anything.
We got up to 104 yesterday, that was just ridiculous! Actually, the gig I was supposed to play yesterday was canceled because of the heat. But nothing compared to what @Scepticalscribe is talking aboutSince June we (East Texas) have been running mid 90s to low 100sF (32-40C) With lows of 85F (29C) at night. A high pressure dome of heat parked over the Central US bringing no rain for several weeks and high temps. Comparing F to C, I prefer the spread of F over C, but not said to start anything.
Here it's the humidity which makes everything feel so much hotter than the actual temperature. 84° Fahrenheit, but it feels like 93!!! Stifling. Yucky.
Very nice.
Don't worry: This is one thing I am quite methodical and careful about: In fact, in recent weeks, I have been consuming between three and four litres of water a day.
Fortunately, it is a dry heat.
I love the cold. Though I was born in a warm area. Which is weird.
People are different, which is one of the wonders of the world.
In any case, for my part, I cannot sleep, or work (concentrate), or relax, if I am cold.
I loathe it.
Okay: If you haven't seen (watched) The Third Man, you need to. An absolute masterpiece.
And the music - the soundtrack - (composed by and) played (on a zither) by Anton Karas, is unforgettable.
I hate the cold too. Especially that biting cold that you're immersed in early in the morning when you walk outside in the winter
Not a fan of the cold or the heat.
Last winter Mrs AFB cut the heating use significantly so we had it on a lot less and when we did had it on much lower. It was not a pleasant winter.
Right now things are in the low 20’s. My ideal environment.
Last winter Mrs AFB cut the heating use significantly so we had it on a lot less and when we did had it on much lower. It was not a pleasant winter.
Right now things are in the low 20’s. My ideal environment.