Joyce Grenfell - "but you can call me sausage"

PB

The original movies are well worth finding, great low budget Ealing comedy.

From my Cockney grandfather :

"All mouth & no trousers" : talk the talk but don't walk the walk

At the risk of sounding stupid, I've found that searching for a YouTube video in the Google box gets faster results than going to YouTube & searching from there!

Hitler gets all the recognition, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung & Pol Pot must be very jealous.

They just can't get no respect around here.

Certain Sheratons have them too.

#3, Hyatt Place is a pretty nice "place", I had my expectations thoroughly exceeded. The TV feed there is truly HD (not some horribly compressed media server stuff).

#6, keep up the good work maintaining the Marriott chain as the best business traveler hotel.

#9 -
Obviously I'm going to be guilty of some generalizations here but there is a level of vandalism, unprovoked attacks and a complete disregard for property in the UK that I have always found surprising.

Vicious crimes are often committed "just for the fun of it" with no further reason needed. By comparison, our crime seems to be caused by a real (or perceived) motive or need.

It's a subtle distinction, perhaps others who've experienced the same came chime in more effectively.

Having lived extensively on both sides of the Atlantic I can vouch to Britain's problems with a type of casual & opportunistic crime largely unknown in the US.

The solution to this epidemic has been the implementation of hundred of thousands of cameras throughout both public & private spaces. These bathroom units are merely an extension of the acceptance that the British people seem to have towards these intrusions, all in the name of public safety.

Unfortunately, as Sir Winston said, those who sacrifice freedom for security soon find they have neither.

Jeez, I guess I can't crow about bad grammar & spelling today! Sorry about that last post.

I am I just an old softie or does the idea of nice-neighbor.com appeal to others?

Stuff like:
- Mrs XXX helped watch the kids when I had to go to the hospital.
- The XXX family lets the local familys use their pool.
- Mr XXX mows my yard for me since I've had a hip operation.

You get the idea.

PB

I find that 30% is a good number for taxes (I'm married, have 2 children & a home office deduction). This generally leaves enough of a refund to max out an SEP retirement contribution (which is a no-brainer).

Catch is, you have to deposit the money in the SEP as you file the taxes which means you need a little float to carry you until the refund check arrives.

As these countries divide themselves ever further are we seeing a return to something similar to the medieval city states?

Hmmm, I think I spoke too soon. Perhaps he does get it. An attitude of "let that content fly so we can have more customers" seems like a step in the right direction.

Sorry, call me a cynic, but I think his 1st concern may be point 2), namely the risk of liability.

As opposed to the BBC who seem to want the fewest possible number of people to access their online shows.

On the road we used to play a game of "blow out the Zippo with the subwoofers!"

Worked too.

PB

CafePress ARE candy-asses, try using any image with Che Guevera on it (even self-created art) & see how far you get.

#15 - Here's your spanking:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=F&t=5y

Thank you! I figure I've used enough unsecured networks in my time that my WiFi should "spread some love" too.

Never had a security problem.

...and the people (who are already happily paying for DRM-free music from their favorite .ru sites) danced on.

More irrefutable proof that art is created by the artist & not his tools. I work in audio & so often it seems that as the tools get more complex the work becomes less inspired.

There is a point in creating where one's tools become transcendent. Constantly switching or upgrading these tools perhaps detracts from this mastery?

#14 Doggo - I believe you jest, had you been a true netizen you'd have been waxing lyrical about upgrading from 2400 to 9600. We dared not even dream about 33.6K!

I saw a similar situation at a market in Shanghai with a police "raid." Bustling commerce to ghost town & back to bustling commerce, all within 7 minutes.

SILVA:

I've had reputable, independent jewelers in the US compliment me on my Cartier watch whilst they charge extra to use the specific Cartier case & strap tools. The watch in question? $15 in Shanghai.

Now you tell me...

I've never understood how luxury fashion goods sell for retail in China anyway. You can go the markets, befriend a seller ("show me the good stuff") & buy the same items for pennies.

I suspect that many of the so-called counterfeits are actually the real thing that's found a back door out of the legitimate factory.

PBS' History Detectives covered this story recently. Some interesting facts came out -

1) "Micky" was only one, & not even the first, of many very similar mouse toys dating back to the late teens.
2) There are no court records or filings related to the Disney court case.
3) Perfromo did manage to trade mark the Micky name & a patent filing for the toy was traced.

PBS transcript is here -
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/302_mousetoy.html

I always end up feeling that the children being "protected" are way smarter than the protectors themselves.

Lagged2Death

ROFL funny - thanks!

Lagged2Death

ROFL funny - thanks!

to Phasor:

This is a generation who have seen the achievement bar raised to unimaginable levels, have had their civil rights trampled on, watched their parents get downsized and been the target market of moral & standards free corporations. All in the name of the mighty profit.

And we accuse THEM of being narcissistic?

to Phasor:

This is a generation who have seen the achievement bar raised to unimaginable levels, have had their civil rights trampled on, watched their parents get downsized and been the target market of moral & standards free corporations. All in the name of the mighty profit.

And we accuse THEM of being narcissistic?

Actually it makes me happy to hear this. Are they "coddled & narcissistic" or perhaps all too savvy to the industrial-war machine & the lies, corruption, graft & politics behind it?

I don't see OLPC addressing what will surely be the biggest problem with this project & all others that involve sending things of value to developing nations namely corruption. Which will ensure that these computers, like so many other good hearted gestures from the West, will go straight into the hands of those who would re-sell them.

Until we can rid the World of corruption efforts of this nature will be futile.

Did he really say "Third World-type language" or are you having us on here?

Mind, I have some really nice Beach Front-type property I'd like to sell you.

Doran : OK - I give you that. Listen to the album then listen to a live show, Jones on guitar, Sid on bass? I think not.

Sorry to burst the bubble but the Sex Pistols were the Milli Vanilli of their time. Stooges, created by McLaren after he saw the Ramones & Richard Hell perform at the Roundhouse (now that was a show).

Makes the purchase of a Prius look a little like pissing in the wind doesn't it?

I'm surprised that the shipyards of Alang didn't make the list.

I think the real problem is western buyers who demand cheaper/faster and "we don't care how that happens." Then they get to wring their hands as those nasty mean Chinese poison our children.

Warning - linked site has music!

When you start spinning statements like this "it was considered worth noting that her album....dipped only 7 percent rather than falling by the usual double digits" I think the writing is well & truly on the wall.

The subscription model he proposes has been tried time & again with little success. It appears that customers like to own their media, whether video, audio or gaming.

The rest of the article is pretty much trodden old ground, Def Jam history & some contemporary color. Nowhere do I see an outstanding vision to save the music industry.

Doesn't cruising around LA & NYC looking for new offices seems a little like Nero's fiddling?

Another wonderful Alaska book is Hudson Stuck's "10'000 Miles With A Dog Sled." English born Stuck was appointed Episcopal Archbishop for the Alaska territory at the end of the 19th century, a role he took very seriously. For a product of blue-blood Victorian England his attitudes to the native peoples were surprisingly enlightened (for example, he rages against the corrupting influence of Russian fur traders).

Tough as any intrepid Victorian explorer his stiff upper lip attitude to the dangers & deprivations of back country life make for amusing reading (apparently he dressed for dinner on the trail).

Nice but some of his prices are way out of line. In Shanghai a good (real sweep movement, automatic) Rolex fake should cost you no more than $15. As for bags, if you pay more than $30 you're being had. However, I've seen 2 reputable jewelers fooled by my wife's not-so-real Cartier Santos!

I find it ironic that a bunch of TV presenters who spend their lives reading prompter screens & cue cards see SCs gaffe as so amusing.