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February 06, 2012
Crown colonies like Rhodesia were granted their independence.
The world applauded at how diplomatic Britain was in handling it.
The Falkland Islands, located in the Atlantic, 250 miles off the coast of Argentina, changed all that.
No more Mr. Nice guy.
Britain had held the oil rich islands since the 1830s, but Argentina insisted they had a prior claim on what they called the "Malvinas."
The British proposed a long-term lease, which was rejected by the military junta.
Governor of the islands, Sir Rex Hunt on hearing of Argentine invasion plans:
"Sounds like the buggers mean it."
Mean it they did.
Britain reacted and off went the daunting HMS Dauntless, a task force consisting of 28,000 troops and over 100 ships, while the Argentinean forces were limited to 12,000 mainly conscripted soldiers and only 40 vessels.
Two months later, more than six hundred Argentineans had died and the battle was lost.
The British victory, with minimal casualties, resulted in a boom of domestic support for Thatcher, (the recent movie was widely panned in Argentina) and jingoism from the tabloids.
Heading into the 30-year Commemoration of the "Forgotten War" this April, Argentina is still pushing for more talks with the UK and 75 percent of its people still want the islands.
Tensions are mounting.
Again.
David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, has actually accused Argentina of "colonizing."
The British Empire, which at its height included approximately 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population and covered a quarter of the Earth's total land area, isn't about to give up one of its last remnants without a fight.
Fortunately, it's still a war of words.
My wife taught in the Camp Education program in the Falklands in 1984. At that time all of the pe...
Feb. 06, 2012 10:01 AM
Rule Britannia!
So? Are the sheep more afraid of the Englishmen?
War is hell...so I hope there will never be War, ever, World Peace should prevail....HOPE.....Human Optimism Peace Eternal..I have a beautiful Penquin Collection and a set of Gouchos.from Argentina....It is not enough said to say, "we are to fight, or we own it..."..it is the snowball affect...of what brings on a decision to go to battle... just becasue you out number one group...or want their riches...or you neglect the inhabitants.and easy win...allow extreme poverty.a false sense of rescue......cause and affect...what got the war going.?.I am not going to answer the questions to the Falkland Islands War...I am going to say that without any drama, alot of citizens from Argentina and Britian were killed and injured..and both sides had casualties...what went wrong with their responsibilities... Because lookie here...Hot off the press..London--Britain's government is looking to introduce laws that grant company shareholders the power to veto executive pay packages, Prime Minister David Cameron said on sunday, in a bid to address public anger at many bosses' lavish salaries and bonuses.Cameron blamed what he called the 'merry-go-round" in which a small group of boardroom directors approve each other's excessive packages to the detriment of their own companies."Big rewards when people fail make people's blood boil,"Cameron told the BBC in an interview.He added that laws to regulate high pay in banks are likely to be proposed in the next few months. There were no details on how the new arrangements would work, but they could form part of a reform package being prepared by business secretary Vince Cable. Currently, company shareholders can show their disapproval only through an advisory vote. America needs to do this too...Very familiar with the Steel Industry collapse..When I lived on Fripp Island...Allegheny Ludlam owned Dataw Island...but the former President built a$6,000,000 home on Ocean front property that was almost washed away during the 1991 Hurricane Hugo...senseless waste of steel and profits..why can not that money stay in Pennsylvania..and yet someday..that home will be washed away from weather ocean erosion...My house is all the land I can see my campus is my neighborhood, large homes mansions are not the greatest places to live very large and not cozy...costly heat, etc..a moderate size home is a best and energy efficient option... ;).
Two words from up there ....... "oil rich" 'Nuff said.
The British armada was covered in great detail by radio, tv and newspapers even to the point of reporting daily on the progress of their advance toward the Falkland Islands. Upon the invasion a news release from Argentina blasted England for their sneak attack. Thar is like saying it would have been nice if the airing of the Super Bowl would have been made public.
Good morning! HAZEL said it all. Now, O.T.---hah! I knew Bates was going to end up blamed for the murder of that awful wife...they've been telepgraphing it from Episode 1. Still, a really good episode. The scene in the Front Hall at 11:00 AM on 11/11 was fantastic. Maggie Smith's manipulation of Matthew's mother was a delicious treat.
Great day everyone.
Right on, Hazel: "oil rich" is the catchphrase. Am I right that almost all the residents are English-speaking folks whose families came from Britain? What's to talk about if that is true?
By the way, my wife and I had a nice quiet dinner last night at an Afghan restaurant in Falls Church. It has been there for better than 30 years, has no television, and the food is super. We will not eat in a place with a television blaring.
Lynn830, Oh, for a TV-free, cell-free, smoke-free restaurant.
This topic is timely as I reflect on the Syrian Situation aka Mess, where the gyrations of a political solution are discussed so "diplomatically" with the full knowledge there will not be one. Meanwhile the babies cry and the smell of death is in the air. The Falkland situation would normally have the Monroe Doctrine bantered about but the Chinese involvement in Latin America has shown it has little teeth anyway. Oil will have South America a strategic battleground for years to come. The chickens have come home to roost as the vultures circle overhead.
Yes, Lynn830~ the residents of the Falklands (human) are mainly English speaking and of British extraction. I think they are outnumbered by sheep and a colony of little penguins. Your Afghan restaurant sounds great. Glad you found TV free sancturary from The Game.
My wife taught in the Camp Education program in the Falklands in 1984. At that time all of the people there were of British extraction, except for 24 Chileans who were resident horse-trainers. The natives were sorry for the Argie soldiers who were poorly-trained youngsters. The real casualties were the Sheffield, a modern vessel of war totally lost, and the large number of land mines scattered around by the Argies with no record being kept of their location.
The real association of the Falklanders is with families in New Zealand. The Argies said that there was no indigenous culture, and therefore no legitimacy of the British government. One can always say things like that; it is just name-calling. By 1984 there was a serious effort to develop individual Falkland sweater patterns and other regional specialties. The wool is unparalleled; I have a cap made of un-spun, un-bleached yarn, very light, soft, and warm, utterly beautiful. Perhaps Mr. Peterman should take notice. One possible contact is Richard and Griselda Cockwell, Fox Bay East, West Falkland. Then there is always mutton stew, the "365" as they call it there.
As for penguins, the year-rounders are the gentoo penguins, a large colony including at least one albino. And on Sea Lion Island, where Julie went for one of her students, there is a permanent colony of elephant seals (sixteen feet, three tons). Julie brought back 22 rolls of photographs of that colony alone. You could hear them all over the island. They like to lie on top of each other, but nobody wants to be on the bottom. Sounds like us.
The Monroe Doctrine would support the local government, just as it supports the local government of the United States. They make most of their own decisions, but it would be very difficult for the Falklands to become totally independent of the British. There are only a few thousand inhabitants, half of them in the capital, Stanley, and the other half (like the Cockwells) widely scattered over the islands herding sheep. They are trying very hard, but they need support from a powerful and sympathetic government. The land is very beautiful, gentle, rolling hills and occasional limestone and quartzite outcrops. It never gets colder than 20 F, and because of the ceaseless wind, it never gets warmer than 55, so tourism is probably not much of an option, but Julie loved the islands and islanders passionately.
more on the honor rollAs probably the only person who has spent time in the Falklands on more than a few occasions, I have to side with the delightful English folk that have lived there for generations. This is home - and their ancestors are in the cemetery there - and, oil aside, I don't believe any of us would like to be forcibly ejected from our homes. The War was bad enough. When I arrived several years after that conflict, the fields had signs of buried land mines and the reminder to STAY OUT. Casualties of war were listed on their town monument on the main street of Stanley. It still seems a microcosm of a world long past - "a kindler, gentler world" whose people take to your heart in minutes.
In my heart of hearts, as I wander the outer islands among the multitude of sheep and the welcoming penguins who outnumber the civilians, I stand beside the populations, quietly singing "Let the world go away".
Notker and Joanee ~ Your words alone transported me to the
Falklands. Thank you, I may never see
the islands on my own. It would be a
shame if BP were to take hold of the land.
There are so few lands unspoiled by commerce, some should be kept sacred.
OIL!
Welcome Joanee.
Good Morning everyone!
ChefDeb - I've been waiting all week for Downton....
Welcome Joanee, thank you and thank you notker for your insight and lovely descriptions. I remember it all aired on TV and thinking, how odd to so closely televise a war, they presented it like we are all at home, munching popcorn and watching....
Violet Rose ~ The former president of AL probably borrowed
the 6 million to build his bionic home, since those rich folk never use their
own money if they can avoid it. The six
million dollar home built of steel profits was probably constructed by Lee
Majors. I am certain there were many locals that benefitted from the
expenditure, but one never knows. He
might have used a PA architect and a PA construction manager or GC in addition
to the PA (Mellon?) bank. A huge chunk of the 6 million probably remained in
PA, although he most likely used Kohler kitchen and bath fixtures and we all
know where they originate.
I enjoyed Fripp Island most back in the time it was
pristine, in the days of Blackbeard, but until he rises from his grave to dig
up his buried treasure (it should be sometime in December to coincide with
mayanfest), the Yankee hordes are going to inhabit the island and frolic in the
warm Atlantic waters and feed on the southern shrimp and fish that abide offshore. But once Blackbeard stalks the coast again, they
will all vamoose back to Maine in their limos and all shall be well and all
manner of thing shall be well on the tiny little island of our
beseeching that is Fripp. (julian of norwich)
NOTKER and JOANEE thank you for bringing me to the Falklands for the first time and making me recognize how shallow it was of me to basically ignore Mr. P's topic and go straight to Downton Abbey. I am chagrined and once again amazed by the wonderful things we can learn here in the Village!
Welcome Notker and Joanee, see you later this evening in the club car; I've got class today
and promised to help a few fellow students with their homework.
I'll be back later, but would like to make a few quick disjointed rambling ( as is the
current fashion) points.
Paolos, I agree that some places on this planet should be left unspoiled. But, I would
rather see BP there than China. Whether we like it not, it's going to boil down
to who has control of energy resources. Solar and wind should have been pilot projects
to operate water treatment and desalinization and waste water treatment with
the government assisted research fine tuning those technologies (not an
underhanded means to redistribute power and wealth).WE need to develop and
utilize oil and gas reserves in our own territories in a responsible manner
while developing and asserting our energy independence.
I won't EVEN start the discussion about fact that we have taken millions of acres of US farm
lands OUT of production...through the heavy government subsidized growing of "bio
fuels" , or the draconian measures and pressures from the EPA and FDA on
American farmers (many of them organic and following the tenants of
sustainability).
We have handed the Canadian Keystone resources to China and we will soon see Chinese
oil operations just off the coast of the Florida Keys. And,if and when there
are ‘spills" and other environmental problems, we will be more powerless to act
in correcting those problems.
Argentina is currently in crisis due to a series of devastating droughts. Of course they
want access to the oil reserves near the Falklands to make up for their losses
in in billions due directly to the drought.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/latin-american/drought-threatens-argentinas-tax-revenue/article2319751/
Continuing food shortages, out of control population growth, loss of energy and other
resources...this is HERE in the good old USA. It's going to get worse instead of
better unless we screw our heads back on straight.
It sounds like the Falklands would be an interesting though quiet place to visit. I wonder if they have a tourist industry? New Zealand is on our list too, though transportation is a bit expensive.
Virginia has a law prohibiting smoking in restaurants and public places. Much in this state that you would expect to be a local ordinance has to be done at the state level because of the Commonwealth's Constitution which was designed to keep as much control in Richmond as possible. However it is done, it is a relief. We keep track of which restaurants are quiet and which are not. As to cell phones, there's not much that can be done. There is always the barbarian whose ego tells him (or her) that his conversation is the most important thing in the world, that bellowing into the phone is a good thing, and that we can all see how important he is. If he only knew!
Afghan food is great. It is Middle Eastern and has only a touch of peppers, unlike Pakistani and other South Asian food which lets you know you are eating something! My experience is that most Americans like Middle Eastern food. The flavors are not too distant from American cooking. Good stuff!
Thank you Lynn830 for your not too subtle reminder
that some (I perhaps a little too often) are rather opinionated in their
opinions.
We are asked "what do you think" so I usually let it rip.
I like your idea of looking for a restaurant
with no distracting, loud TV and cell phones; those are the places I seek to dine as well.
Ethnic restaurants are usually very quiet in the dining area....have you ever been in
one of those kitchens? They are usually a cacophony of sound with a lot of
waving arms and other gesticulations, many( not all) are in constant trouble
with the local health authorities ; it seems that what they may consider to be acceptable
in the way of food handling and sanitation simply does not measure up to what
Americans generally find acceptable.
Just a quick question; are you vision impaired?
If not, why the bold face type posts?
N & J- Aloha. Great Comments.
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Speaking of sheep, this little lamb got sheared and is now sporting a 1930's Vintage cut for GYPSY. Lots of gray locks on the floor..One always hopes they return when called upon....stocked up on pomade not original Murray's Superior Pomade but the sleek look makes me feel fast. I thrive on delusion and illusion.
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P- still thinking about sinus clearing Shrimp Cocktail. Horseradish kicks nose butt!!
The Malvinas are indeed Beautiful, the Indigenous People are Beautiful, and the Culture is Beautiful ... It is well worth it to Book a Vacation there, just to experience the place ....... Let us not forget that the British, and a few others, have been there by mutual agreement for a long time, and have contributed greatly to the development and Economy of the Islands and to Argentina ... Let us not forget either that, Argentina has a History of breaking its word, and doing/allowing things to go on that violates her Agreements ... Most remarkable of such misanthropy, is the fact that Argentina took in, coddled, and hid hundreds of NAZIs near the end of, and after WWII ... as well as imprisoning, murdering hundreds of Jews that had been living there and helping to grow the country since the 1800's ... and stealing every thing they had, to give to their new NAZI Guests ....... It is no stretch of imagination to imagine who was driving THAT Bus ... thats Right, the same outfit that Financed the Little Paperhanger in the first place .......
I love Argentina, I love riding thru the countryside, chasing Armadillo that are the size of a '61 Beetle, I love the Food, Music, Art, and all the Culture ....... but I have never trusted them, nor anybody else that cannot keep their word .......
The Brits have long since earned the Right to be there .......
Hmmm. War, Afghan food, Downton Abbey, geopolitical power struggle, Nazis--what a great conversatin we're having today!
Like everyone, I hope this won't lead to another war. Of course it's about the oil, it always is. I hope to visit South American someday. I'd particularly like to visit Buenos Aires. They say it the Paris of South America; maybe I can purchase a nice, warm Falkland wool hat there. And eat at an Afghan restaurant. I am very fond of middle eastern food. It started when I lived in the Twin Cities--there was a fairly large community up there. I remember the lamb shish kabobs at Emily's Lebanese Deli. I wonder if it is still there and if the food is as good? When I lived in Evanston, there was an Afghan restaurant around the corner from us. It was a combination Afghan resturant and pizza joint. I may not know much about geopolitical stuff, but I can go on about food forever.
And CD--I can't wait to see what happens next week on Downton Abbey. Yes, I think Bates will be blamed for the death of the wife--do you think he did it????
I love the British. I have always felt a kinship with them. But have a personal boycott against BP due to the oil spill in the gulf. I would walk before I purchased BP gasoline for my car.
SR-I thought about boycotting BP, but figured I was just punishing the local franchiser and not hurting BP at all. I usually purchase my gas from a local Citgo station. I guess I'm putting money in Chavez pocket? Who knows. We just like the local Afghans who own the gas station and the gas is competitively priced.
I marjorie--I believe Emily's deli is still there--only because my daughter sent me a link to it from a Food Network program. She & her husband both have to attend business meetings Minn. and they intend to try it out. Middle Eastern food is, as Lynn noted, very tasting and appealing to American palates--it's also pretty easy to prepare. Some if it--like grape leaves--are very labor intensive and time consuming, but oh! are they worth it!
Thanks, spring rain~ Us Brits are not all bad! Nice to see you.
Miss Blue ~ At first
I misread (no pun intended, until now) your post. I have wanted to say that for so long and
this is the first (honest) opportunity I’ve had.
When you said But, I would rather see BP there than China I
thought you meant you would rather see BP in the Falklands than in China,
whereas you meant you would rather see BP in the Falklands than China in the
Falklands. That makes perfect sense. As you must well understand, we are
allowing China to squander North American resources rather than their own,
which are largely and perhaps by design undeveloped, just as we have done in the Mideast.
I believe that several lines from President Eisenhower’s
farewell address sufficiently caution us, if we are inclined to take heed.
Today, the solitary inventor,
tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in
laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university,
historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery, has
experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge
costs involved, a government contract
becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old
blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The
prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project
allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded.
Yet, in holding scientific research
and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and
opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a
scientific-technological elite.
It is the task of statesmanship to
mold, to balance, and to integrate these and other forces, new and old, within
the principles of our democratic system – ever aiming toward the supreme goals
of our free society.
Another factor in maintaining balance
involves the element of time. As we peer
into society's future, we – you and I, and our government – must avoid the
impulse to live only for today, plundering for our own ease and convenience,
the precious resources of tomorrow. We
cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without asking the
loss also of their political and spiritual heritage.
IVAN ~ Are those JacKadillos kin to the jackalope?
PAOLOS: If ever you travel to the Pampas ... and ride across them, watching the Gaucho's work their Trade ... You will see the Giant Armadillo, and the Sport the Gaucho's have with them, to break the monotony of wrangling a bunch of stupid Cattle all day ... On any Trail Drive, if one is Riding Drag ... he soon gets his fill of dust and Bovine Flatulence, and a little foolishness is a welcome relief ...
I do not exaggerate ... Two things you will find evidence of on the Pampas ....... Giant Armadillo, and Marlon Perkins ... who was there Filming them, the first time I ever saw them, and believed them to be Enano running with a Stage Prop ....... They are incredibly fast, and can burrow underground just as quickly as the nominally sized ones ... They have been known to pop up out of the earth, startle Horses, causing them to throw a Rider ...
IVAN ~ The fun starts
at 17 minutes…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiu1d0RlRUY
Tommy ~ I can’t recall whether I’ve
told my St. Elmo’s story here; if I have, being one who dislikes redundancy as
much as the next fellow dislikes redundancy, I apologize for the retelling and
you may opt out of rereading it at any point you would care to opt out of
rereading it again.
Dining at St. Elmo’s with a small group of associates, I was fortunate being
seated in close proximity to a local who was entertaining a visitor (possibly a
friend) from the land down under. As you know, the shrimp cocktail is one of
the restaurant’s signature appetizers not only due to the freshness and size of
the shrimp, but because of the horseradish laden cocktail sauce. The local was a scrawny fellow, about Woody Allen’s
size and the Aussie was a typical brute Crocodile Dundee type. A mismatched
pair akin to Laurel and Hardy. Rather
that dipping his first shrimp in the sauce, the Aussie took a heaping spoonful
of it and raised it to his lips. My
immediate reaction was to reach out and lunge for the spoon while shouting NOOOOOOOOOO,
but when I saw the look on his friend’s face which was one of profound glee, I
decided to stay out of it and watch the events unfold. As soon as the sauce met the tongue, this big
fellow jumped out of his chair, nearly knocking over the table settings, and
bellowed HOLY COW which I had heretofore considered an Americanism or at
least a Chicagoism. Everyone in the
restaurant stopped what they were doing and cast their eyes in this poor fellow’s
direction except for the scrawny local who was doubled over with laughter. They
were later both escorted out of the restaurant although for another reason,
that being another story which may have to wait for another day unless I have already
told it here once before again.
I Marjorie....no I don't think Bates did it or if he did it was in self defense but I do believe there will be much sturm und drang as he is accused and probably tried. I also have other spoiler theories that I won't share as yet....no one in my family has forgiven me from the time when in a crowded room reference to the movie "The Sixth Sense" (newly released at that time) was made and I said "oh, the one where Bruce Willis is a ghost?" Well honestly, he WAS shot right in the beginning and he never changed his clothes, but anyway I have tried to be very careful since then even in speculation! Downton Abbey is a lot of fun!!
p- That is funny stuff. I had an employee get in a pepper eating contest in Dallas one night after warnings from all. He held his own for a round or two then almost had a heart attack. The next day he was late to work and when the Project Manager caught up with him he noticed his pants were sopping wet in the crotch area. He was working outside and it was a 110 in the shade and everyone thought he was just perspiring profusely from the prior evening's tomfoolery. He sheepishly said that he had a towel from the hotel that he had to keep dipping in ice water and stuffing down his pants to be able to keep from crying out in pain. Alcohol, spices, and truly exotic food and drink require a certain amount of discretion. The brutish among us are often taught some memorable lessons when bravado exceeds reason.
The closing scenes of Downton last night were a teriffic piece of camerawork. The clash of the classes and yet the humaness was perfecta,
ChefDeb ~ What a coincidence, we just rented Sixth Sense for tonight's viewing pleasure. Oh well I guess I'll just watch the Super Bowl again and see if the Pats win by 33.
Thanks CD for not spoiling. There are so many things that could happen. I can't wait until we see Season 3 with Shirley MacLaine. That will be interesting.
I'm reminded with your Sixth Sense story, my husband guessed that Willis' character was dead at the beginning of the movie. His only hint was that he know there was an interesting plot turn. Sometimes he's no fun at all.
P Where do you find that stuff! Giant armadillo indeed!
IM ~ I sit behind Stoney in study hall and look over his shoulder and sometimes Ivan just slips me a note.
As I read Paolos' 4:43 post, two thoughts went scampering through my mind and out my fingers.....
The first was picturing all of us EyE-o-lites sitting in the HS library doing our version of the scene from The Breahfast Club where we were doing hard time for misbehaving' during Geometry class.
The second one from the 4:43 post was the song 'Riding Shotgun on the 4:42 by Graeme Edge and Leon Gervitz. I'm off to Utube on a quest.
Now as far as the topic, what a thoughtful, insightful array of responses have be offered. I am unarmed to contribute much more except to say here is yet a quest to see who gets to pick the low hanging fruit of short-term solutions to long-term problems. Methinks the answers may be found in the not so easily spotted and gathered near the top of the tree.... I wish I knew how to get to them....but if it was easy enough for me, they would have been picked put in place a long-time ago.
Peace out.....
Great Video Paolos ....... I guarantee you that, they are found on the Pampas as well, which is prolly why Marlon was down there looking for them, so far out of place .......
There was a time when I enjoy'd Armadillo Chilli ... but when I discovered that Armadillo carry Dry Leprosy, I stopped eating the stuff, and sold all four pair of my Armadillo Boots, three of which I had never worn .......
Ivan ~ I own an average size armadillo that has been through the school of taxidermy. I use him as a watchdog whenever I am away from the office. I hope he dropped his leprosy way back on the trail, before he got to me.
Prior claims and historical rights do not amount to a hill of beans if somebody is sitting there, culturally entrenched for over a hundred and fifty years and has the wish to ignore your claims and the power to repel your attempts to wrest it from their grasp or to kill them.
Human history in a nutshell.
So much for waiting until tonight to watch Downton Abbey.
If you dress like I do (and I do), the Falklands temperature range of 20°F TO 55°F sounds very agreeable but unlikely to attract tourists in droves and the high wind with no place to hide sounds too much like… Kansas or somewhere.
Having cut across a Kohler golf course to fish for steelhead in the Sheboygan River, I was engrossed in trying to land a hefty rainbow and did not notice a well-known member of the family approach.
It seemed like I was about to be shown the gate when instead, he wrote on the back of his card: "Let this man be… in perpetuity," signed it, smiled and walked away.
Perpetuity? I figured that was good well into the next year.
Nice work today by all the usual suspects, an infrequent contributor, notker and a new one, joanee, back to back no less.
I worry more about the survival of Israel owing, in part, to ham-handed statesmanship on the part of the current administration.
PAOLOS:
Mud wrestling with Stan looks like fun!!!
STONEY I am SO sorry. I did it again, didn't I? From now on I am keeping my yap shut about anything or maybe everything!
Miss Korthal ~ Reality TV at its best. You can’t script material like this. Well, it can be scripted but I doubt the
critters take direction any better than Sean Penn.
ChefDEb et al of the Downton Abbey watchers - yes, the trip into town and then the telegram that she was dead seemed to point to Bates....and we know it will be a major plot thread....We know he did not do it...on purpose, anyway, as he is a good man! Then there is Patrick who somehow survived the sinking of the Titanic!! Is he an imposter? Probably....and would Daisy just quit bitching about not being in love and relax and be grateful for the role of war widow!! Love to see the Dowager and Matt's Mom go at it! Talk about control freaks!! It is one of the best Masterpiece Theater offerings ever!
I was watching Foyle's War and enjoying the characters on Amazon on our deluxe membership (Roku/Netflix-DVD's on your TV), until the 4th season and they started charging $7.99 per episode!! What a rip off....free with your membership up through the first 3 , but then suddenly a major charge!! I am flummoxed! I like the series, but can't find it on Netflix, and Amazon is holding it hostage with an exorbitant fee per episode!!
Falklands play a big part in the portrayal of Maggie Thatcher in Iron Lady...good flick...not so kind to the female PM, but Streep gets into character and shows her to be too domineering and unkind to the males on her cabinet....however, she is shown to uphold the UK pride as she directs the military to go after the Argies and free the UK Falklands! It is moment of British high drama and courage in the film. It should be up to the residents of the islands....let them vote on their allegiance and destiny.
CD ~
Not to worry, we had already heard and it makes no difference.
JOANEE & NOTKIN................welcome & great posts, very personal.
MISS BLUE, the amazing one.....................you are many things, all wonderful, but rambling is NOT one of them. You are a walking encyclopedia of knowledge.....................you said it straight up!
CHEFD...................I have a theory too about the new war widow maid, they really made it too easy............................bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha.......................I'll never tell.....................
I am making pigs in molton blankets for dinner......................mmmmmmmmmmmmm.............
BEBE==same theory about that maid........!!!!!!!!!
Snow Skiing was grrrrrrrrrreat...warm and sunny, just jacket vest and one legging and one pair tough bluejeans...Levi jeans...warm swooshing parallel on the downhill...slopes ....remembering the old days...remembering alot of close calls..remembering my knees and how fragile they are....and soon to be achey....and smiling faces...remember Olympic Champion,....sleeping like a hard core skiing in his station wagon ...to all the competitions...good times...SugarBush...Vermont.colroada.. Bill Johnson..like no ....... other...skier...Snow and powder in your face...skiing...its quite popluar now to have orange, green neon colors snow sutis...and those skiers...were melting snow all day long... *****************Paolos enjoyed your comments and how the backroom deals are made...undercover.....cool......made a correction...Dataw Island was owned by Alcoa Aluminum for many years, ahh maybe 10 years about.... was sold....and indeed Allegheny Ludlum President built that Steel frame home around 1990; its amazing high Pittsburghers...get around.. Nite All...
Is that armadilly chilli on the menu? oh, no, chockolate cheerios dried, from this morning...."Waitron...Honey, can you bring me a fresher menu?"
I will honestly say I am a bit too young to remember this bit of 80's History. which is strange as I do remember a lot about Lebenon & Northern Ireland always creating trouble for the U.S. & U.K.
I do agree with Miss Blue - I would rather see BP there than China. I am fidning more & more people who refuse to buy made in China when at the store.
In case you are wondering Little Golden Books are still printed in the U.S.A. as I had to go thru most of the kids section to find 1 book that was a U.S.A. brand for a customer.
about my favorite rich English Family - Well I will admit I didn't see that coming & I am upset becuase I had jsut watched Anastasia earlier in the day. It should have clicked.. FYI I did get to hold the season 2 blu ray DVD set my hands for about 1 minute today, it goes on sale tomorrow so for those of you who want to cheat & see what happens next you now can.
STONEY - Please check your Private Messages..
VR- lucky dog!!!-made my way around the West and lots of the East in a past life-try to make it out once a year these days but this winter no dice- Aspen in the 70's was nice- I read Irwin Shaw's Top of the Hill every year- and do après ski almost every night- I love hot buttered rum and coffee drinks in the winter.