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| Marj |
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| Thanks Carol. I won't be able to be here every day like I used to be, but I'll certainly be here more often. A lot more often. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:58 pm |
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Syd wrote: carrobin wrote: gromit wrote: Gad, Madonna's music was terrible when she was in her prime. Who cares about her?
Didn't she just direct a movie which flopped?
Her new movie about Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII hasn't been released yet (unless I missed something this past weekend), but it's being talked about with the attitude of "interesting story, and not as bad as her last movie." Apparently the costumes are terrific. Basically, I'm intrigued.
P.S. Glad you're back, Marj. Hope you'll stay a while this time!
It was released enough to qualify for the Oscars. It's up for costume design.
I have heard the movie is absolutely horrible. I plan to watch the screener simply because Oscar Isaac is in it. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:18 pm |
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| Congratulations to Charles Windsor on his sixtieth anniversary as Prince of Wales. Sort of like being the Dauphin under Louis XIV. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:09 pm |
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It's Queen Elizabeth II's diamond anniversary. The 60th year of her reign.
A good chance of overtaking Queen Victoria as the longest reigning monarch of the UK. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:43 pm |
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| Her coronation was the first thing I remember seeing on our new TV in 1952. It was awesome, at least for an eight-year-old. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 7:15 am |
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carrobin wrote: Her coronation was the first thing I remember seeing on our new TV in 1952. It was awesome, at least for an eight-year-old.
Same here, except I was eleven. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:33 am |
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| Winnipeg didn't have TV until 1954, so I didn't see the coronation. It was on the radio though. I vaguely remember listening to it. I saw her when she was Princess Elizabeth and came to Winnipeg. Very pretty. It would have been '50 or '51. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:16 am |
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| You all make me feel so young. First thing I recall seeing on TV was Kennedy's funeral. The only thing I really recall was thinking it was a parade. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:09 am |
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| I remember seeing the McCarthy hearings on TV as well, because my mother said "you should watch this, it's history." Otherwise they didn't make much of an impression. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:45 am |
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| I watched Kennedy's funeral at the American Center in Paris. The Center has been torn down now and the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Arts has taken its place. The very big and impressive Cedar of Lebanon was kept and goes right through the first few floors that jut out from the building. I was so glad to see that it was still there. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:46 am |
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| I would run home from school at Noon to watch the hearings with my mom, who always set up the ironing board in front of the TV. I didn't understand much, of course - I was eleven - but I have vivid memories of the players. We were a pro-McCarthy house. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 11:50 am |
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| What do you know, when I do my ironing I set up the ironing board in front of the TV also. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:18 pm |
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| The last time I saw my mother use an iron for anything besides a doorstop was ca. 1970. We did try making grilled cheese sandwiches one time, but it didn't go as well as it could have. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:50 pm |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 3:22 pm |
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| As I have said to people (men) who are against Gay marriage, "If you are against Gay marriage, don't marry someone who is Gay." |
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