Messages posted by : AllyG
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Can't you change trains in Paris instead?
Ally |
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The only good thing about the wobbly pound, is that we get paid our annual farm subsidy in euros, which is then converted into pounds. The e-mail I've just been sent says:
30th September 2007 1 euro = £0.69680 30th September 2008 1 euro = £0.79030 30th September 2009 1 euro = £0.90930 But as for ski-ing, I'm thinking of paying for everything now, in advance, in case it gets worse. Ally |
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Private Bryan,
I wouldn't be too sure about that. Sometimes the more people insist they're right, and the more 'noise' they make about it, the less they believe it themselves. Only, of course, they're not going to admit it, because I think everyone hates to 'lose face'. Ally |
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Brucie,
I will think about this, while I'm cleaning, and get back to you. But, as you said, it is an interesting point for discussion - related perhaps to the old empire days? My grandparents were really proud of the British Empire, and honestly believed that the British did a great job educating and controlling the ignorant 'natives'. My own great-grandfather was a medical missionary. 'We' were always in the right, and 'they' were always in the wrong. Nowadays colonialism is almost a rude word in itself, and none of us can be so sure that we are always right - a 'goody'. Ally |
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Sorry Carron-a,
I will shut up now, because I have to clean today - Friday changeover. Ally |
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Col has very kindly informed me, the name of the old film I was looking for, is 'Buona sera Mrs Campbell' 1968 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buona_Sera,_Mrs._Campbell
Even Wikipedia agrees that they pinched the plot of this film for Mamma Mia. And according to them it won 2 golden globe awards, for best actress and for best original song. It also won the Writer's guild of America Award for best written American original screenplay. So that's one mystery solved. Thank you Col. I'm still waiting for someone to explain the meaning of the end of 'I Robot' to me. This is a great website. Ally |
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Brucie,
One of the reasons I like these sort of films is because it's easy to differentiate between 'goodies' and 'baddies', and feel satisfied and happy that the 'goodies' have won (again). Unfortunately real life isn't like that. People are a mixture of good and bad, and one can't just shoot out all the bad bits so that everyone lives happily ever after. In fact, quite often, even in my own mind, I can't tell what's good and what's bad, let alone shoot out the bad bits. Some things I definitely know would be bad things to do - like murdering anyone, but is, for example, smacking my own kid a bad thing to do? So, I don't like programs like 'Spooks' because it's too difficult to work out who the 'goodies' and 'baddies' are. Although, I admit, in 'Lord of the Rings' for example, one never really knows if Gollum, or Boromir, are 'goodies' or 'baddies'. Ally |
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Nelly,
I know it was very sad for all the people who died, but the heroes survived, and it seemed as though mankind was going to cope, in spite of the ice age, so it had a happy ending really. And maybe it will encourage more people to think about caring for the planet. I went to a talk once, given by James Lovelock, and he signed my copy of 'Homage to Gaia'. He is a man who was well ahead of his time, thinking of the planet and global warming. Ally |
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