Paid Members Kaz Hayashi 3,326 Posted January 8 Paid Members Report Share Posted January 8 TIL that people stuck in their ways, can still surprise you. My dad is a good bloke, and comfortable with his life. A big old North Yorkshire man and creature of comfort, who doesn’t wish harm on anyone but is easily influenced by the papers. Out of the blue on the phone he said: “You’ll be pleased to know, I’ve stopped buying the Sun” Me: “Really? get in, nice one” Dad: “Yup, I’m sick of them shiteing on absolutely everything. I’m bloody fed up of being told to be miserable.” Me: “That’s great. What are you going to read on a morning?” Dad: “Nowt lad, your mothers got me some pencils, I’ve not drawn owt since school, I’m gonna do some drawings again, birds and stuff”. Legend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Tommy! 3,380 Posted January 8 Paid Members Report Share Posted January 8 (edited) 8 hours ago, Kaz Hayashi said: Dad: “Nowt lad, your mothers got me some pencils, I’ve not drawn owt since school, I’m gonna do some drawings again, birds and stuff”.  Spoiler  Edited January 8 by Tommy! I can't add a NSFW spoiler first time Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Awards Moderator Onyx2 4,834 Posted January 8 Awards Moderator Report Share Posted January 8 8 hours ago, Kaz Hayashi said: “That’s great. What are you going to read on a morning?” I was certain he was going to say "I'm going to read the Daily Mail." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi 3,326 Posted January 8 Paid Members Report Share Posted January 8 31 minutes ago, Onyx2 said: I was certain he was going to say "I'm going to read the Daily Mail." Me: *hangs up phone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Kaz Hayashi 3,326 Posted January 8 Paid Members Report Share Posted January 8 52 minutes ago, Tommy! said:   Reveal hidden contents  He must’ve drawn her first as a thank you for the pencils. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
METAL ON METAL 75 Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 3 hours ago, Kaz Hayashi said: Me: *hangs up phone Daily Mail: *hacks into phone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Tommy! 3,380 Posted January 12 Paid Members Report Share Posted January 12 (edited) Kaiser and Tsar, titles meaning emperor or supreme ruler, both derive from the name Caesar. Also Julius Caesar wasn't a roman emperor. Despite taking absolute power in real terms following civil war instigated by crossing the rubicon the senate of the Republic didn't dissolve and bestow the title of emperor until after his adopted son had taken over following his assassination and crushed opposition in North Africa. Edited January 12 by Tommy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle 2,064 Posted Wednesday at 04:36 PM Paid Members Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:36 PM Ashamed to say I only recently learnt about this amazing guy Yakima Canutt who lived a ridiculously full life. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Canutt Started as an actual cowboy and was worlds best bronco buster at 17. Then he fell into acting and went on to become one of the best stuntmen ever and a pioneering stunt coordinator. He even taught John Wayne how to be a cowboy and Wayne's entire persona, voice and body language were copied off Canutt, they worked together developing new ways to do stunts and movie fights. When he was too knackered to do stunts he became one of the top second unit action directors in Hollywood and lived til til he was 90. That summary doesn't even do him justice, the guy really got around. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members chokeout 1,972 Posted Wednesday at 07:17 PM Paid Members Report Share Posted Wednesday at 07:17 PM 2 hours ago, Bellenda Carlisle said: Ashamed to say I only recently learnt about this amazing guy Yakima Canutt who lived a ridiculously full life. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_Canutt Started as an actual cowboy and was worlds best bronco buster at 17. Then he fell into acting and went on to become one of the best stuntmen ever and a pioneering stunt coordinator. He even taught John Wayne how to be a cowboy and Wayne's entire persona, voice and body language were copied off Canutt, they worked together developing new ways to do stunts and movie fights. When he was too knackered to do stunts he became one of the top second unit action directors in Hollywood and lived til til he was 90. That summary doesn't even do him justice, the guy really got around. Vic Armstrong, aka the second best stuntman of all time, raves about him and set up one of the stunts in Last Crusade as a tribute to him. Interestingly enough Armstrong followed his lead in becoming a second unit director and its now quite common for former stunt workers to run 2nd units to shoot the action for directors with no experience with it (Kenneth Brannagh leaving the bulk of Thor to Armstrong to shoot depending on who you believe) An absolute pioneer and trendsetter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members BomberPat 7,318 Posted Thursday at 05:30 PM Paid Members Report Share Posted Thursday at 05:30 PM What's fascinating to me is that his career pretty much all kicks in after the decline of the Wild West Show - in the days of Buffalo Bill, his career trajectory from cowboy to stunt rider to Hollywood likely wouldn't have been all that unusual (not to downplay the tremendous success he had), but to do so when the context of the travelling Wild West show had died off is quite unusual Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members tiger_rick 11,437 Posted Friday at 04:10 PM Paid Members Report Share Posted Friday at 04:10 PM The closing theme on New Tricks is a cover of a real song. Only noticed because it was playing on the PA system in the local garage at lunchtime! Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members marc2j 83 Posted Friday at 05:58 PM Paid Members Report Share Posted Friday at 05:58 PM 1 hour ago, tiger_rick said: The closing theme on New Tricks is a cover of a real song. Only noticed because it was playing on the PA system in the local garage at lunchtime!  The Travelling Wilburys are one of the best supergroups ever formed. Roy Orbison, Geoge Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. My father in law loves them, which is quality enough, but for as long as I worked at Adrians Records in Wickford, my favourite ever job, you couldn't really get any of their stuff on CD and they became stuff of legend. You could only really import something from somewhere and I remember it being £50 or something in 2003, which wasn't to be sniffed at. Anyways, either way, this tune is quality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members scratchdj 2,399 Posted Friday at 06:17 PM Paid Members Report Share Posted Friday at 06:17 PM TIL Phil Jagielka holds the Premier League record for the most goal kicks taken by an outfield player, with 16. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wordsfromlee 3,020 Posted Friday at 07:36 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 07:36 PM The unwritten rules of language are fascinating  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paid Members tiger_rick 11,437 Posted Friday at 08:02 PM Paid Members Report Share Posted Friday at 08:02 PM Tactics bucking the trend  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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