October 2014 Chit Chat

It's the 2nd already.  I guess the wedding took over...

And what a hangover we've all got from it!

Damn, how on earth is it October already? My body clock is asking what happened to April?

I washed my gloves and scarf this evening....I'm ready for autum and winter hehe

scaring image

http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/cronaca/2014/09/29/news/venezia-oppressa-dalle-grandi-navi-cosi-i-giornalisti-vedono-la-citta-1.10026659


let's help Venice to get rid if them



info (Ita only, I know)

http://salviamovenezia.wordpress.com

http://www.vice.com/it/read/no-grandi-navi-mose-venezia

http://www.youreporter.it/video-foto/No_Grandi_Navi_Venezia

South Sydney Football Club won the Premiership tonight!!!! Amal can have George, I have my Bunnies. So so happy and proud.

Very happy for you sparkie....Enjoy.

it's me wrote:scaring image

http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/cronaca/2014/09/29/news/venezia-oppressa-dalle-grandi-navi-cosi-i-giornalisti-vedono-la-citta-1.10026659


let's help Venice to get rid if them



info (Ita only, I know)

http://salviamovenezia.wordpress.com

http://www.vice.com/it/read/no-grandi-navi-mose-venezia

http://www.youreporter.it/video-foto/No_Grandi_Navi_Venezia

it's me I saw that big cruise ship in the wedding pictures and couldn't believe it was real.  Is that the issue on these sites?  Seems dangerous to smaller boats if you ask me!  Certainly takes away the character and charm of Venice if you have such huge ships sailing into the canals.

right baby
right


so sad

Yes I agree so sad .

sparkie wrote:South Sydney Football Club won the Premiership tonight!!!! Amal can have George, I have my Bunnies. So so happy and proud.

Congrats Sparkie, its awesome when your team wins!

theminis wrote:

sparkie wrote:South Sydney Football Club won the Premiership tonight!!!! Amal can have George, I have my Bunnies. So so happy and proud.

Congrats Sparkie, its awesome when your team wins!

And it only took them 41years, Guess we showed Super League you just don't mess with the Bunnies.

Thanks Joanna

So since I mentioned one non-George film in the RDJ thread thought I'd comment about a film I have seen.

There is a film out called "My Old Lady" with Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith and the gal from "The English Patient" but I can't think of her name right now.  Brit gal who also speaks French.

The film is about Kevin's character inheriting an apartment in Paris France from his father.  A beautiful apartment with it's own courtyard/backyard space.

He comes to France intending to sell it and finds that Maggie and her daughter are living there and can continue to do so as long as Maggie is alive.  She plays a woman in her 90s.

There is a special name for this type of contract but can't remember the French word they used.

Anyway, I thought this film was going to be more comedy than drama but it ended up being more drama and at times incredibly sad as they all work through actions of the past that have brought them all to this place.

I enjoyed the film but came away with a bit of a feeling of disquiet seeing how much the man's father and his father's decisions in the past were still affecting this man in the present.

It just left me a little sad that someone could go through life letting something from their childhood continue to affect them through so much of their lives.

Made me think - parents need to be kind to their children.  And people really need to think long and hard about having children if their nature is not to nurture others.  And you can only delude yourself for so long that actions and decisions made decades earlier weren't still having negative effects.

Maggie, as always, was excellent so I would recommend it but although it has a few comic moments, it's really a drama.

Thanks Lorna for that review of My Old Lady.
It sounds like the type of film I'd enjoy.
Kristin Scott Thomas is the daughter.

I agree with your penultimate paragraph 100%
and yes, any film with Maggie Smith is worth seeing.
Did you see her in My Home in Umbria ?

No I haven't seen that film.  I'll check out info on her IMDB page.

Think I'd like this film,Lorna. Sounds very thoughtful and multi-stranded it.

As for your penultimate paragraph, Lorna, I agree. Kindness is everything.  I never smacked any of my lot - I always thought that if I did, it was me the parent who had lost control, and the thought of a big thing hitting out at a little thing seemed unbelievably unfair.

The thing is a lot of people don't realise that children absorb over 25% of their knowledge of life before they're five...their brains are quite literally sponges. Scary, eh? And that's why a lot of the stuff stays with them for life really.....

Neil Patrick Harris is going to be hosting The Oscars next year. Love him in How I Met Your Mother.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/neil-patrick-harris-host-2015-oscars/story?id=26222962

Not sure if someone is watching "the Walking dead". for the next new season they did that on a bus Station in Vienna....too funny.....if you can use the Sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7FzWUhgqck

I'm watching The Walking Dead. Don't care much for the Zombies but I like post-apocalyptic stories.

Cool video Nicky.

I don't watch Walking Dead but that tram station stunt was awesome!  I was trying to figure out why no one noticed it right away and it's because they took video of the street so it looked like the glass was transparent.

I tell you the film/tv special effects people are pretty talented and creative folks!

LornaDoone wrote:No I haven't seen that film.  I'll check out info on her IMDB page.

Sorry to be late....I hope you can watch it.
It's filmed in Tuscany....I think anyway.
A lovely story.....

UK Laws change prison term for online trolling
to two years from six months.

Internet trolls could face up to two years in jail under new laws, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has said.

He told the Mail on Sunday quadrupling the current maximum six-month term showed his determination to "take a stand against a baying cyber-mob".

The plan was announced days after TV presenter Chloe Madeley suffered online abuse, which Mr Grayling described as "crude and degrading".

She has welcomed the proposed laws but said social media should be regulated.

Social media 'venom'
Under the new measures, magistrates could pass serious cases on to crown courts.

Mr Grayling told the newspaper: "These internet trolls are cowards who are poisoning our national life.

"No-one would permit such venom in person, so there should be no place for it on social media. That is why we are determined to quadruple the current six-month sentence."


More information here......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29678989

Wouldn't it be great if there was a way to ban trolls from social media and the internet? Instead of prison for 2 years, confiscate all their gadgets (phones, computers, etc.) and not allow them to purchase new ones for 2 years. Maybe the thought of having to deal with real people face to face would scare them into behaving like decent human beings.

(I also think drunk drivers should have their cars confiscated, not just their driver's license.)

nice idea but a I fear they can be easily find someone borrow them or buy for them

they need some sort of rehab
IMO

Joanna wrote:Thanks Lorna for that review of My Old Lady.
It sounds like the type of film I'd enjoy.
Kristin Scott Thomas is the daughter.

I agree with your penultimate paragraph 100%
and yes, any film with Maggie Smith is worth seeing.
Did you see her in My Home in Umbria ?

I bought the DVD but still haven't had time to watch it.  

I'm going to try this week.  I tell ya, with friends  marrying and shopping for that, starting to shop for Christmas, starting to AGAIN plan for my bosses yearly holiday luncheon (which I have to plan and execute), working on my biz plus working full time and just keeping up with episodic TV it's a wonder I get anything done at all.

And I will note here - watched the latest "The Good Wife" - last night at about midnight from taping it earlier -- and even after all these years, that show continues to surprise the hell out of me.

I remember when it first came out and I wondered what the heck they were going to do with a storyline about a woman standing by her man during a highly publized scandal.  And here were are -- some years later and the show continues to evolve, inform and often stills makes me laugh out loud.  Really loud.  

Spoiler:

Anyway, will let you know about "My Home In Umbria."  As soon  as I can carve out some time to watch it.

This was interesting.

12 Celebs Who Look Just Like Their Famous Parents

https://screen.yahoo.com/buzzfeed/12-celebs-look-just-famous-202822507.html?soc_src=default

LornaDoone wrote:This was interesting.

12 Celebs Who Look Just Like Their Famous Parents

https://screen.yahoo.com/buzzfeed/12-celebs-look-just-famous-202822507.html?soc_src=default

I didn't know that Mariska Hargitay was Jayne Mansfield's daughter and that she was in the car when her mother was killed.

"Anyway, will let you know about "My Home In Umbria." As soon as I can carve out some time to watch it."
LornaDoone

Hope you can do just that. Enjoy.

Hey, do any of you creative types have any ideas for me? I got the short straw and have to host a Quiz night at our hotel on Christmas Eve. My first thought was to just pull together some quiz questions from the internet, but now I've been told it's for a group of Chinese guests, who may not speak English well (if at all!).

Any smart ideas on a 'quiz' I can host for them that doesn't need the ability to understand questions in English????

Katie - How about Charades?

Katiedot wrote:Hey, do any of you creative types have any ideas for me?  I got the short straw and have to host a Quiz night at our hotel on Christmas Eve.  My first thought was to just pull together some quiz questions from the internet, but now I've been told it's for a group of Chinese guests, who may not speak English well (if at all!).  

Any smart ideas on a 'quiz' I can host for them that doesn't need the ability to understand questions in English????

Since names don't change across languages, why not a 'Name the Celebrity/Head of State/Politician/Business Mogul/Whatever' game? All you'd need is photos of the people.

Maybe not fun or challenging, but that's all I got.

How about Pictionary?

Katiedot wrote:Hey, do any of you creative types have any ideas for me?  I got the short straw and have to host a Quiz night at our hotel on Christmas Eve.  My first thought was to just pull together some quiz questions from the internet, but now I've been told it's for a group of Chinese guests, who may not speak English well (if at all!).  

Any smart ideas on a 'quiz' I can host for them that doesn't need the ability to understand questions in English????

that's funny, tomorrow one of our Sales directors who works in China but is European comes to visit and believe it or not I...yes I have to do a Quiz about China....   as he wants me to know basic things about China.... So I will ask your question tomorrow to him...maybe he has good ideas.....   If not I get him fired

by the way...I like way2old4dis Idea.....Everyone can guess celebrities and so on....

Way2Old4Dis wrote:

Katiedot wrote:Hey, do any of you creative types have any ideas for me?  I got the short straw and have to host a Quiz night at our hotel on Christmas Eve.  My first thought was to just pull together some quiz questions from the internet, but now I've been told it's for a group of Chinese guests, who may not speak English well (if at all!).  

Any smart ideas on a 'quiz' I can host for them that doesn't need the ability to understand questions in English????

Since names don't change across languages, why not a 'Name the Celebrity/Head of State/Politician/Business Mogul/Whatever' game? All you'd need is photos of the people.

Maybe not fun or challenging, but that's all I got.

I was going to suggest celebrities too. There's a game called Celebrity Name Game but they use descriptions. Using photos is a great idea!

Maybe you can also do a Quiz which calls somehting like "made in....."...

and then with Pictures they have to guess if it's made in China, Europe or US. and there are lot of things made in China so maybe after the quiz they feel even special as you make China look good......

A quick visit... then I'm off again LOL. 
Katie, a rather long shot at an  idea.  The celebrity ID is good, but maybe some folks don't care who Justin Beeber is. So, are you familiar with the tv game Jepardy?  How about a game based on it, using popular movies.  Can be international, or keep it exclusive to Japanese films, say from the past 20 years.  Divide the catagories into Action, Thriller, Comedy, Romance etc.  Show a short excerpt from film trailer ( without sound).. probably can get them from you tube.  The contestant, or team has to identify the movie in a certain amount of seconds.  The contestant/team with the most points wins. Prize could be DVDs of some of the movies, or you could get cute and give away movie passes.  Just a thought.

Hope everyone is well. still burnt-out, so ( no offense intended)won't be reading or participating in the rest of the forum for yet a while longer.  You gals are great. But for right now, my whole attitude regarding the happy couple remains "who the f#%^ cares"
 
Be good and play nice.  PigPen

Hi PP   .

Nice to hear from you again .

Feeling a bit burnt out myself.

Hey, PigPen - Glad you popped in! Hope the real world is treating you well and you come back to us soon.

Thanks everyone for the great ideas!

Sevens might have some good ideas.

To add one more Idea as I asked somone...and he only came up with "Memory"...you split them in two groups and show the pics on the wall with a projector ......You don't have to talk much so not to worry about the english language and everyone can play it. And if you chose funny pics it really can be fun.....

Ah fuck. Ladies, I know we're all on different time zones and what not, but next time I go to the bar like it's ok to follow a maragarita with a tequila-tini with two mai tais, jaegermeister shots and then open a bottle of Turkish raki, one of you has GOT to stop me. Are we clear on that? Oh, and that jumping in the pool fully clothed thing? Also got to be stopped.

Thank you.

HA HA, okay just come on here and type Help and we will attempt to stop you, but I think after having margarita tequila and mai tais that may be a bit difficult. 

SO HOW IS YOUR HEADACHE NOW!!!

Katiedot wrote:Ah fuck.  Ladies, I know we're all on different time zones and what not, but next time I go to the bar like it's ok to follow a maragarita with a tequila-tini with two mai tais, jaegermeister shots and then open a bottle of Turkish raki, one of you has GOT to stop me.  Are we clear on that?  Oh, and that jumping in the pool fully clothed thing?  Also got to be stopped.  

Thank you.

ROTFLMAO!  Ah youth!

Jaegermeister shots   that's disgusting

Any pictures to share how you jump into the pool...

you obviously have to move to an area where are no pools exist hehe

I hope that wasn't a designer outfit? And stick to Tequila drinks. No Jaegermaster shots or anis flavoured liquer.  

Tut....Tut.....No way for a lady to behave....
Especially an English one !

( ).
Sssssh don't tell mother.....

[hangs head in shame]

It was a stonker of a hangover today, I can tell you!

hehe sounds like you were trying really hard to prove that you should be invited for the next clooney wedding party as you an party like him

Katiedot wrote:[hangs head in shame]

It was a stonker of a hangover today, I can tell you!

Hope it was worth it though!

Never mind....You'll be OK by about Thursday I'd imagine. LOL.
Don't forget your bottles of water.

Maybe I should put "Get shitfaced drunk" on my bucket list.

Katiedot, next time load up on Pedialyte before you start drinking, and then start sipping it as soon as you wake up the next day.

By the time you're looking at pools and thinking, "I should be in that fully clothed," there's no point in stopping you.