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Have you ever been in a relationship where the other person did not know the cultural "givens" ?

Krish55 comments on Sep 19, 2018:

Good question. Of course, you didn't know their cultural "givens" also...

273kelvin replies on Sep 20, 2018:

yes

Last Friday I joined another dating site.

273kelvin comments on Sep 19, 2018:

Its a lot different for you ladies. Us chaps have to send 300 (ok 100) msgs to get a date but good luck to you x

273kelvin replies on Sep 19, 2018:

@MissKathleen I think that I may have missed that last train to Yuma

Have you ever been in a relationship where the other person did not know the cultural "givens" ?

bleurowz comments on Sep 18, 2018:

I found out through a friend who knows someone who grew up in an evangelical community that this person still thought Jews had horns.

273kelvin replies on Sep 18, 2018:

Wow

Just finished watching "Film stars dont die in Liverpool" I got into some flak awhile back by ...

BobMcDowell comments on Sep 17, 2018:

I'd give a look if I come by it

273kelvin replies on Sep 18, 2018:

I watched it on netflix in independent films

Have you ever been in a relationship where the other person did not know the cultural "givens" ?

genessa comments on Sep 18, 2018:

well, i spent a decade in japan. i was once asked there "you're jewish? what kind of christian is that?" i had, for a time, a japanese boyfriend, and he introduced me to the sad, sad culture of the male japanese worker, who will not get that promotion unless he drinks and whores with the boss. ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 18, 2018:

My ex mother-in -law (god how I love that phrase) asked when I started dating a Jewish girl "So when do they celebrate Christmas then?"

Congrats to the Dallas Cowboys on their victory over the Giants

273kelvin comments on Sep 17, 2018:

England won the test series against India. Yeah I know you guys dont do cricket but think on. There are more cricket fans in that sub-continent than grid iron fans world-wide.

273kelvin replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Hathacat You guys moan about Fox news We fucked off Murdochs biggest newspaper https://youtu.be/6uWw7kuiCss You cannot buy the the most popular selling paper in my city

Congrats to the Dallas Cowboys on their victory over the Giants

273kelvin comments on Sep 17, 2018:

England won the test series against India. Yeah I know you guys dont do cricket but think on. There are more cricket fans in that sub-continent than grid iron fans world-wide.

273kelvin replies on Sep 17, 2018:

@Hathacat Yes in Liverpool you will never walk alone

Congrats to the Dallas Cowboys on their victory over the Giants

273kelvin comments on Sep 17, 2018:

England won the test series against India. Yeah I know you guys dont do cricket but think on. There are more cricket fans in that sub-continent than grid iron fans world-wide.

273kelvin replies on Sep 17, 2018:

but this chant has kept people from suicide @Hathacat https://youtu.be/N51jWNsW3F8

Should one bring/send flowers on a first date?

shy-atheist comments on Sep 17, 2018:

Chocolate is probably the best thing as long as she's not allergic or a fun heart necklace.

273kelvin replies on Sep 17, 2018:

Notes on seduction - Ogden Nash "Candys dandy, Liqueurs quicker"

Why is it that most people here are from the US?

Anonbene comments on Sep 15, 2018:

The Beatles are the reason for this site existing and a thousand other influences on how Americans act now. Until they came along we did what our parents told us to do. How to dress, cut our hair and act. They sent us a message that its ok to revolt and buck the system. Right after I saw their long ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 16, 2018:

Not sure about atheism but certainly a large contributor to the fall of the Berlin wall.

This Friday I did something either very stupid or very wise.

Nukdookum comments on Sep 16, 2018:

Sounds to me like you want more than just one night. I know you got that one night. Hopefully it is enough so that you can have the closure you say that you are seeking, enjoy the memory of a good night with her and move on. Pining for someone who openly shows you that they want to move on sounds ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 16, 2018:

It was always a stormy and passionate relationship. We were off and on more times than Kim Kardashians panties.There is a mutual connection, In fact she confessed to me that she had thought of phoning me last weekend but was unsure how I might react. The reason that she broke up with me last time was financial but she is in a more secure position now. Yes I want more of course I do but thats up to her. Yes its insane but isnt that what love is? All I know is the I am happy if she is part of my life and miserable as sin without her. I can take those arrows and slings. Just bring me some sunshine instead of black clouds

This Friday I did something either very stupid or very wise.

Stephanie99 comments on Sep 16, 2018:

I wish you the best. Will it give you closure? Will it make it even harder to move on? Probably.

273kelvin replies on Sep 16, 2018:

Who cares..but probably plz see my latest comment

This Friday I did something either very stupid or very wise.

TheDoubter comments on Sep 16, 2018:

I hope you get that night.

273kelvin replies on Sep 16, 2018:

I did

This Friday I did something either very stupid or very wise.

PontifexMarximus comments on Sep 16, 2018:

This reminds me of a story written by a French guy in Polynesia ... well .. in French Polynesia ... in Tahiti to be precise ... Where the women are called vahinés ... When this noun is uttered it evokes all the magic of the South Seas ... all the tales, all the exotic tastesL the taste of salt on ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 16, 2018:

She looks like one of those African statues of goddesses that middle class people have on stands.

Laurel and Hardy could not get arrested in 1950s Hollywood.

Ray13 comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Oliver Hardy made a few films without Laurel, but I don't think Stan ever made one without Hardy once they were teamed. Am I correct?

273kelvin replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@Ray13 Dreadful movie

Laurel and Hardy could not get arrested in 1950s Hollywood.

Ray13 comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Oliver Hardy made a few films without Laurel, but I don't think Stan ever made one without Hardy once they were teamed. Am I correct?

273kelvin replies on Sep 15, 2018:

Thats right. There was a very bad John Wayne western with very overweight Ollie. (You felt sorry for the horse).

This one is for anyone who has even an iota of Scottish blood in their veins! It has me in tears ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Celtic boomerang, it does not come back just spends 20 years singing songs about coming back.

273kelvin replies on Sep 15, 2018:

@Marionville I am not English. I am scouse, We have more in common with Glaswegians than anyone else.

Laurel and Hardy could not get arrested in 1950s Hollywood.

FrayedBear comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Chaplin had similar problems with American right wing politicians undoubtedly jealous that they had lesser rating in the publics eye? If the runts are out to get you they will manufacture a way if they cannot find one!

273kelvin replies on Sep 15, 2018:

Chaplin was the guy that Gandhi wanted to meet.

Father and son, by Cat Stevens [youtu.be]

Marionville comments on Sep 15, 2018:

Liked Cat Stevens and his folk musicy pop songs and his nice deep voice.....then he went all weird and converted to Islam and changed his name to Yusuf Islam! Lost interest.

273kelvin replies on Sep 15, 2018:

He has changed it back now.

Capitalism works on much the same principle as evolution.

273kelvin comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Could the reverse also be said? Atheists who know that natural selection has produced the rich diversity of flora and fauna on our planet, still crave the top down thinking of socialism?

273kelvin replies on Sep 14, 2018:

@pnfullifidian "A camel is a horse designed by a committee" anon.

Capitalism works on much the same principle as evolution.

Pedrohbds comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Ideal capitalism and free market would work by evolutionary methods BUT, incentives, import taxes, subsides, use of violence and other "non free market" mechanisms take it out of the "natural" path and create distortions.

273kelvin replies on Sep 13, 2018:

@Pedrohbds I agree, the last govt to be truly capitalist was Hong Kong before the hand over and even they could not operate without a subsidized public transport system. Perhaps the only true market forces area is now the illegal drug trade. Where price and quality control are all set by supply and demand.

Capitalism works on much the same principle as evolution.

273kelvin comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Could the reverse also be said? Atheists who know that natural selection has produced the rich diversity of flora and fauna on our planet, still crave the top down thinking of socialism?

273kelvin replies on Sep 13, 2018:

@Matias The American constitution was if not socialist (the term did not exist at the time) then incredibly radical and egalitarian. It divorced itself from the "evolved" old world order of hierarchy and replaced it with principals of equality. (principals that seem to be lost along the way now. When was the last time a rich white US citizen did any real jail time?) Though not all top down thinking is socialist. Socialism is most definitely "top down". I will give you two examples. When I was growing up in the 1960s, we lived in a council house. This was social housing provided by the municipality. All the front doors, gates, back and shed doors were painted either corporation red or corporation green. The same colours as the municipal buses, park benches and buss stops. No deviation was permitted, any infringement could result in eviction. A drab look but not as absurd as my friends experience. She grew up in East Germany, when the wall came down she finally got to read " Winnie the pooh" in its uncensored form. The character of Tigger had been airbrushed because he was deemed to be too subversive. Socialism and religion do have one thing in common. They both involve some guy above you thinking they know better you how to live your life.

Capitalism works on much the same principle as evolution.

Pedrohbds comments on Sep 13, 2018:

Ideal capitalism and free market would work by evolutionary methods BUT, incentives, import taxes, subsides, use of violence and other "non free market" mechanisms take it out of the "natural" path and create distortions.

273kelvin replies on Sep 13, 2018:

These "distortions" are necessary. Capitalism unchecked will wreak havoc. It is cyclical and has no morals. The depression of the 1930s was like a plague and any govt that would not wish to combat that would be akin to not wanting to combat a typhus epidemic. Just as we (in the 1st world) have waste water systems that prevent cholera instigated and maintained by the state. So we have "socialist" systems in place to promote growth and limit the damage of a totally free market. Best described by a joke; A vicar is walking past an old gardener working in a most beautiful garden and says to him. "Isnt god wonderful? Just look what he can make" The old man smiles and replies. "Yeah but he is one hell of a messy bastard if you just leave him to it"

Would you pay someone to date you?

273kelvin comments on Sep 12, 2018:

I am educated, funny, caring, affectionate, classy and urbane. Any offers? PS. not to mention witty, creative and a great lover (should that be called for)

273kelvin replies on Sep 13, 2018:

@Cast1es If you pay my travel expenses, we can work it out from there.

Drug company CEO calls 400 percent price hike ‘moral requirement’

273kelvin comments on Sep 12, 2018:

Market forces are not a great way to deal with health care. Market forces have less morals than a crack dealer. The latter would not sell their grandmother, the former will ask what the going rate for grandmothers is. The USA spends more per capita on Medicaid for a few than the UK spends on the ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@michaelinlivonia Its always a tough judgement call. The NHS and NICE (the UK govt watchdog that approves treatment to be covered by the NHS) is always hitting the headlines over not funding this or that treatment that will extend life by a few months/years at vast expense. On the other hand things like heart transplants and hip replacements were considered at their onset to by not worth it.

What movies have your favorite scenes of sword fighting?

273kelvin comments on Sep 12, 2018:

The Errol Flynn - Basil Rathbone fights spring to mind. Rathbone was about the best swordsman that film ever had. He was a damn good competitive fencer at club level and could have taken Flynn out any time he wanted to.

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@CharlieBrown No gangrene from a crossbow bolt, shot by a 13 year old boy

What movies have your favorite scenes of sword fighting?

273kelvin comments on Sep 12, 2018:

The Errol Flynn - Basil Rathbone fights spring to mind. Rathbone was about the best swordsman that film ever had. He was a damn good competitive fencer at club level and could have taken Flynn out any time he wanted to.

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@CharlieBrown Richard only spent 3 months in England. Of course all the priests and barons loved him

What movies have your favorite scenes of sword fighting?

273kelvin comments on Sep 12, 2018:

The Errol Flynn - Basil Rathbone fights spring to mind. Rathbone was about the best swordsman that film ever had. He was a damn good competitive fencer at club level and could have taken Flynn out any time he wanted to.

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@CharlieBrown King John got a bad press

So been trying out the online dating.

273kelvin comments on Sep 12, 2018:

Its a scattergun game. Like a mail shot you send out 100 to get 10 replies then only 10% of them stay for a conversation. Dont get discouraged, the more you send out the better the odds but try and make each msg personal. Read their profiles and get clues from that.

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

@Sarah74 I do hear that a lot. On the other hand I see loads of profiles saying "Genuine guys only. No players" From women who are on there all the time, month in and month out. From what I understand, real players love that kind of profile because they know all the tricks. These women must know they are falling for them because they keep coming back for more. Realistically, were there no genuine guys out there in all the months they have been on? Or did they reject them early?

A guy just killed his wife, then put her body in a suitcase. Who said men cant pack?

whiskywoman comments on Sep 12, 2018:

https://youtu.be/p1_4QKByKSI

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

https://youtu.be/kjPhFSlhOuQ

So been trying out the online dating.

273kelvin comments on Sep 12, 2018:

Its a scattergun game. Like a mail shot you send out 100 to get 10 replies then only 10% of them stay for a conversation. Dont get discouraged, the more you send out the better the odds but try and make each msg personal. Read their profiles and get clues from that.

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

PS. With sites like POF you have to be there a lot. People will look to see who is online atm. You get switched off after 30 mins of no activity so keep logging on, even if your not using it just then.

What movies have your favorite scenes of sword fighting?

Ray13 comments on Sep 12, 2018:

I can't give a specific title, but it would probably be one with Basil Rathbone. He was an expert fencer in real life. He demonstrated that in several movies.

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

The guy who gets beaten is often the expert. My friend was a full contact karate black belt and got a small part being kicked the shit out of by Samuel L Jackson in "51st state".

Is it time for us to be a political force?

Dandewine comments on Sep 11, 2018:

I think it is the time to be a political force and I don't care if you are on my side or not... but SO MANY LIBERALS (which is me) JUST DON'T VOTE and it pisses me off. You feel you are fighting a losing battle... OK... fight it. Maybe we can surprise them!

273kelvin replies on Sep 12, 2018:

I must admit to being guilty of that myself. I did not vote for nearly a decade. In mitigation, I was off the grid for a long time and I lived in the safest Labor seat in the country then moved to the 2nd safest. (Our electoral system is 1st past the post and any other votes dont count). I changed my mind when my daughter turned 18 and could not be bothered to vote either. Interestingly voting numbers have shot up since we had a radical candidate. Jeremy Corbyn is an unrepentant leftie and the turnout at the last election was nearly 70%, the highest for 25 years. Although he did not win, he did come close and made it hard for the Conservatives govern with a free hand. Trump for all his faults may galvanize people into the voting booths. Love him or hate him (I am of the latter) its hard not to have an opinion.

Did you know?

273kelvin comments on Sep 10, 2018:

With Robin Williams there goes the last hairy chest in Hollywood

273kelvin replies on Sep 10, 2018:

@Sheannutt Or his mustache has slipped

Last nights show in St. Louis was amazing! Rhttps://youtu.be/KgdbEMc7Geg never disappoints!

273kelvin comments on Sep 10, 2018:

I saw him in May. Hats off to Seth Lakeman and Skin Tyson too

273kelvin replies on Sep 10, 2018:

@Anniemae When I watched him, there were three 20 somethings standing next to me. One said "He may be nearly 70 but he is still Robert Plant"

Dance Me to The End Of Love by Leonard Cohen [youtube.com]

Coleman comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Still in the top 10 of live acts I have seen. ...and yes, I wanted it darker.

273kelvin replies on Sep 10, 2018:

@Rossy92 A great song can work on all kinds of levels. Which ever way you listen to it is not wrong just the way it speaks to you. Dont feel bad about it, it was 20 years before I found out that "Chelsea hotel" was about Janis Joplin

Dance Me to The End Of Love by Leonard Cohen [youtube.com]

Coleman comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Still in the top 10 of live acts I have seen. ...and yes, I wanted it darker.

273kelvin replies on Sep 10, 2018:

@Rossy92, @Coleman Yes but dont listen to it that much now, its too sad. All those prays from the kaddish

Dance Me to The End Of Love by Leonard Cohen [youtube.com]

Coleman comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Still in the top 10 of live acts I have seen. ...and yes, I wanted it darker.

273kelvin replies on Sep 10, 2018:

@Rossy92 The orchestra that got made to play for people on their way to the "showers"

Dance Me to The End Of Love by Leonard Cohen [youtube.com]

Coleman comments on Sep 9, 2018:

Still in the top 10 of live acts I have seen. ...and yes, I wanted it darker.

273kelvin replies on Sep 9, 2018:

Really? Do you know what the inspiration for this song was?

I want to know how you meet new people.

273kelvin comments on Sep 8, 2018:

Dating sites like POF are a buyers market for women. Put a profile up and then watch all the "Hellos" you get. All then remains is weeding out the non-starters.

273kelvin replies on Sep 8, 2018:

@slydr68 I hear you. Thats the trouble with those sites. I see a lot of complaints from genuine nice guys saying that they cannot get a look in on dating sites too.

Is it time for us to be a political force?

dlgipson comments on Sep 6, 2018:

That would be great but that may be bad has well. We are too scattered over here. If we lived in a firmly blue district yes vote for someone like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Vote has far left has possible. But for the rest of us in swing districts or red districts vote basic democrat like Nancy Pelosi...

273kelvin replies on Sep 7, 2018:

Of the 545 representatives in your federal govt. None of them have come out as non-believers, Your call.

Is it time for us to be a political force?

sfvpool comments on Sep 6, 2018:

I was thinking about something like this earlier today. One problem with focusing a political party on an issue as narrow as keeping church and state separate, is that there is more to life than just that issue. Also, being an atheist just means someone doesn't believe in a god and doesn't ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 7, 2018:

The point is about making it an issue. Whilst church groups lobby and wield considerable political clout. Non-theists are not represented by any of your 545 people in federal govt. If you were to make your views known? You might get a candidate that supports more of your aims, rather than the top or bottom half.

Is it time for us to be a political force?

Martie1965 comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Agreed!Is there a petition or something we can do additionally to force candidates to keep religious beliefs out of politics? I would think Separation of Church and State would have already covered that but it has not.

273kelvin replies on Sep 6, 2018:

@Seeker3CO I can suggest a movement but as for starting a petition?

Is it time for us to be a political force?

Martie1965 comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Agreed!Is there a petition or something we can do additionally to force candidates to keep religious beliefs out of politics? I would think Separation of Church and State would have already covered that but it has not.

273kelvin replies on Sep 6, 2018:

@Martie1965 It might be an idea to start one here but I cannot in good conscience be the instigator, as I am a UK not US citizen

Is it time for us to be a political force?

Martie1965 comments on Sep 6, 2018:

Agreed!Is there a petition or something we can do additionally to force candidates to keep religious beliefs out of politics? I would think Separation of Church and State would have already covered that but it has not.

273kelvin replies on Sep 6, 2018:

I dont know. Its your country, start one

What is the most bogous religious reason you have been told to not buy products from a company?

LadyAlyxandrea comments on Sep 3, 2018:

"The peace sign is a sanatic symbol. It's made by breaking the arms of the crOSS and inverting it! No peace signs are allowed here!!÷!"

273kelvin replies on Sep 6, 2018:

@LadyAlyxandrea I want to go to a Halloween party with a small ice-pick around my neck. I will be going as a Trotskyist

What is the most bogous religious reason you have been told to not buy products from a company?

Captnron59 comments on Sep 3, 2018:

Don't drink Pepsi products because they import Russian vodka. I loved Pepsi because of that.

273kelvin replies on Sep 6, 2018:

From what I understand. Pepsi is republican and Coke democrat.When Nixon went to USSR for the 1st visit by a US president. The main thing to come out of it was Pepsi got the rights to export there.

So I think I did something stupid today.

Angelamelek comments on Sep 6, 2018:

I think that is both brave and a wonderful compliment to the person... Next time leave your contact number they be frustrated that you haven't given them the opportunity to get to know you. Good luck. NOT creepy at all. :)

273kelvin replies on Sep 6, 2018:

@Fibonacci1618 I would definitely endorse Angelamelek. I once had eyes meet in a bar. She was with someone and I had to leave. So I just went up to her and said "lets assume that we have talked" and left her with my number. She called and we dated

Does anyone work for or in conjunction with the US Government?

Gator comments on Sep 5, 2018:

Look at the top-tier of the US government. There's 545 executive members in the 3 branches of government and not one identifies as an atheist. Just statistically speaking there should be around 50 members that subscribe to an atheist or agnostic ideology. I understand these folks tend to be a bit ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 5, 2018:

There was a time in the 70s when UK stand-up comedians would not touch upon politics. Theory being that whichever side you choose you would alienate a large section of the audience. That changed in the 80s with a new school of comedy The issue here is one of numbers. I was quite shocked to hear only 545 federal members of the legislator. The UK has 650 elected commons MPs (Plus about 800 lords with restricted voting rights.). Now I appreciate that much of the work of govt will be done at a state level but look at the difference. UK one per 68,000 vs US 432,000. This is prime time TV vs 1am PBS. Of course only MOR or those that go for the biggest demographic will succeed. Perhaps it is time to ditch party allegiances and vote for the most secular candidate?

Yep. Just knock first lol

Seeker55 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

No one is going to find you at home, unless your home is on a tour route and you sit on the front porch all day.

273kelvin replies on Sep 5, 2018:

Just whittling

Those of us who favor critical thinking and arguments based on scientific evidence should avoid ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Many points have been discussed here but I will concentrate on #2 "Religions were invented by priests "to control the masses"". As in any generalization, it will fall apart in specifics. Of course this is not true of all religions but lets talk turkey here. This is a western site, 98% of us either ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 5, 2018:

@skado Just as in gunpowder, it is unnecessary to know its origins to avoid its effects. It matters little whether it was invented by the Chinese for entertainment. We simply need to duck and take cover. A mechanic or automotive engineer will have no need of the knowledge that the spark plug came from Voltaires pistol, as a method of igniting gasses. Anymore than you need to know that crazy glue was invented as a battlefield temporary suture, when fixing your sandals. A victim of domestic abuse need not take any notice of the intentions of their abuser. It is in fact counter productive to give any credence to the words "But I really love you". It is the effect and usage of a system that counts. The road to hell may be paved with good intentions but when the bombs start flying. What care I from whence they came. It may be lost like the origins of the Hatfield and McCoy feud. It is as irrelevant as a New York Times article to a swatted fly. All religions, yes all religions are hell bent on telling you how to live your life. However benign the motivation, it is always someone who thinks they know better than you what you should do. The fact that this is usurped and taken to control human behavior is inevitable as day follows night.

One of my favorite disaster films from the 70s was Poseidon Adventure.

Hicks66 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Off the top of my head, it's hard to find any remake that is superior and maybe even equal to the original. BTW, the closest was 3:10 to Yuma.

273kelvin replies on Sep 5, 2018:

@cmadler In some respects its a little like "A hard days night". The 1st Beatles film. That was shot in 6 weeks whilst they were busy as busy can be. The film is full of flaws. B/W hastily wrote and shot but like a Kodak moment, it stands as a snapshot of a brief period of time.

Those of us who favor critical thinking and arguments based on scientific evidence should avoid ...

273kelvin comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Many points have been discussed here but I will concentrate on #2 "Religions were invented by priests "to control the masses"". As in any generalization, it will fall apart in specifics. Of course this is not true of all religions but lets talk turkey here. This is a western site, 98% of us either ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 4, 2018:

@skado What you call thumb tacks (a more apt term imho), we call drawing pins. Even though they will have little chance of being used to pin down drawing paper, they are still drawing pins. Their name and origin irrelevant to their usage.

How would you handle this?

273kelvin comments on Sep 4, 2018:

I can see all the points here. She is quite rightly jealous. You have had a 3 year relationship with him. All be it long distance and platonic but nevertheless admittedly emotional and deep. She is Johnny come lately to the scene and at only 2 weeks will have a long way to achieve the bond that you ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 4, 2018:

@Stepmomofdragons It has not aired here yet. No doubt it will be on US TV very soon afterward

One of my favorite disaster films from the 70s was Poseidon Adventure.

Hicks66 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Off the top of my head, it's hard to find any remake that is superior and maybe even equal to the original. BTW, the closest was 3:10 to Yuma.

273kelvin replies on Sep 4, 2018:

@cmadler I have to admit I came to "the lady killers" with low expectations other than it was the Cohn bros but have to say it made me laugh more than the original did

One of my favorite disaster films from the 70s was Poseidon Adventure.

Hicks66 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Off the top of my head, it's hard to find any remake that is superior and maybe even equal to the original. BTW, the closest was 3:10 to Yuma.

273kelvin replies on Sep 4, 2018:

@cmadler Forgive me I didnt know about the re-make versions. You are of course entitled to your opinion but it is wrong. "The Italian job" stands as a classic period piece movie. However it has to be viewed from a British perspective. England had not long won the world cup (a feat they have to this day not even come close to repeating). Swinging London was THE place to be and the mini epitomized that era. Car chases were in their cinematic infancy. this was a 1st for cars going down stairs etc. Plus you got Benny Hill and Noel Coward

One of my favorite disaster films from the 70s was Poseidon Adventure.

Hicks66 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Off the top of my head, it's hard to find any remake that is superior and maybe even equal to the original. BTW, the closest was 3:10 to Yuma.

273kelvin replies on Sep 4, 2018:

I put forward 3 candidates. The first 2 are comedies that definitely delivered more laughs per minute than the originals. "the money pit" and "the lady killers" Spielberg and Cohn bros respectively, Then Franco Zeffirelli "the Champ"

One of my favorite disaster films from the 70s was Poseidon Adventure.

Hicks66 comments on Sep 4, 2018:

Off the top of my head, it's hard to find any remake that is superior and maybe even equal to the original. BTW, the closest was 3:10 to Yuma.

273kelvin replies on Sep 4, 2018:

@cmadler Casino Royale yes but the 1st was a comedy so... ? Little shop of horrors was not a musical so again....? Scareface ok but Some Like It Hot, The Maltese Falcon, The Italian Job, The Wizard of Oz and True Grit. Fill your hands you sons of bitches. You have no taste

So weird to see my ex-husband’s profile pop up on Match as a fit for me.

MarlaRochelle comments on Sep 3, 2018:

You remember Joan Rivers had a routine where she said she went into NYC told a cab driver to take her to where a girl could get a little action and he took her to her husbands office

273kelvin replies on Sep 4, 2018:

Same joke but out in the sticks. He took her to where they fish illegally.

A guy with “good Christian values” who is “a child of God” looking for a calm, feminine ...

Ruby_Slipper comments on Sep 3, 2018:

He sounds like a creepy guy, possibly an incel who can't handle rejection by women, no matter how much care you take in the rejection, no matter how rationally you express it. If you haven't done so already, I'd recommend blocking him immediately so he can't contact you again. You don't want any ...

273kelvin replies on Sep 3, 2018:

I dont normally agree with an OTT response to these kind of things but in this instance youre on the money. This is such a square peg round hole situation that any rational person would move on. Lock and bolt the door twice.

What was the worst gift you've ever received?

273kelvin comments on Sep 1, 2018:

A wedding ring, we had been married for 11 years and I never had one. Two months later she divorced me

273kelvin replies on Sep 1, 2018:

@Redcupcoffee 4 sure

For better or worse.

seattlepanda comments on Sep 1, 2018:

I've spoken often in favor of expiring marriage licenses. Like driver licenses. Must renew every 3 years or so.

273kelvin replies on Sep 1, 2018:

Pagan weddings, A year and a day

I don’t watch network tv as a rule but my daughter watches This Is Us and I caught an episode on ...

Rignor comments on Aug 31, 2018:

Let’s list my DVR’s recurring recordings... Game of Thrones Big Bang Theory Nightwatch Nation (used to be just Nightwatch) Humans Last Week Tonight w/ John Oliver -> started during the 3rd season, binged from the beginning Shameless -> started during 2nd season, binged from the ...

273kelvin replies on Aug 31, 2018:

The UK version of Shameless is better. Much more nearer the knuckle https://youtu.be/PzLGqb58lTE

How many people have been in the 'Friend zone" with some one you were really attracted to?

273kelvin comments on Aug 29, 2018:

In freindzone The tiny peck that says goodnight As the door closes off your light A shoulder that you cry on The nice guy you rely on But the shoulder that I cry for is so cold No pitch required, already sold Packaged and all yours to own On a dusty shelf in freindzone Just an easy ...

273kelvin replies on Aug 29, 2018:

@Jack_w37 Because

I just started a group for Chess players.

Katastrophe69 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

Fark En passant!! But yeah, I'm up for that!!

273kelvin replies on Aug 28, 2018:

@Katastrophe69 En passant "as you pass". Just as J`adoube is useful for underwear relocation.

I just started a group for Chess players.

Katastrophe69 comments on Aug 28, 2018:

Fark En passant!! But yeah, I'm up for that!!

273kelvin replies on Aug 28, 2018:

A useful phrase to have though "Darling, while your in the kitchen. Could you make me a sandwich en passant?"

Another favorite one from Pink Floyd. Have a Cigar. [youtu.be]

273kelvin comments on Aug 25, 2018:

10 points if you know the singer?

273kelvin replies on Aug 25, 2018:

@Livinlife Full marks, did you know or did you look it up? PS. Im going to see him in March

About the oddest band I ever saw [youtu.be]

Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2018:

Where in earth did you unearth this! Who are they?

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

@Marionville Oh and the meat in your sandwich is a monkey

About the oddest band I ever saw [youtu.be]

Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2018:

Where in earth did you unearth this! Who are they?

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

Biscuithead and the biscuit badgers. I saw them at a festival some years back. They do songs about Beige, hermit crabs and Amino acids

Gosh, this was likely posted before, but what was your first concert?

273kelvin comments on Aug 24, 2018:

The rolling stones March 1971. I was 13 and Brown Sugar- Sticky fingers had not been released yet. So I heard it first live. PS. The ticket was 50p

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

@Marionville I told this 1st gig tale to a customer of mine. She asked was it at the Liverpool Empire "yes". "Who was the support?" I replied "A band called the Groundhogs". "Oh my 1st gig was the Stones there too but the support was Ike and Tina Turner". One upped. Though the best gig story I heard was from an old American guy I met via my ex. He had re-married and they had been traveling. Consequently he was without any music so I sent him a jazz mix tape. He then sent me a thank you letter with this tale. " Dear Kelvin thank you for the tape and its so apt that that you included ....... ... It was before the war and me and my cousin used to sneak out to 42nd st and visit a small club. We were both only 14 but so long as we ordered a coke and sat on the floor no one bothered us. Then one night my cousin said "lets go somewhere else." I argued that we could get in our usual place but he was all up for trying elsewhere. So we snuck passed the guys on the door and went down into this small jazz club. Who was playing? Billie Holiday"

Randy Newman- Birmingham It always amazes me and makes slightly jealous.

FrayedBear comments on Aug 24, 2018:

The Witch of the Westmoreland Archie Fisher http://balladmonger.weebly.com/the-witch-of-the-westmoreland.html and a slightly rushed rendition by Barbara Dickson https://youtu.be/jAKhuIavxw0 Blaydon Races Geordie Ridley here's Eric Burdon this year https://youtu.be/OeFUTvbXpPE Cockerham Devil ...

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

I did say "some notable exceptions" and the above are all folk songs, hardly chart-toppers. No one really remembers Elton Johns "Grimsby" poor old Bernie Taupin struggled with that one. He did far better with Mendocino county.

It blew me away when I was young a musician Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick" [youtube.com]

273kelvin comments on Aug 24, 2018:

Ian Anderson is now the largest supplier of salmon in the UK.

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

@schway Yeah he went the whole Scottish laird thing with the money from Tull. Then got into salmon farming in its infancy.

Here's something that happened to me on a dating site.

273kelvin comments on Aug 24, 2018:

Women on those sites are in a buyers market. She may have put 250 miles when she first joined and then been inundated by potential matches. 120 miles does not sound that far if you say it fast. As for the "like" tjhats just a mouse click. Could be she liked your smile and then read your profile in ...

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

@UUNJ A word coined during rising house prices. You have an offer accepted but someone else offers more and the buyer goes with them.

Randy Newman- Birmingham It always amazes me and makes slightly jealous.

Electro68 comments on Aug 24, 2018:

Yeah but werewolves of London ssound better than werewolves of Brooklyn so...

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

All those Brooklyn girls are on a downtown train And lets face it New York has had more than enough songs about it. Whereas York....?

Randy Newman- Birmingham It always amazes me and makes slightly jealous.

Marionville comments on Aug 24, 2018:

How true, though...Ilkley Moor By Tat. does have a certain ring about it! The Irish place names are truly winerful to sing about...and there so many I won’t start listing them. And then there’s Scotland...Loch Lomond etc. So really it is just the English ones that don’t sound lyrical!

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

Welsh names are just too out there. There was a young man from Aberystwyth......

Amy Winehouse - Valerie (live unplugged) she left too fast. Miss her. [youtu.be]

273kelvin comments on Aug 23, 2018:

The original by a local band to me https://youtu.be/L3xpmfJp0Xc

273kelvin replies on Aug 24, 2018:

@Martie1965 Often the sign of a great song. When Paul wrote "Yesterday" he was convinced that he had heard it before somewhere. George Martin had to assure him that he had not and it was if fact, original.

A great cover of a not oft played Beatles song. [youtu.be]

Marionville comments on Aug 23, 2018:

This is more like it Kelvin....these guys make a great sound. What’s their story?

273kelvin replies on Aug 23, 2018:

I dunno, I heard it on the radio and downloaded a live album of theirs

Another local band to me [youtu.be]

FrayedBear comments on Aug 23, 2018:

Local to to Liverpool or Manchester?

273kelvin replies on Aug 23, 2018:

@FrayedBear no

Another local band to me [youtu.be]

FrayedBear comments on Aug 23, 2018:

Local to to Liverpool or Manchester?

273kelvin replies on Aug 23, 2018:

Southport

For all train buffs - Pete Atkin and Julie Covington with The Bowles Brothers Band, sing The ...

sweetcharlotte comments on Aug 22, 2018:

Such a cute song and genius lyrics. How do they sing so fast, I wonder? Thank you for sharing.

273kelvin replies on Aug 22, 2018:

And odd combo of writers. Lyrics are by a well known TV personality, critic, writer and poet Clive James. Pete Atkin was his collage buddy at Cambridge who wrote all the music. He went on to work at the BBC but they still wrote songs together. There werent very successful (hence the web-site name bellow) but a small cult following of people like Stephen Fry and myself, keep the flag flying. https://www.peteatkin.com/pa.htm

Does anyone else use a recurring joke or funny from his books?

Essie comments on Aug 22, 2018:

At least twice a month I complain that I still haven’t got the hang of Thursdays...

273kelvin replies on Aug 22, 2018:

Can`t see it myself. It must be somebody elses problem ;-)

For all train buffs - Pete Atkin and Julie Covington with The Bowles Brothers Band, sing The ...

FrayedBear comments on Aug 22, 2018:

Julie Covington? Performed in Webber musicals?

273kelvin replies on Aug 22, 2018:

Yes that one, She did a whole album of Pete and Clives songs

I have no idea what is up today.

273kelvin comments on Aug 22, 2018:

I don`t want to get too personal but could it be that you were ovulating? Studies show that whist human females are unique in mammalian species, in that they do not have any outward signs of fertility. They do react differently to mens odor at that time. Subtle non-verbal things may have been ...

273kelvin replies on Aug 22, 2018:

@coralisthree Its biology, just go with it or not but its there.

Ladies, it's not what you think.

273kelvin comments on Aug 21, 2018:

He`s thinking, "If 4 big guys, one at each leg, all lifted at the same time. Could they hoist a giraffe?"

273kelvin replies on Aug 22, 2018:

@FrayedBear Sign of the times and I just checked the legendary "Bird n bastard" is no more. It is now a KFC

Ladies, it's not what you think.

273kelvin comments on Aug 21, 2018:

He`s thinking, "If 4 big guys, one at each leg, all lifted at the same time. Could they hoist a giraffe?"

273kelvin replies on Aug 21, 2018:

@FrayedBear You can buy one in the Eagle and Child in Kirkby. Well as soon as the safari park closes.

Ladies, it's not what you think.

273kelvin comments on Aug 21, 2018:

He`s thinking, "If 4 big guys, one at each leg, all lifted at the same time. Could they hoist a giraffe?"

273kelvin replies on Aug 21, 2018:

@Snickers77 It has mine and it will do yours now

Who is the most overrated band in your opinion?

MrBeelzeebubbles comments on Aug 20, 2018:

Anything involving Prince. The definition of quantity over quality. His whole image was a cheap polyester rip off of Little Richard, and he looked like a foetus dipped in pubic hair.