On Jun 28, 9:39 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:

How do you know the difference?

Because, so I've been told, it's a scandal newspaper.

Mary
off to eat chocolates now but shall be back tomorrow.

Chocolate?? Headache alert!!! (What sort of chocolates and don't say
chocolate, chocolate!!)

Judith

On Jun 28, 9:51 pm, Martin wrote:

I guess the same way that you know the difference between sport and the Sunday
Sport?

I am getting worried about you.

Judith

On Jun 28, 10:07 pm, Martin wrote:

I am getting worried about you.

About me? About Mary, surely?

Definitely not, Mary is clean and pure and has no idea about the News
of the World!!!!!

Judith

On 28/6/07 18:11, in article
,
" wrote:

On Jun 28, 5:57 pm, Sacha wrote:
I think you're confusing Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Caf? with
Driving Miss Daisy! ;-)

Yes that's the one!!!!


I think it's FGTATWSC that has that wonderful scene in it when two uppity
young woman beat an older one to a parking space and laugh openly at her,
saying something about "younger and faster". She loses it totally and rams
her car back and forth into theirs until she secures the parking space and
then says "Older, richer and more insurance" before walking away.

Now I remember, I was the older, richer and more insurance one!!

Judith

Me, too and working on it!

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)

On 28/6/07 18:55, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:57:27 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 28/6/07 17:36, in article
,
" wrote:

On Jun 27, 10:45 pm, "Mel" wrote:
I remember a film about green tomatoes. 'Fried green tomatoes at the
whistle
stop cafe'? was it ?

Memory is failing me as I can't remember, all I know is that Jessica
Tandy was in it and she had an old black retainer, lovely chap who
took great care of her and there was something to do with fried green
tomatoes, I was on a flight to New Orleans at the time, the screen was
tiny, the earphones hurt so maybe you can understand why my memory of
it is not too good!!! However, as with everything, it will come back
to me - sometime.

Judith


I think you're confusing Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café with
Driving Miss Daisy! ;-)
I think it's FGTATWSC that has that wonderful scene in it when two uppity
young woman beat an older one to a parking space and laugh openly at her,
saying something about "younger and faster". She loses it totally and rams
her car back and forth into theirs until she secures the parking space and
then says "Older, richer and more insurance" before walking away.

This one http://imdb.com/title/tt0101921/

You keep giving me all these tempting sites and my 6 yo Mac is in melt down!
What does this one do - please tell me before I succumb to it!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:06:51 +0100, Mary Fisher wrote
(in article ) :

snip


I've fried green tomatoes and they are very good. Last year I tried making a
green tomato puree and it waas not good - to our taste anyway. Still have no
idea about the film - we haven't a television and don't go to the cinema,
too busy with real life :-)



Wayhay! Good for you Mary. There are a lot of us about. Let's hear it for
those others who don't have a television :-) And before you ask, Judith (not
getting at you, but looking down thread at your question to Mary), yes we
have many radios, we do read the newspapers, we can if we want watch video
clips on the BBC web site - for instance of the house falling into the river
in Ludlow, which seemed pretty relevant to us.

And, what's more, we have finally after about 20 years got the TV Licensing
people off our back (ssshhh, don't tell them I said so). Not having a TV
does not mean we are out of touch, although it does mean we have never
watched Big Brother or Coronation Street. I am not getting at you Judith for
your question to Mary, just making a point for the rest of us since I do get
amazed at the sort of "but what do you do in the evenings? question. I even
had the classic one once, "but what do you watch?"!




--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:39:21 +0100, Sacha wrote
(in article ) :

On 28/6/07 18:55, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

snip


I think you're confusing Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café with
Driving Miss Daisy! ;-)
I think it's FGTATWSC that has that wonderful scene in it when two uppity
young woman beat an older one to a parking space and laugh openly at her,
saying something about "younger and faster". She loses it totally and rams
her car back and forth into theirs until she secures the parking space and
then says "Older, richer and more insurance" before walking away.

This one http://imdb.com/title/tt0101921/

You keep giving me all these tempting sites and my 6 yo Mac is in melt down!
What does this one do - please tell me before I succumb to it!


It's the Internet Movie Data Base site, and my most heavily used bookmark!
However, I tend to use the UK version: http://uk.imdb.com/


--
Sally in Shropshire, UK
Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation
churchyard:
http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk

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On Jun 28, 10:07 pm, Martin wrote:

I am getting worried about you.

About me? About Mary, surely?

Definitely not, Mary is clean and pure and has no idea about the News
of the World!!!!!

Judith

When I was a child we had an outside lavatory and squares of newspaper were
fastened to the door by a nail (we had an outside lavatory when we were
first married but by that time we could afford toilet paper).

I spent a long time sitting on that warm, scrubbed wooden bench reading the
print and being frustrated by the lack of a conclusion to a story. The
papers were the Sporting Pink, the News Chronicle and the News of the World.
I was never interested in any of them in the house, as full newspapers. Odd,
that.

Mary

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On Jun 28, 9:39 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:

How do you know the difference?

Because, so I've been told, it's a scandal newspaper.

Mary
off to eat chocolates now but shall be back tomorrow.

Chocolate?? Headache alert!!! (What sort of chocolates and don't say
chocolate, chocolate!!)

Judith

The latest box of Hotel Chocolates - the All Dark Collection. We don't get
headaches for any reason.

Mary

Sally Thompson wrote:
Wayhay! Good for you Mary. There are a lot of us about. Let's hear it for
those others who don't have a television :-) And before you ask, Judith (not
getting at you, but looking down thread at your question to Mary), yes we
have many radios, we do read the newspapers, we can if we want watch video
clips on the BBC web site - for instance of the house falling into the river
in Ludlow, which seemed pretty relevant to us.

t.v. is not necessary, that's why i asked about radios.

Not having a TV
does not mean we are out of touch, although it does mean we have never
watched Big Brother or Coronation Street.
I would rather watch paint dry that that Big Brother thing, they only
have morons on!!

I am not getting at you Judith for


I know that. just making a point for the rest of us since I do get
amazed at the sort of "but what do you do in the evenings? question. I even
had the classic one once, "but what do you watch?"!

I hope I didn't convey that, I certainly didn't mean to, I wasn't
talking about entertainment on t.v. I was referring to world news
hence my question about radios. We have a radio in the kitchen that
is permanently on Radio 4, great plays especially on a Sunday.

Judith

"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
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On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:06:51 +0100, Mary Fisher wrote
(in article ) :

snip


I've fried green tomatoes and they are very good. Last year I tried
making a
green tomato puree and it was not good - to our taste anyway. Still have
no
idea about the film - we haven't a television and don't go to the cinema,
too busy with real life :-)



Wayhay! Good for you Mary. There are a lot of us about. Let's hear it
for
those others who don't have a television :-) And before you ask, Judith
(not
getting at you, but looking down thread at your question to Mary), yes we
have many radios, we do read the newspapers, we can if we want watch video
clips on the BBC web site - for instance of the house falling into the
river
in Ludlow, which seemed pretty relevant to us.

We have a radio in every room, even the greenhouse. Wall to wall Radio 4 -
that doesn't mean we listen to it all the time though. No newspapers but
lots of specialist magazines. Never think of watching any news web sites, I
don't think my life could be enriched by seeing pictures.

And, what's more, we have finally after about 20 years got the TV
Licensing
people off our back (ssshhh, don't tell them I said so).

The only time a chap came from there we were in the front garden, can't
remember what we were doing. I invited him into the house but he refused,
said he could tell that we didn't have a tv.

???

Not having a TV
does not mean we are out of touch,

Out of touch with what? And would it matter? Not to us, we're in touch with
what does matter to us, thanks to telephone, computer, car and videocam.

although it does mean we have never
watched Big Brother or Coronation Street.

Heavens! I watched Coronation Street when it was new - my parents bought a
tv when I was 17 (more than 50 years ago) so I have seen that. And when
Spouse was in hospital in Darlington I was put up at the airport hotel I
couldn't sleep and there was no radio so I put on the telly, there was Big
Brother. Boring or what! I didn't realise that reality tv meant showing
people asleep in bed!

It didn't stay on long, I didn't realise that I am not getting at you
Judith for
your question to Mary, just making a point for the rest of us since I do
get
amazed at the sort of "but what do you do in the evenings? question. I
even
had the classic one once, "but what do you watch?"!

Yes sigh I was once taken to task for not having one, a neighbour told me
that we should have one because it was part of our culture.

Heigh ho!

Back to ironing the dismantled awning while he's sewing in a new window :-)

Mary

"Martin" wrote in message
...

What did you do in 1947 when your outside toilet froze?

My Dad hung a paraffin lamp from the cistern. We did the same in the 1962/3
freeze-up - and showed other people in the street how to overcome the
problem.

The mains never froze, only the pan and cistern and overground pipes were
affected, if a small source of heat was left in the place it raised the
temperature enough to prevent freezing.

Martin

On 29/6/07 09:52, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:39:21 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 28/6/07 18:55, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:
snip

This one http://imdb.com/title/tt0101921/

You keep giving me all these tempting sites and my 6 yo Mac is in melt down!
What does this one do - please tell me before I succumb to it!

In general Internet Movie Data Base tells you more than you'll ever need to
know
about almost every film and TV series ever made and those who performed in
them.
The specific link I posted is for FGTATWSC.

That sounds really interesting, thank you.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
(remove weeds from address)

"Martin" wrote in message
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:36:58 +0100, "Mary Fisher"

wrote:


"Martin" wrote in message
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What did you do in 1947 when your outside toilet froze?

My Dad hung a paraffin lamp from the cistern.

but it didn't solve the problem of the backyard being like a skating rink.

We didn't have a backyard. Ashes from the coal fire prevented pedestrican
(almost everyone) slipping.

We did the same in the 1962/3
freeze-up - and showed other people in the street how to overcome the
problem.

The mains never froze, only the pan and cistern and overground pipes were
affected, if a small source of heat was left in the place it raised the
temperature enough to prevent freezing.

My dad used a small paraffin heater made for very small greenhouses.

That's a different application.

Mary

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....

I hope I didn't convey that, I certainly didn't mean to, I wasn't
talking about entertainment on t.v. I was referring to world news
hence my question about radios. We have a radio in the kitchen that
is permanently on Radio 4, great plays especially on a Sunday.

But that's entertainment.

I'd still like to know why I should need to know about World News.

Mary