Some pictures of Diana and Myself, where we now live and places around us, things that we find interesting, amusing or just plain weird!
Sunday, 8 August 2010
We Had Another Lazy Day Today,
but went overboard on watching DVD's and playing cribbage,
in the evening Diana cooked pork chops for our evening meal,
'Cheers!'from me, I am sure the red wine is doing me some good,
now that's what I call a pork chop!
during the day and evening we watched more than a few DVD's, the first one was from the era of the American civil war, Glory, the last in the Gods and Generals, Gettysburg, trilogy, it was based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers, the 54th Massachusetts, Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers, (also the government), the 54th was paid $10.00 a month, $3.00 a month less than white soldiers, then less another $3.00 a month clothes allowance, after 18 months of refusing to accept any pay at all the US government paid the 54th back pay in full,
the second film Enemy at the Gates, a gut-wrenching and impressive hide-and-seek thriller that uses the bloody battle of Stalingrad (during the second World War) as the clever disguise here for a real battle of courage and determination, the film follows a young and highly talented Russian sniper from the Urals, Vassili Zaitsev, the opening shots of the ferry crossing are a real baptism of fire for any one coming from the countryside to war,
back to the long ago past to one of, in my opinion, a great science fiction B & W film, Things to Come, the special effects now so dated were at the time so believable, as indeed was the time frame, the film predicted a world war was going to start in 1939, for Europe it did! then a Kavanagh QC, Innocency of Life, to round off the evening, Kavanagh successfully defends a young vicar, Ian Winfarthing,when pub landlady Anne Murchison accuses him of sexual harassment, but is it harassment or love? then off to bed.
in the evening Diana cooked pork chops for our evening meal,
'Cheers!'from me, I am sure the red wine is doing me some good,
now that's what I call a pork chop!
during the day and evening we watched more than a few DVD's, the first one was from the era of the American civil war, Glory, the last in the Gods and Generals, Gettysburg, trilogy, it was based on the letters of Colonel Robert G. Shaw who volunteered to lead the first company of black soldiers, the 54th Massachusetts, Shaw was forced to deal with the prejudices of both the enemy (who had orders to kill commanding officers of blacks), and of his own fellow officers, (also the government), the 54th was paid $10.00 a month, $3.00 a month less than white soldiers, then less another $3.00 a month clothes allowance, after 18 months of refusing to accept any pay at all the US government paid the 54th back pay in full,
the second film Enemy at the Gates, a gut-wrenching and impressive hide-and-seek thriller that uses the bloody battle of Stalingrad (during the second World War) as the clever disguise here for a real battle of courage and determination, the film follows a young and highly talented Russian sniper from the Urals, Vassili Zaitsev, the opening shots of the ferry crossing are a real baptism of fire for any one coming from the countryside to war,
back to the long ago past to one of, in my opinion, a great science fiction B & W film, Things to Come, the special effects now so dated were at the time so believable, as indeed was the time frame, the film predicted a world war was going to start in 1939, for Europe it did! then a Kavanagh QC, Innocency of Life, to round off the evening, Kavanagh successfully defends a young vicar, Ian Winfarthing,when pub landlady Anne Murchison accuses him of sexual harassment, but is it harassment or love? then off to bed.
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