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ozoneocean wrote:
The original dollars were all coins of course! We have Spain to thank for the origin of the "dollar".
Im prtty sure that the tipping culture in the US keeps the dollar bill alive. That and strip clubs.
After watching the Incredibles with my nieces, I decided to look up insurance companies to see if they operated like Insuricare in the movie. Insuricare used every loophole in the book to keep from paying any claims, even if the claim was legitimate.
From what I've read so far, the movie is not too far from the truth…
Ironscarf wrote:
We kissed goodbye to pound notes in 1983. I miss 'em, but tipping has never been much of a thing here. Not sure about strip clubs.
I haven't seen a pound note since the mid eighties.
https://youtu.be/eW1Ibql101E
A video from todays outing.
bravo1102 wrote:
As in stopped printing them or collecting each one and burning it? There were still a few in circulation I encountered on my visit to Britain in 2006.
So exhausted…
I had two batches of exams to mark for Wednesday. Yesterday I decided to just sit down and work through all the remaining exams for one of the two classes. Then today I found out that the exams for the other course are actually due for tomorrow. So basically I've been marking exams for two days solid and I still haven't done any work on my final essay due in a week.
I did find time for an episode of And Then There Were None yesterday, though. It has a dark-haired dramatic broody handsome man, which is pretty much my favourite thing.
One of my favourite musicians is currently running a pledgemusic campaign for his forth coming album. Why am I telling you this? Well one of the options is to have a personal song written and recorded for you, which I went for and the track was sent to me last night. The song is about my battle with anxiety and depression. The song is called Dandelion and is going to be given away as a pledger exclusive on the campaign from later today. I'm not usually one to plug things so shamelessly buy Paul is a great bloke and genuinely independent.
http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/paul-miro
ozoneocean wrote:HippieVan wrote:So you're a "Heathcliff" sort of girl then Hippie? ;3
I did find time for an episode of And Then There Were None yesterday, though. It has a dark-haired dramatic broody handsome man, which is pretty much my favourite thing.
HippieVan wrote:ozoneocean wrote:HippieVan wrote:So you're a "Heathcliff" sort of girl then Hippie? ;3
I did find time for an episode of And Then There Were None yesterday, though. It has a dark-haired dramatic broody handsome man, which is pretty much my favourite thing.
Haha! Absolutely. With the exception of Heathcliffe himself, who is an unbearable character.
Why is it the fashion for people in modern historical and historical fantasy film and TV shows to always be dressed in browns, greys, and blacks?
It's so stupid!
It looks so dull and boring.
All through time people dressed to show off in bright colours or augmented their bodies with jewellery, hair, metal, bone, and feathers. The history of civilisation, culture and commerce is tied to dyes, fabrics and furs.
I think that basically the people working in the costume departments of these productions are morons.
It's marginally better than back in the 1950s where everyone seemed to be wearing bright fluro pinks, disgusting pastels and mustard yellow with gold lame trim en-masse.
SPEAKING of which! There was a theatrical queen's type dress up for auction the other day on this great eBay store I often use, clearly of 1950s origin, probably from Pinewood studios or even Hollywood. It was in good shape and a good style but included glaring hot pink accessories and gold lame trim on the shoulders with a gold chain at the front.
Surprisingly it may be a relic of black and white film. You'd be surprised how often older costumes are reused. In BW film you just got light and dark, hence a dull palette in color. I noticed this in a historical film from the 1950s which reused preexisting 18th century sets without repainting and they were monochromatic. It looked really bad in technicolor considering how bright and cheery real 18th century decor was. Look at Williamsburg and its museums of American furniture. Heck bright wallpaper was a big thing.
Especially if imported! Wow that's rich opulence! And a genuine imitation Japanese lacquer chest from Italy!
By the way the gold lame shows up as real gold cloth on screen. So it represents something much richer and historic on a tight costume budget.
ozoneocean wrote:
Nah, Rufus Sewell.
If I was a woman that's who I'd go for.
Dark and brooding? Syd gets my vote.
My thoughts are with you on the pet situation Hippie. We had a siamese cat like that. He died over 30 years ago, but is still regularly remembered at family gatherings. This usually begins with "Do you remember the time when…" and ends with good vibes all round.
Ironscarf wrote:
Dark and brooding? Syd gets my vote.
https://anglophiliaisanstd.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/tumblr_kti52cjgpa1qa1iiqo1_500.jpg
My thoughts are with you on the pet situation Hippie. We had a siamese cat like that. He died over 30 years ago, but is still regularly remembered at family gatherings. This usually begins with "Do you remember the time when…" and ends with good vibes all round.
I've started taking Russian lessons one-on-one and my teacher is super awesome so far. He's always coming up with creative ways to help me learn, telling me little jokes and telling me how great I am. It's really fun, actually, although I hate making mistakes and it's kind of inevitable when learning a language. But he also knew me before this so he has a pretty good insight into my weird anxieties that might hold me back - one of the first things he told me was to curb my perfectionism, which I should probably just get tattooed on myself. (Plus he's pretty handsome which never hurts.)
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