Topic: THE IRKED IRE (Read 8332 times)

Kerry · « **Reply #30 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:07:54 AM »

We had rain!! Wain at wast!

Kerry · « **Reply #31 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:08:10 AM »

Page two at wast!~

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #32 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:17:56 AM »

We had two brief downpours yesterday. My tomatoes greatly appreciated it.

Druxy · « **Reply #33 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:29:39 AM »

TOD:

ZODIAC
THE RIGHT STUFF
PATTON
THE LONGEST DAY

Ginny · « **Reply #34 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:29:44 AM »

Monday morning greetings! Richard and I are easing into the week with a trip later to the University of Cincinnati bookstore for some rehearsal dinner decor and to a showing somewhere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. We'll eat a meal out at some point - late lunch, early dinner, probably.

JMK · « **Reply #35 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:30:22 AM »

We had a night of thunder here, which is a most unusual occurrence. It actually kept me awake.

JMK · « **Reply #36 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:30:46 AM »

Was PSYCHO somatic?

Ginny · « **Reply #37 on:** July 25, 2011, 07:35:25 AM »

TOD:

QUIZ SHOW
GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
A PERFECT STORM
APOLLO 13

That last one stands out in my mind because of Rob. He was 10 when it was released and I don't remember if he saw it in the theaters. But we bought it as soon as it came out on video(tape) and he watched it over and over. In the final scene, when Tom Hanks (as Lovell) says something about wondering who will be next to walk on the moon, I heard Rob whisper, "Me."

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #38 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:43:52 AM »

And...

I'm back from breakfast.

And Audra McDonald is about to appear on "The View".

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #39 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:46:52 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on July 25, 2011, 07:35:25 AM

TOD:

APOLLO 13

That last one stands out in my mind because of Rob. He was 10 when it was released and I don't remember if he saw it in the theaters. But we bought it as soon as it came out on video(tape) and he watched it over and over. In the final scene, when Tom Hanks (as Lovell) says something about wondering who will be next to walk on the moon, I heard Rob whisper, "Me."

Awww...

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #40 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:47:24 AM »

Quote from: FJL on July 25, 2011, 06:25:13 AM

Jose, did I miss it? Was there something funny your folks did about tickets to your show?

DR FJL - Not yet.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #41 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:50:20 AM »

I liked QUIZ SHOW....but it had some mistakes in it.....etc.....but then again it wasn't a documentary!

JMK · « **Reply #42 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:51:29 AM »

Quote from: Jrand60 on July 25, 2011, 08:50:20 AM

... it had some mistakes in it.....etc.....but then again it wasn't a documentary!

Thank you, Mr. Clifford.

JMK · « **Reply #43 on:** July 25, 2011, 08:52:32 AM »

Questions for you DOWNTON ABBEY experts:

1. Why would separating Cora's fortune from the Estate necessitate selling Downton to pay for anything (a la Lord Grantham's assertion in the third or fourth episode).

2. Did Mary actually have "relations" with the Turk?

bk · « **Reply #44 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:00:17 AM »

I'm up. The good news is the Jacuzzi problems seem to be done by having the switch on manual. So, I got my eight hours of sleep.

bk · « **Reply #45 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:00:46 AM »

I've decided to do the jog in the later afternoon. Don't love that, but there's just not quite enough time this morning.

JMK · « **Reply #46 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:00:52 AM »

BK, if your jacuzzi has an "auto" setting, did you check to see if the timer got messed with somehow?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #47 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:05:42 AM »

And...

It's started to rain here in Centreville, Virginia.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #48 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:05:59 AM »

Oh...

Wait...

I believe it's already stopped.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #49 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:07:38 AM »

And...

Good Afternoon!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #50 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:14:29 AM »

OK...

Time to not be a lazy, couch-bound slug for a couple of hours.

Laters...

bk · « **Reply #51 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:19:28 AM »

The Jacuzzi doesn't have settings - the pool pump does and those settings are what they've always been. Something is shorting out in that, I'd guess, but why it makes it so you can't turn it off on the remote or in the Jacuzzi itself is just odd.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #52 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:27:14 AM »

Quote from: JMK on July 25, 2011, 08:52:32 AM

Questions for you DOWNTON ABBEY experts:

1. Why would separating Cora's fortune from the Estate necessitate selling Downton to pay for anything (a la Lord Grantham's assertion in the third or fourth episode).

2. Did Mary actually have "relations" with the Turk?

1. Well...., perhaps this "explanation" I found on a website might help: Cora is a “buccaneer,” an American heiress that married into the English aristocracy and whose fortune saved Downton Abbey from ruin 24 years earlier. Robert’s father, the prior Earl, tied up Cora’s fortune into Downton so tightly that to carve it out of the land and title will leave the estate in ruins. As a result, Crawley refuses to fight the entail, a British legality that forces the estate to be left to a male heir. The way I remember it, the law favors the entailment. As there is a person to whom it can be turned over, the entailment prevails. At the end of the first season (as I recall), Crawley decides to chuck the entail leaving Cora free to take action to get her money out of it. The estate cannot exist without the financial support.

2. Don't know...but even to have a naked man die in your bed, before "relations" can take place, was total ruin and disgrace in "those times".

Charles Pogue · « **Reply #53 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:28:07 AM »

My ole buddy, Larry Drake (Benny of LA LAW fame) and I spent the weekend at the FRIGHT NIGHT FILM FESTIVAL this weekend....being celebrities. We must be. It says so on our badges.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #54 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:45:01 AM »

Quote from: JMK on July 25, 2011, 08:52:32 AM

Questions for you DOWNTON ABBEY experts:

1. Why would separating Cora's fortune from the Estate necessitate selling Downton to pay for anything (a la Lord Grantham's assertion in the third or fourth episode).

2. Did Mary actually have "relations" with the Turk?

IIRC...

1. The estate was poor before Hugh Bonneville (I can't remember the character's name) married Elizabeth McGovern (Cora, right?). In fact, that was the main reason he married her in the first place--to bring new wealth into the estate in order to for it to continue to run on a day-to-day basis financially. Without Cora's money, there would be no estate and everything would need to be sold off.

2. I would opine yes but that it didn't come to completion (though it would have opened an interesting plotline if she found herself preggers weeks later...)

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #55 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:45:47 AM »

D'oh! DR Ron provided a better explaination...

JMK · « **Reply #56 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:53:41 AM »

Thanks for thoughts about DOWNTON. We get the history of why Grantham married Cora, and the money she brought into the Estate, we were just confused as to why *Grantham* (as opposed to whoever took over) would need to sell the Estate if they were able to divorce Cora's money from it. It seemed like whoever inherited the Estate and title would have that responsibility. My initial question probably wasn't clear.

We, too, don't think Mary had relations, I was just curious what others thought.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #57 on:** July 25, 2011, 09:59:43 AM »

Quote from: JMK on July 25, 2011, 09:53:41 AM

Thanks for thoughts about DOWNTON. We get the history of why Grantham married Cora, and the money she brought into the Estate, we were just confused as to why *Grantham* (as opposed to whoever took over) would need to sell the Estate if they were able to divorce Cora's money from it. It seemed like whoever inherited the Estate and title would have that responsibility. My initial question probably wasn't clear.

We, too, don't think Mary had relations, I was just curious what others thought.

When the series ran on Masterpiece Theatre, host Laura Linney provided an explanation of estate entailments that's probably missing on the DVD or Blue-Ray.

bk · « **Reply #58 on:** July 25, 2011, 10:15:42 AM »

What is the Fright Night film festival? Where?

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #59 on:** July 25, 2011, 12:04:42 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 25, 2011, 10:15:42 AM

What is the Fright Night film festival? Where?

Fright Night Film Fest

News:

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