anyone know if Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is worth 4 quid?
There are one called "Red Planet", wot I've never seen.
we've found 2 to ohl, viz. Saving Pt. Ryan, and "Cats and Dogs"
--
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"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
Definitely, I reckon. If you don't like it, I'll ohl it off you at that
cevpr.
>There are one called "Red Planet", wot I've never seen.
That's pretty penc, though. I mean, it's sort-of OK, in a penc
sci-fi-y sort of way.
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> that there choices direct lot (google for 'em if yer want) are fryyvat
> pre-viewed videos, 3 fer 12 quid.
>
> anyone know if Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is worth 4 quid?
>
> There are one called "Red Planet", wot I've never seen.
>
> we've found 2 to ohl, viz. Saving Pt. Ryan, and "Cats and Dogs"
Have you tried the HMV website? They've got a mega-sale on at the moment
(ie. new videos and DVDs really cheap). T'other place worth trying is
play.com - you might get more choice for around the same price from
those two sites.
Suzi
Or Cheap or What at www.cow.co.uk
--
Richard Parker, Expressive Limited
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or
majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change
because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
- Giordano Bruno, 1548 (burned at the stake, 1600)
>In article <6o7ohuk1apkop07f3...@4ax.com>,
>Austin Shackles <aus...@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>that there choices direct lot (google for 'em if yer want) are fryyvat
>>pre-viewed videos, 3 fer 12 quid.
>>
>>anyone know if Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is worth 4 quid?
>
>Definitely, I reckon. If you don't like it, I'll ohl it off you at that
>cevpr.
>
>
>>There are one called "Red Planet", wot I've never seen.
>
>That's pretty penc, though. I mean, it's sort-of OK, in a penc
>sci-fi-y sort of way.
I guvax CTHD, SPR and C&D have now been ordured.
> that there choices direct lot (google for 'em if yer want) are fryyvat
> pre-viewed videos, 3 fer 12 quid.
>
> anyone know if Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is worth 4 quid?
I have a copy wot cost me more than that and think it was worth it. If
you used to like The Water Marging you'll like CTHD...
Anthony
I wouldn't pay 4 quid for it meself, but lots of people liked it very
much.
>
>There are one called "Red Planet", wot I've never seen.
Don't! It's truly dire.
>
>we've found 2 to ohl, viz. Saving Pt. Ryan, and "Cats and Dogs"
I'm with you on both of those. Only trouble with "Cats and Dogs" is that
I was rooting for the cats.
--
Mel Rimmer
Blimey... The Drunken Master, or The Housemaid's Downfall...
James? James be a sweetie-pie and resend me your emu addy as them all got
lost in the wash again and I wish to whine to you.
Ditto Mr Jones as I have three pop-pop shots suitable for wibble-moot page
and say bye-bye to Mrs and Miss Cojones for me as you slunk of while I was
at Karate demo.
W.
Sorry W. we went round the house and gardins at least 3 times looking for
people to say goodbye to, I fimk miss coj was hiding TAAW as she didn't want
to come home. It was only when we'd set off to J's howse that we realised we
hadn't seen you.
My hotmail addy jbexes
the 3 cojes
s'okay.
The Karate demo was a hoot as Kay dragged me there for a 2:00 start, then,
after bagging two front-row seats, finding out the 'demos' began at 2:00
and the first one was a local kid-winkies prancing class - where every
little mascarad and lipsticked strutter and mincer was given their moment of
glory.
I became more and more amused; Kay became more and more morose; I saw it as
a necessary evil ; she saw it as plain evil.
Then came the Karate group from long strips of wind in teens to grimly
determined little things that just about reached my knee-cap, it seemed.
Master barked out a series of orders and the group proceeded to knock spots
off the dancing troup when it came to moving as a team. Knocked spots off
each other, as well.
'You do THAT? !' I asked as feet almost kicked off heads and fists punched
and mangled and bodies flew over shoulders to grovel on mats
'Yes, why?'
'Err. nothing... Phew!!!'
Run away!!!
w.
>
>Then came the Karate group from long strips of wind in teens to grimly
>determined little things that just about reached my knee-cap, it seemed.
>Master barked out a series of orders and the group proceeded to knock spots
>off the dancing troup when it came to moving as a team. Knocked spots off
>each other, as well.
>
>'You do THAT? !' I asked as feet almost kicked off heads and fists punched
>and mangled and bodies flew over shoulders to grovel on mats
>'Yes, why?'
>'Err. nothing... Phew!!!'
>Run away!!!
But, the Wump could have taken them, couldn't she?
--
®óñ© © ²°°²
I was spozed to find out whwre in NLondon CostCo is wasn't I? Can't find
the booklet. they got a wibble, odds on it's www.costco.co.uk, or .com
I wonder what else I promised to do?
w.
There's one in Watford, near the M1 somewhere. Possibly Bushey.
--
Skipweasel...
Seize the moment. Remember all those on the 'Titanic' who waved
off the dessert cart.
Oh yeah, ta, there are a few within 50 miles of here but that's not near
enough. I also promised to look at Waitrose, but Leicestershire and the Wet
Mudlands are about as far North as they get.
>>>>CTHD: Yes, well worth 4 quid. Beautifully inventive stuff.
>>>
>>>Tisn't. It's a jolly good fillum, and serpently beautiful, but it's no
>>>more than a decent wires'n'chopsocky movie that made it big in the
>>>West. They've been making these films in Japan and China for about
>>>fifty years now.
Rilly? I heard that CTHD were a flop in China 'cos the chopsocky fans
din't like the fantasy and the happy-end peeps din't like the filosoffy.
That implies that it were a tad different from their usual stuff.
>Hunt yerself out a copy of "Drunken Master" or "The Legend of Fong Sai
>Yuk" (though that's a bit of a comedy) for more.
Where would one begin to hunt such?
=Tamar
>
>"Jaimie Vandenbergh" <jai...@usually.sessile.org> wrote in message
>>
>> Hunt yerself out a copy of "Drunken Master" or "The Legend of Fong Sai
>> Yuk" (though that's a bit of a comedy) for more.
>
>Blimey... The Drunken Master, or The Housemaid's Downfall...
This maid, she wears trousers?
>James? James be a sweetie-pie and resend me your emu addy as them all got
>lost in the wash again and I wish to whine to you.
Who is this James person of wot you speke, eh? I've tolled you about
that before... I'll flick your fangs, see if I don't. Anyhoo, the
address what you see above is both necessary and effective.
And nobody told _me_ that you hadn't gone home on Monday as planned, I
got a small pile of comics out special (inc. Watchmen) and then didn't
make it over again on Sunday, so I put them away again. Tch.
J
--
"You hear someone break into your home. You pull out your chainsaw
and crank it up. It makes its very distincive chainsaw noise; he
hears it. What criminal is going to stay in a house with someone
that crazy?" -- Home defence by Franklin Hummel r.a.sf.w
>Sorry W. we went round the house and gardins at least 3 times looking for
>people to say goodbye to, I fimk miss coj was hiding TAAW as she didn't want
>to come home. It was only when we'd set off to J's howse that we realised we
>hadn't seen you.
Ah, speaking of - rare piccy of Little Miss Coj in her natural
environment:
http:\\www.sessile.org\crap\cojlet.jpg
J
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, even if you are soggy
and hard to light.
>In article <b98shus05a8eo6a9j...@4ax.com>,
>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
>
>>>>>CTHD: Yes, well worth 4 quid. Beautifully inventive stuff.
>>>>
>>>>Tisn't. It's a jolly good fillum, and serpently beautiful, but it's no
>>>>more than a decent wires'n'chopsocky movie that made it big in the
>>>>West. They've been making these films in Japan and China for about
>>>>fifty years now.
>
>Rilly? I heard that CTHD were a flop in China 'cos the chopsocky fans
>din't like the fantasy and the happy-end peeps din't like the filosoffy.
>That implies that it were a tad different from their usual stuff.
Swhy I said "made it big in the west", innit.
Though actually I have no idea how well it did in China ectetera...
I'd be mildly surprised if it had flopped, though the wire-stunts
weren't up to much. The poignancy of the last quarter is very
HongKongie, they seem to go for that sort of thing.
>>Hunt yerself out a copy of "Drunken Master" or "The Legend of Fong Sai
>>Yuk" (though that's a bit of a comedy) for more.
>
>Where would one begin to hunt such?
Here to find reviews:
http://origins.colorado.edu/~kachun/hkdenver.shtml
Here to ohl: http://store.fivestarlaser.com/
J
--
Apatheism: The school of belief where one doesn't particularly
care if there is/are god(s).
Grin.
>
> And nobody told _me_ that you hadn't gone home on Monday as planned, I
> got a small pile of comics out special (inc. Watchmen) and then didn't
> make it over again on Sunday, so I put them away again. Tch.
>
That was one of the things I wanted to whine about. Three Jamesless days,
already?
Ah, but 'who' brp-brpped the back door, thrust discs into Malc's hands and
fled?
<grumble> and, come to that, who couldn't get em to load so put the wretched
thing on my computer and had themselves surgically attached to my keyboard?
<grump> and now who, no prizes for guessing, can't get her little character
(Elvish Druid with a touchy disposition and a big wolf) to do anything but
walk in circles or try to crawl up walls?
w
H! Good pic, but she still isn't getting one for Chrimbo !
BTW, IRTA \rap\toilet.jpg
Is there a special reason why you often hfrs Mictosoft slashes instead
of real ones, ArJaimie ? It eans I have to cut and paste and edit the
URL manually.
Nick
She also appears in the corner of www.users.zetnet.co.uk/gking/mayhem.jpg
Who was that young man who took so easily to ferrying Inky about?
Ooh, soz. Slap wrist, J. Finger habits from traversing DOS directory
structures (which is odd, cos I traverse unix ones far more often). I
shall try and use my right ring-finger from now on.
What browser are you using that doesn't autoconvert, then? More a
hindrance than a feature, I'd say "Be strict in what you serve, and
lenient in what you accept" and all that.
J
--
'The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human
mind to correlate all its contents' - H.P.Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu"
>
>"Jaimie Vandenbergh" <jai...@usually.sessile.org> wrote in message
>>
>> And nobody told _me_ that you hadn't gone home on Monday as planned, I
>> got a small pile of comics out special (inc. Watchmen) and then didn't
>> make it over again on Sunday, so I put them away again. Tch.
>>
>That was one of the things I wanted to whine about. Three Jamesless days,
>already?
>Ah, but 'who' brp-brpped the back door, thrust discs into Malc's hands and
>fled?
I was in the middle of making dinner - 25 minutes simmer, just enough
time to stop Malc from ringing up and whingeing about lack thereof
incessantly. Whoosh/drop/whoosh/stir.
><grumble> and, come to that, who couldn't get em to load so put the wretched
>thing on my computer and had themselves surgically attached to my keyboard?
Can't blame me for that - get Amynthas to ohl a arj CDrom for Malcolm,
his is somewhat ropy. You could have installed it to his PC across the
wetnurk from your arj CD drive, anyway.
><grump> and now who, no prizes for guessing, can't get her little character
>(Elvish Druid with a touchy disposition and a big wolf) to do anything but
>walk in circles or try to crawl up walls?
Heh. I've got Warcraft III and it's mucho fabbero than poncy AD&D 3rd
Edition games with 5frames/sec refresh... And it's only 1 CD too.
J (_a_i_m_i_e_, or I'll get the defanger snips out)
>w
>
>
--
"Choose the Dark Side... now why would I do a thing like that?"
-- Obi-Wan Renton
Scrape doesn't autoconvert.
Cor, I'd have gone if I'd known. I like seeing dancing troupes de-spotted.
Were there many dead ?
--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem
That's Rick, fiend of the Amynthas smallers. Nice bloke, though not at
all Sheddie. He's planning to join the Police, y'knaa.
J
--
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Sufficiently Advanced Technology"
No problems. Thort maybe it were some robot-avoidance technique :)
>What browser are you using that doesn't autoconvert, then? More a
>hindrance than a feature, I'd say "Be strict in what you serve, and
>lenient in what you accept" and all that.
Konqueror 2.2.2 it be.
Nick
>> What browser are you using that doesn't autoconvert, then? More a
>> hindrance than a feature, I'd say "Be strict in what you serve, and
>> lenient in what you accept" and all that.
>
> Scrape doesn't autoconvert.
Nor Galeon neither.
Rugrat
Oddly, from within Zimacs (which sure ain't M$) I can just click on it
and away it trots to the right place.
Talking of fillums...I've just watched The Stone Tape, the first bit of
which I saw thirty years ago. It was as good as I unforget.
Okay, Jim.
w.
Oh bliss... picture it... Only one step away from pipe band on skis.
w.
> Who was that young man who took so easily to ferrying Inky about?
I gather he goes by the name of Rick. "Hey, Rick" was shouted quite a bit.
>In article <ehg0iu4cjgc5mv4sa...@4ax.com>,
>Jaimie Vandenbergh <jai...@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
>>On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 09:29:12 +0000 (UTC), ni...@leverton.org (Nick
>>Leverton) wrote:
>>
>>>Is there a special reason why you often hfrs Mictosoft slashes instead
>>
>>Ooh, soz. Slap wrist, J. Finger habits from traversing DOS directory
>>structures (which is odd, cos I traverse unix ones far more often). I
>>shall try and use my right ring-finger from now on.
>
>No problems. Thort maybe it were some robot-avoidance technique :)
I dream of having a website worthy of robots, let alone one busy
enough to need avoidance...
>>What browser are you using that doesn't autoconvert, then? More a
>>hindrance than a feature, I'd say "Be strict in what you serve, and
>>lenient in what you accept" and all that.
>
>Konqueror 2.2.2 it be.
From other replies, looks like it's only IE that caters for the
backslash-disadvantaged. Tish and pish.
Have any of the other browsers got anything as handy as IE's "type in
the middle bit of www.bit.com, hit control-enter to fill in the rest"?
That's my favourite.
J
--
Seminars, n.:
From "semi" and "arse", hence, any half-assed discussion.
But not as we know it.
J
--
There are no normal people--only people you don't know very much about.
-- Nancy Lebovitz, rasfw
Jimmikins?
Anon 14th Cent.
> > Who was that young man who took so easily to ferrying Inky about?
>
> I gather he goes by the name of Rick. "Hey, Rick" was shouted quite a bit.
Rick. Sure ?
Rick Stein ?
--
®óñ© © ²°°²
> Rick. Sure ?
That Rick man's worth his weight in gold with kids.
Uh?
If you mean 'Lydia' she and I go back a long way. Poor lady now in
semi-retirement following the exploding cheddar cheese debacle.
w.
Cor, you got a recipe for cheddar cheese debacles? I reckon I might like them.
<series of chortles consequent upon pleasing mental imagery>
And, after all, what is a "step" to one on a bouncy castle ? Or skis, for
that matter ?
> >Who was that young man who took so easily to ferrying Inky about?
>
> That's Rick, fiend of the Amynthas smallers. Nice bloke, though not
> at all Sheddie. He's planning to join the Police, y'knaa.
He may grow into Sheddism. He could collect criminals "just in case" - seems
pretty sheddi to me.
Had she provided caviar on toast for the head of DT. department, and not
tuna, then she wouldn't be in semi-retirement today. (They hope the smell
will have lessened by Christmas.)
w.
w
>
A strange subject to be sure. Once you've explored the stick's
analogistic symbolism vis-a vis life's ups and downs, it's way of biting
you in the bum if you can't control it and the inevitability of the end of
the ride, what lessons can be drawn from the use and structure of this
shock-absorbed mono-crutch?
--
RonC
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man
not in possession of a good fortune is in want of
a shed.
We're back to Jaimiewaimiekins again, aren't we...
J (who quite likes just "Jay", actually)
--
"Frankly, I have no feelings towards penguins one way or the other"
- Arthur C. Clarke
>
Then the Wumpus returned, but in a diffrunt guise, and I
> wondered again whether she were upset by someone or something in ye
> shedde.
The Wumpus is 'always' gnashing her teeth over something or somebody. It is
being in a costant state of simmering resentment that keeps my spry and
active - and grey haired, and wrinkly and smoking like a chimbly pot.
Today's lucky winner is the stinker who bullied, yes, bullied, me into using
a snare and a delusion called Instant Messier, then sent 'back in ten mins'
and wasn't, despite protestations to the contrary.
Humph. Excuse me while I fume.
Incidentally, anybody, what is the snag with voice-mail??? Has anybody in
Wild B.Yonder ever got it to work? Voice mail server sounds dodgy to me -
especially if I haven't got one.
The Wumpus has been much missed. The Mystery of the
> Exploding Cheddar Cheese am an unfamiliar title to this reader of
> Miss Blyton's classic opi. Methinks perhaps therein lies a tale?
Just do not accept cheese on toast from anyone if you see a pink feather
embedded in bubbling topping.
>
> There are two theories to arguing with women.
> Neither one works.
Hmmm. That brings me to another reason for slow simmer. The man OTOC used,
when verbally backed into a corner, standard man's argument number 23 : 'if
you only thought logically for a moment....'
The Man OTOC was damn lucky not to get portable TV aerial rammed down his
throat.
w.