Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[outragous76]

Do you remember they also used to show Kabaddi, I loved watching this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaddi

Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi


Geo

I did my school English talk on Kabaddi once.  Used to watch it every week.  I'm pretty sure there was a UK league started up shortly afterwards.

Pretty sure the UK women are/were world Kabbadi champions (in recent years)

[Redsgirl]

Reason for alias: It's the name of a town-land near where I used to live in Ireland.

Age: 42

Occupation: Domestic Engineer

Location: Leicester for now.  USA asap.

Dream Job: Marine Mammal rehabilitation here...  http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/

Person you would be reincarnated as:  Nadia Comaneci

Fave comfort food:  Fresh bread, just out of the oven, with butter and jam.

Imaginary super power: Mind reader

I thought Laxie was your real name!
I've noticed a few people have chosen mind reading as a power. Why? What would you do with it?
IMO, its difficult enough making sense out of what people choose to say out loud without having to listen to what they really think! So, reasoning behind this choice?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207201/

Lol at this, Women spend 90% of their time explaining to men what they want and how they feel about any and every subject in exquisite detail, and do they listen?

And Rod, Laxie's mind reading was scary enough, but making people tell the truth? Carnage

[millidonk]

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I probably only watch 2 films per week now which is pretty appalling for me really! Once a friend and I went to the cinema and watched 5 films in 1 day, that was fun, although one of them was Mickey Blue eyes with Hugh Grant which was absolutely terrible, ...

My and my ex and my sister and her ex all used to have Cineworld membership which gave unlimited cinema trips - for about 3 years the 4 of us watched almost every film that was released. It was pretty awesome even if it did mean you had to sit through a fair bit of mediocrity. Film Critic definitely goes in the 'pretty cushty' box of career options - definitely a good choice for 'dream job'.

Yea I had one for Cineworld when I lived in Bedford, incred value. I used to abs love going to the cinema, then when I started getting a bit older, all the youths tilted the life out of me, people just don't seem to respect the flicks anymore, they sit there talking, playing games on their phone, messing around, the movies should be respected! HOWEVER, I recently discovered this little beauty below n Woodhall Spa which is pretty much equidistant to the Odeon in the centre of Lincoln (which I hate). It has restored my love of the cinema again.

Organ player
Half time break for milkshakes/ice creams
109yr old ticket tout guy
steeped in history
Hooks to hang your coats
Cheap
Cinema heaven!



Other cinema experiences:

Went to the premiere of "Independence Day" (My uncle won tickets through Empire magazine and took me for my birthday) was incred!
Saw Avatar in New York, people clapped at the end which I liked, although you get dry popcorn and there were two dispensers to pour your own toppings, I went with butter but it was awful. Give me toffee popcorn anyday.

Always good to hear from another film fan. Top 3 films of the last 12 months?

[Rod Paradise]

Reason for alias: It's the name of a town-land near where I used to live in Ireland.

Age: 42

Occupation: Domestic Engineer

Location: Leicester for now.  USA asap.

Dream Job: Marine Mammal rehabilitation here...  http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/

Person you would be reincarnated as:  Nadia Comaneci

Fave comfort food:  Fresh bread, just out of the oven, with butter and jam.

Imaginary super power: Mind reader

I thought Laxie was your real name!
I've noticed a few people have chosen mind reading as a power. Why? What would you do with it?
IMO, its difficult enough making sense out of what people choose to say out loud without having to listen to what they really think! So, reasoning behind this choice?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207201/

Lol at this, Women spend 90% of their time explaining to men what they want and how they feel about any and every subject in exquisite detail, and do they listen?

And Rod, Laxie's mind reading was scary enough, but making people tell the truth? Carnage

Oh yeah, and I'd be MEAN 

[Jon MW]

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I probably only watch 2 films per week now which is pretty appalling for me really! Once a friend and I went to the cinema and watched 5 films in 1 day, that was fun, although one of them was Mickey Blue eyes with Hugh Grant which was absolutely terrible, ...

My and my ex and my sister and her ex all used to have Cineworld membership which gave unlimited cinema trips - for about 3 years the 4 of us watched almost every film that was released. It was pretty awesome even if it did mean you had to sit through a fair bit of mediocrity. Film Critic definitely goes in the 'pretty cushty' box of career options - definitely a good choice for 'dream job'.

Yea I had one for Cineworld when I lived in Bedford, incred value. I used to abs love going to the cinema, then when I started getting a bit older, all the youths tilted the life out of me, people just don't seem to respect the flicks anymore, they sit there talking, playing games on their phone, messing around, the movies should be respected! HOWEVER, I recently discovered this little beauty below n Woodhall Spa which is pretty much equidistant to the Odeon in the centre of Lincoln (which I hate). It has restored my love of the cinema again.

Organ player
Half time break for milkshakes/ice creams
109yr old ticket tout guy
steeped in history
Hooks to hang your coats
Cheap
Cinema heaven!



Other cinema experiences:

Went to the premiere of "Independence Day" (My uncle won tickets through Empire magazine and took me for my birthday) was incred!
Saw Avatar in New York, people clapped at the end which I liked, although you get dry popcorn and there were two dispensers to pour your own toppings, I went with butter but it was awful. Give me toffee popcorn anyday.

Always good to hear from another film fan. Top 3 films of the last 12 months?

3 might be tricky, money seems tight in the film industry at the moment - and it shows.

To me, The Hunger Games and Les Miserables* stand out primarily because of how well they've been adapted. I wouldn't include the Hobbit (part 1) because even if it counts as a good film it's a children's book that's been filmed as if it's an 'epic' - which makes it a pretty poor adaptation.

As well as seeing a lot less cinema these days - I also have a ridiculously bad memory, so without thinking about it too deeply there's a distinct chance I've missed something 'obvious'.


*Les Miserables standing out as being one of the handful of films I've watched in a British cinema which has elicited a round of applause at the end of it.

[RED-DOG]

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I probably only watch 2 films per week now which is pretty appalling for me really! Once a friend and I went to the cinema and watched 5 films in 1 day, that was fun, although one of them was Mickey Blue eyes with Hugh Grant which was absolutely terrible, ...

My and my ex and my sister and her ex all used to have Cineworld membership which gave unlimited cinema trips - for about 3 years the 4 of us watched almost every film that was released. It was pretty awesome even if it did mean you had to sit through a fair bit of mediocrity. Film Critic definitely goes in the 'pretty cushty' box of career options - definitely a good choice for 'dream job'.

Yea I had one for Cineworld when I lived in Bedford, incred value. I used to abs love going to the cinema, then when I started getting a bit older, all the youths tilted the life out of me, people just don't seem to respect the flicks anymore, they sit there talking, playing games on their phone, messing around, the movies should be respected! HOWEVER, I recently discovered this little beauty below n Woodhall Spa which is pretty much equidistant to the Odeon in the centre of Lincoln (which I hate). It has restored my love of the cinema again.

Organ player
Half time break for milkshakes/ice creams
109yr old ticket tout guy
steeped in history
Hooks to hang your coats
Cheap
Cinema heaven!



Other cinema experiences:

Went to the premiere of "Independence Day" (My uncle won tickets through Empire magazine and took me for my birthday) was incred!
Saw Avatar in New York, people clapped at the end which I liked, although you get dry popcorn and there were two dispensers to pour your own toppings, I went with butter but it was awful. Give me toffee popcorn anyday.

Always good to hear from another film fan. Top 3 films of the last 12 months?

Wow! The Cinema in the Woods looks fantastic. Deffo gonna take Mrs Red to see something romantic.

Most people on here wont be old enough to remember, but the cinema experience in my day was really something.

The usherette used to show you to your seat in the stalls, pausing to tread on an errant fag-end and batter unruly kids about the head with her torch as she went.

Or you could sit in the circle. Big plush seats way up in the Gods, with only a blue haze of rising cigarette smoke and the soft clunk of flash-light on cranium to remind you of the rabble below.

The programme would start with the Rank adverts. Pa paaa pa paaa pa paaa pa pa paaaaa... Proper classy ads they were too. Mini masterpieces in their own right.

Then came the Supporting film, a a full length movie just to get you in the mood.

Then, the intermission. a half hour break in which you queue in the aisle to buy a small tub of vanilla ice cream and a wooden spoon, a Kia-Ora orange drink, or a few spare packets of fags in case you ran out.

Then, when everyone was fully primed, they would show the main feature, which everyone watched in silent and respectful awe.

When the lights came up we would file out, chattering excitedly about what we had just seen. Then you had to wait an entire week for the programme to change.

Magic!

[bobAlike]

I remember those days Tom. The atmosphere was going on eclectic.

I remember watching a film in the late 70'/early 80's about Ska music and everyone got up and started dancing at the front of the cinema. I also remember sneeking in to watch an x-rated b-movie and was quite disturbed to see loads of old men in long macs.

[millidonk]

@ Jon, I wasn't a massive fan of Les Mis tbh but I did enjoy the hunger games.

Fwiw, my fav films of the last 12 months Rust & Bone (a must watch even if you don't like foreign films),  End of watch and Life of Pi in that order.


@Red, The Kinema in the woods is incred! Apart from the smoking it is as exactly as you describe. Has renewed my love for cinema. So so good! I believe it is the only example of rear projection still used in the UK.

a nice little article: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6373

[Rod Paradise]

Red, you being polite and not mentioning the back row of double seats? When I went to college in Coventry, and started dating a local girl, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the cinema had a row

[RED-DOG]

Red, you being polite and not mentioning the back row of double seats? When I went to college in Coventry, and started dating a local girl, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the cinema had a row

Oooh! How could I omit the back row doubles! (Do I need a question mark for a rhetorical question?)


Speaking of those, what about these?

Click to see full-size image.

[Rod Paradise]

Red, you being polite and not mentioning the back row of double seats? When I went to college in Coventry, and started dating a local girl, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the cinema had a row

Oooh! How could I omit the back row doubles! (Do I need a question mark for a rhetorical question?)


Speaking of those, what about these?

Click to see full-size image.

No good, no cup holder and the popcorn would go everywhere.......

[RED-DOG]

So many good players prowling around, waiting for the cash games to start.


The card room feels like a clearing in the jungle, and I feel like a goat,  tethered to a stake.

[Junior Senior]

Reason for alias: Japanese term from sumo that means 'giant killing' (literally means gold star). If a lower-ranked rikishi (sumo wrestler) beats a champion, he gets a kinboshi.  Every tournament he competes in after then he gets a stipend for that kinboshi.

Age: 38.

Location: Usually in front of my computer, or running around the National Forest in South Derbyshire.

Dream job: The Pope (imagine the chaos I could cause!)

Reincarnated as: Leonardo da Vinci

Super power: Telekinesis, or maybe the ability to hit rivers like Mitch.
 

Do you remember when sumo wrestling had a regular spot on Channel 4 Dan? We made ourselves a ring in the middle of a field and held our own ' Basho' (Is that the correct word?)

It was going great until one of the lads threw a big handful of salt into his opponent's eyes and caused a real fight.

Do you remember they also used to show Kabaddi, I loved watching this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaddi

Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi


Geo

Lol. Yes I remember it well. We used to join in with the chant.

Did you ever see that game where two teams on horseback competed for possession of a dead goat?

It was axed fairly quickly. (the show, not the goat.)

I was once in Macdonalds in Romford with my ex girlfriend and this asian fella came and sat n the table opposite with his two kids. He was wearing a full tracksuit and embroidered on the top was his name, and the words 'UK Kabaddi Team - Captain'.

Yes, i did ask for his autograph and no i don't still have it but wish i did. Story checked out at the time iirc.

[Junior Senior]

Reason for alias: Japanese term from sumo that means 'giant killing' (literally means gold star). If a lower-ranked rikishi (sumo wrestler) beats a champion, he gets a kinboshi.  Every tournament he competes in after then he gets a stipend for that kinboshi.

Age: 38.

Location: Usually in front of my computer, or running around the National Forest in South Derbyshire.

Dream job: The Pope (imagine the chaos I could cause!)

Reincarnated as: Leonardo da Vinci

Super power: Telekinesis, or maybe the ability to hit rivers like Mitch.
 

Do you remember when sumo wrestling had a regular spot on Channel 4 Dan? We made ourselves a ring in the middle of a field and held our own ' Basho' (Is that the correct word?)

Yes, the 'basho' is the tournament (love that word and that it's onomatopoeic for English speakers!), and the ring where the bout is held is a dohyo.

It was going great until one of the lads threw a big handful of salt into his opponent's eyes and caused a real fight.

 The salt throwing thing at the start of each bout is a ceremonial thing.  Most of them just grab a little and give it little thought. There was one sumo from Mito-shi (the nearest city to where I lived in Japan) called Mitoizumi.  Anyway, he was nicknamed the 'Salt-shaker' (according to wikipedia this name was given by British fans who watched it on Channel 4, but I remember hearing it in Japan as well, but it might well be accurate).  The reason being is that he'd grab a massive handful of salt and launch it into the air - much to the delight of the crowd.

I went to watch Sumo quite a few times when I was in Japan, and it was great entertainment.  As well as being very large blokes who can eat and drink a lot, they are also extremely strong  and often very flexible as well.  One of my favourite sumos from the time I was out there was called Kaio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai%C5%8D_Hiroyuki).  He was known for his strength and the strength of his grip. He got hold of your belt and you weren't shaking him off, much like a pit bull.  His party trick was getting hold of a nashi which is a Japanese pear but is round and looks like a very large apple, and then crushing it in his hand.  He was also a bit like Jimmy White, as he was probably the best sumo never to make it to Grand Champion (yokozuna) status.

I was reading some stuff about Japanese culture, etiquette and such recently. It went quite a way to explaining why we often see them as rude and vice versa.

Onomatopoeic is a new word for me. I like it.

Look out for experimental usage in the coming weeks.

Whoooosh!

[Karabiner]

My golf diet is going swimmingly well BTW just in case you were interested despite you trying to lead me astray by forcing me to consume my entire rib of beef last weekend in three sittings, one hot and two cold avec baked potato etc.

I was a chubby12st.6lbs. before I played nine holes on both Monday and Wednesday but am down to an almost svelte 12st.4lbs.since. The next hole on my Vegas belt is beckoning.

Do you remember that skinny young blond kid who used to play the Walsall £300 tourneys when we did Tom? He looked about sixteen and played very well. I seem to remember you telling me that you thought he was from Manchester.

I had always assumed that he was an under-aged Dan Morgan.