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Post by aubrey on Oct 20, 2016 17:00:29 GMT
Two days late, I'm afraid: Catherine Ringer (born 18 October 1957, Suresnes, France) is a French singer, musician, songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress, and co-founder of Les Rita Mitsouko. Ringer started her professional career on stage in the late 1970s in productions with Michael Lonsdale's Théâtre de Recherche Musicale as well as musical and dance productions. In 1976, she met the Argentine dancer and choreographer Marcia Moretto with whom she studied and also performed in various venues in Paris.[1] The hit song "Marcia Baila" was written as a tribute to Moretto after her death in 1981. On film, Ringer also performed in pornographic movies such as La Fessée (1976) and Body Love (1977).[2] In 1979, she met Fred Chichin with whom she founded and co-led the music group Les Rita Mitsouko. Ringer continued leading the group after Chichin's death in November, 2007. Here she is outsleazing Iggy (my mother loved this: two middle-aged people not acting their age):  |
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Post by ARENA on Oct 21, 2016 8:10:30 GMT
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2016 9:20:40 GMT
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan. Didn't he finish his life in a drug fuelled haze? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2016 9:25:43 GMT
Mandy Rice Davies. Born: 21 Oct 1944, Died: 18 Dec 2014
High class hooker who's antics along with Christine Keeler brought down MacMillan's government
Famous for the "He would say that, wouldn't he" riposte during a court case
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Post by aubrey on Oct 21, 2016 16:05:44 GMT
Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 – 25 July 1834) was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan. Didn't he finish his life in a drug fuelled haze? He took laudanum for depression, amongst other complaints (no Prozac back then, and no other painkillers). I don't know about "Haze"; he wrote some great works on it, and did some great lectures. He lived to be 61, which wasn't bad for someone so unhealthy. I have a theory that I will not be swayed from, that the Poppy became an emblem of WW1 because of its importance - to the soldiers - as a natural analgesic, and because poppies have for a long time been used as a symbol of sleep, and of eternal sleep. |
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Post by ARENA on Oct 22, 2016 7:52:53 GMT
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (born 22 October 1917), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. She and her elder sister Olivia de Havilland are two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s, at ages 94 and 96 respectively.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 8:59:53 GMT
Didn't he finish his life in a drug fuelled haze? He took laudanum for depression, amongst other complaints (no Prozac back then, and no other painkillers). I don't know about "Haze"; he wrote some great works on it, and did some great lectures. He lived to be 61, which wasn't bad for someone so unhealthy. I have a theory that I will not be swayed from, that the Poppy became an emblem of WW1 because of its importance - to the soldiers - as a natural analgesic, and because poppies have for a long time been used as a symbol of sleep, and of eternal sleep. I think it's much simpler, if you see the fields of Flanders with acres of wild poppies I think you will see why it was chosen I have tried and tried to replicate that by growing wild poppies in my garden, all without success. Sown seeds, bought potted plants, even pinched a blood red poppy plant from Flanders and that grew but the flowers are purple. Experts tell me that my soil is to rich and good, poppies need rough ground
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Post by aubrey on Oct 22, 2016 12:01:00 GMT
He took laudanum for depression, amongst other complaints (no Prozac back then, and no other painkillers). I don't know about "Haze"; he wrote some great works on it, and did some great lectures. He lived to be 61, which wasn't bad for someone so unhealthy. I have a theory that I will not be swayed from, that the Poppy became an emblem of WW1 because of its importance - to the soldiers - as a natural analgesic, and because poppies have for a long time been used as a symbol of sleep, and of eternal sleep. I think it's much simpler, if you see the fields of Flanders with acres of wild poppies I think you will see why it was chosen I have tried and tried to replicate that by growing wild poppies in my garden, all without success. Sown seeds, bought potted plants, even pinched a blood red poppy plant from Flanders and that grew but the flowers are purple. Experts tell me that my soil is to rich and good, poppies need rough ground
I told you, I won't be swayed from it.  But poppies were used as an analgesic for thousands of years before WW1, and the fact that there were so many of them made it especially likely that they were used that way by the soldiers in the trenches. The fact that they looked good was a bonus. |
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Post by sinistral on Oct 23, 2016 0:06:45 GMT
I have a theory that I will not be swayed from, that the Poppy became an emblem of WW1 because of its importance - to the soldiers - as a natural analgesic, and because poppies have for a long time been used as a symbol of sleep, and of eternal sleep. Good day to you all. I promised Arena that I would revisit here, though I doubt I will be a regular. If there is one thing this year has taught me, it's that time is precious and endless arguments a mug's game. Anyway, to the subject in hand. For those of you who will be 'swayed' here is some mildly interesting information. The Field Poppy, Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy, etc.....has the botanical name Papaver Rhoeas. It has little or no medical use though a cultivar, the Shirley Poppy will yield rhoeadine, an alkaline used as a mild sedative (not analgesic) Another member of the family is the Spanish Poppy, Papaver Rupifragum, which will produce morphine. The Journal of Forensic Sciences calculated that to get a 10mg dose of morphine one would need to consume 40grams of seed. That works out at five tablespoons, which I suppose would be possible if only Spanish Poppies grew in Northern France. The species needed to produce large quantities of analgesic drugs is, of course, Papaver Somniferum, the Opium Poppy. However, although it grows happily in Northern Europe the climate does not allow ripening of the seed heads. This is why the plant is grown commercially in countries like Afghanistan. Finally, if you think about it, even if the Field Poppy was medicinally viable, it would have been a foolhardy soldier who wandered into no man's land trying to pick poppy heads, only to get his b*ll*cks shot off! |
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Post by aubrey on Oct 23, 2016 7:29:31 GMT
Oh, soddit. Anthony Burgess reckons they used to use in in England as a free medicine, before WW1. But then again he reckoned a lot of things.
Hello, Sinistral. Your cat's still looking well.
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Post by ARENA on Oct 23, 2016 8:16:22 GMT
I have a theory that I will not be swayed from, that the Poppy became an emblem of WW1 because of its importance - to the soldiers - as a natural analgesic, and because poppies have for a long time been used as a symbol of sleep, and of eternal sleep. Good day to you all. I promised Arena that I would revisit here, though I doubt I will be a regular. If there is one thing this year has taught me, it's that time is precious and endless arguments a mug's game. Anyway, to the subject in hand. For those of you who will be 'swayed' here is some mildly interesting information. The Field Poppy, Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy, etc.....has the botanical name Papaver Rhoeas. It has little or no medical use though a cultivar, the Shirley Poppy will yield rhoeadine, an alkaline used as a mild sedative (not analgesic) Another member of the family is the Spanish Poppy, Papaver Rupifragum, which will produce morphine. The Journal of Forensic Sciences calculated that to get a 10mg dose of morphine one would need to consume 40grams of seed. That works out at five tablespoons, which I suppose would be possible if only Spanish Poppies grew in Northern France. The species needed to produce large quantities of analgesic drugs is, of course, Papaver Somniferum, the Opium Poppy. However, although it grows happily in Northern Europe the climate does not allow ripening of the seed heads. This is why the plant is grown commercially in countries like Afghanistan. Finally, if you think about it, even if the Field Poppy was medicinally viable, it would have been a foolhardy soldier who wandered into no man's land trying to pick poppy heads, only to get his b*ll*cks shot off! Hi Sin, nice to see you (your Siamese is not unlike ours) Re poppies . I live in an area where they grow in abundance. They tend to grow in areas where soil has been disturbed. For example, when I installed a new fosse at our old country house, poppies sprouted all along the newly dug pipe-line. You will see this on verges that have been disturbed. So that is why they grew at the trenches. |
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Post by ARENA on Oct 23, 2016 8:20:35 GMT
Diana Dors (23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as, "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."  |
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Post by lana on Oct 23, 2016 8:44:27 GMT
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (born 22 October 1917), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. She and her elder sister Olivia de Havilland are two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s, at ages 94 and 96 respectively. I'm afraid that information is out of date,Arena. Joan died in December 2013 aged 96. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_FontaineOlivia is still with us...she turned 100 on July the 1st of this year... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland |
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Post by aubrey on Oct 23, 2016 8:59:44 GMT
Remember? - I've got bloody American Pie in my head and I can't forget it. No idea where it came from. It is not a song I would willingly listen to.
Joan Fontaine... *sigh*
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2016 12:03:42 GMT
Diana Dors (23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as, "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva." The fabulous Di, not only a sex bomb but a brilliant chat show host in her later years when she didn't give a toss about anything or anybody. A self made woman because of her talent |
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