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[David Whipp]

Off piste... another gesture of my Dad's, was to use a 'V' for victory sign to acknowledge acquaintances met on the road.

Why he didn't just wave his hand? I think all the younger members of the family used to cringe...

I hate to think what reaction of road rage it would cause nowadays!

[PanBiker]

The victory sign was given in reverse more often than not I think, but I can see your point. Nowadays it would probably get the "single finger" back and a whole lot more!

[Bruff]

I noticed a scene in Peaky Blinders (which I think is excellent and lots of it filmed in Liverpool) where a chap walked down the road and every other chap touched their caps as an acknowledgement.

Whenever I'm out and a hearse comes along I stop and give a short bow, or remove my hat/cap if I'm wearing it. Someone did that in Barlick when we were taking my dad to Skipton crematorium the other year by the roundabout at Gisburn Road school. I would like to thank him.

Richard Broughton

[Stanley]

I wear a hat and still use it to show respect. All right, I am antediluvian because of my age but it is a useful mark of respect. Ladies go all aquiver these days if you lift your hat to them.... Especially a proper hat like the Akubra Pastoralist! (LINK)
I had two hours of Moseley, 'Trust me I'm a Doctor' and 'Pain, Pus and Poison'.

[David Whipp]

Caught most of Pain, Pus and Poison (when I got home, the TV was playing to an empty room. I turned it on to PP&P only for Alison to turn up five minutes later declaring that she was watching the other side. I refrained from commenting that that was an oxymoron - for fear of misinterpretation - and enlisted Tom's support for the highly educational and entertaining exposition on anti-biotics and vaccines. Good stuff. Alison watched her prog on +1.)

[Bruff]

I tend to wear a brown, felt flat cap I bought some years back in a bespoke hat shop on the Ile de la Cite in Paris. One of those quite moulded jobs. I think it's great and so does the wife; mother thinks it's too big and the milliner didn't know what she was doing! I've always wanted a proper beret (preferable the broader Basque style), and have promised myself the next time I'm in France and spot a proper job, I'll pick one up.

I also have a black, fleeced hat I picked up nearly 20-years ago in a fishing shop in Padstow. That is really warm, even in the coldest of winds and driving rain etc.

Richard Broughton

[Stanley]

Richard, I have to admit I have a thing about hats. I have more than you could poke a stick at. Don't know why and it doesn't bother me. The hat I remember best is the genuine Russian Army fur hat I had complete with cap badge. Left it in a taxi in London and have always regretted it....

[David Whipp]

Finally managed to watch last week's episode of Homeland - immediately before this week's programme. Kept me awake...

[Tripps]

I stumbled across this late last night. Found it fascinating - History. Feminism, Health, Medicine, Religion - fascinating.
Shame it was on so late. Well worth a look. Medieval Lives

[Stanley]

I watched it David, some good stuff on BBC4....
On radio 4, don't miss the Reith Lectures. First is at 09:00 this morning. Grayson Perry on art. First time a Reith lecture has been given by a man in a frock, I wonder of Lord Reith is spinning in his grave. But I like GP and from the trails I have heard his lectures are going to be perceptive and funny. I shall be glued to the set!

[Stanley]

Had two hours of Moseley last night, 'Trust Me I'm a Doctor' on BBC2 and the last part of 'Pain, Pus and Poison' on BBC4. Interesting and informative programmes and the bit that got my attention was that the Botulism Toxin is the most poisonous substance known. I survived Botulism in 1955 and watching the programme last night brought home to me what a lucky lad I was. I was in the military hospital in Hanover for about five weeks. I remember nothing about getting there from Berlin and the treatment was starvation. As far as I can make out all they could do was keep me hydrated and the only food I got was a couple of digestive biscuits a day. As the doctors said afterwards, my immune system and my own body was what brought me through. One of them told me as I left that he wished he had my antibodies as I was just about bullet-proof to any form of food-poisoning. And all because of a manky NAAFI meat pie! Fascinating....

[David Whipp]

Ah, all that botox explains Stanley's handsome looks!

[Stanley]

I've always suspected that that is the reason....

[Nolic]

I'll be recording this series which is recommended by Paul Blinkhorn ex Time Team http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cpjrd ... ost-chapel Nolic

[Stanley]

Blinkhorn is a good man. He never succumbed to the outbreak of presenter-itis that spoiled Time Team in later years.

[Stanley]

Moseley (Trust me, I'm a doctor) was good last night. He is a sensible man! The following programme about the fall in the birth rate in Japan was fascinating. Well worth seeking it out if you missed it. Amazing how their mind set is so totally different than ours.

[Stanley]

I watched 'The Cruel Sea' again last night, I recorded it the other day. Still a wonderful film. I remember when it first came out, a bloke called Jack Brannan lived next door but one to us on Napier Road, Heaton Moor. He was manager of the Odeon Cinema at Didsbury and told us that they had to have St John's Ambulance men on duty as so many of the audience were suffering from nausea caused by watching the scenes out at sea.

[Stanley]

Jack Batley popped up on my screen last night during the programme on how to build a jet engine....

[Stanley]

Enjoyed the BBC4 programme on Coal last night and it got even better when Paul Robeson sang Joe Hill to off-shift miners in the canteen.

[Tripps]

It was announced last week, with a bit of a flourish, that the Court of Appeal was to be televised. I'd like to watch some of this - as a useful counterbalance to Judge Judy - but have been unable to discover where it is available. Does anyone know?

[PanBiker]

From what I can see Tripps it looks like the filmed content can be used in news reports and the like. I cant see anything that suggests a regular slot on any particular TV channel. BBC, ITV and Sky all have a finger in the technology which I think was developed by Sky News. 70 second delay for any live feeds to screen out contentious or contemptible material at the behest of the presiding judge.

[Nolic]

BBC 1 has another short series of dramas - Moving On - starting next week. Its mid afternoon but well worth recording. Usually very good stories with known actors all around changes. Nolic

[Tripps]

From what I can see Tripps it looks like the filmed content can be used in news reports and the like. I cant see anything that suggests a regular slot on any particular TV channel. BBC, ITV and Sky all have a finger in the technology which I think was developed by Sky News. 70 second delay for any live feeds to screen out contentious or contemptible material at the behest of the presiding judge.

Yes - that's the conclusion I came to. Quite disappointing - I thought it might be similar to the Parliament channel (81) . Looks like 'they' still don't trust us, and will filter what we watch . Ah well - the chess World Championship starts on Saturday from Chennai - which is Madras in old money. An Indian versus a Norwegian. That will probably be as much excitement as would be wise for me at the moment.

[Stanley]

You never know David, It can be a violent game! Have a look at this LINK. I remember reading once about a player who broke his back while playing.....

[Wendyf]

Just caught up with this series in which Julian Richards revisits his "Meet the Ancestors" programmes. Fascinating stuff about Iron age burials, but the thing that caught my attention was the Iron age harness, and a wonderfully preserved "bit" identical to the snaffle bit still used today.
LINK