What made you smile today? Part III
Mar 14th 2019, 3:35 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
We did a similar thing soaking newspapers in unleaded to start a fire for a film my mate was making years ago. Worked surprisingly well.
Now what wasn't fun, since apart from having a small part, I was mainly assigned to 'sound and lighting' was having to stand there holding a foil plate with a lit firelighter on it to give a 'firelight' lighting effect for the scene. Looking back that probably wasn't very safe to breathe in
Now what wasn't fun, since apart from having a small part, I was mainly assigned to 'sound and lighting' was having to stand there holding a foil plate with a lit firelighter on it to give a 'firelight' lighting effect for the scene. Looking back that probably wasn't very safe to breathe in
Mar 14th 2019, 5:08 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Nutek
Oh I dunno… It's cos kids these days don't breath in firelighters and burning tyres that they all get allergies.
. I did that when I was 25 and I was a smoker at the time anyway, so I'd already been putting similar kind of shite in my lungs for the previous 9 years.
Mar 14th 2019, 5:15 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Well I never breathed in either as a kid and I'm not allergic to anything .
I did that when I was 25 and I was a smoker at the time anyway, so I'd already been putting similar kind of shite in my lungs for the previous 9 years.
.I did that when I was 25 and I was a smoker at the time anyway, so I'd already been putting similar kind of shite in my lungs for the previous 9 years.
Mar 14th 2019, 6:50 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Lion in Winter
What, you mean Henry Kissinger was not a force for peace in the world?
Why he was there, God only knows...... We got back on the road through he Atlas mountains to Marrakech.... late. He cost me dinner
Mar 14th 2019, 7:19 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
No, I didn't see that one. The guy in the still there looks like Mac from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia has reached his final form 
I'll check the video out properly later, best not to watch it here in work ...
I'll check the video out properly later, best not to watch it here in work ...
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Red diesel. That's another classically Irish thing, isn't it? Is that like the big tankers full of 'None of your business, f eck off' that would run through Crossmaglen in the wee hours of the morning?
I'd guess "the boys" would have been into it in a big way up around the border - easy money. I hate to think how much HMRC contributed to "the cause"
Mar 14th 2019, 7:25 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by caretaker
Made me smile a little, on my German side.
Mar 14th 2019, 7:26 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by macliam
Only a 4x10 minute taster, supposed to drum up funds for a real TV series. Good though.... and a great Mrs Doyle moment....
Originally Posted by macliam
That's yer man! Untaxed agricultural diesel, dyed red so as to prevent its misuse - so every townland had a wideboy who knew how to clean it up. Honest!
I'd guess "the boys" would have been into it in a big way up around the border - easy money. I hate to think how much HMRC contributed to "the cause"
I'd guess "the boys" would have been into it in a big way up around the border - easy money. I hate to think how much HMRC contributed to "the cause"
I wasn't a culchie myself, so the only red stuff we had was the red lead primer my dad used on the our front gate. Great days.
Mar 14th 2019, 10:54 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by caretaker
I'm getting a laugh out of the Dad's Army episodes I hadn't seen; the ones bearing Dutch subtitles. For free, I'll take what's out there.
Mar 14th 2019, 10:58 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Nutek
Most of them are on YouTube if you don’t have access to them on Netflix.
Mar 14th 2019, 11:13 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by caretaker
It's the youtube ones I'm on, no hava Netflix :-(.
Mar 15th 2019, 2:00 pm
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Re: What made you smile today? Part III
Originally Posted by Nutek
Some Mothers Do Ave Em
