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From the webpage: "A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her." Bloody hell. The only thing missing is a marching band.chas wrote:There’s a wonderful recent movie called Winter’s Tale with Jessica Brown Findlay. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837709/?ref_=nv_sr_1
It has an okay story, but the cinematography is just a work of art.
I always think the dead of winter is a good time to revisit Dr. Zhivago. I don't know if any service streams it. I bought the DVD a few years back and have yet to watch it. It astounded me in theaters in the 70s. With my local weather man referring to the weather that is coming into Chicago in a couple of days as "Barbaric Cold" (even to the point of putting those words in the 7 day weather forecast graphic), perhaps this is the week.chas wrote:There’s a wonderful recent movie called Winter’s Tale with Jessica Brown Findlay. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1837709/?ref_=nv_sr_1
It has an okay story, but the cinematography is just a work of art.
A low of -26F (-32C) is forecast for Tuesday in my patch. Ever since I can remember, it's been a given that you're going to have at least a couple of days like that - nights, more likely - so so far I haven't heard anyone saying the sky is falling. If we have a week of days like that, that would be news; a week or so of single-digit subzero temps - not as much. What's news is the recent wild mood swings.busterbill wrote:With my local weather man referring to the weather that is coming into Chicago in a couple of days as "Barbaric Cold" (even to the point of putting those words in the 7 day weather forecast graphic)...
I think our meteorologist was having a very good time. Our lowest recorded temp at Chicago's Ohare airport is -27. I was 30 something and bundled up to take a walk with my roommates. Thirty years later I find myself thinking avoidance is an option. My son is in Duluth and my nephew in Montana. These temperatures are normal for them as they are for you. But for us lily-livered Chicagoans - 4 is a bit of a chill.Nanohedron wrote:busterbill wrote: Our forecasters usually use words like "extremely cold" or "dangerously cold". Perhaps we take "barbaric" too personally.
If our meteorologists can't have fun, where would we be?busterbill wrote:I think our meteorologist was having a very good time. Our lowest recorded temp at Chicago's Ohare airport is -27. I was 30 something and bundled up to take a walk with my roommates. Thirty years later I find myself thinking avoidance is an option. My son is in Duluth and my nephew in Montana. These temperatures are normal for them as they are for you. But for us lily-livered Chicagoans - 4 is a bit of a chill.Nanohedron wrote:Our forecasters usually use words like "extremely cold" or "dangerously cold". Perhaps we take "barbaric" too personally.
I went to college in Maine. Every winter there were a couple of stretches when it wouldn't get above zero (F) for a week or two, and when it got up to 20, we all had our parkas open. I saw 30 below one winter. That's COLD.busterbill wrote: I think our meteorologist was having a very good time. Our lowest recorded temp at Chicago's Ohare airport is -27. I was 30 something and bundled up to take a walk with my roommates. Thirty years later I find myself thinking avoidance is an option. My son is in Duluth and my nephew in Montana. These temperatures are normal for them as they are for you. But for us lily-livered Chicagoans - 4 is a bit of a chill.
And there's me thinking that, because you used "A" and not "The", you were referencing "A Winter's Tale" - the mushy, sentimental song by David Essex.Nanohedron wrote:That's two votes for the burglar. When I titled this thread I was loosely referencing Shakespeare, and didn't know about anything else. A little further looking today, and I find that his play is instead titled "The Winter's Tale". One word makes all the difference.
"Bone-breaking" is the word I use for such cold; thank goodness for insulation and central heating. Last night in honor of the impending temperature crash I watched a documentary, The Tundra Book, and I don't know how the Chukchis do it. For most of their year it's the deep-freeze, and they live in tents, fercryinoutloud. There's a limit to how much tradition I can romanticize.chas wrote:Nano, you're looking at close to 50 below wind chill Wednesday morning. That's PAINFUL! Buster's looking at 40 below wind chill.
You haven't lived until you've seen coeds in only lace tops and miniskirts, and young men in only jeans and T shirts, trying desperately to hail a cab in downtown MPLS when it's 9F (-13C) on New Year's Eve. And you see it every year. Those folks are obviously not from here, where we value our lives and layering itself is fashion. It's why we have cloakrooms.chas wrote:I know I don't need to remind y'all long-time residents, but bundle up!
I'll look it up later when I have the stomach.benhall.1 wrote:And there's me thinking that, because you used "A" and not "The", you were referencing "A Winter's Tale" - the mushy, sentimental song by David Essex.
I just checked it out. Horrible. I'd only known him from "Rock on" and "War of the Worlds," both of which were way better than that.benhall.1 wrote: And there's me thinking that, because you used "A" and not "The", you were referencing "A Winter's Tale" - the mushy, sentimental song by David Essex.