Notices by Fitheach (fitheach@mstdn.io), page 32

@RunningInCircles
Your photos look great.

Was there just snow on the tops?
Our snow turned to slush this morning, and is now gone. Suddenly got much milder and wetter (grrrr).

@alysonsee
I've only just discovered halloumi. I've known about it for yonks, never eaten until a few days ago. It is similar to feta, but has this interesting property of going rubbery (in a nice way) when cooked.

It went well with my garlic roasted chicken, which I had for lunch. I will need to experiment with other dishes. I can see cheese & tomato would go well together.

Reading about halloumi suggests that it would be an easy cheese to make at home.

@kensanata
Thanks.
The photographer's not bad either.

@kinosocial
The film tries to be funny, but doesn't achieve it. Huston made some of my favourite films, including Asphalt Jungle & The Maltese Falcon. Many of his films included humorous (witty) dialogue, but not comedy. Ultimately the director is responsible for the finished product, although I'm sure I'd read Capote was the major writer for Devil.

You're right about Capote & Tiffanys, his novella had a different Mr Yunioshi.

@wim_v12e
Jennifer Jones was the best thing in the movie, Gina Lollobrigida a close second. Lorre didn't have enough screen time. During the Arabia scene I was cringing.

@kinosocial

@Fritillaria2
So, is that why it is called birdsite?

@kinosocial
Just so happened I watched Beat the Devil two months ago, as a #FridayFilm

https://mstdn.io/@fitheach/100690884698401445

Reportedly Humphrey Bogart wanted to make the film as it gave him a chance to poke fun at some of his iconic roles. Bogart & director John Huston were best of friends.

@wim_v12e @toro
Aviemore area, was it?

Welcome back. Looking forward to hearing about the DVDs, as well.

@vfrmedia
Apropos fat darts players

The story of how Dexys Midnight Runners ended up using a photo of Jocky Wilson as backdrop on ToTP, when performing their song "Jackie Wilson".

https://technotik.co.uk/2010/04/07/taking-the-myth-out-of-dexys-midnight-runners-part-one-jockie-wilson/

RIP Jocky

@vfrmedia
Pub tradition since the dawn of time, I should think.

Fat guys swilling beer, what do you think is going to happen?

@gemlog @jamie
I'd wholeheartedly recommend Borg backup. Not GUI, but very easy to use.

I had a home-knitted solution using hard-links. Borg is about 10-20 times faster than my own solution. On servers I have Borg run by cron. On my laptop, I have Borg included in a shutdown script, once the backup is complete the system halts.

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io

@wim_v12e
In the modern age there is no such thing as bad weather[1], just inappropriate clothing.

[1] Hurricanes etc. excepted

@kensanata