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Old 17-01-2016, 21:28
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Sadly not but I plundered my way home and have many chests of treasure to share!
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:33
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Morning all .

Happy Birthday tk hope you get spoilt and enjoy the rest too.

Hope everyone is ok and Moose's move is going well too.

No snow my end as yet just very cold. I see planets has some viking friends to play with .. whilst I loved the pic of Rollo .. before Scarlet broke him that is .. I'm not into the bloodiness of it all. Maybe if they did a Mr Viking ala Miss World type show then I think I could get on board with that.

Leaving hot cross buns .. yes already in the shops along with cream eggs .. butter and a flask of tea.

I bought some hot crossed buns on Dec 23rd. It was my way of rejecting Christams tyranny. But it does beg the question; Why can you buy hot crossed buns pretty well all year round but once they have sold off stocks, mInce pies vanish soon after Christmas.

Anyone watching War and Peace or is it too avant garde and contemporary for you guys?
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:33
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Sadly not but I plundered my way home and have many chests of treasure to share!
hoorah! *slaps Twass's back* drink up drink up .....
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:34
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I bought some hot crossed buns on Dec 23rd. It was my way of rejecting Christams tyranny. But it does beg the question; Why can you buy hot crossed buns pretty well all year round but once they have sold off stocks, mInce pies vanish soon after Christmas.

Anyone watching War and Peace or is it too avant garde and contemporary for you guys?
I'm watching War and Peace ! what do you think of it?
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:36
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THREAD WALL!!!

Looking forward to hearing all about the fjording tk

It's a long row home Twass i've got half a pig on the spit and some ale for you....
Woo woo. *drools* I am coming round to this Viking thing. Can we have cider istead of ale?
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:37
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Woo woo. *drools* I am coming round to this Viking thing. Can we have cider istead of ale?
of course!!! (i tend to have gin and tonic rather than ale )
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:38
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I am LOVING War and Peace. This is a fabulous adaptation. Pierre is brilliant!
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:38
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of course!!! (i tend to have gin and tonic rather than ale )
Me too. Don't tell the Aesir
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:39
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I'm watching War and Peace ! what do you think of it?
Would it make me a philistine to say not a lot. They seem to have knocked some of its stuffing out. It doesn't seem as meaty as the old one which I saw on DVD ( think it was made in the 70's and you need to set aside a whole weekend to watch it.

I enjoyed the all day radio version they did last year but this isn't holding my attention for some reason. I kepp finding myself up and pottering about.
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:39
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I am LOVING War and Peace. This is a fabulous adaptation. Pierre is brilliant!
i loved Denisov's dance!!
can't stand Dolokhov
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:40
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I am LOVING War and Peace. This is a fabulous adaptation. Pierre is brilliant!
Whoops must be me then. Maybe my head is too full of other stuff to engage properly.
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:41
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i loved Denisov's dance!!
can't stand Dolokhov
I wanted Natasha to accept him. Yes DOlokhov is vile!!
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:41
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of course!!! (i tend to have gin and tonic rather than ale )
I am not sure you can have a poncy drink like G&T and claim to be a viking Planets. You need something you can quaff from a flagon and swing about when in your cups.
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:42
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Whoops must be me then. Maybe my head is too full of other stuff to engage properly.
We will all have our own opinions on it I guess An. Did you watch the old series from the 70s?
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:42
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Would it make me a philistine to say not a lot. They seem to have knocked some of its stuffing out. It doesn't seem as meaty as the old one which I saw on DVD ( think it was made in the 70's and you need to set aside a whole weekend to watch it.

I enjoyed the all day radio version they did last year but this isn't holding my attention for some reason. I kepp finding myself up and pottering about.
i'm torn.... i'm finding it not Russian enough
it's more like Jane AUstin in Baltic Palaces
It looks gorgeous and there are characters i like but as I said it's very Jane Austiny rather than Tolstoy....
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:43
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I am not sure you can have a poncy drink like G&T and claim to be a viking Planets. You need something you can quaff from a flagon and swing about when in your cups.
*pours g&t hastily into a horn* SKOL!!
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:43
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i'm torn.... i'm finding it not Russian enough
it's more like Jane AUstin in Baltic Palaces
It looks gorgeous and there are characters i like but as I said it's very Jane Austiny rather than Tolstoy....
You are quite right but I still love it
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:44
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I am not sure you can have a poncy drink like G&T and claim to be a viking Planets. You need something you can quaff from a flagon and swing about when in your cups.
i have a flagon of gin and tonic it's wet january after all

vikings are more sophisticated than people give them credit for
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:45
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We will all have our own opinions on it I guess An. Did you watch the old series from the 70s?

Yes I did. Got it on DVD a few years back.

i'm torn.... i'm finding it not Russian enough
it's more like Jane AUstin in Baltic Palaces
It looks gorgeous and there are characters i like but as I said it's very Jane Austiny rather than Tolstoy....
Thats exactly it. Its not that I am not enjoying it at all but it feels like Tolstoy light. But yes War and Peace written inteh style of Jane Austin is a good description. I wonder what Pride and Prejudice in the style of Tolstoy would be like. I may have stumbled on a whole new literary trend here.
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:45
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*pours g&t hastily into a horn* SKOL!!
*clinks horns*
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:47
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i have a flagon of gin and tonic it's wet january after all

vikings are more sophisticated than people give them credit for ;-)
No they really aren't.

*Tries to imagine a Viking lounge lizard - fails*

Although I grant you they are not just war like oafs and their artistic prowess tends to be overlooked in the usual horned helmet thuggish narrative.
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:48
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You are quite right but I still love it
I'm a bit contrary when it comes to Russian stuff ....in Anna Karenina i always loathed Anna and Vronski and always longed for more Konstantin Levin i loved him.....
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:52
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I loved the old series, and that was more Russian, but this has a grandeur that the old series lacked.

If no one's going to finish the rest of the pig................
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:54
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I'm a bit contrary when it comes to Russian stuff ....in Anna Karenina i always loathed Anna and Vronski and always longed for more Konstantin Levin i loved him.....
Excuse me, i am having a Sean Bean moment.

*swoons*
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Old 17-01-2016, 21:54
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No they really aren't.

*Tries to imagine a Viking lounge lizard - fails*

Although I grant you they are not just war like oafs and their artistic prowess tends to be overlooked in the usual horned helmet thuggish narrative.
oh but they were!!

*viking lounge lizard*

not just art but navigation and exploration, they travelled way across russia trading and of course discovered america as well as civilising th north east
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