Friday February 11, 2005

Plastic bottles what a waste

My grumpy old man topic today is plastic bottles. I counted the number I use; that is two, a hair shampoo bottle and a face wash. I know that the female of the species use many more potions and our house has its share. The ones I use a plain bottles and I can get the majority of the stuff out of the bottle before cleaning it out and popping it in the recycle bin.

My wife's selection of bottles are a different matter. The shapes which are part of the product marketing of course seem to be designed to only allow removal of half or less of the contents.

Years ago we looked over a house that had one of these in the bathroom. Perhaps one could be designed to deal with these designer bottles...

Morecambe and Wise..

I grew up with these folks on our black and white TV screen. It was part of the saturday night ritual and of course everyone looked to their Xmas specials to brighten up the otherwise dreary Xmas TV with the usual motley selections it had to offer ( and still has ..).

The number of people including Des O'Conner who happily become the subject of the on screen jokes, other comedy scenes and in Ernie's plays etc was amazing. I think several people had their careers restarted by an appearance on a Eric and Ernie show. The classic must be when Eric played a piece in front of Andre 'Preview' who then chastised him for an awful rendition of the Grieg's Piano Concert. Eric replied "All the right notes, just not necessarily in the right order". Brilliant.

Their time at the BBC was their best I think.

Recently there was a documentary about Eric Morecambe as his wife had opened up his study she had left locked up since his death. It showed him as someone who was very passionate about his craft and sought perfection and praise for his work.

The best scene they did must be the breakfast scene .