Comments | aurillia: Passchendaele and other stuff

aurillia

Passchendaele and other stuff

Feb 07, 2009 09:21

It's going up to 8˚C today. All those 6 foot piles of snow are going to start melting all over the place. It's going to be warm! And very wet, because it's supposed to rain as well! Crazy.

We watched Passchendaele ("Passion-dale") last night. I don't know if it's made it to Australia or not but if it does I really recommend it. It's a Canadian ( Read more... )

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A title to look up newwaytowrite February 8 2009, 07:15:32 UTC

Sweet Promises

Re: A title to look up aurillia February 8 2009, 16:08:40 UTC

Thanks :)

betsybookwyrm February 8 2009, 08:02:18 UTC

Sounds like an interesting movie.

Good luck with the prac!

aurillia February 8 2009, 16:08:49 UTC

Cheers :)

extongardener February 8 2009, 08:42:14 UTC

Patsy Adam Smith wrote a riveting book on Passchendale, exploring the ANZAC contribution there. It was a dreadful part of the war to be in. She wrote several books on WWI which are all excellent. I'll see if I can track some down.

Hope you have a good time with the Prac. think of all that reading you can do on that daily train trip!

aurillia February 8 2009, 16:10:25 UTC

I've seen it referred to as a "muddy disaster" - and the shots in the movie really showed that! I didn't know the ANZACs were there too - though I suppose everyone was everywhere, really.

think of all that reading you can do on that daily train trip!
That's what Adam said!

ext_84342 February 9 2009, 02:47:27 UTC

I wondered what became of Paul Gross! It does sound like a good movie but you're right, I'd be surprised if it was really publicised here and instead went straight to DVD. You never know though...

Canadian history: I was under the impression that a fair bit was taught about the power grabbing between the French and English, and how both countries have greatly influenced its culture. You're right though, the interesting stuff does sound better.

Thanks for the slice recipe, Ant loves lemon type stuff so I'll have to make it for him/us.

aurillia February 9 2009, 13:39:02 UTC

I think it did pretty well at the cinema here, which is good. It got lots of publicity.

I'm not sure how much of that they teach, to be honest. The compulsory grade 10 course is all 20th century - the Wars, the Roaring 20s and Great Depression, mostly.

I made it yesterday, I ended up doubling it because what the hell was I going to do with half a tin of sweetened condensed milk?! I didn't double the icing though. I don't think you need much; it's pretty sweet.

ext_84342 February 10 2009, 02:18:52 UTC

Good idea! If I had half a tin of condensed milk lying around I'd start picking at it with a teaspoon, it's so yummy!

aurillia February 10 2009, 15:35:35 UTC

Yeah except now I have twice the amount of slice and no one to eat it!

kat_nic February 9 2009, 17:58:06 UTC

My handy cell phone converter tells me that 8 degrees Celsius is 46.5 Fahrenheit. That does seem kind of on the warm side, for winter. It's a whopping 20 degrees (Celsius) for me right now. Jacket weather, but I'm still wearing flip flops (thongs, whatever)! I hate having to tie my shoes; I know I sound lazy but there it is. Any kind of shoe I can just slip on is what I wear, unless it's raining. Or extremely cold ( ... )

aurillia February 9 2009, 18:59:32 UTC

A very handy phone! So, you don't really get winter where you are?

I feel the same - I don't know very much about modern history; I never formally studied it you know.

Ooh that sounds yummy! I know the measurements for the crust: 250g packet of biscuits and 50g melted butter. Always fits a largish springform tin or large casserole dish - I sometimes make cheesecake in a rectangular one, it's easy to cut up into squares Or your alternative sounds good too! :)

kat_nic February 9 2009, 22:03:29 UTC

It's more like winter comes in spurts. Mostly it holds steady at around 20 during the day and gets a bit chillier at night, but sometimes we get cold snaps have subfreezing temps. They don't last, mostly, although we just had one that lasted two weeks, almost.

At least you have the excuse of never formally studying it! I just don't remember any of it!

Our alternative was pretty yummy. We were craving something sweet and we had the ingredients, but you know, we wanted it now, so we figured, oh to hell with it, let's just scarf it the way it is.

aurillia February 10 2009, 15:38:02 UTC

but you know, we wanted it now, so we figured, oh to hell with it, let's just scarf it the way it is

I used to do that with the mixture for Honey Joys - melted butter, honey and sugar and cornflakes, put into patty cases and baked for a bit, very very yummy birthday party food, but I used to just make the mixture and eat it without cooking it, while it was all gooey! It's a wonder I didn't develop diabetes! (I didn't do it too often...)