Movie of California, 1906 - email from Sunil Liyanage.

105 YEAR OLD FILM CLIP

This film was "lost" for many years. It was the first 35mm film ever that has come to light. It was taken by camera mounted on the front of a cable car as it`s traveling down the street. You feel as if your really there, standing at the front looking down the street, amazing piece of historic film.

The number of automobiles is staggering for 1906. Absolutely amazing! The clock tower at the end of Market Street at the Embarcadero wharf is still there. ... How many "street cleaning" people were employed to pick up after the horses? Talk about going green!This film, originally thought to be from 1905 until David Kiehn with the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum figured out exactly when it was shot. From New York trade papers announcing the film showing to the wet streets from recent heavy rainfall & shadows indicating time of year & actual weather and conditions on historical record, even when the cars were registered (he even knows who owned them and when the plates were issued!).. It was filmed only four days before the Great California Earthquake of April 18th 1906 and shipped by train to NY for processing. Amazing, but true!

No wonder there had to be laws created to regulate driving habits. This is insane. Good thing they couldn't go very fast.

This is a fascinating movie. A camera on the front of a street car 104 years ago. I watched it a couple of times. Look at the hats the ladies were wearing and the long dresses. Some of the cars had the steering wheels on the right side, I wonder when they standardized on the left? Sure was still a lot of horse drawn vehicles in use. Mass transit looked like the way to get around. Looks like everybody had the right of way.

Perhaps the oldest "home movie" that you will ever see!

Great historical film! Click on link below:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=NINOxRxze9k

WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS - email jksw

These glorious insults are from an era before the English language  became boiled down to 4-letter words.

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on the gallows 
or of some unspeakable disease."

"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your policies 
or your mistress."

"He had delusions of adequacy." 
- Walter Kerr

"He has all the virtues I dislike and 
none of the vices I admire." 
- Winston Churchill

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." Clarence Darrow.

"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." - Moses Hadas.

"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent 
a nice letter saying I approved of it."
-Mark Twain.

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.." - Oscar Wilde.


"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." 
-Stephen Bishop.


"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -Irvin S. Cobb.

"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." 
-Samuel Johnson.

"He is simply a shiver looking for a
spine to run up." - Paul Keating.

"In order to avoid being called a flirt, 
she always yielded easily." 
- Charles, Count Talleyrand.

"He loves nature in spite of what it did 
to him." - Forrest Tucker.

"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" 
- Mark Twain.

"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.." - Mae West.

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." 
- Oscar Wilde.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man 
uses lamp-posts... for support rather 
than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912).


"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." 
- Billy Wilder.

"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." – Groucho

"Palan Choru"- Tamil, "Heel Bath" - Sinhalese - Nutritional benefits.

> பழைய சாதம் Previous day's cooked rice soaked in plain water overnight
> is excellent food
> During the good old days, there was no special practice of preparing
> hot morning break-fast, as we do now, among most South Indian families,
> except that, previous day's cooked rice that was soaked in plain water
> the previous night was consumed the next day morning with some
> nutritious supplements such as fresh buttermilk, slightly-salted onions
> or other non-spicy pickles such as goose berry or lemon. This is an
> excellent, rich and the most nutritious food. This is known as "
> Pazhaya Saadham" (meaning old rice) in Tamil, "Saddhi Annamu" or
> "Saddhennamu" (meaning cold rice) in Telugu, and  "Heel  Bath" in Sinhalese.
 
.
>
> An American Nutritionist, dietitian and scientist had researched on the
> food practices among various regions in the world and concluded that
> the South Indian tradition of consuming the previous day's cooked rice
> soaked in plain water overnight, in the morning next day, as
> break-fast, is the best.
>
> For centuries, this has been the staple food of many South Indian
> families, particularly of the low income groups. It is, of course, now
> replaced with fashionable hot break-fast.
>
> It is found out that previous day's cooked rice soaked in plain water
> is very compact and complete break-fast. It has the rare B6 B12
> vitamins which are not otherwise easily available in other food
> supplements. This rice generates and harbours trillions of beneficial
> bacteria that help digestion and has many disease fighting and immunity
> developing agents. The bacteria that grow in the intestines due to this
> rice safeguard the internal organs and keep all organs battle fit and
> ready. Consuming this rice helps quicker digestion and wards off
> ageing, bone related ailments and muscular pains.
>
> It is worth giving a try. The cooked rice can be soaked in an earthen
> vessel or vessels made of natural clay or rock. (In Tamil families,
> vessels made of natural rock, called as "Kalchatti" was used. Many
> South Indian families also use this even now though it is called by
> different names in other languages. Some families use this "Kalchatti"
> that is handed down to them since generations even. It is found to be
> free from harmful bacteria and other normal disease causing harmful
> elements.
>
> Brown rice is the best for this as its nutrients are retained intact.
>
> You will be happy to know that the American Nutritionist had listed the
> following benefits that accrue to the body if you stick to the practice
> of consuming such soaked rice.
>
>
> 1. Consuming this rice as break-fast keeps the body light and
> also energetic.
>
> 2. Beneficial bacteria gets produced in abundance for the
> body.
>
> 3. Stomach ailments disappear when this is consumed in the
> morning, as, excessive and harmful heat retained in the
> body is neutralized.
>
> 4. As this food is very fibrous, it removes constipation and
> also dullness in the body.
>
> 5. Blood pressure is normalised and hypertension subsides
> appreciably.
>
> 6. Body feels less tired due to this food as a result of which
> one feels fresh through out the day.
>
> 7. This removes allergy induced problems and also skin
> related ailments.
>
> 8. It removes all types of ulcers in the body.
>
> 9. Fresh infections are kept at bay due to consuming this rice.
>
> 10. It helps in maintaining youthful and radiant look.
>
> Once you consume this, the body does not crave for tea or coffee. In
> the olden days, people who worked in the fields used to leave their
> houses in the early morning after consuming this soaked rice and worked
> hard for over 8 to 10 hours non-stop.
>
>
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The 'Two Ronnies' serving 'Pappadam' - email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai.

Click on video-link below:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxmpmXGetQc&feature=youtu.be

Hungarian shadow dance - email jksw

Click on link below:-

http://www.flixxy.com/britains-got-talent-shadow-theatre-group-attraction.htm#.UYGgx7X-GSp

Australian citizens - email from jksw

When I was fauna: citizen's rallying call

·         

Jonathan Pearlman and Joel Gibson
May 23, 2007

LINDA BURNEY remembers her childhood well - those days when she was counted among the nation's wildlife.

"This is not ancient history," says the state's first Aboriginal minister. "I was a child. It still staggers me that for the first 10 years of my life, I existed under the Flora and Fauna Act of NSW."

Then came the 1967 referendum, when Australians voted to extend full citizenship to Aborigines. Now, just days before the 40th anniversary of that vote, Ms Burney has described the referendum as a high tide in both the nation's history and her own –

the moment when her status was elevated from fauna to citizen.

Subject: RE: Interesting -

A vintage Rolls-Royce - email from Kirubs

  
  
HE OWNED AND DROVE THE SAME CAR FOR 82 YEARS... 


They certainly don't make them like that anymore...

This man owned and drove the same car for 82 YEARS.

Can you imagine even having the same car for 82 years! 

Mr. Allen Swift (Springfield, MA.) received this 1928 Rolls-Royce Piccadilly-P1 Roadster  - brand new - from his father as a graduation gift in 1928. 

He drove it up until his death last year... at the age of 102! He was the oldest living owner of a car that was purchased new. 

It was donated to a Springfield museum after his death.

It has 1,070,000 miles on it, still runs like a Swiss watch, is dead silent at any speed and is in perfect cosmetic condition (after 82 years). That's approximately 13,048 miles per year (1087 per month)...

Now feast your eyes on this...





What a beauty!
1,070,000 - that's miles, not kilometers!

That's British engineering of a bygone era. 

I don't think they make them like that anymore...!