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Post 12201

Psiomniac


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I fear 'tis lost. My colleague said he'd lend me a copy though. smiley - smiley


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Post 12202

kk


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That's the next least worst option ... is this colleague north or colleague south? smiley - ok

So sorry, but now I'm curious, I'm admitting it and, in a parallel universe, I'd have been saying that this is not a hint.

If:

Not a hint, then Psi's a tease smiley - erm

Psi does something, then Psi's been bullied smiley - sadface

Hint ignored, then kk doesn't mind really, smiley - wah

Reason: gonna 121 glitz freedy smiley - smiley

That's got most bases covered innit.


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Post 12203

Psiomniac


I shouldn't have mentioned it, sorry, I can't think of a reason why it would be anything other than boring to find out about, it was on my mind and the fingers typed and sent it whilst my inner editor was on a coffee break. Normal service will be resumed forthwith! smiley - biggrin

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Post 12204

Psiomniac


smiley - empty G'night! smiley - empty


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Post 12205

kk


Ah ha, the base I missed: Psi does something but is not bullied smiley - smiley

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Post 12206

Psiomniac


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You know me, no missed base knowingly under-occupied smiley - smiley


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Post 12207

kk


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Ah well, it was such a rare infringement of the self-fulfilling prophecy that I doubt anyone will notice smiley - winkeye


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Post 12208

kk


Outenbout tomorrow so a seriously early night beckons ...

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Post 12209

Psiomniac


...but you'll miss Question Time!

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Post 12210

kk


Had a lovely day ... pooped smiley - smiley

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Post 12211

Psiomniac


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Post 12212

kk


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Yesterday, we toasted the caller who'd phoned me yesterday morning with the words "I suppose if I want to talk to you on my birthday, I'll have to call you myself" (which seems ungrammatic when written but sounded about right at the time) - I was thrilled to bits to hear from a former work colleague, who's changed mobile numbers too many times for me to keep track smiley - winkeye

Which meant lots more tea so I was sober enough to drive home ... joking aside, I'd had a glass of rosé five hours before HiHo obeyed the Wagons, roll! command smiley - smiley


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Post 12213

Psiomniac


Seems grammatical enough to me.

I am sober since like last night I have to captain a Liberian freighter for YC who is out partying again. Grutter...just making tea now.

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Post 12214

kk


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Hah ... what was that about getting out more? smiley - winkeye


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Post 12215

kk


For your safe and hopefully imminent return to the Nightcap Zone ...

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Post 12216

Psiomniac


Safer than the world of No Country For Old Men by the look of it.

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Post 12217

kk


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I watched that ... talk about the opposite of Hot Chocolate's Everyone's a Winner.


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Post 12218

Psiomniac


Good film though. smiley - smiley

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Post 12219

kk


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A bit too violent for my comfort, which means that I probably won't watch it when it's on telly again; well, not in the immediate future anyhoo. In fact, I was planning to watch the final hour on 4+1 again but, by then, it was too bloody for me.

What, in the end, happened to the money? If it had disappeared by the time the sheriff found Llewelyn, then presumably the psychotic hitman would have tracked it again, once he had kept his psychotic word about killing Carla Jean (and unless fate, in the form of someone else's accident, intervened) ... there seems to be a follow-on story in there somewhere.

It was Llewelyn's unhappy fate to be targeted by a psycho. He couldn't have known initially that his fate was sealed, even if he abandoned his attempt to keep the money for himself. Come to think of it, it was an interesting exercise in how priorities switch, in stressful situations - he could have walked away at almost any stage, in the belief that it was the money that the hitman was after. Yet he committed to the challenge of cat and mouse, and lost. Um I presume there must have been more than one bugging device in the money bag?

Or did I:

- close my eyes once too often?

- nod off? (How?!)

The sheriff's mountain pass dream: this resonates with a known American folk tale of sorts, I'll try to remember it and/or the song.


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Post 12220

Psiomniac


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The violence wasn't the kind that really gets to me. I thought Anton Chigurh (the hitman) had a curious fatalist view coupled with a principled approach to morality, which turned out to be an unfortunate combination for his victims.

On the question of the money, my assumption was that Chigurh got it. Remember that the Mexicans were tailing Carla Jean and duped her mother into revealing their destination, whilst Chigurh had simply asked the chicken lorry guy about the only available airport. All he had to do then was tail the mexicans. When the sherriff got there, the Mexicans were in full retreat, and the death toll had Chigurh's signature. Also Chigurh returned to the crime scene and did you notice the vent and screws the sherrif noticed after narrowly avoiding a confrontation?

I've probably missed lots of obvious things because I'm not very noticey, so I won't be surprised if I've got it all wrong. smiley - smiley


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