Number Five on the list.
It is getting tougher to make the cut.
This 1957 classic starred William Holden, Alec Guinness and Jack Hawkins.
Sometimes in the broader context of was are found smaller and more personal wars. The Bridge on the River Kwai does a terrific job of portraying just such a situation. Plus the British stiff upper lip.
Although a work of fiction - the film is loosely-based upon the building of a bridge in 1943 over a river for the Burma-Siam railway.
It is best remembered for the tune whistled by the POWS - The Colonel Bogey March.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Taking Longer to Empty the Nest
The US Census Bureau has been releasing all manner of useful information in the past few weeks.
One of the more curious findings is following a decline over many years - households have reversed course and started to increase in size.
In 2009 the average household consisted of 2.59 individuals. This was up from 2.56 two years earlier. The first increase since 1993.
According to Julia Coronado and Yelena Shulyatyeva of BNP Paribas - this is not because parents are having more children. They attribute this to the phenomenon of children taking longer to move out.
There are likely a number of factors at play but it is suspected that the main contributor is the recession and the difficulties youngsters are having with unemployment or landing a first job.
In simple terms - living with their parents has become more attractive or a necessity.
Learn more about this over at The Economist.
One of the more curious findings is following a decline over many years - households have reversed course and started to increase in size.
In 2009 the average household consisted of 2.59 individuals. This was up from 2.56 two years earlier. The first increase since 1993.
According to Julia Coronado and Yelena Shulyatyeva of BNP Paribas - this is not because parents are having more children. They attribute this to the phenomenon of children taking longer to move out.
There are likely a number of factors at play but it is suspected that the main contributor is the recession and the difficulties youngsters are having with unemployment or landing a first job.
In simple terms - living with their parents has become more attractive or a necessity.
Learn more about this over at The Economist.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Cheeseheads With Attitude
I don't know how many of you are familiar with the group known as CWA.
They've been publishing some quirky tunes since the late '90s - such as Where the Hell is Neenah? (Set to the music of Tone Loc).
And Cheesehead Baby (Beck's Loser).
Go Pack!
They've been publishing some quirky tunes since the late '90s - such as Where the Hell is Neenah? (Set to the music of Tone Loc).
And Cheesehead Baby (Beck's Loser).
Go Pack!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
The Beast
I have found the twin brother of The Beast.
A woman from Green Bay drives this ride.
Just between you and me - I have authentic (and nicer) rims.
Sandblasted, painted and clear coated. Finished with authentic PMD glass bezels on the hubs and 1968 lug nuts with the black centers.
Brother In Law said we should take The Beast to the show next year and sit with these ladies.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Top Ten War Movies - #6
No proper assemblage of cinematic representations of war would be complete with number six on my list.
If you ever have an opportunity to be in the vicinity of Fort Knox, KY you absolutely must visit the General George Patton Museum.
Patton is the third installment of the 1970 movie trifecta.
George C. Scott does an absolutely brilliant job of portraying the mercurial Patton and Karl Malden is cast as the perfect complement in General Bradley
Very few figures from the Second World War inspire as much controversy, admiration or awe as this plain-spoken cavalryman.
I took great personal interest in this production as my father was a combat infantryman who participated in the liberation of France and Belgium. After the breakout at St. Lo they were frequently attached to elements of Patton’s armor (or vice versa) in the dash across northern France. The frequently outran their supply lines and literally ran out of gas by the close of August, 1944.
Pop used to tell a story about an episode during the war where he saw the General actually directing traffic.
I have no reason to believe that he was making it up.
Particularly since this was before the movie ever came out.
I know this is nit-picking, but all the armor used in this movie was from the 1950s. M47s for the US and M48s for the Jerries. Ironically – both are named for Patton.
If you ever have an opportunity to be in the vicinity of Fort Knox, KY you absolutely must visit the General George Patton Museum.
Patton is the third installment of the 1970 movie trifecta.
George C. Scott does an absolutely brilliant job of portraying the mercurial Patton and Karl Malden is cast as the perfect complement in General Bradley
Very few figures from the Second World War inspire as much controversy, admiration or awe as this plain-spoken cavalryman.
I took great personal interest in this production as my father was a combat infantryman who participated in the liberation of France and Belgium. After the breakout at St. Lo they were frequently attached to elements of Patton’s armor (or vice versa) in the dash across northern France. The frequently outran their supply lines and literally ran out of gas by the close of August, 1944.
Pop used to tell a story about an episode during the war where he saw the General actually directing traffic.
I have no reason to believe that he was making it up.
Particularly since this was before the movie ever came out.
I know this is nit-picking, but all the armor used in this movie was from the 1950s. M47s for the US and M48s for the Jerries. Ironically – both are named for Patton.
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