Shuff's General Chat Thread ... #73 - Talk about anything and everything...  

There always has to be a few losers who ruin the meet for everyone else

What was that in relation to Slav?

Last night, undercover parking meet, civics and motorbikes redline revving, people doing launches, doing excessive speeds in undercover parking area. Oh normal stuff

looking alot better... and that platter looks delish...



did everyone have a good NY...

No more mowing the creek for a while,we had six inches of rain a few days back,plus two more overnight,great to see the bird life back,and really looking forward to getting bogged again.....NOT!Yes Alpha,it happened on Monday!

Plus my last meal for 2014

A lone rider arrives in a small high mountain village; nobody knows where he’s from and nobody wants him there. Greider introduces himself as a photographer from America, and the town’s patriarch, Old Brenner, provides him with shelter for the harsh winter ahead. The village cut off by snowfall and barely a ray of sunlight reaching the valley, a tragic accident leads to the death of one of Brenner’s beloved sons. When another son is mysteriously killed, it’s clear this is not a coincidence: the time has come for Brenner’s family to pay, and Greider plans to settle a score long forgotten by everyone but him.

looking alot better... and that platter looks delish...



did everyone have a good NY...

you and that creek must be on a first name basis by now.



donno why prawns are always so popular at Christmas time, I've never been a fan of them, in any form. I'm sure that you enjoyed them - as many do though.

Me and the creek,me and the f'king grass,I'm carrying my phone with me now,(hence the photos)because every time I get bogged,it's always the furthest point from the shed.These blocks were mowed less than a week ago,f'king Alstonville Plateau red soil you can hear the grass growing,I'll try and post the pic first,where you can see my latest run in with the creek to the left of the mower,where the water is glinting (if you click on them,they enlarge),unfortunately the pics don't really do justice to how long it is.Have to do my lawns here today,then guess what I'll be doing Monday.

you should get a job as a greens keeper Shuffs.

WINNER! Congratulations to John Saad on taking out the Top Judged Elite award with his incredible RX-3 sedan.

you're going to get yourself slapped over the back of the head Shuffs.

my missus is going away on holidays to Dubbo for a week. i'll get some peace and quiet.

LOL,only the depth varies Alpha,took a couple of pics of my perfectly manicured lawns,and when I came back up the little pink number was hanging on the line,so I took a photo of her perfectly manicured yard,the Mrs was on her laptop,in a small room that looks out onto the balcony and sprung me....Why are you taking pictures of her yard??Erm,because it's the tidiest it's been in ages

oh that C63 rumble and downshift.

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Donna Douglas, 'Beverly Hillbillies' star, dead aged 82


Donna Douglas, who played the buxom tomboy Elly May Clampett on the hit 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, has died.

.Douglas died Thursday (local time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, near her hometown of Zachary. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, said her niece, Charlene Smith. Douglas was 82.

She was best known for her role in The Beverly Hillbillies, the CBS comedy about a backwoods Ozark family who moved to Beverly Hills after striking it rich from oil discovered on their land.

The series, which ran from 1962 to 1971, also starred the late Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan as well as Max Baer Jr., who turns 77 on Sunday.

As Elly May, she seemed blissfully unaware of her status as a bumpkin blond bombshell. Typically she was clad in a snug flannel shirt and tight jeans cinched with a rope belt, and she seemed to prefer her critters to any beau.

Chosen from more than 500 other actresses, Douglas said she felt at ease playing the role because, like her character, she grew up a poor Southern tomboy. Her childhood in Pride, Louisiana, came in handy when she was asked during her audition to milk a goat.

"I had milked cows before," she recalled in a 2009 interview with The Associated Press. "I figured they were equipped the same, so I just went on over and did it."

The show was not only assailed by critics, but by the network boss who put it on the air: "I HATED it," Michael Dann confided much later. "After screening the pilot, I don't think I ever watched another segment."

The public, however, felt quite the opposite: It ran for nine seasons, often in the Top 10. In their own way, the Clampetts were a forerunner of the '60s counterculture.

It wasn't much of a stretch for Douglas to fit into the troupe, said Smith, the niece.

"She was always happy, and she really loved animals — just like her character on The Beverly Hillbillies. She was a wonderful lady, a very good Christian lady."

Indeed, when Douglas gave her autograph, she included a biblical verse ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart..."), according to New Orleans TV station WAFB.

Douglas' career began with beauty pageants — she was Miss Baton Rouge and Miss New Orleans — followed by a trip to New York to pursue a career in entertainment.

"That was the first time I had ever been on an airplane," Douglas said.

While modeling didn't appeal to her — "I didn't want to be that skinny" — television did. Douglas was featured as the Letters Girl on The Perry Como Show in 1957 and as the Billboard Girl on The Steve Allen Show in 1959.

She landed a featured role in the 1959 film Career, starring Dean Martin and Shirley MacLaine, and a bit part in the film musical Li'l Abner. She also had a small role as Tony Randall's secretary in the 1961 romantic comedy Lover Come Back with Rock Hudson and Doris Day.

Douglas starred in one of the most memorable episodes of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone — titled Eye of the Beholder, it was the one in which her head is wrapped in bandages for most of the half-hour after plastic surgery aimed at fixing her "ugliness," which in fact was beauty in a universe of monsters. And she starred opposite Elvis Presley in the 1966 movie Frankie and Johnny.

After The Beverly Hillbillies, Douglas worked in real estate, recorded country and gospel music albums and wrote a book for children that drew on biblical themes.

In 2010 she sued CBS and toymaker Mattel over a Barbie doll that used Elly May's name and likeness. The suit was settled in 2011.

She said she never minded being typecast as her "Hillbillies" character.

"So many kinds of people relate to Elly May," Douglas said. "So many people love her, and that means a lot to me."

Douglas was married twice, to Roland John Bourgeois, Jr. until 1954, and then to The Beverly Hillbillies director Robert M. Leeds. They divorced in 1980 after nine years of marriage. Survivors include her son, Danny P. Bourgeois.

Ron Jeremy: The world's most prolific porn actor on his friendship with Mo Mowlam, and why he'll always be torn between sex and food


You're promoting a new rum. What's your tipple of choice?

I'm not a big drinker, I'm not going to lie. But I've had success with a lot of things I didn't do. My name is on skateboards; I don't skateboard. My name was on rolling paper, but I haven't smoked pot since college. I endorse penis pills – like ExtenZe – but I haven't tried one. When I'm at a party, a wedding or a Bar Mitzvah, I'll have a drink. It's an Amaretto Sour.

You've done so much – acting, directing, addressed the Oxford Union, released a rap single. Anything left to do?

Endorse a parachute.

You took your middle name as a surname because your grandma – who has the same initial – kept getting calls intended for you. Did she know what you were up to?

We told her "nudey movies". She would say, "Ron's getting undressed?". And my dad said, "Yeah, it's a start – he'll move on to better things". No one told her I was playing hide the bacon. Shoot the sherbet, squeeze the weasel, drain the main vein. Spank the monkey! And this is where you say, "Ron, I get the point...".

Ron, I get the point.

...And my mum – who was a spy during the Second World War – used to say, "My boy Ronnie dances to a different drum". I loved that expression. But I was a teacher before I got into porn, I got a Masters degree; so I did do the traditional.

What were you like as a kid?

Rowdy. Difficult. My mum got called into class all the time. My principal said to her, "Your son is scraping by with Bs. He's capable of As but he's not doing it. But more importantly, he's making it difficult for the other kids". And my mum said, "You should talk to their parents then, maybe".

You were friends with Mo Mowlam?

I loved her. We did The Frank Skinner Show together and we became friends. We had to sing "I Got You Babe" together. I said afterwards, "We suck", and she said "Yes we do". She was very rare: a hot firebrand of a woman.

You were a consultant on Boogie Nights. Was that an accurate representation of the industry?

It's a very accurate depiction – of a select few. It was not my crowd. I was not involved in murders or drugs. That was the John Holmes crowd. I consulted more on the porn end of things. I invited the director, Paul Thomas Anderson, and the cast, to a lot of my sets. But Burt Reynolds never came, he said, "I know porn: I don't need to see that".

Did you ever say no to anything?

Well, I never did a gay film. Nothing wrong with it. But I see some guy's hairy arse... I want to shave it – and that's all I want to do. I never did a violent film.

Sex or booze?

Well, I don't really drink. You get to a certain age and the real question is "Sex or food?". If I've got surf and turf and flaming hot lobster Cantonese to my left and a blonde, brunette and a red head to my right, I'd be torn. The old Ron would have done a double flip with a somersault and a twist right on to the girls. Now, I'd be torn.

How many times a week do you have sex nowadays?

Twice a week, maybe three times. I have a pretty good schedule. I had open heart surgery recently too, so I'm glad it all still works.

Biography

Born in Queens, New York, Ron Jeremy, aged 61, left his job as a teacher to pursue a career in acting. After his girlfriend submitted a photo to ‘Playgirl’, he modelled for the magazine and moved into porn films. Jeremy is listed in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ for Most Appearances in Adult Films, starring in over 2,000 films.Ron de Jeremy rum is now available in the UK