PAY ATTENTION!
Because I am pretty much certain that you need to pay close regards to the punctuation here, which leads elsewhere than you might expect.
First of all, we are not talking about the Grace Jones song. O noes. art!
Grace pitched herself as a Terminator before they were a thing, alongside her boyfriend Dolph Schwarzenegger it says here. I suspect a bit of Hollywood hype.
ANYWAY let us regale the audience with Men who are into Demolition. Art!
Pay attention to John Spartan - the 'Demolition Man' of this trope - whom is loitering to starboard here. In John's future it is wickedly impolite to murder another person, especially if you do not file A300x25/33954 beforehand, and especially if you lack the 225th or 225th or 229th sub-set permission. Of course - obviously! - the Big Bad behind the scenes is played by a British actor, because we have a lock on Villainy in cinema. There is also a lasting mystery about exactly what those three sea shells are for in the bathroom, and there are doubtless online forums dedicated to exploring their usage, which is too close to NSFW for BOOJUM! to engage. Art!
Sandra looking very winsome there. Hard to credit this film is over 30 years old now. I forget where the 'Demolition' comes in, but a film universe where part of the punishment for criminals is being taught to knit only gets a thumbs up from me. Art!
REAL LIFE INTRUDES! Conrad is unsure quite what to call this, but since it involves a building collapsing and the Intro is to do with 'Demolition', it's going in here. Art!
This is what used to be a corner shop, and apparently three people were injured a bit when it collapsed. One imagines that it made a lot of noise and any nearby pedestrians or bus passengers hastily scattered, as it's right next to a busy bus stop. What's not readily visible is that it was next to an empty plot, which Wonder Wifey informed had been another of the owner's properties and which also collapsed ten years ago. Maintenance and upkeep not a priority, 'twould seem.
You may be wondering why Conrad is putting up such a prosaic picture set akin to 'Small earthquake in Chile, not many dead.' Art!
I went in there once. That's not why these illos are up, though. Art!
This is the bus stop Conrad used to infest when getting off the tram at King Street and waiting for the 409. Which frequently failed to turn up, another story in itself.
ANYWAY AGAIN we finally get to the meat of the matter, being more guff about buildings being demolished, courtesy of 'Be Amazed' over on Youtube. This clip is about a bit of DIY or 'Destroy It Yoursel', carried out by enthusiastic amateurs with more pluck than brains and also lacking both dynamite and demolition experience. A dangerous combination. Art!
This is where the clip starts, and you can tell that there has been a modicum of planning here, as there's an excavator - what South Canadians call a 'backhoe' I believe? - and a bulldozer already present. Note the car, which has the engine running but no driver, since - Art!
It's deliberately expendable. Still no driver. One assumes they rendered it fit to only drive in one direction, that being straight forward, which is a major assumption since we never get to see inside. Art!
You can see where this is going, literally and metaphorically. Note that the target silo has had part of it's base demolished already, which the DIY team hoped would cause it to fall in that direction. 'Hoped'. Art!
Car 0 Silo 1. That silo looks a pretttty solid ferro-concrete structure, nor did the car get up much speed before impact. Should have filled it with bricks or engine blocks. Art!
The ship gets real. Having possibly inflicted untold damage on the still-erect structure, they send Kyle in to get handy with a sledgehammer. Note that there are no stays or guys imposing tension on the silo, once again that word 'Hope' is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Art!
A false alarm. The silo didn't collapse so Kyle, displaying splendid bravery and idiocy simultaneously, went back to hit it some more. Art!
The silo starts to topple, except towards Kyle. Who displays a quick turn of speed when it's needed. Art!
False alarm #2. The silo, tilting like a certain Italian tourist attraction, stubbornly refused to topple. So - Art!
They could have saved a car and Kyle's underwear if they'd done this in the first place. Art!
Car 0 Silo 2
Human Shish Kebab Risk Factor
Don't worry, that apparently random title will make sense in a minute. More not-so-gentle shoeing of the Big Orange Oaf Himself, prompted by an item on my news feed. Art!
Conrad thinks DJ Tango is dangerous enough with a club in his hands as he cheats on the golf course and being his caddy probably carries hazard pay. Also - Art!
Donold gets ready to cut his Bribe Plane cake*
Yes, this is King Piggy doing that palsied stagger he fondly imagines is a 'dance', whilst waving around a sword. A sword. Who on earth thought it a good idea to give him a lethal weapon and encourage him to brandish it? I bet those officers were silently sweating.
Talking Of Untrammelled Greed
Here's a concise retribution from Youtube's 'rSlash' channel. Elderly retired woman, an ex-nurse who never married and didn't have children had a heart attack and got sent to hospital. She got there in time and recovered. Art!
While she was there, her niece and nephew raided her apartment and stole all her silverware and her antique furniture, thinking she was going to die.
She rewrote her will. Several years later she died, and niece and nephew got one dollar each as per the revised will. The rest of her estate - all nine million dollars of it - went to her church. Suck that and see, children.
"Cassino '44" By James Holland
Just to keep you informed on my progress so far, now up to Page 200 of about 600. Art!
It's almost a sequel to his other work in Italy, "The Storm Of War", which ends at the start of 1944, whereas this carries on into 1944. As I said, now one-third of the way in, and we're only just getting to the start of the battles for Monte Cassino, so the title is something of a misnomer.
One thing I have noticed is Ol' Jim's determination to set the record straight about the South Canadian General Mark Clark, whom has been much traduced by previous military historians. The disastrous crossing attempt of the Rapido is laid at the feet of the general responsible, General Fred Walker, with Ol' Jim providing a scathing commentary on how he failed to plan or organise it properly.
As with his books, there's an excellent selection of maps going over the various battlefields, considerably more detailed than the usual three dots and a squiggle.
Get Thee Behind Me, Clickbaiter!
You should know by now that Conrad's attitude to clickbaitery is that it's perfectly fine for him to do, but that anybody else doing it ought to be condemned to one of the lower circles of Hades. Thus - Art!
Hades, I tell you
Art!
Finally -
Going out with a Biercism.
"Family, n: A body of individuals living in one household, consisting of male, female, young, servants, dog, cat, dicky-bird, cockroaches, bedbugs and fleas - the 'unit' of modern civilised society."
* And anyone who gets too close, he doesn't like sharing.
