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RIP Lloyd, best goddamned bartender from Timbuktu to Portland Maine
A long career...
Joe Turkel, the prolific character actor well known for his roles in “The Shining” and “Blade Runner,” died at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. on Monday, a representative has confirmed to Variety. He was 94.
A prolific performer with over 100 credits in various films and TV shows, Turkel is best known for his supporting roles in three Stanley Kubrick films, including his first feature “The Killing,” “Paths of Glory” and “The Shining,” where he played the often-parodied role of the ghostly bartender Lloyd. He also had a prominent role in the original 1982 “Blade Runner,” as eccentric replicant creator Eldon Tyrell.
Turkel was born in Brooklyn in 1927, and joined the U.S. Army at age 17, serving in Europe during World War II. Following the war, he moved to California to pursue acting, and landed his first film credit with “City Across the River” in 1948.
Over the course of the next four decades, Turkel worked extensively, with notable films including “King Rat,” “The Sand Pebbles,” “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” and his final film “The Dark Side of the Moon.” He also appeared in three of director Bert I. Gordon’s films: “Tormented,” “The Boy and the Pirates” and “Village of the Giants.”
On TV, he appeared in episodes of popular shows such as “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,” “Sky King,” “Tales from the Darkside,” “The Lone Ranger,” “S.W.A.T,” “Adam-12,” “Ironside,” “The Andy Griffith Show,” “Ben Casey,” “The Untouchables,” “Dragnet,” “Miami Vice” and “Bonanza.” His final credit before retiring was a voice role in a 1997 “Blade Runner” video game spinoff.
According to a representative, prior to his death Turkel completed a memoir titled “The Misery of Success,” which his family plans to publish later this year.
Turkel is survived by his two sons, two daughter-in-laws and his brother David Turkel.
Anybody else from or in the US not feeling like celebrating this July 4th? (We can forego the discussion about the politics of why.)
My first day back at work after a week off, so here in the UK definitely don’t feel like celebrating!
Happy Independence Day for those that do! 🇺🇸
Just came back from 4 days in North Queensland (Cairns to be specific).
Nice, pleasant, a little wet when it should have been in the middle of the dry season.
However, was able to add a new beastie to the range that have munched on my person (in addition to Australian Possum, New Guinea Cuscus, brown tree snake, crocodile*, native mouse, Sugar Glider, innumerable small, flying bitey things, etc, etc, etc). This was a 10 cm centipede.
Woke up to find some leggy thing crawling on my arm. I managed to fling it away, but in the process it sank its fangs into my hand. I turned the light on, saw the two bite marks about 1 cm apart, felt the burning pain and recognised a centipede bite.
I then looked up the treatment. For a minor bite it's soak in hot water to destroy the venom and reduce the swelling, then cover with antiseptic ointment and monitor. If you get black streaks, vomiting, dizziness, etc, go to hospital.
Anyway, all is well now.
* Ok, it was a baby crocodile, but it still had needle sharp teeth.
Nice, pleasant, a little wet when it should have been in the middle of the dry season.
However, was able to add a new beastie to the range that have munched on my person (in addition to Australian Possum, New Guinea Cuscus, brown tree snake, crocodile*, native mouse, Sugar Glider, innumerable small, flying bitey things, etc, etc, etc). This was a 10 cm centipede.
Woke up to find some leggy thing crawling on my arm. I managed to fling it away, but in the process it sank its fangs into my hand. I turned the light on, saw the two bite marks about 1 cm apart, felt the burning pain and recognised a centipede bite.
I then looked up the treatment. For a minor bite it's soak in hot water to destroy the venom and reduce the swelling, then cover with antiseptic ointment and monitor. If you get black streaks, vomiting, dizziness, etc, go to hospital.
Anyway, all is well now.
* Ok, it was a baby crocodile, but it still had needle sharp teeth.
I was bit by something in the middle of the Outback. I didn't see what it was, but it only caused about a 2 inch rash, luckily. Also glad you are alright.
And this is why Mrs AFB would never go to Australia. That and spiders you have to catch with a large bowl. Here I use a small plastic cup and she still freaks!
When I was at university, a classmate had spent some time in Australia because his father was stationed as a diplomat there at the time.
And yes, I do recall being told their stories about the sort of spiders that had to be coralled with a large bowl, told in a tone of grim determination, aspiring to - but never quite reaching - an air of stoic indifference.
Those are the tiddlers. It's the ones you have to lasso and then persuade to go outside with a cattle prod you have to watch out for.*
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Aussies are known to occasionally stretch the truth a little...
I remember watching Steve Irwin (RIP) on his show and he would pick up these giant spiders and Brown Recluses, and then the spiders would move their madibles and Steve's like "OK, he's getting agitated now..." and I'm thinking "WHY THE F*&^ WOULD YOU WANT TO AGITATE A BROWN RECLUSE!!!?"
I hate spiders. I mean, there you are, minding your own bisness, then spider kicks your azzz for no reason. I'm like "what the hell?"
I know somebody who had a bad reaction to a brown recluse bite and wound up in a wheelchair for life as a consequence. I am no fan of spiders - any kind of spider.
Actually, the big ones don't bother me, they are actually harmless. It's the smaller ones that can be deadly and/or creep-i-fying.
From my perspective across the Big Pond here in the US, I had wondered about the reference to Westminster, knew it couldn't have anything to do with the Westminster Dog Show which has just finished up a week or so ago in the US, but guessed that it is rather something far more significant in terms of the world in general.....and, after reading today's Washington Post have a much better understanding now. I hope all works out well Over There as truly things cannot be allowed to just continue on, sweeping things under the carpet, stiff upper lip and all that.....
There are so many issues right now that have a significant impact on everyone. But there is one relatively trivial issue that I've been mulling about recently. You probably have read about Venice having to start restricting cruise ships and requiring a visitors pass in order to cut down the number of visitors. Have been to U.S. national parks where the traffic lines go for miles. If we keep on the path of constant population growth then a lot of these places will either be spoiled, or inaccessible. I used to drive up on a whim to Yosemite. Now, depending on the time of year, you have to get a pass, sometimes weeks in advance. These issues are, of course, trivial in terms of other resources that are being strained by population growth - water, air, food and other natural resources. The common mantra is that an economy that isn't growing isn't a healthy one. Don't see how economies can infinitely grow without a significant degradation in the quality of life.
He's hanging on like long COVID. Still it is worth considering who replaces him.
Freedom to roam might relieve pressure on parks. Interestingly, when the US was founded there was no law of trespass for unfenced lands. Trespass laws were greatly strengthened after the Civil War in part to control former slaves (tenant farmers would have to ask permission to cross the landowner's land), and this has been maintained ever since. It would be interesting to see whether trespass laws will get challenged in court now that SCOTUS massively weakened the right of privacy.
Scotland, where I live now, has the right to roam, which means you can reasonably walk on the edges of a private field, through a forest, or swim or paddle on a private waterway provided you do no damage (particularly to crops), do not disturb livestock, obey laws regarding fishing and fishing rights, invade nobody's privacy, and don't disrupt economic activity (e.g., interfere with hunting parties on estates) - see https://www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot/practical-guide-all. I have to say when I go back to visit my family in the US, I start feeling claustrophobic. And I never feel safe in rural areas in the US for fear I will inadvertently trespass and get confronted by some gun-toting unhinged landowner.
The interesting thing is that farmers and estate owners in Scotland initially hated the idea of putting the right to roam into law, but many capitalise on it by putting up stalls to sell food to hikers as they pass by. Generally it has worked out well, except for wild areas near Glasgow, where people tend to treat the wild spaces as an invitation for a booze-up and don't clean up after themselves.
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Shocking given how much larger the US is compared to Scotland. I am not sure of the rules in Canada or Switzerland for that matter.
Need to look it up I think.LOL - there is so much open space in the US, but still you would be technically trespassing even in a desolate place like this:Shocking given how much larger the US is compared to Scotland. I am not sure of the rules in Canada or Switzerland for that matter.
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Anyone!He's hanging on like long COVID. Still it is worth considering who replaces him.
I dunno, some pretty reprehensible people on the list of hopefuls. Thankfully Patel doesn't seem to have a chance. Just my two pence....