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I had something of a disturbed night due to the heat. One thing that stuck in my mind was a scene from a possible Dirty Harry film (I was not consciously thinking of films, this just surfaced at one point?)
The hero is being chased through San Francisco by another man in a car, this man has a toy car rigged as a bomb. His mission is to get it under the detectives car and detonate it !
Can anyone tell me the title please?:confused::smile:
 
I remember a film like that called Runaway. Tom Selleck was the good cop and Gene Simmons the bad guy. I am sure there are more movies out there using similar remote controlled vehicles.
 
I was sort of on a tangent also but I had Mr Grace asking Mr Rumbold " Uh Uh I know what your thinking did Mr Humphries sell six shirts today or was it five , well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. "
 
captain clutterbuck said:
I was sort of on a tangent also but I had Mr Grace asking Mr Rumbold " Uh Uh I know what your thinking did Mr Humphries sell six shirts today or was it five , well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. "
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From my knowledge of the prices and wages in those days - when I too assisted gentlemen in the purchase of their outfitting and tailoring - the profit on five shirts would easil have covered Mr Humphries' wages for the day. Say 45/- each (typical Van Heusen price) would give 15/- profit per shirt, thus 75/- (£3.15.0) would be be about right for a days pay in menswear. Incidentally Miss Brahms and Mrs Slocombe could have had a lower rate of pay as there were differing rates for males and females according to the Wages Councils of those times! But not for that much longer - by the time "Are You being Served?" finished I think equal pay had become a reality.
 
Went into a men's store so that my husband could buy some shirts and they just didn't carry short sleeve shirts. Not a single one. Had to get some long sleeved shirts altered and when we picked them up, it was obvious that the seamstress did not own an iron. A good pressing makes all the difference.

And that brings me to Full Steam Behind. In the opening scene, Clegg could have been doing anything; it didn't matter, but what was he doing?? He was using a steam iron.
 
Adanor said:
Went into a men's store so that my husband could buy some shirts and they just didn't carry short sleeve shirts. Not a single one. Had to get some long sleeved shirts altered and when we picked them up, it was obvious that the seamstress did not own an iron. A good pressing makes all the difference.

And that brings me to Full Steam Behind. In the opening scene, Clegg could have been doing anything; it didn't matter, but what was he doing?? He was using a steam iron.
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So modern! Obviously Edie had invested in one just prior to her untimely demise. One would imagine Clegg still having one that plugged into a side extension to the lamp socket (as one of my grandfathers did).
 
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