[GlennF]

...Honey, I'm home...

She was Swedish like the modern Greta. Her characters often displayed the "strong independent modern 1930's woman" archetype (much like Jean Harlow and Bette Davis) and she was like that in real life as well.

Greta Garbo quit movie making in 1941 at the height of her success because she could no longer tolerate the Hollywood system and all it's machinations. She was only 36 but refused to ever make another movie.

For me the real Garbo classic was the 1935 version of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

[NVDucati]

She was Swedish like the modern Greta. Her characters often displayed the "strong independent modern 1930's woman" archetype (much like Jean Harlow and Bette Davis) and she was like that in real life as well.

Greta Garbo quit movie making in 1941 at the height of her success because she could no longer tolerate the Hollywood system and all it's machinations. She was only 36 but refused to ever make another movie.

For me the real Garbo classic was the 1935 version of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

[axman88]

I personally don't much care for thread drift.

That's why I'm going to try to bring it back on track.

Why did Greta change her pipes?   She felt like it!  And she smoked ciggys too!

https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/famous-pipe-smokers-greta-garbo

[Arschloch]

https://youtu.be/yk_5cJ180xc

...indeed we've come a long way.

[cyrusb]

I personally don't much care for thread drift.

That's why I'm going to try to bring it back on track.

Why did Greta change her pipes?   She felt like it!  And she smoked ciggys too!

https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/famous-pipe-smokers-greta-garbo

It would have been nice to clean her pipes.....

[GlennF]

I personally don't much care for thread drift.

That's why I'm going to try to bring it back on track.

Why did Greta change her pipes?   She felt like it!  And she smoked ciggys too!

https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/famous-pipe-smokers-greta-garbo

Definitely my sort of gal ...

[Intybe]

Apparently it pays to increase your word power...so at least we're all on the same page as regards what we're talking about or around.

Bowdlerisation: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowdlerize

Woke: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woke

Most of this "debate" devolves to the concept of fairness or equitability. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" is a good general guideline, regardless of the original source... The operating assumption behind it is that the need is genuine, the ability is not exploited.

Thanks AzCal, Bowdlerise is a sonic beauty, and my, hasn't woke come a long way! 🤪😵

[GlennF]

Most of this "debate" devolves to the concept of fairness or equitability. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" is a good general guideline, regardless of the original source...

The source is somewhat debatable as some people claim that Marx was actually plagiarising Acts 4-35 .

KJV Acts 4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

Not quite seeing how any of this relates to Greta Garbo though.   

[GlennF]

Did Greta ever own a goat? 

[Adrian II]

A holiday park I once worked in owned a goat called Greta. Are we far enough adrift from the original topic yet?

A.

[GlennF]

A holiday park I once worked in owned a goat called Greta. Are we far enough adrift from the original topic yet?

A.

There is also a goat called Greta in the popular children's book "Zoe's Rescue Zoo: The Helpful Hedgehog" .

[McElsen]

Well, on that subject:
I have a Meteor and have been looking at slip-ons to get a slightly better sound, like the new Classic has. The meteor has a strange contraption in it's exhaust system that is hidden underneath the bike, like a little pot. Now some claim that is the cat. Others claim it is just there to enhance the sound. However, prior for the gasses going into this little 'pot' there is a little bulge in the horizontal pipe. Some people claim that is the cat. Reason for asking: if I were to bypass the pot with a straight pipe section, would that indeed mean I have no cat anymore?

[Richard230]

I believe that both groups might be right. It is my understanding that the latest version of the old-school (not the Meteors) Indian market air-cooled RE 350 BS6 models have two cats, one in the exhaust header and one in the muffler.