It was Probus AGM this morning and we had to leave the house by 9am. I’m always up by 7 but it’s still a rush. We had a good roll-up and the business was completed without fuss. Marilyn is once again Vice-President and that comes with the expectation that she will be President next year. Of course, a lot of water will flow under the bridge in that time and no-one can predict what will happen.
We’ve been watching a show on Prime TV called Jo. It seems it was shown the first time around on the Fox Crime network on mainland Europe which is surprising because most of the cast is British and the language used in it is English. It’s about a veteran detective in Paris, played by a Frenchman speaking English. There’s a revolving, supporting cast of familiar and mostly British faces with the occasional yank. We had a treat last night in the episode we were watching when Leslie Caron appeared in a small part.
I remember her when I was a spotty youth seeing her in Gigi, released in 1958. That’s when I first heard the term ‘gamine’ to describe a slim, mischievous young woman. I think a lot of young women in those days tried hard to achieve that look. Then we got the blonde surfer chick (Gidget), the busty Jayne Mansfield , vampy Shirley MacLaine and I’m not sure what came next. By the way, Leslie Caron is 90 years old this year and still exudes a feeling of glamour.
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