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The
Normal Routine - NightTime
(part 3 of 3)
Tuesday 25th April 2000
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If
you are in the mood for a less cerebral activity then there
are the stations video and 16mm film collections. We have
quite a lot of ex-rental movies with topics ranging across
the spectrum from comedy, and drama to action and documentaries.
Each year the station has a budget to buy new videos and music
CD's so the collection is gradually increasing all the time.
We have a large TV set as well as a video projector to show
videos, and this year we have a new surround sound system
to help make the cinema live up to it's name! Besides the
pre-recorded videos, many friends and relatives of expeditioners
send down tapes of programs and shows to remind us what life
is like back home.
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There
is always a view to admire and comfortable chair to read a
book in.. tapes. |
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On Mondays we have been watching Dec '99 / Jan '00 episodes
of Southpark, and Futurama. We also have the Today 2000 new
years day program which we are looking forward to watching
to see how the rest of the world experienced New years eve.
While watching the tapes sent down I have rediscovered advertising,
and realised how annoying and insulting they are ... That
is definitely one part of home I am not looking forward to
returning to!
Besides videos, we have a large collection of 16mm films ranging
in age from 1940's through to the late 1990's, the latest
movie being 'Babe'. On Sunday and Wednesday nights the slushy
chooses a movie from the 250+ 16mm films on offer and the
projectionist sets up the movie ready for showing at 8pm.
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A
large video collection to choose from... |
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best thing about the 16mm films is the "shorts" which are played
before the movie. The
shorts are miniature 5 minute documentaries from the 40's, 50's,
60's and 70's. I really like watching them because they provide
a very interesting glimpse into the past and often have the
authentic "news reel" feel about them. Many of them are very
funny to watch mainly from the perspective of changing fashion,
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Watching videos or 16mm films in the
cinema . |
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nights the bar sees activity, especially with the station home-brew
beer available and soft drinks We have a post mix soft drink
machine with most types of soft drinks available. The temptation
is great to refill your glass with another drink - especially
when a free postmix machine is within arms reach! |
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Every
few weeks we have a theme night - the latest one was a 70's fashion
night. Luckily we have a very large collection of dressup clothes
to choose from (a lot of which are from the 70's) so dressing up
is not hard. Platforms, flair's, furry chests and dangling necklaces
were the most popular - reminding me that fashion 70's decade was
definitely not worth remembering!
And when there is no theme night and we still have some energy
to burn there's always dancing and just messing about..
Cheers,
Kym
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