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A Very good morning to you, Rusty!
It is glorious here - and fairly warm!
I hope you are having a similar nice day?
Now I have looked at the YouTube clip you mentioned....
But it is very strange...... ..if you try more than one of the mini videos, you will find that one "portrait" is a caricature.......while another is an actual true likeness of the girl!
Apart from the "result", the features of the clip are all the same.
I don't know what to think......take a look!
I found the caricature first........I couldn't understand what was happening.......which is how I came to try another clip!
No plans for today.....
How about you?

Thanks for that, elle - I was baffled by the caricature too!

Good morning, Elle!
I do not know what a caricature is?
But the film clip I saw was "created" I think, not natural.
But, there is some amazing stuff on YouTube, I think.
It is a lovely day here but cold.
We may get snow.
It is snowing a bit further North today.
Now, there is a programme on BBC most days called "Victoria Derbyshire".
Have you heard of it?
Today, Victoria did a piece on scoliosis, and Julia, the dancer on BGT.
It was very interesting.
And well done, Alesha, for the Golden Buzzer!
And I note that BGT got the biggest TV audience this year.
I just found out that Sophie Raworth ran the London Marathon. She's my favourite news reader.
I am having a quiet day.
Miss O is going with me to a funeral tomorrow, so best look out for a black tie etc.

and so was I!

Hi, Rusty!
A caricature is like a parody of someone or something........
It sounds as though you must have happened on the true likeness of the girl........but compare these links...........
Caricature
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2yQVOOy8ps
Actual likeness of girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEZaE4-6MHs
I hope they work!
No, I hadn't heard of that programme , "Victoria Derbyshire", but have now tracked it down on BBC2!
However did you come across it? There is nothing in my TV guide other than the name......?
I wish that I had been able to watch the programme - I am sure it must have been very informative?
I wonder if someone will set up a "Just Giving" page - or similar - for Julia?
I would not be surprised if that were the outcome of all the publicity.
But then All the Best to her......
I am sorry to hear that you have to go to a funeral tomorrow.
Family...or friend.....?
Unfortunately, we go to more funerals than weddings or Christenings these days!

Goodness, Elle!
How did that happen?
I only saw the girl's likeness in the clip I saw!
So...it was not a natural occurence?
I wonder how they got on?
They would make a nice couple, I think.
"Victoria" is on most mornings.
I like her.
I have her programme on, in the background, regularly.
She is recovering from breast cancer.
I heard her say to look in at quarter to ten and that part would be about scoliosis and young Julia.
So, I recorded it.
She showed the clip of the girls dancing etc and an interview with a girl who had scoliosis and a spine surgeon.
The funeral is for my pal's wife.
Miss O is in charge of me!

Hi, Rusty!
I am wondering whether a great aunt of mine had scoliosis?
I can only dimly recall her as she died when I was very young....but I do remember her spine being very curved and "crooked"...and she walked bent over in a forward position.
I don't think I ever heard any one ever say what was the matter with her........and I was too young even to think of asking....
I think I must have just taken her condition for granted.
Have you done your crossword yet today?
I am about a third of the way through the 15x15.......
I liked 10 across! and 6 down - that tickled me!
I shall try to finish the puzzle (I am rather slow today!) and then go out with the dog.
Are you going out for a walk?
It is getting very dark here though.....maybe rain coming?



Hello, Chris and Pigale!
Did you check out the differences between those YouTube clips?
Rather strange?
What do you think was the point of their being different?

Hello, Elle!
The weather is wild here!
High winds, hailstones etc.
So, I am staying in!
I had an auntie like that, too, in Ireland.
I am not sure it was scoliosis though.
Her legs were crippled too.
But she could get about OK.
I had a look on YouTube to see if the programme was on there yet, but could not see it.
There are numerous clips of Victoria, mainly to do with her cancer though.
I have finished the puzzle.
"Herself" is on Sky Arts tonight!
A documentary on Maureen O'Hara!
And there is athletics on Eurosport for you.
Seems to be relay racing from the Bahamas?

Elle, update!
If you are interested, there is an extended clip of Julia and her friends on YouTube.
It is a bitty longer than the clip we saw on Saturday.
"Alesha makes Just Us dreams come true".
I really liked it!

Hello Elle and Rusty,

Sorry for the late reply Elle - I was busy clearing documents and
filing them, and then went out shopping.

I did check the different clip on Utube and yes, what a difference!
I might be missing something, but I see no point in the caricature!

You both seem to have a very different weather to what it is here!
It is bright, blue skye and sun, quite warm out of a fresh breeze:
not unpleasant at all.