Early Risers.

[Hroth]

4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

That in Australia, floorboards are commonly nearly as wide as doors.

 

The shelves on the left are oddly spaced too!

 

[polybear]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ozexpatriate]

We had a short conversation here on the topic of veracity the other day. (It's relevant to the news cycle at the moment.)

 

A pundit referred to a quote which I had not heard before. I found it apropos.

Quote

Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: like a man, who hath thought of a good repartee when the discourse is changed, or the company parted; or like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the patient is dead.

Jonathan Swift - 1710. 

 

(My emphasis - that was the referenced bit.)

 

Not new, disinformation is.

 

Edited Sunday at 20:57 by Ozexpatriate

[Ozexpatriate]

Google Lens, which is a curious tool, found something quite similar:

 

 

The cartography is a bit off.

 

[Chris Snowdon]

14 hours ago, Hroth said:

 

@Chris Snowdon  Roman Wall Blues?   Is that the one about sentry duty at the dead of night during Saturnalia?  🤔

 

(Looked it up, not far off on the sentiment!)

 

Yes, if I remember correctly, it's basically the grumblings of a bored and homesick soldier from Southern Europe or North Africa wondering WFT he is doing in the middle of the night, in the middle of what soon became Northumberland, in the rain.  We were advised to read the poem as optional homework whilst studying The Eagle of the Ninth, but apparently the vast amount of correspondence found at/from Vindolanda suggests it's pretty accurate.

[Coombe Barton]

3 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

And some twirp speaking between the movements - treating us the TV audience with contempt.

Wasn't like that on Radio 3

[Chris Snowdon]

14 hours ago, BoD said:

I don’t like poetry.  If I have spent good money on a book I want the words to go all the way across the page. That’s the least you should expect.

Fair enough.  Can't argue with that!

[Chris Snowdon]

14 hours ago, DaveF said:

 

I noticed this after I wrote my post a few minutes ago.

 

The Tanfield Railway is just like it always was, very friendly and with lots of fascinating things to see.  The electrics are still there, safely stored in one of the sheds along with lots of other nice things.  They also have many interesting railway books (second hand) in their shop.

 

David

David, that's really good to hear.  Not just about what's still there but also that the bookcases are still worth browsing.  A lot of the smaller industrial museums around the NE seem to be suffering (not just financially, but theft and vandalism) at present, so hope they are doing OK - it sounds as if they are.

[Chris Snowdon]

10 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said:

 

 Is this a friend of yours ?

 

 

 

 

 

Not as far as I am aware, just someone else who is "normal".

[BSW01]

Goodnight everyone 

[BoD]

8 minutes ago, Chris Snowdon said:

Not as far as I am aware, just someone else who is "normal".

lol

[iL Dottore]

3 hours ago, Compound2632 said:

I think I need to give up this forum. I'm clearly turning into a grumpy old man. Take the revised format for BBC Young Musican which has resulted in the final including two performances of the same old warhorse. And some twirp speaking between the movements - treating us the TV audience with contempt.

My dear fellow, you becoming a grumpy old man is a sign of maturity and wisdom. A process undoubtably aided by you frequenting these pages and learning from the best. For on ER you have experienced, wise and extremely talented grumps. Fellows who could be grumpy to gold medal standards for Britain (and elsewhere, as appropriate).

 

Anyone who gets to our age (and I am assuming that you pretty much coincide with the demographics of ER) and is still euphorically skipping through life like Basil Fotherington-Tomas, has clearly done too many drugs in the 60s and 70s!

[iL Dottore]

8 minutes ago, BoD said:

lol

Lots of Love???????

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[Winslow Boy]

L

18 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Lots of Love???????

Laugh out Loud or even better Live out Long.

[Ozexpatriate]

34 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

... done too many drugs in the 60s and 70s!

Isn't that the stage of life when the number of prescriptions written starts to increase dramatically? Sounds pretty normal to me.

[Ozexpatriate]

44 minutes ago, BoD said:

lol

ROTFL

LMAO

 

[iL Dottore]

13 minutes ago, Ozexpatriate said:

Isn't that the stage of life when the number of prescriptions written starts to increase dramatically? Sounds pretty normal to me.

I think you are being naughtily obtuse, Oz: I was of course referring to the 1960s and the 1970s!

 

30 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

Laugh out Loud or even better Live out Long.

I was being just a teeny tiny bit sardonic!

 

I am aware of what LOL means, and a lot of other trendy/New Age/millennial/generation Z acronyms besides.

 

“Know thy enemy“ and all that.

[Ozexpatriate]

6 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

I think you are being naughtily obtuse

Possibly. 😉

[monkeysarefun]

3 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

This I found incongruous. 

 

 

It is a photograph I took yesterday - of a wall.  It's a bit of a headscratcher.

 

The building on which it is applied, explains it a bit, but it still confuses. I do not know what the graphic attempts to convey, beyond "Australia".

 

 

 

 

I'm impressed they included Kangaroo Island, King Island, The Furneaux Group, Groote Eylandt and Bathurst and Melville Islands.  Meanwhile maps here often leave off Tasmania!

[Grizz]

4 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

This I found incongruous. 

 

 

It is a photograph I took yesterday - of a wall.  It's a bit of a headscratcher.

 

The building on which it is applied, explains it a bit, but it still confuses. I do not know what the graphic attempts to convey, beyond "Australia".

 

 

Maybe it wasn’t mean to be an outline of Australia with giant floor boards to start with….maybe it was a much bigger picture of something completely different with floor boards….to start with? 
 

And the guys doing the clean up operation got bored….. had a few pints at lunch time and got like ‘all creative’ in the afternoon…..?

 

 

 

[Ozexpatriate]

1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said:

Meanwhile maps here often leave off Tasmania!

Like those world maps that omit Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu / New Zealand! (For some reason I find that funny - though were I a Kiwi, it would irk.)

 

Edited yesterday at 00:48 by Ozexpatriate

[jamie92208]

10 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said:

A happy accident - like many culinary inspirations.

 

Allegedly "nachos" were improvised by a border town cantina proprietor named Ignacio, to serve some peckish, lady Texan shoppers after the cook had good home for an afternoon siesta.

 

We have a similar one here.  Pineau de Charente was created wnen someone accidentally mixed a barrel of waste grape juice with a barrel of waste eau de vie. A few months later it tasted good and the rest is history. 

 

Good moaning from the Charente.  A good evening was had last night. Beth had got a leg of venison out of the freezer but found it was a tad larger than she remembered.  I had to saw three inches off one end for it to fit in the slow cooker.  Anyway we invited some neighbours round to share it and had a great time.  Peter has just lost his daughter after some 40 years and is stuck, waiting for the funeral to be arranged in Sussex.  He said that a good evening if good food, laughter and conversation and wine was what he needed. 

 

This morning it's physithen French class so I better get a move on.

 

Jamie

 

 

[Barry O]

Ey up!

 

I watched the Young Musician of the year last night.. a lotnof energy expended by the musicians. Of course in such a competition the finalists would have a small choice of pieces to play.. the pianists both chose a  piece renowned for testing the player.

 

What it did reveal is that in some areas parents no longer see their children needing something to balance their school ambitions. Music gets in the way.. which is a shame.

 

Of course with the move in state schools to starting children off with the Ukelele (a weapon of war to some) less children move on to other instruments.

 

Today is a get ready for a trip out day. I hate packing bags as, no matter how organised you think you are, you always forget something. Pah!

 

Hopefully I will be catching up with some like minded people this afternoon which should lift the spirits. After that I will be catching up with Dr Eldest Herbert by zooooooom. Her indoorsbhas a cricket AGM to attend so.. 

 

Time to.. finish my tea and gerronwithit!

 

TTFN

 

Baz

 

[polybear]

BH.....

 

Woke at 0415 (bluddy Wee Wee Fairy 🤬...AGAIN.....) wunderin' if I'm off to the W/H today - until I remembered I've not had the Flu' Jab yet and that's on a Monday - meaning today must be Monday cos' yesterday must've been Sunday cos' Antiques Roadshow was on the Telly.....

I nearly decided to quit and get up at that point, but in the end postponed it until 0535 instead; as a result I'm slightly "ahead of the curve" at the moment, so that's a Tick.

Today?  Well apart from the dreaded jab I've got a box to sand (and both the Met. and Alexa agree with each other for once) as well as the muddlin' room to clean.  Deep joy.

Other fun?  Well I've a Lipo Battery & Connector** to investigate, take piccies of and send to Puppers; the battery is fitted to a "Z77 Gyro Force  3.5 Ch. Gyro Stabilised Helicopter" that Bear rescued from the 'bay Bin a few days ago - it was boxed and undamaged but the charger & instructions were both missing 😒 so a little messin' is required in order to see if it is any good or not.  I was hoping a quick  Google might produce a copy of the instructions but sadly not....

 

Right, TTR.....

 

BG