William III is the only person to have two national capitals named after him (Kingston and Nassau).

dv said:

William III is the only person to have two national capitals named after him (Kingston and Nassau).

What about Alexander?

dv said:

William III is the only person to have two national capitals named after him (Kingston and Nassau).

What about Alexander?

Kingy said:

dv said:

William III is the only person to have two national capitals named after him (Kingston and Nassau).

What about Alexander?

I can only count one. Maybe I’m wrong?

Also TIL that the de jure capital of Bolivia is Sucre, not La Paz. Huh.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_founded_by_Alexander_the_Great

I missed the part about the cities he founded being national capitals. My bad.

dv said:

William III is the only person to have two national capitals named after him (Kingston and Nassau).

OK, I’ll ask the question – how is Nassau related to William III ? Kingston = King’s Town, I get that one.

party_pants said:

dv said:

William III is the only person to have two national capitals named after him (Kingston and Nassau).

OK, I’ll ask the question – how is Nassau related to William III ? Kingston = King’s Town, I get that one.

William III of England, Prince of Orange-Nassau.

The concentrated yeast paste first marketed as Marmite, then Vegemite etc, was invented by a German scientist, Justus von Liebig.

He also developed beef extracts that later became Oxo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite#History

Bubblecar said:

The concentrated yeast paste first marketed as Marmite, then Vegemite etc, was invented by a German scientist, Justus von Liebig.

He also developed beef extracts that later became Oxo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite#History

Is there a modern German equivalent to Marmite?

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

The concentrated yeast paste first marketed as Marmite, then Vegemite etc, was invented by a German scientist, Justus von Liebig.

He also developed beef extracts that later became Oxo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite#History

Is there a modern German equivalent to Marmite?

Yes, Vitam-R, milder and less salty.

https://www.vitam.de/en/

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Bubblecar said:

The concentrated yeast paste first marketed as Marmite, then Vegemite etc, was invented by a German scientist, Justus von Liebig.

He also developed beef extracts that later became Oxo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite#History

Is there a modern German equivalent to Marmite?

Yes, Vitam-R, milder and less salty.

https://www.vitam.de/en/

OK, my German is practically non-existent, but, brotaufstrich…

‘Brot’ is bread. ‘Auf’ is on. And i’m guessing that ‘strich’ is ‘stretch’, ‘stroke’, ‘spread’ or similar.

So, ‘brotaufstrich’ is ‘bread, on, spread’? German minimalism, reduced from ‘get bread, on it, spread this’, maybe?

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

dv said:

Is there a modern German equivalent to Marmite?

Yes, Vitam-R, milder and less salty.

https://www.vitam.de/en/

OK, my German is practically non-existent, but, brotaufstrich…

‘Brot’ is bread. ‘Auf’ is on. And i’m guessing that ‘strich’ is ‘stretch’, ‘stroke’, ‘spread’ or similar.

So, ‘brotaufstrich’ is ‘bread, on, spread’? German minimalism, reduced from ‘get bread, on it, spread this’, maybe?

Aye, just means bread spread.

Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

Yes, Vitam-R, milder and less salty.

https://www.vitam.de/en/

OK, my German is practically non-existent, but, brotaufstrich…

‘Brot’ is bread. ‘Auf’ is on. And i’m guessing that ‘strich’ is ‘stretch’, ‘stroke’, ‘spread’ or similar.

So, ‘brotaufstrich’ is ‘bread, on, spread’? German minimalism, reduced from ‘get bread, on it, spread this’, maybe?

Aye, just means bread spread.

But, the Germans just love a chance to combine two or three short words into one unwieldy word, don’t they?

captain_spalding said:

Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

OK, my German is practically non-existent, but, brotaufstrich…

‘Brot’ is bread. ‘Auf’ is on. And i’m guessing that ‘strich’ is ‘stretch’, ‘stroke’, ‘spread’ or similar.

So, ‘brotaufstrich’ is ‘bread, on, spread’? German minimalism, reduced from ‘get bread, on it, spread this’, maybe?

Aye, just means bread spread.

But, the Germans just love a chance to combine two or three short words into one unwieldy word, don’t they?

It can become rather ridiculous, as in the German word for food intolerance: Nahrungsmittelunverträglichkeit.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/why-english-is-a-germanic-language/

Monaco has no income tax except for French citizens.

dv said:

Monaco has no income tax except for French citizens.

Well, they deserve it. They should be more friendly to visitors to Paris.

The Red Rooster Line of Sydney.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-25/disadvantaged-students-medicine-university/103141050

Today I learned that Julio Iglesias has a sister 61 years younger than him.

dv said:

Today I learned that Julio Iglesias has a sister 61 years younger than him.

That’s a bit disturbing.

dv said:

Today I learned that Julio Iglesias has a sister 61 years younger than him.

not a half sister?

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

Today I learned that Julio Iglesias has a sister 61 years younger than him.

not a half sister?

Oh yeah half sister

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

Today I learned that Julio Iglesias has a sister 61 years younger than him.

not a half sister?

Oh yeah half sister

good.

sarahs mum said:

dv said:

sarahs mum said:

not a half sister?

Oh yeah half sister

good.

Not a record though. For instance Ace Ecclestone is 64 years younger than his half-sister Deborah Ecclestone. Presumably there are non-famous pairs with bigger gaps.

The difference between a Sloppy Joe and a regular burger is that the meat is cooked loose instead of forming a patty, even though it is eaten between two hamburger buns.

The words bulwark and boulevard derive from the same root.

Today I learnt about puddled iron. The Eiffel Tower is an example of a structure made from puddled iron.

>Puddling is the process of converting pig iron to bar (wrought) iron in a coal fired reverberatory furnace. It was developed in England during the 1780s. The molten pig iron was stirred in a reverberatory furnace, in an oxidizing environment to burn the carbon, resulting in wrought iron. It was one of the most important processes for making the first appreciable volumes of valuable and useful bar iron (malleable wrought iron) without the use of charcoal. Eventually, the furnace would be used to make small quantities of specialty steels.

Though it was not the first process to produce bar iron without charcoal, puddling was by far the most successful, and replaced the earlier potting and stamping processes, as well as the much older charcoal finery and bloomery processes. This enabled a great expansion of iron production to take place in Great Britain, and shortly afterwards, in North America. That expansion constitutes the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution so far as the iron industry is concerned. Most 19th century applications of wrought iron, including the Eiffel Tower, bridges, and the original framework of the Statue of Liberty, used puddled iron.

Schematic drawing of a puddling furnace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puddling_(metallurgy)

Johnston (or Johnston Sans) is a sans-serif typeface designed by and named after Edward Johnston. The typeface was commissioned in 1913 by Frank Pick, commercial manager of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (also known as ‘The Underground Group’), as part of his plan to strengthen the company’s corporate identity. Johnston was originally created for printing (with a planned height of 1 inch or 2.5 cm), but it rapidly became used for the enamel station signs of the Underground system as well.

It has been the corporate font of public transport in London since the foundation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, and of predecessor companies since its introduction in 1916, making its use one of the world’s longest-lasting examples of corporate branding. It was a copyrighted property of the LPTB’s successor, Transport for London, until Public Domain Day 2015 (Johnston died in 1944).

I have to hand it to Edward Johnston. The font is pleasant to look at and easy to read, not so quirky as to draw attention to itself but still distinctive enough to make one think of the Underground.

dv said:

Johnston (or Johnston Sans) is a sans-serif typeface designed by and named after Edward Johnston. The typeface was commissioned in 1913 by Frank Pick, commercial manager of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (also known as ‘The Underground Group’), as part of his plan to strengthen the company’s corporate identity. Johnston was originally created for printing (with a planned height of 1 inch or 2.5 cm), but it rapidly became used for the enamel station signs of the Underground system as well.

It has been the corporate font of public transport in London since the foundation of the London Passenger Transport Board in 1933, and of predecessor companies since its introduction in 1916, making its use one of the world’s longest-lasting examples of corporate branding. It was a copyrighted property of the LPTB’s successor, Transport for London, until Public Domain Day 2015 (Johnston died in 1944).

I have to hand it to Edward Johnston. The font is pleasant to look at and easy to read, not so quirky as to draw attention to itself but still distinctive enough to make one think of the Underground.

https://youtu.be/1BBkFacaBHY?si=hLJPdC1l9pIxfoxB

We have voice recordings of only one person born in the 18th century:
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke ( 26 October 1800 – 24 April 1891).

The two recordings were made by with Adelbert Theodor Wangemann, shortly before Moltke’s 89th birthday. He read excerpts rom Shakespeare and Goethe and also a congratulatory message for Edison.

Moltke had a remarkable military life, beginning with the Danish infantry in 1819 and eventually becoming a Fieldmarshall in the Prussian army in 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War, and a member of the Reichstag of a United Germany.

He also spent four years seconded to the Ottomans, reforming their military and offering advice on the war against Egypt.

dv said:

https://youtu.be/1BBkFacaBHY?si=hLJPdC1l9pIxfoxB

We have voice recordings of only one person born in the 18th century:
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke ( 26 October 1800 – 24 April 1891).

The two recordings were made by with Adelbert Theodor Wangemann, shortly before Moltke’s 89th birthday. He read excerpts rom Shakespeare and Goethe and also a congratulatory message for Edison.

Moltke had a remarkable military life, beginning with the Danish infantry in 1819 and eventually becoming a Fieldmarshall in the Prussian army in 1870 in the Franco-Prussian War, and a member of the Reichstag of a United Germany.

He also spent four years seconded to the Ottomans, reforming their military and offering advice on the war against Egypt.

A very active person.

A good quality to have.

Polly is a nickname, or pet form, for Mary.

dv said:

Polly is a nickname, or pet form, for Mary.

As is Molly.

dv said:

Polly is a nickname, or pet form, for Mary.

Well I didn’t know that.

Poll had a little lamb
She kept in in a bucket

Not all my maternal great aunts went by their christened names. They were born between 1900 and 1910. Auntie Mollie’s name was Mary. Auntie Nellie’s name was Helene. I’d have to get out the family tree to find the rest.

Peak Warming Man said:

Poll had a little lamb
She kept in in a bucket

Cause when she had to exit poll

buffy said:

dv said:

Polly is a nickname, or pet form, for Mary.

As is Molly.

Mary Meldrom. I did not know that although it does make sense.

Peak Warming Man said:

Poll had a little lamb
She kept in in a bucket

Mary had a little lamb,
Her father shot it dead.
She still takes it to school each day,
Between two lumps of bread.

Salisbury steak has nothing to do with Salisbury UK or any place called Salisbury or the Marquess of Salisbury or anything like that.

James H. Salisbury (1823–1905) was an American physician and chemist known for his advocacy of a meat-centered diet to promote health, and the term Salisbury steak for a ground beef patty served as the main course has been used in the United States since 1897.

He believed vegetables and starchy foods produced poisonous substances in the digestive system which were responsible for heart disease, tumors, mental illness and tuberculosis. He believed that human dentition demonstrated that humans were meant to eat meat, and sought to limit vegetables, fruit, starches, and fats to one-third of the diet.

dv said:

Salisbury steak has nothing to do with Salisbury UK or any place called Salisbury or the Marquess of Salisbury or anything like that.

James H. Salisbury (1823–1905) was an American physician and chemist known for his advocacy of a meat-centered diet to promote health, and the term Salisbury steak for a ground beef patty served as the main course has been used in the United States since 1897.

He believed vegetables and starchy foods produced poisonous substances in the digestive system which were responsible for heart disease, tumors, mental illness and tuberculosis. He believed that human dentition demonstrated that humans were meant to eat meat, and sought to limit vegetables, fruit, starches, and fats to one-third of the diet.

Yep, you never see an old vegetarian, well not many.

Peak Warming Man said:

dv said:

Salisbury steak has nothing to do with Salisbury UK or any place called Salisbury or the Marquess of Salisbury or anything like that.

James H. Salisbury (1823–1905) was an American physician and chemist known for his advocacy of a meat-centered diet to promote health, and the term Salisbury steak for a ground beef patty served as the main course has been used in the United States since 1897.

He believed vegetables and starchy foods produced poisonous substances in the digestive system which were responsible for heart disease, tumors, mental illness and tuberculosis. He believed that human dentition demonstrated that humans were meant to eat meat, and sought to limit vegetables, fruit, starches, and fats to one-third of the diet.

Yep, you never see an old vegetarian, well not many.

Hah. :) I’m not old yet.

Of Australia’s 297 km of dual gauge track, 207 km are in WA.

dv said:

Of Australia’s 297 km of dual gauge track, 207 km are in WA.

Always been a dreamer for quad track myself.

party_pants said:

dv said:

Of Australia’s 297 km of dual gauge track, 207 km are in WA.

Always been a dreamer for quad track myself.

I always wanted an 8 track.

Quinoa is one of very few botanical sources of human-complete protein.

OCDC said:

Quinoa is one of very few botanical sources of human-complete protein.

Yes but how much of it do you have to eat?

roughbarked said:

OCDC said:

Quinoa is one of very few botanical sources of human-complete protein.

Yes but how much of it do you have to eat?

Quora because my brane is not at its best at the mo:

Cooked quinoa is about 14% protein, but its content of the essential amino acid tryptophan is only about 1/4 that of eggs. So if you want to get the minimum of 0.29 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day, a typical 70 kilogram male would need 20.3 grams of ideal protein which would be 145 grams (about 4–5 ounces of cooked quinoa if its protein quality were perfect).

So not an unreasonable amount.

OCDC said:

roughbarked said:

OCDC said:

Quinoa is one of very few botanical sources of human-complete protein.

Yes but how much of it do you have to eat?

Quora because my brane is not at its best at the mo:

Cooked quinoa is about 14% protein, but its content of the essential amino acid tryptophan is only about 1/4 that of eggs. So if you want to get the minimum of 0.29 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day, a typical 70 kilogram male would need 20.3 grams of ideal protein which would be 145 grams (about 4–5 ounces of cooked quinoa if its protein quality were perfect).

That’s a lot of seed munching.

How about sprouted seed?

OCDC said:

So not an unreasonable amount.

Not really a lot.
I’d easily eat that in lentils most days.

OCDC said:

Quinoa is one of very few botanical sources of human-complete protein.

Well I’ve done my good deed for today.

In some parts of Ireland, a soft drink is called a “mineral “.

A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water. Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances. A locomotive that pulls a tender is called a tender locomotive. Locomotives that do not have tenders and carry all their fuel and water on board the locomotive itself are called tank locomotives or tank engines.

—-

(Torrefied means roasted.)
—-

So if I’m right Gordon is a tender engine whereas Thomas carries his own reactants.

dv said:

A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water. Steam locomotives consume large quantities of water compared to the quantity of fuel, so their tenders are necessary to keep them running over long distances. A locomotive that pulls a tender is called a tender locomotive. Locomotives that do not have tenders and carry all their fuel and water on board the locomotive itself are called tank locomotives or tank engines.

—-

(Torrefied means roasted.)
—-

So if I’m right Gordon is a tender engine whereas Thomas carries his own reactants.

Correct.

Carol of the Bells is based on a Ukrainian folksong.

OCDC said:

Carol of the Bells is based on a Ukrainian folksong.

All that Christmas stuff came from that part of the world, didn’t it?

Willem Dafoe’s real name is William. He adopted the stagename Willem.

dv said:

Willem Dafoe’s real name is William. He adopted the stagename Willem.

Like David Walliams.

Tamb said:

dv said:

Willem Dafoe’s real name is William. He adopted the stagename Willem.

Like David Walliams.

I wanted to name my first son William, but his father said no. The woman in the room with me said it will mean a strong-willed child, because Will I am.
The weirdos you meet on the maternity ward.

kii said:

Tamb said:

dv said:

Willem Dafoe’s real name is William. He adopted the stagename Willem.

Like David Walliams.

I wanted to name my first son William, but his father said no. The woman in the room with me said it will mean a strong-willed child, because Will I am.
The weirdos you meet on the maternity ward.

Honestly I didn’t think Blackeyed peas were so popular back then

dv said:

kii said:

Tamb said:

Like David Walliams.

I wanted to name my first son William, but his father said no. The woman in the room with me said it will mean a strong-willed child, because Will I am.
The weirdos you meet on the maternity ward.

Honestly I didn’t think Blackeyed peas were so popular back then

Huh?

dv said:

kii said:

Tamb said:

Like David Walliams.

I wanted to name my first son William, but his father said no. The woman in the room with me said it will mean a strong-willed child, because Will I am.
The weirdos you meet on the maternity ward.

Honestly I didn’t think Blackeyed peas were so popular back then

I always keep some in the cupboard.

Can’t get trains to Lismore any more.

Indeed the entire Murwillumbah line was discontinued in 2004.

moquette
/mɒˈkɛt/
noun
a thick pile fabric used for carpets and upholstery.

The voice of the onboard computer in the movie Passengers is that of Emma Clarke, who provided the voice for London Underground announcements.

TIL Judy Garland lent her voice to an animated character, in Gay Purr-ee. I was unaware she’d made an animated film.

Although critics praised it, the film was a box office disappointment. Personally, I think it was a lovely movie undeserving of box office failure. The animation style is very 1960s. It was written by Chuck Jones (of Warner Bros cartoon fame) and his wife. Although Chuck later directed many WB cartoons, he did not direct this.

The dimensions of an A4 page are

2 ^ ( -7/4) metres by 2 ^ (-9/4) metres

dv said:

The dimensions of an A4 page are

2 ^ ( -7/4) metres by 2 ^ (-9/4) metres

RUOK?

kii said:

dv said:

The dimensions of an A4 page are

2 ^ ( -7/4) metres by 2 ^ (-9/4) metres

RUOK?

Hey don’t shoot the messenger

dv said:

kii said:

dv said:

The dimensions of an A4 page are

2 ^ ( -7/4) metres by 2 ^ (-9/4) metres

RUOK?

Hey don’t shoot the messenger

May I point and laugh at you?

I have an ear-worm this morning – the chorus to “Tell Laura I Love Her”, which I probably haven’t heard in half a century. So I looked up the lyrics and the Wikipedia page. TIL of “Answer Songs”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_song

Michael V said:

I have an ear-worm this morning – the chorus to “Tell Laura I Love Her”, which I probably haven’t heard in half a century. So I looked up the lyrics and the Wikipedia page. TIL of “Answer Songs”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_song

Oh that song is sad :(

Answer songs are cool; I already knew of them because dad told me about them when I was a kid. IIRC his example was Oh Neil, an answer to Oh Carol

Last week I fell into a rabbit hole and found a whole bunch of other answer songs, including a couple from Fleetwood Mac.

Divine Angel said:

Michael V said:

I have an ear-worm this morning – the chorus to “Tell Laura I Love Her”, which I probably haven’t heard in half a century. So I looked up the lyrics and the Wikipedia page. TIL of “Answer Songs”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer_song

Oh that song is sad :(

Answer songs are cool; I already knew of them because dad told me about them when I was a kid. IIRC his example was Oh Neil, an answer to Oh Carol

Last week I fell into a rabbit hole and found a whole bunch of other answer songs, including a couple from Fleetwood Mac.

:)

dv said:

The dimensions of an A4 page are

2 ^ ( -7/4) metres by 2 ^ (-9/4) metres

297×210 to us commoners.

Bogsnorkler said:

dv said:

The dimensions of an A4 page are

2 ^ ( -7/4) metres by 2 ^ (-9/4) metres

297×210 to us commoners.

Since it’s Friday:

0.297 × 0.210

or to be a little more precise:

0.29730177875068 × 0.210224103813429

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bogsnorkler said:

dv said:

The dimensions of an A4 page are

2 ^ ( -7/4) metres by 2 ^ (-9/4) metres

297×210 to us commoners.

Since it’s Friday:

0.297 × 0.210

or to be a little more precise:

0.29730177875068 × 0.210224103813429

at what relative humidity?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bogsnorkler said:

dv said:

The dimensions of an A4 page are

2 ^ ( -7/4) metres by 2 ^ (-9/4) metres

297×210 to us commoners.

Since it’s Friday:

0.297 × 0.210

or to be a little more precise:

0.29730177875068 × 0.210224103813429

Thats why feet and inches is a much more cromulent system.

Are we not all dismayed that it took him til now to learn this? Better late than pregnant I suppose.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bogsnorkler said:

297×210 to us commoners.

Since it’s Friday:

0.297 × 0.210

or to be a little more precise:

0.29730177875068 × 0.210224103813429

Thats why feet and inches is a much more cromulent system.

I have a foot but I don’t use it as a rule.

Bogsnorkler said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Since it’s Friday:

0.297 × 0.210

or to be a little more precise:

0.29730177875068 × 0.210224103813429

Thats why feet and inches is a much more cromulent system.

I have a foot but I don’t use it as a rule.

Some do but not you.

We used to have an A0 plotter.

Bogsnorkler said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Since it’s Friday:

0.297 × 0.210

or to be a little more precise:

0.29730177875068 × 0.210224103813429

Thats why feet and inches is a much more cromulent system.

I have a foot but I don’t use it as a rule.

Not even when out in the yard?

OCDC said:

We used to have an A0 plotter.

So did eye.

Ordinary Person was a tag dv used at the SSSF sometimes.

OCDC said:

Are we not all dismayed that it took him til now to learn this? Better late than pregnant I suppose.

To be clear

I knew that the ratio was sqrt(2) and that you can halve to get the next size down without change of shape.

What I didn’t know is that the area of A0 was a square metre, and that (hence) the area of An is 2^(-n) square metres, and (also hence) the dimensions of An in metres are 2^((2n-1)/4) by 2^((2n+1)/4).

It’s kind of beautiful, and the ANSI Letter size can eat shit. It doesn’t have a property like this.

dv said:

OCDC said:

Are we not all dismayed that it took him til now to learn this? Better late than pregnant I suppose.

To be clear

I knew that the ratio was sqrt(2) and that you can halve to get the next size down without change of shape.

What I didn’t know is that the area of A0 was a square metre, and that (hence) the area of An is 2^(-n) square metres, and (also hence) the dimensions of An in metres are 2^((2n-1)/4) by 2^((2n+1)/4).

It’s kind of beautiful, and the ANSI Letter size can eat shit. It doesn’t have a property like this.

the whole system works so well. plus it is an aesthetically pleasing ratio.

https://youtube.com/shorts/3E_MURgHATY?si=RkTjScGtWq5WAUw0

The first one way street in London was Albemarle St.

The change was made a couple of hundred years ago because of the traffic headed to Sir Humphry Davy’s popular science lectures at the Royal Institution.

dv said:

https://youtube.com/shorts/3E_MURgHATY?si=RkTjScGtWq5WAUw0

The first one way street in London was Albemarle St.

The change was made a couple of hundred years ago because of the traffic headed to Sir Humphry Davy’s popular science lectures at the Royal Institution.

Interesting.

The Wear in Tyne and Wear rhymes with beer, not bear.

TIL that there were ancient canals linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Here is a map of the Canal of the Pharaohs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Precursors

Michael V said:

TIL that there were ancient canals linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Here is a map of the Canal of the Pharaohs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Precursors

I believe they ferried the stones for the pyramids right to the spot on canals.

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

TIL that there were ancient canals linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Here is a map of the Canal of the Pharaohs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Precursors

I believe they ferried the stones for the pyramids right to the spot on canals.

the camel seems to have been domesticated rather late. After the pyramids were already built.

Michael V said:

TIL that there were ancient canals linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Here is a map of the Canal of the Pharaohs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Precursors

Interesting, ta. Family and I navigated the Suez Canal last century.

Michael V said:

TIL that there were ancient canals linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Here is a map of the Canal of the Pharaohs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Precursors

Man if you’re going to make up place names, at least make them more believable than “Zagazig”.

dv said:

Michael V said:

TIL that there were ancient canals linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. Here is a map of the Canal of the Pharaohs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal#Precursors

Man if you’re going to make up place names, at least make them more believable than “Zagazig”.

:)

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

Someone better tell them then?

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

What busted arsed search engine are you using.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

What busted arsed search engine are you using.

TATAE apparently.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

What busted arsed search engine are you using.

I was using the Bing BASE, but I checked on Wikipedia with their search and TATAE BASE also returns nothing.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

What busted arsed search engine are you using.

I was using the Bing BASE, but I checked on Wikipedia with their search and TATAE BASE also returns nothing.

You should chuck bing.
There are other far better search engines.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

What busted arsed search engine are you using.

I was using the Bing BASE, but I checked on Wikipedia with their search and TATAE BASE also returns nothing.

You should chuck bing.
There are other far better search engines.

Shrug – I’ve compared results with Google occasionally and they are much the same, but I can always switch to google for a specific search if necessary.

I mean anything is better than feeding revenue to those billionaires in Google, right?

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I was using the Bing BASE, but I checked on Wikipedia with their search and TATAE BASE also returns nothing.

You should chuck bing.
There are other far better search engines.

Shrug – I’ve compared results with Google occasionally and they are much the same, but I can always switch to google for a specific search if necessary.

I mean anything is better than feeding revenue to those billionaires in Google, right?

I don’t use google search. I mostly block all their scripts.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

You should chuck bing.
There are other far better search engines.

Shrug – I’ve compared results with Google occasionally and they are much the same, but I can always switch to google for a specific search if necessary.

I mean anything is better than feeding revenue to those billionaires in Google, right?

I don’t use google search. I mostly block all their scripts.

Well the others may be better in terms of privacy, but I have not seen any evidence that any of them are better in terms of search results.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Shrug – I’ve compared results with Google occasionally and they are much the same, but I can always switch to google for a specific search if necessary.

I mean anything is better than feeding revenue to those billionaires in Google, right?

I don’t use google search. I mostly block all their scripts.

Well the others may be better in terms of privacy, but I have not seen any evidence that any of them are better in terms of search results.

I just Binged “best search engine” and it said Google then Bing.

So I Googled “best search engine” and the first three hits were alternatives to Google.

So that’s jolly decent of both of them, don’t you think?

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

I don’t use google search. I mostly block all their scripts.

Well the others may be better in terms of privacy, but I have not seen any evidence that any of them are better in terms of search results.

I just Binged “best search engine” and it said Google then Bing.

So I Googled “best search engine” and the first three hits were alternatives to Google.

So that’s jolly decent of both of them, don’t you think?

:) I put in best dearch engine and it cam back “dud you mean best search engine” and at the top od the list was, https://www.pcmag.com/picks/go-beyond-google-best-alternative-search-engines

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

Is that one of those designer dogs where they join two names into something“new”?

buffy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

Is that one of those designer dogs where they join two names into something“new”?

Yep. It’s a backyard breeder of poodle crosses giving them a fancy name and lots of ‘promises’
So many oddles on my morning walk. Some of them good, some of them just wacko mutts

ruby said:

buffy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

Is that one of those designer dogs where they join two names into something“new”?

Yep. It’s a backyard breeder of poodle crosses giving them a fancy name and lots of ‘promises’
So many oddles on my morning walk. Some of them good, some of them just wacko mutts

Yes, I just did some Googling too. Looks like Tamaruke is the name of a kennel that was breeding labradoodles. This would seem to be their website. There are quite a lot of hits suggesting it’s a puppy farm setup.

https://www.tamaruke.com/our-pups

ruby said:

buffy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

Is that one of those designer dogs where they join two names into something“new”?

Yep. It’s a backyard breeder of poodle crosses giving them a fancy name and lots of ‘promises’
So many oddles on my morning walk. Some of them good, some of them just wacko mutts

Here you go. Whirlpool forum giving their opinions on the Tamaruke and the breeder.

I can highly recommend the good old Australian terrier. No shedding, terrier tough, real characters.

ruby said:

buffy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that there is a dog breed called Tamaruke

but TATAE knows nothing of it.

Is that one of those designer dogs where they join two names into something“new”?

Yep. It’s a backyard breeder of poodle crosses giving them a fancy name and lots of ‘promises’
So many oddles on my morning walk. Some of them good, some of them just wacko mutts

The Pontville sister is considering getting a bordoodle (border collie/poodle cross).

They’re supposed to be particularly intelligent.

ruby said:

ruby said:

buffy said:

Is that one of those designer dogs where they join two names into something“new”?

Yep. It’s a backyard breeder of poodle crosses giving them a fancy name and lots of ‘promises’
So many oddles on my morning walk. Some of them good, some of them just wacko mutts

Here you go. Whirlpool forum giving their opinions on the Tamaruke and the breeder.

I can highly recommend the good old Australian terrier. No shedding, terrier tough, real characters.

:)

ruby said:

ruby said:

buffy said:

Is that one of those designer dogs where they join two names into something“new”?

Yep. It’s a backyard breeder of poodle crosses giving them a fancy name and lots of ‘promises’
So many oddles on my morning walk. Some of them good, some of them just wacko mutts

Here you go. Whirlpool forum giving their opinions on the Tamaruke and the breeder.

Ooops, forgot yo put the Whirlpool URL in-

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/3485vz73

Well they are touted as a recognized breed. They are not recognized in Victoria:

https://dogsvictoria.org.au/Breeders/breed-standards

Ewan MacColl wrote both
The first time ever i saw your face
And
Dirty old town

tauto said:

Ewan MacColl wrote both
The first time ever i saw your face
And
Dirty old town

Cool

Silverfish can go up to a year without eating as long as they have water.

They live for about three years. Lost antennae regenerate within four weeks.

Book partly eaten by silverfish.

Bubblecar said:

Silverfish can go up to a year without eating as long as they have water.

They live for about three years. Lost antennae regenerate within four weeks.

Book partly eaten by silverfish.

Good

The naval rank of captain is equivalent to the army rank of colonel.

dv said:

The naval rank of captain is equivalent to the army rank of colonel.

Sounds fair. Our Captain_Spalding navigated his ship into somewhere near Broken Hill, where the rank of Colonel would have been of more help than “Captain”, unless he was in the bushfire brigade.

that Wendy Harmer was the first Australian female stand-up comedian.

But is that actually true?

The Rev Dodgson said:

that Wendy Harmer was the first Australian female stand-up comedian.

But is that actually true?

She’s not a comedian.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

that Wendy Harmer was the first Australian female stand-up comedian.

But is that actually true?

She’s not a comedian.

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

that Wendy Harmer was the first Australian female stand-up comedian.

But is that actually true?

She’s not a comedian.

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

She’s not a comedian.

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

I assume 2015 was the date of the acknowledgement, rather than the date she started out standing up, which was early 80’s I believe.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

I assume 2015 was the date of the acknowledgement, rather than the date she started out standing up, which was early 80’s I believe.

Oh right.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

I assume 2015 was the date of the acknowledgement, rather than the date she started out standing up, which was early 80’s I believe.

Oh right.

But I agree it is pretty misleading as written. Maybe dv could correct it for us.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

I assume 2015 was the date of the acknowledgement, rather than the date she started out standing up, which was early 80’s I believe.

A lot of people don’t know it was actually the turnbull government that helped female comedy into the public domain with a 500 million dollar grant that provided legions of script writers and personal coaches.

wookiemeister said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

I assume 2015 was the date of the acknowledgement, rather than the date she started out standing up, which was early 80’s I believe.

A lot of people don’t know it was actually the turnbull government that helped female comedy into the public domain with a 500 million dollar grant that provided legions of script writers and personal coaches.

It was part of “leave no female comedian behind” initiative

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I assume 2015 was the date of the acknowledgement, rather than the date she started out standing up, which was early 80’s I believe.

Oh right.

But I agree it is pretty misleading as written. Maybe dv could correct it for us.

Some short clips of her early work here

Before the LNFCB initiative female stand up had stagnated – 500 million was literally the lifeblood that was needed , a massive infusion to flush out all the worn out material holding women back in this dynamic environment. For the first time female comedians could explore the refreshing funny side of the shape, look, feel of their vagina, why they are tired all the time, kids – right? and complaining about men not doing enough for them.

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Oh right.

But I agree it is pretty misleading as written. Maybe dv could correct it for us.

Some short clips of her early work here

“we heard a sound we hadn’t heard before “women laughing”

Dear oh dear.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Peak Warming Man said:

She’s not a comedian.

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

Cicely Courtneidge?

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

Cicely Courtneidge?

She did her work in England though.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

she didn’t do stand-up.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

Also known as Carol Raye, also known as Kathleen Mary Corkrey.

As suppose the arguments against nominating her for the honour would be:

1: Sketch comedy is not stand-up.
2. She wasn’t Australian.

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

Mavis Bramston was a fictitious character, although she had the program named after her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mavis_Bramston_Show

Link

JudgeMental said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

she didn’t do stand-up.

Fairinthenuts.

AussieDJ said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

Mavis Bramston was a fictitious character, although she had the program named after her.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mavis_Bramston_Show

Link

Tthat’s the one. It made a lot of Austalian comedian’s careers.

not australian but, were the Goons stand-up comedians?

JudgeMental said:

not australian but, were the Goons stand-up comedians?

Yes. It seemed that they had stage shows that were recorded for radio?

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I beg to differ.

But anyway, TATE says:

“She is acknowledged as the first Australian woman to enter the all-male domain of stand-up comedy in the 2015 ABC TV series Stop Laughing…This Is Serious.”

so it must be true.

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

Stage name, played by Maggie Dence. Not stand-up comedy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mavis_Bramston_Show

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

Peak Warming Man said:

2015 is like only yesterday, it doesn’t sound right.

So nobody remebers Mavis Bramston if that was the correct name or spelling. There was a comedic show with her name on it in the mid sixties.

Stage name, played by Maggie Dence. Not stand-up comedy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mavis_Bramston_Show

Same link also leads to Carol Raye, which says she was the producer and “original star”.

roughbarked said:

JudgeMental said:

not australian but, were the Goons stand-up comedians?

Yes. It seemed that they had stage shows that were recorded for radio?

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

AussieDJ said:

roughbarked said:

JudgeMental said:

not australian but, were the Goons stand-up comedians?

Yes. It seemed that they had stage shows that were recorded for radio?

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

yes, I was making a joke as to the fact that in their shows they were standing. and that they were comedians.

JudgeMental said:

AussieDJ said:

roughbarked said:

Yes. It seemed that they had stage shows that were recorded for radio?

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

yes, I was making a joke as to the fact that in their shows they were standing. and that they were comedians.

The Falwty Towers staff were mostly stand-up comedians, but the customer were not.

JudgeMental said:

AussieDJ said:

roughbarked said:

Yes. It seemed that they had stage shows that were recorded for radio?

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

yes, I was making a joke as to the fact that in their shows they were standing. and that they were comedians.

… and I walked into it.

:)

AussieDJ said:

JudgeMental said:

AussieDJ said:

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

yes, I was making a joke as to the fact that in their shows they were standing. and that they were comedians.

… and I walked into it.

:)

I was starting to lose hope…

AussieDJ said:

roughbarked said:

JudgeMental said:

not australian but, were the Goons stand-up comedians?

Yes. It seemed that they had stage shows that were recorded for radio?

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

I was, for a long time, a member of the Goon Show Preservation Society.

captain_spalding said:

AussieDJ said:

roughbarked said:

Yes. It seemed that they had stage shows that were recorded for radio?

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

I was, for a long time, a member of the Goon Show Preservation Society.

And now?

In the 1930s, Summer camps opened up across the country. But these weren’t normal summer camps: they were the creation of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization with a vision of America ruled by white Christians.

NAZI TOWN, USA | Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp_nXMLonw

AussieDJ said:

captain_spalding said:

AussieDJ said:

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

I was, for a long time, a member of the Goon Show Preservation Society.

And now?

No, not for some years now.

AussieDJ said:

captain_spalding said:

AussieDJ said:

The Goons didn’t fit the usually-accepted definition of stand-up comedy, where a performer will usually talk their way through a story or routine calculated to get laughs from the audience.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-up_comedy
Link

The Goons have been lauded as one of the greatest forms of radio comedy – radio, after all, being theatre of the mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show
Link

I was, for a long time, a member of the Goon Show Preservation Society.

And now?

No, not for some years now.

sarahs mum said:

In the 1930s, Summer camps opened up across the country. But these weren’t normal summer camps: they were the creation of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization with a vision of America ruled by white Christians.

NAZI TOWN, USA | Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp_nXMLonw

They held big rallies in cities across the US before WW2, including one in 1939 at Madison Square Garden, attended by 20,00 sympathisers.

captain_spalding said:

AussieDJ said:

captain_spalding said:

I was, for a long time, a member of the Goon Show Preservation Society.

And now?

No, not for some years now.

well, they’re all dead now. Unless you intended to preserve them in formaldehyde.

captain_spalding said:

sarahs mum said:

In the 1930s, Summer camps opened up across the country. But these weren’t normal summer camps: they were the creation of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization with a vision of America ruled by white Christians.

NAZI TOWN, USA | Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbp_nXMLonw

They held big rallies in cities across the US before WW2, including one in 1939 at Madison Square Garden, attended by 20,00 sympathisers.

i knew about the rallies. but I did not know about the camps.

JudgeMental said:

captain_spalding said:

AussieDJ said:

And now?

No, not for some years now.

well, they’re all dead now. Unless you intended to preserve them in formaldehyde.

John Cleese, who was announcer on a one-off special broadcast, is still going…..just.

JudgeMental said:

captain_spalding said:

AussieDJ said:

And now?

No, not for some years now.

well, they’re all dead now. Unless you intended to preserve them in formaldehyde.

The cast members are all dead, but the recordings live on!

Ladies and Fred … I give you The Highly Esteemed Goon Show … available on two, yes – count them, two – streaming platforms!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZJfXozPB7csMovJB28KxTXCUyixDmzj1

Link

and

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072vdz/episodes/player

Link

Neophyte said:

JudgeMental said:

captain_spalding said:

No, not for some years now.

well, they’re all dead now. Unless you intended to preserve them in formaldehyde.

John Cleese, who was announcer on a one-off special broadcast, is still going…..just.

He keeps trying to retire, but every time he gets divorced he has to keep working to earn the settlement payout.

party_pants said:

Neophyte said:

JudgeMental said:

well, they’re all dead now. Unless you intended to preserve them in formaldehyde.

John Cleese, who was announcer on a one-off special broadcast, is still going…..just.

He keeps trying to retire, but every time he gets divorced he has to keep working to earn the settlement payout.

The Goon Show – Tales of Men’s Shirts (1968)
Essentially a re-enactment of a radio performance, the three Goons were joined by John Cleese as announcer for a special shown on Thames Television. An almost-complete copy of this broadcast is held by the British Film Institute.

Neophyte said:

JudgeMental said:

captain_spalding said:

No, not for some years now.

well, they’re all dead now. Unless you intended to preserve them in formaldehyde.

John Cleese, who was announcer on a one-off special broadcast, is still going…..just.

He’ll go to the big cancellation in the sky soon enough.

Neophyte said:

party_pants said:

Neophyte said:

John Cleese, who was announcer on a one-off special broadcast, is still going…..just.

He keeps trying to retire, but every time he gets divorced he has to keep working to earn the settlement payout.

The Goon Show – Tales of Men’s Shirts (1968)
Essentially a re-enactment of a radio performance, the three Goons were joined by John Cleese as announcer for a special shown on Thames Television. An almost-complete copy of this broadcast is held by the British Film Institute.

ying tong ying tong ying tong

Peak Warming Man said:

Neophyte said:

party_pants said:

He keeps trying to retire, but every time he gets divorced he has to keep working to earn the settlement payout.

The Goon Show – Tales of Men’s Shirts (1968)
Essentially a re-enactment of a radio performance, the three Goons were joined by John Cleese as announcer for a special shown on Thames Television. An almost-complete copy of this broadcast is held by the British Film Institute.

ying tong ying tong ying tong

https://youtu.be/33-fVsL5Kdc

Link

Neophyte said:

JudgeMental said:

captain_spalding said:

No, not for some years now.

well, they’re all dead now. Unless you intended to preserve them in formaldehyde.

John Cleese, who was announcer on a one-off special broadcast, is still going…..just.

He is not a Goon.

JudgeMental said:

Neophyte said:

JudgeMental said:

well, they’re all dead now. Unless you intended to preserve them in formaldehyde.

John Cleese, who was announcer on a one-off special broadcast, is still going…..just.

He is not a Goon.

True.
He is, however, a fan of the Goons, as are quite a few other comedians, who credit the Goons as giving them the inspiration for their own careers.

AussieDJ said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Neophyte said:

The Goon Show – Tales of Men’s Shirts (1968)
Essentially a re-enactment of a radio performance, the three Goons were joined by John Cleese as announcer for a special shown on Thames Television. An almost-complete copy of this broadcast is held by the British Film Institute.

ying tong ying tong ying tong

https://youtu.be/33-fVsL5Kdc

Link

Have a guess who now has an earworm?

:)

AussieDJ said:

JudgeMental said:

Neophyte said:

John Cleese, who was announcer on a one-off special broadcast, is still going…..just.

He is not a Goon.

True.
He is, however, a fan of the Goons, as are quite a few other comedians, who credit the Goons as giving them the inspiration for their own careers.

I’m a fan of the Goons. Every saturday around noon on the radio in melbourne. early to mid 70s.

JudgeMental said:

AussieDJ said:

JudgeMental said:

He is not a Goon.

True.
He is, however, a fan of the Goons, as are quite a few other comedians, who credit the Goons as giving them the inspiration for their own careers.

I’m a fan of the Goons. Every saturday around noon on the radio in melbourne. early to mid 70s.

Yes. I did the same.
3AR (620, later 621kHz AM). Now Radio National.

My brother would religiously record the programs from the radio every Saturday on his treasured reel-to-reel tape recorder.
I didn’t realise until very much later that recording at a speed of 1 7/8 inches per second didn’t do much for fidelity, although it did save tape – which was relatively expensive in those days.

Princess Bride is based on a novel, which was written in the form of an abridged version of a non-existent full version.

Certainly Harmer was a pioneer but I don’t think she was the first woman in Australia to do a stand up act

dv said:

Certainly Harmer was a pioneer but I don’t think she was the first woman in Australia to do a stand up act

Who was then?

…my lesson.

JudgeMental said:

…my lesson.

That’ll teach you.

The Rev Dodgson said:

JudgeMental said:

…my lesson.

That’ll teach you.

JudgeMental said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

JudgeMental said:

…my lesson.

That’ll teach you.

But he was a good boy.

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Certainly Harmer was a pioneer but I don’t think she was the first woman in Australia to do a stand up act

Who was then?

To tell the truth, Australia didn’t have any real stand up comedians of either gender.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

dv said:

Certainly Harmer was a pioneer but I don’t think she was the first woman in Australia to do a stand up act

Who was then?

To tell the truth, Australia didn’t have any real stand up comedians of either gender.

Wot, never?

How is a “real stand up comedian” defined then?

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Who was then?

To tell the truth, Australia didn’t have any real stand up comedians of either gender.

Wot, never?

How is a “real stand up comedian” defined then?

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

To tell the truth, Australia didn’t have any real stand up comedians of either gender.

Wot, never?

How is a “real stand up comedian” defined then?

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

“Harmer was on the board of the first Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987, which featured Barry Humphries and Peter Cook.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Harmer

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Wot, never?

How is a “real stand up comedian” defined then?

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

“Harmer was on the board of the first Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987, which featured Barry Humphries and Peter Cook.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Harmer

So there you go.

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Wot, never?

How is a “real stand up comedian” defined then?

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

“Harmer was on the board of the first Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987, which featured Barry Humphries and Peter Cook.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Harmer

And they’re both dead.
Make of that what you will.

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

“Harmer was on the board of the first Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987, which featured Barry Humphries and Peter Cook.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Harmer

And they’re both dead.
Make of that what you will.

Possible conclusion: comedy festivals are fatal?

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

“Harmer was on the board of the first Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987, which featured Barry Humphries and Peter Cook.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Harmer

And they’re both dead.
Make of that what you will.

Maybe they could join the dead poets society?

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

To tell the truth, Australia didn’t have any real stand up comedians of either gender.

Wot, never?

How is a “real stand up comedian” defined then?

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

At what time?

Is “real stand up comedy” limited to the Melbourne comedy festival then?

roughbarked said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

“Harmer was on the board of the first Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987, which featured Barry Humphries and Peter Cook.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Harmer

So there you go.

Where?

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Wot, never?

How is a “real stand up comedian” defined then?

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

At what time?

Is “real stand up comedy” limited to the Melbourne comedy festival then?

Oh, yes, far superior to that trashy, flashy red-nose vaudeville stuff they call ‘comedy’ up in Sydney.

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

“Harmer was on the board of the first Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987, which featured Barry Humphries and Peter Cook.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Harmer

And they’re both dead.
Make of that what you will.

Possible conclusion: comedy festivals are fatal?

That’s my take on it

captain_spalding said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

At what time?

Is “real stand up comedy” limited to the Melbourne comedy festival then?

Oh, yes, far superior to that trashy, flashy red-nose vaudeville stuff they call ‘comedy’ up in Sydney.

lol

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Wot, never?

How is a “real stand up comedian” defined then?

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

At what time?

Is “real stand up comedy” limited to the Melbourne comedy festival then?

Well Bert Newton was probably the man to go to. Unless you are talking about Graham Kennedy?

Peak Warming Man said:

Michael V said:

roughbarked said:

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

“Harmer was on the board of the first Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1987, which featured Barry Humphries and Peter Cook.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Harmer

And they’re both dead.
Make of that what you will.

would it kill you if you laughed for just once?

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

At the time.
Was there such a thing as the Melbourne comedy festival?

At what time?

Is “real stand up comedy” limited to the Melbourne comedy festival then?

Well Bert Newton was probably the man to go to. Unless you are talking about Graham Kennedy?

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

At what time?

Is “real stand up comedy” limited to the Melbourne comedy festival then?

Well Bert Newton was probably the man to go to. Unless you are talking about Graham Kennedy?

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

There’s Pamela Stephenson I suppose, but she’s a kiwi.

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Well Bert Newton was probably the man to go to. Unless you are talking about Graham Kennedy?

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

There’s Pamela Stephenson I suppose, but she’s a kiwi.

I think Harmer was the first comedian of any gender with a hair lip to do stand up comedy.

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Well Bert Newton was probably the man to go to. Unless you are talking about Graham Kennedy?

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

There’s Pamela Stephenson I suppose, but she’s a kiwi.

close enough.

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

At what time?

Is “real stand up comedy” limited to the Melbourne comedy festival then?

Well Bert Newton was probably the man to go to. Unless you are talking about Graham Kennedy?

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

There probably weren’t because the Melbourne comedy festival was basically the first stand up org.

roughbarked said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

roughbarked said:

Well Bert Newton was probably the man to go to. Unless you are talking about Graham Kennedy?

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

There probably weren’t because the Melbourne comedy festival was basically the first stand up org.

OK, but that’s what the Internet was telling us, but dv begged to differ.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

There’s Pamela Stephenson I suppose, but she’s a kiwi.

I think Harmer was the first comedian of any gender with a hair lip to do stand up comedy.

I think you may be correct.

Peak Warming Man said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

There’s Pamela Stephenson I suppose, but she’s a kiwi.

I think Harmer was the first comedian of any gender with a hair lip to do stand up comedy.

Well you’ve changed your tune!

JudgeMental said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I’m not talking about anybody.

I was asking dv who Australian female stand-up comedians before Wendy Harmer were.

There’s Pamela Stephenson I suppose, but she’s a kiwi.

close enough.

If he/she is successful, they get made ‘honorary Australians’.

Mushrooms also produce vitamin d as a result of UV exposure (I already knew they had some vit d).

From an evolutionary perspective, we should be talking about the “platypus-billed duck” rather than “duck-billed platypus”.

In 1991, British screen icon Michael Caine (born Maurice Micklewhite in 1933), during filming for Noises Off in America, received a telephone call from the tabloid newspaper The People. Whilst doing a report on nursing homes for inmates of former mental asylums, their reporter had interviewed a woman, more lucid than the rest, who pointed out another inmate, her boyfriend: “Do you see that man over there? Do you know Michael Caine, the actor? Well, he’s his brother.”

The reporter discovered that Caine’s mother Ellen, who had died in 1989, had given birth to an illegitimate son named David Burchell in 1924. David was epileptic in an era with little treatment for it and illegitimacy and mental illness were stigmatised. He suffered brain damage after having fits in his room in the workhouse he was sent to and was institutionalised for the rest of his life. Unknown to her family, including Caine and his younger brother Stanley, Ellen visited David every Monday, keeping him a secret but looking after him and caring for him.

When Caine was able to leave the film set, he took a plane back to the UK to meet his older half-brother. David already knew who Caine was, having watched Zulu (1964) on the television and keeping a photograph of him. He found “a very small man, with dark, slightly greying hair, in a wheelchair I realised he couldn’t speak – or at least not in a way I could understand.” Realising there was little he could do for David, Caine tried to make him as comfortable and happy as possible, getting him a bigger room and his own television. David died shortly afterwards in 1992 and his ashes were buried alongside his mother’s.

Caine gained a new respect for his mother through her sacrifice and loyalty to her first-born son: “The tragedy is that, had David’s epilepsy been treated properly, he might well have gone on to live a fulfilled and normal life,” he wrote in his autobiography, “he might have had the chances that I did. But out of the tragedy emerged something else – the story of a courageous woman As I’ve said before, there was nothing Ma wouldn’t do for her boys – but perhaps that was also because there was one boy she hadn’t been able to do much for.”

dv said:

In 1991, British screen icon Michael Caine (born Maurice Micklewhite in 1933), during filming for Noises Off in America, received a telephone call from the tabloid newspaper The People. Whilst doing a report on nursing homes for inmates of former mental asylums, their reporter had interviewed a woman, more lucid than the rest, who pointed out another inmate, her boyfriend: “Do you see that man over there? Do you know Michael Caine, the actor? Well, he’s his brother.”

The reporter discovered that Caine’s mother Ellen, who had died in 1989, had given birth to an illegitimate son named David Burchell in 1924. David was epileptic in an era with little treatment for it and illegitimacy and mental illness were stigmatised. He suffered brain damage after having fits in his room in the workhouse he was sent to and was institutionalised for the rest of his life. Unknown to her family, including Caine and his younger brother Stanley, Ellen visited David every Monday, keeping him a secret but looking after him and caring for him.

When Caine was able to leave the film set, he took a plane back to the UK to meet his older half-brother. David already knew who Caine was, having watched Zulu (1964) on the television and keeping a photograph of him. He found “a very small man, with dark, slightly greying hair, in a wheelchair I realised he couldn’t speak – or at least not in a way I could understand.” Realising there was little he could do for David, Caine tried to make him as comfortable and happy as possible, getting him a bigger room and his own television. David died shortly afterwards in 1992 and his ashes were buried alongside his mother’s.

Caine gained a new respect for his mother through her sacrifice and loyalty to her first-born son: “The tragedy is that, had David’s epilepsy been treated properly, he might well have gone on to live a fulfilled and normal life,” he wrote in his autobiography, “he might have had the chances that I did. But out of the tragedy emerged something else – the story of a courageous woman As I’ve said before, there was nothing Ma wouldn’t do for her boys – but perhaps that was also because there was one boy she hadn’t been able to do much for.”

Thats so sad.

of Thomas Aikenhead:

In 1697, a young Scottish student named Thomas Aikenhead made some rather shocking statements. Statements that, at the time, did not go over well at all. It wasn’t Aikenhead’s intention to shock people, mind you — he merely got drawn into an argument with fellow students at the University of Edinburgh.

The discussion was one of a philosophical and religious nature. Some of Aikenhead’s fellow students were shocked by his irreligious stance. They reported him to the authorities for blasphemy. Here is the indictment, summing up what the young Scottish student said:

The prisoner had repeatedly maintained, in conversation, that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions and extravagant chimeras: That he ridiculed the holy scriptures, calling the Old Testament Ezra’s fables, in profane allusion to Esop’s Fables; That he railed on Christ, saying, he had learned magick in Egypt, which enabled him to perform those pranks which were called miracles: That he called the New Testament the history of the imposter Christ; That he said Moses was the better artist and the better politician; and he preferred Muhammad to Christ: That the Holy Scriptures were stuffed with such madness, nonsense, and contradictions, that he admired the stupidity of the world in being so long deluded by them: That he rejected the mystery of the Trinity as unworthy of refutation; and scoffed at the incarnation of Christ

The case was brought in front of the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart of Scotland. Who decided to make an example of the rebellious student and have him put to death for his blasphemous statements. A jury agreed, and the death penalty was delivered.

Thomas Aikenhead was only twenty years old when he was taken to the gallows in 1697. He was the last person in Great Britain to be put to death for blasphemy. Many of the things he said could have been by any edgy teenager on Reddit or Quora. But three hundred years ago, such commentary was lethal. To be ahead of your times can often have lethal consequences.

The Rev Dodgson said:

of Thomas Aikenhead:

In 1697, a young Scottish student named Thomas Aikenhead made some rather shocking statements. Statements that, at the time, did not go over well at all. It wasn’t Aikenhead’s intention to shock people, mind you — he merely got drawn into an argument with fellow students at the University of Edinburgh.

The discussion was one of a philosophical and religious nature. Some of Aikenhead’s fellow students were shocked by his irreligious stance. They reported him to the authorities for blasphemy. Here is the indictment, summing up what the young Scottish student said:

The prisoner had repeatedly maintained, in conversation, that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions and extravagant chimeras: That he ridiculed the holy scriptures, calling the Old Testament Ezra’s fables, in profane allusion to Esop’s Fables; That he railed on Christ, saying, he had learned magick in Egypt, which enabled him to perform those pranks which were called miracles: That he called the New Testament the history of the imposter Christ; That he said Moses was the better artist and the better politician; and he preferred Muhammad to Christ: That the Holy Scriptures were stuffed with such madness, nonsense, and contradictions, that he admired the stupidity of the world in being so long deluded by them: That he rejected the mystery of the Trinity as unworthy of refutation; and scoffed at the incarnation of Christ

The case was brought in front of the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart of Scotland. Who decided to make an example of the rebellious student and have him put to death for his blasphemous statements. A jury agreed, and the death penalty was delivered.

Thomas Aikenhead was only twenty years old when he was taken to the gallows in 1697. He was the last person in Great Britain to be put to death for blasphemy. Many of the things he said could have been by any edgy teenager on Reddit or Quora. But three hundred years ago, such commentary was lethal. To be ahead of your times can often have lethal consequences.

That poor fellow is discussed in the opening chapter of How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Herman.

Have to get back to reading said book soon.

The Rev Dodgson said:

The case was brought in front of the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart of Scotland. Who decided to make an example of the rebellious student and have him put to death.

I’m plagued by the idea of Jimmy Stewart, of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, and ‘Harvey’, and ‘Mr Deeds Goes To Washington’, passing sentence.

“W – waal, Thomas, y’see how it is, don’cha? I mean, i like you, you’re a nice kid an’ all, but, waal, we jus’ can’t have people running around, sayin’ all kinds ‘a wild things about God and everything. I mean, it upsets people, an’ it gets ‘em wonderin’ about truth and right an’ things like that, an’, gosh, they’ve got enough worries in their lives already. I mean, i hate to have to say it, an’ all, but you’re gonna have to be taken from here to a place of execution an’ there hanged by the neck until dead. I really sorry about this, kid.’

The Rev Dodgson said:

The case was brought in front of the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart of Scotland. Who decided to make an example of the rebellious student and have him put to death.

I’m plagued by the idea of Jimmy Stewart, of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, and ‘Harvey’, and ‘Mr Deeds Goes To Washington’, passing sentence.

“W – waal, Thomas, y’see how it is, don’cha? I mean, i like you, you’re a nice kid an’ all, but, waal, we jus’ can’t have people running around, sayin’ all kinds ‘a wild things about God and everything. I mean, it upsets people, an’ it gets ‘em wonderin’ about truth and right an’ things like that, an’, gosh, they’ve got enough worries in their lives already. I mean, i hate to have to say it, an’ all, but you’re gonna have to be taken from here to a place of execution an’ there hanged by the neck until dead. I really sorry about this, kid.’

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

of Thomas Aikenhead:

In 1697, a young Scottish student named Thomas Aikenhead made some rather shocking statements. Statements that, at the time, did not go over well at all. It wasn’t Aikenhead’s intention to shock people, mind you — he merely got drawn into an argument with fellow students at the University of Edinburgh.

The discussion was one of a philosophical and religious nature. Some of Aikenhead’s fellow students were shocked by his irreligious stance. They reported him to the authorities for blasphemy. Here is the indictment, summing up what the young Scottish student said:

The prisoner had repeatedly maintained, in conversation, that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions and extravagant chimeras: That he ridiculed the holy scriptures, calling the Old Testament Ezra’s fables, in profane allusion to Esop’s Fables; That he railed on Christ, saying, he had learned magick in Egypt, which enabled him to perform those pranks which were called miracles: That he called the New Testament the history of the imposter Christ; That he said Moses was the better artist and the better politician; and he preferred Muhammad to Christ: That the Holy Scriptures were stuffed with such madness, nonsense, and contradictions, that he admired the stupidity of the world in being so long deluded by them: That he rejected the mystery of the Trinity as unworthy of refutation; and scoffed at the incarnation of Christ

The case was brought in front of the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart of Scotland. Who decided to make an example of the rebellious student and have him put to death for his blasphemous statements. A jury agreed, and the death penalty was delivered.

Thomas Aikenhead was only twenty years old when he was taken to the gallows in 1697. He was the last person in Great Britain to be put to death for blasphemy. Many of the things he said could have been by any edgy teenager on Reddit or Quora. But three hundred years ago, such commentary was lethal. To be ahead of your times can often have lethal consequences.

That poor fellow is discussed in the opening chapter of How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Herman.

Have to get back to reading said book soon.

Thanks for the reminder about that one. I really should read it.

The Rev Dodgson said:

of Thomas Aikenhead:

In 1697, a young Scottish student named Thomas Aikenhead made some rather shocking statements. Statements that, at the time, did not go over well at all. It wasn’t Aikenhead’s intention to shock people, mind you — he merely got drawn into an argument with fellow students at the University of Edinburgh.

The discussion was one of a philosophical and religious nature. Some of Aikenhead’s fellow students were shocked by his irreligious stance. They reported him to the authorities for blasphemy. Here is the indictment, summing up what the young Scottish student said:

The prisoner had repeatedly maintained, in conversation, that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions and extravagant chimeras: That he ridiculed the holy scriptures, calling the Old Testament Ezra’s fables, in profane allusion to Esop’s Fables; That he railed on Christ, saying, he had learned magick in Egypt, which enabled him to perform those pranks which were called miracles: That he called the New Testament the history of the imposter Christ; That he said Moses was the better artist and the better politician; and he preferred Muhammad to Christ: That the Holy Scriptures were stuffed with such madness, nonsense, and contradictions, that he admired the stupidity of the world in being so long deluded by them: That he rejected the mystery of the Trinity as unworthy of refutation; and scoffed at the incarnation of Christ

The case was brought in front of the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart of Scotland. Who decided to make an example of the rebellious student and have him put to death for his blasphemous statements. A jury agreed, and the death penalty was delivered.

Thomas Aikenhead was only twenty years old when he was taken to the gallows in 1697. He was the last person in Great Britain to be put to death for blasphemy. Many of the things he said could have been by any edgy teenager on Reddit or Quora. But three hundred years ago, such commentary was lethal. To be ahead of your times can often have lethal consequences.

seems like he was a bright boy too.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

of Thomas Aikenhead:

In 1697, a young Scottish student named Thomas Aikenhead made some rather shocking statements. Statements that, at the time, did not go over well at all. It wasn’t Aikenhead’s intention to shock people, mind you — he merely got drawn into an argument with fellow students at the University of Edinburgh.

The discussion was one of a philosophical and religious nature. Some of Aikenhead’s fellow students were shocked by his irreligious stance. They reported him to the authorities for blasphemy. Here is the indictment, summing up what the young Scottish student said:

The prisoner had repeatedly maintained, in conversation, that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions and extravagant chimeras: That he ridiculed the holy scriptures, calling the Old Testament Ezra’s fables, in profane allusion to Esop’s Fables; That he railed on Christ, saying, he had learned magick in Egypt, which enabled him to perform those pranks which were called miracles: That he called the New Testament the history of the imposter Christ; That he said Moses was the better artist and the better politician; and he preferred Muhammad to Christ: That the Holy Scriptures were stuffed with such madness, nonsense, and contradictions, that he admired the stupidity of the world in being so long deluded by them: That he rejected the mystery of the Trinity as unworthy of refutation; and scoffed at the incarnation of Christ

The case was brought in front of the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart of Scotland. Who decided to make an example of the rebellious student and have him put to death for his blasphemous statements. A jury agreed, and the death penalty was delivered.

Thomas Aikenhead was only twenty years old when he was taken to the gallows in 1697. He was the last person in Great Britain to be put to death for blasphemy. Many of the things he said could have been by any edgy teenager on Reddit or Quora. But three hundred years ago, such commentary was lethal. To be ahead of your times can often have lethal consequences.

That poor fellow is discussed in the opening chapter of How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Herman.

Have to get back to reading said book soon.

Thanks for the reminder about that one. I really should read it.

Wha’s like us? Damn few’ and they’re A’ deid

The typical English man in his home he calls his castle, finishes his breakfast of toast and MARMALADE invented by Mrs Kieller of Dundee Scotland, and slips into his RAINCOAT patented by Charles MacIntosh from Glasgow Scotland.

He walks to his office along an English lane which is surfaced by TARMAC, invented by John Loudon Macadam of Ayr Scotland- or he drives his English car which is fitted with PNEUMATIC TYRES patented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn Scotland.

Before he acquired a car he used to travel to his office by train which was powered by a STEAM ENGINE invented by James Watt of Greenock Scotland.

In his office he deals with the mail bearing ADHESIVE STAMPS invented by John Chalmers of Dundee Scotland, and makes frequent use of the TELEPHONE invented by Alexander Graham Bell born in Edinburgh Scotland.
At home in the evening he dines on his favourite traditional ROAST BEEF from Aberdeen Angus raised in Aberdeenshire Scotland and the watches an item on the TELEVISION an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh Scotland.

His son prefers to read TREASURE ISLAND written by Robert Louis Stevenson born in Edinburgh Scotland, whilst his daughter plays in the garden with her BICYCLE, an invention of Kirkpatrick MacMillan, of Thornhill Scotland.

It is impossible for an Englishman to escape the ingenuity of the Scots!

In desperation he turns to his BIBLE only to find that the first person mentioned in the good book is a Scot King James VI, who authorised it’s translation.

He could of course turn to drink, but Scotland makes the finest WHISKY in the world. Nearing the end of his tether he could uplift a rifle to end it all but the BREECH LOADING RIFLE was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours Scotland.

Anyway if he escaped death he could find himself injected with PENICILLIN discovered by Sir Alexander Flemming Bacterialologist of Darvel Scotland, or given CHLOROFORM, an anaesthetic first used by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate Scotland.

Out of the anasthetic his mood would not be improved if he’s surgeon told him he was as safe as the BANK OF ENGLAND founded by William Paterson of Dumfries Scotland.

Perhaps, in order to get some peace, he should request a transfusion of guid Scottish blood so he to would be entitled to ask…
Wha’s like us?

Damn few and they’re A’ deid!

esselte said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Bubblecar said:

That poor fellow is discussed in the opening chapter of How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur Herman.

Have to get back to reading said book soon.

Thanks for the reminder about that one. I really should read it.

Wha’s like us? Damn few’ and they’re A’ deid

The typical English man in his home he calls his castle, finishes his breakfast of toast and MARMALADE invented by Mrs Kieller of Dundee Scotland, and slips into his RAINCOAT patented by Charles MacIntosh from Glasgow Scotland.

He walks to his office along an English lane which is surfaced by TARMAC, invented by John Loudon Macadam of Ayr Scotland- or he drives his English car which is fitted with PNEUMATIC TYRES patented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn Scotland.

Before he acquired a car he used to travel to his office by train which was powered by a STEAM ENGINE invented by James Watt of Greenock Scotland.

In his office he deals with the mail bearing ADHESIVE STAMPS invented by John Chalmers of Dundee Scotland, and makes frequent use of the TELEPHONE invented by Alexander Graham Bell born in Edinburgh Scotland.
At home in the evening he dines on his favourite traditional ROAST BEEF from Aberdeen Angus raised in Aberdeenshire Scotland and the watches an item on the TELEVISION an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh Scotland.

His son prefers to read TREASURE ISLAND written by Robert Louis Stevenson born in Edinburgh Scotland, whilst his daughter plays in the garden with her BICYCLE, an invention of Kirkpatrick MacMillan, of Thornhill Scotland.

It is impossible for an Englishman to escape the ingenuity of the Scots!

In desperation he turns to his BIBLE only to find that the first person mentioned in the good book is a Scot King James VI, who authorised it’s translation.

He could of course turn to drink, but Scotland makes the finest WHISKY in the world. Nearing the end of his tether he could uplift a rifle to end it all but the BREECH LOADING RIFLE was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours Scotland.

Anyway if he escaped death he could find himself injected with PENICILLIN discovered by Sir Alexander Flemming Bacterialologist of Darvel Scotland, or given CHLOROFORM, an anaesthetic first used by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate Scotland.

Out of the anasthetic his mood would not be improved if he’s surgeon told him he was as safe as the BANK OF ENGLAND founded by William Paterson of Dumfries Scotland.

Perhaps, in order to get some peace, he should request a transfusion of guid Scottish blood so he to would be entitled to ask…
Wha’s like us?

Damn few and they’re A’ deid!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breechloader#Firearms

Link

The Rev Dodgson said:

of Thomas Aikenhead:

In 1697, a young Scottish student named Thomas Aikenhead made some rather shocking statements. Statements that, at the time, did not go over well at all. It wasn’t Aikenhead’s intention to shock people, mind you — he merely got drawn into an argument with fellow students at the University of Edinburgh.

The discussion was one of a philosophical and religious nature. Some of Aikenhead’s fellow students were shocked by his irreligious stance. They reported him to the authorities for blasphemy. Here is the indictment, summing up what the young Scottish student said:

The prisoner had repeatedly maintained, in conversation, that theology was a rhapsody of ill-invented nonsense, patched up partly of the moral doctrines of philosophers, and partly of poetical fictions and extravagant chimeras: That he ridiculed the holy scriptures, calling the Old Testament Ezra’s fables, in profane allusion to Esop’s Fables; That he railed on Christ, saying, he had learned magick in Egypt, which enabled him to perform those pranks which were called miracles: That he called the New Testament the history of the imposter Christ; That he said Moses was the better artist and the better politician; and he preferred Muhammad to Christ: That the Holy Scriptures were stuffed with such madness, nonsense, and contradictions, that he admired the stupidity of the world in being so long deluded by them: That he rejected the mystery of the Trinity as unworthy of refutation; and scoffed at the incarnation of Christ

The case was brought in front of the Lord Advocate, Sir James Stewart of Scotland. Who decided to make an example of the rebellious student and have him put to death for his blasphemous statements. A jury agreed, and the death penalty was delivered.

Thomas Aikenhead was only twenty years old when he was taken to the gallows in 1697. He was the last person in Great Britain to be put to death for blasphemy. Many of the things he said could have been by any edgy teenager on Reddit or Quora. But three hundred years ago, such commentary was lethal. To be ahead of your times can often have lethal consequences.

A head.

… that I really don’t understand how electrical earthing systems work.

It’s all pretty complicated

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that I really don’t understand how electrical earthing systems work.

It’s all pretty complicated

Just as long as you stay grounded.

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that I really don’t understand how electrical earthing systems work.

It’s all pretty complicated

I’m sure sibeen had it sorted :)

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that I really don’t understand how electrical earthing systems work.

It’s all pretty complicated

What was the middle thing?

Ian said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that I really don’t understand how electrical earthing systems work.

It’s all pretty complicated

What was the middle thing?

What middle thing?

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that I really don’t understand how electrical earthing systems work.

It’s all pretty complicated

looking at sign on electrical substation whatever (pump station nearby also) other day, as recall it advised leaving the area during lightning storms, the large enclosed areas where transformers etc are

i’d never considered it before, but yeah consider lightning voltages and currents, rise time of pulses, yeah good reasons not to be in there, even things with shared earths, and possibly the earth-proper even over short distances could have substantial potential different during lightning pulses(which are fault currents really)

transition said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that I really don’t understand how electrical earthing systems work.

It’s all pretty complicated

looking at sign on electrical substation whatever (pump station nearby also) other day, as recall it advised leaving the area during lightning storms, the large enclosed areas where transformers etc are

i’d never considered it before, but yeah consider lightning voltages and currents, rise time of pulses, yeah good reasons not to be in there, even things with shared earths, and possibly the earth-proper even over short distances could have substantial potential different during lightning pulses(which are fault currents really)

substantial potential difference

should say

The Rev Dodgson said:

Ian said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

… that I really don’t understand how electrical earthing systems work.

It’s all pretty complicated

What was the middle thing?

What middle thing?

There are no vipers in Australia.

dv said:

There are no vipers in Australia.

Never have been.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

There are no vipers in Australia.

Never have been.

ARE YOU SURE???

dv said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

There are no vipers in Australia.

Never have been.

ARE YOU SURE???

They didn’t evolve here.

Despite superficial similarities, falcons are not closely related to the accipitriform birds of prey (hawks, eagles, vultures, kites).

The only birds closely related to the falcons are the parrots, the Caracas, and the passerine birds (sparrows, tits, crows, warblers, nuthatches etc),

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

Never have been.

ARE YOU SURE???

They didn’t evolve here.

True enough.

dv said:

There are no vipers in Australia.

Huh.

dv said:

Despite superficial similarities, falcons are not closely related to the accipitriform birds of prey (hawks, eagles, vultures, kites).

The only birds closely related to the falcons are the parrots, the Caracas, and the passerine birds (sparrows, tits, crows, warblers, nuthatches etc),

Our budgie, Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Birtle RN (retd), former Admiral of the Blue, is Caracas.

dv said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

ARE YOU SURE???

They didn’t evolve here.

True enough.

Are you sure that’s enough?

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

Despite superficial similarities, falcons are not closely related to the accipitriform birds of prey (hawks, eagles, vultures, kites).

The only birds closely related to the falcons are the parrots, the Caracas, and the passerine birds (sparrows, tits, crows, warblers, nuthatches etc),

Our budgie, Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram Birtle RN (retd), former Admiral of the Blue, is Caracas.

Love it.

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

This reminds me of a question I had: how could Optus tell that people had attempted to contact 000 when the network was down?

dv said:

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

Most people are a bit frantic when calling for help.
Is it 001 for the house is on fire?
Etcetera…

kii said:

dv said:

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

Most people are a bit frantic when calling for help.
Is it 001 for the house is on fire?
Etcetera…

One number to remember for panic stations.

dv said:

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

Sometimes the operator can determine the best type of service.. and sometimes multiple services are needed to a singular event.

roughbarked said:

kii said:

dv said:

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

Most people are a bit frantic when calling for help.
Is it 001 for the house is on fire?
Etcetera…

One number to remember for panic stations.

I had read somewhere once (and don’t know how true it is) that if you call 911 from Australia it will still connect you to 000 it sounds like an internet myth but I would also like to believe it’s true, because catering to the LCD seems like something that should be done in emergency/ high stress situations, when they are also doing it to tell people that peanuts might contain nuts.

dv said:

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

Your search – “NTICTTOI” acronym – did not match any documents

Arts said:

roughbarked said:

kii said:

Most people are a bit frantic when calling for help.
Is it 001 for the house is on fire?
Etcetera…

One number to remember for panic stations.

I had read somewhere once (and don’t know how true it is) that if you call 911 from Australia it will still connect you to 000 it sounds like an internet myth but I would also like to believe it’s true, because catering to the LCD seems like something that should be done in emergency/ high stress situations, when they are also doing it to tell people that peanuts might contain nuts.

‘911
You cannot call 911. This number is used by emergency services in the United States and can’t be used to call emergency services in Australia.’ – https://www.acma.gov.au/emergency-calls#_11

Kingy said:

dv said:

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

Your search – “NTICTTOI” acronym – did not match any documents

Now that I come to think of it.

Kingy said:

dv said:

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

Your search – “NTICTTOI” acronym – did not match any documents

It’s best to just smile at him, and say nothing.

Kingy said:

dv said:

All 000 calls in Australia are answered by Telstra employees.

NTICTTOI it does seem odd that, given the urgency, there’s a separate layer to get through before connecting to the service you require. Like why can’t 001 be for police, 002 for ambulance, 003 for fire, going directly to the service?

Your search – “NTICTTOI” acronym – did not match any documents

I have faith in you

I have a red-eared firetail in the garden. Not my pic

JudgeMental said:

I have a red-eared firetail in the garden. Not my pic

Nice.

Since my young days, I have always dismissed Frank Sinatra as mum&dad music, but today I learned that Paul Kelley thinks he’s really great.

I mean a whole chapter in his book great.

So what do others think?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Since my young days, I have always dismissed Frank Sinatra as mum&dad music, but today I learned that Paul Kelley thinks he’s really great.

I mean a whole chapter in his book great.

So what do others think?

He had his moments.

That Bushmasters are huge vehicles. Saw six on the road, travelling in a convoy yesterday. Looked them up today.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Since my young days, I have always dismissed Frank Sinatra as mum&dad music, but today I learned that Paul Kelley thinks he’s really great.

I mean a whole chapter in his book great.

So what do others think?

My younger brother is a fan, can’t say I am.

When I’m in the mood for that kind of crooning (which is very rarely), I prefer Dean Martin.

Bubblecar said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Since my young days, I have always dismissed Frank Sinatra as mum&dad music, but today I learned that Paul Kelley thinks he’s really great.

I mean a whole chapter in his book great.

So what do others think?

My younger brother is a fan, can’t say I am.

When I’m in the mood for that kind of crooning (which is very rarely), I prefer Dean Martin.

IMO Frank has a beautiful speaking voice.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Since my young days, I have always dismissed Frank Sinatra as mum&dad music, but today I learned that Paul Kelley thinks he’s really great.

I mean a whole chapter in his book great.

So what do others think?

Not always great at finding the note. 2/10

Interesting about his links to the Mob and JFK.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Since my young days, I have always dismissed Frank Sinatra as mum&dad music, but today I learned that Paul Kelley thinks he’s really great.

I mean a whole chapter in his book great.

So what do others think?

I mean probably more grandparent music, or for young adults today more like great great grandparent music.

Nothing wrong with him I suppose but it’s pretty basic competent crooning of banal songs.

The movie Coraline is based on a novel by Neil Gaiman

The Istanbul Canal (Turkish: Kanal İstanbul pronounced ) is a project for an artificial sea-level waterway planned by Turkey in East Thrace, connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, and thus to the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Istanbul Canal would bisect the current European side of Istanbul and thus form an island between Asia and Europe (the island would have a shoreline with the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, the new canal and the Bosporus). The new waterway would bypass the current Bosporus.

—-

The canal is being created to alleviate bottlenecks currently being faced at the Bosporus. The new canal will be 360 metres wide with a draft of 17 metres.

The werewolf game.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M8j1xWbyfjI

dv said:

The movie Coraline is based on a novel by Neil Gaiman

I found that book somewhat distressing.

buffy said:

dv said:

The movie Coraline is based on a novel by Neil Gaiman

I found that book somewhat distressing.

I just bought it for my nephew

dv said:

The movie Coraline is based on a novel by Neil Gaiman

I have the book. I have read the book.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_Hole

Link

Bogsnorkler said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_Hole

Link

A good thing Russia did if only for self-interest. Still, they have a useful purpose with their military in protecting the fish stock against the greedy, selfish and with no concern for the environment.

tarragon (n.)
Artemisia Dracunculus, Eastern European composite plant of the wormwood genus, native to Russia and temperate Asia, 1530s, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Byzantine Greek tarchon, from Arabic tarkhon, which is said to be (OED, 1989) from a non-Arabic source, perhaps Greek drakon “serpent, dragon” (via drakontion “dragonwort”)

OCDC said:

tarragon (n.)
Artemisia Dracunculus, Eastern European composite plant of the wormwood genus, native to Russia and temperate Asia, 1530s, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Byzantine Greek tarchon, from Arabic tarkhon, which is said to be (OED, 1989) from a non-Arabic source, perhaps Greek drakon “serpent, dragon” (via drakontion “dragonwort”)

There you are then.

Sarahs mum doesn’t like it but I often use it with fish, poultry and eggs.

OCDC said:

tarragon (n.)
Artemisia Dracunculus, Eastern European composite plant of the wormwood genus, native to Russia and temperate Asia, 1530s, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Byzantine Greek tarchon, from Arabic tarkhon, which is said to be (OED, 1989) from a non-Arabic source, perhaps Greek drakon “serpent, dragon” (via drakontion “dragonwort”)

But…there is both French tarragon and Russian tarragon and never the twain shall meet. Much snobbery exists.

buffy said:

OCDC said:

tarragon (n.)
Artemisia Dracunculus, Eastern European composite plant of the wormwood genus, native to Russia and temperate Asia, 1530s, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Byzantine Greek tarchon, from Arabic tarkhon, which is said to be (OED, 1989) from a non-Arabic source, perhaps Greek drakon “serpent, dragon” (via drakontion “dragonwort”)

But…there is both French tarragon and Russian tarragon and never the twain shall meet. Much snobbery exists.

With the French involved, no doubt.

OCDC said:

tarragon (n.)
Artemisia Dracunculus, Eastern European composite plant of the wormwood genus, native to Russia and temperate Asia, 1530s, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Byzantine Greek tarchon, from Arabic tarkhon, which is said to be (OED, 1989) from a non-Arabic source, perhaps Greek drakon “serpent, dragon” (via drakontion “dragonwort”)

Tastes rank.

sarahs mum said:

OCDC said:

tarragon (n.)
Artemisia Dracunculus, Eastern European composite plant of the wormwood genus, native to Russia and temperate Asia, 1530s, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Byzantine Greek tarchon, from Arabic tarkhon, which is said to be (OED, 1989) from a non-Arabic source, perhaps Greek drakon “serpent, dragon” (via drakontion “dragonwort”)

Tastes rank.

harsh

sarahs mum said:

OCDC said:

tarragon (n.)
Artemisia Dracunculus, Eastern European composite plant of the wormwood genus, native to Russia and temperate Asia, 1530s, from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Byzantine Greek tarchon, from Arabic tarkhon, which is said to be (OED, 1989) from a non-Arabic source, perhaps Greek drakon “serpent, dragon” (via drakontion “dragonwort”)

Tastes rank.

I remember having it with eggs. Maybe chook.
Wormwood, yes. I remember that from my herby hippy days.

The female vocals for Michael Jackson’s 1992 hit In The Closet were performed by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco.

dv said:

The female vocals for Michael Jackson’s 1992 hit In The Closet were performed by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco.

well. I.

There’s an 85 metre land boundary between Victoria and Tasmania, on Boundary Islet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Islet

dv said:

There’s an 85 metre land boundary between Victoria and Tasmania, on Boundary Islet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Islet

I learnt that today also.

dv said:

There’s an 85 metre land boundary between Victoria and Tasmania, on Boundary Islet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Islet

There are some fairly deep trenches but no troops or tanks.

Bogsnorkler said:

dv said:

There’s an 85 metre land boundary between Victoria and Tasmania, on Boundary Islet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Islet

I learnt that today also.

It was discussed here not so long ago IIRC.

party_pants said:

Bogsnorkler said:

dv said:

There’s an 85 metre land boundary between Victoria and Tasmania, on Boundary Islet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Islet

I learnt that today also.

It was discussed here not so long ago IIRC.

if only i read all posts.

dv said:

There’s an 85 metre land boundary between Victoria and Tasmania, on Boundary Islet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Islet

i posted about that a few months ago.

party_pants said:

Bogsnorkler said:

dv said:

There’s an 85 metre land boundary between Victoria and Tasmania, on Boundary Islet.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Islet

I learnt that today also.

It was discussed here not so long ago IIRC.

waves

Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A typical life cycle involves flightless females giving live birth to female nymphs—who may also be already pregnant, an adaptation scientists call telescoping generations —without the involvement of males.

dv said:

Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A typical life cycle involves flightless females giving live birth to female nymphs—who may also be already pregnant, an adaptation scientists call telescoping generations —without the involvement of males.

Born pregnant, what a life.

dv said:

Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A typical life cycle involves flightless females giving live birth to female nymphs—who may also be already pregnant, an adaptation scientists call telescoping generations —without the involvement of males.

Lucky they were saved by Noah.

There is a search engine called SwissCows:

https://swisscows.com/en

Should I give up bingeing and start swisscowing instead?

Perhaps.

The Rev Dodgson said:

There is a search engine called SwissCows:

https://swisscows.com/en

Should I give up bingeing and start swisscowing instead?

Perhaps.

TATE tells me:

Swisscows is a web search engine launched in 2014, a project of Hulbee AG, a company based in Egnach, Switzerland. It uses semantic data recognition that gives faster answers to queries and claims to not store users’ data. Swisscows also deems itself family-friendly, with explicit results entirely omitted. The engine’s servers are based in underground data centers under the Swiss Alps, and geographically outside of EU and US.

Swisscows uses Bing for web search, but has also built its own index for the German language edition. It also has shopping search, music search (powered by SoundCloud), and a language translator powered by Yandex.

so it seems I can continue to Binge and SwissCow at the same time.

TIL the area highlighted in the centre of this map is an island.

Bananal Island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island

Bananal Island is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the second largest river island in the world and the largest without an ocean coastline, at 350 kilometres (220 mi) long and 55 kilometres (34 mi) wide. Its total area is 19,162.25 square kilometres (7,398.59 sq mi). The rivers within the island flow parallel to the Araguaia, and the Jaburu do Bananal is the longest river within a river.

esselte said:

TIL the area highlighted in the centre of this map is an island.

Bananal Island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island

Bananal Island is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the second largest river island in the world and the largest without an ocean coastline, at 350 kilometres (220 mi) long and 55 kilometres (34 mi) wide. Its total area is 19,162.25 square kilometres (7,398.59 sq mi). The rivers within the island flow parallel to the Araguaia, and the Jaburu do Bananal is the longest river within a river.

Got one that’s more amazing than that, and it’s local.
A while back I was interested in just how far the Murray River went, so I carefully traced quite a lot of branches until they finally ended. Turns out that the longest one is only a couple of hours drive from here, near Killarney. Yep, the furthest extreme of the Murray river is up near south-east Queensland. I circled it in blue.
The amazing part is under a kilometre to the east is the start of a creek that gradually grows as it’s fed from other creeks, and it eventually ends up draining into the Brisbane river – So for a piece of land less than a kilometre long, the entire section of Australia from around Brisbane to near Adelaide would also be an island. It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

Spiny Norman said:

esselte said:

TIL the area highlighted in the centre of this map is an island.

Bananal Island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island

Bananal Island is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the second largest river island in the world and the largest without an ocean coastline, at 350 kilometres (220 mi) long and 55 kilometres (34 mi) wide. Its total area is 19,162.25 square kilometres (7,398.59 sq mi). The rivers within the island flow parallel to the Araguaia, and the Jaburu do Bananal is the longest river within a river.

Got one that’s more amazing than that, and it’s local.
A while back I was interested in just how far the Murray River went, so I carefully traced quite a lot of branches until they finally ended. Turns out that the longest one is only a couple of hours drive from here, near Killarney. Yep, the furthest extreme of the Murray river is up near south-east Queensland. I circled it in blue.
The amazing part is under a kilometre to the east is the start of a creek that gradually grows as it’s fed from other creeks, and it eventually ends up draining into the Brisbane river – So for a piece of land less than a kilometre long, the entire section of Australia from around Brisbane to near Adelaide would also be an island. It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

Nice.

The Scythians are thought to have been among the first to geld their horses, as they valued war horses that were quiet and less defensive, as well as easier to keep in groups and less likely to be territorial, without the temptation of reproductive/mating urges. Aristotle is said to have mentioned gelding as early as 350 BC.

Spiny Norman said:

esselte said:

TIL the area highlighted in the centre of this map is an island.

Bananal Island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island

Bananal Island is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the second largest river island in the world and the largest without an ocean coastline, at 350 kilometres (220 mi) long and 55 kilometres (34 mi) wide. Its total area is 19,162.25 square kilometres (7,398.59 sq mi). The rivers within the island flow parallel to the Araguaia, and the Jaburu do Bananal is the longest river within a river.

Got one that’s more amazing than that, and it’s local.
A while back I was interested in just how far the Murray River went, so I carefully traced quite a lot of branches until they finally ended. Turns out that the longest one is only a couple of hours drive from here, near Killarney. Yep, the furthest extreme of the Murray river is up near south-east Queensland. I circled it in blue.
The amazing part is under a kilometre to the east is the start of a creek that gradually grows as it’s fed from other creeks, and it eventually ends up draining into the Brisbane river – So for a piece of land less than a kilometre long, the entire section of Australia from around Brisbane to near Adelaide would also be an island. It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

We need to build a canal!

The Rev Dodgson said:

Spiny Norman said:

esselte said:

TIL the area highlighted in the centre of this map is an island.

Bananal Island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island

Bananal Island is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the second largest river island in the world and the largest without an ocean coastline, at 350 kilometres (220 mi) long and 55 kilometres (34 mi) wide. Its total area is 19,162.25 square kilometres (7,398.59 sq mi). The rivers within the island flow parallel to the Araguaia, and the Jaburu do Bananal is the longest river within a river.

Got one that’s more amazing than that, and it’s local.
A while back I was interested in just how far the Murray River went, so I carefully traced quite a lot of branches until they finally ended. Turns out that the longest one is only a couple of hours drive from here, near Killarney. Yep, the furthest extreme of the Murray river is up near south-east Queensland. I circled it in blue.
The amazing part is under a kilometre to the east is the start of a creek that gradually grows as it’s fed from other creeks, and it eventually ends up draining into the Brisbane river – So for a piece of land less than a kilometre long, the entire section of Australia from around Brisbane to near Adelaide would also be an island. It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

We need to build a canal!

Who here has canal knowledge?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Spiny Norman said:

esselte said:

TIL the area highlighted in the centre of this map is an island.

Bananal Island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island

Bananal Island is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the second largest river island in the world and the largest without an ocean coastline, at 350 kilometres (220 mi) long and 55 kilometres (34 mi) wide. Its total area is 19,162.25 square kilometres (7,398.59 sq mi). The rivers within the island flow parallel to the Araguaia, and the Jaburu do Bananal is the longest river within a river.

Got one that’s more amazing than that, and it’s local.
A while back I was interested in just how far the Murray River went, so I carefully traced quite a lot of branches until they finally ended. Turns out that the longest one is only a couple of hours drive from here, near Killarney. Yep, the furthest extreme of the Murray river is up near south-east Queensland. I circled it in blue.
The amazing part is under a kilometre to the east is the start of a creek that gradually grows as it’s fed from other creeks, and it eventually ends up draining into the Brisbane river – So for a piece of land less than a kilometre long, the entire section of Australia from around Brisbane to near Adelaide would also be an island. It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

We need to build a canal!

A Far Canal.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Spiny Norman said:

esselte said:

TIL the area highlighted in the centre of this map is an island.

Bananal Island

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bananal_Island

Bananal Island is a large river island formed from the bisection of the Araguaia River, in southwestern Tocantins, Brazil. The island is formed by a fork in a very flat section of the Araguaia River. Bananal Island is the second largest river island in the world and the largest without an ocean coastline, at 350 kilometres (220 mi) long and 55 kilometres (34 mi) wide. Its total area is 19,162.25 square kilometres (7,398.59 sq mi). The rivers within the island flow parallel to the Araguaia, and the Jaburu do Bananal is the longest river within a river.

Got one that’s more amazing than that, and it’s local.
A while back I was interested in just how far the Murray River went, so I carefully traced quite a lot of branches until they finally ended. Turns out that the longest one is only a couple of hours drive from here, near Killarney. Yep, the furthest extreme of the Murray river is up near south-east Queensland. I circled it in blue.
The amazing part is under a kilometre to the east is the start of a creek that gradually grows as it’s fed from other creeks, and it eventually ends up draining into the Brisbane river – So for a piece of land less than a kilometre long, the entire section of Australia from around Brisbane to near Adelaide would also be an island. It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

It’ll never happen though as the difference in height between the two ends is over a hundred metres.

We need to build a canal!

I think the Edward River and the Murray have an Island since the Edward is an anabranch.

The first recording of Little Drummer Boy was made by the Trapp Family Singers in 1951

dv said:

The first recording of Little Drummer Boy was made by the Trapp Family Singers in 1951

The bastards.

dv said:

The first recording of Little Drummer Boy was made by the Trapp Family Singers in 1951

Bogsnorkler said:

dv said:

The first recording of Little Drummer Boy was made by the Trapp Family Singers in 1951

I know, I know this one.
Julie Andrews and a creature from a space movie.

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

The first recording of Little Drummer Boy was made by the Trapp Family Singers in 1951

The bastards.

The hills are alive with the sound of music…

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

The first recording of Little Drummer Boy was made by the Trapp Family Singers in 1951

The bastards.

Sibeen’s favourite Xmas carol. God bless him but he had an odd taste in music.

captain_spalding said:

dv said:

The first recording of Little Drummer Boy was made by the Trapp Family Singers in 1951

The bastards.

and I’ve had to put up with it ever since. :(

dv said:

The first recording of Little Drummer Boy was made by the Trapp Family Singers in 1951

A very good year.

I could go some choccy cake now. Maybe I’ll make one for lunch.

OCDC said:

I could go some choccy cake now. Maybe I’ll make one for lunch.

A fine proposal.

Witty Rejoinder said:

OCDC said:

I could go some choccy cake now. Maybe I’ll make one for lunch.

A fine proposal.

Can I pop over? I should be there by lunch.

Out of sweetener and CBA going to the shops, so maybe I won’t. But this one would’ve been nice:

https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/protein-mug-cake/

Australia’s Highway 1 extends to Tasmania, where it runs from Burnie to Hobart.

dv said:

Australia’s Highway 1 extends to Tasmania, where it runs from Burnie to Hobart.

There’s a submarine extension?

dv said:

Australia’s Highway 1 extends to Tasmania, where it runs from Burnie to Hobart.

true. And the ship across bass strait receives fed funding due to this.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/418

Link

LOL.

Well I did not know this.
The head of the Star Wars Mandalorian IG-11 droid is from an old Derwent jet engine flame holder tube, inside the combustor section.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGQwgId-Bc