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Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1600 on:** December 24, 2021, 07:46:34 AM »

Some beautiful pictures

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-59727407

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1601 on:** December 31, 2021, 10:44:40 AM »

This sums up my year pretty accurately:

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1602 on:** December 31, 2021, 11:26:08 AM »

The BBC get burned by the Sunday Sport

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1603 on:** January 01, 2022, 08:01:55 AM »

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1604 on:** January 01, 2022, 11:08:12 AM »

Lovely thread

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1477053504812466176.html

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1605 on:** February 08, 2022, 01:00:37 PM »

I just have to share this somewhere. Melanie Phillips well known Journo has coined this sentence and I'm just loving it:

"Ubiquity of body art is born out of an existential crisis of humanity in the post religious world."

Bless her. Because there is nothing more to worry about than tattoos.

Oh and Mel I don't think between 20 - 30% of people having tattoos counts as ubiquitous.

Outrider · « **Reply #1606 on:** February 08, 2022, 01:12:17 PM »

Quote from: Trentvoyager on February 08, 2022, 01:00:37 PM

I just have to share this somewhere. Melanie Phillips well known Journo has coined this sentence and I'm just loving it:

"Ubiquity of body art is born out of an existential crisis of humanity in the post religious world."

Bless her. Because there is nothing more to worry about than tattoos.

Oh and Mel I don't think between 20 - 30% of people having tattoos counts as ubiquitous.

Even if there were, any attempt to divorce tattoos from religion falls foul of a huge number of religions outside of Abrahamic ones...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17697918/#:~:text=Tattoos%20play%20an%20important%20role,make%20extensive%20use%20of%20them.

O.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1607 on:** February 08, 2022, 01:28:34 PM »

Quote from: Outrider on February 08, 2022, 01:12:17 PM

Even if there were, any attempt to divorce tattoos from religion falls foul of a huge number of religions outside of Abrahamic ones...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17697918/#:~:text=Tattoos%20play%20an%20important%20role,make%20extensive%20use%20of%20them.

O.

Presumably not true religions according to Mel

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1608 on:** February 22, 2022, 06:37:23 AM »

Palindromidate

22 02 2022

SusanDoris · « **Reply #1609 on:** February 22, 2022, 08:39:08 AM »

Quote from: Trentvoyager on February 22, 2022, 06:37:23 AM

Palindromidate

22 02 2022

Yes, it is interesting, isn't it. I wonder if the US can count it? After all, theirs is 2.22.22

The next one will be, what, a century away?!

Gordon · « **Reply #1610 on:** February 22, 2022, 08:47:22 AM »

Quote from: SusanDoris on February 22, 2022, 08:39:08 AM

Yes, it is interesting, isn't it. I wonder if the US can count it? After all, theirs is 2.22.22

The next one will be, what, a century away?!

I reckon it will be 08 02 2080

Must put that in diary and remember to do something special when it comes round - I'll be a sprightly 127!

Gordon · « **Reply #1611 on:** February 22, 2022, 08:55:21 AM »

Seems I was wrong - it's 03 02 2030.

There is a list of them here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/palindromes/comments/587h3e/all_palindrome_dates_ddmmyyyy_this_century/

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1612 on:** February 22, 2022, 09:00:10 AM »

Quote from: SusanDoris on February 22, 2022, 08:39:08 AM

Yes, it is interesting, isn't it. I wonder if the US can count it? After all, theirs is 2.22.22

The next one will be, what, a century away?!

23.02.2032 is our next one. For the US, it's 3.20.2023. We don't have one in common again till the next millenium.

ETA - I see Gordon has found an earlier one.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1613 on:** February 22, 2022, 09:12:21 AM »

Quote from: Gordon on February 22, 2022, 08:47:22 AM

I reckon it will be 08 02 2080

Must put that in diary and remember to do something special when it comes round - I'll be a sprightly 127!

The 2080 date is the next ambigram

https://www.herald.co.zw/interesting-palindrome-ambigram-date-today/

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1614 on:** March 31, 2022, 09:41:17 AM »

Fascinating thread on how far you can travel by rail from St Pancras in 24 hours

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1509035606067888129.html

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1615 on:** April 12, 2022, 12:22:30 PM »

So I'm currently reading a series of detective books set in the midwest of the USA - Missouri to be precise. Anyhow, during this series, they keep referencing gas stations known as the "Kum and go". I found it difficult to take the books seriously for a while because (call me smutty) the gas station kept turning into a brothel in my mind. Anyway, I goggled it:

https://www.kumandgo.com/

They exist.

As I live and breathe someone thought this was a good name for a business.

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1616 on:** April 13, 2022, 11:55:43 AM »

Susie Dent's word of the day:

“Word of the day is ‘maw-worm’ (19th century): one who insists that they have done nothing wrong, despite evidence to the contrary.”

I have no idea who she has in mind.

Udayana · « **Reply #1617 on:** April 13, 2022, 05:18:20 PM »

Quote from: Trentvoyager on April 13, 2022, 11:55:43 AM

Susie Dent's word of the day:

“Word of the day is ‘maw-worm’ (19th century): one who insists that they have done nothing wrong, despite evidence to the contrary.”

I have no idea who she has in mind.

Perfect.

Quote

People also ask
What are maw worms?
maw-worm (plural maw-worms) Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.

maw-worm - Wiktionary

SteveH · « **Reply #1618 on:** April 19, 2022, 11:47:49 AM »

Who is that clapped-out old fart? Oh, wait..
Me on a bike ride yesterday with Hemel Hempstead cyclists.
In case you can't access the video...

SweetPea · « **Reply #1619 on:** June 02, 2022, 09:41:36 PM »

The only member of the royal family that knows how to wave properly is wee Louis.

Wonderful moment earlier on the balcony when he pushed in front of her maj. the cameras jumped away and in the next shot he was seen back in line literally being held by the scruff of the neck by Mum.

P.S. Climate change doesn't exist for the royal family: how many guns salute?? Fly passes grand. Much as I love the Red Arrows (saw them in training some years ago in Weymouth) they leave behind a lot of chaos.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #1620 on:** June 08, 2022, 03:07:45 PM »

Fascinating stuff

http://thelondoni.com/behind-the-green-door-elms-lester/

SteveH · « **Reply #1621 on:** July 04, 2022, 01:58:02 PM »

This must be false - BJ has a hairdresser? I don't think so!

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #1622 on:** July 12, 2022, 10:43:14 AM »

Another milestone today on the hike from birth to death. I have applied for my bus pass.

SteveH · « **Reply #1623 on:** July 12, 2022, 11:12:23 AM »

Quote from: Trentvoyager on July 12, 2022, 10:43:14 AM

Another milestone today on the hike from birth to death. I have applied for my bus pass.

Ikeep meaning to do that - I've been entitled for a few years - although since I hardly ever use buses, there's not much point. Now, if old farts got a free rail pass, that'd be worth having.

Harrowby Hall · « **Reply #1624 on:** July 12, 2022, 08:10:13 PM »

Quote from: Steve H on July 12, 2022, 11:12:23 AM

Ikeep meaning to do that - I've been entitled for a few years - although since I hardly ever use buses, there's not much point. Now, if old farts got a free rail pass, that'd be worth having.

I use my bus pass as a formal proof of identity document when I fly to the Channel Islands.

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