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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1700 on: June 16, 2023, 08:12:42 PM »
Is anyone else unable to get on to Facebook at the moment?
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1701 on: June 16, 2023, 08:20:07 PM »
Quote from: SteveH on June 16, 2023, 08:12:42 PM
Is anyone else unable to get on to Facebook at the moment?

Just posted something. Also, it's working according to IsItDownRightNow.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1702 on: June 16, 2023, 09:18:03 PM »
I got in in the end. Must've just been me.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1703 on: June 19, 2023, 11:30:58 AM »
Interesting attempt at Navratilova
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1704 on: June 19, 2023, 03:06:40 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1705 on: July 10, 2023, 05:33:10 PM »
Got to show you my new old watch, a 'Hebdomas' by the Swiss firm of Schild et Cie, made in the early 20th Century (I don't know more accurately than that). They were called 'Hebdomas' from the French 'hebdomadaire' meaning 'weekly', because that's how often they needed to be wound, by virtue of a an extra-large mainspring. I love the art-nouveauish look, and the visible balance wheel. Sorry the photos are a bit shit - my hands are too shaky these days.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1706 on: July 20, 2023, 07:02:12 PM »
Short afternoon bimble from Hemel Hempstead to Redbourn and back, including a pint of Brakspeare's Lantern Ale (3.8%abv}at the Holly Bush in Redbourn.
https://www.strava.com/activities/9737522451
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« Reply #1707 on: July 21, 2023, 10:11:49 AM »
I'm 26,330 days old today. Amazing how much totally useless information you can discover online.
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« Reply #1708 on: July 25, 2023, 06:00:53 PM »
Odd facts I've just discovered about 'Yesterday' by the Beatles: although credited to Lennon and McCartney, it is in fact only by Paul. Furthermore, though the recording is credited to the Beatles, it is performed only by Paul, with backing musicians. It is one of the most covered songs ever, which is in line with my own experience: back in 1965, when it was released, I heard a cover version by Frank Sinatra, and another by someone else, before I finally heard the Beatles'/Paul's version. I discovered all that after reading the Wikipedia entry on the Beatles after watching the film 'Yesterday' yesterday on iplayer.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1709 on: July 25, 2023, 06:18:40 PM »
Quote from: SteveH on July 25, 2023, 06:00:53 PM
Odd facts I've just discovered about 'Yesterday' by the Beatles: although credited to Lennon and McCartney, it is in fact only by Paul. Furthermore, though the recording is credited to the Beatles, it is performed only by Paul, with backing musicians. It is one of the most covered songs ever, which is in line with my own experience: back in 1965, when it was released, I heard a cover version by Frank Sinatra, and another by someone else, before I finally heard the Beatles'/Paul's version. I discovered all that after reading the Wikipedia entry on the Beatles after watching the film 'Yesterday' yesterday on iplayer.
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Richard Curtis is a writer of some stuff I really like, and some stuff I hate but  Yesterday was quite jolly.
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« Reply #1710 on: July 25, 2023, 06:42:33 PM »
I loved it, too - I've seen it twice now.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1711 on: July 31, 2023, 05:39:54 PM »
From the great Dorothy Parker
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1712 on: August 05, 2023, 09:05:10 AM »
Why do we say "Northern England/Scotland/Ireland", but "North Wales", and similarly with "South[ern]"?
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1713 on: August 05, 2023, 09:30:58 AM »
Quote from: SteveH on August 05, 2023, 09:05:10 AM
Why do we say "Northern England/Scotland/Ireland", but "North Wales", and similarly with "South[ern]"?
I wouldn't say Northern England or Scotland, I'd say "the North of'
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1714 on: August 15, 2023, 09:49:23 PM »
Interesting sales pitch
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1715 on: August 18, 2023, 02:40:04 PM »
So on FB I posted about Southerners not knowing what a cob is. A friend posted this helpful photo of the various names for a bread roll:

I'm not sure they are all describing the same item.

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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1716 on: August 18, 2023, 02:47:17 PM »
Quote from: Aruntraveller on August 18, 2023, 02:40:04 PM
So on FB I posted about Southerners not knowing what a cob is. A friend posted this helpful photo of the various names for a bread roll:

I'm not sure they are all describing the same item.
A buttery definitely isn't
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1717 on: August 18, 2023, 03:20:21 PM »
A lardie cake is many, many things, but a plain bread roll it is not!

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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1718 on: August 28, 2023, 06:01:57 PM »
Short afternoon bimble from Hemel Hempstead to Redbourn and back, including a pint of Brakspeare's Lantern Ale (3.8%abv}at the Holly Bush in Redbourn.
https://www.strava.com/activities/9737522451
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1719 on: August 31, 2023, 06:49:15 PM »
Just seen that there is a tribute band in Scotland called The Foo Fifers - superb!
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1720 on: September 07, 2023, 06:13:47 PM »
Just received my first bus pass. I'm now officially an old fart.
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1721 on: September 07, 2023, 07:01:22 PM »
Quote from: SteveH on September 07, 2023, 06:13:47 PM
Just received my first bus pass. I'm now officially an old fart.

Join the club Steve - I've been one for 6 years now (officially that is, of course unofficially it has probably been a lot longer).
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1722 on: September 07, 2023, 08:07:37 PM »
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Re: Topic for going off topic
« Reply #1723 on: September 13, 2023, 11:04:52 AM »
Odd fact - "eleven plus two" not only equals "twelve plus one", it's also an anagram of it.
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