My profile login | | Directory | Search | FAQs | Board home   Printer-friendly view   » Ship of Fools   »   » Oblivion   » δy/δx (Page 36) Email this page to a friend or enemy.   Pages in this thread: 1  2  3  ...  33  34  35  36  37    Source: (consider it) Thread: δy/δx roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        ... but Monsieur Verdoux, on the othet hand, murdered several of his wives. All in a good cause, of course. -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        How wonderful that Abraham, in addition to being a Christian, also studied the Quran. Remarkable! -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        Sorry. I didn't skip over roybart on purpose -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Gwai Shipmate # 11076 Posted                        I get weird looks when I hold my 5yo's hand and skip down the street, but it matters to daughter that I'm willing to, so the snotty-looks department can go bite the wax tadpole as far as I care--besides it's fun. -------------------- A master of men was the Goodly Fere, A mate of the wind and sea. If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere They are fools eternally. Posts: 11914 | From: Chicago | Registered: Feb 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        When I was 5 years old we moved from the docklands east of London to Ealing, to the west of London, and that is where I started school. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        When I was young and visiting London (late 60s and early 70s) I loved walking around the Isle of Dogs and the more derelict parts of the docklands. I have no idea why the area appealed to me so much. [ 04. September 2013, 02:13: Message edited by: roybart ] -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Baptist Trainfan Shipmate # 15128 Posted                        No, I did it too, once or twice - I remember seeing the derelict viaduct of what is now the DLR. In similar vein, I also wandered the old slate-mining remains at Blaenau Ffestiniog, just "left after the mines closed. I think post-industrial sites are fascinating to quite a lot of folk. Posts: 9750 | From: The other side of the Severn | Registered: Sep 2009  |  IP: Logged Heavenly Anarchist Shipmate # 13313 Posted                          When visiting Greenwich Observatory, we ride back in the front carriage on the DLR so my youngest can 'drive the train'. -------------------- 'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.' Douglas Adams Dog Activity Monitor My shop Posts: 2831 | From: Trumpington | Registered: Jan 2008  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        We have had a minor glitch in the drivetrain of the jeep but I got the part yesterday and hopefully it can be fitted on Friday. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           My first car was a Morris 1000 but people kept calling it a Morris Minor. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        Back in my less-lazy days I played the Bach Prelude and Fugue in e minor, called "The Wedge" -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        A wedge of cheese, a stick of still warm French bread, some fresh butter and some ripe tomatoes - BLISS! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Lyda*Rose Ship's broken porthole # 4544 Posted                        It would be bliss to have a little, comfortably warm here instead of a a lot of HOT. -------------------- "Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano Posts: 21377 | From: CA | Registered: May 2003  |  IP: Logged Sir Kevin Ship's Gaffer # 3492 Posted                           It's always easier to warm up in the cold than to cool down in the hot. Where's my air-conditioned jumpsuit? -------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession. Posts: 30517 | From: White Hart Lane | Registered: Oct 2002  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        Dr. Dentons, the kiddie version of a jumpsuit, were meant to keep you warm. -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Denton is, perhaps, not the most salubrious part of Greater Manchester. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           Leonard Teale's spoken as poetry version of Stairway to Heaven as performed on Andrew Denton's The Money or the Gun is my favourite. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Gill H Shipmate # 68 Posted                       I may be the only Shipmate in the UK to own that album! -------------------- *sigh* We can’t all be Alan Cresswell. - Lyda Rose Posts: 9313 | From: London | Registered: May 2001  |  IP: Logged Smudgie Ship's Barnacle # 2716 Posted                        I gave the Smudgelet a record player for his room the other day and he had great fun going through my record collection - especially excited to find the original Band Aid single and the entire Wombles triple album. -------------------- Miss you, Erin. Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Over the summer many record amounts seem to have been paid in soccer player transfer fees. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Sir Kevin Ship's Gaffer # 3492 Posted                           I went to grammar school with a kid whose surname was Fee and he lived next door to the school if I remember right, which is doubtful... -------------------- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession. Posts: 30517 | From: White Hart Lane | Registered: Oct 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Some of our neighbours keep goats and, if we leave the gates open, the kids often wander into our garden and eat the flowers. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Gwai Shipmate # 11076 Posted                        I rather enjoy singing Mairzy Doats to my daughter, but I have yet to explain it to her. -------------------- A master of men was the Goodly Fere, A mate of the wind and sea. If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere They are fools eternally. Posts: 11914 | From: Chicago | Registered: Feb 2006  |  IP: Logged Mama Thomas Shipmate # 10170 Posted                        Mairzy Doats sounds like it could been one of those East German revolvers, you know the kind, the ones OBAMA is trying to take from all freedom-loving God-fearing American Christians. -------------------- All hearts are open, all desires known Posts: 3742 | From: Somewhere far away | Registered: Aug 2005  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           Revolver was the first Beatles album I really liked. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Grits Compassionate fundamentalist # 4169 Posted                           When I was a teenager, my dad wouldn't allow me to ride in Volkswagons. He said they weren't safe. -------------------- Lord, fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, and shut it when I've said enough. Amen. Posts: 8419 | From: Nashville, TN | Registered: Feb 2003  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Twice in my career I had safe broken into at work - the amount of paperwork involved each time was quite stunning! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Chorister Completely Frocked # 473 Posted                          I watched the go-karts career down the village hill at the Summer Fair, then ran fast out of the way as the winner smashed right through the straw bales and out the other side - not only did it use no brakes, it didn't even have any! -------------------- Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change. Posts: 34626 | From: Cream Tealand | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        My Mother, God rest her, insisted I study typing and short-hand, to guarantee I'd have a career to depend on. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        In my yoof I used to enjoy watching the annual Rest and Be Thankful Speed Hill Climb on Grandstand. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Smudgie Ship's Barnacle # 2716 Posted                        I am always thankful that Sunday is a day of rest, and also a day on which I stand a chance of getting a few correct answers in the Crew's Quiz. -------------------- Miss you, Erin. Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        I love the way Moses stands up to God in this Sunday's reading. -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Reading is a strange place, but then I have only ever driven through it. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Smudgie Ship's Barnacle # 2716 Posted                        Whenever I see an advertisement for the Reading Festival, I wonder whether I ought to take my book. -------------------- Miss you, Erin. Posts: 14382 | From: Under the duvet | Registered: Apr 2002  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        We have just had a major festival here today and I have eaten far too much - but then isn't that what festivals are for? I don't know of many festivals that involve fasting. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Gwai Shipmate # 11076 Posted                        If I ever have to be near the Clark Street festival, I always try to go through it fast, because if I do not it invariably gives me a migraine! -------------------- A master of men was the Goodly Fere, A mate of the wind and sea. If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere They are fools eternally. Posts: 11914 | From: Chicago | Registered: Feb 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        I heard recently that John Cooper Clark has made a comeback in the UK - I think the guy is a genius! -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        My Mother often had a Clark Bar stashed away in a buffet drawer. She thought it was a great hiding place, LOL -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           There's no hiding place down there. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        Duck down duvets are really warm - but what happens to the poor ducks? -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        "Duck and cover" was shouted at us school children, in case an atom bomb was dropped on us. The underneath side of the desks was disgusting. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged Gwai Shipmate # 11076 Posted                        If so many things are disgusting, why are things never called gusting? -------------------- A master of men was the Goodly Fere, A mate of the wind and sea. If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere They are fools eternally. Posts: 11914 | From: Chicago | Registered: Feb 2006  |  IP: Logged Latchkey Kid Shipmate # 12444 Posted                           At the marine rescue radio base on Tuesday the wind was mostly around 5 knots, occasionally gusting to 10 knots. -------------------- 'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.' Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner Posts: 2592 | From: The wizardest little town in Oz | Registered: Mar 2007  |  IP: Logged Pearl B4 Swine Ship's Oyster-Shucker # 11451 Posted                        Have you ever been right behind a carriage horse when it breaks wind? Horses can have a large quantity of intestinal gas. -------------------- Oinkster "I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job) Posts: 3622 | From: The Keystone State | Registered: May 2006  |  IP: Logged roybart Shipmate # 17357 Posted                        Under some circumstances, horses demonstrate a large amount of intestinal fortitude as well. -------------------- "The consolations of the imaginary are not imaginary consolations." -- Roger Scruton Posts: 547 | From: here | Registered: Sep 2012  |  IP: Logged Kyzyl Ship's dog # 374 Posted                        There are times when intestinal solitude is called for. -------------------- I need a quote. Posts: 668 | From: Wapasha's Prairie | Registered: Jun 2001  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        I think learning the difference between being alone and solitude was an important turning point in my growing up. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Gwai Shipmate # 11076 Posted                        I can tell I'm in my overly mathematical brain because I parsed that as alone minus solitude equals [thing WW learned growing up]. -------------------- A master of men was the Goodly Fere, A mate of the wind and sea. If they think they ha’ slain our Goodly Fere They are fools eternally. Posts: 11914 | From: Chicago | Registered: Feb 2006  |  IP: Logged Welease Woderwick Sister Incubus Nightmare # 10424 Posted                        I was just wondering if I am really 66.666% of the WorldWideWeb. -------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand? Posts: 48139 | From: 1st on the right, straight on 'til morning | Registered: Sep 2005  |  IP: Logged Kyzyl Ship's dog # 374 Posted                        I wonder as I wander. -------------------- I need a quote. 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