Noggin the nog ?Dave the bass wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:33 pmWot, not even as a description for a collection of Icelandic Prose?
Nothing In Particular
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#14206 Re: Nothing In Particular
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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#14207 Re: Nothing In Particular
No. Not at all. Ever.Dave the bass wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:33 pmWot, not even as a description for a collection of Icelandic Prose?
Vivitur ingenio, caetera mortis erunt
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#14208 Re: Nothing In Particular
<sound FX...telephone connection being made between Dirtfud and Iceland> "oh hi, can I speak to the biggest and grumpiest Viking you've got please?"
"The fat bourgeois and his doppelganger"
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#14209 Re: Nothing In Particular
We had a good Icelandic friend: Gunnlaugur Christiansen.Dave the bass wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 9:36 pm<sound FX...telephone connection being made between Dirtfud and Iceland> "oh hi, can I speak to the biggest and grumpiest Viking you've got please?"jack wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:54 pmNo. Not at all. Ever.Dave the bass wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 8:33 pm
Wot, not even as a description for a collection of Icelandic Prose?
He was the absolute most terrifying thing to look at: 6' 6" tall, big framed and a face that looked like a cake that'd been left out in the rain - very very scary.
He was a gentle soul, though I once saw him drink a whole bottle of vodka with no visible effect. We did a lot of conferences round Europe and the USA together.
Some years ago SWMBO & I were going to Iceland, so called him up. A very apologetic voice at the other end if the phone told us he'd just died of testicular cancer. His father and grandfather had both died of the same thing and he'd expected to get it too. Very sad. He was young.
Because the gene pool is limited in Iceland and people married locally, there is a lot of familial cancer. Iceland is used in a lot of studies of genetically inherited diseases.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/26/scie ... sease.html
Edit: I'd forgotten that in Icelandic, the short form of Gunnlaugur is "Guuly". Ironic.
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#14210 Re: Nothing In Particular
I thought of this:
When I read this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-60526714, which I read after this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61042598because time has proved we barely cure anything.
Whenever an honest man discovers that he's mistaken, he will either cease to be mistaken or he will cease to be honest.
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#14211 Re: Nothing In Particular
Where's the quote from, Nick ? - the NY Times article ? ( I couldn't read it )
"Once you find out ... the Circumstances ; then you can go out"
#14212 Re: Nothing In Particular
Which quote? The one I quoted was a few weeks ago in this thread.
Whenever an honest man discovers that he's mistaken, he will either cease to be mistaken or he will cease to be honest.
#14213 Re: Nothing In Particular
Went for a run this morning, that was a bad idea
Lost my footing on some loose gravel and fell on my arse.
Now i have an ankle the size of a football and several other scrapes and bumps
Cant catch a break lately
Lost my footing on some loose gravel and fell on my arse.
Now i have an ankle the size of a football and several other scrapes and bumps
Cant catch a break lately
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#14214 Re: Nothing In Particular
ooh, thats bad, hope swelling only.
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#14215 Re: Nothing In Particular
It doesnt seem to be getting any worse and i can move it. Doesnt feel like ive done any permenant damage
2 paracetamol have taken the edge off it so it cant be that bad
2 paracetamol have taken the edge off it so it cant be that bad
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#14216 Re: Nothing In Particular
Don’t look at it as bad luck , but part of learning .
I read somewhere that neuroplasticity (your brain learning and developing new skills) takes place on the edge of what’s possible. I live by this doctrine and thus expect to fall an injure my self monthly and go to ae three times yearly.
So far it’s proved an accurate assumption
I read somewhere that neuroplasticity (your brain learning and developing new skills) takes place on the edge of what’s possible. I live by this doctrine and thus expect to fall an injure my self monthly and go to ae three times yearly.
So far it’s proved an accurate assumption
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#14217 Re: Nothing In Particular
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#14218 Re: Nothing In Particular
Yes, I checked them out earlier this evening, some fantastic images...
Sorry, I couldn't resist!
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#14219 Re: Nothing In Particular
Ouch, sorry about that.
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#14220 Re: Nothing In Particular
I've been watching YouTube videos of urban flood drainage problems (mainly USA) and I got into drain unblocking videos (mainly UK), how sad is that ?
One point, blocked drains are often due to "wipes", rather than poo or tissue. Some wipe manufacturers say their wipes are flush friendly, but drain unblockers might disagree.
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One point, blocked drains are often due to "wipes", rather than poo or tissue. Some wipe manufacturers say their wipes are flush friendly, but drain unblockers might disagree.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke
G-Popz THE easy listening connoisseur. (Philip)
Edmund Burke
G-Popz THE easy listening connoisseur. (Philip)