GrandmasterP

No he isn't. Leave him alone.

So that cold wet February-last was your fault then? No disrespect TaoMaster but when you were being God earlier this year, you really could have done a better job with the weather.

Can't remember where it was but I saw a thing on TV where old salt mines have been turned into health spas with hotels, holiday homes and all sorts of swish facilities underground.

It would. Lovely place at any time of year is Benidorm Plus you'd not have to worry about missing the flight home.

Undeniable - Yes. Irrefutable - No. This is TTB after all.

One evening in October, when I was one-third sober, An taking home a load with manly pride; My poor feet began to stutter, so I lay down in the gutter, And a pig came up an lay down by my side; Then we sang Its all fair weather when good fellows get together, Till a lady passing by was heard to say: You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses And the pig got up and slowly walked away.

I don't agree. You could to lots of things in two weeks. A fortnight's all inclusive holiday in Benidorm for example.

I like cake.

Welcome to TTB Oz-Chiguy. I look forward to listening to you.

So this morning the Postie delivers a fat envelope from our solicitors. First page has '2nd letter' handwritten above the ( three paragraphs) text and tells us... " You're moving on October 6th." Next page, another letter says ( after five paragraphs...) " You're moving on October 7th." Off I pop to the solicitors office which is in the nearby village to us ( being retired rocks!). Solicitor's lass tells me.. " well 'they' want the sixth." I come back... " Well they told us the seventh and we've booked the removal guys for then." Solicitor's lass says.. " leave it with me and I'll sort it and 'phone you." That was all before noon 3pm 'phone rings and it's our Estate Agent... "Good news Dr GMP you are moving on the third of October." "Well fancy that." say I and refer Estate Agent to solicitor's lass with a suggestion that they sort it out PDQ and please can we still have the seventh cos the removal dudes are booked and raring to go that day but might not be able to do sooner. Mrs GMP the while is ( very wisely ) away for a farewell bean feast and sleepover with her coven chums. Hence I am fielding the confusion. Still and all, apart from that it's been a good day. Took van to hand car wash. Man those Albanians do a good job. £15 quids and it looks like new. Shiny shiny. Washed two loads of washing and hung some out. ( how boring is pegging out washing?) Most went in tumble drier. Vacced Mopped Mowed all lawns whilst floors dried. Ironed Very spooky. At 18-37 I was just folding up the last or the ironing when a big canvas ( unframed) fell off the wall. It had been fixed on with a two nail picture hook and it all came off with a bit of plaster attached. Huge bang. I have seldom seen the dogs move so fast and I jumped pretty high too. That painting has been up on the wall in that room since 2006. Has to be an omen to begin taking down all the pictures.

+1 So if sage-usefulness is predicated on perception and some perceive sagacity ... Therefore The sage is not useless. The defence rests.

Have we perhaps slightly moved off the thread topic? Why is the sage so useless? Seems to me that if ( hypothetical) Sage A is perceived as sagacious by Student B, who feels to have benefited from Sage A's sagacity; then Sage A isn't useless at all, at least as far as Student B is concerned. Maybe we take our sage where and as we find them. ( ours grows in a pot outside the kitchen door)

Look to the skies comrades.

Well in multiverse terms that's akin to 'tomorrow' then!

I've mentioned Munir Baba on here before. He was a Shiva devotee. Retired from a good job in India and then took to Saddhu-ing as a silent saddhu. He could speak but had made a vow to stop speaking. Totally nice chap. I've not met many 'holy' people but he was one for sure.

That is a nice post Stefos. Kudos.

That new John's a wrong 'un and no mistake.

http://nottinghamcavessurvey.org.uk/history.htm There are a lot of cave houses in Nottingham. Not used as such now but they used to be and some within living memory.

Doh! Cheers man. But what about here? What if they wanted a crop-circle chat round Christmas with someone in Cornwall? They'd be fecked.

You'll never meet a farmer who is happy with the weather nor one who admits to doing well from farming either. All the ones at our farmer's Co- Op are on their uppers to hear them talk. Gods only knows how they ever scrape together enough to pay for the RVs, mega tractors, infinity pools and farmhouse extensions.

Been dry n chilly here this past month. Warm front due from the west tomorrow but that might bring some rain. We could do with the rain for the garden mind you but the harvest is in full swing so the farmers want it to stay dry.

How do those crop circle aliens communicate in winter when nothing is growing?

It's how I taught students to frame an essay 'argument'. Along the lines of... " having read A who says x and B who says y. I've thought about it and conclude... z. Olden but golden and gets first year undergrads out of writing... " I agree with X when he writes........" And leaving it at that. Which is the college equivalent of someone on here posting a bare link and claiming... This is IT then.

We have some small scale solar farms here in Blighty. There has been opposition from the Greens insofar as they reckon we don't have enough farm land as it is for growing crops without setting aside fields for mirrors and such.

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