Archive for the ‘Amusement’ Category
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
A quotation I recently chanced upon, set out below:
He says that, on his arrival at Cambridge, he found that the undergraduates drank hard, and that their conversation was even worse than their lives. As for work, they did none at all, but passed their time in cock-fighting, drinking, and creating disturbances. Corruption reigned in all the public offices.
The medical profession was distracted by jealousies, rivalries, and ignorance. The law was made ridiculous by the absurd technicalities of the courts, and the ignorance manifested by barristers in the laws and constitution of their own country.
Read on for the answer to this statement!
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A Sign of the Times – Nothing really changes!
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Tags: Cambridge, eighteenth century, student behaviour
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Brochure Extract from the Upcoming Rally
Click on the picture to visit the Classic Rally Web site in a new window.
Another sad tale; earlier in the year I met with Peter Scott a notable local Rally Driver who also runs Bretts Fish Restaurant in Headingley. Any how turning to the rally rather than the fish suppers. We spent some time researching the prospects of making the estate roads around Parlington the venue for a stage in the soon to be run Rally of the Tests, a latter day reminder of those terrific RAC rallies of the nineteen fifties! The estate managers were informed and initial feedback was favourable, therefore further work was undertaken, by Peter and the organiser Fred Bent. [yes I know what a name for a rally enthusiast!] All seemed on course for the occasion in November this year.
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Parlington Rally :: Rally of the Tests, Thumbs Down!
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Tags: Brett's fish restaurant, Classic rally cars, Fly Line, Headingley, Parlington Estate Roads, Rally of the Tests
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
During a walk through the woods here in Parlington, I came across this extraordinary scene, there on the floor of the forest was a lock and clasp in the tangle of dead leaves. It is as if there is a doorway to the lower extremities of the planet, a kind of door to Hell itself, do not pass Purgatory, continue straight down to Hell! Well I wasn’t going to lift it now was I, Instead I took a photograph of the hidden entrance.
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Tags: dead leaves, Door to Hell, forest floor, old lock, purgatory
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
The intro photo was taken on Christmas day by my eldest daughter, Pip, she thought it worth capturing the moment! I have cooked the Christmas turkey on a Weber BBQ since the late 80′s. The BBQ in the image is the fifth I have owned, and with the ash collection system beneath the kettle, is, I can testify, the best yet! Behind and almost obscured is an earlier model, which had just completed cooking a duck to accompany the turkey.
Tags: BBQ, Chritmas, duck, turkey, Weber
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
A blog by Professor Philip Stott [Emeritus Professor of Biogeography, University of London], is always a refreshing read, recently however his usually productive output had slowed to less than a trickle, so how pleased to see he had started up again at The clamour of our times. If you want to read a realistic and huorous take on the daily political circus, drop by his site. Frankly you need a laugh these days, and Philip has a delightful ability to mix serious topics with excellent prose.
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Tags: Clamour ot the Times, Professor Philip Stott
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
The almost bare provisions cupboard in the kitchen and half empty shelves in the fridge, drove me on an involuntary trip to the local supermarket in Garforth, Tesco. Whilst at the checkout I recalled a recent item on the news about a shopper and her daughter being refused the purchase of a bottle of wine because the daughter, although she was not the purchaser, was unable to provide evidence of her age. [i.e. over 18]. This incident occurred at a branch of Morrisons, so I asked the checkout lady at Tesco what would be the outcome were I in the same position. She concurred that the advice on such situations was complex, but they would take the same approach. Had I been with my youngest daughter, who is 24 and has from time to time been asked to verify her age, even quite recently; I also would have fallen foul of this directive! Hmm!
Tags: Barking Mad, Liberal idiots, Morrisons, Nanny State, Rant, Supermarket, Tesco
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
If you enjoy reading articles on the web, you may feel that the typefaces used leave much to be desired. So much creativity is lost due to restrictions in the use of copyright protected type. Reading on computers has never been as easy as on traditional paper, much effort went into the early Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS) to create a font which would look good for the interface elements, such as the menu items. A new typeface (font) was developed based on the Linotype classic Helvetica, it was called Geneva. Whilst it was an excellent font to provide clear menu titles it was never going to be a winner from a stylists point of view. In my early days with the Macintosh operating system, I joined in 1991 with the OS at version 7.0; a new PowerBook 140, purchased whilst working in Hong Kong. I bought a copy of TypeStyler and was able to impress all and sundry with dramatic headline banners!
Tags: Candara, Font, Geneva, Typeface
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
I have been sorting out my old collection of vinyl records, ready for digitization and came across one which I believe is quite rare. The album was produced in 1971 by Traditional Sound Recordings of Macclesfield, titled, “The Parting Glass” by Jon Rennard a Leeds based folk artist of some talent, who was killed that year. The album, his last, being a salute to Jon’s life, so tragically shortened by a car crash. The record came to me via my ex-wife who was a great fan of him, in fact I did wonder if there was a bit more to it than that, but as she, sadly died of cancer, earlier this year I shall never know; it was an area we did not visit, it being before I met her. I recall folk evenings being very popular in the late sixties early seventies, and the album was taken from live recordings at Bate Hall Folk Club, Macclesfield in November 1970.
Tags: Jon Rennard, Leeds Folk Singer
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Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!
This image has been added using a new utility called Skitch, it’s still in Beta and I believe only available for Mac computers. It’s from the same people who make Comic Life, which has got to be one of the best “fun to use programmes” I’ve ever come across Plasq.com, Which is available for Windows as well as Mac computers.
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