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- Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:12 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Tea and Having a Chat with Friends
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6282
Tea and Having a Chat with Friends
<t>cinamin;552446 wrote: Hello everyone, sorry I've been out of the cafe for a while working. But I'm glad to be back.<br/> <br/> Tomorrow for high tea I'm baking some blueberry scones with cranberry and creamed cheese along with mint tea and orange pekoe tea. I have the weekend off so I'll be in th...
- Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Big Brother? Hit Him (the Government) Back, And Hard!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 334
Big Brother? Hit Him (the Government) Back, And Hard!
<r>In Czechoslovakia, they had a velvet revolution.<br/> <br/> In Ukraine, they had an orange revolution.<br/> <br/> In Britain, we need something similar, with a new party to vote for, that will bring back some common sense and freedom for the law abiding citizens of this country. <br/> <br/> There...
- Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:45 pm
- Forum: General TV Shows
- Topic: monty python classics
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2987
monty python classics
<t>I like some of the Monty Python sketches. I would take out all the blasphemous bits (the films are the worst for that) and then it would be good viewing for me. I don't like the playing music on hamsters (or whatever they were) sketch.<br/> <br/> My favourites include: The parrot sketch; the sket...
- Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:24 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Wind Farms
- Replies: 44
- Views: 8073
Wind Farms
<t>I only like the idea of wind farms in the sea, probably built on the top of old oil rigs or something similar. They don't produce enough power to have them scattered all over the countryside apparently just to please the green lobby (although I'm not against the green lobby pressing their case in...
- Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Coffee Shop
- Topic: Tea and Having a Chat with Friends
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6282
Tea and Having a Chat with Friends
When the virtual tea room opens up again, I'll have to see what speciality teas there are on offer. I fancy a Darjeeling with lemon. Those seats sound good. I heard all about it on the internet grapevine.
- Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:04 pm
- Forum: Just For The Fun Of It
- Topic: All I Need Is A Miracle
- Replies: 6
- Views: 644
All I Need Is A Miracle
That's a good joke. The punch line is great: "show me that map again."
- Fri May 12, 2006 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Psychedelic 1960's
- Topic: the 1960s...what do you remember ?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 29362
the 1960s...what do you remember ?
<t>I remember going to the barbers for a Beatles haircut and I had a Beatles poster on my bedroom wall. We used to have some of their singles on the Parlophone label such as "Help" and "A hard day's night". I wish that my father hadn't sold them, or whatever he did with them, in the 1980s or 90s.<br...
- Fri May 12, 2006 4:35 pm
- Forum: General Music
- Topic: Have your tastes changed?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2013
Have your tastes changed?
<t>There are also other types of music that I used to listen to regularly, and that I was addicted to, that I don't listen to much, if at all, for some reason:<br/> <br/> Tangerine Dream; Kluster; Cluster; Iannis Xenakis; Can; The Muffins; Megadeth; Richard Strauss; Richard Wagner; Morton Subotnick;...
- Fri May 12, 2006 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Music
- Topic: Have your tastes changed?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2013
Have your tastes changed?
<t>Saffron wrote: I've never even heard of that group.<br/> <br/> My tasted have changed. I love piano and flute music. But I still love Led Zeppelin too.:sneaky:<br/> <br/> <br/> Some of my favourite bands have used the piano and the flute to great effect along with their other instruments; bands l...
- Fri May 12, 2006 4:09 pm
- Forum: Drugs, Alcohol Tobacco
- Topic: What is your favorite beer
- Replies: 103
- Views: 167983
What is your favorite beer
<t>Bryn Mawr wrote: I really don't get on with the Charlie Wells but the Pride's a good pint.<br/> <br/> I guess your choice puts you around St Albans - betwixt Wandsworth and Bedford?<br/> <br/> <br/> I live in East Yorkshire, but the reason I have been able to taste such good southern beers is bec...
- Fri May 12, 2006 3:56 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: This is SOOOOOO Typical of Mankind!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1941
This is SOOOOOO Typical of Mankind!!
<t>Even if there was only one grizzly bear left in the whole world, there would be a hunter somewhere who would have no hesitation in shooting it dead and using it as a trophy. That could apply to absolutely every other endangered species like gorillas and tigers. Why can't these hunters do somethin...
- Fri May 12, 2006 3:49 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Woman jailed for beating daughter’s teacher
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1530
Woman jailed for beating daughter’s teacher
<t>It looks to me as though the breakdown of society in the United States is as bad as it is here in Britain. This sort of violence would never have happened when I was growing up in the 1960s and early 70s. <br/> <br/> Six months imprisonment is too light for this offence for a start. Five years wo...
- Thu May 11, 2006 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Music
- Topic: Have your tastes changed?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2013
Have your tastes changed?
<t>In the 1980s, I was a fan of the music of Pere Ubu; MX-80 Sound and Chrome. I used to have some of their music on vinyl in those days, but not now.<br/> <br/> I recently heard some of Pere Ubu and I couldn't really get on with it. I didn't hate it, but it just seemed so strange. The other two ban...
- Thu May 11, 2006 3:37 pm
- Forum: Drugs, Alcohol Tobacco
- Topic: St Julian tobacco
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8346
St Julian tobacco
<t>My uncle used to smoke St Julian tobacco. This was the best quality tobacco which my uncle would roll onto a cigarette paper and then smoke it, of course.<br/> <br/> About seven years ago, it disappeared from the market and there has been nothing heard of it ever since. Does anybody know why they...
- Thu May 11, 2006 3:32 pm
- Forum: Drugs, Alcohol Tobacco
- Topic: What is your favorite beer
- Replies: 103
- Views: 167983
What is your favorite beer
I always choose bitter beer pulled by a hand pump. This is what we in Britain call real ale. Two of my favourites are London Pride and Bombadier.
- Thu May 11, 2006 3:15 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Federal Court orders removal of Cross
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3749
Federal Court orders removal of Cross
<t>I say keep the cross where it is. It is like a senotaph to the veterans of the Korean War who would have been mostly nominal Christians anyway even if they weren't true believers. If the atheist wants a memorial to represent his beliefs, it would have to be just thin air, or a big vacuum flask, b...
- Thu May 11, 2006 2:57 pm
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Hijack a plane get a free council house
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2247
Hijack a plane get a free council house
<t>Not only that, but what about all those other foreign criminals who should have been deported after they had served their short and easy prison sentences. This included murderers; rapists; paedophiles and drug pushers. Now they are free to wander around Britain doing as they wish. It wouldn't be ...
- Mon May 01, 2006 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Music
- Topic: Favourite Album Of All Time?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3348
Favourite Album Of All Time?
This is a very difficult question to answer because there are many that come close to being the best. I will choose King Crimson's "Starless and Bible Black".
- Mon May 01, 2006 3:57 pm
- Forum: General Music
- Topic: What are you listening to right now
- Replies: 3157
- Views: 13294751
What are you listening to right now
I am currently listening to SOFT MACHINE volume one.
I am listening to an old cassette recording of it taken from vinyl. The trouble with the CD is that it has been re-mastered with far too much bass.
I am listening to an old cassette recording of it taken from vinyl. The trouble with the CD is that it has been re-mastered with far too much bass.
- Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:07 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Good People Here
- Replies: 19
- Views: 943
Good People Here
<r>Saffron wrote: I felt a lot better yesterday after I slept a full night and had gone to my chiropractor. It felt like such a relief to get an adjustment. <br/> <br/> Today I am a bit tired after my mid-term at my drawing class last night. And now I have a self-portrait to do this weekend. I did n...
- Sun Feb 19, 2006 7:38 am
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Understanding evil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3709
Understanding evil
<t>Accountable wrote: You contradict yourself here. By the definition you gave, one cannot choose to be immutable. Either the angels are mutable and choose to stay with God, or God took their free will away and made them immutable.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> It's not a minor point. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br...
- Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:33 pm
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Understanding evil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3709
Understanding evil
<t>SOJOURNER wrote: Eight,<br/> <br/> What credentials do Robert Morey, Keith Mathison and Rick Reinckens have?<br/> <br/> When did they write their opinions?<br/> <br/> SoJo<br/> <br/> <br/> Dr Robert Morey received a B.A. in philosophy and his M. Div. and D. Min. from Westminster Theological Semin...
- Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:21 pm
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Understanding evil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3709
Understanding evil
<t>Accountable wrote: Huh? Because they didn't change, you infer they're unable to change? So you think that all would have eventually fallen if God hadn't stepped in and took away their free will???????????<br/> <br/> <br/> It is not a matter of God stepping in and taking away their free will. We c...
- Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:33 pm
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Understanding evil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3709
Understanding evil
<r>Accountable wrote: Huh? Because they didn't change, you infer they're unable to change? So you think that all would have eventually fallen if God hadn't stepped in and took away their free will???????????<br/> <br/> <br/> We can see from the Bible that Satan and the fallen angels are condemned an...
- Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:12 pm
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Understanding evil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3709
Understanding evil
<t>SOJOURNER wrote: In other words, this is how YOU choose to interpet what you've read.<br/> The Bible has to be interpreted. It is not a text book in our modern sense and so we cannot just pick it up and understand it without some exegesis.<br/> <br/> Doctor Robert Morey has broached this subject ...
- Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Music
- Topic: Best Drummers
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2081
Best Drummers
Christian Vander
Cozy Powell
Bill Bruford
Pierre Moulin
Daniel Denis
John French
Robert Wyatt
Cozy Powell
Bill Bruford
Pierre Moulin
Daniel Denis
John French
Robert Wyatt
- Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Music
- Topic: What's the Best Classical Music Ever?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1277
What's the Best Classical Music Ever?
<r>These are my classical favourites:<br/> <br/> BERLIOZ - Romeo and Juliet dramatic symphony; Funeral and triumphal symphony. <br/> <br/> MAHLER - All ten symphonies; Song of the Earth; Das Klagende Lied. <br/> <br/> BRITTEN - War Requiem; Sinfonia Da Requiem; Four Sea Interludes. <br/> <br/> VAUGH...
- Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:22 pm
- Forum: General Music
- Topic: What's the Best Classical Music Ever?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 1277
What's the Best Classical Music Ever?
<t>ArnoldLayne wrote: Theres a symphony by Shostakovich that also makes me cry (well he was really good at doing funeral music) its unbelievably moving but I cant remember which one it was<br/> <br/> <br/> It was probably no 5 which is one of the most lyrical of Shostakovich's symphonies and which h...
- Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:06 pm
- Forum: General TV Shows
- Topic: Dr Who- the new series - who should be the next one?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2144
Dr Who- the new series - who should be the next one?
<t>If ever David Tennant decides to finish with his new role of Doctor Who, Patrick Stewart would be a great choice. He could be the best one since Tom Baker. <br/> <br/> I'm looking forward to seeing what David Tennant is like. I would never think about dismissing him as the choice until I have see...
- Tue Feb 14, 2006 5:52 pm
- Forum: General TV Shows
- Topic: Harry Worth
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1414
Harry Worth
I remember seeing the Harry Worth series when I was a youngster. I don't remember much about it, but I do wish they would show them again on the television.
- Sun Feb 12, 2006 5:42 pm
- Forum: General TV Shows
- Topic: Wacky Races
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2037
Wacky Races
<t>I have always enjoyed both "The Wacky Races" and "Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines". I like Muttley's muttering against Dick Dastardly when he says "Rason Frason Rason Rick Rastarly" whatever that means and I also like Muttley's sniggering. What about Klunk as well. I bet there won'...
- Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:16 am
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Understanding evil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3709
Understanding evil
<t>SOJOURNER wrote: <br/> <br/> Where could I find a Biblical reference to your statement of the angels being first mutable and now immutable? This is a new thought for me. I need to read it first hand to understand better what you are saying. <br/> <br/> Thanks.<br/> <br/> <br/> For those people wh...
- Sat Jan 28, 2006 5:20 pm
- Forum: Philosophy
- Topic: Darwinism
- Replies: 6
- Views: 642
Darwinism
<t>Darwin himself wasn't the most extreme of the evolutionists, by any means. Darwin wrote a theory, a hypothesis, which later became transformed into a dogma by other people. It was others who took that belief further and into a religion, called evolution, that it has become today. <br/> <br/> The ...
- Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:42 pm
- Forum: Christianity
- Topic: Understanding evil
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3709
Understanding evil
<t>God created the angelic world, a kingdom of spirits of light in eternity. God Himself has aseity. That is, He is self-existent and eternal in the absolute sense in the original eternity, whereas the angels exist in a derived eternity. They are created beings and so lack aseity. <br/> <br/> Lucife...
- Sat Jan 28, 2006 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Lighter thread, what's your favourite song?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 5108
Lighter thread, what's your favourite song?
My favourite song is "The Farewell" from Mahler's "The Song of the Earth".
- Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:04 pm
- Forum: Gardening Forum
- Topic: Need some gardening advice.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3651
Need some gardening advice.
<r>I used to have alot of trouble with a particular pesky cat messing in my garden and then digging the mess into the soil which made it worse. It particuarly liked to mess where the soil had been mostly recently disturbed.<br/> <br/> Eventually, I bought a "cat scare" from a catalogue which has the...
- Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:36 pm
- Forum: Bizarre News Stories
- Topic: When smoking can damage your health
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5616
When smoking can damage your health
<t>Sometimes news stories can seem far-fetched, but yet they are true. <br/> <br/> For example: <br/> <br/> 1. A wealthy Sri Lankan presidential candidate offered to buy a cow for every home if he was elected. <br/> <br/> Can you imagine what it would be like if one of the candidates in the next US ...
- Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:24 pm
- Forum: Problems, Solutions Feedback
- Topic: Avatars?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2784
Avatars?
<t>I have tried to use my own avatar, but to no avail. I assume that I must upgrade my membership in order to do this. Is it true that the money goes to a charity, or is that just a wind up?<br/> <br/> I have not been able to use the Forumgarden avatars either. Do I have to upgrade in order to use a...
- Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:17 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Hello from England
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8728
Hello from England
Hello. I'm Explorer the eighth from England. I like to exchange ideas on all sorts of topics and I like to have some exchange of humour as well.