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Post by kerry1 on Jan 14, 2016 17:49:43 GMT
What is it about being 69?
I discovered this news by 1The Younger's text "Sorry for your loss'. Blighter.
I am old enough to be of the Truly Madly Deeply fans; he was a rare talent - charismatic and politically ethical too.
Boo, this year sucks.
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Post by Raffles on Jan 14, 2016 21:51:41 GMT
Is 69 the new 27?
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Post by kerry1 on Jan 14, 2016 22:13:58 GMT
I have already iterated this elsewhere.
Yes.
Until another cluster of ages appears.
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Post by Raffles on Jan 15, 2016 11:24:01 GMT
As long as it's not 51!
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Post by riverlodge on Jan 15, 2016 13:18:20 GMT
Just don't put out a new album, to be sure.
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Post by snivelgear on Jan 26, 2016 12:05:41 GMT
Henry Worsley, polar explorer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35398552I remember him from Latitude 2011, when he gave a really interesting talk (if you like that sort of thing) in the literary tent.
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Post by Raffles on Jan 26, 2016 12:45:36 GMT
He's not an explorer, he's an adventurer. There's nowt much left to explore.
I once met Charles Swithernbank, a genuine polar explorer from the heroic age. He held the record as the person alive today with most geographical features in the world named after him, because he was the last survivor form the generation before satellite imagery where you could still genuinely explore and discover places.
He once told me, wistfully:
"Those were the days when you could just walk over a ridge and find a whole load of totally undiscovered features to name after yourself, your friends and your monarch. Poor old Prince William would be lucky to get so much as a tit in the snow named after him these days!"
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Post by ethereal on Jan 26, 2016 12:52:32 GMT
He's not an explorer, he's an adventurer. There's nowt much left to explore. ... on this planet, at least the dry bits. There's plenty under water and off planet left to explore, either infinity or just a lot depending on which theory is currently in fashion.
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Post by mrsimonw on Jan 26, 2016 13:27:42 GMT
Henry Worsley, polar explorer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35398552I remember him from Latitude 2011, when he gave a really interesting talk (if you like that sort of thing) in the literary tent. I didn't realise it was the same chap. That was a really fascinating talk. IIRC he had a family connection to the "historic age" of Antarctic exploration.
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Post by snivelgear on Jan 26, 2016 15:41:11 GMT
He's not an explorer, he's an adventurer. There's nowt much left to explore. I once met Charles Swithernbank, a genuine polar explorer from the heroic age. He held the record as the person alive today with most geographical features in the world named after him, because he was the last survivor form the generation before satellite imagery where you could still genuinely explore and discover places. He once told me, wistfully: "Those were the days when you could just walk over a ridge and find a whole load of totally undiscovered features to name after yourself, your friends and your monarch. Poor old Prince William would be lucky to get so much as a tit in the snow named after him these days!" True, and a lot of Victorian explorers were "discovering" places that the people who lived there knew all about already, thank you very much. Swithernbank must have been an amazing guy to meet. .
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Post by snivelgear on Jan 26, 2016 15:46:17 GMT
Henry Worsley, polar explorer: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35398552I remember him from Latitude 2011, when he gave a really interesting talk (if you like that sort of thing) in the literary tent. I didn't realise it was the same chap. That was a really fascinating talk. IIRC he had a family connection to the "historic age" of Antarctic exploration. Yeah, he was related to Frank Worsley on Shackleton's crew. I seem to remember he said he took Frank's pocket watch with him on his own expedition.
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Post by Moz on Jan 26, 2016 21:43:21 GMT
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Post by riverlodge on Feb 19, 2016 17:40:04 GMT
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Post by Raffles on Mar 5, 2016 12:28:41 GMT
The Renault Megan Scenic has finally gone to the great scrapyard in the sky. 15 years of faithful service.
I'll never forget the way skated across the mud at Latitude 2011 leaving all the posh FWD's in its wake.
:-(
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Post by Moz on Mar 5, 2016 12:51:53 GMT
Rip scenic. (I assume you meant 4wd rather than fwd. Sorry for the pedantry at this difficult time.)
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Post by Raffles on Mar 5, 2016 14:50:25 GMT
How the f*** do you spell "four" then?
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Post by Moz on Mar 5, 2016 15:02:43 GMT
Fwd means front wheel drive, doesn't it? Rwd meaning rear wheel drive and 4wd meaning four wheel drive?
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Post by riverlodge on Mar 5, 2016 16:09:52 GMT
The Renault Megan Scenic has finally gone to the great scrapyard in the sky. 15 years of faithful service. I'll never forget the way skated across the mud at Latitude 2011 leaving all the posh FWD's in its wake. :-( There is only one, all girl band,that could possibly play the wake.
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Post by Raffles on Mar 5, 2016 16:24:54 GMT
I wondered how long it would take, Woody!
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Post by ethereal on Mar 5, 2016 20:05:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 16:14:36 GMT
RIP Sir George Martin.
Pioneer. Innovator. Fifth Beatle.
"It was absolutely magical. Hearing such glorious sounds..."
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Post by Moz on Mar 9, 2016 16:38:30 GMT
I always thought the fifth beatles was Stuart Sutcliffe...
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Post by fiveuke on Mar 9, 2016 17:25:20 GMT
...or Pete Best?
Sutcliffe dead for over 50 years, Randolph Peter Scanland Best still going strong.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2016 18:21:12 GMT
I always thought the fifth beatles was Stuart Sutcliffe... Paul McCartney today: "If anyone earned the title of the fifth Beatle it was George." In my opinion Best and Sutcliffe are obvious contenders as perhaps are Billy Preston and Brian Epstein but none of those did as much to shape their sound as George Martin.
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Post by Moz on Mar 9, 2016 21:23:32 GMT
I'm probably not the best person to comment, in all honesty. I am mystified by the popularity of the Beatles....
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