Posts by recordari
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
What is it with people reading into my posts recently things I haven’t said?
Did seem a bit that way. Apparently there are some topics that make people look for inflammatory interpretations where none necessarily exist. Sure, I've learnt the hard way that sweeping generalisations and labeling are prone to raise the ire of regulars here, but as far as I could tell, none of the ideas you expressed were new, or attributable to you alone, and it did begin to look a bit personal.
Is it time to move on? Or is it time for the Death Star defence?
Lord Vade Darth Vadar? I am Darth Vadar. S Sir Lord Vadar, Sir Lord Darth Vadar. Lord Darth Sir Lord Vadar of cheem? Sir Lord baren von vaderham? The death star? I run the death star?
Sorry, but that just never gets old.
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to Sacha,
That’s commitment
That's generous. In the cold light of day, seems wholly other.
Well, that was probably my worst BDO ever.
Apart from the rain, which eventually beat me, sending me home after Phoenix Foundation, who were my highlight of the night, things just didn't seem to go according to plan.
I won't go on. And, unless a must see act comes, I won't go back. Shame really.
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BDO Live Poetry Tream.
I am old I am old
I can't reach the bottom of my trousers*
To roll, cause my sciatica is killing me,
And the grounds really muddy,
What with all this rain and so on.*This is poetic licence, cause I rolled them before leaving home.
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Field Theory: Japan Part Two: It's…, in reply to Geoff Lealand,
But then, I guess it's not all Japanese who can't take alcohol, or there wouldn't be sake, would there?
In my 14 months there I met few people who couldn't outlast me, although you wouldn't try to drink anyone under the table, as many of them have gas heaters built into them.
Bless you.
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Up Front: Giving Me Grief, in reply to Joe Wylie,
Sorry to hear about your mum Joe.
I explained that it was a privilege that we'd requested,
A very close family friend requested I be asked through her surviving partner to be a pallbearer. It is one of the most humbling and rewarding, albeit grief-stricken, experiences in my life. It also helped me with my grief, and the process of 'letting go', although the full significance of this became more apparent over time.
I put Mum's 80 year old teddy bear on her coffin, Rhiana placed and lit a candle in front of it.
You really should go into the tissue business, cause you are just getting too good at this. But don't stop, it's quite wonderful.
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to Jacqui Dunn,
O for heavens' sake! As someone who is totally anal about checking stuff before posting, I can't believe I did that
As the person that usually provides fuel for the resident 'Onan the grammarians', it's a bit rich of me to comment.
And I'm not at the BDO either - I'd double the average age by just turning up!
Wasn't going to, but will go for the later shows, and demonstrate to the young'uns what a primal scream really sounds like with a bit of mileage behind it.
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Hard News: A few (more) words on The Hobbit, in reply to Sacha,
Does anything else think
Are you claiming other non-sentient beings have achieved higher consciousness? Houston, we have lift off.
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Hard News: Floating the idea, in reply to nzlemming,
Would you trust him with your handkerchief and bells?
In a word, no. But this league of extraordinary gentleman just might.
Britannic Bedlam Morris Gentlemen.
It's bedlam, I tells ya.
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Hard News: Floating the idea, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Also saw that. Of course he could try the more obvious Morris dancing.
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Hard News: Floating the idea, in reply to Rich Lock,
Sam, the guys in that article are described as pararescue jumpers, or PJs. We talked about Sebastian Junger's 'Restrepo' book a while back. If you haven't read 'The Perfect Storm' yet, then I recommend it again. It has a fair bit of description on the training and work these guys do. 'Rough' is an understatement...
There's an article in Nov or Dec Metro (??) by Charlotte Grimshaw (nee Stead) about her experiences as a child at Piha, her father being airlifted from the beach after being dumped by the waves, and her becoming a Lifeguard, including being dropped from a helicopter behind the waves and told to swim back to the beach*.
Wish you could link to the articles on the web, seems quite apposite.
*"Authors with attitude ™". Might pitch a reality series. Can think of a few candidates here, as it happens.