Toadfish Monastery

Last ^{why do I never understand what on earth anyone is talking about in this thread?} Post.

Indeed, my lady. One must never exert oneself when the help is available.

Jolly good show, sir, jolly good show. One's tiddlywinks are past masters at winning.

Bluenose, a rallying call of "FOR CAKE!" would go well with the design of yours.

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Quote from: Sibling DavidH on December 06, 2012, 10:38:44 AM
By all means, Roland - just don't put it in your window or you'll be arrested by the paedo panic police. 

Thanks, David.

Quote from: Opsa on December 06, 2012, 01:44:21 AM
Maybe it's just the Milky Way?

Taken as a joke, that would be quite funny.

Unfortunately, I know the Milky Way when I see it, and that isn't it. It's bona fide cloud cover plus light pollution.

She turned me into a newt. But I got better.

Why is it always cloudy here whenever I want to see anything astronomical?

Well said, Afterglow. No matter how I feel about the guy, or have done for many years, i'm truly sorry that you've lost faith in someone you once held in high regard. I know how that feels, as i've been through it myself. Here's to hoping your letter gets read by him personally.

It looks so much better now, Opsa. Sometimes you need a little change to freshen things up. I find it always makes the place look like somewhere new.

Happy birthday, much belated, to everyone i've missed in my absence. I am very penitent for doing so, and have spent the last few days baking cakes for you all. Please accept these in the spirit that they are given.

Pieces O' Nine - 21 again?



Darlica



Bluenose



Aphos

Thanks for the disturbing sign, David. Is it ok for me to steal it to show others?

Indubitably, old chap and fair lady. One must endeavour to be ever so frightfully proper at all times.

USB? She's a witch! Burn her!!!!

Quote from: Griffin NoName on December 04, 2012, 11:12:03 PM
But then we don't know how time works when going backwards.

Err, it goes backwards?

Are you politically active and if so in what ways?
I'm not politically active in the sense that I go out on the street and campaign, but I do like to debate politics online, although that's almost exclusively Facebook these days (I know). I occasionally post politically-charged posts on the internet, both in forums and on, you guessed it, Facebook. I have accounts with a few online newspapers, and occasionally make comments on these as well.

Saying all the above, I do have political conversations in meatspace too, although these aren't as frequent as my online conversations on politics. I do not subscribe to any particular political party either, although if pushed, i'll say I don't vote for either of the two most popular political parties in the UK.

Do you think your parents did a good job (concerning you)?
I believe that they could have done better purely because nobody is perfect, but then "perfect" is hardly a word i'd ever consider using in relation to my parents. Although my brother and I were provided for in many ways such as there always being food in the house, and us receiving what my parents could afford when it was time to buy presents, I do have a few complaints.

My father was too strict with me, especially when younger, but then this was him picking it up from his father, who picked it up from his father, and so on. From what I know, strictness has certainly lowered over the generations. My grandfather used to be beaten quite badly by his father, and my father reasonably badly by his father, but on a far lesser scale. My granddad came to regret a great many things later in life, which is why he was strict yet fair with my brother and I. I'm glad he changed.

My own father was never one for emotional intimacy with me and my brother, which was again a trait he picked up from granddad. I never felt that I could speak to him about just anything, and it always felt weird when he tried to be close like that. Long ago I vowed to take the best in the way I was raised, and forget the bad, bringing in my own good things. I also realised that i'll most probably bring my children up (if I ever have them) with the same neuroses as I have, lol.

Have you ever seriously considered writing a book or actually done so (no job qualification writing like theses etc.)?
Yes I have. I've considered writing up my travel experiences for a number of years now, but have never found the will to just sit down and start it properly.

I also sketched the outline of a science fiction epic a few years ago, along the lines of the classic writers Arthur C Clarke, Frank Herbert, and Isaac Asimov, but once again never got round to starting it.

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Have you ever considered just packing up the bare essentials and travelling the world for the rest of your life?

If you were given the chance to be a pioneer colonist on Mars or the Moon, would you do it?

If you could be the figurehead (ie - Prime Minister, President, etc) of any country in the world, which one would it be?