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Post by Stanley75 on Sept 14, 2019 8:13:01 GMT
Today's winner is Esoxlucius with....... 🍻 |
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Post by West Acton on Sept 14, 2019 8:28:42 GMT
Stench hung around after Holloway
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Post by hubble on Sept 19, 2019 7:10:12 GMT
Would make a lovely cryptic crossword clue... How about: I have a misty mother (6)
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Post by esoxlucius on Sept 19, 2019 7:56:21 GMT
Would make a lovely cryptic crossword clue... How about: I have a misty mother (6) A mixed up Thai mother? |
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Post by hubble on Sept 19, 2019 8:08:02 GMT
Would make a lovely cryptic crossword clue... How about: I have a misty mother (6) A mixed up Thai mother? Don't really get that one mate. Mixed up tends to imply an anagram... can you explain your reasoning please! |
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Post by esoxlucius on Sept 19, 2019 8:11:41 GMT
Don't really get that one mate. Mixed up tends to imply an anagram... can you explain your reasoning please! Sure Thailand used to be Siam, mother =ma Upon reflection; it should have been "A mixed up old Thai mother" that would have led to the Siam being a lot clearer. You can tell I am not a setter can't you  |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Sept 19, 2019 8:28:11 GMT
Would make a lovely cryptic crossword clue... How about: I have a misty mother (6) A mixed up Thai mother? A ladydad? |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Sept 19, 2019 8:29:58 GMT
Would make a lovely cryptic crossword clue... How about: I have a misty mother (6) Farrows mother? |
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Post by hubble on Sept 19, 2019 8:42:15 GMT
Don't really get that one mate. Mixed up tends to imply an anagram... can you explain your reasoning please! Sure Thailand used to be Siam, mother =ma Upon reflection; it should have been "A mixed up old Thai mother" that would have led to the Siam being a lot clearer. You can tell I am not a setter can't you Aha. Now 'mixed up old Thai mother' is brilliant! |
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Post by hubble on Sept 19, 2019 8:42:39 GMT
Would make a lovely cryptic crossword clue... How about: I have a misty mother (6) Farrows mother? Very good Pete! |
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Post by Stanley75 on Oct 17, 2019 8:28:53 GMT
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Post by acricketer on Oct 17, 2019 11:47:09 GMT
Making everyone use the name Ed.
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Post by esoxlucius on Oct 17, 2019 12:35:50 GMT
Making everyone use the name Ed. That has an air of verisimilitude about it. |
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Post by acricketer on Oct 17, 2019 13:14:33 GMT
Making everyone use the name Ed. That has an air of verisimilitude about it. Just a scintilla. I'm looking forward to the day when Eds are free to choose their own names, it will be an unedifying spectacle. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Dec 5, 2019 12:14:03 GMT
Luddite (n.) also luddite, 1811, the name taken by an organized band of weavers in Midlands and northern England who for about 5 years thereafter destroyed machinery, for fear it would deprive them of work. Supposedly they got it from Ned Ludd, a Leicestershire worker who in 1779 had smashed two machines in a rage, but that story first was told in 1847. Applied by 1961 to modern spurners of automation and technology. As an adjective from 1812. |
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Post by esoxlucius on Dec 5, 2019 15:19:38 GMT
Philistines the lot of them. |
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Post by hubble on Dec 5, 2019 16:41:16 GMT
Luddite (n.) also luddite, 1811, the name taken by an organized band of weavers in Midlands and northern England who for about 5 years thereafter destroyed machinery, for fear it would deprive them of work. Supposedly they got it from Ned Ludd, a Leicestershire worker who in 1779 had smashed two machines in a rage, but that story first was told in 1847. Applied by 1961 to modern spurners of automation and technology. As an adjective from 1812. They knew what was coming. Obviously the word has become a pejorative to mean backward thinking, but that totally misses the point of their protest, or indeed the effect industrialisation has had on our world. I'm with Blake and William Morris (a Hammersmith local for many years) on all this. |
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Post by hubble on Dec 5, 2019 16:52:48 GMT
They knew what was coming. Obviously the word has become a pejorative to mean backward thinking, but that totally misses the point of their protest, or indeed the effect industrialisation has had on our world. I'm with Blake and William Morris (a Hammersmith local for many years) on all this. Have you been to the Blake exhibition at Tate Britain? Fascinating and it increased my respect for his work. Read a great book by Fiona MacCarthy about Morris at the start of the year - my first book of every new year is always a mammoth biography with next year's one set to be Van Gogh's by Gregory White Smith -and if you are interested in the man, his ideas and his work then I highly recommend it. Haven't been to the Blake exhibition yet, definitely going. Thanks for the recommendation about the Morris bio. |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 5, 2019 21:55:04 GMT
They knew what was coming. Obviously the word has become a pejorative to mean backward thinking, but that totally misses the point of their protest, or indeed the effect industrialisation has had on our world. I'm with Blake and William Morris (a Hammersmith local for many years) on all this. Have you been to the Blake exhibition at Tate Britain? Fascinating and it increased my respect for his work. Read a great book by Fiona MacCarthy about Morris at the start of the year - my first book of every new year is always a mammoth biography with next year's one set to be Van Gogh's by Gregory White Smith -and if you are interested in the man, his ideas and his work then I highly recommend it. Thanks for the heads up I'm a massive fan of this wonderful artist. I went to the museum in Amsterdam and the great exhibition of his time in London here earlier this year. Edit - just googled this and at nearly a thousand pages that really is mammoth! |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 5, 2019 23:56:39 GMT
Thanks for the heads up I'm a massive fan of this wonderful artist. I went to the museum in Amsterdam and the great exhibition of his time in London here earlier this year. The Tate exhibition on Van Gogh was interesting because of how it explained his influence on British art but the Amsterdam gallery is among the best in the World 👍 And also the things that had influenced him. I'd never heard of Gustave Dore for instance. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Dec 6, 2019 10:12:55 GMT
At Eternity's Gate, the recent biopic of Van Gogh starring Willem Dafoe is a brilliant and powerful film that focuses on the last few years of his life. Dafoe is superb. It contains some of Vincent's most inspired words too. A couple of my favourites:
"When I paint I stop thinking and I feel that I am a part of everything outside and inside of me. I wanted so much to share what I see. I thought an artist had to teach how to look at the world, but I don't think that anymore. Now i just think about my relationship to eternity."
"There is a lot of destruction and failure at the door of a successful picture. I find joy in sorrow, and sorrow is greater than laughter. An angel is not far from those who are sad and illness can sometimes heal us. It's the normal state that gives birth to painting. Sometimes I hate the idea of regaining my health. Sometimes they say I'm mad but a grain of madness is the best of art."
Love William Blake too. A favourite aphorism of his:
"To see the world in a grain of sand
To see heaven in a wild flower
To hold infinity in the palm of your hand
To hold eternity in an hour"
If we could do this we'd be Gods, Blakey. Maybe that's enlightenment, to see infinity in every moment, in every person. To see the mystery in a person that's being laying next to you for years...
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 6, 2019 10:29:28 GMT
At Eternity's Gate, the recent biopic of Van Gogh starring Willem Dafoe is a brilliant and powerful film that focuses on the last few years of his life. Dafoe is superb. It contains some of Vincent's most inspired words too. A couple of my favourites: "When I paint I stop thinking and I feel that I am a part of everything outside and inside of me. I wanted so much to share what I see. I thought an artist had to teach how to look at the world, but I don't think that anymore. Now i just think about my relationship to eternity." "There is a lot of destruction and failure at the door of a successful picture. I find joy in sorrow, and sorrow is greater than laughter. An angel is not far from those who are sad and illness can sometimes heal us. It's the normal state that gives birth to painting. Sometimes I hate the idea of regaining my health. Sometimes they say I'm mad but a grain of madness is the best of art." Love William Blake too. A favourite aphorism of his: "To see the world in a grain of sand To see heaven in a wild flower To hold infinity in the palm of your hand To hold eternity in an hour" If we could do this we'd be Gods, Blakey. Maybe that's enlightenment, to see infinity in every moment, in every person. To see the mystery in a person that's being laying next to you for years... More importantly, get those buses out! |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 6, 2019 11:02:42 GMT
At Eternity's Gate, the recent biopic of Van Gogh starring Willem Dafoe is a brilliant and powerful film that focuses on the last few years of his life. Dafoe is superb. It contains some of Vincent's most inspired words too. A couple of my favourites: "When I paint I stop thinking and I feel that I am a part of everything outside and inside of me. I wanted so much to share what I see. I thought an artist had to teach how to look at the world, but I don't think that anymore. Now i just think about my relationship to eternity." "There is a lot of destruction and failure at the door of a successful picture. I find joy in sorrow, and sorrow is greater than laughter. An angel is not far from those who are sad and illness can sometimes heal us. It's the normal state that gives birth to painting. Sometimes I hate the idea of regaining my health. Sometimes they say I'm mad but a grain of madness is the best of art." Love William Blake too. A favourite aphorism of his: "To see the world in a grain of sand To see heaven in a wild flower To hold infinity in the palm of your hand To hold eternity in an hour" If we could do this we'd be Gods, Blakey. Maybe that's enlightenment, to see infinity in every moment, in every person. To see the mystery in a person that's being laying next to you for years... I haven't seen At Eternity's Gate yet but it's definitely something on my list of films to watch. 'Loving Vincent' is a excellent and beautiful film which I really recommend. That's a beautiful poem by Blake. People associate him with his monstrous visions but he created incredibly beautiful art too. An exhibition of his art at the Tate Modern currently. |
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Post by Shania on Dec 6, 2019 11:30:01 GMT
Is Eternity`s Gate on Netflix now? I just wonder.
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 6, 2019 11:30:36 GMT
An exhibition of his art at the Tate Modern currently. I'm a Tate Member 😊 I've been tempted before but probably don't quite go enough. Maybe in ten years when I retire |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 6, 2019 11:31:17 GMT
Is Eternity`s Gate on Netflix now? I just wonder. Think it's on Amazon Prime but not sure if you have to pay. |
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Post by Shania on Dec 6, 2019 11:36:23 GMT
Is Eternity`s Gate on Netflix now? I just wonder. Think it's on Amazon Prime but not sure if you have to pay. That`s right, I checked it up -and I actually have Amazon Prime. |
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Post by Stanley75 on Dec 6, 2019 12:08:52 GMT
Is Eternity`s Gate on Netflix now? I just wonder. Just checked Shania, yes it's on Netflix! Must have been put up recently 👍 |
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Post by croydoncaptainjack on Dec 6, 2019 12:17:37 GMT
That`s right, I checked it up -and I actually have Amazon Prime. You can also rent it for £2.99 on Prime too if you don't have an account 👍 So is it free if you have Prime? |
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Post by Shania on Dec 6, 2019 13:02:39 GMT
You can also rent it for £2.99 on Prime too if you don't have an account 👍 So is it free if you have Prime? Yes it is, but they can not show it where I live. Not sure I have experieced this before, but ok..(Oh well)  |
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