GRUMPY OLD MAN

In response to:TIME WITH THE KIDS

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:57 +0100

Oh yes :yes: this one was saved and not became an icon :))

In response to:SHARKS OFF THE BRITISH COAST

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:33:39 +0100

Not the unions. World wide it's the oil barons from Texas to the Middle East we are at their beck and call with fuel. We need to get our genius minds to work as we did in WW11 and come up with alternatives that put them all back in place and let the other guys have a chance. We have the brains let's get to it. Jean. Brit in America

In response to:SHARKS OFF THE BRITISH COAST

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:40:42 +0100

"I blame the Unions, they are bringing this country down" as Dave would say.

In response to:SHARKS OFF THE BRITISH COAST

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:26:12 +0100

I don't think so!

In response to:SHARKS OFF THE BRITISH COAST

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:16:53 +0100

But "Call me Dave" says nice speculators like Trafigura are good for us!

In response to:TIME WITH THE KIDS

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:14:23 +0100

The boy in his mother's arms doesn't look very interested in computers!

In response to:TIME WITH THE KIDS

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:49:42 +0100

Good idea!! :))

In response to:NOT FROM UNDER A GOOSEBERRY BUSH?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:41:28 +0100

Funny

In response to:ROOM WITH A VIEW

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:50:30 +0100

The dog keeps very still!

In response to:ROOM WITH A VIEW

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:02:31 +0100

A wonderful scene.
It goes on forever,
So very clever!

In response to:UP! UP! AND AWAY!

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:25:39 +0100

OK for younger children, but I think most modern teenagers would have grown out of that sort of thing.

In response to:TROMPE L'OEIL

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:10:25 +0100

I am not sure of the prices, but you could check from the website.

I intend answering your recent comments tomorrow.

I have been very busy the last few days and I am now putting up an outside display for Halloween.

Three children have already called round for "Trick or Treat?"

In response to:TROMPE L'OEIL

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:51:23 +0100

I would love Janet's 'Tuscan View' at the end of our great room.
I did find a stream, amidst greenery, and David pasted it up, a good ten years ago.
Now, nothing like that can be found anywhere, and ours is beginning to come away from the wall in bits!
It would be nice for everyone to have something like this in their living rooms.

In response to:UP! UP! AND AWAY!

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:59 +0100

Reminds me of Peter Pan too.
This painting is adorable.
Just the thing for a child's room.
I love the peaceful green colours.
Very soothing. Thank you, Colin.

In response to:THIS TAKES THE BISCUIT - PC AT THE BBC

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:58:19 +0100

Total insanity. The humourless PC lunatics are in charge of the asylum.

In response to:THIS TAKES THE BISCUIT - PC AT THE BBC

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:38:45 +0100

I despair at this runaway train of PC anti-racism and it's ability to totally over-react to 'implied' racism.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like he is being painted further and further into a racial corner. Great Britain WAS a bastion of free speech when I was growing up but shows like Question Time reveal that you can say whatever you want as long as the PC gang say it's OK!!!
Progress is one thing and equality is paramount but bullying the population into submission is only likely to cause a serious backlash. 99.9 percent of British people are sensible , well adjusted and able to discern true racism and genuinely do NOT need to be told and nannyied by the PC Hydra.
BigD. Portland

In response to:THIS TAKES THE BISCUIT - PC AT THE BBC

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:07:08 +0100

In response to:THIS TAKES THE BISCUIT - PC AT THE BBC

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:24:23 +0100

What a lot of Twaddle. We are going just too far with politically correct. "My dad's bigger than your dad" type stuff that kids get into. No one can take tongue in cheek anymore. As a WW11 baby I grew up learning to laugh at myself first, and take things with a pinch of salt. As my parents always used to say. "Consider the source and then move on. Life is too short" Jean Brit in America.

In response to:6-PACK AT 5 - CRUELTY TO CHILDREN?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:46:03 +0100

Yes - It is disgusting and cruel. I am glad you agree.

In response to:6-PACK AT 5 - CRUELTY TO CHILDREN?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:53:04 +0100

OMG - that's horrible! Surely that must be interfering with his natural development! I agree with you.

In response to:WANT TO SAVE THE PLANET? START BY EATING YOUR DOG.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:55:07 +0100

I expected complaints from dog owners -but there have been none so far.

In response to:WANT TO SAVE THE PLANET? START BY EATING YOUR DOG.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:37:27 +0100

We are the ones to start tightening our belts and cut-back on reproducing.
We spay our animals. More of us should do the same to ourselves.
I still think it would still take a good 200 years to get everything back in balance again, on this over-populated and polluted planet.

In response to:ADAM'S TWO WIVES

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:20:27 +0100

It still has!

In response to:6-PACK AT 5 - CRUELTY TO CHILDREN?

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:05:20 +0100

I agree. As I suggested, it is cruelty to allow and encourage a child to do that.

In response to:ADAM'S TWO WIVES

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:34:41 +0100

I didn't know either.

It could be a very good quiz question.

In response to:CATASTROPHE! CATASTROPHE! PUT THE DATE IN YOUR DIARY

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:24:27 +0100

I am not sure about that.

It seems that although the Mayan calendar is often said to end at that date, it will not necessarily mean The End of the World.

There is an interesting article at:

http://www.planetpapp.com/br21december2012/

I also read in a detailed, complicated article at

http://www.greatdreams.com/2012.htm :

THE MAYAN CALENDAR DOES NOT END IN 201

The date December 21st, 2012 A.D. represents an extremely close conjunction of the Winter Solstice Sun with the crossing point of the Galactic Equator of the Milky Way and the Ecliptic path of the Sun - what the ancient Maya recognized as the Sacred Tree.

This is an event that has been coming to resonance very slowly over thousands and thousands of years. It will come to resolution at exactly 11:11 am GMT on that day.

NOTE: The astronomer Philip Plait has stated very clearly that the Mayan calendar does not end in 2012 at all, that it is like the odometer on your car, as each section of the odometer reaches 9 and then clicks over to 0, the next number to it starts a new cycle, so that when all the numbers again reach 0 all the way across the odometer - the last number will change from 1 to 2 and the new cycle starts all over again.

I don't know whether this makes any sense!

In response to:ADAM'S TWO WIVES

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:27:52 +0100

I don't think she was the only woman missed out of the bible. The early Catholic Church have much to answer for.

In response to:6-PACK AT 5 - CRUELTY TO CHILDREN?

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:43:50 +0100

That is most horribly unnatural. He will end-up with high blood pressure at an early age.
The things people will do to be 'famous.'

In response to:ADAM'S TWO WIVES

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:19:56 +0200

I had no idea! Thank you for this story, Colin.
Fascinating.

In response to:CATASTROPHE! CATASTROPHE! PUT THE DATE IN YOUR DIARY

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:34:30 +0200

I was assuming that the catastrophe theory was based on the numerical oddity of the date 21.12.2012 (English) or 12.21.2012 (American).