The Anniversary Waltz also known as Waves Of The Danube.

Fernapple comments on Mar 13, 2019:

Warm and jolly ideal for a cold and very windy day.

Fernapple replies on Mar 13, 2019:

@Marionville Its certainly cold here, but you would know in Liecester you are only just over the hill from me. Hope your plane/boat is not delayed and you get home OK.

I found this idea of classifying moral behavior fascinating so I thought I'd share it to discuss.

KKGator comments on Mar 12, 2019:

I have a real problem with anyone saying anything about "morals". #5 is also complete bullshit. I really don't like anyone laying out what anyone else "should" be doing. I don't trust their judgment more than my own, and I KNOW what I SHOULD be doing. I do not need to be told, by anyone.

Fernapple replies on Mar 13, 2019:

@mojo5501 I feel that the list is about how morality "is" rather than how it should be.

“To me - old age is always fifteen years older than I am”.

Fernapple comments on Mar 13, 2019:

Many happy returns. Don't worry too much about getting older, based on experience I am happy to be old, and enjoying it, and I am sure you will be when you get there too.

Fernapple replies on Mar 13, 2019:

@Marionville Too much healthy living can be dull.

Creation stories the world over often have features common in other creation stories.

Fernapple comments on Mar 12, 2019:

If you create nine vague categories everything will fit one or more of them. I will now go make myself a cup of tea, fits 8. Sorry I see my girlfriend put the kettle on for me, fits 7.

Fernapple replies on Mar 13, 2019:

@lpetrich Yes I think that it is a reasonable classification too, My point however is that since virtually nothing is excluded, there are no exceptions, it therefore works as a classification but can not provide any insights.

“The speed drunk monkey acts faster than it thinks.

callmedubious comments on Mar 13, 2019:

i think it was T.S. Eliot who said the main reason that there is so much strife & misery in the world is b/c men can't sit in a room by themselves & enjoy their own company.

Fernapple replies on Mar 13, 2019:

Yes I had that in mind when I wrote the post. Ninety percent of the thing we do and of the resouces we use are just because we can not sit still or just go for a walk.

Can someone put Gareth to bed?

Fernapple comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Look, just comfort yourself with the thought that you have some nice weather over Manchester way sometimes and it certainly does not rain hard every day. Last time I went to Manchester it was a beautiful calm sunny day, I could not have enjoyed the row over from the mainland more.

Fernapple replies on Mar 13, 2019:

@Amisja Same cclimate zone though. Sorry but from this distance it looks like the same area.

This is what every nursery person likes to see in spring, the first rows of new potted plants about ...

flower_nut comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Big commercial operations will always use new pots. A local garden centre digs out what you want and places it in a plastic bag for you to take home. They prefer you to bring your own container when buying plants.

Fernapple replies on Mar 13, 2019:

Lots of my customers bring their own containers. I also grab the used fruit boxes from the suppermarkets when I go there and use them for customers with large orders.

When Galaxies Collide! Gorgeous Hubble Photo Gives Glimpse of Milky Way's Fate [space.]

Cast1es comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Wil this happen before or after our sun implodes ?

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

I think it is about a billion years for both.

I had some one put it to me very interesting about what a ghost and such could be.

Fernapple comments on Mar 12, 2019:

There is a stat that people are more likely to see ghosts when they are very relaxed. So when you are half sleeping you are half dreaming perhaps ?

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

@Williever I have seen some of those pictures and most of the ones I have seen look like technical problems with the camera to me.

King James everyone.

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Yep. And it is considered by bibly experts to be the worst translation, which I believe just makes it even more loved by the evangelical branch

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

They added huge chunks of their own invention.

This explains it

snytiger6 comments on Mar 12, 2019:

But... I WILL SURVIVE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR2G-iI3-I

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

Thanks I love this one.

Saved this a few years ago from the Internet, as a gardener it raises a big chuckle ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Great joke but not for everyone. Only a gardener would know that it is best to let your plants be a little dryer in the winter.

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

@Cast1es Retire soon all being well, and as I get older I start to understand that it is the basic things that are the real source of happiness, one warm sunny day is worth more than all the prizes ever awarded.

Saved this a few years ago from the Internet, as a gardener it raises a big chuckle ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Great joke but not for everyone. Only a gardener would know that it is best to let your plants be a little dryer in the winter.

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

@dede18 Mediterranean is my favourite climate, I love my trips to the Med in winter /spring and looking at all the typical Med plants. You are so lucky.

“The speed drunk monkey acts faster than it thinks.

Marionville comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Must say...I had never heard of him before.

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

Being speed drunk myself, more than most, I already posted another by him. I will stop now but may come back to him another day.

This is what every nursery person likes to see in spring, the first rows of new potted plants about ...

JackPedigo comments on Mar 12, 2019:

It should say "Please clean and reuse your pots."

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

@JackPedigo Maybe someone will find a good substitute for plastic pots soon, and then we need not worry too much. Having said that, you buy a plant in a plastic pot and it lasts ten/ fifty years, and you reuse the pot a couple of times, but you buy a suppermarket meal in a plastic box and how long does that last ?

This is what every nursery person likes to see in spring, the first rows of new potted plants about ...

JackPedigo comments on Mar 12, 2019:

It should say "Please clean and reuse your pots."

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

Yes Robecology said the same thing, but most gardeners should know that, and it is not hard with the plastic ones.

This is what every nursery person likes to see in spring, the first rows of new potted plants about ...

Robecology comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Most who re-use pots don't clean them well enough...and leave a trace of. a mineral or material that can, indeed, cause the new plants to be affected. RE-USE also implies CLEAN THOROUGHLY!

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

True.

Incest: Immoral or Moral?

Cheri comments on Oct 28, 2017:

first of all, I know people who are the products of incestuous rape that have no deformities. I also knew a lot of people who come from parents not genetically related who have major disabilities, so that isn't an issue. Besides, off you're having safe sex..... This is one area where we are ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

@girlwithsmiles That is about correct. Middleways understanding of modern genetics seems to be a little faulty, in several small ways. I have heard that the risk is small but real. It may be an urban myth, but I have also heard that the risks of problems for the child, is about the same as that for the children of older fathers over fifty.

High School Pic Challenge! For some of us it's been many many years so this might be fun to post ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 12, 2019:

Use mine as my icon. Went bald at eighteen, certainly don't look like that now. Actually I am glad I don't look like that now, he looks too much like D. Trump, at least I grew out of it.

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

@mzbehavin Thanks. But still think that I improved with age.

The first of the seasons 'forced' rhubarb came ready today.

Rustee comments on Mar 11, 2019:

This will be the second year for my rhubarb plants, I am hoping to have a good crop!

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

Next year they should be big enough to force some. Only do about a third each year if you do, they need time to recover.

Say WHAT?!

Fernapple comments on Mar 11, 2019:

I am not neutral, I fizz and react when in contact with people lower down the scale.

Fernapple replies on Mar 12, 2019:

@phxbillcee The Ego Centric scale. Though I am not sure which end I am on.

"I am a sworn atheist and therefore from my point of view the Talmud or the Koran don't constitute ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 11, 2019:

I think you may be preaching to the converted. But its a nice quote.

Fernapple replies on Mar 11, 2019:

@Knitfreak Shame I love to hear a good preach.

Well, I can't just ignore this mysterious light coming from around the corner in this spooky ...

Heidi68 comments on Mar 11, 2019:

Don't leave the beer behind! Let us know what you find!

Fernapple replies on Mar 11, 2019:

Rhymes too.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.....Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

Fernapple comments on Mar 10, 2019:

Wow! That is a great post, but even so it is hard to believe it is Newton since from what little I know of him, it is said that he was certainly one of histories least tactful people, and he made enemies hand over fist.

Fernapple replies on Mar 11, 2019:

@Diogenes You could be the only sane person in the weird world, you never know.

For me... assassination of JFK.

Amisja comments on Mar 11, 2019:

Thatch becoming pm.

Fernapple replies on Mar 11, 2019:

@OwlInASack You young people, you don't mind what risks you take ! Certainly they were/ are not very good at all, but that is so much better than all the male PMs I have suffered under.

Thought I might show you something from my stone pickings in my fields, I know what it is, do you?

HeathenFarmer comments on Mar 8, 2019:

So do I reveal or do you want to continue to play?

Fernapple replies on Mar 11, 2019:

Well this is my second visit and I came back to see if there is an answer yet. Will try one more time.

For me... assassination of JFK.

Amisja comments on Mar 11, 2019:

Thatch becoming pm.

Fernapple replies on Mar 11, 2019:

@OwlInASack I was 18 and thought that it was amazing, because I had been told all my life that we would never have a woman PM in my life time. Now we have had two.

For me... assassination of JFK.

Fernapple comments on Mar 11, 2019:

The Death of Winston Churchill.

Fernapple replies on Mar 11, 2019:

@BeeHappy I remember we all sat round a black and white tv and the parents and grand parents told me about him.

For me... assassination of JFK.

Amisja comments on Mar 11, 2019:

Thatch becoming pm.

Fernapple replies on Mar 11, 2019:

Heavens, kids ! I was well into aging by then.

The first of the seasons 'forced' rhubarb came ready today.

Mountaingirl73 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

How much shade can rhubarb tolerate? Mine grows magnificently next to the chimney on the side of my house, where it only receives morning sun. It produces far more than I can consume. I usually wind up giving away most of it. I am putting up a building, to be used as a garage, that is really ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 10, 2019:

You can never really say just how much shade a plant will take, but rhubarb is usually thought of as a very shade tollerant plant. Try moving a little bit just to be on the safe side but I should not worry too much.

The first of the seasons 'forced' rhubarb came ready today.

JackPedigo comments on Mar 10, 2019:

Rhubarb is one of my best plants. I even found a natural spray composed mostly of garlic. This keeps the deer away for weeks (believe it or not they actually dine on the leaves).

Fernapple replies on Mar 10, 2019:

Must try that.

The first of the seasons 'forced' rhubarb came ready today.

Wangobango3 comments on Mar 10, 2019:

My rhubarb patch is under a foot of snow.

Fernapple replies on Mar 10, 2019:

It will come it is very tough.

The first of the seasons 'forced' rhubarb came ready today.

Lllewis comments on Mar 10, 2019:

Mmmm love rhubarb I’ve always grown up with it growing in the garden, just needs a bit of custard and it’s ready to go

Fernapple replies on Mar 10, 2019:

True, I have gone a bit over the top and made a cold trifle to share with my friend tonight.

The first of the seasons 'forced' rhubarb came ready today.

Robecology comments on Mar 10, 2019:

Interesting...how did you keep the surrounding soil bare? And what part of the world is this growing?

Fernapple replies on Mar 10, 2019:

Its growing in the UK, and the soil is kept bare mainly by mutching with compost. ( It likes plenty of rich feed and a moist spot.)

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.....Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

Fernapple comments on Mar 10, 2019:

Wow! That is a great post, but even so it is hard to believe it is Newton since from what little I know of him, it is said that he was certainly one of histories least tactful people, and he made enemies hand over fist.

Fernapple replies on Mar 10, 2019:

@corroboree Sorry I don't know Grimsby Folk, its a big town.

The Black Thorn, Prunus spinosa is in beautiful white flower in all the hedge rows now.

Donto101 comments on Mar 9, 2019:

I have never heard of it. They must not grow here in the Florida heat

Fernapple replies on Mar 10, 2019:

Think it is a cold climate plant yes.

Just say’n

darthfaja comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Little help please...

Fernapple replies on Mar 9, 2019:

Oh go on heres a coment and a like for you.

The Black Thorn, Prunus spinosa is in beautiful white flower in all the hedge rows now.

RavenCT comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Sloe gin fizz was a popular drink in my parents day. So it's here in the US too. ???

Fernapple replies on Mar 9, 2019:

@Redheadedgammy 1 Lb Sloes in jars, sprinkle on 6 oz of sugar, fill jars with gin, cap and keep at least three months. (Christmas) Turn now and again, strain if not clear , drink. Some people like to prick the sloes with a pin but I don't bother and think it makes for a cleaner liqueur.

This may not be news to American members, but it should be interesting to the rest of us, Did ...

davknight comments on Mar 9, 2019:

American Indians never got beyond making things out of copper. If they had been given a few hundred years' respite from European colonization, they might have begun making bronze.

Fernapple replies on Mar 9, 2019:

History is cruel, and always writen by the winners.

The Black Thorn, Prunus spinosa is in beautiful white flower in all the hedge rows now.

Redheadedgammy comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Great lesson on how slo gin is made! Great pic too.

Fernapple replies on Mar 9, 2019:

Thanks. I try my best but worry that people may sometimes think my posts are boring and trivial.

The Black Thorn, Prunus spinosa is in beautiful white flower in all the hedge rows now.

RavenCT comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Sloe gin fizz was a popular drink in my parents day. So it's here in the US too. ???

Fernapple replies on Mar 9, 2019:

That's interesting, I wonder if anybody also makes it at home.

Another world, and one with both beauty and chilling drama at that. [youtube.com]

Cast1es comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Perception .

Fernapple replies on Mar 9, 2019:

Thank you.

This may not be news to American members, but it should be interesting to the rest of us, Did ...

Triphid comments on Mar 9, 2019:

Well, the narrator was barking up the wrong tree when he stated that Australia did NOT have copper or tin. 100% WRONG, we have large deposits of both BUT the Australian Aboriginals never truly advanced beyond the level/point of being stone age based, seasonal nomadic tribes/clans, THAT is why, ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 9, 2019:

Yes, he also I felt failed to spot the point when talking about the Americas and saying that they "preffered" silver and gold, that the same thing appied in the old world at the begining of the bronze age. And that the Americas perhaps just did not have time to make it beyond the early stages. He did that possibly to sell the idea of Bronze Age, rather than just the begining of a Bronze Age, which is spinning it a bit.

It is difficult for me to post photos.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 8, 2019:

Maybe with an app like IrFanview. It would make the photos easier to find. Even though I have it on my Windows 10 machine I usually just browse through the lot of pics until I come to the one I want to post.

Fernapple replies on Mar 9, 2019:

@ToolGuy Yes it is the evil empire which is trying to replace the free and open internet with its own monopoly, it is run by Darth Vader without the mask, and its pages are an offence against good taste and every law of aesthetics and design. But apart from that I do not have much problem with it.

I had a trully upsetting and shocking experience today.

Fernapple comments on Mar 8, 2019:

Very sorry to hear that, and more than sorry to hear that you are upset by it , as you naturally will be. But you must keep the stiff upper lip both for the sake of your students, and because if you allow it to ruin even a small part of your life, then you are letting the racist bullies win a small ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 8, 2019:

@Amisja Well done Hug icon sent.

It is difficult for me to post photos.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 8, 2019:

Maybe with an app like IrFanview. It would make the photos easier to find. Even though I have it on my Windows 10 machine I usually just browse through the lot of pics until I come to the one I want to post.

Fernapple replies on Mar 8, 2019:

@ToolGuy no idea it was just a thought, what I do is keep a special folder just for transfer photos on my desk top, copy all the ones I want into that, but sadly that wont work for you. However a lot of people do post links to facebook, entries, so it does work although you get part of the FB page as well.

It is difficult for me to post photos.

DenoPenno comments on Mar 8, 2019:

Maybe with an app like IrFanview. It would make the photos easier to find. Even though I have it on my Windows 10 machine I usually just browse through the lot of pics until I come to the one I want to post.

Fernapple replies on Mar 8, 2019:

@ToolGuy Try posting them to your facebook page, and then copy those to here.

And I don't like bugs at all, sigh.

Fernapple comments on Mar 8, 2019:

I have managed a very large garden and a plant nursery now for over twenty years using only organic methods. Sometimes there is the odd white patch on a leaf, but that is it, and nobody but me ever seemed to notice.

Fernapple replies on Mar 8, 2019:

@Heidi68 Sorry no misunderstanding, just one of my sad and not very good atempts at being funny. But seriously try Diatomus Earth (hope I spelled that) brushed in regularly, also cider vinegar works I am told.

And I don't like bugs at all, sigh.

Fernapple comments on Mar 8, 2019:

I have managed a very large garden and a plant nursery now for over twenty years using only organic methods. Sometimes there is the odd white patch on a leaf, but that is it, and nobody but me ever seemed to notice.

Fernapple replies on Mar 8, 2019:

@Heidi68 Very few things attack fleas, if you are finding it hard to keep your fleas alive it could be something wrong with your blood chemistry. Ask a friend to be host to one or two of them for a couple of days, and if they thrive OK then it would perhaps be best to see a doctor. (Your little friends are trying to tell you something.) Remember though, that you can not get your fleas from a dog, these are quite different and will die on a human, to obtain a healthy population you must obtain real human fleas from a friend, this is a common mistake that a lot of people make.

What is your favorite word or phrase quirk?

Donotbelieve comments on Mar 7, 2019:

I have a few odd phrases. Usually it's something that one of my kids mispronounced or said. My longstanding favorite is, "yellow bellied, lying sack of pus." I don't use it as often as I should, but it's really fun to say and stops people in their tracks.

Fernapple replies on Mar 8, 2019:

That's interesting, because a Yellow Belly, is the term used in England for peolpe from the county of Lincolnshire. It is very old and no one knows quite why we are called that, though there are several theories.

How many of yall believe in a historical Jesus? And why?

Deb57 comments on Mar 7, 2019:

It think it's a combination. Historically, there may have been a rabbi or charismatic philosopher, at that time, who gained enough celebrity status to make the Pharisees feel threatened, but messiahs have always been a dime a dozen, so the character in the scriptures could also be a compilation of ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 7, 2019:

That's my take too.

Ever heard of Alincolnism?

mordant comments on Mar 7, 2019:

Historians have standards for establishing historicity. Lincoln meets those standards; Jesus doesn't. The End. This does not mean of course that a particular person named Jesus of Nazareth didn't exist, however embellished the accounts of his life may have been -- or that he didn't found ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 7, 2019:

There may also have been several of him.

? The existence of Aliens - life outside of Earth. Open discussion.

Novelty comments on Mar 7, 2019:

We have no proof of intelligent rational life anywhere in the universe, not even on Earth.

Fernapple replies on Mar 7, 2019:

@Mortal Makes two, how else would I know its an old one.

? The existence of Aliens - life outside of Earth. Open discussion.

Novelty comments on Mar 7, 2019:

We have no proof of intelligent rational life anywhere in the universe, not even on Earth.

Fernapple replies on Mar 7, 2019:

That's a very old joke.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 6, 2019:

From a man who slowly degenerated into an alcoholic wreck as life went on. Sad.

Fernapple replies on Mar 7, 2019:

@Diogenes It is however known that people who have a perfectionist/ OCD type personalities are more likely to suffer from alcoholism, it takes away for a while the pain of falling short of your ideals. But then of course you add guilt about the drink and its effects so that the need gets even worse. And it seems likely that E H was of that type and that towards the end he was overtrying to live up to peoples expectations.

I really don't know why we keep celebrating Christopher Columbus when he was clearly a Johnny come ...

Arouet comments on Mar 6, 2019:

Who celebrates Columbus anywhere else but in the USA? I guess they must otherwise they would have to rename much of their stuff. District of Erikson? Þorfinnr Karlsefni University? Freydís Eiríksdóttir, Ohio? They do have a romantic ring, better than, say, District of Portuguese Fishermen.

Fernapple replies on Mar 7, 2019:

Possibly the Italians and the Spanish, but the real thing was that he was perhaps the first Roman Catholic in the New World, and therefore he was important because that gave the Vatican the chance to claim it for the R. C. empires.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 6, 2019:

From a man who slowly degenerated into an alcoholic wreck as life went on. Sad.

Fernapple replies on Mar 7, 2019:

@Marionville I would not blame him if he failed to live up to his ideal, who does, I just think that the contrast in his case is so sad. And you have to remember that the two are not perhaps unrelated, since alcoholism is often the resort of people who are driven by feelings of perfectionism they can never live up to.

Hello!!! I am Jamie from Oklahoma.

Fernapple comments on Mar 5, 2019:

Welcome, and I hope you will make it back to the UK again one day. Though sadly this does not seem to be a very active group, but sometimes it can be interesting.

Fernapple replies on Mar 6, 2019:

@JamieLynn80 Me too.

Your faith is determined by where you were born or where you were brainwashed. Do you agree?

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 5, 2019:

It is the tendency, especially since the late 19th century when colonizers mostly stopped trying to inflict their religions on the conquered peoples.

Fernapple replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@Tiramisu Yes agree.

So how do you maintain a level of respect for those who believe in these fairytales?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 5, 2019:

I used to believe that a person had to be either gullible or self deluded to believe in religion, in time I have modified m opinion. I know good, talented and intelligent people who have a blind spot when it comes to godbothering and like to think of themselves as (insert religion here) but ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@LenHazell53 Yes that is true, and I am not sorry to say that they at least do make my blood boil, and I have no forgiveness for them.

Your faith is determined by where you were born or where you were brainwashed. Do you agree?

Beowulfsfriend comments on Mar 5, 2019:

It is the tendency, especially since the late 19th century when colonizers mostly stopped trying to inflict their religions on the conquered peoples.

Fernapple replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@Tiramisu India as a state yes, but not the sub-continent, several big chunks are islamic.

So how do you maintain a level of respect for those who believe in these fairytales?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 5, 2019:

I used to believe that a person had to be either gullible or self deluded to believe in religion, in time I have modified m opinion. I know good, talented and intelligent people who have a blind spot when it comes to godbothering and like to think of themselves as (insert religion here) but ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@mordant Very true, and while we should not be too hard on the moderates. "Charm wins more wars." We should also not forget that there will always be a specturm, with many either side of the center, and not two camps.

So how do you maintain a level of respect for those who believe in these fairytales?

LenHazell53 comments on Mar 5, 2019:

I used to believe that a person had to be either gullible or self deluded to believe in religion, in time I have modified m opinion. I know good, talented and intelligent people who have a blind spot when it comes to godbothering and like to think of themselves as (insert religion here) but ...

Fernapple replies on Mar 5, 2019:

Agreed on the whole, yet sadly though, the many moderate theists do help to create an environment which shelters and provides swimming space for the fundamentalist.

Improvement Suggestion - Can we split the Grrr/Dislike into two emojies for a post Like vote?

Fernapple comments on Mar 5, 2019:

I think that would be good, though I asked for a "thank you" emoji but got nowhere despite support.

Fernapple replies on Mar 5, 2019:

@CeliaVL Yes and when someone answers a question for you.

There is nothing in the whole frame of man which seems to me so unaccountable as that thing called ...

Fernapple comments on Mar 4, 2019:

Burns knew nothing of course about evolution by natural selection, which would not become widely understood for another hundred years. Moreover he worked for the Revenue, which is likely to give you a strange view of the human race !

Fernapple replies on Mar 4, 2019:

@Marionville With me I just get a spell checker which marks the words not in its program ( US spelling I think ) in pink. I do not know if you can get this on your device ?

Just me trying to be experimental and arty about 35 years ago, anyone care to guess how it was done?

germangirl90439 comments on Mar 4, 2019:

35 years ago ... without a computer? Maybe a barely developed picture in the darkroom and you smeared the colors around?

Fernapple replies on Mar 4, 2019:

I would bet on that too.

My favorite quote by Christopher Hitchens: "The four most overrated things in life are ...

Marionville comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Not entirely in accord.

Fernapple replies on Mar 3, 2019:

I think we each have our own list.

Could be the last word on a small mystery. [youtube.com]

Charlene comments on Mar 3, 2019:

You mean It's Nooot an Intergalatic ship?..thanks for posting!!?

Fernapple replies on Mar 3, 2019:

Sorry, unless they are throwing snowballs at us.

The river from the source to the sea.

Outlier comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Good with coffee and donuts. My head is clear and I'm ready for the Sunday morning tournament.

Fernapple replies on Mar 3, 2019:

Tournament ?

The river from the source to the sea.

Marionville comments on Mar 3, 2019:

Is the river not called the Vitava? I’ve been there many times, Im sure that’s what it’s called.

Fernapple replies on Mar 3, 2019:

That's right Silly me though the name varies a lot. No I checked, and we are both wrong its normally the Vltava.

Gun Deaths in 2018 Japan: 10 Sweden: 41 Switzerland: 47 UK: 50 Israel: 105 Australia: 207 ...

indirect76 comments on Mar 2, 2019:

I wonder how many of those deaths are suicide or justifiable homicide. I wonder if calling the NRA a terrorist organization advances the discussion, or stifles it.

Fernapple replies on Mar 3, 2019:

Actually, I have read somewhere so not certain, that most are accidents.

Dual senate?

Fernapple comments on Feb 28, 2019:

Would anyone really bother with both, I doubt it, then you would just have two going their own ways.

Fernapple replies on Feb 28, 2019:

@TheMiddleWay Yes it may not be a bother to you but the human race is lazy, and there are I think a lot who find it hard to be bothered with even one senate. And it will not follow that the two will be equal, most likely one will just attract a small group of die hards, and because they are small in number it will be very easy for everone else to forget them. Then if as seems likely they are mostly female and are there because they have been intimidated in the main senate, then the main thrust on the site and voice of the members viewed by admin. then becomes male dominated, worst case the site starts to alienate women especially.

There is nothing permanent except change. - Heraclitus

St-Sinner comments on Feb 27, 2019:

Death and taxes?

Fernapple replies on Feb 28, 2019:

Even they change. The political establishment keeps finding new ways to move the tax burden off the rich and on to the poor, and the cost of funerals keeps going up beyond inflation.

It must be spring my neighbour has lambs.

HeathenFarmer comments on Feb 27, 2019:

The weather doesn't look too baaaad there, sorry I coulds not resist. Friends of mine are lambing right now, too, but it is a little different when its Minus 30C outside.

Fernapple replies on Feb 28, 2019:

We have had an unusual warm spell this last week, 10 C above normal, but it is coming to an end sadly.

So it would appear that all or almost all of the people in this country who are against abortion are...

confidentrealm comments on Feb 25, 2019:

I agree. That same crowd has no compassion for starving people, refugees, the unemployed, etc.... For some reason they do not believe in population control, they don't give a thought to polluting the planet and they could care less about climate change. I just don't understand where they are coming ...

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

@confidentrealm Quite.

“It is our suffering that brings us together.

Fernapple comments on Feb 25, 2019:

If only life was that simple.

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

@Freedompath No.

It must be spring my neighbour has lambs.

Stevil comments on Feb 26, 2019:

Is your neighbor named Mary?

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

No, but her husband tells me she can be contrary.

It must be spring my neighbour has lambs.

Xanadutoo comments on Feb 26, 2019:

I love lambs of course with mint sauce.

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

You heard about the parrot who was shot by a farmer for worrying sheep. It stood on the gate and said " Mint sauces, mint sauce, mint sauce....

Northern hemisphere ?

tioteo comments on Feb 26, 2019:

This is one of those pieces which reaches down into my soul, touches it, then grabs hold and never lets go. This is a wonderful performance of the piece.

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

Yes it does the same for me, listening is nearly as good as sitting outside a cafe by the Med. watching the sun go down.

Lions Eat Three Rhino Poachers Alive In South African Game Reserve - Healthy Food House

jerry99 comments on Feb 25, 2019:

Yeah, I agree - they had it coming. Still, I can't avoid the feeling that they may have been driven to it by extreme poverty and the need to take care of their families. Of course, I guess you could try to justify all sorts of heinous crimes with that reasoning. So, beats me!

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

@dahermit Sorry can't give you the exact source, as it was a BBC documentary I saw some time ago, but I have every reason to think that the information was credible, and if it is true then it should be possible to fact check it easily, an online search should turn something up. But having said that and given that there is such a wealth divide in many African counties, is it really likely that the poaching is organized any other way, you may be sure that the rich do not involve themselves in the poaching and the poor do not access the international markets.

Lions Eat Three Rhino Poachers Alive In South African Game Reserve - Healthy Food House

DGJ0114 comments on Feb 25, 2019:

Did they taste like chicken?

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

@Jnei Thats why they came out of Egypt looking for milk and honey, of course.

Lions Eat Three Rhino Poachers Alive In South African Game Reserve - Healthy Food House

jerry99 comments on Feb 25, 2019:

Yeah, I agree - they had it coming. Still, I can't avoid the feeling that they may have been driven to it by extreme poverty and the need to take care of their families. Of course, I guess you could try to justify all sorts of heinous crimes with that reasoning. So, beats me!

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

Often the gangs who employ the poachers are run by extremely rich people, the gang members never involve themselves in the poaching. They employ the poachers on by results payment, they give them guns, send them out and regard them as one time only expendables.

Lions Eat Three Rhino Poachers Alive In South African Game Reserve - Healthy Food House

DGJ0114 comments on Feb 25, 2019:

Did they taste like chicken?

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

Seems according to those who have tried it, that human tastes like pok. In some parts of the world where it was common to eat people, we were known as "long pig". So don't feed your cat pork or they may get the taste for it.

A nice windy day in Virginia.

Amisja comments on Feb 25, 2019:

Did you thank the turkey?

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

I always thought that god was a turkey anyway.

Ben Shapiro calmly EDUCATED by Stephen Woodford - Rationality Rules [youtube.com]

Hathacat comments on Feb 25, 2019:

I couldn’t get through it, lol

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

@Hathacat I guessed you had, it is not exactly original, the only amusing thing about it is seeing how many different suits of clothes it can be found wearing.

So it would appear that all or almost all of the people in this country who are against abortion are...

confidentrealm comments on Feb 25, 2019:

I agree. That same crowd has no compassion for starving people, refugees, the unemployed, etc.... For some reason they do not believe in population control, they don't give a thought to polluting the planet and they could care less about climate change. I just don't understand where they are coming ...

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

Where they are coming from, is the infantile world of the toddler. "I can have everything I want and I don't have to take responsibility for anything." If you think about it they are involved with a religion which says you can have everything (heaven), for nothing (belief).

Ben Shapiro calmly EDUCATED by Stephen Woodford - Rationality Rules [youtube.com]

Hathacat comments on Feb 25, 2019:

I couldn’t get through it, lol

Fernapple replies on Feb 26, 2019:

You don't need to worry, there is under it all just one very simple idea. The theists are trying to prove that something had to cause the universe, (which may or may not be granted), and then they try to make the jump to, "therefore that something must be god," while hoping no one will notice the big gap they just jumped over.

“It is our suffering that brings us together.

Fernapple comments on Feb 25, 2019:

If only life was that simple.

Fernapple replies on Feb 25, 2019:

@Quarm True, yet I do not think that life was ever quite that simple, even the political and social lives of dogs and apes are more complex than that.

Interesting shoe that would sell if it was on the shelves of a shoe store today. [mymodernmet.com]

Fernapple comments on Feb 25, 2019:

Amazing state of preservation, but how do they know it was a womans shoe and not a mans.

Fernapple replies on Feb 25, 2019:

@Surfpirate In fact not long ago, 50 plus years perhaps, it was quite common for whole families to share shoes. People often see the past only through the lens of there own times and cultures.

‘Just living is not enough”, said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom, and a ...

Pralina1 comments on Feb 23, 2019:

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Fernapple replies on Feb 23, 2019:

Yes it is not getting too occupied with the triva and failing to notice the sunshine and the floowers that is the hard bit.

I do not believe in a personal god and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.

GuyKeith comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Yet there are still straw-grabbers that insist that Einstein/Darwin/Any Threatening Scientist or Atheist really believed in god via death-bed conversions, lies, etc. Makes me fucking sick. The Religiously Impaired™ have always been desperate...dishonest...disingenuous...fucking LIARS.

Fernapple replies on Feb 22, 2019:

So you don't like them much then. LOL

Beautifully simple bit of physics, this is fun learning. [youtube.com]

magicwatch comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Fermat’s principle states that “light travels between two points along the path that requires the least time, as compared to other nearby paths.”

Fernapple replies on Feb 22, 2019:

Yes that's what happens this is why happen I think though I am still working on it.

My garden has a wildlife pond, and today I spotted the first frog-spawn of the season, I do not know...

CeliaVL comments on Feb 20, 2019:

Our frogs who have hibernated are active again but we don't get the same sort of spawn here since we have European rather than British frogs. Ours seem to lay single eggs all the year round and we always have tadpoles at different stages of development.

Fernapple replies on Feb 21, 2019:

@CeliaVL I have only been there once, and I should think it is beautiful and wildlife rich. Unfortunately we went on a coach tour and they dragged us round all the tourist hot spots at high speed, some of which were good, but I did not get to see any of the things I wanted much at all. It was my first coach tour and it will be my last.

I know this is well known and you have heard it before, but the setting is beautiful.

tioteo comments on Feb 21, 2019:

Wow! Nothing new to add to the other comments. Just that. Wow!

Fernapple replies on Feb 21, 2019:

Glad you enjoyed it.

Do you prefer to be in a large group - are you happiest with a few close friends - or are you most ...

SleeplessInTexas comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I love people, but I prefer peace and quiet, away from civilisation. ?

Fernapple replies on Feb 21, 2019:

@Heidi68 Sounds perfect.

MoonTiger just posted a beautiful photo of hanging succulent gardens on some balconies.

FrayedBear comments on Feb 20, 2019:

The Philistine says "yeah, cover that crumbling old brick up!"

Fernapple replies on Feb 20, 2019:

@FrayedBear They are brick shaped yes, it is an easy mistake to make. Have a good night.

This has been happening since I came on the site.

Fernapple comments on Feb 20, 2019:

This may be a daft thought but I just tried it on one of my posts, and when the new page comes up your post appears at the top looking exactly like it did before. To see the list you have got to scroll to the bottom. Forgive me if you have already done this.

Fernapple replies on Feb 20, 2019:

@bingst Yep me too.

This has been happening since I came on the site.

Fernapple comments on Feb 20, 2019:

This may be a daft thought but I just tried it on one of my posts, and when the new page comes up your post appears at the top looking exactly like it did before. To see the list you have got to scroll to the bottom. Forgive me if you have already done this.

Fernapple replies on Feb 20, 2019:

@bingst Its something I have great personal experience of.

I know this is well known and you have heard it before, but the setting is beautiful.

brentan comments on Feb 20, 2019:

I don't know much about this sort of music but the voices are beautiful and carry really well in that church. We probably should give the church more credit for the beauty it inspired.

Fernapple replies on Feb 20, 2019:

It has a head start in the arts by two thousand years, sad to say. The secular world has a lot of catching up to do, but as R. Dawkins said, one day we may hear the Evolution Symphony and the Big Bang Oratorio.

This has been happening since I came on the site.

Fernapple comments on Feb 20, 2019:

When I click on the "see more" button it takes me to another page where everyones photo is displayed, Its quite a nice feature but I have no idea why people are not seeing it, only that perhaps you have to wait, some things on here are slow.

Fernapple replies on Feb 20, 2019:

@Closeted It maybe the op system, the one I use is windows 7. Just a thought.