loppylugs 8,427 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Warm here, into the 80s today. Getting me veggies in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,303 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Just about right for me, Loppy. Sunny and a slight breeze. Digging weeds out! Conversation with passing moggies. Very pleasant. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 I've been to Lidl. I've had to get rid of the staff to make economies. I walked the 20 miles there and back to save on fuel costs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,079 Posted April 22, 2022 Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 Hi bk can't say where every one gone but !!! I can tell you Where all the flowers have gone Young girls have picked them every one OH!!! When will they ever learn just thought I would add this bit of nonsense. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,269 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 On 4/22/2022 at 4:00 PM, mary1947 said: Where all the flowers have gone Young girls have picked them every one OH!!! When will they ever learn One of Pete Seegers better known "protest" songs. He wrote some great music such as If I Had A Hammer, Kisses Sweeter Than Wine and the Byrds hit Turn, Turn, Turn where I think the words have a biblical origin and a song often played on Children's Favourites, Little Boxes mad famous by Burl Ives. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 The lyrics of the 'Turn, turn, turn' song were inspired by the Bible. Ecclesiastes chapter 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,269 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 5 hours ago, MargieH said: The lyrics of the 'Turn, turn, turn' song were inspired by the Bible. Ecclesiastes chapter 3 Great lyrics. Are there any other pop song lyrics in or from the bible? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Oz, there are several ... I knew some and and looked up others. 'Writing on the wall' written by Sam Smith for the Bond film 'Spectre'. The title is from Daniel chapter 3 'Hallelujah' written by Leonard Cohen, has some strange lyrics, but it is thought to refer to David the Psalmist playing music for King Saul. Also the song seems to mention the cutting of Samson's hair by Delilah! 'Where is the love' by the Black eyed peas mentions 'turning the other cheek' which are Jesus' words about how Christians are supposed to treat people who treat them badly 'By the rivers of Babylon' Boney M This is about the time the Israelites were in captivity in Babylon and were singing songs about their real homeland in Jerusalem (Zion) 'Gangster's paradise' by Coolio starts with words from Psalm 23 The song '40 ' by U2 is taken directly from Psalm 40 I'm sure there are more but I think this will do 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unmade Marian 26 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 Wow, well done MargieH. I was aware of some of them but the knowledge you have is impressive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 @Unmade Marian I only knew four of them and looked up the others! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 510 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 I was a massive fan of Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Queen. What great songwriters. Also The Bee Gees, used to have a photo of Barry on the inside of my wardrobe door, very retro. Before the pandemic went to see Barry (on his own obvs) and Paul Simon. Paul wasn’t that brilliant I have to say but Barry was good. Also Fleetwood Mac who were amazing and very lucky to see all the original members, before Buckingham left. Have seen Queen many times with Freddie, Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert (he is so good). Rodders of course is the ultimate showman. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,269 Posted April 24, 2022 Report Share Posted April 24, 2022 3 hours ago, MargieH said: Oz, there are several Thanks MargieH, I'll be spending a bit of time on YT today to listen to those Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Unmade Marian 26 Posted July 10, 2022 Report Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 4/24/2022 at 10:46 PM, MRS B said: Also Fleetwood Mac who were amazing and very lucky to see all the original members, before Buckingham left. Not the originals Mrs B. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer were the true originals. The line up you are talking about didn't happen until mid 70's - a mere 47 years ago!!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 510 Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Ooh sorry second originals. Mid seventies I would have been coming up to 20 so that’s the set up I remember. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,115 Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Someone once told me that the members of Fleetwood Mac used to work for Mac Fisheries in Fleetwood and I believed that for years! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, benjamin1945 said: I wonder why ? There simply aren’t as many people here as there were a few years ago. Some of the people who used to generate/create new material have either disappeared or lost interest. Other members log in, see nothing new since their last visit, and go away again. The site drops into a vicious circle. And that doesn’t generate any new material, nor does it resurrect older posts. The majority of visitors are browsers who might occasionally make a comment; but mostly they just look at what other people say, and that doesn't move the site forwards. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,427 Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 Haven't seen anything of Eyeupmeducks for a while. Sent him a couple of e-mails over Christmas and new year. No response. Hoping he's ok. If you read this John geeuz a shout. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted January 21, 2023 Report Share Posted January 21, 2023 Nice to see normal service has been resumed after the outage a few days ago. We seem to be operating on the basis of 'one week on, a few days off'. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,134 Posted January 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Are we on a week off at the moment then CT.? I'm still sitting here on the subs bench though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,279 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 I've been a bit busy with various projects to post anything. Also rowed about 150 miles and cycled 500 miles on the indoor machines so far this year. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 Nice to see a few signs of life. You know things are a bit dull when the highlight of the day is 'Keep One Drop One'. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 510 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 I’ve been thinking where’s everybody gone for a couple of days, (obvs we’ve all been busy!) have collected my seed potatoes this morning which are now sitting in egg trays ready to chit. 40 Charlottes to be divided between 5 blue IKEA bags in March. Also some Red Baron and Centurion onions, some of which I will put in my polytunnel next to the garlic which is doing well now. Too cold and wet to plant any outside at the moment. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,532 Posted January 28, 2023 Report Share Posted January 28, 2023 It's the time of year. Some find January the most depressing month, for me it's February. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,454 Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 Logging in around 8.30 this morning, I saw what may be a new record. Of those 51 Guests, at least 45 of them were Bots and not real people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,599 Posted April 5, 2023 Report Share Posted April 5, 2023 I suppose the bots are collecting information for the AI companies to use? Someone I know has registered with one of the AI sites and he showed me what it could do. Firstly he asked it to produce a short sermon on love and redemption. It took only a few seconds to do this and, in my opinion, it was really good. I then asked it to create a poem on seaside holidays in the 1950s. This took a little longer - about 15 seconds - presumably because it had to be a rhyming poem. It was excellent!! I haven’t registered on the site because even though it’s very clever stuff, it worries me…… I expect schoolkids will try make good use of it to write their essays though! Apparently you can ask it to write in the style of a 10 year old for example. It doesn’t use straight ‘copy and paste’ btw but amalgamates all the information it has accumulated to create something completely new. Scary …. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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