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I sort of touched on German in school. The way we learned it was the old-fashioned way where we were taught the grammar (you would have approved).
A couple of years ago, my company asked if I would do tours of Vienna the next season, so I had to go to night school. They taught little grammar - the focus was on making yourself understood, even if what you said was technically incorrect. I prefer the grammar, though you understood me, (even if I mistyped 'sitzen' - does 'setzen' mean 'to put'? )
Anyway, the holiday was cancelled after my first tour of duty, so I only ever got to use all my new found German skills once!
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Why do they do it? Simple: in any conversation between someone with a d
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The one redeeming feature about Freeview is that you get a TV channel called 'Dave'. I honestly feel proud to be the member of a nation, one of whom realised it'd be a good idea to call a TV channel 'Dave'. Nobel Prize-winning genius!
Ok, they lacked the subsequent imagination to schedule anything on it apart from QI and Top Gear, but still . . . . 'Dave' . . . . eh? Wow!
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Can I join the cake queue?
Come the glorious day, Melvadius, there'll be free Battenberg for all UNRV members!
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'Man Lab' was pretty good stuff. That must've taking the edge of your cravings to a small degree?
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so the least they could do is show more Top Gear
For a channel that shows more Top Gear, there's always 'Dave'.
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Please don't knock Auntie, Caldrail. You may remember a sketch from 'Not the Nine O'clock News' where a punter writes in to 'Points of View' stating, "I would gladly sell my house and all its contents to help the BBC". And also, all the hoo-hah resulting from Murdoch's evil spawn making that speech condemming the BBC for not making any money for his Dad?
I thought 'Stargazing' was the zenith of what the BBC does right. To risk what would normally be considered a very 'narrow-audience' programme at peak viewing times for 3 nights on the trot, was a very bold move on their part, and yet I have heard nothing but good feedback about it, even from people who have never thought to look up at the night sky before.
As for Prof. Cox, I don't think there's a single syllable that man has ever uttered that I haven't agreed with 100%. He is a visionary, and if more people listened to him the world would be a much better place than it is right now. To those who don't know him, his attitude can be summarised thus: " Science = good : Wooly thinking = bad ". What a guy!
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Wow! I had no idea iPlayer was that clever.
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You should be able to get it (and other BBC programmes) on BBC's iPlayer, but unfortunately, they only stay there for a week after broadcast in most cases.
Sadly, you're right. Jezza is a very funny and charismatic man.
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Happy birthday and a Happy New Year to you, Doc.
By the way, I like the title you chose for this blog entry. A track from one of my favourite albums of all time!
Are you a fan?
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We had a smimilar thing in our house with Frank Kelly's
(he was Father Jack in 'Father Ted'!) but (suspiciously?), my Dad quite liked thisHappy Holidays, Doc.
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Is 'Her Upstairs' anything like Pauline?
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The skies near us were free from cloud. I got a good view at about 7:10, when it was about a quarter of the way gone. Unfortunately, by 7:41, I was driving away from it. Disappointing!
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I can sympathise, Lord Caldrail. No cold water in the East wing at OfClayton Towers this morning (hopefully due to the -10 Celsius, and not something more permanent). Had to brush my teeth in the kitchen this morning. No sign yet of a part of the British Isles that shows as anything but blue on the BBC weather map.
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I know the kind of chap you mean. They would have me believe that the CIA poisoned my chicken curry the other day! Utter rubbish! It's clear to the most meagre of intelects that it was poisoned by MI5!
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I feel I can
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Anyone else wanna come along?
I'll tell you what, Doc, if it wasn't for the rain, I'd love to see the sights and sites of the City by the Bay. I'm not too keen on the rain though. Lord Caldrail's weather report hasn't got as far as the forecast for Saturday yet, but it looks like snow everywhere here, including Swindon and Aquis-of-the-Romans. I've seen a lot of snow this past few weeks, but I still prefer it to heavy rain.
We do do a holiday that includes San Francisco, but sadly we're a bit of a meritocracy, and the Leaders with the experience seem to have the long-haul tours pretty much stitched up between them. Maybe one day!
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All very strange, really, Doc. I was the only one to have the curry, so it's difficult to blame it. The pub does have a very good reputation, and a high score on 'Scores on the Doors' (which is a UK database grading the hygiene standards of eating establishments.)
One of the places I work has its own Nurse. I went to see her, and she said it was classic food poisoning. I have low blood pressure under normal circumstances, and the loss of liquid to the gut (which it uses to flush through the bacteria) caused my blood pressure to lower even further. Less blood got to my brain and well, being such a super-intelligent clever-clogs, my brain needs plenty of blood to keep it conscious.
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Congrats, Caldrail (I'd really like to have a go on a forklift! - I'll add it to my bucket list.)
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I don't believe in all that Astrology mumbo-jumbo. We Geminis are all like that!
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. . . and I'm thankful that I read your very nice blog (it left me feeling quite a bit more cheerful than Lord Caldrail's normally do!)
Happy Thanksgiving, Doc.
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e Protest Continues
More student protests? Whilst there is something to protest about, I suspect there's an element of youthful defiance turning this affair into a sort of game. Police baiting has risks that go with the sport, as some youngsters are finding out. But is this behaviour really going to help? If you want lower tuition fees, then eventually a peaceful settlement is going to be necessary. What governbment is going to surrender it's credibility by surrendering to large gatherings of deliquent students (or those purporting to be students)?
. . . and how fortunate for Cameron et al that the students' rightful ire seems to be directed towards Clegg et al. Whilst Clegg et al do seem to deserve said ire (for those who haven't been keeping up with UK politics, the 'Clegg et al' part of the governing coalition were all photographed smiling beside photos of their signed statements that they wouldn't raise tuition fees . . . and they've done it), I can't help thinking that the ire would be best aimed squarely at the 'et al' with the real power, i.e Mr Cameron.
And yes, (again to the non-UK residents) I did say RAISE tuition fees! We already have to pay for it. When I went to college, education was largely a fundamental right. Do I sound like a raving leftie?
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I know it's all safer and better for everyone, but in a funny way, I miss the freedom we once had.[/unquote]
I miss it too, Caldrail. Kids have no sense of adventure anymore. We can regail them with tales of our derring-do when we were their age, and they either don't believe us, or are unimpressed (more often both, I fear).
Surely an adventurous childhood is something to be secretly encouraged by society. And if we lose one or two along the way . . . well that's the relatively small price society pays for the next generation to grow up to be the kind of fine upstanding citizens that build empires and discover new worlds, all by properly understanding the complex nature of risk.
The Joy of Flight
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A blog by caldrail in General
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Wow, Caldrail, you used to fly?
You're the James Bond of UNRV!