Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
Comments
-
rick_chasey said:
*very confused* - why are schools giving you gifts?
Valuing their staff (and it's a fee-paying school, so I ought to thank the parents who pay the fees)0 -
Err, because of his effort and maybe they appreciate that?rick_chasey said:*very confused* - why are schools giving you gifts?
My mother used to do some private tuition for certain pupils at the school she taught at; predominantly far eastern children.
Although primary school was 8.30am to 4pm in Kenya, the Koreans and Japanese wanted at least 2 hours extra homework and Saturday morning tuition.
My mother spent hours preparing. I always remember her professionalism. At the end of the school year, she was lavished with presents from the parents.
Most of the stuff was stolen in a violent robbery but 1 thing remains: a Korean painting on Silk, which is hanging on the wall.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
One reason I like the French (at least in my area) is their welcome, openness and generosity. The 1m x 1m painting below was given to me by a complete stranger who lives in Valence: she offered it to me via my Facebook Page - painted by her late husband, the scene is of someone I know well by sight (a bit of a local legend), and as she didn't have space in her apartment, she offered it to me as a way of saying 'thank you' for my FB photos, and she liked the idea of it 'going home', to where it was painted in 1989.
2 -
-
A very nice touch, but I think it is worth noting that there is the full range of nice/unpleasant people the world over. Even in the depths of inner city London, people are sometimes nice!briantrumpet said:One reason I like the French (at least in my area) is their welcome, openness and generosity. The 1m x 1m painting below was given to me by a complete stranger who lives in Valence: she offered it to me via my Facebook Page - painted by her late husband, the scene is of someone I know well by sight (a bit of a local legend), and as she didn't have space in her apartment, she offered it to me as a way of saying 'thank you' for my FB photos, and she liked the idea of it 'going home', to where it was painted in 1989.
0 -
TheBigBean said:
A very nice touch, but I think it is worth noting that there is the full range of nice/unpleasant people the world over. Even in the depths of inner city London, people are sometimes nice!briantrumpet said:One reason I like the French (at least in my area) is their welcome, openness and generosity. The 1m x 1m painting below was given to me by a complete stranger who lives in Valence: she offered it to me via my Facebook Page - painted by her late husband, the scene is of someone I know well by sight (a bit of a local legend), and as she didn't have space in her apartment, she offered it to me as a way of saying 'thank you' for my FB photos, and she liked the idea of it 'going home', to where it was painted in 1989.
Yes, of course.0 -
Couldn't decide which thread to put this in as it spans quite a few but there was a group of shoplifters caught perfectly on camera in a local supermarket with full face, high Def images that will presumably lead to them being prosecuted.
Had they been wearing masks as they should have been it would have been much harder to identify them. As someone said, there has never been a better chance to commit crimes anonymously and they were too stupid to use that opportunity.3 -
-
Watching a V-formation of geese landing in perfect symmetry.
While out pedalling today past this old gravel extraction pit pond thing close to The River, heard then saw pass close overhead the V of canada geese heading for the water. Watched them land on the water all at the same time still in the V. Well done mssrs Geese.0 -
Going for a run in a new pair of trainers and finding them so light and comfortable you end up going at a higher pace* than intended and having to rein yourself in.
*It's all relative and still very slow even by my own standards when fit.0 -
-
The transition in cycling clothing from XL to M.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Coming to the independent solution to finding the 'centre of Devon' would be by making a carboard cut-out of the county and balancing it on a point, to discover that that is indeed the method accepted by Ordnance Survey as the best one (though I suspect they've got a computer-based way of using the 'gravity method').
If you're interested, it's near Hittisleigh, which is, er, in the middle of Devon. X marks the spot.
And yes, I was bored. Bloomin' weather.
0 -
If you are that bored then try again for England.briantrumpet said:
And yes, I was bored. Bloomin' weather.
"Middle" England will not be amused. 😉
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
pblakeney said:
If you are that bored then try again for England.briantrumpet said:
And yes, I was bored. Bloomin' weather.
"Middle" England will not be amused. 😉
OS have done it for GB. It's in the Forest of Bowland. And I'm not bored enough to do it just for England.
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/newsroom/blog/where-is-the-centre-of-great-britain-20 -
Is it near Sheffield?pblakeney said:
If you are that bored then try again for England.briantrumpet said:
And yes, I was bored. Bloomin' weather.
"Middle" England will not be amused. 😉0 -
They may have benefited from zooming out a bit. It's a strange level of detail to pick for such a matter.briantrumpet said:pblakeney said:
If you are that bored then try again for England.briantrumpet said:
And yes, I was bored. Bloomin' weather.
"Middle" England will not be amused. 😉
OS have done it for GB. It's in the Forest of Bowland. And I'm not bored enough to do it just for England.
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/newsroom/blog/where-is-the-centre-of-great-britain-20 -
They've done it for England too Brianbriantrumpet said:pblakeney said:
If you are that bored then try again for England.briantrumpet said:
And yes, I was bored. Bloomin' weather.
"Middle" England will not be amused. 😉
OS have done it for GB. It's in the Forest of Bowland. And I'm not bored enough to do it just for England.
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/newsroom/blog/where-is-the-centre-of-great-britain-2
"Centre of Great Britain – the computer calculation resulted in a location 7 km north west of Dunsop Bridge, Lancashire, by Whitendale Hanging Stones on Brennard Farm in the Forest of Bowland (SD 64188.3, 56541.43).
Centre of England – on Lindley Hall Farm, owned by the Farmers. To be precise, it puts the centre at grid reference SP 36373.66, 96143.05. (The islands of England were included in the computer calculation).
Centre of Wales – the centre, about 2.5km (1.5 miles) from Cwmystwyth. The Ordnance Survey grid reference is SN 79728.22, 71704.43.
Centre of Scotland – the location is between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie. Grid reference NN 66784.93, 71599.4. Just three kilometres to the west is the beautiful Loch Garry and Dalnaspidal hunting estate."- Genesis Croix de Fer
- Dolan Tuono0 -
I remember doing this in physics to find the centre of gravity of random shapes. That lesson really stuck with me for some reason.- Genesis Croix de Fer
- Dolan Tuono0 -
Roughly where do you reckon... bottom half of England's going to be quite heavy...surrey_commuter said:
Is it near Sheffield?pblakeney said:
If you are that bored then try again for England.briantrumpet said:
And yes, I was bored. Bloomin' weather.
"Middle" England will not be amused. 😉
0 -
Finding out that there are two Loch Garrys.
One in the centre of Scotland and one west of Invergarry which I do know.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Well, a very rough attempt, and it came out at the bottom right of the 'n' in Birmingham, though I chopped off the Isle of White.
0 -
Any love for the James Webb? I’m really excited by it. Although partly because one of my old college and current zoom drinking mates has been on the project for 20 years. Think he’s had quite an anxious couple of weeks.0
-
Yeah. Been tracking it. 👍 to the full deployment. Bet there will be some paaartaays now.Mad_Malx said:Any love for the James Webb? I’m really excited by it. Although partly because one of my old college and current zoom drinking mates has been on the project for 20 years. Think he’s had quite an anxious couple of weeks.
1 -
It's done. The biggest astronomical mirror ever sent into space is assembled and ready for focusing.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-59914936
The golden reflector, the centrepiece of the new James Webb telescope, was straightened out on Saturday into its full, 6.5m-wide, concave shape.
The mirror had been folded like a drop-leaf table for the mission's Christmas Day launch.
James Webb is set now to become a transformative tool in the study of all parts of the cosmos.
It's great it all worked, it did sound complicated.0 -
Pretty close, it's basically an intersection due north of Nuneaton and due west on Hinckley I think.briantrumpet said:Well, a very rough attempt, and it came out at the bottom right of the 'n' in Birmingham, though I chopped off the Isle of White.
0 -
-
One grain of space debris hitting that fragile web travelling towards it at 27,000 mph and I imagine it would be worse than this:orraloon said:
Yeah. Been tracking it. 👍 to the full deployment. Bet there will be some paaartaays now.Mad_Malx said:Any love for the James Webb? I’m really excited by it. Although partly because one of my old college and current zoom drinking mates has been on the project for 20 years. Think he’s had quite an anxious couple of weeks.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Why does this map include the Isle of Man as part of England?briantrumpet said:
Roughly where do you reckon... bottom half of England's going to be quite heavy...surrey_commuter said:
Is it near Sheffield?pblakeney said:
If you are that bored then try again for England.briantrumpet said:
And yes, I was bored. Bloomin' weather.
"Middle" England will not be amused. 😉0 -
^ plus the Isle of Wight and the Scillies?
0
