Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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Which Newton came first?
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He was missing from the school poster. That's how this odd discussion started, but you've lost me multiple times over now, so in a truky remarkable twist, I'm going to agree with first aspect.
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Newton village history starts before 970 and it’s in the domesday book
Isaac wasn’t born in the ‘bridge so no connection there
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I would posit that David Gilmour has contributed more to the world as a whole as a Cambridge punter than Mr Apple on the Head 😉
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But Newton’s story is also one of a monstrous ego who believed that he alone was able to understand God’s creation. His private life was far from rational – consumed by petty jealousies, bitter rivalries and a ruthless quest for reputation.
And he was a bighead. He didn't just have and ego, he had a MONSTROUS EGO!
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I mean it's not as though the dick created reusable rockets or the first production electric car.
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I wonder how much of the work involved in creating a reusable rocket involves Newton's work.
In 1840, almost 200 years after Newton published his work, it was used to discover Pluto. I wonder whether in year 2200, people will be looking back at the Tesla design and using it. Actually, I don't wonder that, because we know it's absurd.
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That doesn't make up for his MONSTROUS EGO, does it!
It's all well and good fannying about with a bit of maths, a true genius applies the maths and make some cool shit.
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Like a telescope, for example? That would be a good thing to invent.
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Yes of course Big Bean.
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Let's all salute Newton then for his work on telescopes.
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No, don't want to.
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Obviously that is a pretty massive oversight given how much of the secondary school maths and science syllabus he is responsible for. Barely explicable. So obviously that I made a crap joke about not knowing who he was. And another one about chocolate biscuits - I thought it was common knowledge that he and Liebniz were rivals. Don't worry, most of my crap jokes are only inflicted on my family.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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[Earnest mode] The place. But there are lots of them
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My grandfather was a Huxley from just down the road from Huxley in Cheshire and one of the contractors I've worked with is a Washbourne from near the hamlet of Great Washbourne in Worcestershire. More common than you'd think if you go back a few generations.
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Makes sense. Round here they’re all “tons” so eventually one will be the new one. Girton, Milton, Histon, Impington, Oakington, Dry Drayton, Longstanton, etc
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The -ton suffix just means 'settlement' so not surprising that it's so common.
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If anyone can tell me what the "new" part means, I'll nominate you for Junior Etymoloist of the Year.
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That is unhelpful.
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It reminded me of the joke: What's the difference between an etymologist and an entomologist? An etymologist knows.
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Looks like we'll be handing out some gold stars today 😊
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I did get the reference to Leibniz, but that was all I got.
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Several careers ago I used to work in the next village along and occasionally popped into the Queens Head in Newton for lunch. Famous for its soup, which was either green or brown, ingredients unspecified. Tasty though. And the ceiling which was, back then anyway, also brown from generations of cigarette smoke, but not cleaned because it also had a lot of graffiti from WWII airmen stationed at Duxford and other nearby bases. No idea if that's still the case...
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Dianne Abbot is whining again.
- It is not 1997.
- You had your time.
- It ended badly.
- Please shut up now.
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Saw quite an amusing article in the press where Abbott was in a relationship with Jeremy Corbyn. She complained that they never went out so he took her to Karl Marx's grave in Highgate Cemetary 😀
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]2 -
Saw that. Something along the lines of "it was at this point that I realised we were not meant to be together".
Her politics aside, I do think the party treated her pretty badly in just parking her case in limbo when they had already determined that they weren't kicking her out.
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Do you think Jeremy has ever cracked a smile.
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I don't remember seeing anything like that, but being a bit miserable probably goes with the territory.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
