The "Anything Goes" thread

[AdmiralAdama]

Admiral, I've got some virtual nacho cheese Doritos for you.

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Zounds! I can virtually eat them without guilt now that I've returned from a 1 hour walk.

AA

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[stranding]

Zounds! I can virtually eat them without guilt now that I've returned from a 1 hour walk.

AA

Zounds??? Haven't heard that word for centuries.
But its' twin "Gadzooks" could probably do with a nice walk in the park too. Please be kind to life-pairings.

Something tells me you had your nose in comics at an impressionable age

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Zounds??? Haven't heard that word for centuries.
But its' twin "Gadzooks" could probably do with a nice walk in the park too. Please be kind to life-pairings.

Something tells me you had your nose in comics at an impressionable age

At the tenderest age of 6 - a friend's cousin from "America", came north for the summer. He had a suitcase full of comics and boys adventure books. He was from the "big city" and we were dazzled.

It still fantasize about defying gravity with only a cape and a pair of shiny boots. However my mass these days means I'd have to bend the rules of physics beyond the comic book realm if I hoped to become airborne. Rocket fuel being expensive these days .. well ... what's a mere mortal to do?

AA

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[stranding]

At the tenderest age of 6 - a friend's cousin from "America", came north for the summer. He had a suitcase full of comics and boys adventure books. He was from the "big city" and we were dazzled.

It still fantasize about defying gravity with only a cape and a pair of shiny boots. However my mass these days means I'd have to bend the rules of physics beyond the comic book realm if I hoped to become airborne. Rocket fuel being expensive these days .. well ... what's a mere mortal to do?

AA

"Mere mortal"? Didn't know that. Another little snippet to add to the Learnt Today file!

But I can well understand--a whole Suitcase full of Comics & Adventure Books?? A wonderful box of magic to be completely devoured!! Used to get the same intense feeling when the weekly comic arrived through the letter box, tucked into the paper, smelling newly inky. Can't resist them now either, like many others it seems

Then, I took the illustrations for granted, sort of. Saw them as being different from others in "proper" books, but I was always very impressed by their skill & took in every tiny detail, devouring them wholesale. They made a deep & lasting impression on me--again, in common with the millions of others

Can't say I ever wanted to use a cape & boots to defy gravity...but then, here I am thinking of the defying gravity job of getting mounted up on a tall horse with nothing but a box & pair of husbandly hands, arms, shoulders & head to help. "Good job we're married" he remarked after the last bungling fumbling fiasco

But I did try to draw my own comics, Mekon included.

Just listened to the great Star Trek music on "Classic FM" here...interesting that it's now classed as that, but not surprised.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

The original (Star Trek theme and end credits) score, was composed by Alexander (Sandy) Courage.
Some interesting background about his inspiration and some of the eclectic elements of the arrangement.

AA

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_from_Star_Trek#section_1

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[Hayles66]

Ecstatic that Samsung have finally been penalised for blatantly copying Apple products. Let's hope the appeal from Samsung doesn't water the billion dollars that Apple innovators got from this court case. I'm sure Steve is whooping it up there in his Apple heaven.
My avatar now reflects the thermonuclear explosion occurring. Hee hee

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[Richard Brown]

Ecstatic that Samsung have finally been penalised for blatantly copying Apple products. Let's hope the appeal from Samsung doesn't water the billion dollars that Apple innovators got from this court case. I'm sure Steve is whooping it up there in his Apple heaven.
My avatar now reflects the thermonuclear explosion occurring. Hee hee

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Thats a great avatar, Hayles

My thought is that things are in "apple pie order" now, or getting there

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[AdmiralAdama]

Re: Apple / Samsung verdict.

Google's cooked on this one. Android users are already paying a license fee to Microsoft. Now an additional fee to Apple. So much for Google's free operating system.

AA

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[AdmiralAdama]

Just heard Neil Armstrong has died. 82.
AA

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong

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[scifan57]

Just heard Neil Armstrong has died. 82.
AA

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong

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[AdmiralAdama]

What will always be cool is how for a few days, the world watched a "human" endeavour.

Imagine if each and every day an equal or greater effort was devoted to bettering our home world and reaching beyond it.

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[scifan57]

What will always be cool is how for a few days, the world watched a "human" endeavour.

Imagine if each and every day an equal or greater effort was devoted to bettering our home world and reaching beyond it.

AA

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I was 12 years old when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and my parents let me stay up most of the night to watch the landing and EVA. I'll never forget the experience of watching that fuzzy low resolution image of Neil Armstrong stepping off the lunar module on to the surface of the Moon and uttering those famous words"That's one small step for(a) man,one giant leap for mankind.".

 

[Richard Brown]

What will always be cool is how for a few days, the world watched a "human" endeavour.

Imagine if each and every day an equal or greater effort was devoted to bettering our home world and reaching beyond it.

AA

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Yes indeed.

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[Richard Brown]

After we watched "King of Kings", I found the cast list in Wiki'a. It wad the 1961 version which wad screened on More4.

All of the primary cast members have died, apart from..
Rip Torn who played Judas Iscariot (I find a measure of irony here.)
and Carmen Sevilla who wad Mary Magdalene.

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[Richard Brown]

I researched an inventor in the world of audio and FM Radio, Edwin Armstrong, to see whether I could post about him on the "This Day in History" thread. I couldn't.

However, I found that he was pursued by a rival, De Forest (who had developed "audion" tubes) , for patent infringements. There was quite a battle royal which was messy and costly. I hope others in the forum will find this biographical essay of interest. I know for certain 2 of you guys in Canada will http://world.std.com/~jlr/doom/armstrng.htm. I trust the link is OK and acceptable.

I have just checked the link. For me, it won't open from my post. However copy and paste the link into Safari. The first hit in the search results is the page in question.

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