5 Years !

[Gemby!]

and all i remember is the potato trick where the water moves through the potato to the sugar bit cos of osmosis

twas a waste !!!

but the trick was quite good, for a potato

[j2k4]

Originally posted by gemby!@7 August 2004 - 06:10
and all i remember is the potato trick where the water moves through the potato to the sugar bit cos of osmosis

twas a waste !!!

but the trick was quite good, for a potato 

Potatoes are ingenious little buggers; that disappearing act (also known as the Greta Garbo trick) they played on the Irish way back when was particularly effective.

[Gemby!]

see !!

5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about !

[j2k4]

Originally posted by gemby!@7 August 2004 - 08:57
see !!

5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about ! 

That's 'cuz you took science, and not history, kiddo.

I was just being facetious, actually.

Years will pass before you properly appreciate the "5 years" you have invested, Gems.

[Gemby!]

Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 14:03--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 14:03)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gemby&#33;@7 August 2004 - 08:57
see &#33;&#33;

5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about &#33;

That&#39;s &#39;cuz you took science, and not history, kiddo.

I was just being facetious, actually.

Years will pass before you properly appreciate the "5 years" you have invested, Gems. [/b][/quote]
i took history for 5 years too &#33;&#33;

[j2k4]

Originally posted by gemby&#33;+7 August 2004 - 09:04--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gemby&#33; &#064; 7 August 2004 - 09:04)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 14:03
<!--QuoteBegin-gemby&#33;

@7 August 2004 - 08:57
see &#33;&#33;

5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about &#33;

That&#39;s &#39;cuz you took science, and not history, kiddo.

I was just being facetious, actually.

Years will pass before you properly appreciate the "5 years" you have invested, Gems.

i took history for 5 years too &#33;&#33; [/b][/quote]
But:

History is much more easily subject to the phenomenon of revisionism than is cold, hard science.

True history is only there (anymore) for those who are willing (or allowed) to dig.

[Gemby!]

Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 14:07

But:

History is much more easily subject to the phenomenon of revisionism than is cold, hard science.

True history is only there (anymore) for those who are willing to dig.

oo what am i digging for ??

[j2k4]

Originally posted by gemby&#33;+7 August 2004 - 09:08--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gemby&#33; @ 7 August 2004 - 09:08)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-j2k4@7 August 2004 - 14:07

But:

History is much more easily subject to the phenomenon of revisionism than is cold, hard science.

True history is only there (anymore) for those who are willing to dig.

oo what am i digging for ?? [/b][/quote]
Forget class texts, and don&#39;t read anything printed less than 50 years ago.

Supplement this reading with as much current editorial/opinion-type material as you can absorb.

Do this intensively for about ten years, and you will have developed the skill to discern truth to an extent you can then begin reading newer stuff.

It&#39;s a bit of a tough go, especially as it would seem you are still schooling, eh?

[Gemby!]

didn&#39;t they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper

[manker]

Originally posted by gemby&#33;@7 August 2004 - 15:17
didn&#39;t they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper

In all seriousness though Gembs, I doubt propaganda would have afected J2 that much when he was a kipper. When you have to share a TV between a whole street, as was the trend in those days, you don&#39;t get to see that many news reports