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Gemby!
08-07-2004, 11:09 AM
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 :01:
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 :01:
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. :huh:
Gemby!
08-07-2004, 01:56 PM
see !!
5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about ! :rolleyes:
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 ! :rolleyes:
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!
08-07-2004, 02:03 PM
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!@7 August 2004 - 08:57
see !!
5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about ! :rolleyes:
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. :) [/b][/quote]
i took history for 5 years too !! :unsure:
Originally posted by gemby!+7 August 2004 - 09:04--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gemby! @ 7 August 2004 - 09:04)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 14:03
<!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@7 August 2004 - 08:57
see !!
5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about ! :rolleyes:
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. :)
i took history for 5 years too !! :unsure: [/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!
08-07-2004, 02:07 PM
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 ?? :01:
Originally posted by gemby!+7 August 2004 - 09:08--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gemby! @ 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 ?? :01: [/b][/quote]
Forget class texts, and don'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's a bit of a tough go, especially as it would seem you are still schooling, eh? ;)
Gemby!
08-07-2004, 02:16 PM
didn't they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper :blink:
manker
08-07-2004, 02:29 PM
Originally posted by gemby!@7 August 2004 - 15:17
didn't they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper :blink:
:lol: :lol:
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't get to see that many news reports :(
Originally posted by manker+7 August 2004 - 09:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (manker @ 7 August 2004 - 09:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@7 August 2004 - 15:17
didn't they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper :blink:
:lol: :lol:
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't get to see that many news reports :([/b][/quote]
There was surely propaganda, but it was much more apparent; also, the journalistic sins of omission and comission were not favored to quite the extent they are today.
There is, too, the difficulty of sorting through all the chaff these days.
Manker-
I'm not quite that old; in any case, I've had an addiction to reading that began very early on, and has never waned.
You're a bit of a kipper yet yourself, aren't you? :)
UcanRock2
08-07-2004, 02:43 PM
Chasing all those boys didn't help a bit...
manker
08-07-2004, 02:45 PM
Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 15:38--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 15:38)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by manker@7 August 2004 - 09:30
<!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@7 August 2004 - 15:17
didn't they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper :blink:
:lol: :lol:
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't get to see that many news reports :(
There was surely propaganda, but it was much more apparent; also, the journalistic sins of omission and comission were not favored to quite the extent they are today.
There is, too, the difficulty of sorting through all the chaff these days.
Manker-
I'm not quite that old; in any case, I've had an addiction to reading that began very early on, and has never waned.
You're a bit of a kipper yet yourself, aren't you? :) [/b][/quote]
Of course, I've seen enough of your posts to realise that you're not pensionable yet, though Gemby's post tickled me and I wanted to expound.
As for me being a kipper, It rather depends on your interpretation but I wouldn't say so ;)
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 02:51 PM
As Alan Partridge commented, he couldn't understand the famine thing. If they could afford to emigrate then surely they could afford to eat at a modestly priced restaurant.
ziggyjuarez
08-07-2004, 02:53 PM
:sleeping:
UcanRock2
08-07-2004, 02:54 PM
Originally posted by ziggyjuarez@7 August 2004 - 07:54
:sleeping:
That's what I did
Gemby!
08-07-2004, 05:54 PM
Originally posted by manker+7 August 2004 - 14:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (manker @ 7 August 2004 - 14:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@7 August 2004 - 15:17
didn't they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper :blink:
:lol: :lol:
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't get to see that many news reports :( [/b][/quote]
stop trying to discourage my use of smart words :01:
Chasing all those boys didn't help a bit...
:-"
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 09:52
As Alan Partridge commented, he couldn't understand the famine thing. If they could afford to emigrate then surely they could afford to eat at a modestly priced restaurant.
Exactly so, but if spuds weren't on the menu, and desire was great, the market (the Evil American Market!) dictated (dictatered?) relocation to the U.S.
The hardy Irish viewed the attendent hardship as small potatoes. :D
Originally posted by manker@7 August 2004 - 09:46
Of course, I've seen enough of your posts to realise that you're not pensionable yet, though Gemby's post tickled me and I wanted to expound.
Thank you, and I recognize your urge anent our Gemby-most of her posting here seems to be somewhat ticklish; I judge it to be a trait of lineage. ;)
I'd bet her whole family is rather comedic and witty. :)
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 06:25 PM
Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 19:07--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 19:07)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 09:52
As Alan Partridge commented, he couldn't understand the famine thing. If they could afford to emigrate then surely they could afford to eat at a modestly priced restaurant.
Exactly so, but if spuds weren't on the menu, and desire was great, the market (the Evil American Market!) dictated (dictatered?) relocation to the U.S.
The hardy Irish viewed the attendent hardship as small potatoes. :D [/b][/quote]
Go to your room young man.
You have developed boabitis *sobs*.
Did you hear about the darts competition in the pub next to the convent. The dartist (if such is the word) threw a treble twenty and a single twenty. His third dart bounced of the board and hit a carmelite sister, severing her juglar and killing her almost immediately.
The score keeper had no option but to cry (in best Sid Wadell voice), "one nun dead and eighty".
Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 20:07--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 20:07)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 09:52
As Alan Partridge commented, he couldn't understand the famine thing. If they could afford to emigrate then surely they could afford to eat at a modestly priced restaurant.
Exactly so, but if spuds weren't on the menu... [/b][/quote]
A modest proposal? pretty swift.
Everose
08-07-2004, 06:30 PM
Originally posted by manker+7 August 2004 - 10:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (manker @ 7 August 2004 - 10:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@7 August 2004 - 15:17
didn't they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper :blink:
:lol: :lol:
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't get to see that many news reports :([/b][/quote]
J2........if you get to where.....well, if you need any devices, such as a cane, or a walker.......shower seat or anything.......just let us know and we will take up a collection, okay? :P :D
Originally posted by Everose+7 August 2004 - 13:31--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Everose @ 7 August 2004 - 13:31)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by manker@7 August 2004 - 10:30
<!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@7 August 2004 - 15:17
didn't they use a lot of propaganda (history word there) in those old days when you were a kipper :blink:
:lol: :lol:
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't get to see that many news reports :(
J2........if you get to where.....well, if you need any devices, such as a cane, or a walker.......shower seat or anything.......just let us know and we will take up a collection, okay? :P :D [/b][/quote]
No, I'm still fairly mobile, girly.
Nice av, BTW.
QUOTE:J'Pol:
You have developed boabitis *sobs*.
Did you hear about the darts competition in the pub next to the convent. The dartist (if such is the word) threw a treble twenty and a single twenty. His third dart bounced of the board and hit a carmelite sister, severing her juglar and killing her almost immediately.
The score keeper had no option but to cry (in best Sid Wadell voice), "one nun dead and eighty".
J'Pol-
I apologize for the unintended reminder; wish he would return.
Now, about this puddle of piss under me chair....
Monkster
08-07-2004, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by gemby!@7 August 2004 - 11:10
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 :01:
hey i remember that...we did that a couple months ago
i believe the potato is hypertonic to the sugar solution and the sugar solution is hypotonic to the potato...or is it the other way around :blink:
at any rate, the potato becomes isotonic to the suger solution by water moving via osmosis :01:
Thats grade 12 biology for ya :D
Biggles
08-07-2004, 07:09 PM
Originally posted by gemby!+7 August 2004 - 14:04--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gemby! @ 7 August 2004 - 14:04)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 14:03
<!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@7 August 2004 - 08:57
see !!
5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about ! :rolleyes:
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. :)
i took history for 5 years too !! :unsure: [/b][/quote]
After university I seriously considered teaching history. Thanks Gemby for confirming to me that I made the right decision.
If after 5 years in my class, you did not get an Irish potato famine reference there would not be enough years left in your life to do all the detention. :)
Originally posted by Biggles+7 August 2004 - 14:10--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Biggles @ 7 August 2004 - 14:10)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by gemby!@7 August 2004 - 14:04
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 14:03
<!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@7 August 2004 - 08:57
see !!
5 years of science and i still have no idea wtf you are on about ! :rolleyes:
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. :)
i took history for 5 years too !! :unsure:
After university I seriously considered teaching history. Thanks Gemby for confirming to me that I made the right decision.
If after 5 years in my class, you did not get an Irish potato famine reference there would not be enough years left in your life to do all the detention. :) [/b][/quote]
What you said. ;)
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 07:24 PM
I was in Dublin this time last week.
They are still quite angry about it. One can tell.
J'Pol
08-07-2004, 07:25 PM
You'd think they would have forgiven me after a week.
Originally posted by J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 14:26
You'd think they would have forgiven me after a week.
Why?
Did you take the spud in lieu of the cake? :huh:
J'Pol
08-08-2004, 09:22 AM
Originally posted by j2k4+8 August 2004 - 03:19--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 8 August 2004 - 03:19)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 14:26
You'd think they would have forgiven me after a week.
Why?
Did you take the spud in lieu of the cake? :huh: [/b][/quote]
Both, I had a potato scone.
Or is it potatoe.
Gemby!
08-08-2004, 10:57 AM
Originally posted by j2k4+7 August 2004 - 18:12--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (j2k4 @ 7 August 2004 - 18:12)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-manker@7 August 2004 - 09:46
Of course, I've seen enough of your posts to realise that you're not pensionable yet, though Gemby's post tickled me and I wanted to expound.
Thank you, and I recognize your urge anent our Gemby-most of her posting here seems to be somewhat ticklish; I judge it to be a trait of lineage. ;)
I'd bet her whole family is rather comedic and witty. :) [/b][/quote]
that means im funny right ?? :01:
Originally posted by J'Pol+8 August 2004 - 04:23--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (J'Pol @ 8 August 2004 - 04:23)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by j2k4@8 August 2004 - 03:19
<!--QuoteBegin-J'Pol@7 August 2004 - 14:26
You'd think they would have forgiven me after a week.
Why?
Did you take the spud in lieu of the cake? :huh:
Both, I had a potato scone.
Or is it potatoe. [/b][/quote]
Is it spud?
Or spude?
Tater?
Or tatare?
Lets ask Mr. Quayle!
I think he knows. :lol:
Originally posted by gemby!+8 August 2004 - 05:58--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (gemby! @ 8 August 2004 - 05:58)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by j2k4@7 August 2004 - 18:12
<!--QuoteBegin-manker@7 August 2004 - 09:46
Of course, I've seen enough of your posts to realise that you're not pensionable yet, though Gemby's post tickled me and I wanted to expound.
Thank you, and I recognize your urge anent our Gemby-most of her posting here seems to be somewhat ticklish; I judge it to be a trait of lineage. ;)
I'd bet her whole family is rather comedic and witty. :)
that means im funny right ?? :01: [/b][/quote]
Indeed it do. :)
Gemby!
08-08-2004, 01:07 PM
:01: i rule :01: B)
Originally posted by gemby!@8 August 2004 - 08:08
:01: i rule :01: B)
Someday, surely.
Keep up the good work. ;)
Gemby!
08-08-2004, 01:27 PM
ok :unsure:
lets get back to potatoe talk then :P
Originally posted by gemby!@8 August 2004 - 08:28
ok :unsure:
lets get back to potatoe talk then :P
Maybe later. ;)
I have to attend to a matter of National Security; I will be other-directed for a short while. :)
Gemby!
08-08-2004, 01:33 PM
i'll talk about potatoes to myself then ...
umm
potatoe anyone ? :blink:
Unless they come in the form of crisps as god intended I'll have none of that.
Biggles
08-08-2004, 02:15 PM
Originally posted by gemby!@8 August 2004 - 13:34
i'll talk about potatoes to myself then ...
umm
potatoe anyone ? :blink:
And after my detention there will be the English teacher's detention.
Dan Qualye has much to answer for - although understanding the answer may not be easy. :blink:
Gemby!
08-08-2004, 02:58 PM
Originally posted by SnnY@8 August 2004 - 13:45
Unless they come in the form of crisps as god intended I'll have none of that.
what flavour ? B)
Dill
or sourcream and onion.
Gemby!
08-08-2004, 03:07 PM
:o no prawn cocktail or salt n vinegar ? :o
No, but I could do with some dill dip too.
And maybe some peanuts, but those are my fave crisps.
Gemby!
08-08-2004, 03:13 PM
i like the dorito minty ones with the real supa mega hot dip B)
ofcourse i cant handle the hot-ness but i do try
J'Pol
08-08-2004, 04:11 PM
Originally posted by Biggles+8 August 2004 - 15:16--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Biggles @ 8 August 2004 - 15:16)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gemby!@8 August 2004 - 13:34
i'll talk about potatoes to myself then ...
umm
potatoe anyone ? :blink:
And after my detention there will be the English teacher's detention.
Dan Qualye has much to answer for - although understanding the answer may not be easy. :blink: [/b][/quote]
You say potato I say tomatoe.
Let's call the whole thing orf. Or would that be too omenous.
A shiny new penny to the boy or girl who points out the obscure reference. Put your hand dow Big Les we'll get to you later.
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