There were some good eco ideas. The attic of the roof that burned down was called "the forrest" because of all the old wooden beams. Making the area a green house is a good echo of that. At least one architect suggested leaving the attic greenhouse open to the public, this way people can enjoy the trees and plants in the middle of the city and also enjoy the view. The new opera in Oslo has a roof that's buildt for people to walk on to. This is a very popular feauture and also members of the public who don't listen to opera like visiting the roof. Many bees lived on the roof and towers of the Notre Dame. Historically the honey was distruted among he poor. One architect suggested accomodateing the tower for bees and their nests. Since many worry about the population of bees globaly getting smaller, this will be a feature that points back and forward in time. I think my favourite is the first suggestion, but with a greenhouse. It's the same building, but modernized. In some of the other suggestions the roof and tower don't look like they belong to the rest of the church.
We bought a second home up in the hillside on Cebu recently and Mrs CHB has left it to me to furnish so I’ve been busy getting furniture etc. I’m transferring my man cave from Mactan to the new house as I can have a bigger room for it and I found this yesterday. It’s a magazine that my dad bought me in 1964 and it’s still in almost new condition (I always bag and board paper goods to lessen the ageing effects). It’s called Bond In Focus and has some really good pictures and some basic text. The covers and a few internal pages are below.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
We’re going to the Cebu Mangoes Festival this weekend. There will be street dancing, lots of mango inspired goodies and of course lovely juicy mangoes - looking forward to being underneath the mango tree
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Queues on Everest! So I'll assume those were all British climbers
"after you old boy"
"are you sure?"
"I insist you summit first"
"jolly decent of you old chum"
Only to find some German climber went to the summit in the middle of the night and put his beach towel down on it!
Seriously though this is ridiculous and added another 3 dead bodies on Everest, they died waiting in line to get to the summit.
Here are some real names for real people, at least according to another forum I sometimes visit:
- Dr. Gay Hitler ( son of George Washington Hitler)
- Richard "Dick" Head
- Norman Conquest
- Will Hurt
- Hans Karl von Diebitsch.
- Police Constable Rob Banks
- Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (actually a shortened version of his full name)
- Thomas Crapper, Victorian manufacturer of WCs and inventor of the floating ballcock.
- Tiny Cox (member of the Dutch Parliament)
I am sure that everybody has seen the pics from the human traffic line on Mt. Everest.
I‘ve read an interesting interview with a German tour operator, who is organizing Mt. Everest trips and was summiting in 2017 for the last time.
He says, that there are several reasons for these congestions:
1. He says, there are too many people there who should not be there.
He says, that he has seen people who could not put on their boots without the help of their Sherpas. This year, there was a pic of someone who put on his helmet the wrong way round.
He says, that these people are holding off all others then on the top.
2. He says that most of the expeditions save money on weather data. They all rely on the same sources and watch each other and so, if the weather is good, everybody goes up at the same time.
He pays a lot of money on alternative weather data and he has been alone on the summit for one hour in 2017.
3. He has stopped doing tours on the South Col because there are too many people on that route.
He‘s now using the more difficult but less crowded North Col Route.
He also told the story of 2 Drs who approached him after summiting Kilimanjaro. They wanted to summit Mt. Everest. He told them that they will need 3-4 years of preparations but they wanted to do in 1 year.
They booked with another company and one of them died last year on Everest.
President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
People should be required to take physical tests and document mountaineering experience before being eligble to climb the Everest. Then there should be some kind of lottery to limit the numbers even further. Nowadays it looks like too may are millionaires past their prime who wants to prove their manhood.
People dying due to their own hubris and incompetence, with the local government economically incentivized to look the other way? In today's world? Never! 8-)
I watched the programme were Ant Middleton, the SBS guy, did Everest and he nearly got himself in a whole heap of trouble because they got stuck behind someone who was struggling. You can't move past someone who isn't moving.
He was very angry at the amount of people allowed to climb and bitterly complained that people were not prepared for it and weren't fit enough. Ben Fogle wrote an article saying the same thing.
My good friend and neighbour from Germany bought me back a bottle of Monkey 47 gin from his recent visit back home to Coburg. I have never heard of this brand so has anyone here tried it and can suggest a good mix to make a cocktail? -{
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
My good friend and neighbour from Germany bought me back a bottle of Monkey 47 gin from his recent visit back home to Coburg. I have never heard of this brand so has anyone here tried it and can suggest a good mix to make a cocktail? -{
Make it into a martini, its made with lingonberry and has more flavours than a British gin or even a sloe gin, which have juniper and obviously Sloe berries in. It can also be made with a decent tonic but pesonally I'd add a wedge of lime not lemon. Enjoy CHB. -{
It was either that.....or the priesthood
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As an asthmatic I'm surprised to see that asthma is on this list as well but I imagine if we applied this list to modern society a lot of us would be committed )
My good friend and neighbour from Germany bought me back a bottle of Monkey 47 gin from his recent visit back home to Coburg. I have never heard of this brand so has anyone here tried it and can suggest a good mix to make a cocktail? -{
Make it into a martini, its made with lingonberry and has more flavours than a British gin or even a sloe gin, which have juniper and obviously Sloe berries in. It can also be made with a decent tonic but pesonally I'd add a wedge of lime not lemon. Enjoy CHB. -{
Thank you for the tip CC. I will get vermouth tomorrow and for tonight will have the gin with Fever Tree tonic and fresh lime -{
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
For the last 5 years I’ve enjoyed a walk on the beach followed by a drink in one of the bars and since my maid has passed her driving test I have been able to enjoy an alcoholic beverage as drink driving has harsh penalties over here. The beach I enjoy most is the one pictured below (with my chauffeur), it’s quieter than most because it is stony but has lovely views as you can see
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw4nBOuHXOB/
Great colour, back then I thought most of it got printed in black and white...
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Now, who could you be talking about?
One strike for both of you comedians X-(
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
"after you old boy"
"are you sure?"
"I insist you summit first"
"jolly decent of you old chum"
Only to find some German climber went to the summit in the middle of the night and put his beach towel down on it!
Seriously though this is ridiculous and added another 3 dead bodies on Everest, they died waiting in line to get to the summit.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
( although, what do we know about electric cars )
http://www.scientastica.com/0013tomacco.html
Tomacco,
Half man, Half machine .......... All clumsy !
- Dr. Gay Hitler ( son of George Washington Hitler)
- Richard "Dick" Head
- Norman Conquest
- Will Hurt
- Hans Karl von Diebitsch.
- Police Constable Rob Banks
- Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (actually a shortened version of his full name)
- Thomas Crapper, Victorian manufacturer of WCs and inventor of the floating ballcock.
- Tiny Cox (member of the Dutch Parliament)
I‘ve read an interesting interview with a German tour operator, who is organizing Mt. Everest trips and was summiting in 2017 for the last time.
He says, that there are several reasons for these congestions:
1. He says, there are too many people there who should not be there.
He says, that he has seen people who could not put on their boots without the help of their Sherpas. This year, there was a pic of someone who put on his helmet the wrong way round.
He says, that these people are holding off all others then on the top.
2. He says that most of the expeditions save money on weather data. They all rely on the same sources and watch each other and so, if the weather is good, everybody goes up at the same time.
He pays a lot of money on alternative weather data and he has been alone on the summit for one hour in 2017.
3. He has stopped doing tours on the South Col because there are too many people on that route.
He‘s now using the more difficult but less crowded North Col Route.
He also told the story of 2 Drs who approached him after summiting Kilimanjaro. They wanted to summit Mt. Everest. He told them that they will need 3-4 years of preparations but they wanted to do in 1 year.
They booked with another company and one of them died last year on Everest.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
He was very angry at the amount of people allowed to climb and bitterly complained that people were not prepared for it and weren't fit enough. Ben Fogle wrote an article saying the same thing.
Why did Nymphomania jump right out at me?
As an asthmatic I'm surprised to see that asthma is on this list as well but I imagine if we applied this list to modern society a lot of us would be committed
Thank you for the tip CC. I will get vermouth tomorrow and for tonight will have the gin with Fever Tree tonic and fresh lime -{
I‘ve never been a fan of L. Hamilton but great gesture to get Vettel to the Nr. 1 podium and absolute p!ss poor show by Sebastian Vettel.
Well done, LH! {[]
And the 5 sec. penalty was ok.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Blue Mountain - will wait until Sunday and have with a full English