It's a naturally occurring phenomenon where spectacular light shapes are seen in the sky. Happens obviously in northern parts such as Scandinavian countries and the Arctic itself (and sometimes here in Scotland). I believe the proper name is Aurora Borealis.
'Well done James. It's the area in Scotland we'd like you to take a look at. As you know, we have one of our submarine bases up there, and it seems to us that recently that particular phenomenon may be less than entirely natural.'
'Enemy action, sir?'
'That's what you have to find out. Your contact will be Geraldine McTaggart....' etc etc
🤣🤣🤣 Thanks NP, you've started my day off with a laugh.
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I'm listening to the Budget speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt just now and he's mentioned Quantum and Quantum computing a few times. Is this final proof that they really do have people everywhere? 😮
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
For years I've hada public struggle with Autocorrect because it clearly hates me, but has a sense of humor. Today I take solace in thinking of people who suffer more because of automated language programs. A female member of the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget) took part in a discussion on TV about the prices of medicine. It was automatically subtitled for the hard of hearing. But at one point she used the word "Stortingsrepresentant", meaning essentially Member of parliament. But instead the subtitles said "stor tissefant". "Stor" means "large". "Tissefant" is a word children may use for a "p*nis". 🤣🤣🤣
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Good luck to this young man - he reminds me of myself when I started my secondhand book career aged 17 in an indoor market. If you can read, write and do basic mathematics then you can do anything you want if you have the passion to do it.
Ismo Leikola is from Finland. He talks a lot. This is extraordinary. Sometimes he speaks in pretty good English. That's even more extraordinary. As a bonus he is also very funny:
Norway has fallen to 7. place on the World Happiness Report's yearly ranking, behind all the other Nordic countries. I'm of course very unhappy about this.
Summer, or the dry season, has begun here. It really doesn’t effect the temperature much as it sort of averages 28-30 during the day and 25-26 at night all year round, but it does effect the rainfall as it does ease off considerably, the odd violent thunderstorm notwithstanding.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
The issue of books being re-written for sensitive readers is ongoing with children’s book author Enid Blyton. Blyton was probably the first author to have works published in censored editions and this continues to this very day. Like a lot of British kids I was brought up on reading her books, The Famois Five, The Secret Seven and The Five Find-Outers being her most loved series. I made it a rule to never sell censored versions in my shop and I’m so happy to see used bookshops of today doing the same as in the article below.
A Florida principal had to resign after a parent complained that 6- graders were shown pornography. The "pornography" was a photo of Michelangelo's statue of David. I don't know if I should laugh or cry.
Silhouette ManThe last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,842MI6 Agent
Sadly it's yet another representation of the increasingly deeply confused and uncultured world we live in nowadays.
"The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
I’m reading that Agatha Christie is the latest author to be censored. HarperCollins are editing out all racial stereotyping words from the new editions of the Poirot and Miss Marple series. Apparently the word oriental is being removed from Death On The Nile, so will another book in the Poirot series be called Murder On The Express now? The only good thing to come out if this is that secondhand bookshops will be increasing their turnovers as readers who have a brain will search out the original editions.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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I can only laugh at how you western people bow to the woke theories!
I don't laugh when, trying to be woke, white people tell black people what they should or should not be offended about.
Today has been a big day for me. I have managed to leave my home and go for a walk out side for the first time in this year!
I know it may not seem like an ahievement to many and it was only a short walk but to me it is a sign that I am getting back my strength.
What is the northern lights? I don't believe I have heard this before and certainly not seen it.
I'm glad you're feeling better. Just take it step by step. (Pun intended)
It's a naturally occurring phenomenon where spectacular light shapes are seen in the sky. Happens obviously in northern parts such as Scandinavian countries and the Arctic itself (and sometimes here in Scotland). I believe the proper name is Aurora Borealis.
'Well done James. It's the area in Scotland we'd like you to take a look at. As you know, we have one of our submarine bases up there, and it seems to us that recently that particular phenomenon may be less than entirely natural.'
'Enemy action, sir?'
'That's what you have to find out. Your contact will be Geraldine McTaggart....' etc etc
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Northern Lights happen when particles from the sun hit the magnetic pole on the north.
'Oh do shut up, Q'
Roger Moore 1927-2017
🤣🤣🤣 Thanks NP, you've started my day off with a laugh.
I'm listening to the Budget speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt just now and he's mentioned Quantum and Quantum computing a few times. Is this final proof that they really do have people everywhere? 😮
😆😆😆
For years I've hada public struggle with Autocorrect because it clearly hates me, but has a sense of humor. Today I take solace in thinking of people who suffer more because of automated language programs. A female member of the Norwegian parliament (Stortinget) took part in a discussion on TV about the prices of medicine. It was automatically subtitled for the hard of hearing. But at one point she used the word "Stortingsrepresentant", meaning essentially Member of parliament. But instead the subtitles said "stor tissefant". "Stor" means "large". "Tissefant" is a word children may use for a "p*nis". 🤣🤣🤣
I think that's called a Freudian slip. She clearly had more pressing matters on her mind.
It wasn't her who did the slip, it was the automatic subtitling program. That was programed by a nerd, and nerds never think dirty thoughts. 😉
Ah, I see! So a Norwegian version of Boris Grishenko was responsible then? He wouldn't know a woman if one sat on him! 😉
Very possible. 😆
From a online buying/selling site online:
"Unused snow to be given away if you come and get it yourself"
My top tip is to never eat yellow snow.
The voice of experience! 👍️
On a much more serious note: Sam Neil is diagnosed with stage 3 leukemia. I wish him the best.
Many of us know he had a screentest as Bond in 1987. At the time he looked remarkably like Sean Connery in my opinion.
Yes, I won't be doing that again. Makes me post strange stuff.
Good luck to this young man - he reminds me of myself when I started my secondhand book career aged 17 in an indoor market. If you can read, write and do basic mathematics then you can do anything you want if you have the passion to do it.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11871461/Im-16-years-old-quit-school-no-GCSEs-Im-one-Britains-youngest-shopkeepers.html?ito=email_share_article-top
Ismo Leikola is from Finland. He talks a lot. This is extraordinary. Sometimes he speaks in pretty good English. That's even more extraordinary. As a bonus he is also very funny:
Norway has fallen to 7. place on the World Happiness Report's yearly ranking, behind all the other Nordic countries. I'm of course very unhappy about this.
Summer, or the dry season, has begun here. It really doesn’t effect the temperature much as it sort of averages 28-30 during the day and 25-26 at night all year round, but it does effect the rainfall as it does ease off considerably, the odd violent thunderstorm notwithstanding.
The issue of books being re-written for sensitive readers is ongoing with children’s book author Enid Blyton. Blyton was probably the first author to have works published in censored editions and this continues to this very day. Like a lot of British kids I was brought up on reading her books, The Famois Five, The Secret Seven and The Five Find-Outers being her most loved series. I made it a rule to never sell censored versions in my shop and I’m so happy to see used bookshops of today doing the same as in the article below.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11882315/Bookshops-display-uncensored-versions-Enid-Blyton-classics-shelves-amid-fury.html?ito=email_share_article-top
A Florida principal had to resign after a parent complained that 6- graders were shown pornography. The "pornography" was a photo of Michelangelo's statue of David. I don't know if I should laugh or cry.
Sadly it's yet another representation of the increasingly deeply confused and uncultured world we live in nowadays.
The view from my house today: 🙂
I’m reading that Agatha Christie is the latest author to be censored. HarperCollins are editing out all racial stereotyping words from the new editions of the Poirot and Miss Marple series. Apparently the word oriental is being removed from Death On The Nile, so will another book in the Poirot series be called Murder On The Express now? The only good thing to come out if this is that secondhand bookshops will be increasing their turnovers as readers who have a brain will search out the original editions.