Edwardian Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, drmditch said: There is a good line in one of the Ben Aaronovitch books: 'Woman so busy inspiring her followers that she doesn't have time to pull her dress up.' (or words to that effect.) (Can recommend the 'Rivers of London' series. Good light relief, although have not abandoned the 5th century - see above.) Yes, sorry about Delacroix' 'male gaze', but it was the only stirring 'manning the barricades in the cause of liberty' picture I could think of. The Rivers of London series looks fun, thanks for the tip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Edwardian said: Well, I'm 50% Yorkshire by blood, but I know what you mean. Up here you realise that there is The North, essentially equating to the ancient kingdom of Northumbria, and then there's Yorkshire and that the two are really rather different. As I understand it, the Kingdom of Northumbria was formed by the union of two earlier kingdoms, which may have been British kingdoms taken over as going concerns by the hordes of immigrant Angles: Bernicia, the area between the Tees and the Forth, and Deira, from The tees to the Humber - to a very rough approximation, Northumberland and Yorkshire but Bernicia took in much of what is now southern Scotland along with Westmoreland and Cumberland while Deria encompassed Lancashire. The western side of the kingdom must have had significant settlement by Angles as when the Norse arrived, by boat from the Irish Sea, they had to take up hill farming. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 29 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: As I understand it, the Kingdom of Northumbria was formed by the union of two earlier kingdoms, which may have been British kingdoms taken over as going concerns by the hordes of immigrant Angles: Bernicia, the area between the Tees and the Forth, and Deira, from The tees to the Humber - to a very rough approximation, Northumberland and Yorkshire but Bernicia took in much of what is now southern Scotland along with Westmoreland and Cumberland while Deria encompassed Lancashire. The western side of the kingdom must have had significant settlement by Angles as when the Norse arrived, by boat from the Irish Sea, they had to take up hill farming. Yes, though you lose Yorkshire once it becomes Viking* *You'd understand this if you'd met my mother. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 15 hours ago, Edwardian said: In the interests of French maidenhood I would like to point out that she has averted her eyes at the display of moribund wedding tackle by the chap who lost his culottes in the heat of the moment. The chap in the front, who is having a lie down, had the decency not to lose his. Otherwise why isn't it that our modern armed mobs aren't led by half naked sheilas? Is this yet another unforeseen result of the Metoo movement - "I swear I was out in front of this mob of angry Parisians, when someone said it would be so much more uplifting in a French way if I exposed my upper body, well I did, and next minute this yobbo ripped off his trousers in front of me. Fortunately a Royalist musket ball taught him to keep it zipped and we felled the Bastille". Vive la exposé 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Malcolm 0-6-0 said: we felled the Bastille". Point of order: as an allegorical depiction of the July Revolution of 1830, the Bastille didn't come into it, having been demolished in 1790. Facts, ladies and gentlemen, facts. They are the enemy of totalitarianism. Edited October 9, 2020 by Compound2632 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 52 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Facts, ladies and gentlemen, facts. They are the enemy of totalitarianism. And have no place in modern tabloid journalism! Jim 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 55 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Point of order: as an allegorical depiction of the July Revolution of 1830, the Bastille didn't come into it, having been demolished in 1790. Facts, ladies and gentlemen, facts. They are the enemy of totalitarianism. Pedant! as a person of British descent I prefer not to be conversant in French erhumm!! history. And if you don't like those facts I have another set completely interchangeable with them ..... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Malcolm 0-6-0 said: why isn't it that our modern armed mobs aren't led by half naked sheilas? Dunno, it's not as if you haven't the climate for it 5 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Facts, ladies and gentlemen, facts. They are the enemy of totalitarianism. Once, perhaps ..... 4 hours ago, Caley Jim said: And have no place in modern tabloid journalism! Or social media Edited October 9, 2020 by Edwardian 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 There are some really offputting images being posted here - not Delacroix. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) The chap who got man-covid... Could you take those down, please? Or at least replace them by pictures of Donald Duck (rhyming slang for what we could not give for him)? Pretty please??? Edited October 9, 2020 by Hroth 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 I thought this might be the last place I would see images of the mad emperor of America. For the sake of basic human decency could they please be removed. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nick_bastable Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 closer to topic Nick B 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 Oh, I don't think all pictures of Donald Child's-pseudonym-for-passing-wind and a covid mask are bad: 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Point of order: as an allegorical depiction of the July Revolution of 1830, the Bastille didn't come into it, having been demolished in 1790. Facts, ladies and gentlemen, facts. They are the enemy of totalitarianism. Bastille was opened in 1859, ready for any more revolutions to come along 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) On 08/10/2020 at 20:32, Hroth said: What a bonkers picture! A gal without a top, and a bloke without his trousers... Very French.... Truly one of the sans culottes... Late to the party again. Tant pis. Edited October 9, 2020 by wagonman Autocorrect tried to change 'Tant' into 'Want'... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) So now we've gone all Septic (rhyming slang alert) Does that mean anything pre-grouping, which in this case is realistically pretty well anything before 1976, is on message? Norfolk and Western anyone? Edited October 9, 2020 by webbcompound 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 A gardening advice poster published by a railroad? I ‘spect they have a comfortingly dull programme on Radio 4 after Sunday lunch, with really brash soap-powder adverts every five minutes. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Hroth said: The chap who got man-covid... Could you take those down, please? Or at least replace them by pictures of Donald Duck (rhyming slang for what we could not give for him)? Pretty please??? 1 hour ago, Annie said: I thought this might be the last place I would see images of the mad emperor of America. For the sake of basic human decency could they please be removed. Because I care .... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, webbcompound said: So now we've gone all Septic (rhyming slang alert) Does that mean anything pre-grouping, which in this case is realistically pretty well anything before 1976, is on message? Norfolk and Western anyone? That's a pretty impressive outdoor layout. Is it HO or O? I'm so used to 2FS that I sometimes find it hard to differentiate between the larger/monstrous scales. Jim 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 And, why are all those factories being eaten by a giant nematode? 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Northroader said: Bastille was opened in 1859, ready for any more revolutions to come along Looks more like a covered market for vegetables! 9 minutes ago, Caley Jim said: That's a pretty impressive outdoor layout. Is it HO or O? I'm so used to 2FS that I sometimes find it hard to differentiate between the larger/monstrous scales. Jim Its one of those Lionel "O" gauge 3-rail layouts the Americans love, I believe. 8 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: And, why are all those factories being eaten by a giant nematode? Its where Frank Herbert got his ideas for "Dune" from, they're all going to be turned into Spice... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 25 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Because I care .... Thank you good sir. You are a true gentleman. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Edwardian said: Because I care .... The blanking ovals signify "The Great Void". Well done! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 21 minutes ago, Hroth said: The blanking ovals signify "The Great Void". I haven't heard 'He who shall not be named' called that before, but it's very apposite! Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 Just now, Caley Jim said: I haven't heard 'He who shall not be named' called that before, but it's very apposite! Jim Apparently contracting Covid-19 was a "blessing from God". And you thought it couldn't get madder! Still, it hardly matters, as within a few weeks it seems that all of us in the North East will be wiped out by the Plague. Indeed, it won't be many months after that that Westminster will notice the fact. I'm having an awful sense of déjà vu..... 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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