RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 The stand-offish and antisocial shall inherit the Earth. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: The stand-offish and antisocial shall inherit the Earth. If only my family shared my extreme and reclusive misanthropy, I'd be perfectly safe! Kids, hey! 3 1 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 58 minutes ago, Edwardian said: Apparently contracting Covid-19 was a "blessing from God". And you thought it couldn't get madder! When I heard that yesterday, I was astounded that the extreme guesses about his next comment turned out to be quite sensible after all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) As a university student I am, of course because all students are definitely like this, mortified at the prospect of potentially having to stay indoors, having to not meet in large, not spend all night in the town getting p*ssed, not allowed to attend horrendous parties, etc. As you can imagine the prospect of not being able to do any of those things is so utterly dreadful that I simply cannot think what I shall do to pass the time so I shall whinge to the local paper about how I feel imprisoned and unable to go anywhere. (Apparently some actually felt like that last week when in-person teaching was temporarily suspended. Clearly they think that prisons contain miles of rather nice country, a couple of decent hills, lots of public footpaths, passable bus and rail routes in and out to other nice places and to Telford, and even Birmingham too. Add to that the pile of kits in the corner, the Talyllyn Railway plus my tiny social circle and I think I might be able to cope despite the horrific hardships that I may yet suffer if in-person teaching is suspended again...) Edited October 9, 2020 by sem34090 1 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Edwardian said: Does this have any connection with 'Er indoors' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 Where is this Nirvana then, Sem? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Hardly a Nirvana, but it's below the Top Left-Hand Corner of Wales; Aberystwyth. Suitably cheery hymn tune to match the current weather... But I genuinely can't understand the complaints of feeling "locked in"; By Welsh standards the countryside here is mundane but as a native of Southeast England I find it extremely pleasant. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 To be fair Sem, being banged-up in halls at, say, Umist, must be a rather different experience from emulating George Borrow on spare afternoons. Anyway, enjoy it all. 2 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 1 hour ago, sem34090 said: to other nice places and to Telford, and even Birmingham too. As a native of the Second City, I take exception to the construction of that sentence. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold simonmcp Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 Having lived near Telford I think that Sem may have "got a touch of the sun" by including that almost literally God forsaken place in a list of desirable destinations, unless he is thinking of the industrial archeology. I have to confess that now living in Cornwall I am mercifully far away from the worst of the Covid19 insanity and able to see both a stunning sunrise and also a beautiful sunset over the sea on my way to and from work today. I do though need something to keep me cheerful as I work somewhere where we only see our 'clients', for want of a better word, just the once and they are very quiet by the time they get to us. Stay safe and keep as sane as possible everyone. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 Sem said 'nice places AND Telford " - he rightly does not include it in the category of nice places but as something else - and it certainly is something else. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Having mentioned George Borrow, i thought I'd skim his biog. His father was a Lieutenant in the West Norfolk Militia. 4 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 5 minutes ago, ian said: Sem said 'nice places AND Telford " - he rightly does not include it in the category of nice places but as something else - and it certainly is something else. Quite, It was the way he went on "and even Birmingham too" that raised my hackles. 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 6 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: Having mentioned George Borrow, i thought I'd skim his biog. His father was a Lieutenant in the West Norfolk Militia. Somewhere along the line we've had the history of the West Norfolk Militia; I forget the details but there turned out to be a previously overlooked battalion or division or whatever? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 They've got a very fine drill hall, that I do remember. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2020 Yeah, and he implied Telford wasn’t to be grouped with nice places, and I was raised there, although before they invented Telford, so that’s two upset persons. My daughter had a friend who started at Aberystwyth Uni, but the Welshness got to her in the end, and she transferred to Cardiff, where my daughter was. There, wonder how many I’ve upset? As you say, Sem, it is a very pleasant area, enjoy. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbcompound Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, Northroader said: My daughter had a friend who started at Aberystwyth Uni, but the Welshness got to her in the end, and she transferred to Cardiff, Well the South Walians barely count as Welsh 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 56 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Quite, It was the way he went on "and even Birmingham too" that raised my hackles. Ah, but could I have meant Birmingham to be something other than nice in a more positive sense; Greater even than 'nice'? I'll leave you to decide! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, simonmcp said: Having lived near Telford I think that Sem may have "got a touch of the sun" by including that almost literally God forsaken place in a list of desirable destinations, unless he is thinking of the industrial archeology. As others have said; I intentionally included Telford outside of my overarching description of "Nice" because I am aware of its reputation!! I shall leave my intent with regard to Birmingham open to interpretation as that seems somewhat more controversial. 53 minutes ago, Northroader said: Yeah, and he implied Telford wasn’t to be grouped with nice places, and I was raised there, although before they invented Telford, so that’s two upset persons. Well if it was before they invented Telford you're alright! 53 minutes ago, Northroader said: My daughter had a friend who started at Aberystwyth Uni, but the Welshness got to her in the end, and she transferred to Cardiff, where my daughter was. There, wonder how many I’ve upset? A warning, perhaps? I have a cousin at Cardiff... 53 minutes ago, Northroader said: As you say, Sem, it is a very pleasant area, enjoy. I shall indeed, hopefully! It's certainly better than my royally b*ggered previous abode. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 45 minutes ago, webbcompound said: Well the South Walians barely count as Welsh What about us New South Walians? 1 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 21 minutes ago, sem34090 said: Ah, but could I have meant Birmingham to be something other than nice in a more positive sense; Greater even than 'nice'? I'll leave you to decide! When in a hole, stop digging... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Regularity said: When in a hole, stop digging... I never learnt how to do that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Northroader said: Where is this Nirvana then, Sem? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm 0-6-0 Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 minute ago, sem34090 said: I never learnt how to do that. So, as an antipodean, can I expect to see you here in a couple of weeks.......? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, Regularity said: When in a hole, Welcome to Telford. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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