Jamie123

Why not threaten to unleash the awesome power of your underpants on them if they don't shut up? (People who like to be the jokers don't always like it when the joke's turned on them.)

If I remember rightly, to become a mod you must: 1. Buy a parka and decorate it with Union Jacks, RAF roundels and other British emblems. 2. Listen to the right kind of music (beginning of course with The Who). 3. Ride round town on a scooter. 4. Pick fights with punks, skinheads and anyone else who doesn't like mods. P.S. When I say "remember" I'm talking about the mod revival of 1978-80. I'm not all that old! P.P.S. I was never a mod myself, though I often got accused of being one (mostly by punks and skinheads looking for a mod to beat up) because of the green parka which I'd unwisely bought. P.P.P.S. Those were the days... P.P.P.P.S. If you're too young to have a clue what I'm wittering on about check out Mod revival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Yep - Rumpole, Jeeves and Wooster, Yes Minister were all great too :) (She who must be obeyed....!!)

I always loved The Good Life too. Another fantastic show from that period (or maybe a little earlier) was Dad's Army.

Probably the best way would be to take the Eurostar and go through the tunnel. The website is Eurostar : Tickets, Bookings, Timetables, fares and offers Quite near-ish. We went past Stonehenge on the way. It's strange - I've lived in England nearly all my life, but that was the first time I ever saw it. It is pretty awesome. Yes - the A361. It's right at the foot of Glastonbury Tor.

Definition of an intellectual: Anyone who can listen to Gioachino Rossini's William Tell overture WITHOUT thinking about The Lone Ranger.

Thanks - yes we did have a wonderful time :) I found a website about it: Welcome to the Chalice Well - Chalice Well Trust

Yesterday my wife and I came back from a long weekend away in Glastonbury. (I'm talking about the town, not the rock festival. That's not until summer anyway.) We had a wonderful time - even the car breaking down on the way home didn't spoil it (much)! One of the best things we did there was to visit the Chalice Well, which was one of the most beautiful and peaceful places I've ever been. If you're ever there, be sure to spend a few minutes (or longer) just sitting quietly in the sanctuary at the well-head. It's wonderful :) [sorry - I meant to post this under "general discussion".]

Just been doing a bit of surfing: the Greek word for "son", huios, is quite similar to helios ("sun"). Coincidence?

On the subject of Job, does anyone remember this song by Clay Walker? It always makes me cry.

For me, Christianity just seems to work where no other belief system could. Firstly I know that I'm a sinner, incapable of stopping myself from sinning by my own strength. (At least I've never completely succeeded so far!) Secondly there's mind-blowing idea God loves me so much that sent His own Son to die for my sins. (As a non-LDS Christian I probably have a wider concept of the atonement than most people here.) Rather than sit on the fence for ever, I decided years ago to put my trust in Christ. A good many aspects of Christianity have bothered me over the years, many of which were stirred up quite recently when I read Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion. I'm not saying I was impressed by every argument Dawkins made, but as he points out the sheer bloodiness of much of the Old Testament (the Book of Joshua in particular) sits uneasily with the idea of a loving God. Even if the stories are allegorical (I'm not saying that they necessarily are) if they are scripture then they must have some deep truth behind them - even the bloodiest bits. But I'm no longer being dragged down by things I don't properly understand. Perhaps it will all be explained in the world to come :)

I agree with spiritseeker - this site is a lot of fun, and a lot of great people post here. Welcome :)

What do you call a man with a plank of wood on his head? Edward What do you call a man with two planks of wood on his head? Edward Wood What do you call a man with three planks of wood on his head? Edward Woodward What do you call a man with four planks of wood on his head? I don't know, but Edward Woodward would!

Jamie clears his throat to sing: This is a maaaaan's world This is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing....nothing....nothing Without a woman or a girl Man made... [lots of different things] He's lost in the wilderness He's lost in bitterness Without a woman or a girl.... etc. That's all I've got to say on the subject

I think it depends what you mean by "inferior". That word comes from the Latin inferus = below, beneath. A lieutenant is "below" a captain in the army hierarchy and in that sense is inferior (though he may be a bright upcoming officer destined to be a general, while the captain is an old lag who has never shown any special talent). However we also use the word figuratively to mean "of lesser quality" in which sense women are definitely NOT inferior to men!

I've often wondered about that story, and in particular who exactly Balaam was. Yes - I agree that he seems to have been a prophet of some description - but he's not given much in the way of introduction. The writer seems to expect us to know already who he is, so I wonder if he perhaps appeared in a lot of other stories, popular at the time, but which have since been lost.

Congrats :) We teach CCNA at the school I work at and I know how hard it is to memorize all that detail! (I'm ashamed to admit I haven't yet got around to finishing my own CCNA.)

I can't hear "Rocky" without thinking of Sylvester Stallone.

Anyone else seen this yet? I took the family last weekend, and we all laughed and laughed - I thought it was one of the best animated movies I've seen for a long time. (Well OK - Madagascar 2 was pretty funny as well!) It starts with a young bride who gets zapped by a meteorite on the morning of her wedding, grows 50ft tall (like you do) and gets taken to the secret military base where all the other freaks and mutants are kept. Fortunately these "monsters" become the heroes when the earth is invaded by aliens! I thought the funniest character was Bob (a sort of parody of The Blob), a blue gelatinous creature who constantly gets himself confused with everyone else!

People from Mormandy.

I'm primarily a Midlander - a Leicester lad - though nowadays I live in Surrey :)

It's certainly not a very common word, though I do remember it from a rather lovely carol which I once had to sing the tenor part to: Chorus: Past three o’clock and a cold frosty morning, Past three o’clock, good morrow masters all! Born is a baby, gentle as may be, Son of the eternal, Father supernal. Seraph quire singeth, angel bell ringeth, Hark how they rhyme it, time it and chime it. Mid earth rejoices hearing such voices Ne’ertofore so well caroling Nowell. Hinds o’er the pearly dewy lawn early, Seek the high Stranger laid in a manger. Cheese from thy dairy, bring it for Mary, And not for money, butter and honey. Light out the star-land leadeth from far land, Princes to meet him, worship and greet him. Myrrh from full coffer, incense they offer, Nor is the golden nugget withholden. Thus they I pray you, up sirs nor stay you, ‘Till ye confess him, likewise and bless him.

Pleased to meet you Soulsearcher. I am not a member of the LDS Church, but I do live in the UK. Welcome :)

I know this thread has gone off-course somewhat, and that's partly due to me. I really hope things work out for your friend. Godspeed - Jamie.

Gravity is created by mass and by the proximity of that mass (Newton's F=GMm/r^2 law). For a solid earth, gravity would act uniformly towards the earth's center, and decrease as one approached the center. At the center, a person would be weightless, since he would be surrounded by equal concentrations of mass on all sides, whose gravitational effects would cancel out.In the case of a hollow earth, the situation is different: The gravitational pull would not necessarily be towards the earth's center, but towards the earth's shell. The direction of gravity would depend on which side of the shell you were on: For someone on the outside the force would be downwards towards the center, while someone on the inside would feel the same force acting outwards. A person who tunneled half way through the shell would feel no gravity at all, since he would have equal amounts of mass on either side. Given the symmetry of the situation, the ocean on the outside of the earth would have no more reason to flow into the earth than the ocean on the inside would have to flow out.