What’s your all-time favorite snack?
What else but the legendary snack? ;)
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What cuisines would you like to try?
I'm in Wales so I hope to be sampling some cwrw da later!
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/tagged/wales
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/tagged/wales
What music do you listen to when you need to concentrate on work?
When reading deeply for research I do it in silence.
When making and editing posts I listen to what I'm always listening to, I go through my record collection A-Z and then go back round!
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/tagged/music
But at the time of an especially complex post I might be listening to this!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pabmB-2SFsA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY77zDzNmYw
When making and editing posts I listen to what I'm always listening to, I go through my record collection A-Z and then go back round!
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/tagged/music
But at the time of an especially complex post I might be listening to this!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pabmB-2SFsA
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY77zDzNmYw
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Is math something that humans created or something we discovered? Is looking at reality mathematically an accurate representation of how things work?
Thank you for following me & asking :)
I think mathematics is, like language, created, as different cultures have different concepts; for instance, zero seems like an obvious idea to us but this is only becuase it has been taught in schools and is generally part of the culture.
Various people discuss the idea here.
https://www.quora.com/Who-discovered-zero-0
I think mathematics is, like language, created, as different cultures have different concepts; for instance, zero seems like an obvious idea to us but this is only becuase it has been taught in schools and is generally part of the culture.
Various people discuss the idea here.
https://www.quora.com/Who-discovered-zero-0
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Is the concept of “you” continuous or does past “you” continually fade into present and future “you”? In other words, what part of “you” sticks around over time considering that the atoms that make up your body are constantly being replaced and your memories are always changing?
That is a fascinating question, I think it lies in memory as the cells may be replaced but "I" know who "i" am as an entity distinct from "you" or "that" out there.
Have you read The Perpetual Philosophy by Aldous Huxley? It explores these themes better than I could, it's a good question to ask but I don't know.
https://www.thecontemplativelife.org/blog/2016/6/24/perennial-philosophy-review
And George Orwell had this to say about "we".
“What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person".
Have you read The Perpetual Philosophy by Aldous Huxley? It explores these themes better than I could, it's a good question to ask but I don't know.
https://www.thecontemplativelife.org/blog/2016/6/24/perennial-philosophy-review
And George Orwell had this to say about "we".
“What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person".
What's the tastiest fruit?
Mango!
Whether it be a fresh mango or a mango juice or lassi, you can't beat it.
Whether it be a fresh mango or a mango juice or lassi, you can't beat it.
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Last time you cried? And why?
what song needs a new cover? Would it be in the same style or a different genre?
More grungy & doomy velvet underground songs would be a bonus :)
Sort of a different style but similar themes pervading it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lTnE5sNPZSY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cwgSpbBPcDI
Sort of a different style but similar themes pervading it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lTnE5sNPZSY
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cwgSpbBPcDI
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LULA DA SILVA (holed up in the metalworkers union building) ~ PRISON or PRESIDENT ? ~
I don't know, it's impossible to tell?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/06/brazilian-judge-orders-arrest-of-former-president-lula
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/06/brazilian-judge-orders-arrest-of-former-president-lula
Do you often lie to people?
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I'm honestly curious to know , how many know who this guy is ? ~ https://ask.fm/igotamatch/answers/147061299322 ~ ? ~ don't need a name ; just , how is he connected with what you're doing RN ?
I haven't heard of him, & I've just woken up!?
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Why so gay?
What's your favorite weather conditions?
I'm very partial to a cool, dry autumn day, late September or early October sort of time.
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/166396024089/then-came-october-full-of-merry-glee-edmund
Do you listen to Love? I think they conjure up that autumnal sound, a sort of elegaic sound that I like.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nv52AE_aptk
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/166396024089/then-came-october-full-of-merry-glee-edmund
Do you listen to Love? I think they conjure up that autumnal sound, a sort of elegaic sound that I like.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nv52AE_aptk
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Why is the sky blue?
It’s a year almost that I have not seen her:
Oh, last summer green things were greener,
Brambles fewer, the blue sky bluer.
It’s surely summer, for there’s a swallow:
Come one swallow, his mate will follow,
The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken.
Oh happy swallow whose mate will follow
O’er height, o’er hollow! I’d be a swallow,
To build this weather one nest together
Oh, last summer green things were greener,
Brambles fewer, the blue sky bluer.
It’s surely summer, for there’s a swallow:
Come one swallow, his mate will follow,
The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken.
Oh happy swallow whose mate will follow
O’er height, o’er hollow! I’d be a swallow,
To build this weather one nest together
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What do you know about Asquith?
What I know about Asquith is that if his Home Rule Bill had passed in 1912 a lot of unnecessary death and suffering would have been avoided, unfortunately he was not able to achieve his ends.
Roy Jenkins wrote an excellent biography which I recommend if you're interested in the subject.
Roy Jenkins wrote an excellent biography which I recommend if you're interested in the subject.
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Do you ever see questions from people you follow and wish they’d include you? If so, how do you deal with that - e.g ask them outright for questions, copy their questions to yourself, or just let it go?
I always welcome questions, though I may not answer them if I can't think of anything to say, for which I apologise.
Generally my strategy is to like answers and ask people specific questions based on reading their posts and gauging their interests (one of the annoying things about Ben is he never does this, but shouts the same general abuse at everyone rather than asking a question specific to me) and I do think I don't get enough questions, so you and others are invited to ask more and I hope I can answer them well.
Generally my strategy is to like answers and ask people specific questions based on reading their posts and gauging their interests (one of the annoying things about Ben is he never does this, but shouts the same general abuse at everyone rather than asking a question specific to me) and I do think I don't get enough questions, so you and others are invited to ask more and I hope I can answer them well.
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I want to know what are you thinking at this moment?
I've been on a 17 mile walk (probably more as I got lost a few times) so not much!
Between Asbourne & Derby along the route of the '45 (not the exact route due to the getting lost!
https://www.historyhit.com/1745-bonnie-prince-charlies-army-reaches-derby/
Finished with a sumptuous Easter evensong at Derby Cathedral and a Chinese meal and then some bakewell pudding and tart, I've got both :)
As I was on a vegan, no alcohol diet for Lent I like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakewell_tart
Between Asbourne & Derby along the route of the '45 (not the exact route due to the getting lost!
https://www.historyhit.com/1745-bonnie-prince-charlies-army-reaches-derby/
Finished with a sumptuous Easter evensong at Derby Cathedral and a Chinese meal and then some bakewell pudding and tart, I've got both :)
As I was on a vegan, no alcohol diet for Lent I like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakewell_tart
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Imagine you have a restaurant - what sort of food will you serve?
I'd serve old-time English food from fresh ingredients, locally grown and reared when possible.
As our food has a bad reputation, probably because we were the first country to industrialise and people in cities traditionally ate stale, badly prepared food. Through no fault of their own, but most people in England now eat American food rather than the food of their own traditions.
Of course food from other traditions is good and has inspired English food but I want to represent, for instance, a roast lamb Sunday dinner & sticky toffee pudding.
As our food has a bad reputation, probably because we were the first country to industrialise and people in cities traditionally ate stale, badly prepared food. Through no fault of their own, but most people in England now eat American food rather than the food of their own traditions.
Of course food from other traditions is good and has inspired English food but I want to represent, for instance, a roast lamb Sunday dinner & sticky toffee pudding.
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Do you have a high self-esteem?
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What a kind of coffee do you like ☕️?
I like mocha!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffè_mocha
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffè_mocha
Emoji of the day!
Good Friday poem by AE Housman
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/16/housman-country-heart-of-england-peter-parker-review
Here the hangman stops his cart:
Now the best of friends must part.
Fare you well, for ill fare I:
Live, lads, and I will die.
"Oh, at home had I but stayed
‘Prenticed to my father’s trade,
Had I stuck to plane and adze,
I had not been lost, my lads.
"Then I might have built perhaps
Gallows-trees for other chaps,
Never dangled on my own,
Had I left but ill alone.
"Now, you see, they hang me high,
And the people passing by
Stop to shake their fists and curse;
So 'tis come from ill to worse.
"Here hang I, and right and left
Two poor fellows hang for theft:
All the same’s the luck we prove,
Though the midmost hangs for love.
"Comrades all, that stand and gaze,
Walk henceforth in other ways;
See my neck and save your own:
Comrades all, leave ill alone.
"Make some day a decent end,
Shrewder fellows than your friend.
Fare you well, for ill fare I:
Live lads, and I will die.”
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/16/housman-country-heart-of-england-peter-parker-review
Here the hangman stops his cart:
Now the best of friends must part.
Fare you well, for ill fare I:
Live, lads, and I will die.
"Oh, at home had I but stayed
‘Prenticed to my father’s trade,
Had I stuck to plane and adze,
I had not been lost, my lads.
"Then I might have built perhaps
Gallows-trees for other chaps,
Never dangled on my own,
Had I left but ill alone.
"Now, you see, they hang me high,
And the people passing by
Stop to shake their fists and curse;
So 'tis come from ill to worse.
"Here hang I, and right and left
Two poor fellows hang for theft:
All the same’s the luck we prove,
Though the midmost hangs for love.
"Comrades all, that stand and gaze,
Walk henceforth in other ways;
See my neck and save your own:
Comrades all, leave ill alone.
"Make some day a decent end,
Shrewder fellows than your friend.
Fare you well, for ill fare I:
Live lads, and I will die.”
Do you have any plans for Easter Triduum?
As every Easter, I'm on a walking trip with attending church in each town I visit.
Yesterday I was in a very small church attending a traditional High Anglican Maundy Thursday with the stripping of the altar being the most fascinating part.
Now I'm just resting for a bit (it's 8am) then in an hour or so I embark on this walk.
https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/things-to-do/monsal-head-and-monsal-dale-p681131
I was here earlier as you can see.
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/164641925304/you-enterprised-a-railroad-through-the-valley
Unfortunately the weather won't be like it was then but it will be a bracing winter/spring trip and I'll be listening to The Dream of Gerontius by Elgar during the trip.
Yesterday I was in a very small church attending a traditional High Anglican Maundy Thursday with the stripping of the altar being the most fascinating part.
Now I'm just resting for a bit (it's 8am) then in an hour or so I embark on this walk.
https://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/things-to-do/monsal-head-and-monsal-dale-p681131
I was here earlier as you can see.
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/164641925304/you-enterprised-a-railroad-through-the-valley
Unfortunately the weather won't be like it was then but it will be a bracing winter/spring trip and I'll be listening to The Dream of Gerontius by Elgar during the trip.
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Which Lara Croft —Angeline Jolie or Alicia Vikander?
Alicia Vikander, she's not only astunner but a fantastic actress. I recommend watching her performance in Testament of Youth where she plays Vera Brittain as evidence if that.
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Does anyone know why guys point at each other in photos? Like, the Nike tick with their thumb and first finger? I just can’t suss it.
I don't know why people do that but I can confirm Idon't and neither do any of my mates, it sounds like a wankerish thing to do?
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What’s your most useful phone app?
I'm quite minimalist as I use my phone for calls, texts and (occasionally, if I need to look something up, but NOT as a general recreation) the internets.
I have Whatsapp, but that's only because it's a useful way of texting people like my brother who lives in Singapore. I don't have other apps as I regard them as a waste.
Likewise my ipod is what an ipod should be, solely for music and audiobooks, and I have a portable radio as it's the most efficient way to get radio.
So I'm not anti-technology but I think technology should serve me, I shouldn't have to serve it.
I'm aggrived at the discontinuation of manufacture of the ipod classic as it was a true audiophile's ipod, what those sick of the walkman's unwieldiness were crying out for (do you remember them!) and it's all got out of control!?
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/apple-lawsuit-phones-slow-france-planned-obsolescence-legal-challenge-crime-a8132371.html
I have Whatsapp, but that's only because it's a useful way of texting people like my brother who lives in Singapore. I don't have other apps as I regard them as a waste.
Likewise my ipod is what an ipod should be, solely for music and audiobooks, and I have a portable radio as it's the most efficient way to get radio.
So I'm not anti-technology but I think technology should serve me, I shouldn't have to serve it.
I'm aggrived at the discontinuation of manufacture of the ipod classic as it was a true audiophile's ipod, what those sick of the walkman's unwieldiness were crying out for (do you remember them!) and it's all got out of control!?
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/apple-lawsuit-phones-slow-france-planned-obsolescence-legal-challenge-crime-a8132371.html
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