The General Chat Room

[teamsaint]

I dunno; but they have to pay £12 to go past the checkout at Tesco.

well they will be ahead of the game for when charges for visiting GPs are introduced.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

could one be so sure about one of ms Riley's works?

[Pabmusic]

could one be so sure about one of ms Riley's works?

No, one couldn't. But then, there's nothing 'natural' involved. Except inspiration, that is.

[BBMmk2]

Anyoone going out today? We thinking about taking a picnic to a National Trust place sometime today.

[Beef Oven]

Anyoone going out today? We thinking about taking a picnic to a National Trust place sometime today.

Picnic (more of a packed lunch) in the forest for me.

[teamsaint]

Anyoone going out today? We thinking about taking a picnic to a National Trust place sometime today.

off to a wedding this afternoon.

Have a good Day out BBM. Some nice NT places out your way?

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

No, one couldn't. But then, there's nothing 'natural' involved. Except inspiration, that is.

that depends on just what you mean by 'natural' innit ....

[BBMmk2]

that depends on just what you mean by 'natural' innit ....

Someone's in a cheeky mood today!!

[Pabmusic]

that depends on just what you mean by 'natural' innit ....

At the very least it means something that happens without the deliberate intervention of humans. Don't you agree?

[Dave2002]

Anyoone going out today? We thinking about taking a picnic to a National Trust place sometime today.

Probably stay in and watch tennis. Petworth is a great place to visit. Good if you're an NT member, otherwise might be pricey.

[amateur51]

At the very least it means something that happens without the deliberate intervention of humans. Don't you agree?

Are humans not part of nature too?

[Pabmusic]

Are humans not part of nature too?

Yes they are. But they are very unusual in that they can use their speciality (big brains) to manipulate nature in a way that other species can't. Hence, for instance, the ubiquitous man-made 'natural' products such as cabbages, cows, corn and a thousand other things. In particular, they can create abstract things out of their imagination - nothing else can do that to anything like the same extent. I think that's a good reason for treating them as special - at least when we're talking about natural -vs- unnatural.

To define everything as being 'natural' simply because it is the product of brains may certainly be useful sometimes, but not (surely) when we are contrasting the zebra's stripes - the result of thousands of decades of natural selection - with a piece of art constructed by a human.

At least, that's what I think - naturally.

[BBMmk2]

off to a wedding this afternoon.

Have a good Day out BBM. Some nice NT places out your way?

Yes! Quite a few! Including Wakehurst Place.

[Serial_Apologist]

At the very least it means something that happens without the deliberate intervention of humans. Don't you agree?

If that's so, then most of the things I do must be natural, since I never intend my mistakes.

[Pabmusic]

If that's so, then most of the things I do must be natural, since I never intend my mistakes.