The General Chat Room

[EdgeleyRob]

Never eat yellow snow.

[Serial_Apologist]

Brummie "Ian" (alias Simon) says probably dry and cold.

[BBMmk2]

Yes, as it turne3d out, SA, it was. My father had a great day too, in celebrating his 95th birthday!!

[Alain Maréchal]

In Portuguese, a lawyer is called advogado; in French a lawyer is called avocat; and in Italian, a lawyer is called avvocato.
All three language appear to compare lawyers to avocados, because both the fruit and lawyers have hearts of stone.

Nobody would dream of suggesting that in the Netherlands they are yellow and alcoholic.

[Nick Armstrong]

Lots of classical music on University Challenge earlier - violin concertos, and left-hand piano works (I failed to recognise Proikofiev's PC#4 ). The older bloke from Queen's Belfast lost my respect after persistently talking about "Schubert's violin concerto" (despite being given German Requiem and Academic Festival overture as clues...)...

[Beef Oven!]

Never eat yellow snow.

Watch out where the Huskies go.........

[EdgeleyRob]

"I am enormously pleased that the world has finally discovered a very important composer in M. Weinberg. His great colleague, friend and supporter Dmitri Shostakovich would have been enormously pleased as well. I sincerely hope that Weinberg’s musical legacy will attract many more interpreters.For me personally, the treasure trove of his compositions (unrecognized by many) is a source of constant excitement and inspiration."

Gidon Kremer

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

The older bloke from Queen's Belfast lost my respect after persistently talking about "Schubert's violin concerto" (despite being given German Requiem and Academic Festival overture as clues...)...

Yes - one of those "early buzzers" who ended up losing his team almost as many penalty points as he earned.

[Nick Armstrong]

Yes - one of those "early buzzers" who ended up losing his team almost as many penalty points as he earned.

A silly buzzer! They still won though...

[Beef Oven!]

[Serial_Apologist]

(I failed to recognise Proikofiev's PC#4 ).

I would have only guessed it by idiom - is the fourth ever broadcast, because I've never heard it?

[BBMmk2]

Lots of classical music on University Challenge earlier - violin concertos, and left-hand piano works (I failed to recognise Proikofiev's PC#4 ). The older bloke from Queen's Belfast lost my respect after persistently talking about "Schubert's violin concerto" (despite being given German Requiem and Academic Festival overture as clues...)...

Drat! I forgot all about that programme!!

[BBMmk2]

Don't forget Jeggers and his band are recreating their first concert at King's college, Cambridge, with some of the original soloists in Monteverdi's sublime Vespers of the blessed Virgin(1610), this evening, live on Radio 3!!

[teamsaint]

Electrical waste in the U.K. is growing at 5% PA apparently, according to this.

http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/images/static/pdf/rm_factsheet092.pdf

Having had a look around to see what the Uk government is doing about it, and given that economic growth seems to be returning, looks like a big problem in the making. Literally.

[Anna]

The report quoted says 6 million electrical items (half of which still work) are thrown away in the UK annually.

You can now dispose of these to some charity shops, they're tested and certified before being sold in the shop. OK, it's a small step but in the last couple of months I've brought (from our local Red Cross Shop) three tablelamps and a small portable cd player/radio. They regularly have on sale food processors, juicers, slowcookers, some fairly serious stereo systems, etc. I think some charities, such as the Sue Ryder Foundation, take white goods.

Unfortunately we live in a throw-away society, people don't get their washing machine mended, they just buy a new one. It's partly a question of re-eduction isn't it? Recycle, don't dump.