I do wonder about who is advising them, although perhaps they aren't taking any notice. I can't believe any PR expert would be suggesting this is a good idea at the moment.
And that name is Consignia level bad. Unpronounceable and overtones of arch, hell and chew (18th century synonym for a blowjob according to William Golding).
That middle "e" is going to irritate me every time I see it. Which won't be that often, I hope.
The aim “to do something that matters” makes it sound like a spoof. Or the 21st century version of those 18th century bubble companies: “For carrying-on an undertaking of great advantage but no-one to know what it is”.
Where can I invest? I only have some tulip bulbs - perhaps we can do a swap for some shares?
The South Sea Company was an extremely profitable investment, thank you very much
Has investment banking changed at all since then ?
The fam were just goldsmiths back then. But the investment paid for a nice house in the country.
I do wonder about who is advising them, although perhaps they aren't taking any notice. I can't believe any PR expert would be suggesting this is a good idea at the moment.
And that name is Consignia level bad. Unpronounceable and overtones of arch, hell and chew (18th century synonym for a blowjob according to William Golding).
That middle "e" is going to irritate me every time I see it. Which won't be that often, I hope.
The aim “to do something that matters” makes it sound like a spoof. Or the 21st century version of those 18th century bubble companies: “For carrying-on an undertaking of great advantage but no-one to know what it is”.
Sounds like a bad pitch to potential clients in The Apprentice
“Before SussexRoyal, came the idea of Arche – the Greek word meaning source of action. We connected to this concept for the charitable organisation we hoped to build one day, and it became the inspiration for our son’s name. To do something of meaning, to do something that matters. “Archewell is a name that combines an ancient word for strength and action, and another that evokes the deep resources we each must draw upon. We look forward to launching Archewell when the time is right.”
If you are going to be in any shithole there are worse places than Malibu, great weather, scenic views and close to the beach when I went there and an average house price of $3.3 million https://www.zillow.com/malibu-ca/home-values/
The PM sounds in slightly better condition than rumoured.
..Boris Johnson does not have pneumonia, Downing Street has said. Until now ministers and No 10 have refused to give a clear answer to this question. But asked if the PM has been diagnosed with pneumonia, the spokesman said: “That is not the case, no.” The spokesman said that Johnson was “stable” overnight and “remains in good spirits”. In a statement about his condition in intensive care, the prime minister’s spokesman said: The prime minister has been stable overnight and remains in good spirits. He is receiving standard oxygen treatment and breathing without any other assistance. He has not required mechanical ventilation or non-invasive respiratory support.
Hopefully everybody with a sniffle will get put in ICU as a precaution going forward.
He's beyond a sniffle but many do go into ICU without requiring ventilation yes.
I see lots of twitter are finding reasons why they possibly couldn't possibly clap for Boris. Insert your ist of choice.
It's totally inappropriate to have an organized "clap for Boris" as he lies ill in hospital. Whoever is suggesting it is doing so for reasons that are not benign.
I don't like him but even I would not want to wish he had clap.
Dr. Anthony Cardillo said he has seen very promising results when prescribing hydroxychloroquine in combination with zinc for the most severely-ill COVID-19 patients.
"Every patient I've prescribed it to has been very, very ill and within 8 to 12 hours, they were basically symptom-free," Cardillo told Eyewitness News. "So clinically I am seeing a resolution."
He said he has found it only works if combined with zinc. The drug, he said, opens a channel for the zinc to enter the cell and block virus replication.
To be published in The Journal of Anecdotal Medicine?
Have these people not heard of controlled clinical trials ? Or are such things just unnecessary bureaucracy ...
Controlled clinical trials are excellent things, but they don't invalidate case histories and observation (without which you'd be pushed to find things to have trials of). Penicillin went into full production and use without a single controlled or blinded trial being carried out on it. For that matter, the inventor of ibuprofen said last year that he knew it worked because he took some for a hangover, and the hangover went away.
But in a disease where 90% of even those who have relatively severe symptoms (pre-pneumonia) recover without medication, how do you know ?
@AlastairMeeks - yes, the same poem has been ringing in my ears for the last 24 hours. When my colleagues adopted an "I'm alright, Jack" attitude, it was the first thing I thought.
What's so frustrating is how powerless we are. I'm not physically able to volunteer to help others, so the best thing I can do is stay at home and not be a drain on hospital resources. It feels cowardly, yet it's the only course of action.
--AS
They also serve who only stand and wait.
I’d quote the whole thing, but out of deference to @Casino_Royale I'll go light on the poetry.
Poetry is one of my consolations. I am going to do something I have not done for a long time which is to learn poems off by heart and recite them. There is no-one to hear them apart from my daughter (and she is well used to my eccentricities), the horse in the next field and the cats.
At my primary school the nuns made us learn a poem every week and on Tuesday morning before classes started someone would be picked to recite it. It was a marvellous way of improving memory and above all giving us an ear for the sheer beauty and musicality of the English language. And I did lots of poetry reading when I studied drama. At one point we also did poems in Latin and, somewhere in the attic, is my certificate for 1st place in a Latin poetry reciting competition. Now is the time to revive such skills.
I used to recite poems to my children at bed-time: nonsense rhymes and the rest but The Owl and the Pussycat was a particular favourite.
Occasionally I have been known to put obscure references to snatches of poems in my headers. Not that anyone notices ........
Perhaps that’s why TSE doesn’t do subtlety.
Wordsworth, greatest of all Cumbrians, born 250 years ago today. April 7th 1770.
The greatest master of the English language was born on this day.
And so was Wordsworth...
SeanT?
I’ll rephrase:
‘The greatest master of the English language, who uses his brilliance to pun with unmatched flair, was born on this day.’
@AlastairMeeks - yes, the same poem has been ringing in my ears for the last 24 hours. When my colleagues adopted an "I'm alright, Jack" attitude, it was the first thing I thought.
What's so frustrating is how powerless we are. I'm not physically able to volunteer to help others, so the best thing I can do is stay at home and not be a drain on hospital resources. It feels cowardly, yet it's the only course of action.
--AS
They also serve who only stand and wait.
I’d quote the whole thing, but out of deference to @Casino_Royale I'll go light on the poetry.
Poetry is one of my consolations. I am going to do something I have not done for a long time which is to learn poems off by heart and recite them. There is no-one to hear them apart from my daughter (and she is well used to my eccentricities), the horse in the next field and the cats.
At my primary school the nuns made us learn a poem every week and on Tuesday morning before classes started someone would be picked to recite it. It was a marvellous way of improving memory and above all giving us an ear for the sheer beauty and musicality of the English language. And I did lots of poetry reading when I studied drama. At one point we also did poems in Latin and, somewhere in the attic, is my certificate for 1st place in a Latin poetry reciting competition. Now is the time to revive such skills.
I used to recite poems to my children at bed-time: nonsense rhymes and the rest but The Owl and the Pussycat was a particular favourite.
Occasionally I have been known to put obscure references to snatches of poems in my headers. Not that anyone notices ........
Perhaps that’s why TSE doesn’t do subtlety.
Wordsworth, greatest of all Cumbrians, born 250 years ago today. April 7th 1770.
The greatest master of the English language was born on this day.
And so was Wordsworth...
SeanT?
I’ll rephrase:
‘The greatest master of the English language, who uses his brilliance to pun with unmatched flair, was born on this day.’
I see lots of twitter are finding reasons why they possibly couldn't possibly clap for Boris. Insert your ist of choice.
It's totally inappropriate to have an organized "clap for Boris" as he lies ill in hospital. Whoever is suggesting it is doing so for reasons that are not benign.
I don't like him but even I would not want to wish he had clap.
I do wonder about who is advising them, although perhaps they aren't taking any notice. I can't believe any PR expert would be suggesting this is a good idea at the moment.
And that name is Consignia level bad. Unpronounceable and overtones of arch, hell and chew (18th century synonym for a blowjob according to William Golding).
That middle "e" is going to irritate me every time I see it. Which won't be that often, I hope.
The aim “to do something that matters” makes it sound like a spoof. Or the 21st century version of those 18th century bubble companies: “For carrying-on an undertaking of great advantage but no-one to know what it is”.
Sounds like a bad pitch to potential clients in The Apprentice
“Before SussexRoyal, came the idea of Arche – the Greek word meaning source of action. We connected to this concept for the charitable organisation we hoped to build one day, and it became the inspiration for our son’s name. To do something of meaning, to do something that matters. “Archewell is a name that combines an ancient word for strength and action, and another that evokes the deep resources we each must draw upon. We look forward to launching Archewell when the time is right.”
From that Guardian puff piece on the former royals.
"“Before SussexRoyal, came the idea of Arche – the Greek word meaning source of action. We connected to this concept for the charitable organisation we hoped to build one day, and it became the inspiration for our son’s name. To do something of meaning, to do something that matters.
“Archewell is a name that combines an ancient word for strength and action, and another that evokes the deep resources we each must draw upon. We look forward to launching Archewell when the time is right.”"
What a load of pretentious, corporate style, cobblers.
As someone said downthread, this is Consgnia level bad.
I do wonder about who is advising them, although perhaps they aren't taking any notice. I can't believe any PR expert would be suggesting this is a good idea at the moment.
And that name is Consignia level bad. Unpronounceable and overtones of arch, hell and chew (18th century synonym for a blowjob according to William Golding).
That middle "e" is going to irritate me every time I see it. Which won't be that often, I hope.
The aim “to do something that matters” makes it sound like a spoof. Or the 21st century version of those 18th century bubble companies: “For carrying-on an undertaking of great advantage but no-one to know what it is”.
Where can I invest? I only have some tulip bulbs - perhaps we can do a swap for some shares?
The South Sea Company was an extremely profitable investment, thank you very much
Any ancestors caught up in it?
They made about £28,000 in profits, 70% from principal investing and 30% from margin lending.
Equivalent to about 300,000 days of skilled craftsman wages.
The PM sounds in slightly better condition than rumoured.
..Boris Johnson does not have pneumonia, Downing Street has said. Until now ministers and No 10 have refused to give a clear answer to this question. But asked if the PM has been diagnosed with pneumonia, the spokesman said: “That is not the case, no.” The spokesman said that Johnson was “stable” overnight and “remains in good spirits”. In a statement about his condition in intensive care, the prime minister’s spokesman said: The prime minister has been stable overnight and remains in good spirits. He is receiving standard oxygen treatment and breathing without any other assistance. He has not required mechanical ventilation or non-invasive respiratory support.
The enforced resting is probably doing wonders.
"Prime Minister, it is vital that you don't talk to anyone in Government - no Mr. Raab or Mr Gove for at least 48 hours...."
@AlastairMeeks - yes, the same poem has been ringing in my ears for the last 24 hours. When my colleagues adopted an "I'm alright, Jack" attitude, it was the first thing I thought.
What's so frustrating is how powerless we are. I'm not physically able to volunteer to help others, so the best thing I can do is stay at home and not be a drain on hospital resources. It feels cowardly, yet it's the only course of action.
--AS
They also serve who only stand and wait.
I’d quote the whole thing, but out of deference to @Casino_Royale I'll go light on the poetry.
Poetry is one of my consolations. I am going to do something I have not done for a long time which is to learn poems off by heart and recite them. There is no-one to hear them apart from my daughter (and she is well used to my eccentricities), the horse in the next field and the cats.
At my primary school the nuns made us learn a poem every week and on Tuesday morning before classes started someone would be picked to recite it. It was a marvellous way of improving memory and above all giving us an ear for the sheer beauty and musicality of the English language. And I did lots of poetry reading when I studied drama. At one point we also did poems in Latin and, somewhere in the attic, is my certificate for 1st place in a Latin poetry reciting competition. Now is the time to revive such skills.
I used to recite poems to my children at bed-time: nonsense rhymes and the rest but The Owl and the Pussycat was a particular favourite.
Occasionally I have been known to put obscure references to snatches of poems in my headers. Not that anyone notices ........
Perhaps that’s why TSE doesn’t do subtlety.
Wordsworth, greatest of all Cumbrians, born 250 years ago today. April 7th 1770.
The greatest master of the English language was born on this day.
And so was Wordsworth...
SeanT?
I’ll rephrase:
‘The greatest master of the English language, who uses his brilliance to pun with unmatched flair, was born on this day.’
There seems to be an unwelcome virus fascism settling in on PB, where any piece of potential good news is derided, those offering more positive interpretations of the data are attacked, and positions other than extreme extended lockdowns are castigated as irresponsible.
Or providing misinformation
I welcome good news. I do not welcome clutching at straws being passed off as good news, e.g. the number of deaths on one day being lower than on the previous day. Unfounded optimism can also kill if it leads to people getting the wrong message.
Being a pessimist in normal times is to be thought of as a Cassandra, in present times it is more akin to being seen as a prophet. Society needs both optimists and pessimists. In normal times the optimists have the upper hand so it must be terrible being an optimist when reality is so shudderingly awful, a real challenge to core beliefs.
Cassandra was a prophet, which kinda undermines your antithesis.
A prophet no one would believe, even when she was telling the truth. They were smart those ancient Greeks. Anticipating my posts on PB by 3k years.
@AlastairMeeks - yes, the same poem has been ringing in my ears for the last 24 hours. When my colleagues adopted an "I'm alright, Jack" attitude, it was the first thing I thought.
What's so frustrating is how powerless we are. I'm not physically able to volunteer to help others, so the best thing I can do is stay at home and not be a drain on hospital resources. It feels cowardly, yet it's the only course of action.
--AS
They also serve who only stand and wait.
I’d quote the whole thing, but out of deference to @Casino_Royale I'll go light on the poetry.
Poetry is one of my consolations. I am going to do something I have not done for a long time which is to learn poems off by heart and recite them. There is no-one to hear them apart from my daughter (and she is well used to my eccentricities), the horse in the next field and the cats.
At my primary school the nuns made us learn a poem every week and on Tuesday morning before classes started someone would be picked to recite it. It was a marvellous way of improving memory and above all giving us an ear for the sheer beauty and musicality of the English language. And I did lots of poetry reading when I studied drama. At one point we also did poems in Latin and, somewhere in the attic, is my certificate for 1st place in a Latin poetry reciting competition. Now is the time to revive such skills.
I used to recite poems to my children at bed-time: nonsense rhymes and the rest but The Owl and the Pussycat was a particular favourite.
Occasionally I have been known to put obscure references to snatches of poems in my headers. Not that anyone notices ........
Perhaps that’s why TSE doesn’t do subtlety.
Wordsworth, greatest of all Cumbrians, born 250 years ago today. April 7th 1770.
The greatest master of the English language was born on this day.
And so was Wordsworth...
SeanT?
I’ll rephrase:
‘The greatest master of the English language, who uses his brilliance to pun with unmatched flair, was born on this day.’
@AlastairMeeks - yes, the same poem has been ringing in my ears for the last 24 hours. When my colleagues adopted an "I'm alright, Jack" attitude, it was the first thing I thought.
What's so frustrating is how powerless we are. I'm not physically able to volunteer to help others, so the best thing I can do is stay at home and not be a drain on hospital resources. It feels cowardly, yet it's the only course of action.
--AS
They also serve who only stand and wait.
I’d quote the whole thing, but out of deference to @Casino_Royale I'll go light on the poetry.
Poetry is one of my consolations. I am going to do something I have not done for a long time which is to learn poems off by heart and recite them. There is no-one to hear them apart from my daughter (and she is well used to my eccentricities), the horse in the next field and the cats.
At my primary school the nuns made us learn a poem every week and on Tuesday morning before classes started someone would be picked to recite it. It was a marvellous way of improving memory and above all giving us an ear for the sheer beauty and musicality of the English language. And I did lots of poetry reading when I studied drama. At one point we also did poems in Latin and, somewhere in the attic, is my certificate for 1st place in a Latin poetry reciting competition. Now is the time to revive such skills.
I used to recite poems to my children at bed-time: nonsense rhymes and the rest but The Owl and the Pussycat was a particular favourite.
Occasionally I have been known to put obscure references to snatches of poems in my headers. Not that anyone notices ........
Perhaps that’s why TSE doesn’t do subtlety.
Wordsworth, greatest of all Cumbrians, born 250 years ago today. April 7th 1770.
The greatest master of the English language was born on this day.
And so was Wordsworth...
SeanT?
I’ll rephrase:
‘The greatest master of the English language, who uses his brilliance to pun with unmatched flair, was born on this day.’
First trip to M&S for nearly two weeks. Everyone sensible, pretty much everything in good supply. Even bog rolls. No-one in masks. Apart from the distancing and only allowing 20 people in the store at any one time, you would be hard pressed to know there was anything going on.
Looking after bulbs - I am just getting my first lot of container daffodils in flower.
Two questions if I may.
1 - What do I need to do to keep these healthy for this year and next year? (I am familiar with the basics - do not remove the leaves too soon after flowering, water when a finger depth is dry etc.)
2 - What is the best time to put in new bulbs (I want some snowdrops and crocuses and extra daffodils) for next year or 2022?
The photo is my daffs and my cousin's first tulips (he has a camera not an iPad :-) ).
Thanks for any comments. I will repost if I get new-thread-clobbered.
@AlastairMeeks - yes, the same poem has been ringing in my ears for the last 24 hours. When my colleagues adopted an "I'm alright, Jack" attitude, it was the first thing I thought.
What's so frustrating is how powerless we are. I'm not physically able to volunteer to help others, so the best thing I can do is stay at home and not be a drain on hospital resources. It feels cowardly, yet it's the only course of action.
--AS
They also serve who only stand and wait.
I’d quote the whole thing, but out of deference to @Casino_Royale I'll go light on the poetry.
Poetry is one of my consolations. I am going to do something I have not done for a long time which is to learn poems off by heart and recite them. There is no-one to hear them apart from my daughter (and she is well used to my eccentricities), the horse in the next field and the cats.
At my primary school the nuns made us learn a poem every week and on Tuesday morning before classes started someone would be picked to recite it. It was a marvellous way of improving memory and above all giving us an ear for the sheer beauty and musicality of the English language. And I did lots of poetry reading when I studied drama. At one point we also did poems in Latin and, somewhere in the attic, is my certificate for 1st place in a Latin poetry reciting competition. Now is the time to revive such skills.
I used to recite poems to my children at bed-time: nonsense rhymes and the rest but The Owl and the Pussycat was a particular favourite.
Occasionally I have been known to put obscure references to snatches of poems in my headers. Not that anyone notices ........
Perhaps that’s why TSE doesn’t do subtlety.
Wordsworth, greatest of all Cumbrians, born 250 years ago today. April 7th 1770.
The greatest master of the English language was born on this day.
And so was Wordsworth...
SeanT?
I’ll rephrase:
‘The greatest master of the English language, who uses his brilliance to pun with unmatched flair, was born on this day.’
It is a sunny day here. The magnolia tree is almost in full flower. The sky is blue with scarcely a cloud in it. Birds are singing all around. Bees are buzzing. It is the absolute epitome of a beautiful spring day. It is very hard to imagine that anything bad is going on right now.
I am counting my blessings.
Is it me or is the sky bluer?
Definitely bluer.
And the birds are louder in voice, and the bees are buzzier, and the blossom is thick as cream.
It’s like Nature is already starting to replace us, and forget us.
So that theory that airplane contrails make it rain all the time has some truth in it, after all?
@AlastairMeeks - yes, the same poem has been ringing in my ears for the last 24 hours. When my colleagues adopted an "I'm alright, Jack" attitude, it was the first thing I thought.
What's so frustrating is how powerless we are. I'm not physically able to volunteer to help others, so the best thing I can do is stay at home and not be a drain on hospital resources. It feels cowardly, yet it's the only course of action.
--AS
They also serve who only stand and wait.
I’d quote the whole thing, but out of deference to @Casino_Royale I'll go light on the poetry.
Poetry is one of my consolations. I am going to do something I have not done for a long time which is to learn poems off by heart and recite them. There is no-one to hear them apart from my daughter (and she is well used to my eccentricities), the horse in the next field and the cats.
At my primary school the nuns made us learn a poem every week and on Tuesday morning before classes started someone would be picked to recite it. It was a marvellous way of improving memory and above all giving us an ear for the sheer beauty and musicality of the English language. And I did lots of poetry reading when I studied drama. At one point we also did poems in Latin and, somewhere in the attic, is my certificate for 1st place in a Latin poetry reciting competition. Now is the time to revive such skills.
I used to recite poems to my children at bed-time: nonsense rhymes and the rest but The Owl and the Pussycat was a particular favourite.
Occasionally I have been known to put obscure references to snatches of poems in my headers. Not that anyone notices ........
Perhaps that’s why TSE doesn’t do subtlety.
Wordsworth, greatest of all Cumbrians, born 250 years ago today. April 7th 1770.
The greatest master of the English language was born on this day.
And so was Wordsworth...
SeanT?
I’ll rephrase:
‘The greatest master of the English language, who uses his brilliance to pun with unmatched flair, was born on this day.’
Comments
https://www.zillow.com/malibu-ca/home-values/
"Very, very ill" is not exactly illuminating.
Neither seem particularly appropriate.
"“Before SussexRoyal, came the idea of Arche – the Greek word meaning source of action. We connected to this concept for the charitable organisation we hoped to build one day, and it became the inspiration for our son’s name. To do something of meaning, to do something that matters.
“Archewell is a name that combines an ancient word for strength and action, and another that evokes the deep resources we each must draw upon. We look forward to launching Archewell when the time is right.”"
What a load of pretentious, corporate style, cobblers.
As someone said downthread, this is Consgnia level bad.
Equivalent to about 300,000 days of skilled craftsman wages.
"I'm feeling so much better already....."
Happy Birthday!
https://twitter.com/shaunwalker7/status/1247501500630384642?s=21
Looking after bulbs - I am just getting my first lot of container daffodils in flower.
Two questions if I may.
1 - What do I need to do to keep these healthy for this year and next year? (I am familiar with the basics - do not remove the leaves too soon after flowering, water when a finger depth is dry etc.)
2 - What is the best time to put in new bulbs (I want some snowdrops and crocuses and extra daffodils) for next year or 2022?
The photo is my daffs and my cousin's first tulips (he has a camera not an iPad :-) ).
Thanks for any comments. I will repost if I get new-thread-clobbered.
https://twitter.com/mattwardman/status/1247504724879986689
https://twitter.com/mattwardman/status/1247505506463289345