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Bruin Fisher

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  1. Looks to me rather like your glass was already security glass - hit by something that big and heavy and it's splintered but held - there must be a plastic laminate or something in there. Whoever specified it did a good job, methinks. I'm so sorry your wonderful project has been attacked, but also relieved that you have suffered nothing more serious. Seems like a half-hearted attempt by a half-witted half-assed lame-brain.

  2. Our use of words like Atheism and Agnosticism is based on ancient Greek although it was Thomas Huxley in 1869 who coined the term Agnostic. If we stay true to the original significance of these terms, a theist believes in one or more deity (subdivisions monotheist, polytheist etc) while an atheist believes in no deity at all. A gnostic reckons he knows there is one or more deity - more than belief, his knowledge must come from some mystic revelation. Conversely, an agnostic is not someone who hasn't made his mind up, or who has an open mind, but someone who believes it is not possible to know whether there is a deity out there. He holds that mystic revelation is bunk. Those who haven't made their mind up about deities don't have a label since they aren't aligned with any of these philosophical cabals.

    As to where I sit among these various fenced-in compounds, I can only say my perch is a little uncomfortable...

  3. Thank you so much, James, for your thoughtful gift. I'm so glad you got me the Susan Boyle, rather than the Coldplay. Camy got me the Coldplay and I'd have had a duplicate!!!

    Now that I know what your musical taste is I know what to send you next year. (Come to think of it, the wrapping paper isn't too badly damaged, I could just parcel it back up and change the tag...)

  4. It's people buying Christmas Presents. I have a feeling no-one buys Susan Boyle for themselves, but thinks (without knowing the recipient's musical tastes) that a SuBo album would make a great gift. Not that she doesn't sing well, you understand, but a whole album?Now, the best kind of friend is the one who gives the Coldplay album as a gift. That's a special kind of discerning friend.

  5. Altar Guild? Not sure what the equivalent would be on this side of the big pond. Possibly Women's Institute but I doubt it. Much less religion over here!Just think, Camy, those flights of stairs are going to build the muscles in your legs and in no time you'll be Linford Christie fit!

  6. Our man, less pachyderm than mouseIs ill-equipped for moving house.He hasn't a prehensile trunk But cardboard boxes filled with junkPile up for transit A to BFrom Camy's pied-a-terre-by-seaTo Emu Mansions in the townWhere Mr Mayor in gold and gownWill welcome him with pomp and circ-umstance, if he can make it work.So, Mr Emu, knuckle down,Expedite your move to town.You will soon appreciateThat tardy folks procrastinateAnd consequently get there late.But early birds are quick to learn:Extend appendage, catch the worm.We leave the reader to imagineWhich appendage does the snatching.

  7. I'm offering my services as soothsayer for a small fee. The entrails of a sheep should be posted to me at....My original response was based on my confidence in your inspirational influence and I'm so glad i was right. Don't underestimate the extent to which your arrival and subsequent influence affected this wonderful turnaround in the school. Long may your power prevail, you are the teacher I would have liked to have been. Kudos.

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