Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

Whoever can invent a way of doing that will make a fortune.

It's hard not to think Darwinian thoughts about the stormchasers going to the coast:eek:

I heard that a bloke called John Logie Baird had been trying to crack the 'pictures on the radio' nut. No idea how he's got on.

Apparently the storm has done several million pounds-worth of improvement to some parts of the Kent coast.

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

What people don't understand about being told to evacuate or stay is that you choose and stick with it. They think if they choose to evacuate in 2-3 hours, at the peak of troubles they can be rescued on demand .... doesn't work like that. You chose; you stick it out. Once the choice timeslot has gone the resources aren't available to achieve assistance.

The firemen make that very clear over here now: stay and defend means you're staying and there's a pretty good chance you'll have little choice in the matter. Some firemen might be able to help you defend but you will have to stay.

Plenty of people that died on Black Saturday in Victoria did so while trying to flee the fires.

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote: »

I love Amos. Amos and Isaac sound kind of a cool pair.. not too matched but, of equal gravitas. You can imagine them as a teen and a twenties being too cool for words, amos in awe of Isaac, and a pair of middle aged friendly brothers with families and chatting good naturedly and also as older men, devoted brothers.

We have a Joel. He spends a lot of time spelling his name to people. "No, not Noel. J-O-E-L." That sort of thing.

He's actually Simon Joel, which was a bit of a compromise, as I wanted Simon and DW wanted Joel. I called him Simon for his first 3 months, and DW called him Joel. Eventually, she wore me down.

The only one of our kids who is unhappy with his name is Asher, which is a name we both liked and is becoming more popular. He hates it. Calls himself Ash.

Spirit_2

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I've never come across anyone spelling it "Elisabeth" apart from in fiction, I think. My mother's Elizabeth, which is another reason I really like the name - I think a lot of us have views on names partially influenced by people we've known called that - I dislike Deborah, becuase she was the hair-pulling nasty little cow at my primary school. But my mother's lovely, so Elizabeth as a name is, too.

Most people call her the full lot (my Granny's doing, she didn't believe in short names) although my Dad and a few other old friends call her Lizzie. But there are lots of other short names for Elizabeth, to avoid confusion. Beth, Libby, Eliza, Betty, Bessy - I don't like all of those, but do like some of them.

My sister is Elizabeth, called Lizabeth by me.

Spirit_2

GDB2222 wrote: »

We have a Joel. He spends a lot of time spelling his name to people. "No, not Noel. J-O-E-L." That sort of thing.

He's actually Simon Joel, which was a bit of a compromise, as I wanted Simon and DW wanted Joel. I called him Simon for his first 3 months, and DW called him Joel. Eventually, she wore me down.

The only one of our kids who is unhappy with his name is Asher, which is a name we both liked and is becoming more popular. He hates it. Calls himself Ash.

Really nice names.

My paternal grandfather was called Simon. When my parents were children it was a deeply unfashionable name in Ireland and I recall my father told me he was very embarressed by having a dad called this.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

It wasn't a choice situation ..... I just popped out .... choice was to leave mum to it, alone, while running to the phone box, waiting for midwife to answer the phone, get her bag, get her bike and cycle over..... or help with immediate effect.

No warning....

I was also very early ... and potential to be rhesus.

I have to say if this just popped out I'd probably be quite excited

http://www.grg.org/images/ANDi.gif

PasturesNew

Looks like floods weren't as bad as they could be for most.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

We have a Joel. He spends a lot of time spelling his name to people. "No, not Noel. J-O-E-L." That sort of thing.

He's actually Simon Joel, which was a bit of a compromise, as I wanted Simon and DW wanted Joel. I called him Simon for his first 3 months, and DW called him Joel. Eventually, she wore me down.

The only one of our kids who is unhappy with his name is Asher, which is a name we both liked and is becoming more popular. He hates it. Calls himself Ash.

We were thinking of calling a son 'Happy' about the house. If he were. Thing is with usuage names, you can hope for them, but the don't stick. Kiwi likes Louis , cardinal and shorty. Dog dog and mauve squeaker both like it when DH calls them squinch. They both want to be squinch and vie for the name.

zagubov

Generali wrote: »

I heard that a bloke called John Logie Baird had been trying to crack the 'pictures on the radio' nut. No idea how he's got on.

I expect scientists will have it on their to-do list for the future along with two-way telephones, indoor wallpaper and see-through light bulbs.:o

Generali

zagubov wrote: »

I expect scientists will have it on their to-do list for the future along with two-way telephones, indoor wallpaper and see-through light bulbs.:o

You'll be telling me that they've invented a carriage that will magically move without the need for a horse next.