Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

The palindrome of pump is pmup.

Or mupp!

Nah, that's an anagram.

The nicest palindromic name I know is a little village on the west coast of Scotland - Glenelg.

'Tis where the only ferry north of Mallaig still serving Skye is based. One of the last remaining turntable ferries, when the owner retired a few years ago the village clubbed together to buy it from him and it's now operated as a community enterprise.

There's a location on Mars named (indirectly) after the village, partly because the name is palindromic and the Curiosity rover was intended to pass the location twice.

PasturesNew

One that sticks in my mind is where a sign is turned upside down and still reads the same.

Sign at a swimming pool advising they are closing on Mondays:
NOW NO SWIMS ON MON

ivyleaf

PasturesNew wrote: »

One that sticks in my mind is where a sign is turned upside down and still reads the same.

Sign at a swimming pool advising they are closing on Mondays:
NOW NO SWIMS ON MON

That's really clever

As for the ex-pump which has ceased to be...:rotfl:

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Nah, that's an anagram.Oh yes, silly me, got confused! Not hard to do!



There's a location on Mars named (indirectly) after the village, partly because the name is palindromic and the Curiosity rover was intended to pass the location twice.

:eek: :eek: :eek: Mars is twinned with a Scottish village? :j

What's the worst town in the world? It could be twinned with Uranus.

The Isle of Dogs, or the Canaries, could be twinned with Pluto.,

PasturesNew wrote: »

One that sticks in my mind is where a sign is turned upside down and still reads the same.

Sign at a swimming pool advising they are closing on Mondays:
NOW NO SWIMS ON MON

:rotfl: :rotfl:

I love that!

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

:eek: :eek: :eek: Mars is twinned with a Scottish village? :j

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenelg%2C_Mars

What's the worst town in the world? It could be twinned with Uranus.

Portsmouth - when I lived down south we used to say that if they gave the world an enema, Portsmouth is where they'd stick the hose :rotfl:

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Portsmouth - when I lived down south we used to say that if they gave the world an enema, Portsmouth is where they'd stick the hose :rotfl:

I dare you to say that to PompeyPete! :rotfl:

Pyxis

Apparently he made loads and loads of huge donations to various charities over the years.


Of course, I'm sure lots of high-earning pop-stars do. It's nice to hear, though.


Sometimes, when I hear of older statesmen pop-stars bringing out another album or something, I think, why? But then it could well be that they just want to use their fame to raise money for their favourite charities. The taxman would take most of it anyway, if they didn't.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

never made eye contact .

Pfft. Feeble excuse. He just didn't fancy you.

Mind you, not surprising now we "know what we know".

vivatifosi

Oh, keep forgetting to mention. If anyone has to do a self-assessment tax return and importantly wants any monies outstanding to be included in their tax code, the last day for this is 30th December. After that, you have to pay it.

PasturesNew

vivatifosi wrote: »

... wants any monies outstanding to be included in their tax code, the last day for this is 30th December. After that, you have to pay it.

None to pay for me.

I've lived my life with the "pay it ASAP" mentality, so I always paid my tax and never put it on the next year's code. I always pay my council tax in full on 1 April on the basis "if money's due then pay it all NOW, when you know you've got it.... rather than assuming you'll have it in the future". All bills settled up front/soonest always meant "peace of mind" as things changed across a year; I figure that any amounts already paid are one less thing to worry about when things get tighter.