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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 28, 2020 16:05:29 GMT
The last section of the new bridge in Genoa was put in place today. That was fast!
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 28, 2020 16:14:18 GMT
That's exciting! I loved watching those segments being raised into place.
I wonder if the general shutdown in Italy helped the last phases of the work go faster, as there was less traffic for suppliers, workers, etc. to get through to access the very large job site.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 28, 2020 16:42:26 GMT
Casimira, great antiwar song, but I don't know exactly what you are highlighting today.
Here's another:
As for Ramadan, remember that this is just a bit after Passover and Easter (both Western and Eastern); the three major monotheistic faiths happened to fall very close together this year.
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Post by questa on May 2, 2020 5:39:59 GMT
I know I'll forget this on the day so I'll recored it today
May 12th is Florence Nightingale's birthday and marks International Nurses' and Midwives'Day.
After the last few months I think the world is coming to appreciate what risks Nurses take and how their skills and compassion are always ready for the next challenge
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Post by kerouac2 on May 8, 2020 8:42:43 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on May 8, 2020 11:39:24 GMT
On May 8th, 1902, Mount Pelée erupted and exploded in Martinique, killing 30,000 people. The principal city of Martinique, Saint Pierre, was destroyed and never recovered. The principal city is now Point-à-Pitre.
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Post by casimira on May 8, 2020 12:04:46 GMT
Casimira, great antiwar song, but I don't know exactly what you are highlighting today. Here's another: As for Ramadan, remember that this is just a bit after Passover and Easter (both Western and Eastern); the three major monotheistic faiths happened to fall very close together this year. Sorry, just seeing this Lagatta. It was for ANZAC. I guess I was presumptuous thinking people would make the association.
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Post by bjd on May 8, 2020 16:45:22 GMT
Today being VE Day (75th anniversary of the end of WW2), I just saw a picture of Prince Charles and Camilla both dressed in green tartan and he has a kilt on. I thought he was Prince of Wales? The Welsh don't wear kilts, do they?
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Post by kerouac2 on May 8, 2020 16:54:48 GMT
I think he is planning an invasion.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 8, 2020 20:55:12 GMT
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Post by questa on May 9, 2020 2:39:13 GMT
Anybody can wear a kilt and different clans and families have their own tartans. The Royals have a dark green tartan but I have seen Philip in a grey with darker stripes...very smart. Through my maternal grandmother I am entitled to wear the Royal Stuart tartan, basically white with red and navy stripes. It is probably the most common tartan, although the Black Watch, dark green with dark blue stripe, is used a lot for school uniforms here.
Nepalese Ghurkas have kilts as their dress uniforms.
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Post by bjd on May 9, 2020 5:54:49 GMT
Interesting that the Scots would have developed kilts as clothing, given the climate in much of Scotland. Even when it's nice, it's windy. The other day I saw a weather forecast for Edinburgh saying temperatures would "soar" to 22°. Mind you, on an Irish site with one of Patrick's funny headlines, they mentioned temperatures "soaring" to 17°.
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Post by patricklondon on May 9, 2020 7:23:56 GMT
I thought he was Prince of Wales? The Welsh don't wear kilts, do they? They get titles associated to the different countries in the UK so that none is ignored. In Scotland he's the Duke of Rothesay and Baron Renfrew.
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Post by questa on May 9, 2020 7:26:45 GMT
bjd, ...they say the kilt is much warmer than pants. There are 8 yards of cloth which is shaped and stitched into the back of the kilt forming a pleated blanket around the lower back and kidney area. The men in the cold say you don't get cold because your body heat rises up the the legs and warms the whole torso. The front of the kilt is also multi layered and thick socks help as well.
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Post by lagatta on May 9, 2020 10:12:46 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on May 9, 2020 10:21:30 GMT
It's the sporrans that get me. What do they put in their man purses?
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Post by onlyMark on May 9, 2020 11:19:32 GMT
They have a hole on the back to put your knob through. Keeps it warmer and not on display when your kilt lifts up in the wind. I thought everyone knew that.
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Post by casimira on May 9, 2020 11:23:37 GMT
What on earth is a "knob" Mark?
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Post by mickthecactus on May 9, 2020 11:27:46 GMT
Needs a picture Mark. That would help.
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Post by casimira on May 9, 2020 11:47:18 GMT
Why do I have this feeling that I'm being trifled with and set up? (Mick and Mark teamed up is making me nervous)
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Post by Kimby on May 9, 2020 12:19:04 GMT
I’m trying to figure out how one snakes their “knob” around to the back side of the kilt...
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Post by questa on May 9, 2020 12:51:58 GMT
"What is worn under the kilt, Piper" "Nothing is worn Ma'am, It is all in good working condition"
Boom Boom
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Post by mickthecactus on May 9, 2020 13:16:57 GMT
I’m trying to figure out how one snakes their “knob” around to the back side of the kilt... No, its the sporran at the front!
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Post by Kimby on May 9, 2020 13:41:21 GMT
Mark said “on the back”. They have a hole on the back to put your knob through. Keeps it warmer and not on display when your kilt lifts up in the wind. I thought everyone knew that. Perhaps he comes from an especially well-endowed clan...
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Post by kerouac2 on May 9, 2020 14:41:13 GMT
Most of them seem to have three hairy danglers. A genetic mutation perhaps?
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Post by onlyMark on May 9, 2020 15:46:05 GMT
Casi, sorry for the slang. Knob = penis.
Kimby, K2 said, "It's the sporrans that get me. What do they put in their man purses?" You said, "I’m trying to figure out how one snakes their “knob” around to the back side of the kilt..." I'm referring in the next post to K2 about the sporran. Which is worn on the front. That has a hole in the back of the sporran to slip your manhood through into it to keep your manhood from shrinking in the Scottish cold weather.
William Heath Robinson draw a short cartoon about what would happen if something, other than the manhood, fell out of the hole. Like a coin. It is called, "The hole in the sporran, a tale of accumulating interest." This is evidence that there is a hole.
As with the mystery and secret of what a Scotsman wears under his kilt, the greater one, never mentioned, is that there is a hole. You'll never see pictures of the back of a sporran for this reason. Those that are found, and they take some finding, are usually hole-less as they are for public consumption, tourist purposes and the like. A real one, worn in battle, will have a hole and no fancy decorations, purely functional, as you would expect. The oldest example with a hole, in good condition, was dug up during archeological excavations at the site of the Battle of Raith in 596AD
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Post by onlyMark on May 9, 2020 16:17:42 GMT
Mick, sorry couldn't find a picture. My computer is not allowing me to access Pornhub. When yours does, can you slip one in?
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Post by onlyMark on May 9, 2020 16:24:24 GMT
After much research, I managed to track down a photo of the rear of an authentic sporran. You can see the hole is actually more like a slot to allow for more freedom of movement. Getting it stuck in a hole, especially if for some reason it swells up, as they are prone to do in young men at the most inopportune of moments, is not the best thing.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 9, 2020 16:32:41 GMT
Isn't it more likely just a slot for a belt?
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Post by bjd on May 9, 2020 18:31:10 GMT
No, below the belt slot that's obviously a container for small change.
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