Anyone got any boring hobbies that they want to admit to?

[Gibbon]

It is also interesting because it created a split in the West between the Orhodox / Athanasian / Catholic Romans and the Arian Barbarians residing in the Empire. It is arguable that this religious split between the two communities had an important role in the transition of the Western Roman Empire into Barbarian kingdoms.

That is a point I've not come across before. Please direct me to any literature/source you may have in support.

[Old Greg]

That is a point I've not come across before. Please direct me to any literature/source you may have in support.

You're taking me back to my degree, nearly 20 years ago, here. I'll have a think about it.

[Gibbon]

They nicked their Gods from the Greeks.

Now they had cool Gods.

No they didn't nick them, they inherited them just as the Greeks did from earlier deites. Homer and Hesiod helped fix the Greek panthenon in the 8th century but Rome was already worshipping Jupiter at this point.

Zeus and Jupiter both come from the hindoo Diyeus Pater or Sky Father.

[BlasterBates]

In addition to folk music I also play classical guitar, once played a concerto in a little church with a string ensemble. I enjoyed it but it was hard on the fingers, managed to get through it without muscle cramp.

[TestMangler]

"I drove my tractor through your haystack last night...."

Hmmm, how did they ever get to be on Seaside Special with lyrics like that?

That song would have been much better if the first line had been, "I drove my pitch fork through your haystack last night"

[ChrisPackit]

That is an interesting subject.

Hey, easy with the use of the word 'interesting' ...

[Old Greg]

Hey, easy with the use of the word 'interesting' ...

It is interesting within the context of a boring hobby.

[2BIT]

I prefer Roman history when the gods were the gods and the plebs were the plebs. Long live the Republic.

agreed, roman history suddenly becomes quite boring once the empire fell and it became split religiously across east and western europe but that's just a personal opinion.

and when it comes to religion nothing beats the greek/roman gods - much better stories than the bible, the hindu stories are cool too

[2BIT]

Zeus and Jupiter both come from the hindoo Diyeus Pater or Sky Father.

heh never knew that! (then again I probably wouldn't have )

[2BIT]

That song would have been much better if the first line had been, "I drove my pitch fork through your haystack last night"

ploughing through your bean field!