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[zeitghost]

For some reason I'm reminded of something by J B Morton, writing as Beachcomber many years ago[/SIZE]

My late grandfather, Richard, known for some reason by my late grandmother as "Tim", loved Beachcomber.

I knew you'd be interested in that.

[zeitghost]

What was next? Oh yes, this BIG wasp / hornet nest.

In my infinite wisdom I decided to knock it from the roof of the shed with the rake.

I always leave them alone... there's been a couple of small nests in my garage over the last few years, but they've never lasted long.

And yes, you do get queen wasps.

Without them there wouldn't be any other wasps.

[zeitghost]

Do you think it may have been a farmer, on holiday and away from home, fantasising about his favourite cockerel?

Very likely...

I wonder if this piece of crap will allow me to edit this in a minute or two...

Oh it will... amazing.

El BrowneIssue

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*subject to revision in the event of newbie posts...

Trees are still happy...

[zeitghost]

So... what's the verdict on the new ST film then?

[TheFaQQer]

This is for faqqer's key stats........

Done.

[Bunk]

Done.

oh, and

[BrowneIssue]

Well, I've not been banned. So that's something.

[Bunk]

Well, I've not been banned. So that's something.

Have you been causing trouble again?

[BrowneIssue]

I don't suppose Incongito is talking to me today.

[BrowneIssue]

I'm having great fun analysing all this stuff and gaining further insights into the relationship between sensory data and mental perceptions

I saw a film about an experiment on kittens. From birth some were kept in a white box with horizontal black stripes. After some weeks they were taken out; they could not percieve verticals. A stick waved in front of them would get a lesser and lesser reaction according to how near to vertical it was.

Ditto for kittens in boxes with vertical lines; they could not perceive verticals.

However, they quite quickly adjusted to their new environment and became normal.


ANother was from the 1970s or 1960s. A bloke wore special specs wwith mirrors in that showed him the world upside down. It took him somethng like 4 weeks to adjust and to see this as normal. When he then took them off, the right-way-up world (which of course it is not on the back of the eye!) was as bad as the inverted one four weeks earlier; he was unable to walk about without bumping into things.

All clever stuff, innit?