Posts made by Rapier232

@J-Jericho

Catalog more used? Surely, only by those that can’t spell catalogue.

I bought an expensive Tag Heur years ago. Loved it and very accurate but every few years it required a new battery. This could only be done properly at an ‘approved’ agent. Each time the battery was changed it had to be re-sealed to remain waterproof. This got dearer and dearer. In the end I sold it and bought a Seiko Divers for the same price as a Tag service.

@Kehaulani
More too much rugby and running, that and getting old.

At the moment I’d settle for any kind of sleep. 6 weeks after a total hip replacement, I’m lucky to get more than 3 hours. Have to sleep on my back, so can’t get comfortable and there is a limit to the painkillers you can take. Walking is ok, but the incision site is very sore while healing is taking place.

I was disappointed. Arya should have been the one to kill Cersei after killing Jamie who was trying to protect her.

Why did she not fly her dragon round to the rear of the fleet and attack from behind?

@Newell-Post

Arya for the win.

@Robrtx

York Minster, in the UK was gutted by fire, as was Windsor Castle. We rebuilt both. The craftsman are still in existence to effect such skilled work.

@ButchA

Star Trek is more of a cartoon if compared to GofT. You know the good guys will win. You know that if they beam down to a planet, the security guy , you’ve never seen before, will die. And you know the engines can actually take it.

GofT is the opposite. It’s the best TV series I’ve ever seen. The battles are epic. To those that like to boast they’ve never watched an episode, it’s like saying to me, "I’ve never played above the stave." I just pity them.

I love it too. In the UK it is shown at 3am! As I had hip replacement surgery on Friday, sleeping is a problem, so was awake to watch the new series. Thought it set the scene well. I can’t help thinking that Bran looks a lot like the White Walker King.

For those that have never watched it, sorry for your loss.

I also use a brown leather Laredo, but without the extra pouches. I have a separate bag for all the extra junk we need to haul around.

@moshe
Doubt it. Perfect pitch is quite rare. Some university did a study recently and found it’s something like only 1 in 10,000.
They also compared musicians and non musicians and found no difference in ability to recognise pitch.

Trombone players are just like us trumpet players, only not as cool, obviously. Practice teaches us when a note is in tune.

Andy Taylor in the UK, makes trumpets and amazing flugels.

@flugelgirl

I’ve never seen a British Military Band use anything other than a bugle, to play The Last Post. I find it harder to play it on a bugle though, so always use my cornet.

@Tobylou8

They both look too thick to be pancakes, but the top pic is closest to pancakes.

Smith-Watkins K2 gets my vote.

@N1684T
I have a second TV, but a bit antisocial to go off to a different room.

Hurrah. Another place to browse while my wife watches some TV show I don’t like. Good work.