Comments for Electric Quaker II

Comment on The fish pie’s snoek, got it? Snoek.* by Mister JTA

Mister JTA — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:51:41 +0000

Dan: So I did! Fixed. (They’re both references to popular culture of the 1940s, if that helps any!)

Adam: Yeah, lamb tended to arrive around the same time as sausages. There probably was some vague agricultural reason, possibly to do with slaughterhouse fees (or, more probably, the simple fact that we didn’t make it down to South Shropshire often enough to pick things up in anything less than bulk). But I quite like your interpretation. How tremendously Norfolky of you!

Comment on The fish pie’s snoek, got it? Snoek.* by Adam Westwood

Adam Westwood — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:34:47 +0000

“…it felt reassuringly like the Shropshire grapevine where you might find out that Mr Pope was slaughtering a pig and maybe there’d be sausages in the offing, or perhaps a few cuts of lamb.”

A few cuts of lamb? A remarkable pig indeed.

Comment on The fish pie’s snoek, got it? Snoek.* by Dan Q

Dan Q — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:02:12 +0000

You’ve got a rogue tag in there. Guess you typed it when you were in the WYSIWYG editor, by mistake, rather than clicking the “italics” button.

Nice update, anyway. Even if I reckon that I get – at most – one of the two obscure references, and I’m not certain about that.

Comment on I think it’s only fair to warn you… by Ele

Ele — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:35:50 +0000

Congratulations on getting your MA yay!

I got a cheque from HMRC too, aren’t they lovely :)

Comment on I think it’s only fair to warn you… by Gareth

Gareth — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:32:10 +0000

I’m quite a fan of March so far, too. Congratulations on the Masters, I know you’ve put a lot into it, so you deserve it. Well done!

Comment on I think it’s only fair to warn you… by Sarah Seaton

Sarah Seaton — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:54:29 +0000

You are well within your right to be very pleased with yourself. I was throughly proud of myself when I passed my MSc, and so you should be too! Well done!

I’m pleased to hear there has been some good news for you, in amongst all the rubbish that has been February.

Comment on What I Did On My Holidays by Argh! It Burns! Night 2012 | Scatmania

Argh! It Burns! Night 2012 | Scatmania — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:02:33 +0000

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Comment on What I Did On My Holidays by Touring Scotland | Scatmania

Touring Scotland | Scatmania — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:00:30 +0000

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Comment on What I Did On My Holidays by Mister JTA

Mister JTA — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:44:51 +0000

I would show where it’s broken, but I’m not sure! Also, it possibly isn’t visible on that one, because I choose it for the view of my trick knuckle, which I’ve always kinda wanted an x-ray of!

But yeah, I did better than Gareth uncle, then: got nearly a week in, I’d have been fed up if I’d done it earlier! Seriously nice chalet, though, you’d like it. Also, good walking if Penny still ain’t keen :-)

Comment on What I Did On My Holidays by Gareth

Gareth — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:32:51 +0000

Good to see you smiling with that knackered wrist! At least you didn’t do what my uncle did on my first proper skiing trip, of setting off on his very first run, turning around to check my cousin was following, whereupon he tripped and broke his leg. He sat at the top of the piste in his new wheelchair for the rest of the holiday looking very grumpy.

Comment on What I Did On My Holidays by Dan Q

Dan Q — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:57:40 +0000

That X-ray needs a circle drawing on it or something to show us where we’re looking, or it’s like some kind of spot-the-ball competition!

Comment on John Cleland it Ain’t. by Dan Q

Dan Q — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:47:02 +0000
Wow. That's the kind of thing that could kick arse at Argh, It Burns! Night, and it's not even bad fan fiction!

Comment on John Cleland it Ain’t. by Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:04:41 +0000

I am completely feeling the dissertation-brain-mush. I’m afraid my brain couldn’t process much more that you said other than I completely agree with that sentiment. My hand in date is Sept 12th, I hope yours is over soon.

Comment on Huh. by Dan Q

Dan Q — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:58:14 +0000

Wow. That’s a special kind of stupid.

Do these people just not LISTEN to lyrics beyond the chorus?

Comment on Rule One by Electric Quaker II » Blog Archive » Good ol’ Ferrett!

Electric Quaker II » Blog Archive » Good ol’ Ferrett! — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:40:02 +0000

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Comment on Energy Supply Weekly Hi-Lo Lights by Mister JTA

Mister JTA — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:26:41 +0000

It ain’t that much of a skill. When your knees give you gyp five to seven days a week, you get pretty good at ignoring your body when it tells you you’re hurting it. Plus it helps that I’m naturally stubborn.

But, yeah. Bash your head in less, in future. Or at least wear a hard helmet.

Comment on Energy Supply Weekly Hi-Lo Lights by Dan Q

Dan Q — Thu, 26 May 2011 08:20:52 +0000

You’ve made a monumental effort. I still feel bad about missing out on helping with some of the lifting and whatnot on account of my concussion, and I’m still impressed with your ability to power-on through the pain and keep working.

Comment on A genuine question by Dan Q

Dan Q — Tue, 10 May 2011 10:45:29 +0000

Ignoring whether or not democracy itself is fair, ethically right, or valuable, and taking the assumption that it is:

It’s important for the survival of democracy that people are free to stand for whatever policies they want, to express their opinions openly, and to vote for whomever they want. I oppose the discrimination that’s made against the BNP (by the Prison Service, Barclays Bank, etc.), because I believe that it’s important for democracy that the BNP be allowed to express their stupid, racist, bigoted views.

Democracy has its flaws, but if we’re to have a true democracy then we have to tolerate those flaws. Every time suppress people’s rights to stand for office or to vote for particular policies based on the opinions of the ruling party, we weaken democracy. Almost every historical instance of a democracy becoming an autocracy (and of an autocracy that pretends to be a democracy) began with the imposition of laws that prevented the representation of particular viewpoints or the right to vote for whomever you like.

Comment on A genuine question by Statto

Statto — Mon, 09 May 2011 10:43:06 +0000

Why is voting unique amongst all human activities? I can accept that pragmatically we might not want to regulate it, but why need it be a moral principle that we shouldn’t?

All morality is a slope, it’s human nature which might cause us to slip.

Comment on A genuine question by Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:18:36 +0000

Hmm; I see what you’re saying, Statto, but I think that the right to vote for our own leaders should mean the right to vote for anyone, so long as the people we vote for aren’t actively breaking the law. We have to trust that our society is smart enough not to make drastically bad calls. It’s not easy for me to have that trust, at the moment, since I’m still reeling from just how badly we did in the referendum, but I still think it’s important. If somebody repugnant gets into power, all we can really do is campaign against them (or emigrate). I think JTA’s right – banning parties you don’t like is a slippery slope.