Comments on: Our main chatroom http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/ A polite site for the facilitation of learning and the discussion of anything of interest Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:32:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: boltonian http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1306 boltonian Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:32:07 +0000 #comment-1306 Well done Ireland - and the England cricket team. I enjoyed the Ireland game - yet again a SH goal kicker was off his game. Well done Ireland – and the England cricket team.

I enjoyed the Ireland game – yet again a SH goal kicker was off his game.

]]> By: boltonian http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1305 boltonian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:57:16 +0000 #comment-1305 Agreed. I enjoyed the Scotland game (and the result). Not sure Scotland has the pace or creativity in the backs to do much in the 6 nations, although tries are at a premium everywhere at the moment. Agreed. I enjoyed the Scotland game (and the result). Not sure Scotland has the pace or creativity in the backs to do much in the 6 nations, although tries are at a premium everywhere at the moment.

]]> By: gordy http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1304 gordy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:31:46 +0000 #comment-1304 A great feature of rugby is that even when the quality of play isn't that good it can still be a thoroughly entertaining spectacle - Scotland v Australia was a good example of that imo. A great feature of rugby is that even when the quality of play isn’t that good it can still be a thoroughly entertaining spectacle – Scotland v Australia was a good example of that imo.

]]> By: boltonian http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1303 boltonian Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:23:43 +0000 #comment-1303 Well, that was a bit of a mixed weekend of sport. Better performance from England but we still lost and Scotland hanging on to the end despite having almost zero possession. Bolton lost :-( but Sale won :-). Well done to the England cricket team and well done Lee Westwood. Well, that was a bit of a mixed weekend of sport.

Better performance from England but we still lost and Scotland hanging on to the end despite having almost zero possession. Bolton lost :-( but Sale won :-) . Well done to the England cricket team and well done Lee Westwood.

]]> By: gordy http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1302 gordy Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:43:36 +0000 #comment-1302 Looking forward to IoT. Know exactly how you feel re the Aussies at rugby! Wish I could sort out iplayer for my Mum who was a radiographer - she'd be very interested. However for someone who operated very sophisticated equipment as a radiographer she lacks confidence on new technology! Looking forward to IoT. Know exactly how you feel re the Aussies at rugby!

Wish I could sort out iplayer for my Mum who was a radiographer – she’d be very interested. However for someone who operated very sophisticated equipment as a radiographer she lacks confidence on new technology!

]]> By: boltonian http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1301 boltonian Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:50:07 +0000 #comment-1301 If you are feeling a bit depressed, don't worry: http://bit.ly/3xIZdK If you are feeling a bit depressed, don’t worry:

http://bit.ly/3xIZdK

]]> By: boltonian http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1300 boltonian Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:18:58 +0000 #comment-1300 Well, I'm glad I didn't waste valuable petrol going to the club for the England game. It sounded incredibly dreary on the radio. The All Blacks game could be embarrassing but sport is a funny old business and you never know... The Ireland game this afternoon was exciting. Wasn't it typical of O'Driscoll? He had a pretty poor game for 79 minutes and then scored the try to save Ireland's blushes. The Aussies must be pretty upset after winning most of the territory and possession. Shame :-). Well, I’m glad I didn’t waste valuable petrol going to the club for the England game. It sounded incredibly dreary on the radio. The All Blacks game could be embarrassing but sport is a funny old business and you never know…

The Ireland game this afternoon was exciting. Wasn’t it typical of O’Driscoll? He had a pretty poor game for 79 minutes and then scored the try to save Ireland’s blushes. The Aussies must be pretty upset after winning most of the territory and possession. Shame :-) .

]]> By: boltonian http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1299 boltonian Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:24:50 +0000 #comment-1299 E: Good to hear from you. The Oppenheimer book sounds interesting. I have just bought a book called, 'The Invention of the Jewish people,' by Shlomo Sand. I heard him on Start the Week and thought, 'I must read that,' which, I suppose, is the idea. Anyway, it looks fascinating and, although I have only just started it I couldn't resist looking up what he thought about the Finkelstein and Silberman book that we reviewed some time ago. Sand's view seems to be that rather than much of the Torah being composed, or at least assembled, during the reign of Josiah, almost all of it was written during and just after the captivity in Babylon. I will need to re-read it in the proper order to fully understand his reasoning but I will review it here in due course. Also reading Marcus Chown's latest on physics. On the lighter side I have nearly finished RL Stevenson's account of his travels in the Cevennes with a donkey and I also have various Walter Scott novels to tackle. Enjoyed the verse - thanks, Eeyore. Hope he is well. Please try to encourage him back here if you can. All: IoT this week on radiation was brilliant. Leading Edge was good too, particularly the piece on cooking: why it gave us an advantage and when we might have started using fire - much earlier than previously supposed. Looking forward to the game with some trepidation. I might listen to it on the radio or go down to the golf club, as we don't have Sky here. E:

Good to hear from you. The Oppenheimer book sounds interesting.

I have just bought a book called, ‘The Invention of the Jewish people,’ by Shlomo Sand. I heard him on Start the Week and thought, ‘I must read that,’ which, I suppose, is the idea. Anyway, it looks fascinating and, although I have only just started it I couldn’t resist looking up what he thought about the Finkelstein and Silberman book that we reviewed some time ago. Sand’s view seems to be that rather than much of the Torah being composed, or at least assembled, during the reign of Josiah, almost all of it was written during and just after the captivity in Babylon. I will need to re-read it in the proper order to fully understand his reasoning but I will review it here in due course.

Also reading Marcus Chown’s latest on physics. On the lighter side I have nearly finished RL Stevenson’s account of his travels in the Cevennes with a donkey and I also have various Walter Scott novels to tackle.

Enjoyed the verse – thanks, Eeyore. Hope he is well. Please try to encourage him back here if you can.

All:

IoT this week on radiation was brilliant. Leading Edge was good too, particularly the piece on cooking: why it gave us an advantage and when we might have started using fire – much earlier than previously supposed.

Looking forward to the game with some trepidation. I might listen to it on the radio or go down to the golf club, as we don’t have Sky here.

]]> By: Elephantschild http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1298 Elephantschild Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:13:57 +0000 #comment-1298 Postscript: Just thought you might appreciate this, sent to me by Eeyore with due apologies to Ronald Knox and a verbal snook cocked at Descartes. A philosopher woke up and said I've been terribly wrong and misled To think that my 'me' Ceases to be When there's nothing goes on in my head Postscript:

Just thought you might appreciate this, sent to me by Eeyore with due apologies to Ronald Knox and a verbal snook cocked at Descartes.

A philosopher woke up and said
I’ve been terribly wrong and misled
To think that my ‘me’
Ceases to be
When there’s nothing goes on in my head

]]> By: Elephantschild http://boltonian.edublogs.org/2007/11/03/hello-world/comment-page-16/#comment-1297 Elephantschild Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:56:44 +0000 #comment-1297 I'm still around, but for some time have not felt I had anything worthwhile to contribute. This is partly because I haven't been able to settle down to any sustained reading, though I'm not sure why. I find reading in short snatches very unsatisfactory, since I end up retaining very little (senility setting in perhaps?) and I set the Armstrong book aside until such time as I could give it my full attention. I also made a start on 'The Origins of the British' by Stephen Oppenheimer, which examines the DNA evidence for the make up of the ancestral population of the British Isles, and got about a third of the way through before a visit to France intervened in September, and I haven't yet gone back to it. The only book of note which I did succeed in finishing over the summer was 'Wolf Hall', which I enjoyed, but even that took me weeks and I shall probably end up rereading it in the next few months. For the last week or two my time has been divided between putting the garden to bed for the winter when the weather was fine, and restoring old family photos when it rained. I have ended up as keeper of the family photo archive and various people have been coming over all nostalgic for their childhoods or interested in 19th century ancestors and asking me to e mail copies. So all in all, not much to report, though I keep lurking with interest. I’m still around, but for some time have not felt I had anything worthwhile to contribute. This is partly because I haven’t been able to settle down to any sustained reading, though I’m not sure why. I find reading in short snatches very unsatisfactory, since I end up retaining very little (senility setting in perhaps?) and I set the Armstrong book aside until such time as I could give it my full attention. I also made a start on ‘The Origins of the British’ by Stephen Oppenheimer, which examines the DNA evidence for the make up of the ancestral population of the British Isles, and got about a third of the way through before a visit to France intervened in September, and I haven’t yet gone back to it. The only book of note which I did succeed in finishing over the summer was ‘Wolf Hall’, which I enjoyed, but even that took me weeks and I shall probably end up rereading it in the next few months.

For the last week or two my time has been divided between putting the garden to bed for the winter when the weather was fine, and restoring old family photos when it rained. I have ended up as keeper of the family photo archive and various people have been coming over all nostalgic for their childhoods or interested in 19th century ancestors and asking me to e mail copies.

So all in all, not much to report, though I keep lurking with interest.

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