Happy Birthday Spot

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:02 am

21 again...

:wah:

Hope you had a good day :guitarist:guitarist:yh_party:yh_party

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:20 am

Betty Boop;1492534 wrote: 21 again...

:wah:

Hope you had a good day :guitarist:guitarist:yh_party:yh_party

That's four times now. How many is one allowed ?

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:46 am

Happy Birthday Mr. Spot !

Post by **Bryn Mawr** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:31 pm

Oops! I forgot :yh_blush

Post by **LarsMac** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:38 pm

Hoping you have a happy birthday, ya ol' fart.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:11 pm

This place is turning into Face Book.

Happy Birthday you ole codger.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:41 pm

Bruv;1492543 wrote: This place is turning into Face Book.

Happy Birthday you ole codger.

:yh_rotfl

Surely if it were, this would have been a 'like' and 'share' thread to see how far Spot can travel round the net.

We used to have birthday threads all the time, ask Gill she'll remember

Post by **spot** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:40 pm

Bryn Mawr;1492541 wrote: Oops! I forgot :yh_blush
It'll be the Ruddles.

Thank you all, it's very kind.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 9:15 am

I would like to add my congratulations-----Happy Birthday Spot.

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:27 am

AnneBoleyn;1492569 wrote: I would like to add my congratulations-----Happy Birthday Spot.

He's due a second telegram from the Queen you know

G#Gill · Post by **G#Gill** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:41 am

Betty Boop;1492544 wrote: :yh_rotfl

Surely if it were, this would have been a 'like' and 'share' thread to see how far Spot can travel round the net.

We used to have birthday threads all the time, ask Gill she'll remember

Oh yes, we used to go to town with fancy posts of birthday greetings. After all most birthdays are listed on the 'calendar' so a member's birthday shouldn't really be missed, unless of course a member hasn't entered their birthday date in their profile (like Mr. spot ) !

Post by **spot** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:36 pm

I always put the same birthday into every website I register with, except banks and HMRC. The First of January 1911. It's easy to remember, none of their business and knocking a few years off one's age is culturally acceptable. I also lie about whether I went to school and what my first pet's maiden name was.

Thank you for your good wishes Anne. I was under the impression that we English didn't do birthdays but I appear to be wrong.

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:39 pm

spot;1492599 wrote: Thank you for your good wishes Anne. I was under the impression that we English didn't do birthdays but I appear to be wrong.

The Queen has 2 Birthdays.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:36 pm

FourPart;1492608 wrote: The Queen has 2 Birthdays.

But Spot isn't a Queen................................is he ?

Post by **Betty Boop** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:37 pm

Bruv;1492620 wrote: But Spot isn't a Queen................................is he ?

:wah::wah:

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 4:02 pm

Bruv;1492620 wrote: But Spot isn't a Queen................................is he ?

Maybe not, but at his age he has to spend more & more time on the throne.

John Cary · Post by **John Cary** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:21 am

Wish you all the best and long life. Happy Birthday!

Post by **spot** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:25 am

You're very kind. I'm delighted you've registered here and joined in.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 4:21 pm

Happy birthday Spot.

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Watcha doin on your special day?

Post by **spot** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 6:01 pm

Kathy Ellen;1492654 wrote: Happy birthday Spot.

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Watcha doin on your special day?

That's not something I often get asked.

Last year I created a mental gymnasium to keep my brain exercised and I put in several hours at that. I have the advantage that I enjoy it and I'm still moderately good at it.

A few other hours went into developing the next generation, a duty and a privilege combined. It's something I know I could be better at but I'm practicing.

I have five books I must read by April, and one I must re-read and this time take notes. They - the notes - will be invaluable in a couple of months. Today involved tracking them - the five books - down and ordering them, they having been in the bibliography of a 24 page pamphlet someone sent me yesterday.

I cooked at some point and ate. I did assorted online housekeeping and tried yet again to find out how to automate encrypted piped backups into local European cloud storage without allowing closed-source packages onto my system, it's necessary I get that working eventually.

And I allowed a chap called David Eagleman to annoy me for the third time this month, something he never fails to do if only because of his slack diction. Often for far worse than that, but why he garbles his consonants I have no idea. He has excised the letter T from his alphabed and he inflicts the Kozmoze on his audience, he speaks the language of the Jibwoe, he exudes barbarism.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:07 am

I bet Kathy is sorry she asked

Post by **spot** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:41 am

I believe my response provided the information Kathy had requested. If you feel I was imprecise or overly vague I could expand the detail.

The book titles, perhaps?

Title: A History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain (complete 4 volume set)

Author: Davies, Rupert; Rupp, Gordon & George, A. Raymond (eds.)

and

Richmond College 1843-1943: Forewords By Leslie F Church and Eric S Waterhouse

Author: Cumbers, Frank H (Ed.)

and the book I need to make notes from is The end of an epoch: Reflections on contemporary history by A. L Rowse.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:14 am

Haven't thought of A.L. Rowse in so long. I used to love reading him.

Post by **spot** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:31 am

It's his published essays from the thirties, predominantly on politics. I'll post extracts here if you'd enjoy reading one or two.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:11 am

I fear to ask,but what do you say when asked "How are you today?"

Post by **spot** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:13 am

If it ever happens I'll be able to tell you.

John Cary · Post by **John Cary** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:39 am

Okey thank you @spot. Have fun!

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:47 am

spot;1492668 wrote: If it ever happens I'll be able to tell you.

The word got round.........after the first time........everybody is afraid to ask now.

AnneBoleyn · Post by **AnneBoleyn** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 7:33 am

spot;1492666 wrote: It's his published essays from the thirties, predominantly on politics. I'll post extracts here if you'd enjoy reading one or two.

Sure. I was a fan of his historical works, though.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:20 pm

spot;1492655 wrote: That's not something I often get asked.

"Last year I created a mental gymnasium to keep my brain exercised and I put in several hours at that. I have the advantage that I enjoy it and I'm still moderately good at it."

Ahhhhh, thank you Spot. You're a born writer, and you made my day with your post!!

Post by **spot** » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:42 pm

I've only re-opened the thread for bragging rights...

BBC Radio 4 - Incarnations: India in 50 Lives - Gandhi vs. Gandalf Quiz

9 out of 9, bang on.

This is the BBC "who said it" Gandhi vs Gandalf quiz which personally I reckon to be in extreme poor taste. 9 out of 9 though.