Mundane News

[tyred]

I discovered that a band I like are playing in a local pub so popped along to listen and for a pint.

 

[DCLane]

I haven't come across that here, but it was made clear that the teachers would check coursework against Wikipedia pages. Our lads got around that by going onto the English Wikipedia and translating it into German. I had no objection as it helped improve their English and by translating they retained more information anyway.

I've got access to a lot more than that; software to evaluate their writing style, software which checks against a whole range of other sources including student work at other universities/colleges plus some other pieces that evaluate the submitted piece itself. We can also check whether it's been written by Artificial Intelligence and also whether it's been translated to English from another language.

The annoying bit is that doing all the checking takes additional time, which we don't get, and when someone's doing this it takes a lot of time to check.

 

[Gravity Aided]

in the Bronx, my Grand Mother used to bang pots & pans out the front door

Used to fire off the old fowling piece round about here, until I moved in near a gendarme, a policeman, and a state trooper

 

[classic33]

Used to fire off the old fowling piece round about here, until I moved in near a gendarme, a policeman, and a state trooper

They put you off setting it off?

 

[Gravity Aided]

They put you off setting it off?

No, but they were setting theirs off, and seemed like more of a muchness. Not like we have fireworks around here, except on the 4th of July. If i see fireworks going off around here on New Years, I figure it is a British expat.

 

[classic33]

No, but they were setting theirs off, and seemed like more of a muchness. Not like we have fireworks around here, except on the 4th of July. If i see fireworks going off around here on New Years, I figure it is a British expat.

Could be French!
I think the idea of setting them off for the New Year is an import to this island.
Fireworks were available only, to the general public, in the weeks leading up to Bonfire Night/5th November.

 

[Reynard]

Had a lovely supper of turkey, vegetable & barley soup and a roast pork sandwich. There's a lemon drizzle muffin with my name on it still sitting in the kitchen.

Watched "World's Strongest Man" and then a documentary about the winter of 1947

Now just poking around on the Bay of E

 

[Reynard]

Erm ... are you sure you're giving your daughter the correct role model? A lady carrying a crossbow?

Hang on a minute here! That's mundane. I have a chainsaw AND and axe...

 

[classic33]

Hang on a minute here! That's mundane. I have a chainsaw AND and axe...

How's your chainsaw juggling and yer axe throwing though?

 

[Reynard]

How's your chainsaw juggling and yer axe throwing though?

Depends on how cross I am

 

[classic33]

Depends on how cross I am

Can you juggle more than one chainsaw at the same time though.

 

[Reynard]

Can you juggle more than one chainsaw at the same time though.

Can't say I've ever tried.

I do have an electric one as well, but the cable would kind of get in the way, don't you think?

 

[classic33]

Can't say I've ever tried.

I do have an electric one as well, but the cable would kind of get in the way, don't you think?

You could get a heck of a twist in the lead

 

[Reynard]

Must say I like a bit of fatty gammon, Mrs MY, of course, likes hers lean.

The fat's where the flavour is

With a honey & mustard glaze, of course.

 

[Reynard]

I am in need of a