Mundane News

[Reynard]

Just read that scientists have detected a star orbiting the black hole at the centre of Sagittarius A at 8% of the speed of light. So fast, time dilation can be observed. Wow wow wow.

never ceases to surprise me how strange the Universe actually is. You really wouldn't want to be snapping the string on that particular whizzing conker...

 

[Grant Fondo]

Off out to the local Italian in a bit. First 'proper' meal out since March. They do the best seafood salad in christendom, squid, big prawns, mussels, its s blinkin work of art with a chilled verdeccio. Its a tough life, but.......

 

[Ming the Merciless]

never ceases to surprise me how strange the Universe actually is. You really wouldn't want to be snapping the string on that particular whizzing conker...

Just shows how different underlying reality is to what we perceive of time etc.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Just read that scientists have detected a star orbiting the black hole at the centre of Sagittarius A at 8% of the speed of light. So fast, time dilation can be observed. Wow wow wow.

I have a clear memory of time dilating in maths lessons at high school.

 

[Kempstonian]

Ah, that's brill. And there's a couple of things that he's done that I may well try in my current project.

I really like how he makes it look so easy and conveys the subject perfectly without a lot of detail. I wish I could paint like that!

 

[Kempstonian]

Off out to the local Italian in a bit. First 'proper' meal out since March. They do the best seafood salad in christendom, squid, big prawns, mussels, its s blinkin work of art with a chilled verdeccio. Its a tough life, but.......

I've just eaten a paella, courtesy of Regal Fish in Grimsby. I've had them before and really like them!

 

[woodbutcher]

Sorry, but what is a hill?

Come to Occitane more specifically the Lot and l will point you skywards ( on a road that is not on the end of a rocket).
If you haven't heard of Occitane , Google it . It is our sort of semi autonomous region , in a French way

 

[Illaveago]

It has been sunny here for most of the day, it has clouded over now .
My head has been foggy for most it .

 

[tyred]

It was so wet this evening that I decided to cancel my usual after work 25 miler

 

[Reynard]

I've just had salmon, scrambled eggs, two tomatoes, one massive (like 6 inches across) mushroom, toast and a pot of tea.

 

[Reynard]

Off out to the local Italian in a bit. First 'proper' meal out since March. They do the best seafood salad in christendom, squid, big prawns, mussels, its s blinkin work of art with a chilled verdeccio. Its a tough life, but.......

Stop it!!! Aaaaargh!!!

*WANTS*

Except for the wine, of course...

Even though I had a really nice supper anyway...

 

[Reynard]

I really like how he makes it look so easy and conveys the subject perfectly without a lot of detail. I wish I could paint like that!

Yeah... I have a Norwegian artist friend who sometimes paints live on FB - I love to watch her, as I can always learn something.

Does depend on your subject matter though, but I find that less fine detail actually gives you a more vibrant painting. A lot of motorsport artists (e.g. Andrew Kitson and Arthur Benjamins) paint very photorealistically, which I don't particularly like. Just leaves me cold. If I wanted something that realistic, I'd rather have a really good photo.

Mind, they tend to paint on the scale of feet, whereas I paint on the scale of inches. That actually forces me to keep it simple.

 

[classic33]

Mmmmm, I have one of those knocking around somewhere...

Although I'm not exactly sure of where somewhere actually is.

Somewhere

 

[Reynard]

Come to Occitane more specifically the Lot and l will point you skywards ( on a road that is not on the end of a rocket).
If you haven't heard of Occitane , Google it . It is our sort of semi autonomous region , in a French way

You will find, in me, a cyclist with the worst hill legs on the planet. I'd be better off bringing walking shoes.

 

[Reynard]

Somewhere

@classic33 strikes again...