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tetrachord
post Jan 19 2012, 07:49 PM
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Just finised watching Stargazing Live on iplayer (because the DVD recorder didn't work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) but the Back to Earth programme shown just afterwards isn't there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) *grump* *grump*
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:09 PM
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Just finised watching Stargazing Live on iplayer (because the DVD recorder didn't work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) but the Back to Earth programme shown just afterwards isn't there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) *grump* *grump*

Surely you'd have to wait a few light years between the two?
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:12 PM
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QUOTE(Czerny @ Jan 19 2012, 08:09 PM) *

QUOTE(tetrachord @ Jan 19 2012, 07:49 PM) *

Just finised watching Stargazing Live on iplayer (because the DVD recorder didn't work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) but the Back to Earth programme shown just afterwards isn't there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) *grump* *grump*

Surely you'd have to wait a few light years between the two?

Light years are a distance not a length of time.
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:25 PM
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I have just eaten a century egg and while it looks totally (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif) it was delicious.
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:25 PM
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QUOTE(tetrachord @ Jan 19 2012, 07:49 PM) *

Just finised watching Stargazing Live on iplayer (because the DVD recorder didn't work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) but the Back to Earth programme shown just afterwards isn't there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) *grump* *grump*

Surely you'd have to wait a few light years between the two?

Light years are a distance not a length of time.

Hmmm, I thought someone was probably going to come along and say something clever like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:31 PM
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Just finised watching Stargazing Live on iplayer (because the DVD recorder didn't work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) but the Back to Earth programme shown just afterwards isn't there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) *grump* *grump*

Surely you'd have to wait a few light years between the two?

Light years are a distance not a length of time.

Hmmm, I thought someone was probably going to come along and say something clever like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

My spelling isn't good enough for Pedants' Corner, so I have to find a different way of being picky..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:31 PM
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QUOTE(corenfa @ Jan 19 2012, 08:25 PM) *

I have just eaten a century egg and while it looks totally (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif) it was delicious.

What is a century egg?
Can't be bothered googling.
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:40 PM
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I have just eaten a century egg and while it looks totally (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif) it was delicious.

What is a century egg?
Can't be bothered googling.


Take a duck egg and soak it in calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate for a couple of weeks. It goes all sort of reverse-video, the white goes black and the yolk goes grey. I love them, but today somehow I looked closer at the one I ate than I usually do and realised how revolting they appear.

Still ate it anyway.
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:47 PM
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Take a duck egg and soak it in calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate for a couple of weeks.


Why would anyone do that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Jan 19 2012, 08:51 PM
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Take a duck egg and soak it in calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate for a couple of weeks.


Why would anyone do that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


Apparently, the legend goes that the first people who tried it found some duck eggs that had been laid in a puddle of water mixed with wood ash (which is high in calcium hydroxide).

I have no idea why anyone would think that eating them was a good idea, though (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ill.gif)
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post Jan 19 2012, 09:11 PM
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QUOTE(muffinmonster @ Jan 19 2012, 08:47 PM) *

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Take a duck egg and soak it in calcium hydroxide and calcium carbonate for a couple of weeks.


Why would anyone do that? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

I thought it was done as a preservative.
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post Jan 19 2012, 09:15 PM
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Now playing open holed flute with two of the plugs out.
Smug mode. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)


YAY (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) How are you getting on with your flute, tdm?

I fell behind on practice over Christmas but enthusiasm is now fully restored.
Have decided I need to buckle down and actually learn to read music. Because I only have about 1 lesson every 3 weeks I 'practice in' a lot of mistakes and end up memorising rather than reading and checking what's there.
Very slow going - but flute is very shiny so looks pretty even when it sounds ugly. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)


Glad your enthusiasm has come back (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) What flute do you have?

Perhaps doing some theory e.g. grade 1 may help you to read music much better?
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post Jan 19 2012, 11:04 PM
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QUOTE(tetrachord @ Jan 19 2012, 07:49 PM) *

Just finised watching Stargazing Live on iplayer (because the DVD recorder didn't work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) but the Back to Earth programme shown just afterwards isn't there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) *grump* *grump*

Surely you'd have to wait a few light years between the two?

Light years are a distance not a length of time.

Hmmm, I thought someone was probably going to come along and say something clever like that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

1 ly is 3x10E8 x 60 x60 x 24 x 365.25 metres, approximately....9.4 x 10E13 km I think..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Jan 19 2012, 11:06 PM
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Gosh, isn't it peaceful around here? (Rhetorical question.)

Is it safe to come out now? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

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Gosh, isn't it peaceful around here? (Rhetorical question.)

Is it safe to come out now? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/hides.gif)

Hey ! you still around ? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hurrah.gif)
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