I live on part of the so-called "Jurassic Coast", of Southern England; a Geological World Heritage Site for its unbroken succession of rocks younging West to East up through the entire Jurassic sequence and into the Cretaceous.The name is a bit misleading... moreI live on part of the so-called "Jurassic Coast", of Southern England; a Geological World Heritage Site for its unbroken succession of rocks younging West to East up through the entire Jurassic sequence and into the Cretaceous.The name is a bit misleading because it is the rocks that are of Jurassic Age. The coast that exposes them, is geologically very young.As well as the scientific interest it is also very beautiful, attracting many tourists generally as well as visiting geologists.
Not very well but I think I can summarise it from memory.It did not really have much of a story, certainly no plot. Really it was musing on what ghosts think of humans, and telling each other of the frightening encounters they'd had with the living.It des... moreNot very well but I think I can summarise it from memory.It did not really have much of a story, certainly no plot. Really it was musing on what ghosts think of humans, and telling each other of the frightening encounters they'd had with the living.It described how the ghostly residents of a particularly haunted house felt as dawn approached and humans started to wake up. They were as frightened of that as we are supposed to be frightened of ghosts. ...When I was only about 11 Ii suppose, my Dad bought an anthology of ghost stories. I should not have read it at that age: some of the tales were very frightening, others were very strange but obviously frightening, but I was too young to spot the literary trick that made them all seem real!I do enjoy a good ghost story now; but I am also interested in what people do report. Real experiences that are alarming and inexplicable at the time, though harmless and not supernatural. Some are quite common, I have experienced one or two, and they do crop up as "ghost s... less
Blimey, if it took me twenty years to sell a car I've no hope of selling it.Errr. Oh. Um, my last relationship ended twenty-two years ago!OK. Ditto, pro-rata.
Oh the irony.I am not bothered which celebrity or ex-politician is advertising it. If I were a practicing Christian, possibly even if a Jew or Muslim, I would regard that as at least foolish, if not offensive or even blasphemous. The Bible's aim is to pro... moreOh the irony.I am not bothered which celebrity or ex-politician is advertising it. If I were a practicing Christian, possibly even if a Jew or Muslim, I would regard that as at least foolish, if not offensive or even blasphemous. The Bible's aim is to promulgate a message above and beyond shallow politicians, politics and nations; and for any nation to use it to claim itself as some sort of God's Chosen Own above all others..... Any but especially nations founded by English, Dutch, French, Spanish, etc. colonists escaping monarchies and religious divisions at home, or just looking for plunder; then who worked hard to oppress both continents' original inhabitants, cultures and religions. While blaming poor old God for their actions.Isn't overweening pride a sin or something?Render unto Caesar, etc. I can't quote it verbatim but it's a well-known point. less
The MatressThe Sound Of MuzakBrass FingerThe Good The Bad And The OrdinaryThe Watercress File ('Ipcress')The Olympic (One for the maritime historians, there!)One-Hundred-And-One MongrelsFour Weddings And A FunfairThe Exercise ('Exo... moreThe MatressThe Sound Of MuzakBrass FingerThe Good The Bad And The OrdinaryThe Watercress File ('Ipcress')The Olympic (One for the maritime historians, there!)One-Hundred-And-One MongrelsFour Weddings And A FunfairThe Exercise ('Exorcist')Monty Python & The Holy GruelSmouldering SaddlesTiler On The RoofThe Lambshank RedemptionThe Titfield Spark ('Titfield Thunderbolt')Teamwork On The BountyThe Puns of Navarone
Clearing nettles or picking blackberries*, in the nude.....*Does the wild Bramble with its edible fruits, the blackberries, grow anywhere in the States?
Continuing Malizz' point, many UK shops do now offer heavy-duty bags that can be used many times if you are careful with them. Examining one from Aldi, it looks as made from some sort of woven plastic fabric given an outer coating; and it is quite rugged.... moreContinuing Malizz' point, many UK shops do now offer heavy-duty bags that can be used many times if you are careful with them. Examining one from Aldi, it looks as made from some sort of woven plastic fabric given an outer coating; and it is quite rugged.Also the goods' own packaging - of any material - has to be recoverable as far as possible, and the makers put basic advice on the labels, along with the standard triangular "recycling" symbol where appropriate. At work I had sometimes to put in the salvage skips, used computer packing. These were typically heavy-duty cardboard boxes containing moulded polystyrene-foam "nests". However, many other items arrived with the shock-absorbing parts now as ingenious cardboard origami; or with those polystyrene foam "maggots" replaced with ones made from vegetable material - and reputably edible though I did not test that! We do have extensive "recycling" systems in the UK but they vary in detail from County Council to County Council, possibly depending partly on ... less
You can include them but separately. They are not the same things. A cyclone or tornado (same thing) is an intense but narrowly-confined vortex due to hot and cold air trying to pass each other. They are most intense in the tropics and sub-tropics but can... moreYou can include them but separately. They are not the same things. A cyclone or tornado (same thing) is an intense but narrowly-confined vortex due to hot and cold air trying to pass each other. They are most intense in the tropics and sub-tropics but can occur in temperate regions. Curiously, Holland and Britain have the lion's share of the temperate cyclones, but fortunately for we Britons and Dutch, most are small, low-powered, short-lived beasts and rarely cause any damage. A hurricane is a tropical storm. It is a very intense depression hundreds of miles, maybe a thousand miles, in diameter. Although its wind speeds are usually much lower it is vastly more powerful than even the worst tropical cyclone, and covers a much larger area. Hurricanes do not occur in temperate to cold latitudes; but storm winds in those latitudes can occasionally reach lower hurricane force. (Force 12 on the Beaufort Wind Scale.) less
That's more like it though I think the photos are better, aesthetically!I am afraid what you had assembled previously is like one of those "Captcha" things: prove you are not a robot by selecting those that are NOT weather events! Though two are secondary... moreThat's more like it though I think the photos are better, aesthetically!I am afraid what you had assembled previously is like one of those "Captcha" things: prove you are not a robot by selecting those that are NOT weather events! Though two are secondary weather effects.Those that are not weather events: - The Aurora occur far above weather systems, as the effects of interactions between charged particles from The Sun, the Earth's magnetic field and the very rarefied atmosphere at that altitude. Their activity is influenced by the effects cyclic actions within the Sun, and astronomers do talk of "solar weather", but the aurora have nothing to do with terrestrial weather. - Earthquakes: Nothing to do with the climate and weather. The majority are shock-waves from sudden strain-releasing movements of rock against rock on faults and thrust-planes deep underground, related to continental drift. Some in Northern latitudes may still be from lingering "isostatic rebound" (elastic relaxation) of the continen... less
Once weather started to become established on Earth there is no reason to think there have been any "types" differing from now; but with varying climate control over geological time due to changes in mean atmospheric and ocean temperatures.There have been... moreOnce weather started to become established on Earth there is no reason to think there have been any "types" differing from now; but with varying climate control over geological time due to changes in mean atmospheric and ocean temperatures.There have been periods of significantly colder warmer times; than ours. These move regional weather patterns around, and modifies their relative frequency and strength, but does not change their "type". It is important though to correlate signs of a particular past climate in any given country, with where that area of land was at the time thanks to continental drift, collision or rupture. For example, I live on what is called "The Jurassic Coast" but it is a misnomer because although the rocks extend from early-Jurassic to Cretaceous the coast is geologically recent - the rocks of what is now the SE diagonal half of England were formed on the sea-bed and lagoonal grounds, in sub-tropical latitudes, in an ocean pre-dating the Atlantic Ocean. The world's climate was warme... less
Just freezing.It's a degree or two Celsius below freezing according to a thermometer just outside my kitchen door. That's on the Southern English coast, which had snow on Saturday night, a fairly rare event. It was not very deep here - up to perhaps 50mm ... moreJust freezing.It's a degree or two Celsius below freezing according to a thermometer just outside my kitchen door. That's on the Southern English coast, which had snow on Saturday night, a fairly rare event. It was not very deep here - up to perhaps 50mm inland but only about 20mm in my area. Most has thawed but the real danger is the water then freezing as solid ice. Luckily and rather surprisingly, quite a lot of hard surface areas like asphalt and concrete at least partly dried off.The weather over much of Britain suddenly turned very cold after an unusually mild November, with snow in regions that see it only infrequently and then usually only for short times; but enough to cause a lot of disruption partly by it soon becoming treacherous ice. less
Ooh, I didn't know that, either! Thank you!Most UK drivers do seem to approach roundabouts carefully and considerately but some cut it fine.The problem of people not indicating is quite widespread though, not confined to any one type of junction, and very... moreOoh, I didn't know that, either! Thank you!Most UK drivers do seem to approach roundabouts carefully and considerately but some cut it fine.The problem of people not indicating is quite widespread though, not confined to any one type of junction, and very annoying when it means they bring you to an unnecessary halt.
At night far from home. In Winter. Strong wind. Rain. On a hill. Torch or headlamp battery going flat as well. No hard shoulder and the wheel is on the off-side. Wheel-nuts still too tight from the last time a tyre-fitter replaced them with his air-spanne... moreAt night far from home. In Winter. Strong wind. Rain. On a hill. Torch or headlamp battery going flat as well. No hard shoulder and the wheel is on the off-side. Wheel-nuts still too tight from the last time a tyre-fitter replaced them with his air-spanner on maximum torque. +++++++Actually I shouldn't really joke about it like that.Years back a friend took up the guitar and progressed to playing in a band. One night, returning from playing in a town about 80 miles from home, he was helping change a wheel on the band's van, at the side of a road notorious for its accident rate, when he was struck by a passing car. He did not survive... less
I was wondering that. I think they are only called "traffic circles" in the USA, and evidently not universally; but reading between the lines of others' posts it seems most of the dislike stems from too many motorists not using them properly, or trying to... moreI was wondering that. I think they are only called "traffic circles" in the USA, and evidently not universally; but reading between the lines of others' posts it seems most of the dislike stems from too many motorists not using them properly, or trying to beat the queue, so you can't predict their movements. It is bad though when the planning theoreticians turn what should be a simple roundabout into a confusing mess. One I used a few days ago even has a lane through its centre, with the whole lot controlled by lights. The advance sign's "map" of it looks very peculiar.Or they rip it all up and replace it with a mass of traffic-lights and lanes across half an acre of asphalt; far more difficult and dangerous to negotiate, especially at night when the lanes and exits are a lot less clearly visible. less
Most of them, broadly, yes; but to Britons the VETERAN protected rather than gave us most of those qualities.Many of our freedoms came from campaigning for them, until politicians gave in and granted them. That was particularly true of assembly and voting... moreMost of them, broadly, yes; but to Britons the VETERAN protected rather than gave us most of those qualities.Many of our freedoms came from campaigning for them, until politicians gave in and granted them. That was particularly true of assembly and voting.There was little or no freedom of religion in Britain and indeed most European countries for a very long time; and really it were the religious organisations themselves that ended their feuding. Otherwise, freedom of speech more or less always existed here; or at least was not curtailed by formal action. Its biggest threat now is from individuals and small campaign groups using that freedom to suppress it in others for their own ends; not from any official bodies.The right of a fair trial and the mechanisms for that started back in Mediaeval times with the Magna Carta - and that was the work of the nobility of the time. less
I know the feeling! I have a small, wind-up l.e.d. lantern for finding my way; and a battery-operated cupboard light on the bathroom mirror. This is so I am not disturbed further by bright light.
Interesting - I find that too. Usually an un-curtained window is enough, even on the darkest, cloudless, Moon-less Winter nights.I did once wake in some distress in an outdoor-pursuits club dormitory, totally disorientated because someone had innocently h... moreInteresting - I find that too. Usually an un-curtained window is enough, even on the darkest, cloudless, Moon-less Winter nights.I did once wake in some distress in an outdoor-pursuits club dormitory, totally disorientated because someone had innocently hung a blanket from a neighbouring bunk, blocking my view of the window.
Three hours ago, roughly.And heard not watched, as I've no television.Seen though, statically - local newspaper that does also carry a few items of international news via the Press Association.
It certainly isn't me! I've battled with confusers, coming to a sort of uneasy truce, since I was first introduced to them, at work, still in the era of Mickeysoft DOS! (About 1990). The PC I am using here runs on MS WIN-10.I had a so-called "smart"-'phon... moreIt certainly isn't me! I've battled with confusers, coming to a sort of uneasy truce, since I was first introduced to them, at work, still in the era of Mickeysoft DOS! (About 1990). The PC I am using here runs on MS WIN-10.I had a so-called "smart"-'phone a few years ago; found it heavy, bulky, waxed-jacket-pocket sized, almost impossible to use even for what should be its basic function - speech telephony. No instructions available. I sold it and bought a very basic, shirt-pocket sized instrument, 3G-rated whatever that means, not on the Internet but whose primary function is - and I know this is incredible but 'tis true - speech telephony, and text its second. Though a physically awkward second. It has one or two auxiliaries like a low-quality camera and a more useful alarm-clock. It is by the way, a myth about ability with such things being related to age, assuming one still has all one's marbles. I am 70 but there are many people older than me, far more skilled with these things.'Why do I want a telephone? ... less
When I am changing a chuck on my lathe, whose spindle is at about my chest-height. I am sure larger machine-tool accessories and full tool-boxes become heavier over the years!
Sand Martin (a bird species that burrows into soft, sandy cliffs)A bit off-title but the Mason Bee is that bird's apian equivalent! Rockhopper PenguinViolet Ground BeetleSand Lizard
That looks a rough area, with all those weapons!I wonder how much more metal there is in the waters? Magnet fishing can retrieve only magnetic materials although most common metal objects are made of iron or steel (not all stainless steels are magnetic, either)
Yes - I've seen some of that stuff!What they don't seem to realise is that by airing all their domestic political squabbles, conspiracy fantasies and the like so bitterly and abusively, with no attempt at mutual understanding, analysis or compromise, on p... moreYes - I've seen some of that stuff!What they don't seem to realise is that by airing all their domestic political squabbles, conspiracy fantasies and the like so bitterly and abusively, with no attempt at mutual understanding, analysis or compromise, on public fora used internationally, they are not doing themselves or their country any favours!
If you are looking for videos of physical objects being made from CAD files, I can suggest one possible location; and that is YouTube.There are a lot of arts, crafts and engineering videos on that site, of highly-variable quality in either video-making or... moreIf you are looking for videos of physical objects being made from CAD files, I can suggest one possible location; and that is YouTube.There are a lot of arts, crafts and engineering videos on that site, of highly-variable quality in either video-making or the work they show (or both!), so I would imaging there are plenty of examples of both 3D-printing and 3D NC machining. I don't know how you go about finding specific things on YouTube - all the videos I have seen were reached by a link cited in another forum. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I can't suggest particular videos. because I don't use 3D-printing or CNC machine-tools. (I can't learn the necessary 3D CAD programmes anyway!). less
Is Randy D having a little joke here....? Surely not! :-)(Normal practice in the English language - not only in the USA - to prefix the second-in-command, as it were, with "Vice". So Vice Principal.)
Hmmmm......My late-30s....Still living at home.Going caving regularly.I think I had just started new employment after several years as a store-keeper in a printing-machine factory. Other than that.... I forget! Nothing too drastic then.
Pharmacies in which dispensing a prescription apparently meant more than putting a label on a box of ready-made medicines, in shops whose windows were decorated with those great big, tear-drop shaped glass bottles filled with coloured liquid.There is a de... morePharmacies in which dispensing a prescription apparently meant more than putting a label on a box of ready-made medicines, in shops whose windows were decorated with those great big, tear-drop shaped glass bottles filled with coloured liquid.There is a definite name for those lovely display bottles, but I have long forgotten it! '''Bus conductors selling the tickets from a mechanical printer clipped to a steel plate worn on a leather bandolier. '''Foot X-ray machines in shoe-shops. They were used to examine the fit of shoes on feet, particularly of children. I can just recall using one, once, with its intriguing, green-screen image.''''"Primus" picnic stoves, burning pressurised paraffin vapour. Primus was the leading make, at least in the UK. Also paraffin-vapour blow-lamps for such tasks as soldering metals and stripping paint; replaced by propane gas versions.'''''"Proving" this that or the other classical Pure Geometry Theorem, or an artificial question involving one. This was an apparently-essential p... less
Playing a drum-roll properly. I took up the drums many years ago but have not played for nearly as long!A roll is not as easy as it looks, to play as it should be, but one day it sort of fell into place. I did not though pursue the snare-dumming tutorial,... morePlaying a drum-roll properly. I took up the drums many years ago but have not played for nearly as long!A roll is not as easy as it looks, to play as it should be, but one day it sort of fell into place. I did not though pursue the snare-dumming tutorial, by Buddy Rich, to such arcanities as the 'Triple Flam Paradiddle'.Ordinary Flams (equivalent to a grace-note) and Drags (with two grace-notes) yes. The basic Paradiddle (8 strokes so if marking quavers, fill a 4/4 time bar). Anything further.... no.Actually the very advanced patterns would probably be lost on any listener not a skilled, experienced drummer anyway! To anyone else it would more likely just be a blizzard of quaver and grace-note strokes like a slightly lumpy roll; but the jazz and big-band drummers liked using such things to show how clever they were. I still know these basic rhythm and fill building-blocks, called "rudiments", but I'd be well out or practice for playing them to a decent standard.#####Using a hacksaw and file properly - the former... less
Interesting note. I have seen the film but had not known its climax would be 2022!It's not the first dystopia to pass its supposed future of course. 1984 - novel and film - has come and gone with that year although not without parallels that have come to ... moreInteresting note. I have seen the film but had not known its climax would be 2022!It's not the first dystopia to pass its supposed future of course. 1984 - novel and film - has come and gone with that year although not without parallels that have come to pass ('Alexa', anyone?).At least we won't be around to see a similar passing with Robert Harris' very different form of future-dystopia novel, The Second Sleep. It is set in an England 800 years ahead from our present, recovered to a condition analogous to life some 300 years before our present; after an unknown apocalypse in our present! Why unknown? If I tell you, it will spoil it.(Got that? There will a test later!) less
Stiletto heels!Why? A little occasional skirt-wearing in the privacy of one's home is one thing, but there are limits; and stiletto heels would damage my carpets and wooden kitchen floor, would stick in the lawn, and be hazardous when using a machine-tool... moreStiletto heels!Why? A little occasional skirt-wearing in the privacy of one's home is one thing, but there are limits; and stiletto heels would damage my carpets and wooden kitchen floor, would stick in the lawn, and be hazardous when using a machine-tool in my little workshop..Oh, and a hat. No, not one bearing political or any other symbols; but one particular, woollen hat.It was knitted for me by a dear friend with whom I do exchange small Christmas presents; and I've not had the heart to tell her that its style and flecked grey and purple colours would have suited my Mam or Grandma better than me. less
Lunch counter at Woolworths, eh....? Woolworths itself has vanished! And Home & Colonial, a once major British grocery-shop chain, now extinct. My Grandad was a branch manager for it. .A correction:I made an arithmetical error in my example of Compound Ar... moreLunch counter at Woolworths, eh....? Woolworths itself has vanished! And Home & Colonial, a once major British grocery-shop chain, now extinct. My Grandad was a branch manager for it. .A correction:I made an arithmetical error in my example of Compound Arithmetic!The cost of 2wt 2qr of the goods at £2 15s a ton is of course, 6s 8d. My arithmetic was always wonky but at least I remembered the basic technique, and the scales of units and currency. They were:1 (UK) ton = 20cwt =2240lbs. 1cwt = 4 qrs = 112lbs. 1 Stone (still used for personal weight by many Britons) = 14lb.and£1 = 20 shillings. 1 shilling = 12d. (d. for penny, from the old Roman coin the 'denarus')The British Ton is close enough to the metric tonne (1000kg = 2200 pounds) for many everyday practical conversions..The public, attendant-operated weighing-machine - rare even in my 1960s boyhood. It was a large, yard-arm type, balance with a seat for the person being weighed; having paid the attendant a small fee. They seem to been most common... less
Two months ago....How are they now? I see Rosie's page on here has disappeared; or at least it does not show to me, but the site looks as if it's been re-arranged a bit anyway.
Thankyou Jane!RandyD mentioned two others:Manual lawn-mowers. Mine is, and only a few years old - but my small lawn has become so lush and wet I might need the electric rotating-scythe type first, on it!Smoking: This has been banned inside all places of w... moreThankyou Jane!RandyD mentioned two others:Manual lawn-mowers. Mine is, and only a few years old - but my small lawn has become so lush and wet I might need the electric rotating-scythe type first, on it!Smoking: This has been banned inside all places of work, social/hobby clubs and public buildings, transport etc. for quite some years now; in the UK.The result of that, especially for we non-smokers, is we can come home having not spent some hours inhaling what's effectively garden-bonfire smoke, and with our clothes and hair not reeking of it! Anyone wanting to smoke has to go outside, and some places do provide shelters for them. Far fewer people smoke now anyway, certainly not tobacco; though there are enough here hooked on flavoured nicotine vapour for shops to have sprung up selling these.(I have practically never smoked. One attempt, when I was about 19, and that was enough!) less
Steam locomotives in regular service.Marbles (aka 'allies') for the boys; "jacks" for the girls (games).TV sets with simple controls on their own cases......... And when you turned the TV off, the monochrome image shrinking immediately to a bright spot in... moreSteam locomotives in regular service.Marbles (aka 'allies') for the boys; "jacks" for the girls (games).TV sets with simple controls on their own cases......... And when you turned the TV off, the monochrome image shrinking immediately to a bright spot in the centre of the screen, lingering for an appreciable time before going out..These:1/2, 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 24, 30, (and rarely) 50.What are those? The values in pennies of the British coins up to the end of the £.s.d system in 1971. The 1/4 (farthing) was already gone. Their names by common pronunciation were Ha'penny, Penny, Tuppence, Thruppence, Sixpence or 'tanner', Shilling or 'bob', Half-Crown, Crown. .Social groups of their elder-&-betters (the latter quality, self-alleged) able to converse normally without constantly needing faff with a little slab of electronics.Dads and other older male relatives routinely seen able to repair almost anything from a broken toy via Mum's sewing-machine to the family car. (Some still can, of course.) Shop ... less
I see there is quite a lot of comment here on the demise of 3G. That may be so in the USA but perhaps it depends on the companies. In the UK, my plain little anything-but-"smart" DORO telephone is still perfectly useable on 3G, and the company, O3, has sa... moreI see there is quite a lot of comment here on the demise of 3G. That may be so in the USA but perhaps it depends on the companies. In the UK, my plain little anything-but-"smart" DORO telephone is still perfectly useable on 3G, and the company, O3, has said nothing about turning the network off. I am more worried about BT's future plans for the land-line network, which I use for both the broadband I am using now, typing this; and telephone.However the question is about calculators, and yes, I do still use one, and fairly often at times. Sometimes it is more convenient and efficient to use it alongside the computer while working on something on that. At other times I use that in the PC; or if it's a measurements converter I need I have a very good stand-alone one installed. (The calculator function on my portable 'phone is so basic it does not even have a decimal point.) I've two scientific calculators plus a simpler one in my little workshop where there is no computer. Well, I did. The shed gremlins have hidden ... less
Only my native English but I still have fragments of the French I learnt - well, was taught- at school and reprised in later years on holidays in France.I've picked up a few words of Norwegian, mainly just the normal courtesies and elements of geographica... moreOnly my native English but I still have fragments of the French I learnt - well, was taught- at school and reprised in later years on holidays in France.I've picked up a few words of Norwegian, mainly just the normal courtesies and elements of geographical names (some of the latter appear in Northern English dialect, too.) Also by holidays.Even a few rather random, mainly geographical, words in Welsh! I think I can make a fair go at Welsh pronunciations, too, without necessarily knowing the meanings, of town and other geographical names.Just realised..... I live not far off half-way between the South coast of Wales and the North coast of France. less
About Me:
Single, over-60, SW England resident, with fairly wide range of interests & musical tastes - but I'd be no good in a pub quiz 'cos I know very little about TV, gadgets called i-something, competitive sports, many entertainments & "so-called celebrities!
Was on EP, but left it long before it closed. Won't touch Facebook & its ilk.
"Adult" themes: quite broad-minded, like nudity but not pornography. Against cruelty, and consider spanking as a game for consenting adults only.
Model Engineer magazine, originally published with & Electrician... moreModel Engineer magazine, originally published with & Electrician in the title, is as its name implies, for a readership with a lay but reasonably broad grasp of engineering principles and related science.The latest edition (Vol.225 No.4643, 17 July 2020) publishes two extracts from its early-20C predecessor; the first on international affairs, the second on the "Enviroment" as it was not called then.'1) Fulsomely praising the technical inventiveness and ingenuity of what he called the "Chinese race" the editor commented, ".... The prospect of China becoming the workshop of the world is, perhaps, too remote to contemplate, but that China may be someday a formidable competitor in things mechanical is worth a passing thought." The date? 1904. (ref. ME&E Vol.XI No. 179; 29 Sept. 1904.)Particularly prescient for the magazine's modern readers, since most of the small lathes and other machine-tools now sold to model-engineers are made in either Taiwan or the People's Republic... less
Just For Interest. Try it from your existing knowledge. No cheat... moreJust For Interest. Try it from your existing knowledge. No cheating by looking it up! Please: No publishing answers until I have given them in due course, to be fair to anyone else trying seriously to test or extend their own knowledge. 25 Basic Science Questions with an environmental slant, now you have saved the planet and whales, achieved zero-carbon by last Michaelmas, and are walking everywhere with a paper shopping-bag-for-life autographed by Aunty Greta.
No trick questions but some are worded slightly indirectly; most are simple , some obscure; but all are of upper school- or interested lay- level. I am of course aware there are Answermug users with a far deeper, possibly professional, knowledge of these subjects than mine! I would also agree that whatever is or is not happening in the world, we cannot be complacent. World-wide we are heading for very serious difficulties whatever those turn out to be; and as some of these questions suggest, neither the problems nor "ob... less
'Tis the time of year for ghost-stories, real and fictional myst... more'Tis the time of year for ghost-stories, real and fictional mysteries, myths and the like - ancient and right up-to-date. Test your own knowledge with these ten questions, just for fun ! (Hint: not all are "paranormal".1) In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the first manifestation experienced by Ebenezer Scrooge was;
a) Eerie echoes from the cellar, from him slamming his front door,
b) The face of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley,
c) The face of his deceased father.
2) In 1917, two young English girls took photographs of fairies widely acclaimed as genuine by photography experts and others including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Did they?
3) What is so unique about the sea area often called the ‘Bermuda Triangle’, to lead to its reputation?... less
The following are all genuine quotes from a mail-order household... moreThe following are all genuine quotes from a mail-order household gadgets catalogue, dated, "Christmas 2019". The prices are reduced by 20% in that edition, with the full price also given in the booklet, as legally required. See how many flaws you can spot in them, and identify them: none are above school-level physics. One statement is correct but simply a definition, the rest are all dubious to say the least. If you counting, some are repeated from item to item, but I counted around 10 specious statements. 1) and 2) are from the section's introduction.So spend almost £162 and you, your family and your precious electronic equipment will all be safe... won't they? '1) “… noticed your mobile phone gets hot during long calls? The heat is actually thermal radiation… several types of radiation that it emits. …. All … personal electronic devices … emit harmful radiation” '2) The lab-tested shielding membrane built into ... less
Unwanted striking-though of part of message, appearing automatic... moreUnwanted striking-though of part of message, appearing automatically when I press Send: reason and how to remove it, please? (Tried "Help" but that's all artificial FAQs, so no help!)
A review on the radio this morning, of the day's papers, touched... moreA review on the radio this morning, of the day's papers, touched on the tale of a woman who smashed her children's iPhones, with the result that their family became much happier, more cohesive and communicative.It also produced two other, conflicting third-party results; one promoting wanton waste, both sharing a theme of utter childishness and stupidity. One of these results was a (sadly predictable?) barrage of insults and abuse on social media. The other was confessions of similar actions, with some owners admitting to throwing their instruments under vehicle wheels (did they clear up the mess?) or into canals (more litter - a few prosecutions would not come amiss).By all means get rid of the device you felt apparently necessary to own in the first place, but wouldn't it far more constructive to sell it, or at least give it away, than wantonly destroy a costly, perfectly serviceable, instrument someone else could use, and perhaps use rather more sensibly?For the record, I have a basic port... less
Generally I ignore the side-bar ads though I know they pay ... moreGenerally I ignore the side-bar ads though I know they pay for the site. However I couldn't let this go without comment.It was a list of assorted suggested uses for the well-known water-repellent, WD-40, shown by its Material Safety Data Sheet to be a mineral-oil based mixture.As wells as the ingenious and the blindingly obvious ideas, the advertising feature suggested using it as an adjunct to toilet cleaners, and for cleaning shower-heads. In other words, squirt mineral-oils down the drain, despite consistent, highly publicised warnings not to do so at all from chemical manufacturers, regulatory bodies and water companies!Come on AnswerMug, get that nonsense off the site and advise WD-40's manufacturers that some ignorant advertising company is promulgating a highly irresponsible (and in some countries possibly illegal) misuse of their chemicals. less
Such as portable telephones? Bounced into buying a brand new por... moreSuch as portable telephones? Bounced into buying a brand new portable telephone - I need only to make voice calls and text messages, and then briefly and infrequently; I am not one of those teenage girls who spend all day acquiring RSI by tap-tap-tappety-tap on little blocks of plastic. Nor do I believe in walking round supermarkets and into pedestrians by concentrating on shouting at a block of plastic glued to the ear. - I ended up with a nightmarish contraption, an LG something-or-other: the model label is inside, found only by taking the back off and removing the battery.Its text feature is better than the old multi-letter press-buttons, but that's about it....It took me a while to find instructions (see above on identifying it, as I'd lost the packaging), but these revealed the telephone aspect is only peripheral. LG lists it as an application rather than main function.It's also bulky, so less portable than the previous generation, at about twice the area; and surpri... less
I quote from an item on the BT Internet's news service:"Accordin... moreI quote from an item on the BT Internet's news service:"According to NetMarketShare, Windows 7 remains the most popular operating system on PC, with 44.81% of the market share in February 2018. WIndows 10 is slowly increasing but still comes in second with 28.19%. "I do not question the statistics, but does anyone else see the flaw? You will if you are not so taken in by advertising blurb that you fail to realise what is carefully concealed.
A typical board track-game has a single, rigid route of numbered... moreA typical board track-game has a single, rigid route of numbered squares, controlled by die throws, with certain actions given in some squares - e.g. "Snakes & Ladders". One track from start to end even if you must return somewhere, miss a turn or advance N squares, etc. as ordained when landing on those given pointsNow set the game on THREE separate, identically-sized, rectangular boards of 3:2 proportions; EACH marked off into 6 squares by a longitudinal centre-line and two cross-lines at thirds length. Label the boards (for this question on the game's geometry) A, B and C. Label each meeting-point of line and edge, 1 - 6, consistently on all 3 boards so every "port" is unique, A1 to C6.Do that with the individual board in landscape mode; 1 on the left-hand end, number clockwise so the RH end is 4, round to 6 at bottom left. All 3 boards the same apart from identity-letter. The track is drawn on these lines such that when one board is set against the othe... less
I've known MS operating systems since Microsoft-DOS (Disc ... moreI've known MS operating systems since Microsoft-DOS (Disc Operating System) days: I've used DOS, 3.1, 5, NT, XP (I think MS' best), now 7, and have had an unfortunate brush with 10.Also used briefly, a SUN computer giving a half-way house between command-line and windows (not "Windows TM") screens; and my first PC was an Amstrad with CP/M O.S. BTW the windows "graphical user interface" as it was pretentiously called, was IBM's invention, not µSoft's Has MS lost its way with WIN-10 though? -- The home-page of my ISP, BTInternet, always has links to sets of instructions to deal with all sorts of obviously common WIN-10 problems that should be minimal or non-existent if the system was designed, written and tested properly before publication. -- A correspondent on another forum tells me his computer often freezes with the floods of WIN-10 automatic "up-dates" over which the user has no control - to be fair he also said the Internet speed is ver... less
Unless of course you want to buy something!However... Unless&nbs... moreUnless of course you want to buy something!However... Unless the company is Hewlett-Packard and you want to buy their printer cartridges because the blighters have programmed their printers to reject refills and third-party ones. I've tried their sales web-site - it does not work.Definitely though if the printer has suddenly decided to crop randomly, images put into documents; and you'd like the manufacturers' help in putting it right. (This is what inspired me here - I found the HP Printer sites b++++y useless and very patronising, so marked its customer-satisfaction questions one-star only and told 'em so in the 'Comments' box.)Definitely if you wish to solve a service problem with an ISP (BT in my case).Or need help with specialist software that does work, but you can't understand how to use particular features because the officially-written pdf manual doesn't tell you, and the supposed training CD contains curious errors that result in you deleting the exercise it's had yo... less
As a club committee-member preparing for the AGM I took every ca... moreAs a club committee-member preparing for the AGM I took every care to save my Report as a Word document (.doc) so the Secretary and others can collate it with other Officers' Reports. So what did M-Soft do? Only converted it automatically to a b++++y docx image! I can't even edit it, if I wanted to, on my own PC because it's now read-only and in only WordPad. It took me ages to find it because Windows had saved it as a so-called "down-load" even though on the originating PC, and not in my chosen directory and folder. If I want to convert a docx file to a doc format for further editing or collating, I'd have to pay an expensive subscription to Adobe for the converter - I don't trust Adobe anyway because its Flashplayer for a start, never loads properly. Over £30 a month I think, for something I'd need only a few times a year. This was never previously necessary - saved files stayed as you chose, in the folder you chose. It's a scam! less
Answering another question just now, I scrolled down to the ramm... moreAnswering another question just now, I scrolled down to the rammel that infests the bottom of the screen below the AnswerMug window. Among the usual collection of insignificant rhubarb necessary only to fund AM, was this gem I quote as accurately as I can. Below a portrait of a smiling, attractive woman was the caption: "Top Ten Dating Sites In Abbotsbury"Abbotsbury is a village in West Dorset (England), famous for its Swannery; but whether it is the dating capital of Britain, I cannot say.Who the Hell designs these advertisements? less
I'd not heard Breitbart (sounds German) until a guest on today's... moreI'd not heard Breitbart (sounds German) until a guest on today's BBC Radio 3's Private Passions briefly mentioned being viciously attacked by this "outfit" he called it, after he had given a lecture by invitation on the International Law aspects of climate-change, to the UK's Supreme Court.Our Supreme Court is the UK's top appeals court. It is not the same as the US one although misleadingly copying the name, and until recently was The Law Lords, judges also sitting in an advisory capacity in the House of Lords, but separated fairly recently for clearer separation between Parliament and Judiciary. Cases that reach that high, beyond Appeal Court level, may well test the Statute Law as well as the facts of the individual case. Further of course, these lawyers may have to advise Parliament on international law: the UK is a signatory to and active in, an enormous number and range of treaties, organisations and agreements. The guest was the British barrister Philippe Sands, a leading expert o... less
I need to establish if one particular UK agent for a particular ... moreI need to establish if one particular UK agent for a particular software company, is still trading.I tried to e-post to him a simple sales question, but it bounced, and I can't determine if that means the address no longer exists.I need only to ask the software firm itself two basic questions: "Is ...... still one of your UK agents; if so is the e-post address I'd used, current?"You'd think they be pleased to help what might mean another sale, but no... Customers do not matter to the IT trade beyond the purchases. After that you're on your own and if you have problems with the quality of the goods or services, or you need technical advice ... tough.I have tried the publisher's own web-site but it carries no contact details whatsoever. Lots of product ads; but no phone number, no e-mail address, no postal address. Instead, as with so many other IT and telecomms firms, it fobs you off with a list of set technical questions and a supposed "users' forum" (these admit... less
I've had problems with e-posted 'Word' and 'Excel' files being c... moreI've had problems with e-posted 'Word' and 'Excel' files being converted to a strange default file-type signified by an 'x' after the normal suffix. These are locked, un-useable images.I need occasionally to collate reports etc to help me at a club's committee meetings. These arrive as e-post attachments from different people so in a mixture of styles, software editions and files, but I want to put them in one neat style in one document I can print and archive properly. Today I tried to save two, both .pdf files so images unreliable to print, and difficult or impossible to edit, place in or render compatible with, proper documents.However, whatever handles pdf files offers saving them in several other forms including ".doc", even offering British rather than US English, though that would not have mattered there. Only, the "Convert" button merely opens a sales page expecting me to pay £££/month to subscribe to an outfit called Adobe for what should be a basic MS-"Wi... less
Come on someone, put me out of my misery! Well, all right, ... moreCome on someone, put me out of my misery! Well, all right, it's not that dramatic and certainly not serious. I'm just intrigued, in a totally light-hearted way.So:What on Earth is that Sandra & Woo cartoon at the head of the page about?We see a young woman who, to use the correct, modern Claire in the Community lingo, seems to suffer from Acute Species Dysphoria; and her boyfriend, a nut-cake addict who believes he can cast magic spells with ordinary cutlery. I hope the so-called "religious right" don't get him - you know, the supposedly-grown-ups who had severe attacks of the vapours over the children's Harry Potter stories. Go on - I don't get the joke! Does it refer to an American children's game or something?:-)))PS: Claire in the Community: a BBC Radio Four situation-comedy that started as, and still is, a newspaper cartoon strip, about a team of urban social-workers and their own personal problems, sorry, "issues". Claire is the team-leader who prissily spouts all the rig... less
Like many sites this is partly supported by companies placing ad... moreLike many sites this is partly supported by companies placing advertisements in the margins of the Home and other pages. Some are eerily local to you as user: one waffles about " Opticians... " apparently threatened by some technical development in their trade. I saw one regularly on EP, telling me things like "Sarah lives four miles from you" - it was a lie of course, but it opened a dating-site that showed it knew roughly I live, within perhaps 50 miles anyway. The advertising-agencies use your approximate location bought or gleaned from the web-site. One though, advertised a "Simple trick to see if you've ever had PPI" (Payment Protection Insurance, usually for mortgages.) I know I do not, and when I did I was not a victim of a miss-selling racket the banks ran for a while, but I selected it out of curiosity. My security software 'Bulldog' promptly leapt up, snarled at it as dangerous, and blocked it.Possibly, Bulldog is very wary of anything mentioning money on non-https web-sites ev... less
What's happened to the location in the profiles? The profile for... moreWhat's happened to the location in the profiles? The profile form asks for it but it no longer appears on the public information part. Or have I missed something?
E-posted notifications. These used to have direct links to AM - ... moreE-posted notifications. These used to have direct links to AM - you still had to sign in but at least the links worked. They no longer work. The most recent was from Just Asking, and reads "Click here to reply / profile / 145." It is not a link, and I have not been able to find the message on Am itself.The message does not tell me how to find "/profile/145". It does not tell me whose profile. Why have those links been cut and why do notifications still carry an instruction to use them?Member IndexThe list is and always was purely random by default, but offered Aphabetical and Recent sorting options. You could find individuals on the Membership list by choosing "Alphabetical", estimating which page number carrying the name, then homing in from there by the page-number arrows. Why have these index options been removed?
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StrictChristianParenting
Why does correcting have to be by violence? And if that's a quote, no, I don't accept the say-so of unknown Late Bronze Age tribal elders!
September 1, 2016
tate99
Greetings Tate99 from a fellow Briton (S> Dorset) and nudist!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
July 29, 2016
MistyGoddess
Welcome to AM - and to a goodly number of us interested in spanking whether we advocate or oppose it in reality or think it best kept as a game for consenting adults!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
(also in UK)
July 29, 2016
timothy in London
Thank you for the compliment, Timothys Knickers. I should say I am not a full cross-dresser but like occasionally to wear a nightdress or miniskirt, at home only. Much of the time, if warm enough, I like to be nude or nearly so.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
May 17, 2016
Capes
Hello Capes.
Welcome to Answer Mug!
Durdle here: 64 nearly, also a Briton (in Dorset), here similarly.
My profile groups list gives you some idea of me but I am happy to chat on many other topics too if they interest me and I feel I know enough about the topic. I will add that despite the implications I don't like the idea of spanking children, especially with any weapon, but feel the traditional spanking has a place for adults, as long as it's consensual!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
July 30, 2016
VPLUK
I don't even try to look convincing - I don't cross-dress often and than only partly, in the home. liking the feel of the garments. Sometimes sleep in a nightie.
July 29, 2016
Marc
Not so much a comment as a question, Marc. I am uneasy to say the least about spanking children but what of adults feeling they need similar punishments in a therapeutic way?
July 29, 2016
harbourboy
Hi Harbourboy.
Welcome... come on then, elucidate on your specialist subjects!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
July 30, 2016
Steve Tomms
Hello Steve.
UK too - Dorset in fact. And like to be nude or, occasionally, in panties.
As for human behaviour - yes, I agree it is fascinating... and bewildering at times, frustrating at others, but never the same twice!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
September 16, 2016
Uncle UK
Welcome to AM, Dominic, as one of the rather few fellow-Britons on here (I live in South of England). I am not sure about the spanking of children, though I've nothing against adults being spanked if they wish, erotically or as therapeutic punishment.
Regards,
Durdle.
September 6, 2016
NudiSuzie
Hello NudieSuzie.
Thankyou - would love to be your friend!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
August 31, 2016
Tawser22
What's your take on adult, consensual, spanking?
September 9, 2016
RB1954
May I ask, what is your take on adult, consensual spanking, e.g. in a "DD" relationship or as a sort of punitive therapy?
September 9, 2016
harry
Hello Harry.
Greetings from Dorset!
Lubrication by Beer - definitely. Naturism - Oh yes. Spanking - well, I don't support genuine CP but have been fascinated by it since boyhood, and later by the adult-fun variety.
Chatting - I can be chatty!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
July 28, 2016
french_delph
Hello French_Delph.
I don't favour spanking children but if it must be done I think it must be by hand only, and only enough to make the point. Am interested in spanking generally and think it has a place for adults who feel they need a little discipline and punishment.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
July 30, 2016
fatherfigure
I'm probably of similar age to you then, my fascination with spanking goes back to boyhood but no I don't think the world would be better for beating children! And yet...
Adult, consensual spanking - fine, and it's odd that now I feel I ought receive the occasional, belated spanking, firm hand not weapon, I did not receive and would not have wanted in boyhood, for immature failings I believe originated at that time!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
July 29, 2016
Legion
Hi Legion!
I reckon your Miss Hamilton might have done me some good! (Doubtless others too!)
Cheers,
Durdle
July 30, 2016
Michael
18 and 20. Adults, with the full choice of protection from assault by law.
September 1, 2016
Stonehenge43
Hello Stonehenge.
Welcome! I'm 64 and an ex-EP user but left it when parts of it started to become really sleazy or stupid. My profile gives a fir idea but I'm happy to chat about a wide range of subjects in which I am interested or can give reasonably knowledgeable facts or opinions.
You mention Adultmug. I know what you mean. I ignore the worst, some of which I find unpleasant, but do dip into some of the other threads on it. I'm slightly bi and interested in nudity and adult-consensual spanking, so am not quite a shrinking violet.
I did make one or two penfriendships (e-mail) from EP but they've fizzled out, thanks to losses in house moves, changes of computer and perhaps laziness by me!
How about you? Your interests, music etc?
Best Wishes,
Durdle. (after Durdle Door).
July 30, 2016
Eva amirhom
A sad story, Eva. Yes, you were wrong to do what you did but you have realised that, not everyone in the world will hate you, and I hope you will find forgiveness and happiness.
Durdle.
July 29, 2016
Stonehenge43
I would be very happy to chat about whatever we find of mutual interest, but I can't send a private message unless I add you as a friend first. may I do so, please?
regards,
Durdle
September 9, 2016
sjf47
welcome to AM and its Naturist section!
AM Male, 63 and live in Dorset.
Cheers,
Durdle
July 28, 2016
Pofan1201
That's not "spanking" , that's whipping, and cruel! What effect did it have on you in adult life?
August 14, 2016
Pofan1201
Hi Pofan.
Interesting: many people who admit they were beaten severely as children become adults either wanting to give or receive similar in games between consenting adults, or are turned off spanking and CP entirely.
You evidently became sexually submissive, but were you aroused by either the whipping or the submission at the time or in remembering it later?
Sorry, I'm not quite clear by what you mean as a "switcher" - switching between what?
I appreciate bare bottoms including my own as well, but unfortunately mine has aged with me and is now a bit soft and sagging.
Regards,
Durdle
August 15, 2016
Pofan1201
Thank you very much Pofan. Would love to be friends with you!
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
August 15, 2016
Elshara Silverheart
Thank you for the compliment Elashara. I'm not sure what it means, but please do tell me what in particular influenced you.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
June 9, 2016
sp4sp4
Hello Sp4sp4. I too was on EP, though I left it well before it folded. "Drawn too deeply." I know the feeling. I think I was tempted too far into some EP fora, so am becoming fairly selective on what I view on here and chosen "stop following" on some already. Is this why you've not listed any groups? You have a point, using private e-mails.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
September 16, 2016
Stuart
Hi Stuart. Thank you very much for your greetings, and have mine to you!
I oppose real CP but have been interested in spanking since boyhood, and have enjoyed quite a few gentle, erotic, spanking games.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
September 16, 2016
Aaron
I couldn't agree more about being naked, Aaron!
Joanne1966
Love to be in a night-dress or nude. I like Sharon1717's comment too!
September 9, 2016
Sophronius Pupoid
Thank you very much for your comment! Sophronius.
Yes, my nickname is from Durdle Door. One of my sisters held her wedding-reception at Pennsylvania Castle, well before it reverted to a private house. The new owners have hosted garden fetes there though.
'Moonfleet' was one of our set books at school, and I remember the passage about the two leading characters escaping from Ringstead (I can't remember if that name was used in the book) by using a very steep cliff path. That path, or an equivalent, exists, up White Nothe, some 400 feet high, and someone showed it me a few years ago. I was glad to have climbed it, but I found it frightening and would not care to try it again!
The normal path from the car-park to that area of beach is gentler and not at all exposed.
I suppose I'm nearly local! Our family moved to Weymouth in 1959, when I was 7, when Dad's work was moved.
September 22, 2016
Nudistdad
Hello and Welcome, Nudistdad.
I'm single but not a father (seem to be collecting quite a tribe of first and grand nephews & nieces though!); but like you enjoy being nude around the home. There is a naturist beach not far from me, and I used to visit it fairly often, but I have leg problems now that make the long, steep path to it a bit too much. Can still be undressed at home, as I am now, though!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
August 14, 2016
Donny
I oppose using CP on children - especially the sort of gratuitous violence with assorted weapons described on the site - but what is your take on adult-only, consensual spanking, be it erotic, for some sort of punitive therapy or stress-relieving, curiosity or indeed to reprise personal or vicarious past experiences?
Regards,
Durdle.
September 9, 2016
caned4doz
Hello Caned4doz.
Overlapping (!) interests. I'm not as educated as you. Don't smoke, but do drink (moderately) and not religious. Am interested in science and have a wide range of musical tastes though can't play an instrument. Fitness more by walking and manual work and play than by speed!
I too am interested in discipline and do have regressive tendencies and sometimes feel I ought to be spanked for my immature faults.
July 29, 2016
caned4doz
Hello Caned4Dozen.
Thank you for the Friend request - certainly! This site is confusing - I've not managed to work out how the Friends and Messages parts work!
Anyway I think this part is public. For example I can see the messages between you and Forever shorts, on this page. AM does not seem to have a private-message system, at least not obviously so. All it does it let you separate individual conversations from the forum section.
I will say I oppose genuine CP - some of the accounts on this site are of frankly appalling cruelty. Yet it was seeing one or two real instances at school, and finding descriptions and images in history-books, that nurtured my interest.
The regressive streak I said I have surfaced really quite recently, in my 50s I think, although I had experimented with self-spanking since "discovering" it in my teens - when no doubt I had a rather more smackable bottom than now, had the right circumstances to introduce me to spanking fun, come along!
August 1, 2016
caned4doz
I advocate discipline - a system of behaviour - but not in its euphemistic malapropism for corporal punishment of children. However I believe for a consenting adult, there need be no bar beyond sensible, individual boundaries to being spanked ( or slippered or caned) appropriately in a therapeutic or punitive sense, as well obviously as purely erotically. In the last situation it might even be a foreplay activity. Similarly, some adults find release in being under regressive discipline, with or without physical punishment.
(Discipline and punishment are NOT synonyms: the latter is for wilful breaking of the former.)
September 7, 2016
Cravingyourtouch
Welcome Cravingyourtouch.
Mot only the women of the household who would benefit from a little suitable discipline at times!
Regards,
Durdle
(in Dorset)
July 29, 2016
spanko28
Do you like adult (consensual) spanking too?
September 9, 2016
NaughtyNicola
About You: sexiest lingerie a gurl can find - indeed, and very nice too!
September 1, 2016
NaughtyNicola
A pleasure Nicola - and I like your profile picture too!
September 7, 2016
NaughtyNicola
Not a full cross-dresser myself and I've few femme clothes, but I like to sleep in a nightie now and then, or wear something at least like a loose-fitting miniskirt. Love to be nude, too! The long-legged lass in that Timothy's Knickers pic fg5 you've commented on, looks as if she's about to be spanked!
September 7, 2016
Killkenny11
That's two of us from Dorset , then, Kilkenny!
Welcome to AnswerMug!
Cheers,
Durdle - and I won't need to explain my inspiration for that nick-name.
July 29, 2016
SJS
Hello SJS
I'm uneasy about the idea of spanking children - discipline yes, punishment or at least a reprimand if they break that discipline yes, but need it be physical punishment? If it does I would hope it be by hand only, not weapons as some parents seem to think clever, and only enough to make the point. What of adult, consensual spanking though! I can see that as therapeutic or stress-relief, and eminently suitable for someone who is of middle-age upwards but rather immature or regressive.
Regards,
Durdle
(Dorset - as the nickname may have suggested!)
July 30, 2016
tonyparker1
Hello Tonyparker1
Thank you for the invitation.
I too was on EP but abandoned it a few years ago. I'm a little older at nearly 64, also short and slim, well, nearly slim. Slightly bi, and enjoy being nude though knee troubles limit my excursions such as to an unofficial naturist beach not far from my South Dorset home. Also interested in spanking fun.
Various interests and fair range of musical tastes.
Best Wishes,
Durdle
(my nickname is from a feature on the Dorset coast.)
July 29, 2016
tonyparker1
Hello Tonyparker.
I thought I'd left a message but it doesn't appear here so perhaps I didn't.
Anyway your Profile Information describes me too, almost exactly - I am 64, and with a slight tummy.
I live in S.Dorset - hence my nick-name (from famous coastal feature).
Welcome to AM!
Best Wishes,
Durdle
July 30, 2016
softlywaking
Thank you for the compliment, Softlywaking.
Regards,
Durdle.
June 14, 2016
missspanking
Welcome to AmswerMug, Missspanking.
No shortage of people here interested in spanking, whether approving or not of beating children, or are like me, approving only of adult consensual spanking.
Best Wishes,
Durdle
July 29, 2016
2Pink1s
Thank you for that brief private chat this afternoon. It was unexpected and I enjoyed it though I don't really understand how to use it.
Best Wishes,
Durdle.
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