Where I was working years ago, one of the designers “innocently” put a chapter:verse reference to a Bible passage in a bit of open space on an IC layout. The fallout from that resulted an a corporate wide ban on any custom symbols placed on any internal product or development mask. Too bad I couldn’t make a capacitor look like a “6” and put three of them in parallel.
It's down to 1MW at the moment as the building terminating the link caught fire recently. National Grid site fire shuts down power cable between France and UK - BBC News
I love the Broons. Even if I only get half the references!
85% of my breakfasts are porridge. Amino complete if made with milk which is handy for non-carnivores.
Back in the days, kids in Swedish schools learned about another great statesman - William Pitt, or as the kids learned to pronounce his name - William PITE, as PITT is a nickname of unmentionable bodyparts.😱
That is bas news, I was not aware of.
I had a look.
There are two links 1GW + 1 GW.
One of the two links is down because of a fire on September 15, so bad it will not be up until March 2022.
The UK government had to face this with restarting gaz plants, this immediately jacked up the price of gaz 20%.
This is very bad news, and winter is coming.
This shows how tight we are on energy.
That's more serious, I thought. It shows how politics and lobbying games are futile around such a crucial and critical issue.
He's throwing it to the opposite side of the loch! 😉
As for you calling it a skirt, all I can say is "Up Yer Kilt"! 😛
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It's a little confusing, I was born in Philadephia, raised a little to the north, with Quakers and Mennonites(Amish etc) abounding.
The 'Quaker Man' has always had 17th century Quaker clothing.
The early pictures and ad copy made it clear that they were trying to represent Wm.Penn, using what pictures they had(Penn never sat for a portrait, although one of the richest men in England, the Quakers had no prohibition, but discouraged personal glorification).
At some point a more generic looking fellow was drawn, and the portrait painted which has been used since.
From the early 19th century, American Quakers have worn no particular garb which sets them apart, unlike some of the Mennonites and Ammonites.
I've been to the Arch St. meetinghouse many times, it's where my late friend Ian was treasurer for a number of years.
I don't know who was telling the stories, but if he was even mildly amusing, the people there are too polite to call him on taking license with the facts to get a good story.
The 'Quaker Man' has always had 17th century Quaker clothing.
The early pictures and ad copy made it clear that they were trying to represent Wm.Penn, using what pictures they had(Penn never sat for a portrait, although one of the richest men in England, the Quakers had no prohibition, but discouraged personal glorification).
At some point a more generic looking fellow was drawn, and the portrait painted which has been used since.
From the early 19th century, American Quakers have worn no particular garb which sets them apart, unlike some of the Mennonites and Ammonites.
I've been to the Arch St. meetinghouse many times, it's where my late friend Ian was treasurer for a number of years.
I don't know who was telling the stories, but if he was even mildly amusing, the people there are too polite to call him on taking license with the facts to get a good story.
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Just teasing, Galu.
As a matter of fact, it was my friend Ian who yelled "cross-dresser!"when my sister went up in a plaid skirt to receive my diploma for me.
To me, a kilt is a man's skirt, and a skirt is a woman's kilt.
Ah, the Scots........ready to flash unsuspecting passengers in the subway before there were subways!
As a matter of fact, it was my friend Ian who yelled "cross-dresser!"when my sister went up in a plaid skirt to receive my diploma for me.
To me, a kilt is a man's skirt, and a skirt is a woman's kilt.
Ah, the Scots........ready to flash unsuspecting passengers in the subway before there were subways!
Very interesting history behind a bowl of porridge it seems. 😎
Allen's recent remark made me investigate why 1987 was such a strange year in Kensington, London W8.
The fruit machines in the Prince of Teck Pub started displaying strange messages:
Trees fell down amongst us in what was claimed to be a Hurricane:
We were even kept awake by a Neutrino burst from Supernova 1987A, though nobody believes me. Whatever was behind this?
It happens that some of us had noticed strange numbers on the pillars outside 66 Cornwall Gardens when viewed from a precise angle when coming home from the Albert Hal Proms. An effect I have tried to convey by modifying an old snap of mine. It's still there! 😱
Allen's recent remark made me investigate why 1987 was such a strange year in Kensington, London W8.
The fruit machines in the Prince of Teck Pub started displaying strange messages:
Trees fell down amongst us in what was claimed to be a Hurricane:
We were even kept awake by a Neutrino burst from Supernova 1987A, though nobody believes me. Whatever was behind this?
It happens that some of us had noticed strange numbers on the pillars outside 66 Cornwall Gardens when viewed from a precise angle when coming home from the Albert Hal Proms. An effect I have tried to convey by modifying an old snap of mine. It's still there! 😱
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I know, but we are proud people. 😀
After due diligence, the Lord Lyon King of Arms recognised my Uncle (on my mother's side) as a Clan Chief.
Lord Lyon King of Arms - Wikipedia
Consequently, he was granted the right to design his own Clan Coat of Arms and to design his own Clan Tartan.
As a wee boy, I wore a kilt made from that tartan, and it is still in my possession.
My Uncle died without progeny. I've often wondered if I should ask the Lord Lyon if I can inherit my uncle's title! 😎
More America's Gumby than Britain's Gumby? 🙂That must be Gumby's cousin.
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I have already started soaking my porridge overnight for tomorrow.
1 cup of Quaker, 1 and 3/4 cups of water. Add salt tomorrow. I am assured that soaking is the secret. Can't wait!
Interestingly, my porridge bowl matches the one on the Quaker Oats packet, which is a good omen for success:
Do we know what the Tartan is here?
1 cup of Quaker, 1 and 3/4 cups of water. Add salt tomorrow. I am assured that soaking is the secret. Can't wait!
Interestingly, my porridge bowl matches the one on the Quaker Oats packet, which is a good omen for success:
Do we know what the Tartan is here?
