WotEver Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 3 minutes ago, cuthound said: Unless, of course, the object of his affections moved and he stayed put It’s quite a moving lyric... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 (edited) I wonder why Mike chose this post. Was he thinking about Rudyard Lake and that wonderful if not impractical scheme to link the Macclesfield Canal through Rudyard Lake with the Caldon Canal. Now Rudyard was Kilping's first name and there is a poem called "If" by Mr Kipling: IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,Or being hated, don't give way to hating,And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;If you can meet with Triumph and DisasterAnd treat those two impostors just the same;If you can bear to hear the truth you've spokenTwisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,And lose, and start again at your beginningsAnd never breathe a word about your loss;If you can force your heart and nerve and sinewTo serve your turn long after they are gone,And so hold on when there is nothing in youExcept the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,If all men count with you, but none too much;If you can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds' worth of distance run,Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! Edited October 4, 2017 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 4, 2017 Report Share Posted October 4, 2017 Such a talented man, wrote good poetry and baked great cakes too. He was, I believe, named after the lake, which his parents had visited. He may have been conceived there, though apparently his parents were reticent on this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace42 Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 On 10/3/2017 at 17:42, mross said: What's worse is when people repeat a question you have asked them when there is no way they have misheard you. It's another 'gap filler'. ....or rephrase the question to a different one - and then answer that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 3 minutes ago, Horace42 said: ....or rephrase the question to a different one - and then answer that one. The "politician's answer" as it is sometimes known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted October 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 On 10/4/2017 at 11:23, Athy said: Such a talented man, wrote good poetry and baked great cakes too. He was, I believe, named after the lake, which his parents had visited. He may have been conceived there, though apparently his parents were reticent on this point. I always imagined his name was a tense of the verb 'to kipple'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 Rudyard Kipling was named after a railway engine, don't ya know, a standard pacific 70035. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 2 hours ago, bizzard said: Rudyard Kipling was named after a railway engine, don't ya know, a standard pacific 70035. Was it shunted into the train yard at Rudd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 5 hours ago, Mike the Boilerman said: I always imagined his name was a tense of the verb 'to kipple'. Present participles'R'Us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil2 Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 I like the possibility that the poet may have been conceived in a marshalling yard rather than by a lake.. Yes we got it on in a baggage car he's actually christened Joseph "Rudd Yard" Kipling sounds a bit like Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson sorry guys I've had a few drinks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 Then have them more often - greeno for that! "Aye young Rudd Yard, yer Dad allus knew 'ow to be romantic..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Riley Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 How many of you actually like Kipling. I'm not sure, I've never kippled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, Jim Riley said: How many of you actually like Kipling. I'm not sure, I've never kippled. I prefer Dickens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 minute ago, Dr Bob said: I prefer Dickens. I’ve never Dickled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, WotEver said: I’ve never Dickled Sounds like a portmanteau word to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 15 minutes ago, Athy said: Sounds like a portmanteau word to me. Point of order. what has a large travelling bag got to do with this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dr Bob said: Point of order. what has a large travelling bag got to do with this thread? Point of order to your point of order. What have any of these posts got to do with this thread? 23 minutes ago, Athy said: Sounds like a portmanteau word to me. That would depend upon the track generally taken by your mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 13 minutes ago, Dr Bob said: Point of order. what has a large travelling bag got to do with this thread? Its a riddle......of the sands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 8 minutes ago, rusty69 said: Its a riddle......of the sands I remember that film. Jenny whatshername was in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, Dr Bob said: I remember that film. Jenny whatshername was in that. The attractive rainwater goods salesgirl, Jenny A. Gutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil2 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 54 minutes ago, Athy said: Sounds like a portmanteau word to me. Something happens to me quite a lot I had to make up a portmanteau for it. Roomnesia - the act of going into a room and forgetting why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, Athy said: The attractive rainwater goods salesgirl, Jenny A. Gutter. That's the one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratkatcher Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) In the film 'If' the single record Mr. McDowell constantly played was 'Sanctus' by 'Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin', which was released in 1958, sung by a Congolese choir. I always considered a Latin mass song to be an odd choice, perhaps it was the 'heavy' drums that made it so... ETA: brilliant film though, may have to dig it up from the archives and watch it once more. Edited October 6, 2017 by Ratkatcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Ratkatcher said: In the film 'If' the single record Mr. McDowell constantly played was 'Sanctus' by 'Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin', which was released in 1958, sung by a Congolese choir. I always considered a Latin mass song to be an odd choice, perhaps it was the 'heavy' drums that made it so... That could be why it became a Top 30 hit in 1969, through exposure in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted October 6, 2017 Report Share Posted October 6, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dr Bob said: I remember that film. Jenny whatshername was in that. Awful film, great book. Jenny whatsername from Logans run and the railway children Edited October 6, 2017 by rusty69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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