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Post by Dr. Gonzo on Aug 12, 2005 4:12:04 GMT 7
Meanwhile, here in southern Australia, I'm breathing out white clouds as I type.
And no, I'm not smoking.
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Post by MK on Aug 12, 2005 11:23:27 GMT 7
Someone told me that too. Mid-Autumn festival is on September the 18th this year - earlier than usual? I saw a bloke at the bus-stop with a big box of moon cakes yesterday.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 12, 2005 13:01:25 GMT 7
Like most lunar-based calendar things, they have little to do with reality. Seasons follow the sun not the moon.
Tha'ts why Pope Gregory was so clever. His calender was not only more accurate, it stays accurate. It even has an extra day built in somewhere every few centuries for the other bit that is left over the normal year. (I mean on top of the leap year)
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Post by hankuh on Aug 12, 2005 13:20:17 GMT 7
You know I've been thinkin' that damn Mid-Autumn festival has got to rank right up there with the entertainment value of having a bad case of rectal itch. It's boring as poo. I mean, goddamn, how m'kaying many damn moon cakes can you eat before you keep hearing about what a great damn holiday it is? Anyway, it's a great time to get a piece of ass if you're not stuff with those damn moon cakes and the heat's not too grueling.
Pope Gregory.........I bet he was catholic? Probably Canadian too..............
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Post by con's fly is open on Aug 12, 2005 17:37:08 GMT 7
God, what a day! The mild respite from summer is definitely over. This weekend's gonna be hell.  |
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 12, 2005 17:56:57 GMT 7
Yeah, I think the Pope was Catholic at the time, and not a Nazi. He was also intelligent, educated, and somewhat scientific, also not the current norm. There were some odd things about him, I seem to remember, but I cannot recall exactly what they were. Maybe had a lover? Doesn't sound quite right. Maybe I should google.
Nah.
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Post by acjade on Aug 12, 2005 19:36:53 GMT 7
Gregorian chant ring a bell?
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Post by con's fly is open on Aug 12, 2005 21:17:14 GMT 7
He's the dink who isisted priests be celibate, shibushi? a toe-toucher for sure.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 12, 2005 22:29:24 GMT 7
That sounds like it.
Forgot about Gregorian Chants. Most boring music invented, except for rap. And sixties whining folk music. Or pop. And most jazz. Oh, forgot classical. Current heavy metal, they are the most boring too.
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Post by George61 on Aug 13, 2005 3:41:11 GMT 7
Chants Rap Folk Pop Jazz Classical Heavy Metal  ?? What else is there, that's not boring??? AH!! You like HYMNS!I prefer HERS! |
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 13, 2005 6:38:52 GMT 7
hymns make me go to sleep, too. OK, I only like music I like, the rest I don't like. About half of what I dont like I find boring, the other half annoys me.
How's that?
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Post by gengrant on Aug 13, 2005 6:43:09 GMT 7
I don't think the heat's killing Nobody, it's just making them him incoherent...  |
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Post by con's fly is open on Aug 13, 2005 11:53:10 GMT 7
Gregorian chant creeps some people out, but I find it deeply soothing.
I brought a whole mess of Hip hop/rap with me for the hell of it. Some I actually like. Most of it's childish, though.
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Post by George61 on Aug 13, 2005 11:56:04 GMT 7
I've got some Buddhist chants...quite relaxing, really. And some Gregorian stuff is soothing. You're right, Con.
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Post by Lotus Eater on Aug 14, 2005 10:58:27 GMT 7
Friends own a 'New Age" shop and refuse to play Gregorian chants as background music. This came about because if they played it people came in started looking at books etc, then got caught up in the music, went into a trance and then after 5 minutes walked out not having bought anything!
Much more profitable to play other relaxing music.
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Post by con's fly is open on Aug 14, 2005 16:49:51 GMT 7
Good soundtrack for the complaints department, then. Or that ravenous pack of 6th graders I teach.
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Post by acjade on Aug 15, 2005 6:03:53 GMT 7
Western music evolved from the Gregorian chant. It's the foundation for everthing that came after.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 15, 2005 7:30:16 GMT 7
Yeah, and we evolved from pond scum.
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Post by con's fly is open on Aug 15, 2005 11:03:33 GMT 7
Some of us, not even.
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Post by acjade on Aug 16, 2005 15:21:05 GMT 7
We had to begin somewhere. I send that message with a bouquet of flowers to my father's last resting place every year.
He was a great man. I love him senseless.
He was still evolving. That's all.
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Post by George61 on Aug 16, 2005 15:30:10 GMT 7
Meanwhile, in Jinan, it's still m'kayin, stinkin HOT!!!!!
I can't be bothered doing anything.
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Post by George61 on Aug 16, 2005 15:45:06 GMT 7
No. We've just been hit by a vicious cool change. I have opened all the windows. hallelujah!!
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Post by con's fly is open on Aug 16, 2005 20:25:20 GMT 7
I'm grateful for every mild day. Hope Suzhou goes easy on me.
Say, is there a good china for China weather? If so, the 8L Room needs a new link.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Aug 16, 2005 21:48:29 GMT 7
Yunnan is supposed to have the best climate in the world
Nanning is better than HK or GZ in my limited experience.
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Post by acjade on Aug 17, 2005 5:21:16 GMT 7
WE've moved into Autumn. Thanks be to God.
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