Quote from: The Picnic Wasp on November 12, 2024, 01:08:19 PM

Quote from: Matt2112 on November 12, 2024, 11:31:34 AMThe English equivalent is the letter p, of course, although the Greek letter π is still pronounced in the Greek as "pee", not "pie"; so, the English pronunciation of the Greek letter π is different to the Greek pronunciation, but the Greek pronunciation of π is the same as the English for the letter p - and all that is to avoid any confusion of course.

I suppose it might be pronounced pie in English to differentiate it internationally as its irrational number identity. At school we were taught to memorise it to seven decimal places in the following fashion: May I have a drink alcoholic of course. Strange, as the slightest whiff of alcohol would have earned at least six ferulae. Probably more.

Indeed, I just find the irony amusing, which I find is happening quite often the more I'm learning the Greek language.

As another instance, the Greek equivalent of the letter r (pronounced "rho" in the Greek) looks very much like the English letter p in both lower and upper cases, i.e.:

ρ and Ρ.

But I may be wavering slightly off topic now.

The English equivalent is the letter p, of course, although the Greek letter π is still pronounced in the Greek as "pee", not "pie"; so, the English pronunciation of the Greek letter π is different to the Greek pronunciation, but the Greek pronunciation of π is the same as the English for the letter p - and all that is to avoid any confusion of course.

Quote from: Matt2112 on November 11, 2024, 03:00:28 PMForecasted clear skies, too (at long last).

Well, so much for that forecast...! 

Shiva Baby

Critically-adored comedy/drama/farce about a promiscuous bisexual Jewish woman trying to deal with the consequences of her actions during a shiva (Jewish wake).

Even at a mere 77 minutes I found it so underwhelming that it outstayed its welcome for me; aside from a couple of decent supporting performances, there was nothing here that made the characters, story or script particularly engaging.

Rating: **

Forecasted clear skies, too (at long last).

Fri 9th Feb
STEWART LEE, Leeds Playhouse ****
Sat 16th Mar
SIMPLE MINDS, Manchester AO Arena ****
Sat 13th Apr
PAUL FOOT, Halifax Square Chapel
Thu 18th Apr
STEWART LEE, Bradford St George's Hall
Fri 3rd May
MOVING PICTURES, Leeds Brudenell ****
Sun 5th May
FM, Leeds Brudenell
Wed 22nd May
RICHARD MARX, London Royal Albert Hall ****
Thu 23rd May
YES, Manchester Bridgewater Hall
Thu 13th Jun
SHERYL CROW, Halifax Piece Hall ***
Sun 16th Jun
NILE RODGERS & CHIC, Halifax Piece Hall ****
Fri 21st Jun
THE KILLERS, Manchester Co-op Arena *****
Sat 22nd Jun
GRACE JONES, Halifax Piece Hall **
Sun 7th Jul
RICK ASTLEY, Halifax Piece Hall ***
Fri 12th Jul
TOM JONES, Halifax Piece Hall ****
Sat 31st Aug
BRAVADO, Sheffield City Hall
Fri 18th Oct
RITA, SUE & BOB TOO, Halifax Victoria Theatre ***
Sat 19th Oct
BRAVADO (Eucon), Chester Live Rooms ****
Tue 22nd Oct
The Libertines, Leeds O2 Academy #
Sat 2nd Nov
FM, Athens Piraeus Academy ****
Sun 10th Nov
FM, Wakefield Venue 23
Thu 14th Nov
THE SAW DOCTORS, Leeds O2 Academy

2025

Sat 1st Feb
MICK MILLER, Bradford Tapestry
Sat 10th May
STEWART LEE, Leeds Playhouse
Mon 7th Jul
SIMPLE MINDS, Halifax Piece Hall
Fri 8th Aug
The Libertines, Halifax Piece Hall ##

# Chaperone duty
## Trying to get out of chaperone duty

Dispatches doc which seems to have "triggered" many royal boot-lickers on Twatter etc.

If that keeps the conversation about the (un)tenebility of the monarchy in modern society in the public's conciousness then that's a good thing in my book.

Well today the obvious thing would be our visit to the Parthenon in the warm sunny weather, but the guy who scanned my ticket on entry noticed my AFTK apparel and said to me, "Great t-shirt, great band!".

We're everywhere...

Alfresco dining in my denim shorts - in November* - and watching the world go by.  Yes, I'm back in downtown Athens.

(I also got a complimentary light dessert for my Greek.  Yes, I'm back in...etc etc).


* In fairness, you do need to layer up a bit when dusk is setting in.

Quote from: Slim on October 29, 2024, 10:31:37 PMI know it's not funny really, but

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/repulsive-huddersfield-man-karl-martin-30252593

'Repulsive' Huddersfield man Karl Martin masturbates into pregnant woman's drink

A pornstar martini, presumably.

Remember the good old days when you selected the ITVX app on your Smart TV to watch a live HD broadcast and there were two, maybe three adverts you had to endure before it joined the stream?

Now there's more like 12 adverts.

Quote from: David L on October 17, 2024, 07:54:02 PMWhat passes for tea-time viewing these days. Hard drugs and prostitution (Home & Away). So far from the good old days of Crackerjack, Blue Peter and Michael Bentine's Potty Time.

Grange Hill had a hard drugs storyline in 1986.

Quote from: Matt2112 on September 26, 2024, 02:08:59 PMReserved an Athens hotel for the same dates as we went last year, plus another night. As I've mentioned before here, we have unfinished business there.

I've still strongly felt the lure of the place ever since I left it and simply booking a hotel room made me feel like a giddy school kid.

This is all booked now, albeit with one thing and another we won't be able to stay for the extra night I planned.  Still, you could say I'm lit up with anticipation.

Quote from: pxr5 on October 21, 2024, 12:17:14 PMMy big 60th birthday yesterday and my son got me this. Bonnie and Bella are dogs btw lol:

https://www.cameo.com/recipient/66f5511e5b41f13bcd0a16fe?from_share_sheet=1&utm_campaign=video_share_to_copy

Superb!

Belated happy birthday to you!

Quote from: Matt2112 on October 15, 2024, 10:51:36 PMCloudy all day and into the evening today, so was denied any opportunity to see the comet currently in our skies.

The forecast is a lot more promising over the next few days however, so hopefully I'll get to spot it before it fades from view.

This aged well.