The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXIII

[Valka D'Ur]

By that, do you mean anyone that really knows me? I thought apartment references needed to be previous landlords.

Everyone has a first apartment sometime.

Exactly. I never had my first apartment until 2009. Until that time, I lived on my grandparents' acreage, my dad's girlfriend's house, and then the house in the city - where I lived for 34 years before life's circumstances forced me out. The people I talked to were favorably disposed when I told them how many years I'd lived in the house (nearly 3 and a half decades)... it showed them that I wasn't somebody who hopped from place to place, and that I was into stability.

Mind you, my current place is my third since 2009, but I think this is finally the place I'll want to stay.

Even with the screaming brats who live down the hall...

 

[hobbsyoyo]

That's no way to talk about the Scots!

 

[Chukchi Husky]

The worst thing in the British summer are the Midges

Worse than the wasps?

 

[Borachio]

Wasps are one of the most elegant insects. And as they mostly eat other insects they've little interest in feeding of a person. Unlike midges.

The insect I can't develop much sympathy for is the ant. Especially the black ones. There I am standing peacefully in my garden contemplating...stuff...and some pesky ants come crawling over my bare feet biting as they go. How am I supposed to know I'm standing on a nest?

 

[really]

Spend an evening on a bog and you will know all about midges.

Wasps are a pleasure compared to midges - I have no problem letting a wasp land on me - I know it will fly off again if I don't bother it.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

Spend an evening on a bog

All my prejudices have just been validated.

 

[Dachs]

All my prejudices have just been validated.

Can't have scotch without bogs.

 

[Ajidica]

Quick question guys. I have to take a 300 level theo class and my options are:
2nd Vatican Council
Apocalyptic Literature
OT Prophetic Literature

They all sound interesting and scheduling is not a conflict. Any opinions?

 

[Dachs]

go with apocalyptic literature for the smug sense of superiority

 

[Arakhor]

Go for the middle one and hope it doesn't mean the Left Behind series.

 

[Ajidica]

Go for the middle one and hope it doesn't mean the Left Behind series.

Nope, it deals with Malachi, Revelations, and other famous pieces of Christian apocalyptic writings.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to take the class because despite listing it as 'current' on the updated course catalog, the class isn't offered at all! The only one offered is Vatican 2 spring semester. What is the point of having an updated course catalog if when you go to register the course is offered in neither the fall or spring for the foreseeable future?
The only ones offered routinely are dull P.O.S.s like "Christian Morality" or "The New Testament".

 

[Arakhor]

Well that does sound like a bit of a bummer. At least it means more time to yourself!

(A proper theologian should know not to refer Revelation in the plural though.)

 

[Ajidica]

Bah, that is what I get for typing to quickly.

 

[Arakhor]

Bah, that is what I get for typing too quickly.

Indeed.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

What the... those things are real? I thought Tolkien just made that word of for that swamp east of Bywater.

What, a moor? Heaths are the ubiquitous "highland" terrain feature in northern Britain.

 

[Arakhor]

Heaths are the ubiquitous "highland" terrain feature in northern Britain.

A blasted heath turns up in Shakespeare's Macbeth and everyone knows that the blasted Heath is better than that infernal Wilson.

 

[Joecoolyo]

OT Prophetic Literature

Does this class chronicle the various prophetic posts made on this forum?

 

[bhsup]

What, a moor? Heaths are the ubiquitous "highland" terrain feature in northern Britain.

No. The Midgewater Marshes.

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Midgewater_Marshes

Also, did I ever tell you my middle name?

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

go with apocalyptic literature for the smug sense of superiority

If this is indeed the desired outcome, then I'd take this advice. Don't, and it'd be like Daniel-san knocking back Mr Miyagi

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

No. The Midgewater Marshes.

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Midgewater_Marshes

Also, did I ever tell you my middle name?

No, for some reason I misremembered Dead Marshes as Dead Moor.

For some reason, I think you did tell me, but I can't remember it.