Feast of St Kevin
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Feast of St Kevin
My French calendar informs me that today is the feast of "Saint Kévin".
Since the Mudcat is down, I have a chance to beat legendary Gaelic scholar Philippa to the draw, and wish a happy feast day to anyone named Kevin (likewise to any mystics or misogynists lurking in the nettles).
Oh, and, by the way, yesterday was my 55th birthday. I was back in Dublin at the weekend, and read an article about Geoff Wooff in a recent issue of the Irish Independent which mentioned that his waiting list was 14 years. That article probably led to another bunch of orders, so the waiting time has probably grown by another few years. I somehow don't think I'll ever become the owner of one of his sets!
Since the Mudcat is down, I have a chance to beat legendary Gaelic scholar Philippa to the draw, and wish a happy feast day to anyone named Kevin (likewise to any mystics or misogynists lurking in the nettles).
Oh, and, by the way, yesterday was my 55th birthday. I was back in Dublin at the weekend, and read an article about Geoff Wooff in a recent issue of the Irish Independent which mentioned that his waiting list was 14 years. That article probably led to another bunch of orders, so the waiting time has probably grown by another few years. I somehow don't think I'll ever become the owner of one of his sets!
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Long as we're commemorating St. Kevin,
I thought I'd post his portrait.
Here he is with the bird that laid the egg in his hand.
They say that he didn't move his hand till the baby
bird hatched.
Thought for the day,
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
but don't count your chickens before they hatch!
of St. Theobohm the Bald?
I thought I'd post his portrait.
Here he is with the bird that laid the egg in his hand.
They say that he didn't move his hand till the baby
bird hatched.
Thought for the day,
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
but don't count your chickens before they hatch!
Isn't it between St. Kelvin's Day and the FeastZubivka wrote:I have a friend signing Celsius.
Now I'll know one named Kevin,
Pray, what date is St-Fahrenheit?
of St. Theobohm the Bald?
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Huh!Roger O'Keeffe wrote:And we all know the sort of un-Anglo-Saxon things they do with thermometers in France.
Before analising our medics' customs, pray remind me what's the original calibration of 100° Fahrtenhei or vice-versa?
Which reminds us of St. Celsius's Day, 273 after St. Kelvin's Day.Walden wrote:Isn't it between St. Kelvin's Day and the Feast
of St. Theobohm the Bald?
Btw. Walden, not that I'm a spelling Ayatollah, but please write Sankt Theoböhm or St. Theoboehm--your choice, I'm rather tolerant.
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feast of st kevin
happy birthday roger!!
never mind geoff woof, there'll be another fella like mike burke popping up with pipes ne'er matched before.
if you won't believe this, i'll make you extreeeemely jealouse with my new burke low C comp.(i'll be broke after this)
never mind geoff woof, there'll be another fella like mike burke popping up with pipes ne'er matched before.
if you won't believe this, i'll make you extreeeemely jealouse with my new burke low C comp.(i'll be broke after this)
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Correct--check the context.Chuck_Clark wrote:Fahrtenhei? I know it's probably a typo, but it sounds distinctly scatological to me.
Also, over the net, it could only sound, not smell. It's still a low-tech world.
As for the other typo before, it can only be read--you could call it pornography just as well. :roll: