Tell us something.: I've picked up the tinwhistle again after several years, and have recently purchased a Chieftain v5 from Kerry Whistles that I cannot wait to get (why can't we beam stuff yet, come on Captain Kirk, get me my Low D!)
“First lesson: money is not wealth; Second lesson: experiences are more valuable than possessions; Third lesson: by the time you arrive at your goal it’s never what you imagined it would be so learn to enjoy the process” - unknown
I love that: the War on Violence! The ironies are savage.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
s1m0n wrote:I love that: the War on Violence! The ironies are savage.
The slogan is actually real. From the New York Times: U.S. Officials Retool Slogan for Terror War. (For those who don't like the NY Times, just google for "struggle against violent extremism" and you'll find lots of other sources. This was just the first article that came up.)
Giles: "We few, we happy few."
Spike: "We band of buggered."
Walden wrote:It's the War on Privacy and Individual Liberty that bothers me.
Me three.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
WHy can't we just have a war against another country or definable group of people and call a spade a spade? Methinks wars against concepts are generally too easy to keep going.
(And no, I don't like wars against countries or people either).
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