Odds And Ends And Anything You Fancy

[Ted Parry]

Thinking of you seeing the news of all the flooding down your way, Ted -
I don't know exactly where you are, but I think among CF active members
you're one of the closest to the areas badly hit by Storm Dennis,
so it's good to see you're high and (relatively) dry!

Thank You Eul ...
Yes, I am very fortunate ... due to Wales being lumpy ... two of the worst hit residential areas are only a couple of miles away ...
Not a very wealthy area so quite a few will not have insurance and those that do will face huge premiums in future ...

 

[montycrusto]

New Batgirl movie looks good!

 

[Eulalia]

Aye, like in the Scottish Borders and the Pennines,
it's in the narrow valleys between the lumpy bits that the water gets funnelled down,
and it's in those valleys the old industrial towns were built.
Cadwch yn dda, Ted!

 

[Ted Parry]

Diolch yn fawr ... Eul ...
Smack on ... those houses with the floating cars were originally miners dwellings from the nearby Nantgarw Colliery
... and yes I am ancient enough to remember it working ... Don't know if you saw the black slurry avalanche at Tylorstown
it took me back 54 years to Aberfan and a tear was shed ...

 

[foggybottom]

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[Apostate]

Getting back to ladies saving on work clothes.

I used to follow Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, a collection of which featured a self portrait of her outside her Vermont cabin chopping wood in the nude. I am also hopelessly and foolishly in lust with her, so I decided to look for pictures of naked women chopping wood.

Turns out there's lots.

 

[Gibbs505]

You could take it for a test drive

These girls are sensible, they don't want to ruin their clothes.

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I hope they were using water based paint! Oil paint is a bitch to remove!

 

[Gibbs505]

Winter Woes
Two bad storms in a week ... first one blew a tree down (on a neighbours fence) cost me £300 to remove it.
Today we have high winds and a months rain in two days ... luckily I'm on a hill but lower roads and premises
are badly flooded ... but even in the face of adversity we can still have a wry sense of humour ...
This shows the main bar of a local pub (note the sign) ... !!!

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Damm, I feel for you!

 

[Ted Parry]

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Damm, I feel for you!

Thanks Gibbs ... my troubles were a drop in the ocean compared to others ...
The rivers, drains and flood defences were overwhelmed in a couple of hours ...

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=495426964502430

 

[montycrusto]

Hey cruxforums.
What do you understand by the term “Fumetti”? Does it have to be a photographic comic with speech bubbles?

 

[twonines]

Winter Woes
Two bad storms in a week ... first one blew a tree down (on a neighbours fence) cost me £300 to remove it.
Today we have high winds and a months rain in two days ... luckily I'm on a hill but lower roads and premises
are badly flooded ... but even in the face of adversity we can still have a wry sense of humour ...
This shows the main bar of a local pub (note the sign) ... !!!

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The positioning of the sign is typical British humour.

 

[Migoz2]

Hey cruxforums.
What do you understand by the term “Fumetti”? Does it have to be a photographic comic with speech bubbles?

Not necessarily photographic for the Italians: https://www.fumetto-online.it/ew/ew_albi/images/BONELLI EDITORE/cl_dyl0001.jpg (a wonderful series an Italian friend introduced me to)

 

[montycrusto]

Not necessarily photographic for the Italians: https://www.fumetto-online.it/ew/ew_albi/images/BONELLI EDITORE/cl_dyl0001.jpg (a wonderful series an Italian friend introduced me to)

So is “Fumetti” just Italian for “comics” then? Where is @GabriellaSivilla when you need her...

 

[Migoz2]

So is “Fumetti” just Italian for “comics” then? Where is @GabriellaSivilla when you need her...

Actually, fumetti is Italian for 'little puffs of smoke' - the speech bubbles.

 

[montycrusto]

Actually, fumetti is Italian for 'little puffs of smoke' - the speech bubbles.

Yes I’ve heard english-speaking cartoonists use the word like that. Also “briffets” are the little dust puffs they often draw next to running feet, and “squeans” are the little bubbles and stars that circle around a character’s head to signify concussion or drunkenness.

 

[GabriellaSivilla]

So is “Fumetti” just Italian for “comics” then? Where is @GabriellaSivilla when you need her...

yeah, fumetti is the Italian for comics, and fumetti are literally the little puffs of smoke, namely the speech bubbles. You are both great!

 

[Barbaria1]

Yes I’ve heard english-speaking cartoonists use the word like that. Also “briffets” are the little dust puffs they often draw next to running feet, and “squeans” are the little bubbles and stars that circle around a character’s head to signify concussion or drunkenness.

yeah, fumetti is the Italian for comics, and fumetti are literally the little puffs of smoke, namely the speech bubbles. You are both great!

Ahhh, once again CF demonstrates its educational value!!!

 

[montycrusto]

yeah, fumetti is the Italian for comics, and fumetti are literally the little puffs of smoke, namely the speech bubbles. You are both great!

I suppose it would be like calling comics “smokies” or something. Although we use that word for smoked fish!

 

[Migoz2]

Ahhh, once again CF demonstrates its educational value!!!

Learn Italian the CF way.
Imparare l'italiano con la CF

 

[Barbaria1]

I suppose it would be like calling comics “smokies” or something. Although we use that word for smoked fish!

We use it for bears that advocate fire safety in the National Forests and Parks.