Greta life

[wesw]

jiminy cricket, I wish that , taff didn t despise me.

he and I really agree quite frequently.

I was fairly salty after he made a snide remark.

preceding trump s visit....

filling his vessels with piss, I think it was ....

at mr trump?

it was perturbing.

anyway, I have tried writing , sans big '0 s"

it is very difficult, at times....

anyway, I wish he, and his land, luck with Brexit.

please refer Taff here, in case he gives a fuck.

[BoSoxGal]

Any computer from this century has an autocorrect option that would replace those 0s with O/os even if your O/o key is nonfunctional, so clearly you’re trolling us.

[ex-khobar Andy]

Mine d0esn't. And I have all the Aut0C0rrect 0ptions checked.

PS I see what you did there, wes. Must have taken you a while.

[BoSoxGal]

If you notice Andy, there’s a post of wesw’s from yesterday that I quoted to preserve the truth that he is, in fact, capable of typing the letter O/o. He’s a liar just like his idol.

[wesw]

yeah, andy...

there was a particular sentence that gave me pause..., but I persevered ....

fuck, it was 5 minutes getting that last sentence here....

[MajGenl.Meade]

This story that she is a time traveler is nonsense. Just because she appears in a photo taken in 1898, that's no evidence of time travel, especially as it's known to be impossible with bits of wood and sails. Nor is it photoshopped.

Fact: she is actually at least 140 years old! She attributes her longevity to not eating carbon, refusal to attend a decent braai and a lifelong devotion to something.

Anyway, good luck to the world's longest-lived person. Dan Brown's latest book will prove that she does in fact appear in "The Last Supper" although the beard has obscured that fact for centuries.

[BoSoxGal]

Certainly an excellent example of the persistence of facial characteristics among genetic phenotypes across generations. I’m often struck by the uncanny facial similarities in historical photos of unrelated English people to the family photos from my mother’s side.

[BoSoxGal]

https://wavetrain.net/2019/11/21/betwee ... rg-effect/

From the piece:

Meanwhile, Greta has had some impact on the larger sailing scene. A Facebook group I follow, Sailboat Hitchhikers and Crew Connection, has seen its membership soaring since Greta started thumbing her way back and forth across the ocean. The Guardian has reported on this, dubbing it the “Greta Thunberg effect.” What the Guardian failed to note is that the wave of clueless newcomers on the page looking to ride on bluewater cruising boats has sparked a brush-fire of mean-spirited trolling by more experienced members. The page’s moderators have been kept busy tamping things down by deleting nasty commentary.

And Greta, of course, has inspired many nasty trolls herself, including, as I’ve noticed on my own FB feed, quite a few sailors.

I try not to wade into politics here, but seriously people, this shouldn’t be political. We’re talking about our children. Ultimately, we are failing as a species if we can’t provide for and protect them. That people are willing to vilify children who are actively interested in their future–kids who take action to hopefully make the planet a better place, or, for Christ’s sake, to avoid being shot to death at school–is simply mind-boggling.

I’ve said this before, I’ll say it again: sailors, at least, should be better than this.

[Gob]

Honest to fuck....

Greta Thunberg is to swap leading the global fight against the climate crisis for the more stressful experience of directing a group of high-profile BBC presenters, after being announced as one of this year’s guest editors for Radio 4’s Today programme.

The environmental activist will take control of an episode of the BBC’s flagship radio news programme at the end of this year, speaking to leading figures in the fight against global heating and hearing from indigenous, frontline activists. Thunberg, who led school strikes around the world, has also commissioned reports from the Antarctic and Zambia, as well as a Mishal Husain interview with the governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney.

The 16-year-old, currently sailing across the Atlantic ocean to attend the UN Climate Action Summit in Madrid, had only just been born when the Today programme began the tradition of appointing public figures to guest edit programmes in the quiet news days between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve.

This year’s line-up also includes Lady Hale, the president of the supreme court, who is due to retire as the UK’s top judge when she turns 75 in January. She will give listeners a tour of her North Yorkshire hometown and the supreme court, while challenging the audience to “explore the issue of coercive control”.

Poor kid.

[Gob]