Topic: Current Events

[6pairsofshoes]

It's 1:30 am and the bird is giving the usual creepy concert.
I just give up on it.
Unless it breaks my window and lunges for my throat, I'll just chalk it up to a fluke of nature.

[6pairsofshoes]

Oh yeah.  Agent Orange has been indicted for paying hush money to a porn star and attributing this to "legal expenses" in the accounting for campaign finances.  This is a felony.  So it's a serious charge.  His former lawyer/fixer that he threw to the dogs is now singing like a canary to the Grand Jury.

Ya gotta love New York.

[goldshirt*9]

Teflon Orange 

[8ullfrog]

It's quite nice to see the Bude Tunnel made it to the coronation at Westminster.

I've obviously never seen one of these coronations, but the amount of time devoted to religion was surprising. Probably shouldn't have been, seeing as it was in an ABBEY, but somehow it was.

I also found it amusing how often the horses poo, it seemed to fill every pothole. People in the livechat talked about how one particular sidestepping horse would be dog food by sundown.

Now we're watching the procession roll out, one would think they would have cleared the poo, but they didn't. The wheelhouses are rolling through it.

almost seems like some sort of protest.

[goldshirt*9]

I've obviously never seen one of these coronations,

Many haven't 

Something that isn't well known and possibly will never openly be admitted is that,
A certain Regiment left their colours on the train and have now lost them 
Someone will have a good rollocking and more.

[6pairsofshoes]

Watched the odd movement of special objects that the new King got to hold and give back.  Special swords, spurs, etc.  All very ornate.  Very oogga boogga.  This is an anthropologists' wet dream.

[8ullfrog]

I felt bad for olive leaf lady, she had to hold that sword upright almost the entire ceremony. Wonder what kind of training she did to sustain.

I occasionally do the ten-minute arm raise and hold because of my bad shoulder, and that sounds easier than it is. I'm quite happy when I'm done.

[goldshirt*9]

I felt bad for olive leaf lady, she had to hold that sword upright almost the entire ceremony. Wonder what kind of training she did to sustain.

I occasionally do the ten-minute arm raise and hold because of my bad shoulder, and that sounds easier than it is. I'm quite happy when I'm done.

She did have a sword girdle fitted, which would take most of the weight

[8ullfrog]

Penny Mordaunt.

Apparently, she's dodged several sinking ships beforehand. Bojo, May, Bush the II.

She's also a bless'ed idiot that supports homeopathy.

[smokester]

My neighbour has been on the TV a lot over the last few days (Colleen Harris) and she actually did some stuff for CBS so those over the pond might have seen her. She gave me the tickets for the concert today, which is an incredible gift to be honest.

[goldshirt*9]

In the pictures it seems that she hadn't been taught how to use it.

She probably thought she knew best.

Quote of the coronation must go to
"Adjoa Andoh ""star of Bridgeton"" calling the Buckingham Palace balcony 'terribly white' post the coronation.
There is a video available if you wish to watch and the comments on social media sites are, well you can imagine. Mylene Class face when she states is of pure shock. 😕😕

[smokester]

The concert yesterday was the nuts to be honest - and it's not really my thing. I was most impressed with the king's dancing. They don't show much on the BBC coverage, but that whole balcony rocked and rolled to Lionel.

On that note: I don't think that was Lionel at all. He sounded different, looked different and seemed to move far more easily for a man of his age. I think it was a robot - a cyborg at best.

I sent this to dweez yesterday via Discord:



Plenty enough people of colour both as part of the event and certainly those attending.

These days, people just want to gripe, grump and protest at everything. Just get on and start living. We may not have long left.

[6pairsofshoes]

Yes.  Everyone's a critic.  Lionel Ritchie seems like a decent person and his music has aged well.  The general tone of the crowd seemed to be pleasant and why someone felt it necessary to complain about it seems kind of churlish.  Once you accept the notion of the monarchy, get over it.  They're having a big do to pass the baton.  Either have fun or stay home and read a good book.

[6pairsofshoes]

There is a machine that is slowly and methodically removing the upper 6 inches of asphalt of the road in front of my house in 6 foot stripes.  This is kind of amazing.  The machine is like a big truck with tires like a tank and it has a huge cutting mechanism at the back on a kind of roller.  The torn asphalt is shot through a tube in the front into the open bed of a dump truck that slowly drives in front of it.  Lots of noise and beeping.  It will be fun to drive on a street that is not riddled with potholes for a change.  In the meantime, we have to go on big safaris to track down the rare on-street parking in our neighborhood.

[smokester]

I was told who the BBC presenter is in the news at the moment.

I'm completely shocked!