tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post3819704297948073928..comments2023-10-11T14:18:03.816+01:00Comments on Works Well: Traffic, maths and HandelRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-65362334537604375072009-10-05T15:25:32.108+01:002009-10-05T15:25:32.108+01:00RW (zS): I'm not agin them but south of Leek t...RW (zS): I'm not agin them but south of Leek they're OTT. I wonder what a flautist being eaten by a wolf sounds like? <br /><br />Sir Hugh: It's a bit of a mixed metaphor. It is in fact the maths that's temporary in that the maths that follows refines and supersedes it, causing it in effect to disappear. At the time, though, the earlier stuff was essential for progress. Difficult to reverse a climb which obeyed such rules.<br /><br />Plutarch: On that particular road you could get all the thrills you needed while travelling at 30 mph.<br /><br />Julia: It's astonishing that other countries are prepared to copy our bad habits. I have a French-French dictionary which has a list of proverbs many of which are the same weary English clichés: <em>A Rome il faut vivre comme à Rome.</em> Standing up for Hallelujah seems even more nonsensical in the USA since it dates back to someone - possibly a king - believing that the national anthem was about to begin.<br /><br />As to chopping out the Amen chorus, that's barbaric. That was Saturday's choir at their very best. I'm glad you like Harry Christophers, though; they're deinitely a case of less is more.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-5369770000124094492009-10-05T14:47:34.492+01:002009-10-05T14:47:34.492+01:00Americans stand up for the Messiah as well; I'...Americans stand up for the Messiah as well; I've known many a director put the Messiah as the last piece in a program to guarantee a standing ovation! <br /><br />Thank you for the Harry Christophers reference. I just found several Youtube videos to listen to and the group is fabulous.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381204473168533313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-24296586521565510052009-10-05T14:13:24.469+01:002009-10-05T14:13:24.469+01:00I suppose it's a bit like Russian roulette, if...I suppose it's a bit like Russian roulette, if you don't know the road. Speed past an empty camera and you survive; speed past a loaded one, and bang, that's 3 points or whatever on your licence.Adds a bit of excitement to driving I suppose, if it's excitement you crave.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-68841285557470177892009-10-05T11:04:25.671+01:002009-10-05T11:04:25.671+01:00The hand-hold bit reminded me of modern indoor cli...The hand-hold bit reminded me of modern indoor climbing walls where routes are defined by colour coded hand/footholds. Every so often, when the proprietors decide regular customers are bored with a route, or if they decide to make it more difficult the holds can be changed on a sort of pegboard arrangement and it can be quite a surprise on your next visit when you find this has happened. Do you think Weinberg had this in mind when referring to “temporary hand-holds”, otherwise I don’t see how hand-holds could really be temporary on a conventional rock climb, but I suppose he is just theorising?Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763772100015353700.post-92042733887727654512009-10-05T03:37:45.706+01:002009-10-05T03:37:45.706+01:00One of those pesky boxes is on my way home. I'...One of those pesky boxes is on my way home. I'm so wary of it that my driving skills suffer without a doubt.<br /><br />Native American flautist R. Carlos Nakai has made some fine recordings playing inside canyons in the Southwest. The acoustics are thrilling and distant thunder, birdcries, and wolf howls mingle with the notes of his flute. I would be very interested in hearing such a performance live.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.com