Free Association Thread 4

[Handley_Page]

1970's trivia time...
...What did the CB lingo phrase "In the rocking chair" actually mean?
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Not at the front, not at the back, somewhere in the middle of the pack.

One Four for a copy. . . .

I'd never heard that expression.
But then, CB mostly passed me by; I was studying Amateur Radio. . . .

CQ CQ CQ. . .

 

[Tio_Narratore]

One Four for a copy. . . .

I'd never heard that expression.
But then, CB mostly passed me by; I was studying Amateur Radio. . . .

CQ CQ CQ. . .

My First Radio

 

[SamScribble]

My First Radio

<hiss> I <pop> remember <crackle> them <squelch> well <hiss & crackle>

 

[Handley_Page]

<hiss> I <pop> remember <crackle> them <squelch> well <hiss & crackle>

<Wshhhh> <crackle>
So do I.

 

[SamScribble]

<Wshhhh> <crackle>
So do I.

Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance, Soda Pie. Over.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance, Soda Pie. Over.

jargon! (translate?)

 

[Tio_Narratore]

jargon! (translate?)

a noble gas?

 

[MichaelinChina]

a noble gas?

j-argon? (I got it!)

je t'aime

 

[Handley_Page]

Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance, Soda Pie. Over.

I was taught it differently:-

Am going to a dance; send three and fourpence.
[Am going to advance; send reinforcements]

j-argon? (I got it!)

je t'aime

Taming what, the Lion ?

 

[MichaelinChina]

I was taught it differently:-

Am going to a dance; send three and fourpence.
[Am going to advance; send reinforcements]


Oh ok...that's interesting.

Taming what, the Lion ?

Are you referring to the war between France and England?

 

[loquere]

Are you referring to the war between France and England?

Yeah France did rule England at one point did it not? and the royal families lineage comes from France, right?

 

[MichaelinChina]

Yeah France did rule England at one point did it not? and the royal families lineage comes from France, right?

and it probably explains a lot of the French words in English.

 

[Handley_Page]

Are you referring to the war between France and England?

Yeah France did rule England at one point did it not? and the royal families lineage comes from France, right?

and it probably explains a lot of the French words in English.

Don't take this too literally, chaps, but:-

For a few short centuries after the Romans left, England had no trouble. Oh, we got raided by Saxons, Jutes and so on but not a lot else. Come 1066 (a time that will live in infamy) and Duke William, (a..k.a. William the Bastard) decided to assimilate England.
King 'Arrold, seasoned campaigner and of Danish extraction, had been forced to repel his brother's attempts at seizing the crown, marched swiftly south to meet William.

Unfortunately, William had the better-trained men, and 'Arrold's mob ran down the hill and were swiftly put to the sword by the waiting men of William.

It took a couple of centuries to truly insinuate Norman French into the English language (which itself was a mixture of languages), and to this day, there are those who can and will truly curse the French, who are still regarded as "the old enemy".

But it takes a good and wise King, aided and abetted by good & true Councillors and a well-oiled Tax system.
Tax ?
in France ? -
never!

The result as what amounted to a running argument between members of the same damned family in difficult parts of England /France (which was itself not unified). England was 'only' a Lord or something in France and owed the King of France fealty as a vassal.

This feeling of 'depression' lasted for about a hundred years.
England beat France in military exchanges (Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, but the French, having more resources, won at three other engagements (England was suffering from very bad leadership).

And so it went on until the Wars of the Roses.

So it ain't quite so easy saying England was ruled by France; we weren't,
even if we had a King with French antecedents.

 

[SamScribble]

Don't take this too literally, chaps, but:-

For a few short centuries after the Romans left, England had no trouble. Oh, we got raided by Saxons, Jutes and so on but not a lot else. Come 1066 (a time that will live in infamy) and Duke William, (a..k.a. William the Bastard) decided to assimilate England.
King 'Arrold, seasoned campaigner and of Danish extraction, had been forced to repel his brother's attempts at seizing the crown, marched swiftly south to meet William.

Unfortunately, William had the better-trained men, and 'Arrold's mob ran down the hill and were swiftly put to the sword by the waiting men of William.

It took a couple of centuries to truly insinuate Norman French into the English language (which itself was a mixture of languages), and to this day, there are those who can and will truly curse the French, who are still regarded as "the old enemy".

But it takes a good and wise King, aided and abetted by good & true Councillors and a well-oiled Tax system.
Tax ?
in France ? -
never!

The result as what amounted to a running argument between members of the same damned family in difficult parts of England /France (which was itself not unified). England was 'only' a Lord or something in France and owed the King of France fealty as a vassal.

This feeling of 'depression' lasted for about a hundred years.
England beet France in military exchanges (Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, but the French, having more resources, won at three other engagements (England was suffering from very bad leadership).

And so it went on until the Wars of the Roses.

So it ain't quite so easy saying England was ruled by France; we weren't,
even if we had a King with French antecedents.

Gosh! A whole termsworth of third form history in less than a page. Well done, HP.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Gosh! A whole termsworth of third form history in less than a page. Well done, HP.

..and I wish you had been my history teacher at high school, and later at uni when I studied European history. You make history fun!

 

[Handley_Page]

Gosh; many thanks for the compliments.
I once had to explain Agincourt to a 14 year-old. That was real fun!
It's illustrated well HERE.

 

[MichaelinChina]

Gosh; many thanks for the compliments.
I once had to explain Agincourt to a 14 year-old. That was real fun!
It's illustrated well HERE.

ha...I had to explain democracy to a class of Chinese students.

 

[loquere]

ha...I had to explain democracy to a class of Chinese students.

Details please. How did it go? Were you in mainland China at the time?

 

[JKendallDane]

Details please. How did it go? Were you in mainland China at the time?

Eating off the good china.

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[Handley_Page]

ha...I had to explain democracy to a class of Chinese students.

~Start with ancient Athens ?

 

[SamScribble]

~Start with ancient Athens ?

Of course, at the time, 'ancient' Athens wasn't quite so ancient

 

[MichaelinChina]

Of course, at the time, 'ancient' Athens wasn't quite so ancient

I definitely steered clear of current politics. And no I didn't go back that far; I didn't want to (a) bore them and (b) totally Confucius them.

Is Confucius ancient too?

 

[Handley_Page]

I definitely steered clear of current politics. And no I didn't go back that far; I didn't want to (a) bore them and (b) totally Confucius them.

Is Confucius ancient too?

'Bout 500BC, I think.

But I think you could talk about the Athenian theory. you know - one man, one vote ?
Strictly in abstract terms, of course.
Good Luck with it!

 

[JKendallDane]

I definitely steered clear of current politics. And no I didn't go back that far; I didn't want to (a) bore them and (b) totally Confucius them.

Is Confucius ancient too?

Confucius says: "Wise man knows age is but a matter of perspective. At 15, 40 seems ancient, but at 60, 75 no longer seems very old at all."

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[Tio_Narratore]

Confucius says: "Wise man knows age is but a matter of perspective. At 15, 40 seems ancient, but at 60, 75 no longer seems very old at all."

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Confucius says: "This wise man tired of all trite adages ascribed to him."