Role model: who is yours?
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Bach was Welsh of course, many mountains are named after him or his brother Mawr
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Did he write that famous Welsh song "The Saucepan's Black"?
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Sospan Fawr, the big saucepan? Doubtless
Beethoven raided some scotch folk melodies too
Beethoven raided some scotch folk melodies too
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Oldjohnw wrote:Wagner's music is not as bad as it sounds.
Ah, the old ones are the best! Aren't they?
Ray
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt - Bertrand Russell
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt - Bertrand Russell
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Oldjohnw wrote:Wagner's music is not as bad as it sounds.
You have that backwards-oh. Wagner's music is far worse than it sounds, as it often sounds quite exciting or even stirring .... but for all the wrong reasons! Just ask Mahler. (Well, his geist).
Cugel
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Ray wrote:Oldjohnw wrote:Wagner's music is not as bad as it sounds.
Ah, the old ones are the best! Aren't they?
Yes, we are. Them younger folk are, well, so young.
Cugel
“Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence are usually the slaves of some defunct economist”.
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Sir Edward Elgar, a keen cyclist
When he learned that he was to be knighted he cycled from Malvern to Bromsgrove to tell his dad
A locomotive engine was named after him too
When he learned that he was to be knighted he cycled from Malvern to Bromsgrove to tell his dad
A locomotive engine was named after him too
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Robert Marchand; at least, that's the name I fling at the quack when he tells me I'm not as young as I used to be.
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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I read the Guardian obituary of Bob Holman again
Gladstone inspired George Lansbury who inspired Holman who inspired me
Lansbury emigrated to Australia in the early 20th century on promises, lies, of prosperity, he managed to get back and campaigned against lies made by organisations selling passages to the colonies. I bet many people were not so lucky and led miserable lives in the Red Continent
All three inspirers were dedicated christians
Gladstone inspired George Lansbury who inspired Holman who inspired me
Lansbury emigrated to Australia in the early 20th century on promises, lies, of prosperity, he managed to get back and campaigned against lies made by organisations selling passages to the colonies. I bet many people were not so lucky and led miserable lives in the Red Continent
All three inspirers were dedicated christians
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Audax67 wrote:Robert Marchand; at least, that's the name I fling at the quack when he tells me I'm not as young as I used to be.
Cycling world record holder in age group 105+
+105!
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Mike van Erp, traffic law enforcement vigilante
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Joseph Robinette Bidon Jr, he has been trying for decades and now he shall be PotUS
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Cyril Haearn wrote:Joseph Robinette Bidon Jr, he has been trying for decades and now he shall be PotUS
Are you sure you're not mixing him up with the guy who invented the cyclists' drinking bottle?
Ray
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt - Bertrand Russell
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt - Bertrand Russell