tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post57418246826507029..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Gunpowder Plot and All That Twilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-39548572434009441712015-11-06T16:55:01.016-06:002015-11-06T16:55:01.016-06:00JD ~ Those were the days! I recall the effigy mak...JD ~ Those were the days! I recall the effigy makers had a lot going on during Thatcher's reign too! There never was, nor likely never will be a PM more deserving of it! ;-/Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-2302345846517821152015-11-06T07:42:02.402-06:002015-11-06T07:42:02.402-06:00Twilight, that's the way I remember 'bonfi...Twilight, that's the way I remember 'bonfire night' too. Building a bonfire on a patch of waste ground, 'penny for the Guy' while trundling an effigy around on a home made 'soap box' (as in soap box derby races) and said effigy ending up on top of the bonfire. Ahh, it was great to be young before electronic and 'organised' entertainment...........<br /><br />The most well known Bonfire Night is at Lewes in Sussex<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewes_Bonfire<br /><br />This year's bonfire effigy had a topical variation on the theme :)<br />https://www.rt.com/uk/320849-cameron-pig-bonfire-night/JDhttp://www.nourishingobscurity.com/jd/jds-art/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-45495970807640450842015-11-05T19:47:45.220-06:002015-11-05T19:47:45.220-06:00Sonny - Thanks! You have a pretty good solar retu...Sonny - Thanks! You have a pretty good solar return, too:<br />http://planetwatcher.com/#1451066400<br />You can go to astrotheme.com and get the exact solar return for you with some interpretation:<br />http://www.astrotheme.com/solar_revolution.php<br /><br /><br />Kidd - Thanks! Yes, I like this SR, too. Are you ever going to reveal Mugsy's day?<br /><br /><br />Twilight - Sounds like a wholesome, fall season holiday. The ginger parkin, though I'd never heard of it until now, is my kind of cake: heavy, dense, candied ginger. Here's a recipe that uses a quince & pomegranate compote. Rarely see quince anymore, unless it's in someone's yard. I'm sure a dollop of whipped cream could replace the compote. You've said that anyjazz likes to bake...<br />http://www.lavenderandlovage.com/2012/11/a-bonfire-treat-sticky-yorkshire-ginger-parkin-with-quince-and-pomegranate-compote.htmlmike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-71697693976741509012015-11-05T16:04:46.118-06:002015-11-05T16:04:46.118-06:00mike (again) ~ Shucks! What a carry on to get Me...mike (again) ~ Shucks! What a carry on to get Medicare cranked up! And on your birthday too! Hope you get it sorted soon.<br /><br />Activities on Bonfire Night? Hmmm...digging around in memory banks, not sure if still the same: lovely gooey spicy ginger cake called ginger parkin was prepared by one's Mum or Gran, to be consumed around the bonfire. The "Guy", something like a scarecrow in old clothes, sneaked from Dad or Grandad, atop the fire. Lots of fireworks. If no bonfire were available, we'd often set off our foreworks in the backyard, and run around waving "sparklers".<br /><br />I don't remember any anti-government songs being sung though - or any songs at all.<br />In the days (sometimes weeks) before 5 November kids/youths would make their Guy then sit around the streets with the effigy asking "Penny for the Guy?" I suspect this might have been outlawed. Pennies gathered were supposed to be used to buy fireworks. Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-79942992638982514282015-11-05T15:42:31.781-06:002015-11-05T15:42:31.781-06:00Hej Mike ...
How nice to have a double conjunctio...Hej Mike ...<br /><br />How nice to have a double conjunction on your solar return.<br />... And between such nice planets!<br />... And in such a fun natal house.<br /><br />Have lots of fun.<br /><br />kidd.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-33662678177305820932015-11-05T15:14:03.073-06:002015-11-05T15:14:03.073-06:00Happiest of Birthdays Mike and thanks for being YO...Happiest of Birthdays Mike and thanks for being YOU...<br /><br /> You've brought light to my life in many ways and I appreciate it.Sonny Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06926830309207639536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-3498062611254361952015-11-05T15:00:19.146-06:002015-11-05T15:00:19.146-06:00Thanks for the well-wishes! Yes, today is THE day...Thanks for the well-wishes! Yes, today is THE day. I spent most of the morning enrolling in Medicare, Part D, 2015 and 2016. Had lots of problems, one because I don't have any prescription drugs and one of the Medicare website pages requires the list for comparison-pricing purposes...a great feature, but not for the prescription-less individual. I skipped that page, but then couldn't view the pharmacies in the network for each provider. That was for 2016 coverage, which I enrolled first. I had to call Medicare and they put a fake prescription on the page to force the result...LOL...I was too afraid that somehow that wasn't erasable or end-up written in stone. Then it dawned on me that I still had to enroll in the remaining two months of 2015, which I did, but accidentally clicked on the wrong provider, and that wrong choice had a hefty monthly premium. Had to call Medicare and they corrected their end, but I still had to contact the accidental provider to cancel...they hadn't received the work-order from Medicare, etc, etc, etc. Hours spent doing Part D! And I still have to call the accidental provider early next week to cancel the work-order, assuming it has arrived. The Medicare employees were very nice and helpful.<br /><br />If I see a bonfire tonight, I'll claim it for mine! I live urban, so slim chance of bonfires, lest there be major trouble.<br /><br />What activities occur on Guy Fawkes Day (aka Bonfire Night)? Only the bonfire? Roasting wieners and consuming a couple of pints? Any rousing anti-government songs?mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-38168264793536854932015-11-05T11:30:46.389-06:002015-11-05T11:30:46.389-06:00mike ~ If I read comments on yesterday's post...mike ~ If I read comments on yesterday's post aright it's your B'day today! Happy Day, Happy Year, Happy Solar Return, Happy Life! Consider all the bonfires in Britain and all the firework displays there to be in your honour! :-D<br /><br />It is surprising there's never been anything even vaguely comparable to The Gunpowder Plot here. Still, you've not had The King Thing here, at least not since 1776. The "King du Jour" here, i.e. the Prez, and his cohorts in congress reign for only 4 or 8 or 6 years, so there's always hope he and/or they will be gone soon, if proving troublesome - maybe that hope has kept Gunpowder Plots at bay. ;-)<br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-29857232507875022342015-11-05T06:49:33.044-06:002015-11-05T06:49:33.044-06:00Maybe in a parallel universe Parliament was blown ...Maybe in a parallel universe Parliament was blown to smithereens. I'm not sure what has kept the USA's congress from the same fate...at least attempted fate similar to Guy Fawkes. Many of the Catholics here are of the militant variety, particularly when it comes to family values and anti-abortion...they've been known to murder for the cause...I'm sure they could enlist assistance from their comrades, the Christians. Kim Davis and Mike Huckabee are available. The stickler is that congress is essentially both of those two religious groups, with few exceptions. It should be noted that congress has never hesitated to use the proverbial keg of gunpowder on US citizens, specially when prompted by lobbyists and big-donors. It seems we have Guy Fawkes in reverse here in the USA. Is congress holding a BBQ tonight with a giant bonfire?mikenoreply@blogger.com