Tenor Viol's musings

[trimmy]

In other news, today is the annual food fair in town, so that might mean buying pies to freeze for the next Café Septet meet-up... the chilli jam pork pies have proven popular in the past...

Best news I’ve heard all day

 

[Vetinari]

If swmbo does cake as well, there will be no point bringing a sax. We'll be too busy eating.

 

[Tenor Viol]

I have some tragic news - the pie shop wasn’t there and the other pie shop had sold out.... I will try again in the morning....

 

[Tenor Viol]

Tonight was regular Thursday night orchestra with a twist - conductor was away and asked me to stand in for him... So tonight I conducted movements 2, 3, and 4 of Dvorak Symphony #9, La Calinda by Delius, and Elgar Pomp and Circumstance #4 (for those of a certain age, I think that was the old ITV intermission music just before it resumed broadcasting in the afternoon?)

 

[Tenor Viol]

Yesterday was concert day playing cello at the concert hall at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. The 'Summer Fiesta' programme (while it hammered down with rain at 11C) included Chabrier's Espana, Bernstein's suite from West Side Story, film music such as Dances with Wolves, The Big Country, Live and Let Die, Piazolla's Libertango etc.

Sadly, no-one I knew was in the audience. I know some people on here were unable to attend due to other commitments.

 

[Tenor Viol]

Noctilucent clouds (from Latin meaning 'night shining') are a moderately rare atmospheric phenomenon that can only seen at high northern/southern latitudes around 50 - 70 degrees. In the northern hemisphere they can only be seen during astronomical twilight which is early May to early August.

They are poorly understood, but are caused by ice crystals very high up - around 50 miles up. Bear in mind that almost all weather occurs no more than around 5 - 10 miles up.

I live at latitude around 53 deg north. You need to look to the northern horizon. You will see bright wispy tendrils of cloud. They're bright because they are still in sunlight (because of their height) but you are in shadow. They tend to be bluish or silver.

They're not very common and last Wednesday I was walking back from the pub around 11.15pm and there was a good display of them. Photo below, taken with my phone.

 

[Alice]

I really love that photo and thank you for the interesting explanation. I have never known what causes this phenomenon, it’s beautiful.

 

[Tenor Viol]

Panorama created by stitching three photos together - this is a low res image, full size its 45mb. Waterfalls in the Brecon Beacons, early July. About an hour before I failed to execute a reverse somersault clambering down a cliff...

In other news, 59 year-olds should not attempt rugby drills.

 

[Tenor Viol]

Not satisfied with attempting a triple reverse somersault off a cliff last month (and failing), this month I have a complete rupture (tear) of an Achilles tendon. That's 2 months' of wearing some weird ski-boot like thing starting later this week (an dI have to wear it in bed) followed by anything from 2 months to a years' worth physiotherapy...

 

[Vetinari]

You must start taking more care of yourself, you could end up like me. (Opening for @trimmy to get an insult in). At my age you need all the insults you can get.

 

[jbtsax]

Not satisfied with attempting a triple reverse somersault off a cliff last month (and failing), this month I have a complete rupture (tear) of an Achilles tendon. That's 2 months' of wearing some weird ski-boot like thing starting later this week (an dI have to wear it in bed) followed by anything from 2 months to a years' worth physiotherapy...

Ouch! Here's wishing you a speedy recovery. Again, thanks for sharing your life experiences with us on the other side of the pond.

 

[nigeld]

You seem to be having a run of bad luck. Not fair!
Hopefully a nice cup of tea and your ski boot will sort things out.

 

[Jeanette]

You seem to be having a run of bad luck. Not fair!
Hopefully a nice cup of tea and your ski boot will sort things out.

Tea!!!!

Wine he needs nice red wine

Jx

 

[nigeld]

Wine he needs nice red wine

If he drinks too much red wine he will fall over and injure some other limb.
A diet of milky tea and muffins would be more appropriate.

 

[Jeanette]

If he drinks too much red wine he will fall over and injure some other limb.
A diet of milky tea and muffins would be more appropriate.

I guess if he developed a muffin top he'd have a cushion when falling

 

[trimmy]

Opening for @trimmy to get an insult in

Me as if !!!

 

[Vetinari]

Go on you know you want to.

 

[Tenor Viol]

I guess if he developed a muffin top he'd have a cushion when falling

Oi... I'll have you know I've lost over 10kg this last year (stone and a half around 22lbs) - I've got flabby abs to prove it

 

[Vetinari]

That means you should be able to walk about carrying your bari.

 

[Jeanette]

Oi... I'll have you know I've lost over 10kg this last year (stone and a half around 22lbs) - I've got flabby abs to prove it

I know hence the "if"

Jx