Comments on: Reagan He …Ain’t? http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:43:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14805 ninme Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:45:07 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14805 <p>Ah yes. Nuanced indeed.</p> Ah yes. Nuanced indeed.

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14804 Rueful Red Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:19:46 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14804 <p>"Qualis erat, extrema dies indicabit" is still my favourite epitaph. Nuanced, as they say.</p> “Qualis erat, extrema dies indicabit” is still my favourite epitaph. Nuanced, as they say.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14803 ninme Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:45:51 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14803 <p>There's this one Inspector Morse where some artist dies, and it turns out he had a sideline doing heraldry for rich Americans researching their past, and making up all these latin sayings for them, and Morse says "I think I would have liked so-and-so" because they're all fantastic puns.</p> <p>I wish I could do that.</p> There’s this one Inspector Morse where some artist dies, and it turns out he had a sideline doing heraldry for rich Americans researching their past, and making up all these latin sayings for them, and Morse says “I think I would have liked so-and-so” because they’re all fantastic puns.

I wish I could do that.

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14802 Rueful Red Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:48:16 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14802 <p>In that case I'd better translate "ne obliviscaris". I can't remember whether it's in the indicative or the subjuctive. If the former, it means "you will not be forgotten", if the latter "so that you might not be forgotten".</p> <p>Same thing really.</p> In that case I’d better translate “ne obliviscaris”. I can’t remember whether it’s in the indicative or the subjuctive. If the former, it means “you will not be forgotten”, if the latter “so that you might not be forgotten”.

Same thing really.

]]> By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14801 HalfEmpty Sat, 03 Nov 2007 17:04:10 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14801 <p><i>Cave Canem "Beware of the dog".</i></p> <p>Eh, tombstone over Thurber's Airedale. I think I makes one for Hatfield.</p> Cave Canem “Beware of the dog”.

Eh, tombstone over Thurber’s Airedale. I think I makes one for Hatfield.

]]> By: Brett_McS http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14800 Brett_McS Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:54:37 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14800 <p>Excellent, thanks Red. My dad was in 49 Squadron. Motto: <i>Cave Canem</i> "Beware of the dog". I remember puzzling over the Latin as a kid. Why would the air force have a motto about caves? I never found out what it meant, until now.</p> Excellent, thanks Red. My dad was in 49 Squadron. Motto: Cave Canem “Beware of the dog”. I remember puzzling over the Latin as a kid. Why would the air force have a motto about caves? I never found out what it meant, until now.

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14799 Rueful Red Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:45:03 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14799 <p>Thanks!</p> Thanks!

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14798 Rueful Red Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:02:33 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14798 <p>Bloody blog's just swallowed my comment! Can you find it ninme?</p> Bloody blog’s just swallowed my comment! Can you find it ninme?

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14797 Rueful Red Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:01:17 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14797 <p>We raised a toast to this chap: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander<em>R.</em>Todd,<em>Baron</em>Todd</p> <p>It was a dinner at the Parliament, paid for by one of those evil multinationals that make money out of people having diseases. (I'd better stop here, don't want to get ninme started on that subject!)</p> <p>Don't know about Top Gear, but I went through Fulbeck about seven years ago. It's about 60 miles south of my patch of Yorkshire. I'm trying to get round Simon Jenkins' Thousand Best English Churches, (stupid ambition for someone living in Scotland) and Fulbeck is the village between Brant Broughton (beautiful church) and Caythorpe (decidedly odd). Caythorpe has a memorial window to airborne signallers who were based there.</p> <p>It's not at all far from the world's most beautiful cathedral, Lincoln. Lincoln Cathedral has a memorial window to all the aircrew of Bomber Command, showing a Lancaster silhouetted over the target, and with the emblems of all the countries whose men served in it. Next time I'm there I'll remember your Dad.</p> <p>Don't know whether you know about this site, but there are some interesting pictures of Fulbeck: http://raf-lincolnshire.info/fulbeck/fulbeckmemorial1.htm</p> <p>"Ne Obliviscaris" is just about right.</p> We raised a toast to this chap: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlexanderR.Todd,BaronTodd

It was a dinner at the Parliament, paid for by one of those evil multinationals that make money out of people having diseases. (I’d better stop here, don’t want to get ninme started on that subject!)

Don’t know about Top Gear, but I went through Fulbeck about seven years ago. It’s about 60 miles south of my patch of Yorkshire. I’m trying to get round Simon Jenkins’ Thousand Best English Churches, (stupid ambition for someone living in Scotland) and Fulbeck is the village between Brant Broughton (beautiful church) and Caythorpe (decidedly odd). Caythorpe has a memorial window to airborne signallers who were based there.

It’s not at all far from the world’s most beautiful cathedral, Lincoln. Lincoln Cathedral has a memorial window to all the aircrew of Bomber Command, showing a Lancaster silhouetted over the target, and with the emblems of all the countries whose men served in it. Next time I’m there I’ll remember your Dad.

Don’t know whether you know about this site, but there are some interesting pictures of Fulbeck: http://raf-lincolnshire.info/fulbeck/fulbeckmemorial1.htm

“Ne Obliviscaris” is just about right.

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2007/10/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14796 ninme Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:01:36 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2007/10/31/reagan_he_aint.html#comment-14796 <p>You know, Top Gear's been on all this time and I keep forgetting to look it up...</p> <p>I just can't imagine that Scotland, after being so screwed up all this time, is going to elect a nationalist party that's actually going to lower taxes. I mean, where does that put me?</p> You know, Top Gear’s been on all this time and I keep forgetting to look it up…

I just can’t imagine that Scotland, after being so screwed up all this time, is going to elect a nationalist party that’s actually going to lower taxes. I mean, where does that put me?

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