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Post by Chumbles on Dec 31, 2020 15:57:11 GMT
scubar I know, but who's to say... As for cathedrals what the learnéd Sheep2 has said is pretty much as I thought. Anglo-saxon settlement was far more dispersed as it was much more agrarian and far less specialized. The Normans, existing in France in a constant state of warfare pretty much had to concentrate their population in large towns that developed into cities. The concept of a city acting as a redoubt against invaders was matched by the development of a parallel development of existing churches being rebuilt as cathedrals in what were bishop's churches. The subsidiarity of dependent churches within the see matching that of the paramount lord; Chester is a fine example of this. In Scotland, Wales and Ireland the Celtic church founded cathedrals on sacred sites like St David's and St Andrew's which were not linked to conurbations. Incomers like the Anglo-Norman nobility were encouraged by King David I, who was half Anglo-Norman himself and founded St Giles'.
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Post by Faceless on Dec 31, 2020 15:58:39 GMT
Next you'll be telling me jesus wasn't a white American.
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 31, 2020 16:03:12 GMT
For 4k tvs  - 159 views! A tour of Chester by a yank, but not bad for ay that. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 31, 2020 16:05:21 GMT
St Columba is the bestest. He fought against Nessie, the Irish mad lad.
I've been to Iona, very nice place. Close shave in not being featured in a Dan Brown novel.
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Post by gongfarmer on Dec 31, 2020 16:15:03 GMT
Norwich Chat! It had to happen one day... When did your hometown get to figure in a game?
At one point, the city had 365 pubs, and 52 churches, and one of the invading rulers made the mistake of standing atop a wooden bridge at the city boundary, where he has shot in the bollocks with an arrow through a knothole, by a local scally who was lurking under the bridge at the time. Here endeth the history lesson.
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Post by gongfarmer on Dec 31, 2020 16:17:58 GMT
Rad chat dudes!
I now have fully functioning waterworks again, hot and steamy, as the carpet is still a sodden mess.
If you missed episode one of the saga, this is nowhere near as exciting as it sounds. Anyhoo I should now be able to drink my way into 2021 without risking frostbite.
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 31, 2020 16:20:13 GMT
Norwich Chat! It had to happen one day... When did your hometown get to figure in a game? At one point, the city had 365 pubs, and 52 churches, and one of the invading rulers made the mistake of standing atop a wooden bridge at the city boundary, where he has shot in the bollocks with an arrow through a knothole, by a local scally who was lurking under the bridge at the time. Here endeth the history lesson. Archery 100. That build is clearly OP. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 31, 2020 16:28:18 GMT
Rad chat dudes! I now have fully functioning waterworks again, hot and steamy, as the carpet is still a sodden mess. If you missed episode one of the saga, this is nowhere near as exciting as it sounds. Anyhoo I should now be able to drink my way into 2021 without risking frostbite. Glad to hear it and impressed how well you handled the situation, even if the carpet is unlikely to dry out before March. The heating system springing a leak is a recurring nightmare of mine. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Dec 31, 2020 16:39:07 GMT
There would have been some leftover Christians between the end of Rome and the 6th century evangelization. There are texts which refer to this. There is an Anglo Saxon church surviving at Brixworth. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Brixworth I have been there. 4 stars. 18m by 9m. Big enough but not really a cathedral. I don't think you can use the term cathedral for churches before about 1050, except where they are repurposed Roman basilicas, but there are none of those in Britain i don't think. There were (for the time) big towns in Anglo-Saxon England too, though, eg Hamwic. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2020 17:10:05 GMT
I was playing the boardgame A Feast For Odin recently, and my hometown of Waterford was a playable bit.
I seem to recall Waterford may also have been on some sort of Settlers game as a port.
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 31, 2020 17:10:25 GMT
Looks like we got ourselves some readers. Watcha reading for?
PM's mum makes dinner on a Thursday. Fish pie tonight which smells lovely..but it's got fookin' prawns in it. I hate prawns. I'd have made other arrangements if I'd known.
Boak.
Ungrateful I realise....
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Post by Faceless on Dec 31, 2020 17:18:41 GMT
Faceless's Film Review #1: Beauty and the Beast.
Shite.
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Post by amipal on Dec 31, 2020 17:28:44 GMT
The biggest shock so far is that Skol is called Skal by Eivor and his lads. Madness. I killed a plant by pouring a can of Skol into its pot. It was ~1997, at a house party. It’s possibly the worst “beer” I’ve ever tried. Bleurgh! |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Dec 31, 2020 18:56:15 GMT
St Columba is the bestest. He fought against Nessie, the Irish mad lad. I've been to Iona, very nice place. Close shave in not being featured in a Dan Brown novel. descendant of Irish Kings and founder of my family line by ancestry on the Pict/Scot side, so I've been told. who knows. Cheshire on my Fathers side - 1000+ years in each. |
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Post by Tuffers on Dec 31, 2020 19:12:52 GMT
Looks like we got ourselves some readers. Watcha reading for? PM's mum makes dinner on a Thursday. Fish pie tonight which smells lovely..but it's got fookin' prawns in it. I hate prawns. I'd have made other arrangements if I'd known. Boak. Ungrateful I realise.... Interesting. I don't think I've ever had a fish pie that didn't have prawns in. Prawns, finny haddock, salmon, maybe cod, boiled eggs. Sorry Greta. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 31, 2020 19:14:11 GMT
I am ill.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Dec 31, 2020 19:16:59 GMT
For those who are interested, St.Mary's Church, church rd, Farleigh (nr Warlingham) is 11th century - and you can wiki it save putting yourself out too much. Though it doesn't say whether or not it's C of E or other.
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Post by Tuffers on Dec 31, 2020 19:20:56 GMT
The biggest shock so far is that Skol is called Skal by Eivor and his lads. Madness. I killed a plant by pouring a can of Skol into its pot. It was ~1997, at a house party. It’s possibly the worst “beer” I’ve ever tried. Bleurgh! 1997.All the Brighton lads in a circle. Amipal, full head of flowing locks like Chesney Hawkes, in the middle. "SKOL SKOL SKOL SKOL!" they chant at him. Amipal lifts the can up above his head. "WOOOOOAAAAAOOOOAAHHHH" the lads cry out, with their outstretched arms, shaking their palms and fingers. Amipal pours can into a Yucca plant pot. "WAAAAAAHHEEYY". Worst. Party. Ever. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 31, 2020 19:27:11 GMT
Looks like the postie today was already beyond caring for 2020 and delivered not one, but two of my neighbours' mail to me. So I had to trudge around the icy neighbourhood in my slippers and jogging bottoms and three layers of tops to finish the job (at least the conditions weren't quite as bad as in Chumbles's earlier UPS delivery video). Presumably Royal Mail isn't going to pay me, but they should at least feel bad about this.
Chicken fajitas for dinner, oven bottom muffin with fried egg for lunch, which settles the age old question as far as I'm concerned. Other people might have learnt a new language or a musical instrument during the lockdown. For me, 2020 has been the year in which I learnt how to make the perfect over easy egg. It takes a lot of raw eggstalent and dedication.
Normally on New Year's Eve I would have a spread of party nibbles and champagne with the Pref. Mam. Then I would drink all the champagne which he doesn't like. Btw, he doesn't like prawns either, so when I make a dish that contains prawns I make sure that I put them all on my plate. He will be grateful and I get more prawns, a win-win situation.
This year it's all a bit different. Luckily I had booked a visit with the Pref.Mam. for yesterday and was able to see him, because now that Birmingham is in Tier 4 I won't be allowed to visit anymore. They will probably still find a way to get his dirty washing to me.
So I will celebrate the New Year in Animal Crossing. I have already bought my party hat and party poppers from Tom Nook. (I would have expected a shady "buy two for the price of three" offer from Redd, but apparently he's busy?) At least I'll get Nook Miles for that.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Dec 31, 2020 19:33:37 GMT
The biggest shock so far is that Skol is called Skal by Eivor and his lads. Madness. I killed a plant by pouring a can of Skol into its pot. It was ~1997, at a house party. It’s possibly the worst “beer” I’ve ever tried. Bleurgh! My Dad loves Skol, you do share a hatred of the French with him though. |
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 31, 2020 19:43:22 GMT
Tom nook is selling poppers!
NYC Downlow recreated in Animal Crossing?
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 31, 2020 20:20:08 GMT
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 31, 2020 20:21:54 GMT
Tom nook is selling poppers! NYC Downlow recreated in Animal Crossing? You had not seen that side of him? He didn't use to wear pants, you know. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 31, 2020 20:58:52 GMT
Skol is inoffensive. Nothing to it.
You'd have have a very sensitive palate to like or dislike it.
Worst beers
I've had a few that appeared to be made by someone who had never tasted beer
The sort where you are unsure if it supposed to taste like that.
Some craft beers are horrifyingly hoppy
Overall though i'd go for Carling Premier. There was something weird about it. Uncanny.
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Post by Chumbles on Dec 31, 2020 21:08:31 GMT
I hope that is momentary... |
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- 159 views! A tour of Chester by a yank, but not bad for ay that.
