Tea?

[classic33]

Golden doodle. She's a bit smaller than most golden doodles, but does have the sock fetish which goes with the breed.

She's not wearing any socks!

 

[172traindriver]

She's not wearing any socks!

Shes hidden them from you

 

[MikeG]

She's not wearing any socks!

Wear them? Oh no, that would be far too easy. No, she steals them. She sometimes secretes them in her basket, but often as not uses them as bait to instigate a chasing-around-the-island-unit game, or a tug of war. She's learnt to get them out of the washing machine, or from off the boiler, but any stray sock is a target. Visitors have been known to ask "why have you got socks on your kitchen shelves?". The answer includes an explanation that as we haven't yet got any internal doors, nowhere is safe from a sock thief.

 

[classic33]

Wear them? Oh no, that would be far too easy. No, she steals them. She sometimes secretes them in her basket, but often as not uses them as bait to instigate a chasing-around-the-island-unit game, or a tug of war. She's learnt to get them out of the washing machine, or the off the boiler, but any stray sock is a target. Visitors have been known to ask "why have you got socks on your kitchen shelves?". The answer includes an explanation that as we haven't yet got any internal doors, nowhere is safe from a sock thief.

Go a week with no socks, cold turkey for the dog.

 

[MikeG]

Oh, she's very patient. A week would be nothing more than a tease........

 

[Blue]

Who?

How'd the Greek sound this time? And I'm assuming a good start to this one.

Tony Hargreaves.
The Greek singing went extremely well. When we arrived at the bar two songs in the Rebetika style were being sung so I followed up with a classic from the modern school of Rebetiko. This is the style of urban music to which the men do the traditional Greek dancing and I had 3 men up dancing to my singing. That start set the scene for the evening. The Mukhtar (head man/official) from a local village made room for us at his table and we had a great time. We got home about 4am so didn't see much of today.
Our first couple of days have let us shake off much of the stress of the summer so all is good in this place we consider our second home.

 

[petek]

In the beginning there was nothing.
So God said..
"Let there be light."
And there was light.
Plus nothing.
Which you could now see a lot better.

 

[classic33]

In the beginning there was nothing.
So God said..
"Let there be light."
And there was light.
Plus nothing.
Which you could now see a lot better.

Then he got the bill for the light...

 

[classic33]

Tony Hargreaves.
The Greek singing went extremely well. When we arrived at the bar two songs in the Rebetika style were being sung so I followed up with a classic from the modern school of Rebetiko. This is the style of urban music to which the men do the traditional Greek dancing and I had 3 men up dancing to my singing. That start set the scene for the evening. The Mukhtar (head man/official) from a local village made room for us at his table and we had a great time. We got home about 4am so didn't see much of today.
Our first couple of days have let us shake off much of the stress of the summer so all is good in this place we consider our second home.

Am I correct in thinking to decline the request to sit at the head mans table would be seen as an insult?

Keep an eye open for George & Androla, used to live round these parts. Had a cafe in town, then retired back home, SW Cyprus. If you see them, mention me.

 

[MikeG]

In the beginning there was nothing.
So God said..
"Let there be light."
And there was light.

My first steps on the road to atheism were when I heard my Sunday school teacher tell us this when I was 6 or 7, and asked him "where was god standing when he said that?" Even at that age I wasn't taken in by the tosh he spluttered in response.

 

[classic33]

My first steps on the road to atheism were when I heard my Sunday school teacher tell us this when I was 6 or 7, and asked him "where was god standing when he said that?" Even at that age I wasn't taken in by the tosh he spluttered in response.

School on a Sunday! A day of rest.

That'd be a bit like being kept behind now I suppose. Five days were enough for me.

 

[MikeG]

Sunday school was just religious indoctrination. My parents used it to get us out of their hair for an hour or two. It used to be a thing. Now, not so much.

 

[Blue]

Am I correct in thinking to decline the request to sit at the head mans table would be seen as an insult?

Keep an eye open for George & Androla, used to live round these parts. Had a cafe in town, then retired back home, SW Cyprus. If you see them, mention me.

I don't know about the refusal but would guess that you are correct as he is certainly given due deference by everyone, even the bar owner. We were first introduced to him 3-4 years ago and we always get a great welcome from him, and drinks to the table, as he appreciates my singing in Greek. He sings himself but, unlike the other Cypriots, never in English.
I will keep an ear pricked for a couple named George and Androla. I have come across a few men named George but never one with a partner named Androla. When you say the SE I take it you mean the Ayia Napa region and that is a fair bit across from us.

 

[Blue]

I think 'God' is a vibration and that even the bible tells us this. "in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God". How is 'God' often defined - 'an omnipresent being'.
What is omnipresent in the universe - 'the primordial vibration'. What is a word - the product of a vibration in the vocal folds. Over simplified, and probably inaccurate, logic would then link ''vibration' and 'God'.
That's my tuppence worth, and apart from that Primary School level contribution to the never ending discussion I have to say that I too am atheist!

 

[welsh dragon]

Good evening folks. Non believer here as well, even though i was dragged up as a Catholic (Irish parents) bleh.