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IrishZeus · 12-03-2019 8:28pm

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Mrs S does lace work that she says is tatting. What makes it tatting in particular, I don't know

Yes, but I’ll leave it open until tonight to see if someone can provide more detail

looksee · 12-03-2019 9:07pm

You use a thread and a shuttle to create kind of blanket stitch knots round a thread which is linked together at intervals to create a lacy kind of effect. Its eyewateringly fine and tedious and makes arthritisy hands ache so gets cast aside.

IrishZeus · 12-03-2019 9:12pm

looksee wrote: »

You use a thread and a shuttle to create kind of blanket stitch knots round a thread which is linked together at intervals to create a lacy kind of effect. Its eyewateringly fine and tedious and makes arthritisy hands ache so gets cast aside.

This is essentially it, yes. It’s also a very strong weave.

You’re up

feargale · 12-03-2019 9:20pm

New Home wrote: »

Yep, I didn't think so.

I'll let it stand until later and if I don't get the answer I'll post it before the night is out.

looksee · 12-03-2019 9:32pm

What does the Ross Tapestry depict?

feargale · 13-03-2019 12:22am

Ok. Time for the answer.

All are continental countries whose capital city is (or was) located on an offshore island.

Denmark. Copenhagen is on the island of Zealand.
Equatorial Guinea. Malabo is on the island of Bioko. However, the government is in the process of relocating the capital to Oyala aka Ciudad de la Paz on mainland Rio Muni.
Gambia. Banjul was founded on Banjul Island aka St. Mary's Island. It has expanded to the mainland out of proportion to its original size but the seat of government remains on the island,
Mozambique (formerly). Stone Town on the offshore Moçambique Island was the capital from the 16th century until 1898.
Nigeria (formerly). Lagos was the capital from 1914 to 1991. It was founded on Lagos island.. It expanded to the mainland out of proportion to its original size but the seat of government remained on the island until the capital was relocated to Abuja.
United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi is located on an island.

Rubecula · 14-03-2019 1:34pm

well done you came up with a stormer of a question be ideal in pub quiz.

looksee · 14-03-2019 7:23pm

No response to my question so just to be clear, that would be the Ross tapestry in New Ross, Co Wexford.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-03-2019 7:27pm

Is it not the Ros Tapestry? A project to depict Norman Irish history, that's been ongoing a few tears I think.

New Home · 14-03-2019 7:27pm

I know it's not my turn, but I hope it's ok if I ask a question, too, considering how quiet this thread has been, lately.

By what other name is R. Kreutznaer better known as?

IrishZeus · 14-03-2019 7:29pm

New Home wrote: »

I know it's not my turn, but I hope it's ok if I ask a question, too, considering how quiet this thread has been, lately.

By what other name is R. Kreutznaer better known as?

Robinson Crusoe?

New Home · 14-03-2019 7:54pm

Wow. Two WHOLE minutes!!

looksee · 14-03-2019 7:59pm

Oops, sorry, yes Ros. And yes, local Norman (and earlier) history.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-03-2019 8:16pm

What went on in a beetling mill?

New Home · 14-03-2019 8:24pm

Silkworms?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-03-2019 8:27pm

New Home wrote: »

Silkworms?

No.

New Home · 14-03-2019 8:29pm

Cochineal? (I may be almost always wrong, but I don't give up that easily!

)

New Home · 14-03-2019 8:30pm

Otherwise... Sugar??

IrishZeus · 14-03-2019 9:05pm

New Home wrote: »

Wow. Two WHOLE minutes!!

I was channeling Srameen for that one!!

This is from memory so apologies if the wording is off slightly. Who *originally* said:

“I’ll go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-03-2019 9:13pm

Sounds like Samual L Clememts.

IrishZeus wrote: »

I was channeling Srameen for that one!!

This is from memory so apologies if the wording is off slightly. Who *originally* said:

“I’ll go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”

Ted_YNWA · 14-03-2019 9:14pm

Spike Milligan?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 14-03-2019 9:16pm

No.

New Home wrote: »

Cochineal? (I may be almost always wrong, but I don't give up that easily! )

New Home wrote: »

Otherwise... Sugar??

IrishZeus · 14-03-2019 9:16pm

Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »

Sounds like Samual L Clememts.

No - it has been attributed to him but there is an earlier record of it by someone else.

IrishZeus · 14-03-2019 9:17pm

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Spike Milligan?

Nope, although it would fit him!

New Home · 14-03-2019 9:46pm

Shakespeare? :pac:

IrishZeus · 14-03-2019 11:08pm

New Home wrote: »

Shakespeare? :pac:

Alas, dear New Home....

No.

New Home · 14-03-2019 11:48pm

Well, I'm shocked. (Not)

I actually know I know that one, but I'll be damned if I'm not drawing a blank.

Stupid brain!!

keane2097 · 14-03-2019 11:54pm

The best epigrams are usually Oscar Wilde.

IrishZeus · 15-03-2019 9:00am

keane2097 wrote: »

The best epigrams are usually Oscar Wilde.

Has also been credited to him but he’s not the original.

New Home · 15-03-2019 9:18am

Hector Hugh Munro (a.k.a. Saki)?

IrishZeus · 15-03-2019 9:19am

New Home wrote: »

Hector Hugh Munro (a.k.a. Saki)?

Nope.

I’ll leave it open till lunchtime and post the answer then.

New Home · 15-03-2019 9:25am

It's bugging me... i'll have to look it up. :rolleyes:

New Home · 15-03-2019 9:36am

Ok, not the person I was thinking of at all.

looksee · 15-03-2019 10:11am

Likewise, I knew I knew the answer to the beetling question but it would not surface, so I checked and yes, that was it. I doubt I would have remembered though so I can't claim it.

IrishZeus · 15-03-2019 2:45pm

So just to put this one out of its misery - Ben Wade is the answer. I heard this quote randomly in a movie the other night and I did some investigation.

Mark Twain and J. M. Barrie both employed versions of this quip, and detailed citations are presented further below. Nevertheless, the earliest evidence located by QI pointed to another individual. The joke was attributed to Ben Wade by a judge named Arthur MacArthur while he was speaking at a National Conference of Charities and Correction in 1885. The context did not provide enough details to uniquely identify Wade, but MacArthur may have been referring to the United States Senator Benjamin Franklin “Bluff” Wade. Emphasis added to excerpts by QI: 1

The effect of that paper reminded me of an anecdote relating to Ben Wade, who was once asked his opinion on heaven and hell. Well,” said Mr. Wade, “I think, from all I can learn, that heaven has the better climate, but hell has the better company.”

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/07/19/heaven-for-climate/

Water John · 15-03-2019 5:24pm

Zeus, very appropriate considering we're on page 666.

IrishZeus · 15-03-2019 6:06pm

Water John wrote: »

Zeus, very appropriate considering we're on page 666.

Based on the company here, I've mostly certainly gone to.....

Rubecula · 16-03-2019 5:38pm

I suspect looksee will move to a new thread very shortly so I think we have a successful thread here, I would like to thank everyone who has taken part I hope we can keep it going abit longer yet.

just a gentle reminder of a saying I am fond of "even a fool can ask a question a wise nan can not answer" so keep it simple folks. it is not about how much you know it is about how much you can learn .

IrishZeus · 16-03-2019 9:51pm

Rubecula wrote: »

I suspect looksee will move to a new thread very shortly so I think we have a successful thread here, I would like to thank everyone who has taken part I hope we can keep it going abit longer yet.

just a gentle reminder of a saying I am fond of "even a fool can ask a question a wise nan can not answer" so keep it simple folks. it is not about how much you know it is about how much you can learn .

I nominate Rube to ask a question for me. I’m away to Donegal enjoying a weekend with my little ones, so I may not be back to check for updates if I ask one.

If you would do me the honor Rube

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 16-03-2019 10:45pm

What links Lady Balfour, Mozart and Chopin?

looksee · 16-03-2019 10:57pm

Thanks for the reminder Rube, now have to get the brain in gear to figure out how to do this...oh...yeah ok.

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