Monkeys Fist 50722 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Messner was an absolute beast in his prime. He basically tore up the rule book and set the standards for everything that followed him. I always forget he’s Italian. His name, hearing him speak with a heavy Germanic accent, but he’s from South Tyrol, a German speaking region of the Italian alps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42148 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 16 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Messner was an absolute beast in his prime. He basically tore up the rule book and set the standards for everything that followed him. I always forget he’s Italian. His name, hearing him speak with a heavy Germanic accent, but he’s from South Tyrol, a German speaking region of the Italian alps. Yeah, he’s Italian from the Dolomites. I always find that weird too. I think he broke a lot of records for climbing in the Alps too. On one of those documentaries him and his partner for that first Everest ascent get taken up near the top of Everest in a small plane. Then him and his mate take the oxygen masks off sat there as passengers and they start chatting away going (along the lines of) this doesn’t seem too bad Because what’s easy to forget is, before that first ascent without supplemental oxygen, no one even knew if it was physically possible for humans. I know there’s the evidence that George Mallory at least got close, but still… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50722 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 28 minutes ago, Alex said: Yeah, he’s Italian from the Dolomites. I always find that weird too. I think he broke a lot of records for climbing in the Alps too. On one of those documentaries him and his partner for that first Everest ascent get taken up near the top of Everest in a small plane. Then him and his mate take the oxygen masks off sat there as passengers and they start chatting away going (along the lines of) this doesn’t seem too bad Because what’s easy to forget is, before that first ascent without supplemental oxygen, no one even knew if it was physically possible for humans. I know there’s the evidence that George Mallory at least got close, but still… Mallory and Irvine had oxygen on their expedition, I think. Interesting article here about the discovery of Irvine’s boot,(and foot), also makes mention that Irvine was “oxygen officer” of the trip. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sandy-irvine-body-found-everest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42148 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 18 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Mallory and Irvine had oxygen on their expedition, I think. Interesting article here about the discovery of Irvine’s boot,(and foot), also makes mention that Irvine was “oxygen officer” of the trip. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/sandy-irvine-body-found-everest I didn’t realise they had oxygen. Although it’s still incredible how close they got when you’re reminded by those photos of how primitive their equipment was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50722 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Aye, trey were basically in tweeds and wool jumpers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12372 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 6 hours ago, Monkeys Fist said: Messner was an absolute beast in his prime. He basically tore up the rule book and set the standards for everything that followed him. I always forget he’s Italian. His name, hearing him speak with a heavy Germanic accent, but he’s from South Tyrol, a German speaking region of the Italian alps. Same place I think the F1 principal Guenther Steiner is from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 18028 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Yeah, it makes sense there'd be all kinds of language overlap in central Europe given the churn there over the centuries - Sorbs in Germany, Hungarian speakers in northern Serbia and all that - but somehow a German-speaking area of Italy feels particularly odd and I'm not sure why 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50722 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 I agree I think it’s because of WW2, and a certain failed artist’s activities, making it unusual that a Germanic speaking area didn’t end up , at least, Austrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12372 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 31 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Yeah, it makes sense there'd be all kinds of language overlap in central Europe given the churn there over the centuries - Sorbs in Germany, Hungarian speakers in northern Serbia and all that - but somehow a German-speaking area of Italy feels particularly odd and I'm not sure why It’s like the Welsh speaking English. How fucking dare they… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50722 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 4 minutes ago, Craig said: It’s like the Welsh speaking English. How fucking dare they… I think they just got fed up with hockling on each other whenever they spoke. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15583 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Had one of these in the garden today, actually hovered and looked like a tiny hummingbird. Hummingbird hawk moth. Was mint. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63171 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 4 minutes ago, Toonpack said: Had one of these in the garden today, actually hovered and looked like a tiny hummingbird. Hummingbird hawk moth. Was mint. We had one in our garden a month or so ago. I didn't have a clue what it was but the wife knew. Mad little thing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15583 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 7 minutes ago, Gemmill said: We had one in our garden a month or so ago. I didn't have a clue what it was but the wife knew. Mad little thing. I thought it was a hummingbird tbh but was thinking that's mental/can't be, we can't get them here, google came up with the goods. Great to watch, never seen one before (didn't even know they existed!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 18028 Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 On 28/01/2024 at 10:35, Meenzer said: Aye. That's exactly what's happening to me (although in "our" case, the software isn't actually good enough for what they want it to do yet but they don't seem to realise that, which is another reason they're losing business and opting to cut jobs in response - it's a vicious circle of AI venture capital techbro fuckwittery). Fun update: The venture capital-funded AI techbro "disruptors" who took over my old employer 2½ years ago and ultimately made everyone redundant have since run into a cashflow dead-end (with the aforementioned AI translation software proving to be consistently unprofitable even without humans in the loop) and have just been forced to sell out to an even more predatory company, with their seed investors ending up with a net loss on their original investment. Doesn't make up for the damage they've caused to me and my former colleagues, but it's still a mildly delicious turn of events all the same. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14502 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 8 hours ago, Gemmill said: We had one in our garden a month or so ago. I didn't have a clue what it was but the wife knew. Mad little thing. Clearly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42148 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 11 hours ago, Toonpack said: I thought it was a hummingbird tbh but was thinking that's mental/can't be, we can't get them here, google came up with the goods. Great to watch, never seen one before (didn't even know they existed!!). I’ve seen one but only abroad (Italy). We get these day moths quite a bit in the garden though: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/moths/six-spot-burnet-moth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63171 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 I hope they're not bragging too much about it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12372 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 The poor lass who was ‘repurposed’ to a different sector of the Red Bull empire gets reinstated to her previous role 2 months after that vile piece of shit got the boot. Incredibly brave actions on her part, fucking shame on Red Bull for trying to cover it up. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cdj2jnr99gjo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 6693 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Very random I heard a word on the radio the other day and it immediately filled me with a warm nostalgia and I can’t decide really think why. Can only assume it’s maybe linked to old American world war 2 films. I also though one a shame that our language is filled with such scrumptious words that we never get chance to use. I will of course be using it from now on in match day predictions. The word ladies and gentleman is….. SMITHEREENS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63171 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Smithereens was definitely a word from my childhood. It was probably used in world war movies or westerns or something, which there was a LOT of on telly back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63171 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Yosemite Sam! That little cunt wouldn't shut up about smithereens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12372 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 My mam used to use in the context of something being broken - "it was smashed to smithereens". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 42148 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 7 minutes ago, Craig said: My mam used to use in the context of something being broken - "it was smashed to smithereens". Same for me in that same context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63171 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Yosemite Mam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 43923 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 I didn't realise it had went out of usage tbh? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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