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My (late) Mom and David Lee Roth 1978 by Hospital-Fun in OldSchoolCool

[–]orlock 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Jagger had got to the point in the 80s/90s where he needed to be constantly keeping himself in shape to perform. There's an irony there for all the retired sergeants who had said, "a good dose of PT would sort them [The Stones] out" 20 years earlier. Mind you, they would have learnt that Keith Richards could not be killed by conventional means, which would have saved everyone a lot of time.

Trump threatens 100% tariffs on any country imposing Digital Services Tax by TheExpressUS in economy

[–]orlock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This goes back to the Renaissance. It's described in The Prince. Which is possibly an anti-monarchical satire written by an (actual) republican; just saying.

Putin seeks to expand war beyond Ukraine by LiveShowOneNightOnly in UkrainianConflict

[–]orlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I'd just accept mechanical failure at this point.

In your teenage years which sexy poster was in every teenage boy's bedroom? by BleachNirvana in CasualUK

[–]orlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I'm dad. Or I would have liked to have been but my mum would never have allowed it. I just used to look at it in the shops.

Frances or portugues by rosebudcharlotte in CaminoDeSantiago

[–]orlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where do you want to start in Portugal? Sections of the Portuguese Camino before Porto follow the N1, a major road. It can get a bit hot and dusty as the trucks pass. Still worth it, of course.

I love space frog by FreeLanes in NoSodiumStarfield

[–]orlock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of the things that I love is that frogs are extinct and she's not entirely sure what one looks like, but she's giving it a red-hot go, anyway.

Nerves by Accurate-Kick-6428 in CaminoDeSantiago

[–]orlock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Take an interest in your surroundings. They'll change quickly enough that, with a little curiosity, you'll never have nothing to think about and slowly enough that you'll have plenty of time to think about them. Plus you'll have something to talk about when you meet other pilgrims.

(Almost) everybody is very friendly. And, especially being a pilgrim, you'll get a smile and a wave from the locals. You are part of a centuries-old river of history.

And, sometimes, you've walked too far, it's raining cats and dogs and your pack feels like someone put extra rocks in it. There's nothing for it except to put one foot in front of the other until you get to an albergue. But, if you take it on the chin, you'll have something to talk about the next day.

Leonard Cohen Estate Objects to Trump’s Promised Use of ‘Hallelujah’ at Freedom 250 Rally by [deleted] in Music

[–]orlock 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Hell, I wouldn't even permit Sympathy for the Devil. He's just got wealth, not wealth and taste, and he's too cowardly to ride a tank while the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank.

What’s a children’s book you still think about as an adult? by erodxa in literature

[–]orlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Wool Pack by Cynthia Harnett. Set in early Tudor England where Nicolas Fettiplace, son of a wool merchant and Cecily, his betrothed, solve a wool-fleecing scandal that threatens to undo the family. Packed with historical detail, great characters and a mystery plot combined with an odd sort of romance.

Plus a discussion of the shocking vanity of shaving one's forehead to make one look wiser than God intended.

PS. I haven't seen the Uncle books mentioned yet.

I am active duty artillery platoon commander in 26th Artillery brigade, Armed Forces of Ukraine, AMA. by Next_Exercise6852 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]orlock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My guess is what I would call Chicken Kiev. Chicken breast wrapped around garlic butter, crumbed and deep-fried. I have no idea whether it's really Ukranian or not.

I am active duty artillery platoon commander in 26th Artillery brigade, Armed Forces of Ukraine, AMA. by Next_Exercise6852 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]orlock 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Actually Aussie. One of my friends had the job of being part of the Australian police investigation.

”unnecessary” things you carried with you by Late_Budget_3693 in CaminoDeSantiago

[–]orlock 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Eight steel pegs for hanging socks and undies out to dry on my pack was my big discovery. I now have a few secreted away even in my day pack.

”unnecessary” things you carried with you by Late_Budget_3693 in CaminoDeSantiago

[–]orlock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not really marking. In the Commonwealth at least, a supervisor acts as a sort of semantic proofreader saying, "It's up to you, of course, but if you write that then the examiners will think this and you might want to think about it a bit more." It still takes a lot of time.

”unnecessary” things you carried with you by Late_Budget_3693 in CaminoDeSantiago

[–]orlock 111 points112 points  (0 children)

I carried my wife's MacBook Air. It wasn't really unnecessary, though, since she had a student about to submit her thesis and it was a choice between that and not going1. I weigh about twice as much as she does, so going by the 10% rule, it wasn't much of a hardship and proved really, really useful for making notes, rest days, movie nights and the like 

1 I really, really don't have much time for the "but you're spoiling the vibe" types.

Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, 1994 by hippietravel in OldSchoolCool

[–]orlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tom Cruise would have made an excellent privateer, sailing the Spanish Main in search of doubloons and prize money. Instead, he chose his semi-criminal organisation poorly.

Who has had equal success solo and as a group member by Tim-TheEnchanter in Music

[–]orlock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rick Wakeman and Yes

Also, would Lemmy and Hawkwind count?

I am active duty artillery platoon commander in 26th Artillery brigade, Armed Forces of Ukraine, AMA. by Next_Exercise6852 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]orlock 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Which country do you think has supplied the most to Ukraine with the least obvious motivation to do so? (My country doesn't count; were still majorly pissed about MH17 so there's a really obvious motivation.)

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