Scylla Rhiadra Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 4 hours ago, SarahKB7 Koskinen said: Super Peeve: NO! No, no, no, no NO! This is not LONDON BRIDGE! This is TOWER BRIDGE, the one with the TOWERS, which is on TOWER HILL ROAD which is literally next to His Majesty's Palace and Fortress, THE TOWER OF LONDON (built in 1078) which is in the Greater London borough of TOWER HAMLETS, which is why the borough, road and bridge all share TOWER in their names! ^ H.M. Tower of London, Tower Hill Road and Tower Bridge. Now try and guess what this plain and simple looking 1973 era concrete bridge in the City of London is called.... ^ Yes! The actual LONDON BRIDGE! See? Even says so on London Bridge's underside. Boring looking isn't it?! 😜 Well, yes. Except . . .https://www.history.com/news/how-london-bridge-ended-up-in-arizona 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PermaRuthed Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 22 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Well, yes. Except . . .https://www.history.com/news/how-london-bridge-ended-up-in-arizona The guy literally got sold a bridge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 21 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Well, yes. Except . . .https://www.history.com/news/how-london-bridge-ended-up-in-arizona I love it when you engage!!! Thanks for the information, it was interesting (the project was older than I remembered). Funny, how the truth is different than an exaggeration! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Well, yes. Except . . .https://www.history.com/news/how-london-bridge-ended-up-in-arizona That one in Arizona is of course the "real" London Bridge -- the one built in 1831 and decommissioned and replaced by the shiny (?) new one. The 1831 version was not the original, but was itself a replacement for the version built in 1209 (sometimes called the Old London Bridge). That bridge, too, was a replacement for a pontoon bridge built by the Romans, which went through several stages of disrepair, fire, and reconstruction over a millennium. The current bridge, therefore, is sort of like the apocryphal axe that has had its head replaced three times and its handle replaced 6 times, yet is the same old axe. Somewhere along the line, people started singing about "London Bridge is falling down", but that's a different story. Oh yes, peeve: Having a perfectly good thread turned into a pedantic history lesson. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: Oh yes, peeve: Having a perfectly good thread turned into a pedantic history lesson. Peeve: Enjoying history when you don't usually, because we all speak English! Thank you for the details! Edited June 15, 2023 by Love Zhaoying 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fauve Aeon Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 But can the Ship of Theseus sail under the bridge(s)? Peeve - after midnight & hungry. Food is downstairs. Life is hard. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Peeve: Was taking notes in draft emails and a lot of notes were suddenly lost! (I should have sent drafts to myself more often, as I normally do.) Darn you, AOL Email!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I survived and you should too" ... No .. you're half dead in all the ways that count. I'm so sorry. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 11 minutes ago, Coffee Pancake said: "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I survived and you should too" ... No .. you're half dead in all the ways that count. I'm so sorry. My suffering outweighs yours, because we are not discussing in it. Peeve: It's all about meeeeee!!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I always thought it went like this, What doesn't Kill Me makes Me stronger? Trying to find the positive in ones self experiences to motivate ones self, rather than to try and motivate others.. It makes more sense for me to say, I've been through worse before, so I can handle this, rather than, I've been through worse before so you can handle this.. hehehe 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Ceka Cianci said: I always thought it went like this, What doesn't Kill Me makes Me stronger? Trying to find the positive in ones self experiences to motivate ones self, rather than to try and motivate others.. It makes more sense for me to say, I've been through worse before, so I can handle this, rather than, I've been through worse before so you can handle this.. hehehe I've been though a lot, I'm covered in physical and mental scars. Today can't be worse .. ok, let's try, because what else are we gonna to do. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Peeve: That I KNOW me writing in purple gets on some people's nerves, but going back to plain old black is depressing and meh. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Just now, Marigold Devin said: Peeve: That I KNOW me writing in purple gets on some people's nerves, but going back to plain old black is depressing and meh. What's wrong with purple? Now . . . PINK! That will peeve people! I can hardly wait to try! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 20 minutes ago, Marigold Devin said: Peeve: That I KNOW me writing in purple gets on some people's nerves, but going back to plain old black is depressing and meh. Black? The white you changed to is SOO much easier to see in Dark Theme! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabrinaCooke Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Peeve: Still no eyeroll emoji. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 33 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: Black? The white you changed to is SOO much easier to see in Dark Theme! Now, see, I don't get that, the dark-theme thing. I don't find that easier on my eyes at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 I could get used to this. I think I might. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Just now, Marigold Devin said: Now, see, I don't get that, the dark-theme thing. I don't find that easier on my eyes at all. I have spots in my vision .. I don't see them as much with a dark UI .. and I tend to be at the computer long after sundown with the room dimly lit. Dark mode is my jam. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Hermit Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 This alt uses this because she only ever wears blue. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Mistwalker Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 16 minutes ago, SabrinaCooke said: Peeve: Still no eyeroll emoji. Missed it by that || much. 🙄 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Coffee Pancake said: Today can't be worse .. ok, let's try, because what else are we gonna to do. Yes -- don't ever tempt fate or mother nature or whatever 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabrinaCooke Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 10 minutes ago, Silent Mistwalker said: Missed it by that || much. 🙄 😆 I meant as a reaction to a post, but sure. I could probably just make posts with that emoji, starting with this one. 🙄😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Luv Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Yes -- don't ever tempt fate or mother nature or whatever Yes, if you ever hear anyone say "Oh well...at least things can't get worse!"....run 😬 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 20 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Yes -- don't ever tempt fate or mother nature or whatever Now I've got that margarine commercial stuck in my head. "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 59 minutes ago, Rat Luv said: Yes, if you ever hear anyone say "Oh well...at least things can't get worse!"....run 😬 From the Beatles song, "Getting Better": I've got to admit it's getting better (better)A little better all the time (it can't get no worse) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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