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Thanks Sabine! I am all in favour of a quiet lifeWishing you constructive and as less moderating as possible.
Will the two new staff members be replacing any of the ones who have served for a long time, or are they additional staff?Thanks Sabine! I am all in favour of a quiet life
Will the two new staff members be replacing any of the ones who have served for a long time, or are they additional staff?
I'm negotiating a severance package with Ivar but he still hasn't met my asking price...Will the two new staff members be replacing any of the ones who have served for a long time, or are they additional staff?
I must have missed the email inviting me to be a mod... Maybe next time
Andy was at Burger King. I recognized his avatar and introduced myself. We had a nice chat...too bad he missed his invitation.Probably arrived while were at Burger King!
Just a quick question, if you have a demur or question to ask a mod or staff member to probe into a decision who exactly do you ask ?? I.e anyone in particular? Ivar?
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7) If you do not agree on a moderator decision, please contact the moderator or @ivar in a Private Conversation. All disagreements should be handled in Private Conversations and not in public.
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I think you would be less provocative if you really wished for a quiet life...Thanks Sabine! I am all in favour of a quiet life
Provocative? Me? I will consider that a challenge. Let me see what I can come up with for March...I think you would be less provocative if you really wished for a quiet life...
That's not an expression I've heard before, but how awesome is that?!jumping the shark
I hadn't heard it either. But it did remind me of a piece of vaguely related trivia: the world's second largest shark is known in English as the basking shark but in Spanish it is the tiburón peregrino.That's not an expression I've heard before, but how awesome is that?!
Because it travels long distances, always on the move and never settling down, constantly eating paella, tapas, bocadillos, and Tortilla Espanola, consuming vast quantities of vino tinto and Estrella Galicia, and able to detect trace amounts of sangria from miles away?the world's second largest shark is known in English as the basking shark but in Spanish it is the tiburón peregrino.
Because it travels long distances, always on the move and never settling down, constantly eating paella, tapas, bocadillos, and Tortilla Espanola, consuming vast quantities of vino tinto and Estrella Galicia, and able to detect trace amounts of sangria from miles away?
Basically when a person goes off the rails! And does ..stuff...
Basically when a person goes off the rails! And does ..stuff...
Becoming a moderator is THE definition of going off the rails.it is strange nevertheless that the Spanish and the French call it “pilgrim shark”. Nothing to do with the thread of course.
Becoming a moderator is THE definition of going off the rails.
It comes from an American TV series called Happy Days - which went on and on and on and basically run out of story lines until it ended up, in one episode, with a central character out water skiing in Hawaii who, when menaced by a shark and facing certain death jumped over the shark and survived.That's not an expression I've heard before, but how awesome is that?!
Jeff, thank you. A credible explanation. Sometimes, I just shrug and move on, but am really happy to have this spelled out.It comes from an American TV series called Happy Days - which went on and on and on and basically run out of story lines until it ended up, in one episode, with a central character out water skiing in Hawaii who, when menaced by a shark and facing certain death jumped over the shark and survived.
So now anything that outlives its usefulness but still clings on, especially TV programmes - the London Guardian newspaper has a column on these - has jumped the shark.
Think of it as an American Deus Ex Machina if you will.
I must have missed the email inviting me to be a mod... Maybe next time
Re: "Jumping the shark"That's not an expression I've heard before, but how awesome is that?!
I'm American, watched Happy Days in my youth, and never knew this trivia fact! Very interesting...and from the mouth of a foreigner!It comes from an American TV series called Happy Days - which went on and on and on and basically run out of story lines until it ended up, in one episode, with a central character out water skiing in Hawaii who, when menaced by a shark and facing certain death jumped over the shark and survived.
So now anything that outlives its usefulness but still clings on, especially TV programmes - the London Guardian newspaper has a column on these - has jumped the shark.
Think of it as an American Deus Ex Machina if you will.
Have never understood HOW they are elected or by who!
Have never understood HOW they are elected or by who!
Yours aye ,
The Malingerer.
There's an old joke - far too rude to share here - with the punchline "Oh no, I'm not a foreigner, I'm English!"I'm American, watched Happy Days in my youth, and never knew this trivia fact! Very interesting...and from the mouth of a foreigner!
You are such a tease!There's an old joke - far too rude to share here - with the punchline "Oh no, I'm not a foreigner, I'm English!"
I'm the foreigner to you, and you're the foreigner to me!There's an old joke - far too rude to share here - with the punchline "Oh no, I'm not a foreigner, I'm English!"
I'm the foreigner to you, and you're the foreigner to me!
Re: "Jumping the shark"
For those who may not be native English speakers up-to-date on popular culture.
The phrase "jumping the shark" originated in an old episode of the American situation comedy TV show "Happy Days". In the episode, one of the main characters ("The Fonz") literally jumped over a shark while water skiing. Fans and critics decided that this was a seminal moment in the show and represented a turning point towards decline. After that, "jumping the shark" started to be used much more widely to represent a notable moment that signaled a sharp decline in what had once been popular and liked.
As to whether any particular Camino routes or sections thereof have "jumped the shark", I leave to people's individual judgment. I am still happy with them all.
I just noticed that this forum recently got two new staff members.
Hi @Bradypus and @C clearly
Wishing you constructive and as less moderating as possible.
I didn't know that was the case!I’ve just noticed that moderators are ‘unignorable’ unlike we mere mortals
I'll confess I never stuck with the series long enough to see that episode. Clearly my life was incomplete until now . . .Here's a short, video clip of the episode responsible for that pop-culture reference
I'll confess I never stuck with the series long enough to see that episode. Clearly my life was incomplete until now . . .
I love the story (true or not and we're sooooooooooo far off topic now) about the casting auditions when Henry Winkler, fresh from filming Lords of Flatbush, turned up in his biker jacket ad-libbing the comb and mirror scene and the casting director went "Yep, that's the Fonze!"I'll confess I never stuck with the series long enough to see that episode. Clearly my life was incomplete until now . . .
Not necessarily, koilife - in the nicest possible way.Suffering is part of the Camino. Suffering the insanity of the forum members is just bonus!
Fortunately for all Peregrinos who venture near salt water, it is a plankton eater. In my misspent youth as a commercial salmon fisherman, a basking shark inadvertently swam into our gill net in the Pacific Ocean 20 miles from Neah Bay on Washington State's northwest coast. It rolled and rolled in the net, then drowned. We towed the poor fellow, net and all, into port. It was nearly twice as long as our boat.I hadn't heard it either. But it did remind me of a piece of vaguely related trivia: the world's second largest shark is known in English as the basking shark but in Spanish it is the tiburón peregrino.
I once went out in a 12 foot dinghy in the sea off the Isle of Skye for a couple of hours fishing with the boat owner. After half an hour or so he said "Reel your line in - there's a shark coming!" I thought he was joking and said so. So he told me to turn around and look. Big dorsal fin moving very slowly straight towards the boat. So I reeled in very fastWe towed the poor fellow, net and all, into port. It was nearly twice as long as our boat.
Although I don't post much at all, I've been a member of the forum for 7 years or more. Still I have the tag "new member". I guess it's one way of not getting olda newbie I aint!
It is a bit of a misnomer. More to do with the number of posts than time as a member. But you can change it yourself to something you think describes you betterAlthough I don't post much at all, I've been a member of the forum for 7 years or more. Still I have the tag "new member". I guess it's one way of not getting old
Back around the 1840s, letters from settlers to folks back in England would be nailed to a post so that the entire community could read the news. But that’s still not old enough to be antediluvian.How many posts do you need and how old do they have to be to get "antediluvian"?
And how did they post back then? Carrier pigeon?
And "going postal" would be putting nails into the neighbor's fence or shutters?Back around the 1840s, letters from settlers to folks back in England would be nailed to a post so that the entire community could read the news. But that’s still not old enough to be antediluvian.
I don’t know of any pre-modern use of that expression.And "going postal" would be putting nails into the neighbor's fence or shutters?
Not sure I caught what you were saying there, wayfarer...! a belated word of thanks to each and every moderator. I don’t imagine the pay butters the parsnips!Could we jump back on topic please, we can open a new thread for this subject if required.
Someone who walked her first Camino in 1999 described herself as a "Camino Fossil". So I wondered what would be even older than a fossil...How many posts do you need and how old do they have to be to get "antediluvian"?
And how did they post back then? Carrier pigeon?
GUARD #1: What, a swallow carrying a coconut?
That is this entire thread in a coconut shell!
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