Wales

[luka]

OBSTINATE CYMRIC
by John Cowper Powys
Essays 1935-47
this ed. pub Village press 1973
A Collection of essay concerning Welsh culture with intriguing titles which include: Welsh Aboriginal, Resemblances Between Welsh and Chinese Cultures, Wales and America, My Philosophy up-to-date as Influenced by Living in Wales.
Plus a very interesting essay on Finnigans Wake !
The cover shows a photograph of JCP as some satyr or head on an ancient rock against a steep Welsh hillside.

 

[Leo]

craner has tits!

 

[craner]

@craner a friend in Chicago just dropped off his daughter for her first year at Cardiff University. any top tips for an 18-year old midwesterner new to your idyllic land?

I'm sure she will quickly become familiar with all of the, uh, delights that Cardiff has to offer an 18 year old student, including 'Chip Alley' mentioned by Hands. Cardiff is a big enough city to entertain and small enough to be comfortable. Or to look at it another way: it is big enough to avoid being too parochial, but not big enough to avoid being too parochial. The biggest assets are Roath and Bute parks, the Victorian arcades and the large stadium located in the city centre. If she likes flowerbeds, coffee shops and rugby, she'll never want to leave.

But once she is sick of Cardiff and therefore settled in, she should graduate to 'deep Wales'. This is, for me: the Gower peninsular; the A477 from Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire (i.e. the route from Laugharne to Skomer); the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains; Hay-on-Wye, Usk and the Wye Valley. Anything anybody could want exists in this southern belt.

 

[Leo]

Thank you, Craner, that's very helpful. Hope to see you around here again more often.

 

[luka]

 

[craner]

We have electric buses now.

 

[Corpsey]

I've noticed among my friends at least everybody went to Wales on holiday, some multiple times

 

[craner]

I live in everybody's holiday

 

[luka]

 

[Leo]

 

[Leo]

 

[Leo]

craner's big night out

 

[luka]

Watch: ‘Wannabe idiot gangster’ fires BB gun while making threats

A “WANNABE gangster” who fired a gun during a threatening video he sent to another man was branded an “idiot” by a judge.

www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk

 

[craner]

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That was a great storm!

 

[luka]

i do like a good storm

 

[Corpsey]

Think I'll print it out to see if that helps me read it. I don't think I can read one on the screen.

Miss Wales

Miss Wales is a confidence-building experience coupled with the fun and glamour of pageantry.

misswales.co.uk

 

[WashYourHands]

Reading in the dark could make you go blind

A golden oldy

Thugs attack two transvestites... who turn out to be cage fighters wearing fancy dress

Dean Gardener, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, singled out the two men walking along a street in wigs, short skirts and high heels.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[IdleRich]

Remember the carers in the home saying "What language is it your grandmother keeps speaking, is it Lithuanian or something?"

 

[sus]

 

[luka]

owen glendower is a great book.