On 15/04/2022 13:09, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
> In article <t3blma$eog$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on Fri,
> 15 Apr 2022 at 12:42:02 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>> On 15/04/2022 12:28, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
>>> I have my hair in a pigtail.
>>> Is this now a legitimate alternative to a mask?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> Onnly if you pull it so tight that you can't breath
>>
>> tone
>
> I was led to believe that a pigtail gives a handy handle to lift you up
> to heaven (or drag you down to the other place?).

What do they pull on a bald bloke then?

Tone

On 15/04/2022 15:33, Tone wrote:
> On 15/04/2022 13:09, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <t3blma$eog$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com>  on Fri,
>> 15 Apr 2022 at 12:42:02 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>> On 15/04/2022 12:28, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
>>>> I have my hair in a pigtail.
>>>> Is this now a legitimate alternative to a mask?
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>
>>> Onnly if you pull it so tight that you can't breath
>>>
>>> tone
>> I was led to believe that a pigtail gives a handy handle to lift you up
>> to heaven (or drag you down to the other place?).
>
> What do they pull on a bald bloke then?

<wince>

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

In article <t3bvn3$t58$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on Fri,
15 Apr 2022 at 15:33:07 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 15/04/2022 13:09, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>> In article <t3blma$eog$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on Fri,
>> 15 Apr 2022 at 12:42:02 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>> On 15/04/2022 12:28, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
>>>> I have my hair in a pigtail.
>>>> Is this now a legitimate alternative to a mask?
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>
>>> Onnly if you pull it so tight that you can't breath
>>>
>>> tone
>>
>> I was led to believe that a pigtail gives a handy handle to lift you up
>> to heaven (or drag you down to the other place?).
>
>What do they pull on a bald bloke then?
>
I'll leave that to your imagination, although the short and curlies
comes to mind.
--
0sterc@tcher -

"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 2022-04-15, ChrisND@privacy.net <chrisnd@privacy.net> wrote:
> On 13/04/2022 20:11, maus wrote:
>> On 2022-04-13, Tone <tone@email.com> wrote:
>>> Bits of cloth on ear-strings.
>>>
>
> I have my hair in a pigtail.
> Is this now a legitimate alternative to a mask?

Yes. let it grow long, wrap it around your face and women will ask
`What is the purpose of that,?' and you can smile enigmatically and
wink.

Both are useless against infection, most recent analysis of the data
shows.

--
greymausg@mail.com
General "Buck" Turgidson; `ten to twenty million killed, tops.'

On 2022-04-15, Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
> In article <t3blma$eog$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on Fri,
> 15 Apr 2022 at 12:42:02 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>On 15/04/2022 12:28, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
>>> I have my hair in a pigtail.
>>> Is this now a legitimate alternative to a mask?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>>Onnly if you pull it so tight that you can't breath
>>
>>tone
>
> I was led to believe that a pigtail gives a handy handle to lift you up
> to heaven (or drag you down to the other place?).

No, The Manchu's used it to hold people before beheading them.

--
greymausg@mail.com
General "Buck" Turgidson; `ten to twenty million killed, tops.'

On 2022-04-15, maus <maus@dmaus.org> wrote:
> On 2022-04-15, Nicholas D. Richards <nicholas@salmiron.com> wrote:
>> In article <t3blma$eog$1@dont-email.me>, Tone <tone@email.com> on Fri,
>> 15 Apr 2022 at 12:42:02 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>>On 15/04/2022 12:28, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
>>>> I have my hair in a pigtail.
>>>> Is this now a legitimate alternative to a mask?
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>
>>>Onnly if you pull it so tight that you can't breath
>>>
>>>tone
>>
>> I was led to believe that a pigtail gives a handy handle to lift you up
>> to heaven (or drag you down to the other place?).

On recollection, some Muslim or Jewish sect believes something like that
Forget which.

>
> No, The Manchu's used it to hold people before beheading them.
>

I wonder what the Saudi's use. (81 in one day recently)

--
greymausg@mail.com
General "Buck" Turgidson; `ten to twenty million killed, tops.'

On 15/04/2022 12:42, Tone wrote:
> On 15/04/2022 12:28, ChrisND@privacy.net wrote:
>> I have my hair in a pigtail.
>> Is this now a legitimate alternative to a mask?
>>
>> Chris
>
> Onnly if you pull it so tight that you can't breath

AKA Croydon facelift.

On 14/04/2022 21:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
>>
>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
>>
>>   Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size whilst
>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in scale]).
>
> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their own.
> However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger and _can_
> be trapped by the mask.
>

How long do these droplets stay 'moist'.
I too thought of the vir(ii/uses?) as clinging to (relatively)great big
moisture droplets then I thought about the droplets drying out allowing
the Vir(ii/usses?) to continue through the mask.
I, and I daresay most others, did not know about the 45 minute
lifespan of these masks (touted else group).

Genuine questions :-
Is the 45 minutes enough time to NOT let the droplets dry out but
still get your shopping done ?
What happens if you are visiting somewhere and your visit is longer
than 45 minutes do you change masks or do you just keep wearing the same
one ?

On 14/04/2022 21:21, Richard Robinson wrote:
> Sam Plusnet said:
>> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
>>>
>>>  Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size whilst
>>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in scale]).
>>
>> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their own.
>> However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger and _can_
>> be trapped by the mask.
>>
>> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to be perfect.
>>
>> But if it's an argument to confirm what you have already decided to do,
>> then that's fine.
>
> Well, but this is the problem, isn't it ? It's not fine for people with
> other opinions to breathe his exhalations.
>
> "Your freedom to exhale potentially life-changing viruses ends at everyone
> elses' noses"

If you believe that is how I act then fair enough and if you think the
standard bit of cloth most masks are made of, help, in any significant
way (I am not including 'proper' N95 and surgical masks here. Though I
do not think they are as effective as some people think), you carry on,
I am not one to nay say your beliefs however :-

I have already stated I wear a mask (though I believe it doesn't do much).

" However as I feel masks are not detrimental to me (no filters and
none of these paper types) I wear them in shops
etc as it negates having to explain every two minutes why you are not
wearing one. "

On 17/04/2022 13:50, soup wrote:
> why you are not wearing one.  "

I have a tag that I hang around my neck that says,'I am exempt from
wearing a mask. Please maintain social distancing'.

It's good. It scares people in queueueueses.

Tone

On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:40:35 +0100
soup <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:

> I too thought of the vir(ii/uses?) as clinging to (relatively)great big
> moisture droplets then I thought about the droplets drying out allowing
> the Vir(ii/usses?) to continue through the mask.

When the droplets dry out the virus particles are left dying in
among the fibres of the mask - the next trip through the washing machine
finishes them off. They're not self propelled so once they land somewhere
they tend to stay there. Some may fall out and indeed some get through
complete with droplet, but they don't get spread in a big cloud in
everyone else's breathing air.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/

Tone <tone@email.com> wrote in news:t3h34c$rhn$1@dont-email.me:

> On 17/04/2022 13:50, soup wrote:
>> why you are not wearing one.  "
>
> I have a tag that I hang around my neck that says,'I am exempt from
> wearing a mask. Please maintain social distancing'.
>
> It's good. It scares people in queueueueses.

That is a good plan.

--
Peter
-----

soup said:
> On 14/04/2022 21:21, Richard Robinson wrote:
>> Sam Plusnet said:
>>> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
>>>>
>>>>  Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size whilst
>>>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in scale]).
>>>
>>> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their own.
>>> However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger and _can_
>>> be trapped by the mask.
>>>
>>> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to be perfect.
>>>
>>> But if it's an argument to confirm what you have already decided to do,
>>> then that's fine.
>>
>> Well, but this is the problem, isn't it ? It's not fine for people with
>> other opinions to breathe his exhalations.
>>
>> "Your freedom to exhale potentially life-changing viruses ends at everyone
>> elses' noses"
>
> If you believe that is how I act then fair enough and if you think the

Well, no, I wouldn't want to malign you.

I was protesting the "if it's an argument to confirm what you have
already decided to do, then that's fine"

> standard bit of cloth most masks are made of, help, in any significant
> way (I am not including 'proper' N95 and surgical masks here. Though I
> do not think they are as effective as some people think), you carry on,
> I am not one to nay say your beliefs however :-
>
> I have already stated I wear a mask (though I believe it doesn't do much).
>
>
> " However as I feel masks are not detrimental to me (no filters and
> none of these paper types) I wear them in shops
> etc as it negates having to explain every two minutes why you are not
> wearing one. "
>
>
>

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

Tone said:
> On 17/04/2022 13:50, soup wrote:
>> why you are not wearing one.  "
>
> I have a tag that I hang around my neck that says,'I am exempt from
> wearing a mask. Please maintain social distancing'.
>
> It's good. It scares people in queueueueses.

How about adding "If you can read this you're too close" ?

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 14/04/2022 21:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
>>
>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
>>
>>   Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size whilst
>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in scale]).
>
> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their own.
> However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger and _can_
> be trapped by the mask.

The worm 'virii', or even 'viri' does not exist: 'virus' is a noun which
cannot have a plural in Latin: it means 'filth', which doesn't really
have a plural in English TAAAW. pedantically one could make a case for
it in English, but in Latin, I understand, one can't.

> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to be
> perfect.

Oh, I dunno: Wasn't there a Frod Perfect? Morphed into the Frod
Concertina eventually, didnit?

> But if it's an argument to confirm what you have already decided to do,
> then that's fine.

Nah, over time, one of my fiends had every model of the Concertina, and
most of them were left hand drive. He did that 'cos LHD ones were so
much cheaperer. I did once have reason to be pleased about it when (for
the sake of making a witless statement to the beaks) I sat where the
driver of a right-hand drive one would have done to ascertain whether
his statement in court could have been true. It couldn't have, though I
could see that his mistake was most probably an honest one.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 17/04/2022 20:00, RustyHinge wrote:
> On 14/04/2022 21:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
>>>
>>> Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size whilst
>>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in scale]).
>>
>> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their own.
>> However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger and
>> _can_ be trapped by the mask.
>
> The worm 'virii', or even 'viri' does not exist: 'virus' is a noun which
> cannot have a plural in Latin: it means 'filth', which doesn't really
> have a plural in English TAAAW. pedantically one could make a case for
> it in English, but in Latin, I understand, one can't.
>
>> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to be
>> perfect.
>
> Oh, I dunno: Wasn't there a Frod Perfect? Morphed into the Frod
> Concertina eventually, didnit?

Arthur Dent's mate? Didn't know he morphed too.

>
>> But if it's an argument to confirm what you have already decided to
>> do, then that's fine.
>
> Nah, over time, one of my fiends had every model of the Concertina, and
> most of them were left hand drive. He did that 'cos LHD ones were so
> much cheaperer. I did once have reason to be pleased about it when (for
> the sake of making a witless statement to the beaks) I sat where the
> driver of a right-hand drive one would have done to ascertain whether
> his statement in court could have been true. It couldn't have, though I
> could see that his mistake was most probably an honest one.
>

--
Chris Elvidge
England

On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:19:11 +0100
Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:

> On 17/04/2022 20:00, RustyHinge wrote:
> > On 14/04/2022 21:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> >> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
> >>>
> >>> Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size whilst
> >>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in scale]).
> >>
> >> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their own.
> >> However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger and
> >> _can_ be trapped by the mask.
> >
> > The worm 'virii', or even 'viri' does not exist: 'virus' is a noun which
> > cannot have a plural in Latin: it means 'filth', which doesn't really
> > have a plural in English TAAAW. pedantically one could make a case for
> > it in English, but in Latin, I understand, one can't.
> >
> >> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to be
> >> perfect.
> >
> > Oh, I dunno: Wasn't there a Frod Perfect? Morphed into the Frod
> > Concertina eventually, didnit?

There was Christine who may still be a member of Fleetwood Mac (I haven't checked on who's who for a bit).
>
> Arthur Dent's mate? Didn't know he morphed too.
>
> >
> >> But if it's an argument to confirm what you have already decided to
> >> do, then that's fine.
> >
> > Nah, over time, one of my fiends had every model of the Concertina, and
> > most of them were left hand drive. He did that 'cos LHD ones were so
> > much cheaperer. I did once have reason to be pleased about it when (for
> > the sake of making a witless statement to the beaks) I sat where the
> > driver of a right-hand drive one would have done to ascertain whether
> > his statement in court could have been true. It couldn't have, though I
> > could see that his mistake was most probably an honest one.
> >
>
>
> --
> Chris Elvidge
> England

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote in
news:20220418124651.459842966041c14b63df82e7@127.0.0.1:

> On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:19:11 +0100
> Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
>
>> On 17/04/2022 20:00, RustyHinge wrote:
>> > On 14/04/2022 21:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> >> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
>> >>>
>> >>> Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size
>> >>> whilst
>> >>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in
>> >>> scale]).
>> >>
>> >> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their
>> >> own. However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger
>> >> and _can_ be trapped by the mask.
>> >
>> > The worm 'virii', or even 'viri' does not exist: 'virus' is a noun
>> > which cannot have a plural in Latin: it means 'filth', which
>> > doesn't really have a plural in English TAAAW. pedantically one
>> > could make a case for it in English, but in Latin, I understand,
>> > one can't.
>> >
>> >> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to
>> >> be perfect.
>> >
>> > Oh, I dunno: Wasn't there a Frod Perfect? Morphed into the Frod
>> > Concertina eventually, didnit?
>
> There was Christine who may still be a member of Fleetwood Mac (I
> haven't checked on who's who for a bit).

You mean as an example of perfect?

--
Peter
-----

On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 12:46:51 +0100, "Kerr-Mudd, John"
<admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:

>On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:19:11 +0100
>Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
>
>> On 17/04/2022 20:00, RustyHinge wrote:
>> > On 14/04/2022 21:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> >> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
>> >>>
>> >>> Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size whilst
>> >>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in scale]).
>> >>
>> >> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their own.
>> >> However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger and
>> >> _can_ be trapped by the mask.
>> >
>> > The worm 'virii', or even 'viri' does not exist: 'virus' is a noun which
>> > cannot have a plural in Latin: it means 'filth', which doesn't really
>> > have a plural in English TAAAW. pedantically one could make a case for
>> > it in English, but in Latin, I understand, one can't.
>> >
>> >> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to be
>> >> perfect.
>> >
>> > Oh, I dunno: Wasn't there a Frod Perfect? Morphed into the Frod
>> > Concertina eventually, didnit?
>
>There was Christine who may still be a member of Fleetwood Mac (I haven't checked on who's who for a bit).
>>
Who's who in Fleetwood Mac would even be challenge for Pete Frame. To
display a who's been funttvat who graphic would take a double-gatefold
album cover at the very least.

Nick

On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:58:44 -0000 (UTC)
Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:

> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote in
> news:20220418124651.459842966041c14b63df82e7@127.0.0.1:
>
> > On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:19:11 +0100
> > Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
> >
> >> On 17/04/2022 20:00, RustyHinge wrote:
> >> > On 14/04/2022 21:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> >> >> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size
> >> >>> whilst
> >> >>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in
> >> >>> scale]).
> >> >>
> >> >> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their
> >> >> own. However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger
> >> >> and _can_ be trapped by the mask.
> >> >
> >> > The worm 'virii', or even 'viri' does not exist: 'virus' is a noun
> >> > which cannot have a plural in Latin: it means 'filth', which
> >> > doesn't really have a plural in English TAAAW. pedantically one
> >> > could make a case for it in English, but in Latin, I understand,
> >> > one can't.
> >> >
> >> >> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to
> >> >> be perfect.
> >> >
> >> > Oh, I dunno: Wasn't there a Frod Perfect? Morphed into the Frod
> >> > Concertina eventually, didnit?
> >
> > There was Christine who may still be a member of Fleetwood Mac (I
> > haven't checked on who's who for a bit).
>
> You mean as an example of perfect?

Yes. by original surname, anyhow.

--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.

"Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote in
news:20220418204610.2277000661a39801124714fe@127.0.0.1:

> On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:58:44 -0000 (UTC)
> Peter <myshed@prune.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote in
>> news:20220418124651.459842966041c14b63df82e7@127.0.0.1:
>>
>> > On Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:19:11 +0100
>> > Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 17/04/2022 20:00, RustyHinge wrote:
>> >> > On 14/04/2022 21:13, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> >> >> On 14-Apr-22 12:10, soup wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I'm of the masks are useless camp.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Tennis balls up The Mersey tunnel (viruses are tennis ball size
>> >> >>> whilst
>> >> >>> the holes in most fabric masks are of Mersey tunnel size [in
>> >> >>> scale]).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That would make perfect sense if virii left your face on their
>> >> >> own. However, they ride in moisture droplets which are much bigger
>> >> >> and _can_ be trapped by the mask.
>> >> >
>> >> > The worm 'virii', or even 'viri' does not exist: 'virus' is a noun
>> >> > which cannot have a plural in Latin: it means 'filth', which
>> >> > doesn't really have a plural in English TAAAW. pedantically one
>> >> > could make a case for it in English, but in Latin, I understand,
>> >> > one can't.
>> >> >
>> >> >> It's a long way from perfect, but nothing we do is ever going to
>> >> >> be perfect.
>> >> >
>> >> > Oh, I dunno: Wasn't there a Frod Perfect? Morphed into the Frod
>> >> > Concertina eventually, didnit?
>> >
>> > There was Christine who may still be a member of Fleetwood Mac (I
>> > haven't checked on who's who for a bit).
>>
>> You mean as an example of perfect?
>
> Yes. by original surname, anyhow.
>

<Quick gurgle> Ooh yes! If I ever knew that I'd forgotten.

--
Peter
-----

On 18/04/2022 12:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:

>
> There was Christine who may still be a member of Fleetwood Mac (I haven't checked on who's who for a bit).

I used to like that "Christina at Flambards".
More for the early aeroplanes than '20s social mores in the English
upper class

Just about to click send when I realised the names were different, ah well .

soup said:
> On 18/04/2022 12:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>
>>
>> There was Christine who may still be a member of Fleetwood Mac (I
>> haven't checked on who's who for a bit).
>
> I used to like that "Christina at Flambards". More for the early
> aeroplanes than '20s social mores in the English upper class
>
> Just about to click send when I realised the names were different, ah
> well .

the Flambards ? Were they the fire-eating harpists ? Oh, I see you wrote
'at', not 'in the'. Never mind.

--
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 20/04/2022 10:22, soup wrote:
> On 18/04/2022 12:46, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
>
>>
>> There was Christine who may still be a member of Fleetwood Mac (I
>> haven't checked on who's who for a bit).
>
> I used to like that "Christina at Flambards".
> More for the early aeroplanes than '20s social mores in the English
> upper class

Jings! I just watched some episodes. Wasn't life so slow then(1979 not
1910) no frenetic editing, stories have time (maybe too much)to breathe.
Acting/screenplay of the ' "look a fly" followed by twenty seconds of a
fly landing on a scone' school of Cinematography.

Isn't unforgetery a funny thing?
I unforget lots of 'planes and virtually no horses.
Whereas in the two episodes I watched (just now)there was virtually no
planes and the stories revolve around Flambard's horses and hunts.

Maybe I unforget it as it was a Sunday night thing and I was getting
ready for school on the Monday so it was on in the background and I only
paid attention when something interested me.

But for most of '79 I was in 5th year at school so
was probably more concerned with exams and what I was going to do with
my life, than what was happening in a telly programme .

It is basically 1910 to 1918, but twenties seemed to have a ring to
it.