+Pharisee Posted January 7, 2010 Posted January 7, 2010 I'm sure that's right and forgive me for not being more specific but I was looking just for the coldest weather related outdoor temp. According to the BBC weather forecast I've just seen it was -27.2 but they didn't say where that was recorded. Quote
+chizu Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 They just said on the Scotland weather forecast it's -27 in Braemar! Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 To add to my previous post, on last night's news they said that it had got to -20° in parts of Somerset - equalling their previous low from 1982. January is normally the coldest month, so I'll put that with Pharisee's info to give -27.2°C in Braemar in January 1982. Quote
+Madam Cholet Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 DING to Pajaholic for getting all the info in there. We're not far off beating it though, are we. Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 DING to Pajaholic for getting all the info in there. We're not far off beating it though, are we. I dare say we're not, and the Met Office say we've got another week to ten days of it TBH, I feel that question was a bit of a team effort - coz there's no way I'd have got the temperature to one DP without Pharisee. So hopefully an easy question: IIRC, Spike Milligan (or was it Peter Sellers?) once uttered the following poem (which is best recited in the style of the Goons): Once there lived a Cassowary To the North of Timbuktu There he ate a missionary Bible, Prayer book, Hymn book too! But who or what is a Cassowary? Quote
+The Forester Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 (edited) A Cassowary is an ostrich or an emu which lost its passport in a tattoo parlour. Edited January 8, 2010 by The Forester Quote
+The Forester Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 They just said on the Scotland weather forecast it's -27 in Braemar! Yes, but we're Scottish. We can take it. The only small problem is that you need to put a quarter pint of gin into a glass of orange juice to stop it from freezing. Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 A Cassowary is an ostrich or an emu which lost its passport in a tattoo parlour. LOL! That's got to be the description of the month, and well worthy of the DING. Piccy: Quote
+The Forester Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 Recently the world's tallest building was renamed from Burj Dubai to Burj Khalifa in recognition of the fact that Dubai is skint and the sheikh's uncle Khalifa in neighboring Abu Dhabi has had to bail out the prodigal child. That's in the Eastern hemisphere. What is the name of the tallest building in the Western hemisphere? Quote
+chizu Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 Recently the world's tallest building was renamed from Burj Dubai to Burj Khalifa in recognition of the fact that Dubai is skint and the sheikh's uncle Khalifa in neighboring Abu Dhabi has had to bail out the prodigal child. That's in the Eastern hemisphere. What is the name of the tallest building in the Western hemisphere? I'll go for Willis Tower, previously Seers Tower) in Chicago. Quote
+The Forester Posted January 8, 2010 Posted January 8, 2010 Yup. the Willis Tower. It's renaming was a very low key affair, mostly to avoid the embrassment of the former owners. Quote
+chizu Posted January 9, 2010 Posted January 9, 2010 Yup. the Willis Tower. It's renaming was a very low key affair, mostly to avoid the embrassment of the former owners. Somehow the name The Willis Tower reminds me of Die Hard !! Ok next question: In The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe, what present does Father Christmas give to Mrs Beaver? Quote
+chizu Posted January 9, 2010 Posted January 9, 2010 sewing machine? That's a quick DING to Munkeh!! Quote
+Munkeh Posted January 9, 2010 Posted January 9, 2010 during the depression in the 1930's the high sheriff of a county took interest in the plight of in the town of Jarrow with its high unemployment rates encouraging the county in question population provide financial and material assistance. What county was it? Quote
norsch Posted January 9, 2010 Posted January 9, 2010 (edited) If I remember Jarrow would have been in Northumberland in the 30's, then I think it was shoved into Tyne and Wear Edited January 9, 2010 by norsch Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Wouldn't it have been in County Durham? Although I'll give that as a guess, I suspect it'll be wrong since if Jarrow was in dire straits the surrounding area would probably be less likely to help than somewhere not connected with shipbuilding. Quote
+Munkeh Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 If I remember Jarrow would have been in Northumberland in the 30's, then I think it was shoved into Tyne and Wear Jarrow was in County Durham but another county gave assistance, and its that county I'm after Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 I'm guessing it will be a reasonably affluent area through which the Jarrow marchers passed, with the northern home counties of the time at the top of my guess list. So, stab in the dark No. 1: Middlesex Quote
+Pharisee Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Now I seem to remember doing a cache on the Isle of Wight which focused on an engraved stone that commemorated a march or something some blokes in Cornwall did... So I'm guessing it was Cornwall. Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 It's the sort of thing the Cornish would do, but the Cornish had their own march which that engraved stone might have commemorated. I refer to the Cornish Rebellion of 1497, when the Cornish marched on London in a war against unjust and illegal (under Stannary Law) taxation that was levied to fund the war against Scotland. So just in case Pharisee is wrong, my second stab in the dark is Hertfordshire. Quote
norsch Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Well the sherrif of Nottingham can't always have been bad so I'll go for Nottinghamshire Quote
norsch Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 OK more seriously I think this is maybe something to do with scrapping ships, possibly the Olympic which was owned by an MP called Jarvis who I thought was from the Newcastle area. Anyway did he buy ships and take them to Jarrow for scrapping to provide employment for the locals? Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 I seem to remember that they were provided with replacement boots by the shoe makers of Northampton, so I'll guess that it was the sheriff of Northants. Quote
+Munkeh Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 OK more seriously I think this is maybe something to do with scrapping ships, possibly the Olympic which was owned by an MP called Jarvis who I thought was from the Newcastle area. Anyway did he buy ships and take them to Jarrow for scrapping to provide employment for the locals? your on the right lines, the olympc was owned by white star, it was the sister ship to the titanic and bits of it can be found in houses and hotels here abouts, Jarvis is the person in question and was responsible for bring the Olympic to jarrow to be broken, this is just one of the things he did in order to create jobs and was mayor of jarrow but prior to being mayor of Jarrow, he was mp for a town located in the county in question and high sheriff of the county Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) your on the right lines, the olympc was owned by white star, it was the sister ship to the titanic and bits of it can be found in houses and hotels here abouts, Jarvis is the person in question and was responsible for bring the Olympic to jarrow to be broken, this is just one of the things he did in order to create jobs and was mayor of jarrow but prior to being mayor of Jarrow, he was mp for a town located in the county in question and high sheriff of the county FWIW, I stumbled on the answer earlier today while looking up something about a conspiracy theory (some say it wasn't the Titanic that was actually sunk by an iceberg) when I found some Hansard archives about this guy, who in 1935-38 at least was (as Munkeh wrote) also MP for a town in said county. Since I stumbled upon the answer while using an Internet search, I declare I'm ineligible for the ding. However, I have some links from the Hansard archives that show what a remarkable fellow Jarvis was that I can post after Munkeh's question has been "legally" answered. OT this thread is perhaps, but it just goes to show how you can learn from geocaching - even when off-topic! Geoff (edited to remove Freudian typo) Edited January 10, 2010 by Pajaholic Quote
+goldpot Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 My guess is Hampshire...Southampton...ships??? Quote
norsch Posted January 10, 2010 Posted January 10, 2010 Pajaholic got me very interested there, conspiracy, Titanic, etc. Yes we all know that it was the iceberg that sank, but that wouldn't have been a good film. So sorry I had to look and I too now know the answer. Quote
+Munkeh Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 ook answer was sir john jarvis and the county was surrey next question who introduced the current calender system to this country Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) I'll go for the Romans since the current calendar is Christian (as indicated by AD and BC). More importantly, I'll use this post to give that link I promised: From the Hansard Archives - take a look at DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS from 1935 in particular. IMO Sir John Jarvis really was a remarkable person. Geoff Edited January 23, 2010 by Pajaholic Quote
+Munkeh Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 pope Gregory the pope lives in britain? Quote
norsch Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 pope Gregory the pope lives in britain? If you want a British person then I will try George 11 Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 23, 2010 Author Posted January 23, 2010 One Pope was born in Hertfordshire... A question for another time perhaps. I'm going to guess it was a little earlier than George II's time, so I'll take a stab with George the First Quote
+Madam Cholet Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Lord Philip Stanhope got it passed by Parliament Quote
+Munkeh Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) parliament wasn't around in the 8th century, this man also calculated the length of the british coast line and was only a few miles out no popes where harmed in the anwsering of this question, but this bloke was not a pope Edited January 24, 2010 by Munkeh Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 24, 2010 Author Posted January 24, 2010 Hang on, I thought you were talking about the switch from Julian (Roman) calendar to Gregorian ('the current calender system') in this country around 1750... Mandelbrot's famous for his calculations of the length of the coast of Britain, but he's 20th century. I don't think you can 'calculate' it without accurate maps, which didn't exist in the 8th century, so your mystery person could either i) guessed the length of the British coast or ii) Surveyed the length of the British coast...? Anyway, Bede is the only multi-tasker I know from that early in our history. Quote
+Munkeh Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Hang on, I thought you were talking about the switch from Julian (Roman) calendar to Gregorian ('the current calender system') in this country around 1750... Mandelbrot's famous for his calculations of the length of the coast of Britain, but he's 20th century. I don't think you can 'calculate' it without accurate maps, which didn't exist in the 8th century, so your mystery person could either i) guessed the length of the British coast or ii) Surveyed the length of the British coast...? Anyway, Bede is the only multi-tasker I know from that early in our history. ding bede Born in about 673, Bede was placed under the care of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, at the age of seven. A few years later he was sent to the foundation of Jarrow under Abbot Ceolfrid and there he remained, learning, teaching and writing for the rest of his life. He is famous for writing the History of the English Church and People which earned him the title the 'Father of English History'. However, as well as historical and biographical works, he also wrote scriptural commentaries and treatises on grammar and science. The major work of this manuscript is Bede's treatise of 725 On the Reckoning of Time. Amplifying his earlier work On Times, the book was intended to provide Bede's students with a theoretical outline to increase their understanding of computation and the calendar. Quote
norsch Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Hang on, I thought you were talking about the switch from Julian (Roman) calendar to Gregorian ('the current calender system') in this country around 1750... Mandelbrot's famous for his calculations of the length of the coast of Britain, but he's 20th century. I don't think you can 'calculate' it without accurate maps, which didn't exist in the 8th century, so your mystery person could either i) guessed the length of the British coast or ii) Surveyed the length of the British coast...? Anyway, Bede is the only multi-tasker I know from that early in our history. ding bede Born in about 673, Bede was placed under the care of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, at the age of seven. A few years later he was sent to the foundation of Jarrow under Abbot Ceolfrid and there he remained, learning, teaching and writing for the rest of his life. He is famous for writing the History of the English Church and People which earned him the title the 'Father of English History'. However, as well as historical and biographical works, he also wrote scriptural commentaries and treatises on grammar and science. The major work of this manuscript is Bede's treatise of 725 On the Reckoning of Time. Amplifying his earlier work On Times, the book was intended to provide Bede's students with a theoretical outline to increase their understanding of computation and the calendar. Hardly the modern calendar as Bede's reckoning made March 21st new years day Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Hardly the modern calendar as Bede's reckoning made March 21st new years day I've got to agree. Pope Gregory XIII, who gave his name to the Gregorian Calendar we now use, didn't make the decree that created the calendar until 1582. Only four countries initially adopted it, and we didn't until 1752 - over a millennium after Bede. (link) Geoff Quote
+Simply Paul Posted January 24, 2010 Author Posted January 24, 2010 Anyway! Moving away from the Jarrow area, what's next in this series? A circus, a street, an arch, a gate... Quote
norsch Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Mentioning Bede, it is worth remebering- Fore ðæm nedfere nænig wiorðe ðonc snottora ðon him ðearf siæ to ymbhycgenne ær his hinionge hwæt his gastæ godes oððe yfles æfter deað dæge doemed wiorðe Quote
norsch Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Anyway! Moving away from the Jarrow area, what's next in this series? A circus, a street, an arch, a gate... A park Quote
+Munkeh Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Hardly the modern calendar as Bede's reckoning made March 21st new years day I've got to agree. Pope Gregory XIII, who gave his name to the Gregorian Calendar we now use, didn't make the decree that created the calendar until 1582. Only four countries initially adopted it, and we didn't until 1752 - over a millennium after Bede. (link) Geoff so what you are saying is that bede introduced it to this country Quote
Pajaholic Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Hardly the modern calendar as Bede's reckoning made March 21st new years day I've got to agree. Pope Gregory XIII, who gave his name to the Gregorian Calendar we now use, didn't make the decree that created the calendar until 1582. Only four countries initially adopted it, and we didn't until 1752 - over a millennium after Bede. (link) Geoff so what you are saying is that bede introduced it to this country No. What I'm saying is that it was impossible for Bede to have introduced the Gregorian calendar to this country because that calendar didn't exist during Bede's lifetime. Bede lived approx 672 to 735 AD; the current calendar was created by papal bull of Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 - about three quarters of a millennium after Bede died. While Bede gave instructions for calculating the date of Easter, AFAICT he used the Julian calendar, not the current system. HTH, Geoff Wiki links: Gregorian Calendar Bede Julian Calendar Quote
+The Duckers Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Anyway! Moving away from the Jarrow area, what's next in this series? A circus, a street, an arch, a gate... Is it a way? As in London Underground Central Line Stations...... Oxford Circus, Bond Street, Marble Arch, Lancaster Gate then Queensway Quote
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