domenica 5 ottobre 2025

"Aye I, me hearties!"


"Aye I!"

Let's take a look around the blogs.

Yesterday I made the mistake of pointing out to Rob that I have an honours degree in music. He hit me back with a huge comment explaining the history of western music. It was so long that I couldn't fit it all into a 'picture' to show you. You can see the entire thing as a comment on my last post.


Did I make him feel threatened? His rant comment has obviously been copied from somewhere. It could be AI because I know he's into that. There is no new information in his comment for me, Though, quite a few interesting points (tempering, serial composition) and composers (Karlheinz Stockhausen) didn't seem to get a mention - I did skim through it pretty quickly. 

His latest post on his blog talks a lot about faith. He tells us, "It's about genuine faith, even a small amount. It's about trusting in God's plan when it seems beyond our cognition. The desire to draw closer to God will nurture and increase our faith when watered with prayer and trust. Faith is active. It is not enough to believe, we must put our head on the block. We should let our faith guide our actions and choices. Faith transforms."

In my experience you may put faith in something that you have examined very closely. I have faith that my Nissan Note will get me to work because, so far that has been the case. It may not be the case next Tuesday, but it more likely will. 



Faith is different from fact. Faith involves trust and not necessarily logic. Faith is more like a guess.

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Peter had to (for whatever reason) delete a serious post that he wrote. He replaced it with two silly posts. These pictures will give you the idea, if you can't be bothered going over to read them.





Rob evidently finds Peter a bit deranged at times. Well, the poor old bugger is waiting for big news next Wednesday. I can tell you that he has booked a RBB Tour and will be very excited about riding in a Nissan Tune. Rob will probably post a long comment about (music) tunes in the comments of this post. Good old AI!

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The new chinrest is working out well. I only practised for two hours yesterday. Hey, but that's five hours in two days! Not bad. As I told you, I'm going to an 'open mic' concert next Sunday and will play Romance and The Orange Blossom Special. I want to put in a lot of work on each tune. I can see where a bit of work is required on both of them. I won't give you details or find an AI article on violin practice that I could copy to here. 

It's raining heavily (again) outside. Looks like most of the day will be spent at home. Ah well, that's good for getting practice done. 

That's about it from me for today. Just because I'm such a nice guy, I'll go over now and leave encouraging comments on the two old boys' blogs.*

Ciao. Sii gentile.




* I just wrote 'Great post!' on their latest efforts. Aren't I naughty!

17 commenti:

Rob ha detto...

Great post.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

I have faith in what you say.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

I understand the concept of faith and don’t need Robert’s AI explanation.
The summary for me of his post is that Christians don’t really have any proof of their god so they indulge in silly and convoluted excuses whereby logic and common sense is trumped by blind faith and nonsense.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Be careful not to sin, Peter.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Ah, what the hell! Go for it!

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

I don't like having 'hell' and 'go' in the same paragraph.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

It was hardly a paragraph. In reality, two tiny sentences. Ah, the things they got wrong in 3P!

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

More than one sentence is a paragraph.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

"A paragraph is a basic unit of writing, a collection of related sentences that focus on a single main idea. It provides structure and organization to a text, making it easier for readers to follow along. You typically begin a new paragraph by creating a line break and potentially indenting the first word to signal a shift in topic, person, or idea."
I think you're being optimistic with your tiny paragraph. Still, if that's what Father Bliss taught you... I'd call it a couple of short sentences.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

"There's no single rule for how many sentences are in a paragraph; the ideal length depends on the context, purpose, and complexity of the idea being expressed. A good guideline for academic or formal writing is three to five sentences to fully develop a single main idea, but paragraphs can be longer or shorter for creative writing, journalism, or online content. Ultimately, a paragraph should be as long as it needs to be to clearly communicate one central point".

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Okay, you win, but don't sin.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Too late.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Is that a paragraph? If not, can you make it one?

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

Too late. I've been sinning, particularly these ones:
I AM THE LORD THY GOD: THOU SHALT NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS BEFORE ME.
THOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.
KEEP THE SABBATH HOLY.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Thanks.

THE CURMUDGEON ha detto...

No problem. I would have left the 3P classroom door open for you back in the day but we who were numbered 1 to 10 were against the wall (where the windows and view were) at the opposite side of the door. I was number 5 and Tony was number 6 if that helps.

Richard (of RBB) ha detto...

Only if I'm heading back to 1966.