RIP Stephen Hawking. His opinions were always worth reading, and not just on astro-physics. I especially like "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
Hi again all. I've just woke up!!!!! I can't remember the last time I went back to bed in the morning and slept of almost 4 hours. Still chucking it down here.
Back to cold, damp, breezy weather which is a b****r as I was hoping to finish titivating alpines today. LP, has your "runner" turned up? Good to catch up on sleep Hosta
Thanks ladies. Obs, I noticed those, but those are the "hour +" drive. When I'm feeling a bit better I will ask around, and, as suggested , call some of the dance classes to see if they know of any others.
As some of you know, I am currently studying for a degree in Astrophysics. As a part of this I have already read many of Hawking's works and he was clearly a genius and possibly the greatest mind since Einstein. He was also very funny and hugely competitive. In one of his books there are very dismissive views on some of his colleagues, but he was humble enough to make it clear when he had been shown to be wrong. When an ex postgrad. of his did well, he was always quick to point out, that the person concerned, had learnt everything from him.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Prof Hawking campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU, warning Brexit would be a "disaster" for science funding.
After the referendum, he said he was "sad about the result", in an article for the Guardian, warning against the "envy and isolationism" he said had driven it and arguing for a fairer sharing of wealth "both within nations and across national borders".
He was able to joke about it a few months later, at the Pride of Britain awards, when Theresa May presented him with a lifetime achievement award, describing him as "a man who has quite simply changed the way we look at the world".
"Thank you prime minister for those very kind words," he said, through his voice synthesiser.
"I deal with tough mathematical questions every day, but please don't ask me to help with Brexit." It brought the house down.
From BBC news online, earlier.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Hostafan, it's a small world - as a boy in the 60's I was sent to ballroom classes in Alexandria just over the water from you. Scottish Dance Teachers' Alliance exams if I remember correctly. I did Bronze, Silver and Gold medal in Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep and Tango. Unsurprisingly there was a shortage of male dancers so I had to do each exam three times with different partners so that everyone got their chance to pass.
The dance teacher was a formidable woman about four times my size so it was a bit of a stretch in more ways than one when she demanded that I lead assertively when partnering her to learn new steps. When years later I heard the Billy Connolly sketch about his music teacher whose ample figure inadvertently played a few extra notes on the piano it all came flooding back.
Seems to have put me off dancing for life although I have been to the ballet twice as part of my official duties.
SDTA for me too. I did ballroom and Latin up to Gold in both and got "Highly commended" in every exam. I loved it beyond measure, it was my Sanctuary every weekend.
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RIP Stephen Hawking. His opinions were always worth reading, and not just on astro-physics. I especially like "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."
I like your signature, @Daisy33!
I've just woke up!!!!! I can't remember the last time I went back to bed in the morning and slept of almost 4 hours.
Still chucking it down here.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
LP, has your "runner" turned up?
Good to catch up on sleep Hosta
Obs, I noticed those, but those are the "hour +" drive. When I'm feeling a bit better I will ask around, and, as suggested , call some of the dance classes to see if they know of any others.
He was also very funny and hugely competitive. In one of his books there are very dismissive views on some of his colleagues, but he was humble enough to make it clear when he had been shown to be wrong.
When an ex postgrad. of his did well, he was always quick to point out, that the person concerned, had learnt everything from him.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Brexit
Prof Hawking campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU, warning Brexit would be a "disaster" for science funding.
After the referendum, he said he was "sad about the result", in an article for the Guardian, warning against the "envy and isolationism" he said had driven it and arguing for a fairer sharing of wealth "both within nations and across national borders".
He was able to joke about it a few months later, at the Pride of Britain awards, when Theresa May presented him with a lifetime achievement award, describing him as "a man who has quite simply changed the way we look at the world".
"Thank you prime minister for those very kind words," he said, through his voice synthesiser.
"I deal with tough mathematical questions every day, but please don't ask me to help with Brexit." It brought the house down.
From BBC news online, earlier.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
The dance teacher was a formidable woman about four times my size so it was a bit of a stretch in more ways than one when she demanded that I lead assertively when partnering her to learn new steps. When years later I heard the Billy Connolly sketch about his music teacher whose ample figure inadvertently played a few extra notes on the piano it all came flooding back.
Seems to have put me off dancing for life although I have been to the ballet twice as part of my official duties.