@slimfern posted:https://www.trg.ed.ac.uk/exhib...ngelica-mesiti-round
I know art is subjective..
Quite 
Actually the piece of music mentioned is based on "The Bees Madrigal" by Charles Butler in 1623 - that's quite pleasant if you like choral music from that time:
Silly BBC news article of the day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58707641
@El Loro posted:Silly BBC news article of the day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58707641
Crazy world we live in
The only thing our hamster was good at, was rattling in his ball......
@El Loro posted:Quite
Actually the piece of music mentioned is based on "The Bees Madrigal" by Charles Butler in 1623 - that's quite pleasant if you like choral music from that time:
El absolutely loved that - gorgeous - love choral music
night EL monsiee slim
Good morning everyone it's a showery day to come still with a stiff breeze.
Enjoy your day everyone 
night EL moonsiee slim
Good morning everyone it's still raining here but that should stop shortly leaving us with the driest day of the week.
Enjoy your day everyone
@El Loro posted:Moonie, I see that your team had as good a night yesterday as Cheltenham's was bad. Toughest two matches of the season for Cheltenham as Saturday's was away to the then top team and yesterday's away to the new top team.
Hi El
Yes, we played out of our skins last night. We could have had more goals too according to various radio stations 
We have Stoke away this Friday 
I was keeping an eye on your score too. Letâs hope they put the last two results behind them and get back to winning ways again 
@Moonie posted:Hi El
Yes, we played out of our skins last night. We could have had more goals too according to various radio stations
We have Stoke away this Friday
I was keeping an eye on your score too. Letâs hope they put the last two results behind them and get back to winning ways again
Thanks Moonie
Two new species of dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight (nickname Dinosaur Island):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...d-hampshire-58728161
@El Loro posted:Two new species of dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight (nickname Dinosaur Island):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...d-hampshire-58728161
They look a tad vicious
Do you know how they come up with these new names El?
@El Loro posted:Two new species of dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight (nickname Dinosaur Island):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...d-hampshire-58728161
There's been a fair few new dinosaur species found recently hasn't there 
Can you imagine how many species there are to be found of smaller creatures that don't have the large bones to be noticed
@Moonie posted:They look a tad vicious
Do you know how they come up with these new names El?
I think species tend to have two names such as tyrannosaurus rex and sort of Latin in origin.
The second dinosaur announced is Riparovenator milnerae. The first name gives some idea as to what type of dinosaur it is. In this case riparovenator = riverbank hunter. Ripam is Latin for river, venator fir hunter.
The second name is a subset of riparovenator. In this case milnerae is in honour of British palaeontologist Angela Milner, who died recently.
The second name isn't always named after someone. Rex is of course Latin for king.
@slimfern posted:There's been a fair few new dinosaur species found recently hasn't there
Can you imagine how many species there are to be found of smaller creatures that don't have the large bones to be noticed
There must be a large number which have never been found.
My father discovered an ammonite fossil many years ago in what was a quarry at a local hill. Looks like this:
It's about 6 inches in diameter.
@El Loro posted:I think species tend to have two names such as tyrannosaurus rex and sort of Latin in origin.
The second dinosaur announced is Riparovenator milnerae. The first name gives some idea as to what type of dinosaur it is. In this case riparovenator = riverbank hunter. Ripam is Latin for river, venator fir hunter.
The second name is a subset of riparovenator. In this case milnerae is in honour of British palaeontologist Angela Milner, who died recently.
The second name isn't always named after someone. Rex is of course Latin for king.
Thanks El, very informative as you always are 
@El Loro posted:There must be a large number which have never been found.
My father discovered an ammonite fossil many years ago in what was a quarry at a local hill. Looks like this:
It's about 6 inches in diameter.
Were you with him when he found it El?
Does look more like a relative to a sea shelled fish, but it's not. Was a little surprised by that.
@Moonie posted:Thatâs a whopper
It's quite large for an ammonite
@slimfern posted:Were you with him when he found it El?
Does look more like a relative to a sea shelled fish, but it's not. Was a little surprised by that.
No, he found it many years before I was born. The quarry has been closed off to the general public for decades as it's no longer used. It's registered as a site of special scientific interest - some 54 types of fossils have been found there over the decades.
@El Loro posted:It's quite large for an ammonite
No, he found it many years before I was born. The quarry has been closed off to the general public for decades as it's no longer used. It's registered as a site of special scientific interest - some 54 types of fossils have been found there over the decades.
Bet he was excited ...a rare find for a young boy
They do tend to be found almost in clusters so I read
