Where do you live and what does it look like?

[Lilas Pastia]

Would you post a picture of the alley?

I wish I knew how to post a picture  . I only know how to insert one from the net.

Next month I'll be visiting my brother in NC. A welcome relief from the prevailing 'pitch white' weather...

[Anne]

That's ok; I don't know how to post one either.   

[Que]

I wish I knew how to post a picture  . I only know how to insert one from the net.

Choose "additional options" in the left bottom corner when posting a reply.
Then you can upload a file from your PC as attachment to the post (max 500 KB).

Q

[knight66]

I can now post some of my own photos, rather than relying on the internet ones. I see the Internet ones disappeared.

Views out of our windows





Round the building





Mike

[Sean]

Mike, your environment matches your personality I think. There's something seriously wrong with English culture isn't there? It only partially illuminates the world and truth around us, and is hence both reassuring, narrow and deceptive.

[knight66]

Thank you, I always say; if in doubt treat as a compliment.

Mike

[BachQ]

Mike, your environment matches your personality I think. There's something seriously wrong with English culture isn't there? It only partially illuminates the world and truth around us, and is hence both reassuring, narrow and deceptive.

How do we discover the truth about our world, Sean?

Once we know the truth, will that make us happier?

Thank you, I always say; if in doubt treat as a compliment.

Mike

Sean was obviously complimenting you   

[knight66]

Dm, I am glad you agree.

Mike

[Gurn Blanston]

Thank you, I always say; if in doubt treat as a compliment.

Mike

I share your doubt. I think English culture ain't half-bad. Of course, it can't compare with Thai...

[knight66]

Gurn, I also enjoy that ambiguity.

Mike

[Gurn Blanston]

Gurn, I also enjoy that ambiguity.

Mike

Ambiguity is the fundament of life...   It prohibits that certainty which does nothing but choke off our need for inquiry. Of course, there ARE a few things I'm certain of, but Forum rules, you know...



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[knight66]

Of course, there ARE a few things I'm certain of, but Forum rules, you know...

That sounds rather like George Smiley with his 'Moscow Rules'. You pile ambiguity upon ambiguity.

Mike

[Harry]

That sounds rather like George Smiley with his 'Moscow Rules'. You pile ambiguity upon ambiguity.

Mike

[Sean]

I share your doubt. I think English culture ain't half-bad. Of course, it can't compare with Thai...

You have no idea.

[Sean]

Mike, well what's with those wretched divided lead windows garbage? Why weren't they replaced with modern high quality double glazed units years and years ago?? Because some bunch of clowns want to think how nice it is to have a snooty drafty Edwardian look to their buildings, and how other parts of the country, but in fact the rest of the world who think how ridiculous it all is, don't have them. The fact is that the entire southern third of England from east to west is fake.

[Gurn Blanston]

You have no idea.

Actually, I do. "Going native" isn't my cup of tea. I prefer to appreciate all rather than disparage my own.



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[knight66]

Sean, Those windows are double glazed and even when there is snow on the ground, we have had no heating on in the flat. Does that mean my windows are now acceptable, or fake?

Mike

[Sean]

Sean, Those windows are double glazed and even when there is snow on the ground, we have had no heating on in the flat.

How can you even see out the things? They're three parts metal with ancient hinges.

[knight66]

What are you talking about? If you look at the photos, you see that two shots are out of the windows. They are large and let in a lot of light.

Mike

[Papy Oli]

There's something seriously wrong with English culture isn't there?

The fact is that the entire southern third of England from east to west is fake.

Maybe that "North/South" bashing statement is what is wrong with it ? ...however bound that bashing may be for that matter...

To stay on topic, I live in a flat in a small town near Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, East Anglia, at the eastern end of the bottom third of England, and I am blessed with double glazing .... 

A couple of pictures of Suffolk to boot :

Ipswich :



Near Bury Saint Edmunds :



Port of Felixstowe :