Figure Of Speech 22 : In Keeping? Keep your shop and your shop will keep you. Keep no more cats than will catch mice. Keep an eye on. Keep watch.Keep the peace. Experience keeps a dear school. Why keep a dog and bark yourself? Keep to oneself. A man is known by the company he keeps. Keeping up with the Joneses. Keep up the good work. Keep one's head down. Keep your nose to the grindstone. Keep late hours. Keep your chin up. Keep a stiff upper lip. Keep one's nose clean. Keep your powder dry. Finders keepers, losers weepers. Keep out. Keep time. Am I my brother's keeper? Keep body and soul together. Keep off the grass. (Posted 04.07.09) Hubble 19 : The Orion Nebula (M42) This aesthetic close-up of cosmic clouds and stellar winds features LL Orionis, interacting with the Orion Nebula flow. Adrift in Orion's stellar nursery and still in its formative years, variable star LL Orionis produces a wind more energetic than the wind from our own middle-aged Sun. As the fast stellar wind runs into slow moving gas a shock front is formed, analogous to the bow wave of a boat moving through water or a plane traveling at supersonic speed. LL Ori's cosmic bow shock is about half a light-year across. In three dimensions it is shaped like a bowl, brightest when viewed along the 'bottom' edge. The beautiful picture is part of a large mosaic view of the complex stellar nursery in Orion, filled with a myriad of fluid shapes associated with star formation. (Posted 04.07.09) Fun Facts 37 : Genda Differences Men can generally read smaller print. Men are taller on average. Men get hiccups more often. Men tend to talk more in public situations. Males generally look away from each other. Men speak just over 2000 words per day. At meetings men are more inclined to debate. Women can generally hear higher pitch. Women blink nearly twice as much. Females suffer more migraine headaches. Women tend to talk more at home. Females tend to make eye contact. Women speak 7000 words per day. Women generally agree and support. In childhood females are less vulnerable to developmental difficulties and chronic illnesses. Males are generally more quicker to aggressive than females. Women tend to be more emotionally expressive. Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses. 10% of men and 8% of women are left-handed. In the UK there are twice as many males as females in the brightest 2% of the population, and twice as many males as females in the least intelligent 2% of the population. When sitting exams females are brightest, taking the average of all levels. When listening, women make more noises such as “mm-hmm”. Men are more likely to listen silently. Girls tend to talk at length about one topic. Boys tend to jump from topic to topic. More women 85%, than men 58%, say they are happier after divorce or separation. (Posted 27.06.09) On Line Quiz 81 : It's All Foreign Two. Further identity questions from The Carling Pub Quiz Book 2000. Click mouse on the red question mark to open a window disclosing the answer. Then click your mouse curser on the OK box to close pop up window. In South Africa what is a "ouma" (a) Grandmother? (b) Root vegetable? (c) Cooking bowl? In Nicaragua what is a "cordoba" (a) Ranch Cowboy? (b) Bright neck tie (c) Monetary Unit? In Ireland was is a "drisheen" (a) Sheep offal pudding? (b) Horse sale? (c) Wooden spoon? In Australia what is a "taminar" (a) Small wallaby? (b) Sand beetle? (c) Strong beer? In the USA what's a "bobwhite" (a) Winter hare? (b) Musk rat? (c) Quail? In South Africa what is a "tolly" (a) Workmen overseer? (b) Castrated calf? (c) Tourist? In New Zealand what is a "kokako" (a) Mud spring? (b) Tree fern (c) Crow? In England was is the "Peen" (a) Hammer's second face? (b) Morris dance? (c) Essex marsh? (Posted 27.06.09) Worth A Visit Website: Francis Frith Photos of Old Guildford The Francis Frith 'on line' collection hss 205 Guilford photos spanning 125 years. For a trip down memory lane use this direct link www.francisfrith.com/guildford. (Posted 27.06.09) Guildford Summer Festival 2009 : 19th June / 1st August A multitude of events are taking place including art, drama, sports, community activities, tours, walks, workshops, fairs, music, outdoor theatre and so much more. The brochure is available from the Tourist Information Office at 14 Tunsgate or by Telephone on 01483 444713 or by Emailing summerfestival@guildford.gov.uk. (Posted 20.06.09) Bygone Sayings 43 : A Little Knowledge No wise man stands behind an ass. None like to be the first to step on the ice. The wish is the father to the thought. Those who do not learn walk in the night. Be not disturbed at being misunderstood;be disturbed at not understanding. A diamond is useless before cutting; a man good-for-nothing until educated. Those who do not study are but cattle dressed up in men's clothes. Books are the universities all may enter. You want no one to know it?Then don't do it. Learning is like rowing upstream:not to advance is to drop back. The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names. (Posted 29.06.09) Rotary On Postage Stamps 24 : Nicaragua Souvenir Sheet This fine souvenir sheet, (see enlargement) was issued by Nicaragua and comprised 6 different stamps depicting the wide scope of Rotary humanitarian work. The photo used for the Kids Out stamp (highlighted) was taken by a member of the Rotary Club of Kingston Upon Thames and the first he knew about it was at a presentation by Michael Gosney, Curator for the RIBI collection, when the sheet was passed around the auditorium for closer inspection! Use this direct link to: 'Rotary On Stamps' Website. (Posted 20.06.09) Astrology : 22nd June - 23rd July : Cancerians Stars of Cancer do not form a crab and being of low luminosity are not easy to view. The missing rear claw was originally there but it exploded in a super nova, as recorded by the Chinese 1000 years past. The debris forms the Crab Nebular (a huge cloud of gas and dust). The thought has persisted since early time that the celestial movement of stars in some way governs our lives. Love it or hate it, your choice. So to help make up your mind herewith some attributes of a Cancerian. Marriage, family ties, children and home life are very important and therefore are strongly defended and kept private. Suspicious of and defensive with strangers. Tough business negotiators in which they can be ruthless, many running their own businesses. To friends and family they are kind, unassuming and loyal. Generally deeply religious and critical of the permissive society. They are seen by their partners as practical, persevering, determined and personally opinionated. They grow attached to everything, refusing to part with anything. The male Cancerian takes interest in their family line and enjoys reminiscing on the past. The female cancerian is entirely guided by their feelings with a frightening ability of sixth sense. The Cancerian child is deeply attached to their parents, staying at home far longer than their piers and not in the main academically inclined. The moon is the ruler of this sign, a trigger to romance but causing mood swings in sympathy with the cyclic phases. Lovers of the beach, boating and swimming. True to their water sign they are content in the rain. (Posted 20.06.09) Guildford 29 : The White Lion Standing forgotten on a high window ledge in the pedestrian area of the White Lion Shopping Precinct is an artifact of Guildford's great coaching Inn past. John Taylor in 1636 wrote:"Guildford hath very fair inns and good entertainment at the taverns, the Angel, the Crown, the White Heart, and the Lion." In fact there were two Lions. The Red, which boasted King Charles II and Samuel Pepys among its guests, was demolished in the 1920's. The White lion survived till 1956 when lost to build a Woolworth's which in itself was demolished to establish the shopping precinct. The stone lion that stood outside the White Lion coaching inn survived. The original detail through time has become weather beaten but is softened by the coat of white paint and by its location so high from view. (Posted 13.06.09) Summer Solstice The longest day of the year is Sunday 21st June. In the mid 1700's the shortest night was deemed by the Church Authorities to be that of the 23rd June and the day following, the 24th June, was designated as The Feast of St John The Baptist. A local custom in Surrey was St John's Vigil. Francis Kerry, Curate of Puttenham in 1869 describes the custom as it observed a century earlier; "On the night of St John's Eve, anyone who sat up fasting all night in the church porch would see the spirits of those who were to die in the parish during the ensuing twelve months. Any who fell asleep during this vigil met the unfortunate consequence of joining those about to die." Modern calendars suggest that summer begins on the summer solstice however in ancient country calendars, summer began on May Day and ended on Lammas (August 1st). Midway between the two, summer solstice, marked mid-summer which makes more logical sense. (Posted 06.06.09) Club History 31 : Colin Sparrow's Special Sausages In the late 80's, Member Colin, a butcher with a shop at Onslow Village would prepair a special sausage for a refreshment stall on Shalford Park during the annual sponsored walk. The mobile gas cooker and water boiler were hired on special terms from Bently Bown. Norman and his family would act as counter staff while Collin fried up the special sausages and onions. On sale were two types of tea, coffee, donuts, and the renown Colin Sparrow's special sausages, in a roll baked on site. Each year a small profit was enjoyed which helped boost Club Trust Funds. Use this direct link to view more snipets our the Clubs past: History Of The Rotary Club Of Guildford District (Posted 23.05.09) Links to: Home Page Main Index Page