Pump am y Penwythnos / Friday Five 26/10/2018 5️⃣

Welsh General / Questions
#1

Bore da! It’s promising a cold weekend here in Wales, what’s the forecast in your area? [friends from Australia need not gloat :wink:] Whatever you’re up to, I hope you have good couple of days and are able to fir in some R&R.

OK, here goes for this week’s five…

1) What do you need but do not want? - ALSO - What do you want but do not need?

2) We recently re-watched Four Weddings and a Funeral. Considering the opening scene, what was the last thing which made you swear out loud?

3) If you had to hang a portrait of a famous face in your house, who would you chose and why?

4) How are you preparing for winter?

5) What do we need more of to make things work better?

6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…

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#2

1) What do you need but do not want? - ALSO - What do you want but do not need?

I need to stop using sub-titles but don’t want to. I want to be more fluent but, in London, don’t really need to.

2) We recently re-watched Four Weddings and a Funeral. Considering the opening scene, what was the last thing which made you swear out loud?

Struggling after I decided to do some of the Northern course and every time Aran said, ‘moving on’!

3) If you had to hang a portrait of a famous face in your house, who would you chose and why?

Aran, as it would stop me using sub-titles if it was in the same room as my TV.

4) How are you preparing for winter?

Painting a picture of Aran.

5) What do we need more of to make things work better?

Left hemisphere brain cells.

6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…

Q. What do you do when a programme has no Welsh sub-titles?
A. Gently curse the portrait hanging on my wall.

Sorry Aran!

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#3

1) What do you need but do not want? - ALSO - What do you want but do not need?
I couldn’t really argue that I need anything more than I have at the moment. :slight_smile:
I want a new bathroom with a nice bath in it.

2) We recently re-watched Four Weddings and a Funeral. Considering the opening scene, what was the last thing which made you swear out loud?
When I dropped the i-pad on Tuesday and cracked the screen :(:unamused:

3) If you had to hang a portrait of a famous face in your house, who would you chose and why?
I’d buy a portrait of Elgar for my husband because he’s obsessed.

4) How are you preparing for winter?
Going to buy my daughter a new winter coat today and possibly some jumpers for us both. We’ll probably just end up having lunch and coming home with nothing as we are hopeless shoppers.

5) What do we need more of to make things work better?
Politicians who are even vaguely competent.

6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…

What item of clothing do you hope never comes back into fashion?
Low-waisted trousers - years of misery.

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#4

1) What do you need but do not want? - ALSO - What do you want but do not need?
Having just stocked up on two weeks’ worth of anthracite, I really wish I didn’t need to burn coal, it’s dirty and dusty and unsustainable, but it’s the only way to keep the house warm. Next year things will change…
I can’t help it, but I want just about every tool and gadget going: a pressure cooker, an ice cream maker, a Kenwood Chef, a chainsaw mill, a mitre saw, a new chainsaw, a scroll saw, a woodworking plane, a scorp, a warping board, and a set of wood chisels are all on my wishlist. But I don’t need any of them and I’m not working at the moment, so that’s where they’ll stay. Oh, and every time I go to the hardware shop I want to buy all the nuts and bolts and brass fittings. The look and feel and sound of them is incredibly satisfying.

2) We recently re-watched Four Weddings and a Funeral. Considering the opening scene, what was the last thing which made you swear out loud?
Oh dear. I think it was five minutes ago when a cut and paste didn’t work on Word. I swear a lot… Not generally in public, though.

3) If you had to hang a portrait of a famous face in your house, who would you chose and why?
Maybe Aneurin Bevan? He’s quite popular in our house. And it would please my grandson, who’s named after him. My grandmother would be turning in her grave, though - she hated him, ever since he reportedly refused to shake hands with her father.

4) How are you preparing for winter?
Buying anthracite, chopping wood, pointing the walls at the bottom of the house to stop up any mouse/shrew/vole entry holes, potting up my brine pickles, clearing out the veg beds, planting some winter crops in the polytunnel, processing potato seeds, drying beans, cutting bracken for compost, and baking. It’s quite a busy time of year!

5) What do we need more of to make things work better?
Compassion.

6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…
Q: What’s it like having a shower and hot water AND a working washing machine again after over 2 months of washing out of a bucket?
A: Amazing! I may stay wet all week…

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#5

Oh, yes! (You’ve just made me swear out loud at the thought of them!)

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#6

I think this is the most generally terrifying answer we’ve ever had to a Friday Five… :scream: :joy:

1) What do you need but do not want? - ALSO - What do you want but do not need?

Can I just answer Nanny McPhee for both of those?

Okay, okay. I need to get up early enough in the morning to help get the kids ready for school, but I DO NOT WANT TO.

I want to spend my entire time learning languages and eating ice-cream and scuba-diving (yes, all at the same time), but I do not (technically) need to.

2) We recently re-watched Four Weddings and a Funeral. Considering the opening scene, what was the last thing which made you swear out loud?

I’m with Isata on this - it’s never very long. I got a bit ranty about the dreadful state of a current global Twitter argument on the way home from the doctor just now.

3) If you had to hang a portrait of a famous face in your house, who would you chose and why?

Peter Allen. It seems only fair.

Failing that, um, dunno. Ww, how about Dafydd ap Gwilym?

4) How are you preparing for winter?

Listening to the Manic Street Preachers.

5) What do we need more of to make things work better?

Local currencies which operate under a system of demurrage.

6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…

Q. Would a wise person spend their last penny on a ticket to see the Manics and then spend the last week of the month trying hard not to eat or breathe or use any diesel?
A. No. Obviously not, you idiot.

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#7

Holy [beep], no one says things like this anymore! I actually know what this means and totally agree 100%. Talk about velocity of money!

Edited to add: I did not swear, like SSiW automated word police think. Or at least the word I used is not considered a bad word in the United States.

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#8

1) What do you need but do not want? - ALSO - What do you want but do not need?
I need @peterallen sense of humor, but do not want it because I’ll get into a lot of trouble :smiley:
I want this little piece of art, but I do not truly need it.

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2) We recently re-watched Four Weddings and a Funeral. Considering the opening scene, what was the last thing which made you swear out loud?
Realizing I had left my car keys in the house and I was running late to get my Daughter to school.

3) If you had to hang a portrait of a famous face in your house, who would you chose and why?
Because I can never take these types of questions seriously, but if I had to, I’d choose Emperor Norton of San Francisco. He was quite the eccentric, constantly challenged the law for good and worse, circulated his own currency and was a well-liked rebel rouser. Over 10,000 people attended his funeral. The link is to the Wikipedia article on him.

4) How are you preparing for winter?
Picturing my Family in southern Florida opening up their windows and doors to let the warm winter breezes fill their homes. Winter in Florida is absolutely lovely!

5) What do we need more of to make things work better?
I like Aran’s idea, an honest currency system will amend a lot of issues.

6) Make up your own Friday Five question and answer it…
If you could be anywhere else, right now, where would you be? With my Wife and Daughter in Florida.

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#9

Yup, sorry 'bout that, but it is over here. I mean, not heart-breakingly so, but on the SSiW ‘none of that at all’ test… :wink:

#10

No worries, Aran. I did not want the fine people on SSiW to think I said holy [beep] <- adult word used, when in fact I said holy [beep] <- mild word used throughout the US. Now the SSiW word police have a word to redact. :rofl:

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#11

@delawarejones did you get your daughter’s approval to use that word? :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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#12

Well…in fact she said that word (lesser form) today, 'Where did that [beep] come from. :smiley: I’m only approved to say the other word in very limited circumstances.

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#13

This is clearly the wrong answer. Memorable experiences with people you love are far more important than eating and breathing and diesel. It just might not feel that way while you’re standing still, holding your breath and feeling hungry…

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#14

Thank you - that feeds very neatly into several strands of self-justification I’ve got running at the moment… :wink:

#15

Glad to be of service. Now, if you could just tell me how important it is that I have an ice cream maker, a chainsaw mill, a scorp, my own collection of nuts, bolts and brass fittings… :smirk:

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#16

It doesn’t really feel fair for anyone to have to live without an ice-cream maker (maybe you can eke that out to help with the others?).

Oh, hang on - I don’t have an ice-cream maker. :frowning:

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#17

An ice-cream maker is essential for making ice-cream without added sugar!:icecream:I use stevia to sweeten it. I have a mini ice cream maker - it only makes a couple of servings. The bowl has to be kept in the freezer before use, so I didn’t want a big one taking up room. The first attempt wasn’t successful, but in the last month I’ve made vanilla, apple and clotted cream varieties, but I’ll have to get a bit more adventurous.

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#18

Well, you’ve convinced me that it’s justified for you to have one…

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#19

A warping board? Are you a weaver, or do you want to be a weaver?

#20

I’m an emerging weaver :slightly_smiling_face:. I’ve only woven one blanket, and I’m on my second (for my soon-to-be grandson). I’ve just got a rigid heddle, though, nothing fancy. I know you knit - do you weave?