A lot happens in Somerset

[Nick]

Is this a record?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6960483.stm

[Barman]

Is this a record?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/6960483.stm

I heard that on the radio the other day ? stringing it out I reckon? He prolly finished it all off in 1986 and has been playing on the Interweb since. 

[Nick]

Bit like everyone here then!

[Barman]

Bit like everyone here then!

That?s what I?m thinking? err, who hasn?t been around for a few weeks? 

[Nick]

"To suggest that his sole responsibility throughout his career was writing the Victoria County History of Somerset is completely inaccurate."

Sounds defensive!

[Snoopy]

You forget that every day creates a yesterday ~ which is history.

[Barman]

"To suggest that his sole responsibility throughout his career was writing the Victoria County History of Somerset is completely inaccurate."

Sounds defensive!

Indeed... he also made the tea at 10am and 3pm prompt.

[Barman]

You forget that every day creates a yesterday ~ which is history.

So he could never, ever have finished it then? Depressing? 

[Snoopy]

You forget that every day creates a yesterday ~ which is history.

So he could never, ever have finished it then? Depressing? 

Exactly!

[Barman]

You forget that every day creates a yesterday ~ which is history.

So he could never, ever have finished it then? Depressing? 

Exactly!

A bit like this thread... just goes on, and on, and on... 

[Nick]

Yes. Historians are a bit like women then, they never catch up with themselves.


But does anything happen in Somerest, apart from fighting and crop circles?

[Barman]

Yes. Historians are a bit like women then, they never catch up with themselves.


But does anything happen in Somerest, apart from fighting and crop circles?

Cider drinking?

[Snoopy]

Yes. Historians are a bit like women then, they never catch up with themselves.


But does anything happen in Somerest, apart from fighting and crop circles?

Oh yes ~ quite a lot I 'spect. One man's boredom being meat and drink to a local historian.
I spend hours researching and writing about my family history but nobody else would be in the least interested.

[Nick]

Yes. Historians are a bit like women then, they never catch up with themselves.


But does anything happen in Somerest, apart from fighting and crop circles?

Cider drinking?

Linked to fighting and crop circles, and general Somerset-ness. The root of the whole thing IMHO.

[Barman]

Yes. Historians are a bit like women then, they never catch up with themselves.


But does anything happen in Somerest, apart from fighting and crop circles?

Cider drinking?

Linked to fighting and crop circles, and general Somerset-ness. The root of the whole thing IMHO.

Must be some apple picking then?