The Oddity about the Machine. "Gnōthi seautón".

[andrewnorris2]

Where is the picture at 0:32 & 1:37 from, Mt Athos? Macedonia? Just wow!

[Caspar33]

@andrewnorris2... the Metéora* UNESCO World Heritage Site (Thessaly, GREECE) You'll find further pictures on the site 'LIST' under Greece. Astonishing place. I confess, yet to visit.

[TheCatalinalira]

This is fantastic Fred. Thank you. Best wishes, Catalina

[Caspar33]

@TheCatalinalira..... Pleased you enjoyed it. F

[Poemsapennyeach]

Very interesting....I can hardly understand how anything works....!

[Caspar33]

@Poemsapennyeach Me neither but dreams seem to give us a little bit of a clue - from time to time!

[harryfaber]

I have that 'pome' on my notice board in the office. A lot of young Englishmen do not understand the debt we owe the many thousands of Gunga Dins of this world. I long for the day that I hear Nick Griffin say 'you are a better man than I am, Gunga Din!'

[Caspar33]

@harryfaber Right. And most of the Cabinet and what Will Self called the 'donkeys' that attend all the Party Conferences.

[harryfaber]

Kipling might have said 'avoid the grog sellers uts' for a day like today, and told the young British soldier to keep his hat on.

[Caspar33]

@harryfaber Lot to be said for water!

"'E lifted up my 'ead,

An' 'e plugged me where I bled,

An' 'e guv me 'arf-a-pint o' water—green;

It was crawlin' an' it stunk,

But of all the drinks I've drunk,

I'm gratefullest to one from Gunga Din."



[Caspar33]

@harryfaber Snap!

[harryfaber]

My self lubricating shutters are very heavy this morning, but the DPU is working fine. Your auditory input was registered and filed.

[Caspar33]

@harryfaber Thanks....not suprising. I wonder if was any where near thirty were you are!

[harryfaber]

@Caspar33 Sadly, I am long past 30, but le temps fait chaud!

I skipped out of Angleterre yesterday, to avoid the heat, which may explain why I am knackered this morning.

It was very hot in northern France yesterday, today, here in Essex, the mercury is rising steadily.

I repeated a line of (non Kipling) earlier:

'When you're somewhere's east of Suez, and the best is like the worst, an there ain't no ten commandments, and a man can raise a thirst'.

[ThomasSheridanArts]

This is fantastic Fred. Really impressed with the flow of the stanzas and the syntax. The flow and energy is super. I would love to collaborate with you someday.

[Caspar33]

@ThomasSheridanArts Delighted you liked. All the best. Who knows, something will come along.

[MrPamppers]

Intresting video, great job! Thank you! Mika

[Caspar33]

@MrPamppers Thanks Mika - kind of you to say. Best wishes.

[keanghiero]

THANKS, FRED

Great work.

Have a nice day.

All the best

Kean

[Caspar33]

@keanghiero Thanks Kean. It was fun to do.

[Idlinfarm]

Really fine.  Great images.

[Caspar33]

@Idlinfarm All the best to you Ida. Thanks.