tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post5654211763945287534..comments2024-03-28T22:13:17.139+00:00Comments on Stonehenge and the Ice Age: More geomorphologists visit Craig RhosyfelinBRIAN JOHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-20429469041503019442015-09-01T22:48:20.743+01:002015-09-01T22:48:20.743+01:00A head of Ggs,or loess of Ggs.
Years ago I thought...A head of Ggs,or loess of Ggs.<br />Years ago I thought up an intoxication of djinns.<br />MMyris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-16124403169628056922015-09-01T21:47:47.712+01:002015-09-01T21:47:47.712+01:00No, Mr Cameroon, definitely NOT a Swarm. That'...No, Mr Cameroon, definitely NOT a Swarm. That's never popular these days - and I thought you were from a marketing background!<br /><br />A Moraine?<br /><br />A Pingo?<br /><br />A Shudder?.....TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-70435068039569848652015-09-01T20:45:59.372+01:002015-09-01T20:45:59.372+01:00A Giggle of Glacial Geomorphologists? Nah -- to f...A Giggle of Glacial Geomorphologists? Nah -- to frivolous. An Icing? A Blizzard? A Surge?BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-1945214108087121582015-09-01T20:27:05.727+01:002015-09-01T20:27:05.727+01:00What is the collective noun for a collection of Gl...What is the collective noun for a collection of Glacial Geomorphologists?TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-80895378314099584182015-08-31T20:32:28.825+01:002015-08-31T20:32:28.825+01:00SERRIED ranks, Myris, serried, but you knew that a...SERRIED ranks, Myris, serried, but you knew that already, didn't you? Forget about Maggie, she's got nothing to say to you, and we don't want to work on her farm no more, instead, put you feet up tonight and watch Dudley's own antidote to Maggie (and Enoch), SIR Lennie Henry in 'Danny & the Human Zoo', or catch it with Rosie on the BBC (Oh dear, another acronym) i - player.<br /><br />With a Title like that should be full of interest to HG's or GHG's.TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-1428639694241925052015-08-31T17:30:17.140+01:002015-08-31T17:30:17.140+01:00Maybe I am overly cynical but the evidence is over...Maybe I am overly cynical but the evidence is over-obvious and enigmatic. The ensuing discussion, if there is one, will depend on who is motivated to line up a choir of the qualified to sing a chorus. <br /><br />A political maneuverer will select experts carefully; the other side is open minded enough to welcome anybody who wants to turn up, even when he himself is not present to influence the outcome. Not difficult to predict who "wins".<br /><br />Of course there are interesting glacial features to admire at rhosyfelin. There are rock faces too, linked by Ixer/Bevins golden thread. Even a totally unbiased observer would have to admit that an orthostat "might" have been picked up and taken to Stonehenge - or Rockhenge as I believe the insiders like to call it.<br /><br />The river valley itself has been used for at least 7000 years, probably longer. A granular excavation such as Mike has conducted will find traces back to the mesolithic, perhaps earlier even. I am seriously curious how the experts will discriminate between remnants deposited locally and those washed down from the heights - but always eager to learn.<br /><br />Hopefully somebody with "our" money will have sufficient presence of mind to recognise that any investment in tourism at rhosyfelin will never pay back. An historic footpath from Nevern through Velindre via Pentre Ifan taking in the Afanc on the way to Carn Goedog and back via the nature reserve will be a super days walk for the serious walker and they can all spend their money at one of the excellent pubs - Nevern or Felindre Farchog.<br /><br />Long enough methinkschris johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210890033354730381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-20922541397791718142015-08-31T14:41:56.594+01:002015-08-31T14:41:56.594+01:00Open minded on all things, as you know, Myris.
Ge...Open minded on all things, as you know, Myris.<br /><br />Geologist Vice-Chancellor? I wonder if that might be the one met down there once? No comment....<br /><br />Lots of MPs calling in? Is there a House of Commons field trip planned? Well, that would have the advantage of keeping them from doing serious mischief for a little while. And lots of Vice-Chancellors? Will the portable VIP lounge be ready for them when that all arrive? Tea and Welsh cakes, I trust. The mind boggles.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-79540263463610284312015-08-31T14:25:14.223+01:002015-08-31T14:25:14.223+01:00Sorry Tony what was that about sullied and rank. N...Sorry Tony what was that about sullied and rank. Not even the fiercest critic would say that, not even about HGs.<br />M Myrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-80899022903425717042015-08-31T14:22:04.201+01:002015-08-31T14:22:04.201+01:00I was taught a little by the J's so the seal o...I was taught a little by the J's so the seal of the confessional is all. <br />No as far as I know no 'gullible human geographers' (the physical geographers of my acquaintance suggest one is a prerequisite for the other, at Brum they (HG) used to stand on street corners counting cars for big EU grants)will be hurt at CRyf. I did google them (non-GHG) and they are most apposite and respectable.<br /><br />There is a geologist Vice-Chancellor. Lots of archie MPs and probably VCs.<br /><br />Now Brian that cannot be an open mind I am glimpsing? Shame on you.<br />Let us wait and see and, as darling Maggie(who may be gently roasting in Hell or roasting the Angels in Heaven)would say, Rejoice Rejoice. We shall count them out and count them in. <br />MMyris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-69704689627589959022015-08-31T11:15:05.686+01:002015-08-31T11:15:05.686+01:00This makes me wonder what types of "greater g...This makes me wonder what types of "greater geographers" will be visiting Rhosyfelin in the company of MPP over the coming weeks. Myris seems to know. Tell us all, Myris! I just hope to God that they are not human geographers, since they can be almost as gullible as geomorphologists when faced with all things natural...... In other words, they may not have a great deal to contribute to the debate. Maybe that's the whole strategy...? I can see it now: "Well-known geographer Prof XYZ has visited the quarry and has confirmed that the quarry theory is correct." BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-43752544854566976682015-08-31T11:09:00.582+01:002015-08-31T11:09:00.582+01:00Theresa May is a geographer? Oh dear oh dear -- ...Theresa May is a geographer? Oh dear oh dear -- that news has quite spoilt my day.......BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-3261048735594294452015-08-31T10:46:53.703+01:002015-08-31T10:46:53.703+01:00Rt Hon Theresa May (note, Boudicca underwear fans,...Rt Hon Theresa May (note, Boudicca underwear fans, her maiden name is Brasier), current Home Secretary in the Cameroon Govnt., is an Oxford Geography Graduate. Would you have a Geologist tangling with the issue of inward migration to Europe? T'Bishop of Salisbury did Geography at Durham; Matthew Price, who replaces James Naughtie on the Today Programme, is also one of our serried ranks. TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-27399701719666577312015-08-31T08:53:45.209+01:002015-08-31T08:53:45.209+01:00Ah is the phrase not.
Geographers can't live w...Ah is the phrase not.<br />Geographers can't live with them can't live without them.No sexism there, what is the sex ratio of geography graduates?<br />Mike Pitts great cook,sane man, and about as objective a SH voice as there ever will be plus he has dug there for decades and knows where all the bodies are buried. That is close to hedging a wooden joke.<br />Must give a little shout out for Current Archaology too, perhaps a bit chattier.<br />MMyris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-13564553068644880042015-08-30T22:43:07.950+01:002015-08-30T22:43:07.950+01:00Whilst we are bandying about the various acronyms ...Whilst we are bandying about the various acronyms RTL and RTPL, etc, I would like to point out, Brethren, you would probably ALL be best served by subscribing to the main journal/ magazine, British Archaeology, from the Council of British Archaeology and reading its primary literature as edited by Myris's modern Hero, Mike Pitts, and not allowing yourselves to be deviated/ distorted by dwelling, as Myris has phrased it, "ON Britarch". We need to look INTO Britarch! There we will find decent articles, rather than the twitterati, however fascinating/ hypnotising that 'spam' may be.TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-42722468406910084252015-08-30T20:28:38.753+01:002015-08-30T20:28:38.753+01:00Wow, thank you, assorted academic gentlemen. But I...Wow, thank you, assorted academic gentlemen. But I thought we had established RTPL, with the P standing for the all - important PRIMARY.<br /><br />Actually, Myris's last bit, the explanation of Greater geographers by relating them to a Birmingham context, and then his subsequent defecting to Richard III's Leicester, was essentially a GEOGRAPHICAL explanation.TonyHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-46887847542595529942015-08-30T18:56:23.954+01:002015-08-30T18:56:23.954+01:00
At one point it became seriously worrying and sa...<br /><br />At one point it became seriously worrying and sad and not what might be expected of a mailing list .<br /> No names mentioned as they are still around there , and apparently much healthier .<br /><br />Child 37 GCU and possibly 39A iirc were used here as well . Geo Curhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616965043116389325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-46171493864717744182015-08-30T18:32:37.491+01:002015-08-30T18:32:37.491+01:00Trust me nobody is capable of running a geology de...Trust me nobody is capable of running a geology department.<br /><br />Sexist moi! My wife would not allow that (but ain't that the truth).<br /><br />MMyris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-73275265900870065852015-08-30T18:28:56.999+01:002015-08-30T18:28:56.999+01:00The most important base line is that Brian has ens...The most important base line is that Brian has ensured that many informed academics have or will soon have visited CRyf. Whatever the final view or views there will have been a serious archaeological and geomorphological investigation.<br />Once the data are in and in press then the serious and one hopes productive arguing can begin.<br />RTBS AH read the bloody subtitles. As our ferret friends would say simples.<br />MMyris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-83725310166962370962015-08-30T18:21:09.498+01:002015-08-30T18:21:09.498+01:00No sexism please, Myris. Remember Queen Nefertiti...No sexism please, Myris. Remember Queen Nefertiti....... she seemed like a pretty smart lady, capable of running a geology dept.BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-67606036324384400002015-08-30T18:18:44.664+01:002015-08-30T18:18:44.664+01:00R read TL the literature.
Oh come on TH have you n...R read TL the literature.<br />Oh come on TH have you never been in a library. <br /><br />Geo I too remember those days, indeed I was Thomas the Rhymer. My fav is the salt lady.<br /><br />Greater geographers perhaps was a crypt too far. When Brun geology dept failed to be good enough in one of the NERC or whatever the government's assessment was called Brum in order to be able to say all its departments were level 4 I think, amalgamated geology into geography creating greater geography. I nominally went to Leicester the only remaining good geology dept in central Britain with a male head of dept.<br />M<br /><br />Myris of Alexandrianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-86770643235078917442015-08-30T18:18:41.816+01:002015-08-30T18:18:41.816+01:00Are we allowed to use RTBS for certain categories ...Are we allowed to use RTBS for certain categories is stuff that we might read?BRIAN JOHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413447032454568083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-73707849997632072242015-08-30T18:15:03.893+01:002015-08-30T18:15:03.893+01:00Regular typing of "read the litertaure "...<br /><br /> Regular typing of "read the litertaure " , to the one who never reads , created the frequently used RTL . The understanding component follows on from that .Geo Curhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616965043116389325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-81064065461358688362015-08-30T17:58:52.946+01:002015-08-30T17:58:52.946+01:00Not a great riddle man myself. Life is too short a...Not a great riddle man myself. Life is too short and I tend not to trust people who need a forked tongue to convey their meaning - certain Alexandrian's excepted.<br /><br />Still, taking part in the Britarch discussions and being from what some might call Greater Germany, I am wondering what I might have missed in the literature.<br /><br />I can imagine the "care in the community" thing so I am likely to become a lurker there before too long.<br /><br />@TonyH. If you are missing Kostas please visit him in the Troll Cage (Britarch). There is a least one other who might amuse you too .chris johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210890033354730381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-77692694647045581062015-08-30T17:03:31.124+01:002015-08-30T17:03:31.124+01:00
It may be pretty nutty right now but I can rem...<br /><br /> It may be pretty nutty right now but I can remember some years ago when it was even more like care in the community .<br />No problem with pros and cons of non invasive investigation of Boudicca’s underwear .<br />Geo Curhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616965043116389325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1228690739485734684.post-64733043016906805882015-08-30T15:49:37.220+01:002015-08-30T15:49:37.220+01:00"I believe more greater - geographers will be..."I believe more greater - geographers will be meeting in a week or two".<br /><br />We have several puzzles in the construction of this sentence, Myris.<br /><br />First things first: WHERE will they be meeting? Will they have a MAP?<br /><br />Second, "greater -" in the sense of more highly rated; or is your term a purely subjective, some might say prejudiced - from - the - distorted - view - of the Geologist, rating?<br /><br />Kostas, Kostas, whereforeso art thou?TonyHnoreply@blogger.com