tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post8999354062942126505..comments2024-03-29T00:37:50.677+00:00Comments on A Yorkshire Memoir: What Is Wrong In These Pictures? (7-9)Tasker Dunhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-51032948125989013192020-01-26T20:56:36.334+00:002020-01-26T20:56:36.334+00:00Too clever for me! Either that or you're makin...Too clever for me! Either that or you're making it too complicated. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-89295765012885687762020-01-26T20:53:53.540+00:002020-01-26T20:53:53.540+00:00Only on September 19th each year - "internati...Only on September 19th each year - "international talk like a pirate day". For a proper lesson see my post http://www.taskerdunham.blogspot.com/2014/11/talk-like-pirate.html Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-6717282638338923932020-01-26T20:32:50.251+00:002020-01-26T20:32:50.251+00:00But if the illustrator had actually put the Pole s...But if the illustrator had actually put the Pole star over the North pole, it wouldn't have been possible to see it. Weren't you supposed to work that out for yourself?SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-7987353766831349742020-01-26T19:12:38.359+00:002020-01-26T19:12:38.359+00:00It's not "Shiver my timbers!" me ...It's not "Shiver my timbers!" me 'earty, it's "Shiver me timbers!" like a real pirate. Oh arr!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-59053549635351711502020-01-26T16:11:41.603+00:002020-01-26T16:11:41.603+00:00I guessed you'd know about sundials. As Rachel...I guessed you'd know about sundials. As Rachel so brilliantly pointed out (Picture 5 previous page) it must be a southern hemisphere sundial. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-63848225662623397692020-01-26T16:09:39.212+00:002020-01-26T16:09:39.212+00:00There are those who think we should bring back pou...There are those who think we should bring back pounds, shillings and pence after Brexit!Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-85622245705462522572020-01-26T13:17:59.507+00:002020-01-26T13:17:59.507+00:00No idea about the penny or the ship, though.No idea about the penny or the ship, though.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-77271644624854085432020-01-26T13:17:05.520+00:002020-01-26T13:17:05.520+00:00Well, this is a guess, but I have set a few sundia...Well, this is a guess, but I have set a few sundials before so noticed that it is set at due North...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-31751518355986865502020-01-26T08:31:49.066+00:002020-01-26T08:31:49.066+00:00Same as Bonnie, I found the first two easy-peasy b...Same as Bonnie, I found the first two easy-peasy but did not really stand a chance with the last one, as I am not familiar enough with English money.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-39719854348619222082020-01-25T22:15:50.303+00:002020-01-25T22:15:50.303+00:002/3 then. See response to previous commment. You h...2/3 then. See response to previous commment. You have to be a certain age to remember the old currency and probably a coin collector or interested in puzzles to know the anser to that part of the question.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-19381037454311443112020-01-25T22:10:58.006+00:002020-01-25T22:10:58.006+00:00It's old pounds shillings and pence so not man...It's old pounds shillings and pence so not many British people under 55 or 60 would be familiar with old pennies - we changed to decimal in 1971. The reason we had the old system, along with ounces, pounds, stones, hundredweights and tons, and even stranger measures, was to confuse people from abroad, especially Europeans. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-60157171836305729972020-01-25T22:09:29.693+00:002020-01-25T22:09:29.693+00:00The penny was out of my depth. Husband knew the po...The penny was out of my depth. Husband knew the pole 🌟 answer straight away & we both answered #8 correctly.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886227825064266814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-21044455271616904432020-01-25T20:19:54.326+00:002020-01-25T20:19:54.326+00:00I got the first two easily but unfortunately I am ...I got the first two easily but unfortunately I am not familiar with British money, old or new, so I missed that one. These are fun and if you don't know the answer you learn something new.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-86764484360560087822020-01-25T16:39:52.160+00:002020-01-25T16:39:52.160+00:00yes, it was always a trick question in quiz books ...yes, it was always a trick question in quiz books in the 50s and 60s. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-84598257980915918872020-01-25T16:30:44.350+00:002020-01-25T16:30:44.350+00:00Is "woo hoo" the sound the wind makes bl...Is "woo hoo" the sound the wind makes blowing across the Canadian prairies? Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-64842591066268082402020-01-25T16:29:16.926+00:002020-01-25T16:29:16.926+00:00If you actually knew the lighthouse and ship were ...If you actually knew the lighthouse and ship were removed after 1896 then as ultimate judge (in the understandable absence of Arthur Mee) I award you a bonus point. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-31110737085609703542020-01-25T16:27:42.340+00:002020-01-25T16:27:42.340+00:00I guessed that too. Anyone who could actually desc...I guessed that too. Anyone who could actually describe and dat the 1896/97 change deserves a bonus point. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-55652116245141581742020-01-25T16:25:15.935+00:002020-01-25T16:25:15.935+00:00Hooray! Lots of 3/3s today. Hooray! Lots of 3/3s today. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-32757513178445051302020-01-25T16:24:14.540+00:002020-01-25T16:24:14.540+00:00No me. Rachel. She's got 9/9 so far. I've ...No me. Rachel. She's got 9/9 so far. I've been wondering whether you had seen the sun dial Picture 5 and amaze us with your knowledge of gnomons. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-9155637317859375342020-01-25T15:56:44.496+00:002020-01-25T15:56:44.496+00:00I got the wind one right away! Woo hoo!I got the wind one right away! Woo hoo!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-58010001620862888102020-01-25T14:22:10.253+00:002020-01-25T14:22:10.253+00:00We had the question about the penny in our TV quiz...We had the question about the penny in our TV quiz book in 1961, so got that. The ship one was easy and the North Pole and the Pole Star. SO I got them. Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-67491307252477209592020-01-25T12:54:33.126+00:002020-01-25T12:54:33.126+00:00Phew! I managed 3 too, but the penny was just a gu...Phew! I managed 3 too, but the penny was just a guess.JayCeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01373622852406554111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-62599001436361387902020-01-25T12:29:27.489+00:002020-01-25T12:29:27.489+00:00If I'm very generous and not too nit-picky I g...If I'm very generous and not too nit-picky I get 3 too. Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023204082711630211.post-2974515597025895212020-01-25T12:28:06.054+00:002020-01-25T12:28:06.054+00:00You're about to be offered a job in MI6.You're about to be offered a job in MI6.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com