Ross - well, corny romantic stuff
The phrasing and composition makes it all a bit unclear (the wiki quotes disagreement between Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman as to whether the lyrics were ambiguous) but when you read it it's p clear:
And I would do anything for loveI'd run right into hell and backI would do anything for loveI'd never lie to you and that's a factBut I'll never forget the way you feel right now,Oh no, no wayAnd I would do anything for love, but I won't do thatNo, I won't do that
^^in this verse he'd run right into hell + back but he won't lie to you and that's a fact
― niels, Saturday, 25 February 2017 10:21 (seven years ago) link
Just learnt that I can convert MKV files into something hopefully readable on my TV through a memory stick. VLC player can convert and save files. Haven't successfully done it yet but got one underway.Been frustrating with tv not reading a load of stuff I've downloaded.
Now would really like to find out if i have any way of saving recordings made by Horizon box to something I could store on hard drive.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 25 February 2017 14:03 (seven years ago) link
it's a subject complement rather than a direct object if you can't convert the sentence to passive voice
― Brad C., Saturday, 25 February 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
Stuart Sutcliffe was Scottish.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Sunday, 26 February 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
Swiffers are MALIGNANTLY USELESS
― ridiculously dope soul (unregistered), Sunday, 26 February 2017 21:34 (seven years ago) link
ding ding ding
though the little duster thingos work pretty good
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 26 February 2017 22:25 (seven years ago) link
yeah, those are alright, and wet Swiffers are at least barely functional, though a simple sponge mop does a better job and doesn't need a head change after every use. but a dry Swiffer mop is about as useful as rubbing the floor with a sheet of copier paper -- it traps a few odd specks of debris but 90% of it ends up getting pushed to the edge of the floor in ropey clumps that you end up having to vacuum or pick up with your fingers. my grandparents insisted that I use nothing but a Swiffer to clean their new kitchen floor (I think the contractor recommended it) but I rebelled and pulled out the vacuum while they were downstairs loudly watching Family Feud.
― ridiculously dope soul (unregistered), Sunday, 26 February 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
Just learnt that I can convert MKV files into something hopefully readable on my TV through a memory stick
this doesnt strike me as something people should have always known since they were 5 years old or anything, though?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 26 February 2017 23:19 (seven years ago) link
when you're shockingly old, everything you learn is done in that state
― mh ๐, Monday, 27 February 2017 01:34 (seven years ago) link
Mkv files didn't exist when i was 5
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 February 2017 02:07 (seven years ago) link
Did I misspeak badly? I'm saying its perfectly reasonable to still not know MKV can convert to something else, heck I barely even know what that means, assume its some kind of video file conversion.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 27 February 2017 05:04 (seven years ago) link
i was agreeing w/ you
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Monday, 27 February 2017 05:25 (seven years ago) link
Just now realized that Sheena Easton is Scottish. Always assumed she was American.
― โYeah. Huh, thanks.โ (los blue jeans), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 07:09 (seven years ago) link
She came to fame through a fly on the wall documentary before having her first major hit in like '79/'80. Modern girl. I think at the time she had a pretty broad accent.Prince reinvented her several years later. Not sure if she was heard of much between times. So could see why the confusion. Presumably she's U.S. based since then though.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 07:38 (seven years ago) link
I mean, she almost one-upped Dolly Parton with her own song called "9 to 5" - seemed American enough to me!
― pplains, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:35 (seven years ago) link
From Bellshill, home of (the main movers and shakers in) Teenage Fanclub, the Soup Dragons and the BMX Bandits.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:38 (seven years ago) link
... Indie Central, in other words.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
Aw, let's be fair; "Morning Train" was written and recorded without knowledge of the Parton song. And upon release, they altered the title to avoid confusion. I don't love either song, but let's not imply there was intent to one-up or compete.
― pamplemousse of love (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 14:47 (seven years ago) link
Best part is that it was all unintentional!
― pplains, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 15:07 (seven years ago) link
โ โYeah. Huh, thanks.โ (los blue jeans), Monday, February 27, 2017 11:09 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
In 1990, Easton revisited her home country of Scotland to perform at a festival (The Big Day) in Glasgow. After announcing, that it was "good to be back home" in an American accent, she had bottles (some containing urine) thrown at her and, visibly shaken, she was forced to cut her set short. She vowed never to perform in Scotland again.[12]
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 18:06 (seven years ago) link
And of course Peel was a huge fan of Morning Train/9 To 5.
http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Sheena_Easton?file=Barmy_army.jpg
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 18:54 (seven years ago) link
i didn't realize that morning train (9 to 5) was by sheena easton
― Islamic State of Mind (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 19:01 (seven years ago) link
hah i learned that last week
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:45 (seven years ago) link
it's possible that I could have had a slight confusion with Shelia E. as well
― โYeah. Huh, thanks.โ (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 04:19 (seven years ago) link
sheep are not females and goats are not males of the same species, around 18 or so
― sciatica, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 05:01 (seven years ago) link
Aww.
― Alba, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 06:07 (seven years ago) link
Discovered a few months ago that instead of puncturing/tearing/peeling the plastic seals on the tops of wine/kombucha bottles it's sooo much easier just to twist them off (particularly with kombucha, where there's a screwcap involved).
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 06:55 (seven years ago) link
i just learned what lupus actually is
― clouds, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 13:05 (seven years ago) link
Because you turned into a werewolf?
― The Flautist of Flatus (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 14:01 (seven years ago) link
It's sad for lupus sufferers that it sounds like something really gross.
― Alba, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
That instead of going to each individual ILX board there is a thing called Site New Answers which usefully concatenates them for you.
― heaven parker (anagram), Thursday, 9 March 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
That "giraffe" is both a singular and plural noun like "fish" or "deer."
― Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 13:46 (seven years ago) link
at a family dinner this weekend, that my sister was conceived the night my parents saw Easy Rider.
― by the light of the burning Citroรซn, Thursday, 9 March 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
is your sister the human embodiment of cocaine
― mh ๐, Thursday, 9 March 2017 15:59 (seven years ago) link
โ Lauren Schumer Donor (Phil D.)
Things I learned today (although "giraffes" is an acceptable plural too).
― nickn, Thursday, 9 March 2017 17:47 (seven years ago) link
giraffers
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 March 2017 17:51 (seven years ago) link
Giriffraffe
― pplains, Thursday, 9 March 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
Feel like I may have stolen that from a Far Side cartoon.
It's a recent enough revelation that there's a good chance I used the non-word 'unwieldly' at some point in my ILX past. SHAME.
― The twin snake of violence and sex is more like a sick wolf. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:00 (seven years ago) link
It took me a long time to discover that ziggahziggah isn't actually a word. Likewise, I only worked out the cunning hidden message in the chorus to Ebeneezer Goode about a week ago.
That Sheena Easton thing makes me sad
― Girl with Curious Hair, Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
It's a recent enough revelation that there's a good chance I used the non-word 'unwieldly' at some point in my ILX past. SHAME.โ The twin snake of violence and sex is more like a sick wolf. (Old Lunch), Thursday, March 9, 2017 1:00 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
โ The twin snake of violence and sex is more like a sick wolf. (Old Lunch), Thursday, March 9, 2017 1:00 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what? fake news
― flappy bird, Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
got an extra 'L' in there, it seems
― mh ๐, Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
The fact that she's actually Scottish, yes, I know what you mean.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:19 (seven years ago) link
xpost Yes. 'Unwieldy' still feels like an awfully unwieldy word to me.
― The twin snake of violence and sex is more like a sick wolf. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
Cumbersome.
― Return of the Flustered Bootle Native (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:21 (seven years ago) link
just tonight i learned that in french you put a space BEFORE question marks, exclamation marks, colons and semicolons! ??!?!? this is madness !
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:39 (seven years ago) link
srsly what is it with the french
― Yoni Loves Chocha (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
people have been trying to unravel that one since Charlemagne
― mh ๐, Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:07 (seven years ago) link
We still talking about Country & Western superstar Sheena Easton here?
http://i.imgur.com/yeoNyMv.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:31 (seven years ago) link
helena bonham pardner
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:38 (seven years ago) link