Ancient? The Llandudno stone circle.

[Astro Pen]

Why you shouldn't get your archaeology from youtube.

"It's a wonder, like, actually how they got it up here."
He considers that they may have dragged them up the hill.
"This was before Christianity took hold" "For some kind of sacrifices maybe."

Actually they probably used a lorry since it was erected in 1963*

*Llandudno Eisteddfod Circle

 

[hitmouse]

That is very funny. A stone circle is usually erected wherever the annual National Eisteddfod is held, so there are quite a lot of them around the place. The Gorsedd mentioned by the narrator is the society of bards. The stone circle is used during the Eisteddfod for a number of ceremonies including the announcement of the following years' Eisteddfod. Although they are modern, they a quite impressive.

 

[paranoid marvin]

My experience has been that for many people, something that happened over 60 years ago  is ancient history

 

[Montero]

And we are back to my re-enactment days, the friends making jellied milk in a 17th century kitchen. Member of public "Did they have cows in the 17th century?"

 

[hitmouse]

And we are back to my re-enactment days, the friends making jellied milk in a 17th century kitchen. Member of public "Did they have cows in the 17th century?"

Does anyone make Junket anymore? I haven’t seen Rennet in the supermarket for a long time.

 

[Montero]

My experience has been that for many people, something that happened over 60 years ago  is ancient history

I wonder if some of it comes down to the size of the generation gap and whether your grandparents were story tellers. My father's mother was - and she was born at the end of the Victorian age and was actually put into a crinoline when she reached her teens (not a great success initially as she was more tomboy than young lady). So here I am, with the memory of meeting someone who wore a crinoline, as my father was a fair bit older than my mother and that stretched the generation.
For compression of generations someone I once knew went in to hospital for her first baby when she was 31 and was most annoyed to be categorised as a geriatric mother. In the next bed was a 16 year old giving birth, with her 32 year old mother in attendance who was crowing about shortly being a grandmother and lording it over my acquaintance who'd not yet reached the status of mother. Though with the shorter generations, you'd think there would be great grandma around somewhere to give a slightly longer perspective.

@hitmouse - despite the re-enactment I've never tried.

 

[hitmouse]

I wonder if some of it comes down to the size of the generation gap and whether your grandparents were story tellers. My father's mother was - and she was born at the end of the Victorian age and was actually put into a crinoline when she reached her teens (not a great success initially as she was more tomboy than young lady). So here I am, with the memory of meeting someone who wore a crinoline, as my father was a fair bit older than my mother and that stretched the generation.
For compression of generations someone I once knew went in to hospital for her first baby when she was 31 and was most annoyed to be categorised as a geriatric mother. In the next bed was a 16 year old giving birth, with her 32 year old mother in attendance who was crowing about shortly being a grandmother and lording it over my acquaintance who'd not yet reached the status of mother. Though with the shorter generations, you'd think there would be great grandma around somewhere to give a slightly longer perspective.

@hitmouse - despite the re-enactment I've never tried.

It is amazing to think that when I was a child, in the 1970s, I had conversations with people who were born in the 1880s. In 1977 I was introduced to a 106 year old lady. I dont think she said much, but still.

 

[Vladd67]

And we are back to my re-enactment days, the friends making jellied milk in a 17th century kitchen. Member of public "Did they have cows in the 17th century?"

I was once standing there in full kit with my musket waiting to March off and someone asked me if we were Saxons or something.

 

[Montero]

We were returning from a muster once, still in kit, heavily laden car. At a big roundabout I was being cautious about pulling out as we were wallowing a bit on the acceleration. A red sports car was coming round the outside lane of the roundabout and I thought no hope of pulling out safely. The car behind me couldn't see the red sports car, assumed the roundabout was empty and I would be moving and rear ended us. Then a passing police car pulled in. The car behind was a little hatch back, we were in a Mondeo. No new damage to the rear end of the Mondeo (the bumper already had a crack in it) their radiator was gone. Part way into providing details to the police, the driver of the other car said "You are Amish aren't you?" Witness had been on TV a week or two before. I was very nice and refrained from pointing out that Amish don't drive cars.

 

[Vladd67]

We were returning from a muster once, still in kit, heavily laden car. At a big roundabout I was being cautious about pulling out as we were wallowing a bit on the acceleration. A red sports car was coming round the outside lane of the roundabout and I thought no hope of pulling out safely. The car behind me couldn't see the red sports car, assumed the roundabout was empty and I would be moving and rear ended us. Then a passing police car pulled in. The car behind was a little hatch back, we were in a Mondeo. No new damage to the rear end of the Mondeo (the bumper already had a crack in it) their radiator was gone. Part way into providing details to the police, the driver of the other car said "You are Amish aren't you?" Witness had been on TV a week or two before. I was very nice and refrained from pointing out that Amish don't drive cars.

After a while you forget you are dressed strangely, I remember being in a garage after filling up to go home and the guy in front who was in full kit was asked Cavalier? He replied "No the Ford,"

 

[Astro Pen]

Does anyone make Junket anymore? I haven’t seen Rennet in the supermarket for a long time.

My grandmother used to make it for us. I had forgotten about it till you said. Here is a Canadian guy making it from a 1940's recipe.
Looks easy peasy

 

[Astro Pen]

I told a young relative about how one night in 1963 my father and I got stuck in a snowdrift on a road in the welsh mountains. We had to walk a mile or so through deep snow to the lights of a farm and persuade the farmer to tow us out with his tractor.
"Why didn't you just phone for help?"
"No signal." I replied sarcastically.

 

[ReTech]

My experience has been that for many people, something that happened over 60 years ago  is ancient history

Hell, for most ppl on social media, :27 sec is old and 3:00 minutes is ancient. Instant gratification has obliterated human memory.

 

[ReTech]

I told a young relative about how one night in 1963 my father and I got stuck in a snowdrift on a road in the welsh mountains. We had to walk a mile or so through deep snow to the lights of a farm and persuade the farmer to tow us out with his tractor.
"Why didn't you just phone for help?"
"No signal." I replied sarcastically.

LOL "We'd have had to wait 37yrs and that seemed like a bit long to us."

 

[Montero]

A friend runs a moorland, get back to nature holiday complex. Complete with broad band wi-fi because the guests refuse to do without it.

 

[Matteo]

A friend runs a moorland, get back to nature holiday complex. Complete with broad band wi-fi because the guests refuse to do without it.

I have no words for that.

 

[Vladd67]

I bet you can even get WiFi in a sensory deprivation tank these days.

 

[paranoid marvin]

I have no words for that.

No access to SFF Chronicles for a  week?