Thought for the day :"When I was young I was poor – but after many hard years of work I am no longer young"
Rain 16 : Dry 7
Dodging showers, and walking dogs memorising the Burn's Night address and some Athelstan ritual
all getting very complicated
Looked out an old box of bit and pieces for the Burns evening.
Evening trip to Aberystwyth also for an Athelstan meeting - not well attended but good company.
Susie is doing a Downton Abbey binge watch as I try to get some admin done
Ho Hum
in other news...
Another note snippet from Facebook that is only accessible via memories..
Socrates
Socrates
Socrates
If you are about to repeat a rumour.......
In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.
One day, an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, 'Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?'
'Wait a moment,' Socrates replied, 'Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test'
'Triple filter?' asked the acquaintance.
'That's right,' Socrates continued. 'Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?'
'No,' the man said, 'actually I just heard about it.'
'All right,' said Socrates. 'So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?'
'No, on the contrary ....'.
'So,' Socrates continued, 'you want to tell me something bad about him, even though you're not certain it's true?'.
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued.' You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?'
'No, not really...'
'Well,' concluded Socrates, 'if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?'
The man was defeated and ashamed. This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.
It also explains why he never found out that Plato was shagging his missus.
If you are about to repeat a rumour.......
In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom.
One day, an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, 'Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?'
'Wait a moment,' Socrates replied, 'Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test'
'Triple filter?' asked the acquaintance.
'That's right,' Socrates continued. 'Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to filter what you're going to say. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?'
'No,' the man said, 'actually I just heard about it.'
'All right,' said Socrates. 'So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?'
'No, on the contrary ....'.
'So,' Socrates continued, 'you want to tell me something bad about him, even though you're not certain it's true?'.
The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued.' You may still pass the test though, because there is a third filter - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?'
'No, not really...'
'Well,' concluded Socrates, 'if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?'
The man was defeated and ashamed. This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.
It also explains why he never found out that Plato was shagging his missus.
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In other news:
The Berwyn Mountain Incident.
On 23rd January 1974 there was a reported sighting of a UFO crashing in the Berwyn Mountains in North Wales.
Unusual lights were seen in the sky, followed by a startling shaking of the ground. At first, it was thought that it was an aircraft crashing or a meteorite hitting the earth, but when the police and RAF found nothing and their searches were called the following day, speculation started that it was a UFO that had crashed. There were further rumours of alien bodies being found and that the area had been cordoned off to prevent the public from seeing the wreckage.
However, subsequent scientific enquiries found that the area had experienced a force 3.5 earthquake, which combined with a reported bright meteor had given the false impression of UFO landing.
In other news:
Today is the feast day of Saint Elli (patron saint of Llanelli)
From what we are told, Elli (fl. 6th century) was the son of the Queen of the islands of Grimbul (thought to be in the Mediterranean). During his travels, Saint Cadoc landed on this island, whose Queen could not become pregnant. She implored Cadoc to help her and through the power of prayer, she successfully conceived a son she named Elli. The Queen was so taken by Cadoc's religion that she entrusted Elli into his care, to be raised as a Christian. Cadoc then brought the child back with him to his religious community at Llancarfan.
Cadoc's father was Gwynllyw, the King of Gwynllwg, an area between the Rhymney and Usk rivers. Gwynllyw was a much-feared local warlord and Cadoc sent his three most trusted disciples, Elli, Finnian and Gnavan to encourage Gwynllyw to abandon his life of violence and to embrace Christianity. They were so successful, that Gwynllyw's decided to abdicate his kingship and retire to a religious life. Elli later succeeded Cadoc as abbot at Llancarfan and is also associated with the churches and settlements at Llanelli in Carmarthenshire and Llanelli in Breconshire.
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