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by Richard
Mon Jul 05, 2021 8:34 pm
Forum: Non-Hastings Chat
Topic: Creativity you do like
Replies: 13
Views: 5912

Re: Creativity you do like

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the most famous examples of the sfumato (Italian for “smoky”) technique in action, particularly around the subject's face. One notices the soft transitions between light and dark tones and the lack of hard edges. No eyebrows or eyelashes are evident and neith...
by Richard
Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:20 pm
Forum: Non-Hastings Chat
Topic: Creativity you do like
Replies: 13
Views: 5912

Re: Creativity you do like

Great images seahermit. The history of visual Art- fine art painting - from religious story-work depictions to bourgeois images of pleasing pictures is a legacy of course. Whistler, Constable and the French Impressionist went from the studio and tried and trusted copying of older styles to painting ...
by Richard
Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:55 am
Forum: Local Traders, good and bad
Topic: Spuds you don't like
Replies: 3
Views: 2106

Re: Spuds you don't like

The carrot family - I know them well!
Their tousled heads, their aromatic scents.
Parsnip and fennel are quite safe to eat.
Of the cow-parsnip (hog-weeds) be wary of Queen Anne's Lace, she appears pleasant enough in the meadow but may be a hemlock down by the water's edge.
by Richard
Sat Jul 03, 2021 11:10 pm
Forum: Non-Hastings Chat
Topic: Creativity you do like
Replies: 13
Views: 5912

Creativity you do like

Do you want to hear or see creativity for its own sake?
Or with a message attached?
Do we need to hear/see a message?
Does it make it more meaningful, this implies we are searching for something?
Or are content to seek pure enjoyment for the sheer pleasure alone?
by Richard
Fri Jul 02, 2021 7:41 pm
Forum: Local Traders, good and bad
Topic: Spuds you don't like
Replies: 3
Views: 2106

Re: Spuds you don't like

Potatoes are a member of the Solanaceae family. Belladonna, 'deadly nightshade', mandrake, peppers and tobacco are members of this group. For potatoes in particular green skin, shoots/eyes contain concentrations of the toxin 'Solanine' which is considered a neurotoxin, and ingestion by humans can ca...
by Richard
Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:45 pm
Forum: Non-Hastings Chat
Topic: Postal delivery services
Replies: 6
Views: 2859

Re: Postal delivery services

When you order products you are most likely not able to choose the delivery service. The company you order from makes that choice. I ordered flooring amounting to many thousands of pounds but had to wait three days in a row for 'promised' delivery by their chosen agent. No time-window given that was...
by Richard
Mon Jun 28, 2021 8:24 pm
Forum: Non-Hastings Chat
Topic: Postal delivery services
Replies: 6
Views: 2859

Re: Postal delivery services

For small parcels Amazon locker at Morrisons is ideal. Ebay will send to local corner shops. From DHL I got the following: WE STOPPED BY Unfortunately, nobody was home to deliver your parcel to. Shipment number: 41872160003952 We really wanted to deliver your parcel by hand, but your DHL Parcel driv...
by Richard
Sun Jun 27, 2021 7:05 pm
Forum: Non-Hastings Chat
Topic: Postal delivery services
Replies: 6
Views: 2859

Postal delivery services

What is the worst postal delivery service you have experienced?

DHL are dreadful, they do nothing other than offer a date of delivery.
No time-slot.
No text/phone call in advance.
This means you have to be on standby all day incase they happen to chance along.
by Richard
Sat Jun 19, 2021 10:25 pm
Forum: Attractions, Places to Visit and Local Events
Topic: At last - Wetherspoons
Replies: 28
Views: 20776

Re: At last - Wetherspoons

I sort of like 'Kassa', a good sea front location. But they want to grab your money before you receive the food. Don't they trust their customers to pay? The White Rock Hotel has a relaxed hotel atmosphere. Again they want money first. Never visited 'Bell Vista', 'The St. Clements' or 'Graze'. 'Port...
by Richard
Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:00 pm
Forum: Attractions, Places to Visit and Local Events
Topic: At last - Wetherspoons
Replies: 28
Views: 20776

Re: At last - Wetherspoons

seahermit before you have a flight of fancy we are talking strictly about Hastings U.K. It is not like anywhere else. I don't know what restaurants on the seafront at St Leonards are 'excellent' popular and expensive, would you care to elaborate in some detail or even any detail? I mentioned the san...

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