Jerry Boucher
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Games artist since 1996. Tea drinker. Bass player.
The site of a Romano-Celtic temple not far from where I live seemed to have been used in th 5th/6thC as a Christian oratory and cemetery. Most of the people buried there were women, including one who was 6 feet tall.
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The site of a Romano-Celtic temple not far from where I live seemed to have been used in th 5th/6thC as a Christian oratory and cemetery. Most of the people buried there were women, including one who was 6 feet tall.
One is reminded of this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%2...
Devil's Footprints - Wikipedia
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December 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
One is reminded of this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%2...
This reminds me slightly of a story by M. R. James: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pardos/Arch...
The Fenstanton Witch, by M.R. James
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December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This reminds me slightly of a story by M. R. James: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pardos/Arch...
And it would be harder scything wheat etc (tougher stalks). Scythes are also pretty good at clearing weeds but their nemesis is the mighty bramble.
December 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
And it would be harder scything wheat etc (tougher stalks). Scythes are also pretty good at clearing weeds but their nemesis is the mighty bramble.
They've been abducted by a woman and are now all living upstairs in the same room of a suburban house...
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
They've been abducted by a woman and are now all living upstairs in the same room of a suburban house...
I have visions of them licking barnyards...
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I have visions of them licking barnyards...
FB posts barely last a few years. Anything generally over 5 years old tends to 'disappear'.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
FB posts barely last a few years. Anything generally over 5 years old tends to 'disappear'.
'Eating cooked food isn't natural' says person who wouldn't be here if his distant ancestors hadn't eaten cooked food.
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
'Eating cooked food isn't natural' says person who wouldn't be here if his distant ancestors hadn't eaten cooked food.
However, in this instance it's being used instead of 'Piss/Fuck off', as it's British telly, after all.
December 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
However, in this instance it's being used instead of 'Piss/Fuck off', as it's British telly, after all.
I'm English and was born in 1969. It's a term that's not so widespread now but people still slag off other people, here there and everywhere.The term was replaced by other terms.
December 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I'm English and was born in 1969. It's a term that's not so widespread now but people still slag off other people, here there and everywhere.The term was replaced by other terms.
You'd be dealing with having more money in your bank account.
December 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
You'd be dealing with having more money in your bank account.
Let me guess... There was nothing in the fridge and you couldn't be bothered to walk down to the shops?
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Let me guess... There was nothing in the fridge and you couldn't be bothered to walk down to the shops?
The UK has a LOT of CCTV cameras, but most of them were installed 10+ years ago and now spend most of their time being toilets for pigeons.
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UK has a LOT of CCTV cameras, but most of them were installed 10+ years ago and now spend most of their time being toilets for pigeons.
Generally the artwork is of a style 200 years later than the period in question, what with the printing press, woodcuts, etc. Maybe they just couldn't find enough 14th C art... 😜
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Generally the artwork is of a style 200 years later than the period in question, what with the printing press, woodcuts, etc. Maybe they just couldn't find enough 14th C art... 😜
And the people and animal in the water are from a pamplet describing the Bristol Channel flood of 1607: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1607_Br...
1607 Bristol Channel floods - Wikipedia
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December 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And the people and animal in the water are from a pamplet describing the Bristol Channel flood of 1607: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1607_Br...
Humans have been genetically modifying wheat and other crops of 1000s of years.
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Humans have been genetically modifying wheat and other crops of 1000s of years.
One a somewhat related note: www.bbc.co.uk/news/educati...
Medieval warfare had well-organised 'ransom market'
Medieval prisoners of war were much more widely traded for ransoms than has been previously recognised, according to University of Southampton research.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
One a somewhat related note: www.bbc.co.uk/news/educati...
Our cats used to live outside a lot and my mum would feed them every night. One dark evening she was feeding them and decided to smooth one of them, only to discover that a hedgehog had joined the party.
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our cats used to live outside a lot and my mum would feed them every night. One dark evening she was feeding them and decided to smooth one of them, only to discover that a hedgehog had joined the party.
Hmm, maybe only educational as in 'How did we help to mess up the planet by making terrible pictures?' 😆
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hmm, maybe only educational as in 'How did we help to mess up the planet by making terrible pictures?' 😆
Have you read Jean-Claude Schmitt's 'Ghosts In The Middle Ages'? That briefly details two accounts of 'ghosts' in bath houses. One is from the 6th century CE and the other from c. the 11th century CE.
November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Have you read Jean-Claude Schmitt's 'Ghosts In The Middle Ages'? That briefly details two accounts of 'ghosts' in bath houses. One is from the 6th century CE and the other from c. the 11th century CE.
Trust George to bring a bat to a game of Fives...
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Trust George to bring a bat to a game of Fives...
Seems like he didn't like the photographer.
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Seems like he didn't like the photographer.
Back in the very early 1600s the village where I grew up and now live had some issues with squalor - what they actually meant was 'drunk working class people' and 'pubs'.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Back in the very early 1600s the village where I grew up and now live had some issues with squalor - what they actually meant was 'drunk working class people' and 'pubs'.
Che was offed by people tied to the CIA. One of them wore his wristwatch many years later, as an advisor to Reagan.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Che was offed by people tied to the CIA. One of them wore his wristwatch many years later, as an advisor to Reagan.
Having an 'discussion' in an idiot chamber with huge amounts of slapback.
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Having an 'discussion' in an idiot chamber with huge amounts of slapback.