[John Isbell]

If the Lyme River flows through that town, I do hope not too much of town lies under it.

Cheers,
John

[Mary McLean]

Originally Posted by Mark McDonnell

I'm going to see the wonderful English folk band The Unthanks on Monday night at the New Vic theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, performing the poems of Emily Bronte set to music. I'm going all on my lonesome, too, which is just how I like that sort of thing. Can't wait. Here's a little taste, it's quite beautiful.

https://youtu.be/wjxZ-VbUihI

They're great! I've seen them a few times. I hope they get their clogs out. It sounds like a good show, I'll look out for it.

[Mark McDonnell]

I've seen them on a folk festival stage once, but it was pouring down and I'd had a few Scrumpys. This will be better. I really like them. I didn't realise you were in the UK!

[John Isbell]

It looks like the leader of ISIS has been killed. He blew himself up in a tunnel as US Special Forces closed in. I consider this excellent news.

Cheers,
John

[Julie Steiner]

Many here felt that the death of bin Laden was good news, too:
https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=14078
I have nothing to add to that thread, other than a reminder that bin Laden's removal created a power vacuum that led to the formation of ISIS. So those who feel jubilant might want to keep that in mind.

[John Isbell]

True, Julie, but jubilant isn’t my word, and like Kant, I will treat this moment, this event as absolute in assessing it, before I second-guess its consequences. The man was evil and caused evil, and he has removed himself from the world.

Cheers,
John

[Roger Slater]

Julie, that resembles the argument many people make that we shouldn't impeach and remove Trump because Pence may be worse. To which I say, let's deal with one problem at a time.

[Jayne Osborn]

May I make a polite plea, please?

Can we keep this thread for happy, personal news which will cheer us all up?
(Not publication successes or world news; we have The Accomplished Members and General Talk for that stuff.)

Thanks

Jayne

[John Isbell]

My bad, Jayne, sorry. I forgot about General Talk. I wasn’t expecting to start a flame war though! There’s not been a lot of good world news and I got excited.
Cheers,
John

[Brian Allgar]

I recently returned from a lovely holiday in the Turks and Caicos Islands, where my sister has a house. It was only ten days, but by the end, you can imagine how sick I was of all that turquoise ocean, white sand, brilliant sunshine, and fresh lobster tails ...