Quote from: Vlad on July 07, 2026, 02:09:01 PMAnother Pimms Person hoo rah! We must form a club, 😀 btw Hilary Mantel painted a very bad picture of Thomas More, he was quite evil according to what I read in Wolf Hall

Somehow my reply to this became mixed up with my reply to Mups - and, no, it wasn't a Pimms moment!

Anyway - second attempt -  People said 'evil' about Thomas Cromwell as well. Hilary Mantel has a reputation as a good researcher, but who can really tell at this distance in time.  The Tudors were a questionable lot at best. A lot of written documents have survived, but how much credence can be given to them?  The people who wrote them could only give their own perspective and that may have been governed by fear of what would happen to them if they fell into the wrong hands. Wasn't it Thomas More who began the rumour the Richard III was a hunchback? 


July 07, 2026, 08:01:53 PM
"Sir Thomas More's unfinished History of King Richard III, written around 1513, is the foundational text that cemented Richard's reputation as a monstrous tyrant. More depicted Richard as a physically deformed, ruthless usurper who allegedly murdered his nephews (the Princes in the Tower) and ruled through fear."
 

I don't care about folks being gay, I don't understand it, but have always thought that what goes on in the privacy of their own home is not my business BUT, what I object to is having it rammed in my face, on the telly in the papers and by silly parades. I don't want to see it. 

Quote from: Silver Tabby on July 07, 2026, 06:40:47 PMPeople said 'evil' about Thomas Cromwell as well. Hilary Mantel has a reputation as a good researcher, but who can really tell at this distance in time.  The Tudors were a questionable lot at best. A lot of written documents have survived, but how much credence can be given to them?  The people who wrote them could only give their own perspective and that may have been governed by fear of what would happen to them if they fell into the wrong hands. Wasn't it Thomas More who began the rumour the Richard III was a hunchback? 


July 07, 2026, 06:43:32 PMI am glad Liffey is OK, MUps.

Maybe you would have better luck if your vets supplied hearing aids for you - your local NHS seem inefficient to say the least.

Ahhh I hadn't read that about Richard 111, I must get hold of a copy of A Manf for all Seasons, I have a preference physical books.

Quote from: Silver Tabby on July 07, 2026, 07:43:09 PMGood grief, Mups, words fail.

Yes,  quite,  Tabby.     
You can probably imagine how I felt.  

Good grief, Mups, words fail.

Like Muddy said in the beginning,  I always feel sorry for the elderly dogs who's owners have either died, or gone into care.

These dogs have probably never known another home or owner,  and wouldn't understand why they were suddenly alone.  Everything, and everyone familiar - gone.

What's even worse, is if no one in the family wants the old dog,  they will not only have lost the person they adored,  but are then thrown out of the only home they've ever known too. 
This must be horrible for them,  even more so if their own health is not so good with likely cataracts and/or  advancing deafness too.

With no one able to explain anything to them,  they must feel so lost.

So next,  Scrump booked a nice builder
But it turned out he called himself Hilda!

Quote from: Silver Tabby on July 07, 2026, 06:40:47 PMPeople said 'evil' about Thomas Cromwell as well. Hilary Mantel has a reputation as a good researcher, but who can really tell at this distance in time.  The Tudors were a questionable lot at best. A lot of written documents have survived, but how much credence can be given to them?  The people who wrote them could only give their own perspective and that may have been governed by fear of what would happen to them if they fell into the wrong hands. Wasn't it Thomas More who began the rumour the Richard III was a hunchback? 


July 07, 2026, 06:43:32 PMI am glad Liffey is OK, MUps.

Maybe you would have better luck if your vets supplied hearing aids for you - your local NHS seem inefficient to say the least.

Yes Tabs,  my Vet probably would have made a better job of hearing aids.  I'll have to ask them.  

Here's another one.
I had a phone call this afternoon from the hospital,  asking me why my GP was referring  me.
Odd,  I thought?
But it turned out the GP had done the referral but had not put why he wanted me seen!  

ALSO,  she said not only had the GP not said why he was referring me,   but also, the hospital he referred me to doesn't  even do Podiatry now!

She suggested I go back to him and tell him he needs to start all over again and re-refer me.  

Just checking.
I hope all is well with you..
I haven't noticed any postings from you for a few days..

Argentina has scored another goal in the last minute  so they are 3-2