18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og bagefter skal Lois af sted. Der er en
bibelseminar, der i aften finder sted i Brockworth, hun vil deltage i.
19:30 Jeg er alene i huset. Jeg bruger aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn. De
viser det femte afsnit af den 2. serie af ”Sorry”, en gammel sitcom fra maj
1982, stjernespækket Ronnie Corbett, den skotske komiker. Serien handler om en
41-årig bibliotekar, Timothy Lumsden, der stadigvæk bor hjemme hos sin krævende
mor og distræte far. Vi så dette afsnit for første gang tre
måneder inden vi drog til USA, hvor vi boede i tre år.
21:00 Derefter viser de en interessant dokumentarfilm, der handler om
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), den skotske fysiker, hvis navn forholdsvis
ikke er kendt i verden, men som revolutionerede fysikken. Albert Einstein havde
kun 3 portrætter på sit kontors væg: Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday og James
Clerk Maxwell.
Maxwell forudsagde, at der findes usynlige elektromagnetiske bølger, der
bevæger sig med lysets hastighed og at lys er sådanne bølger. Hans opdagelse af
elektromagnetisk stråling var foreløbere i den moderne fysiks æra og lagde
grunden for senere arbejde indenfor felter som speciel relativitetsteori og
kvantemekanik.
Maxwells arbejde var afgørende i fjernelsen af det rent mekaniske model for
universet (Newtons univers), og gjorde mange aspekter af det moderne liv
mulige: for eksempel, radio, fjernsyn, radar, røntgen, mikroovnen, mobiltelefonen,
termografi, remotekontrollen, lysstofrør, sikkerhedsmærkning, sterilisering af
fødevarer osv osv. Du godeste! Tak skal du have, James!
Maxwell er også kendt for at have skabt det først rigtige farvefotografi
i 1861 – du godeste, sikke et geni!
Einstein havde kun 3 portrætter på sit
kontors væg: Newton, Faraday og Maxwell – hurra!
22:00 Lois kommer hjem og vi går i sengt – zzzzzz !!!!
03:15 Jeg står tidlig op og kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg læser om et
nyt computerspil, kaldet ”Expeditions: Viking”, der kommer ud i 2016. Det er
interessant, at begivenhederne i spillet ikke nødvendigvis forbliver tro mod
historien. For eksempel, kan vikingerne alliere sig med englænderne i stedet
for at plyndre dem – uha! Måske vil dette egenskab gøre spillet mere populært i
England – engelske spillere kan for eksempel alliere sig med danskerne og går i
gang med at plyndre franskmændene – uha (igen) !!
et spritnyt computerspil kommer ud i 2016
Også findes der et element af politisk korrekthed i spillet. For eksempel
spiller kvinder en større
rolle i spillet end, hvad historiebøgerne rapporterer om. Men dette gør både
spillet mere interessant og ”inkluderende” for kvindelige spillerd, mener den
danske spildesigner. Du godeste! Sikke en skør verden vi lever i!
til fordel for kvindelige spillere indeholder spillet et element af politisk
korrekthed– du godeste, sikke en vanvid!
08:00 Vi går i bad og bagefter går i gang med at rydde op og støvsuger
overalt i huset, og dækker bord osv. Lois har inviteret 9 medlemmer af sin
kirke til middag.
09:30 Terry, den lokale handyman, kommer. Han begyndte forleden at
reparere vores hegn, og i dag går han i gang med at fuldføre arbejdet. Efter 30
minutters arbejde er han færdig dermed og han tager af sted. Han vil sende os
regningen med posten.
Jeg kigger lidt på internettet. Så taster jeg 100 engelske sætninger ind,
som jeg vil have vores danske gruppes medlemmer til at oversætte til engelsk.
Jeg er så krævende – ha ha ha! Gruppens næste møde finder sted i morgen kl
14:30 hos os.
Derefter skriver jeg en kort ”stil” på dansk. Jeg har bedt gruppens
medlemmer om at skrive nogle linjer på dansk, som vi alle sammen kan læse i
løbet af vores møde (alle kan vælge et emne, de interesserer sig for). Jeg
beslutter at skrive lidt om vores yngste datter, Sarah, og salget af Sarahs
gamle lejlighed i Cheltenham og salget af Sarah’s og Francis’s bil efter hendes
lille familie flyttede til Australien ved slutningen af november: de to opgaver
(især salget af lejligheden), har taget en masse af vores tid. Vi var
selvfølgelig glade for, at kunne hjælpe Sarah, men det hele var meget
stressende – ingen tvivl om det!!!!
10:45 Lois’s gæster begynder at ankomme.
15:00 Efter frokost skal gæsterne af sted, og Lois og jeg slapper af med
en kop te på sofaen. Vi er meget trætte igen - uha!
English translation
Tuesday, 01/26/2016 at 1630 till Wednesday, 01.27.2016 at 1629
18:00 We have dinner and afterwards Lois has to be off. There is a Bible
seminar this evening that takes place in Brockworth, that she wants to
participate in.
19:30 I am alone in the house. I spend the evening watching a little
television. They show the fifth episode of the second series of
"Sorry", an old sitcom from May 1982, starring Ronnie Corbett, the
Scottish comedian. The series is about a 41-year-old librarian Timothy Lumsden,
who still lives at home with his demanding mother and absent-minded father. We
saw this episode for the first time three months before we headed to the US,
where we lived for three years.
21:00 Then they show an interesting documentary about James Clerk Maxwell
(1831-1879), the Scottish physicist whose name is relatively unknown to the
world, but who revolutionized physics. Albert Einstein had only three portraits
on his office wall: Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell.
Maxwell predicted the existence of invisible electromagnetic waves moving
at the speed of light and also predicted that light is such waves. His
discovery of electromagnetic radiation was precursor of the modern physics era
and laid the foundation for later work in fields like special relativity theory
and quantum mechanics.
Maxwell's work was crucial in the removal of the purely mechanical model of
the universe (Newton's universe), and made many aspects of modern life
possible: for example, radio, television, radar, X-ray, microwave, mobile
phone, thermography, remote control, fluorescent light, safety labeling,
sterilization of food etc etc. My goodness! Thank you, James!
Maxwell is also known for having created the first real color photography
in 1861 - my goodness, what a genius!
Einstein had only three portraits on his office
wall: Newton, Faraday and Maxwell - hurray!
22:00 Lois comes home and we go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!
3:15 I get up early and take a look on the internet. I read about a new
computer game called "Expeditions: Viking" coming out in 2016. It is
interesting that the events of the game do not necessarily remain true to the
story. For example, the Vikings can ally with the English rather than plunder
them - oh dear! Perhaps this property will make the game more popular in
England - English players can, for example ally with the Danes and begin to
plunder the French - oh dear (again) !!
a brand new video game coming out in 2016
Also there is an element of political correctness in the game. For example,
women play a greater role in the game than the history books report. But this
makes both the game more interesting and "inclusive" for female
players, according to the Danish game designer. My Goodness! What a crazy world
we live in!
for the benefit of female players the game
includes an element of political correctness - my goodness, what a madness!
08:00 We take a shower and afterwards begin to clean up and dust everywhere
in the house and set the table and so on. Lois has invited nine members of her
church for lunch.
09:30 Terry, the local handyman arrives. He started the other day to repair
our fence, and today he gets going to complete the work. After 30 minutes of
work he's done with it and he leaves. He will send us the bill by mail.
I look a bit on the Internet. Then I key in 100 English sentences that I
want our Danish group's members to translate into English. I am so demanding -
ha ha ha! The group's next meeting will take place tomorrow at 14:30 at our
place.
Then I write a short "essay" in Danish. I have asked the group
members to write some lines in Danish, which we can all read together during
our meeting (everyone can choose a topic they care about). I decide to write
about our youngest daughter, Sarah, and sale of Sarah's old apartment in
Cheltenham and sale of Sarah's and Francis's car after her little family moved
to Australia at the end of November: the two tasks (especially the sale of the
apartment) have taken a lot of our time. We were of course glad to be able to
help Sarah, but it was all very stressful - no doubt about it !!!!
10:45 Lois's guests begin to arrive.
15:00 After lunch, the guests have to leave, and Lois and I relax with a
cup of tea on the sofa. We are very tired again - oh!
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