What did you learn today TIL

[Hilda]

After mentioning British actor Robert Powell in another topic, I dug out a few episodes of the Hannay TV series, made in 1988 and starring Robert Powell.

In the first episode, Richard Hannay (protagonist of John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps) is on an ocean liner returning from South Africa. He's invited to have dinner with a 'belted earl" and follows the steward to the dining room. The steward addresses the earl as "Your Grace", which had me reaching for my keyboard to add a goof to the IMDb listing. (Only dukes and duchesses are addressed as "Your Grace")

That much I knew, but I didn't know the significance of 'belted earl', so I looked it up. It refers to earls of old families and the custom of conferring the title with a belt and a sword.

But that wasn't everything I learnt today. The Wikipedia article on earls notes that the rank is below that of marquess, which surprised me. I always thought of earl being second to duke.

Not exactly useful information. I've never met a duke, a marquess, or an earl. The highest aristocratic rank I've met was a couple of "Sirs", though one of them became a Baron soon after.

[ObiDongKenobi]

TIL that Flickr allows porn 

and that sloths don't look as cuddly when they are wet.

[Shiela_M]

Right off the pages of H.P. Lovecraft 😱😱😱

[Writers Bloque]

After mentioning British actor Robert Powell in another topic, I dug out a few episodes of the Hannay TV series, made in 1988 and starring Robert Powell.

In the first episode, Richard Hannay (protagonist of John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps) is on an ocean liner returning from South Africa. He's invited to have dinner with a 'belted earl" and follows the steward to the dining room. The steward addresses the earl as "Your Grace", which had me reaching for my keyboard to add a goof to the IMDb listing. (Only dukes and duchesses are addressed as "Your Grace")

That much I knew, but I didn't know the significance of 'belted earl', so I looked it up. It refers to earls of old families and the custom of conferring the title with a belt and a sword.

But that wasn't everything I learnt today. The Wikipedia article on earls notes that the rank is below that of marquess, which surprised me. I always thought of earl being second to duke.

Not exactly useful information. I've never met a duke, a marquess, or an earl. The highest aristocratic rank I've met was a couple of "Sirs", though one of them became a Baron soon after.

Very interesting. Like I said before, a lady knight is a Dame. Never met royalty or nobility myself. Hilda, you are awesome.

[Pornhubby]

TIL that Flickr allows porn 

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[msslave]

I've got some stuff stored there
 Had a notice that my amount of.storage was being cut back.
With my lack of sex drive found I don't care one way or the other..(sigh)

[MissBarbara]

I cancelled my cable subscription about 5 months ago -- and I haven't missed it.

On Sunday I went to watch the USWNT play in the CONCACAF equivalent of the Women's Euros. It was airing on ESPN, and I got ESPN+ for free as part of my Disney+/Hulu bundle. ESPN+ content appears on the Hulu app.

However, when I turned to ESPN+ to watch the match, it wasn't there. I went to my TVs home screen to download the ESPN or ESNP+ app, but they weren't available on the system.

I suck at technology, but I'm very good at researching.

I googled around for alternative ways to watch the game on my smart TV (and, yes, the TV is a lot smarter than its owner), and the first hit provided complete instructions. Within only a few seconds, I tapped the ESPN app on my phone, tapped the play button for the game (which was right at the top), turned to the AirPlay setting on the TV, and tapped the AirPlay icon on my phone. And I watched the game.

I'm sure this is old hat to most people, but I was very proud of myself!

P.S. "Equivalent" in terms of the format, and not necessarily in the quality of play.

[Clitical Thinking]

I'm sure this is old hat to most people, but I was very proud of myself!

It's definitely not old to me, and I probably wouldn't have thought of it myself, but then again I've never been accused of being the sharpest bulb in the tool drawer 

[msslave]

Since I didn't understand anything that Barb said guess it's not old hat to me.

I still get the urge to get up from my chair to change the channel. Then I remember we have more than three channels.

[Pornhubby]

I have the newest Amazon Firestick, and a number of content bundles. And I can pretty much watch anything I want to watch, without cable or satellite. But there is nothing I really want to watch.

[staci]

I cancelled my cable subscription about 5 months ago -- and I haven't missed it.

On Sunday I went to watch the USWNT play in the CONCACAF equivalent of the Women's Euros. It was airing on ESPN, and I got ESPN+ for free as part of my Disney+/Hulu bundle. ESPN+ content appears on the Hulu app.

However, when I turned to ESPN+ to watch the match, it wasn't there. I went to my TVs home screen to download the ESPN or ESNP+ app, but they weren't available on the system.

I suck at technology, but I'm very good at researching.

I googled around for alternative ways to watch the game on my smart TV (and, yes, the TV is a lot smarter than its owner), and the first hit provided complete instructions. Within only a few seconds, I tapped the ESPN app on my phone, tapped the play button for the game (which was right at the top), turned to the AirPlay setting on the TV, and tapped the AirPlay icon on my phone. And I watched the game.

I'm sure this is old hat to most people, but I was very proud of myself!

P.S. "Equivalent" in terms of the format, and not necessarily in the quality of play.

And the U S women  won the match

[Hilda]

Very interesting. Like I said before, a lady knight is a Dame. Never met royalty or nobility myself.

And the wife of a knight is a 'Lady'. It can get very confusing. Back in Victorian and Edwardian times, there was also the element of 'precedence', which was made up of several factors. Not only aristocratic title, but also military or civilian rank. People could get very touchy about who went ahead of whom when entering a dining-room.

Just now I remembered another aristocrat I met. I would never have known his background if he hadn't run into a problem with Human Resources regarding the way his family name was written. He was the second son of a minor Scottish nobleman. When the nobleman passed away, his first son wanted nothing to do with the title, and the mother pleaded with my friend to inherit it, which he did. That resulted in a change in his last name, and the small hiccup with HR. All sorted out in the end.

[purpleshoes]

I learned a great deal about an aunt of mine who died twenty-five years before I was born. All I knew was that she died in a car-train accident somewhere in Nebraska, at the age of 19.

After years of searching for information, I came across her obituary yesterday and now know (maybe too many) details about the accident. I also know the exact location of her final resting place, which I've added to our family genealogy data.

[Pornhubby]

I learned a great deal about an aunt of mine who died twenty-five years before I was born. All I knew was that she died in a car-train accident somewhere in Nebraska, at the age of 19.

After years of searching for information, I came across her obituary yesterday and now know (maybe too many) details about the accident. I also know the exact location of her final resting place, which I've added to our family genealogy data.

When I became a father many years ago, I realized I knew very little about my family, and I thought someday my children would ask me questions about their ancestors. So I started doing amateur genealogy at that time, and now, I have an Ancestry account with almost 1500 folks in it. Some lines going back 1000 years. But when I first started doing it, it was very strange to go to cemeteries and look for an obscure grave. And, being somewhat sentimental, I would recite a mantra, “Dear great grandfather, I am here to find your resting place. Please guide me.“ And it may be pure coincidence, but there were many times I would walk straight to their grave in a huge cemetery with hundreds of people buried in it. But then again, there were a few other times I walked around for hours and couldn’t find jack shit. But I love finding out about my family. Not only the notable and prestigious people, but also the horse thieves, the bootleggers, the folks who had run-ins with the law. I’ve got them all, which explains my problems. Too bad they don’t usually say “he was a huge sex pervert“ in the obituary. But I know I must have many of those also.

[Hilda]

I learned a great deal about an aunt of mine who died twenty-five years before I was born. All I knew was that she died in a car-train accident somewhere in Nebraska, at the age of 19.

After years of searching for information, I came across her obituary yesterday and now know (maybe too many) details about the accident. I also know the exact location of her final resting place, which I've added to our family genealogy data.

I'm going down the same path, and wondering how far I want to go.

About a year ago I was contacted by a lady who thought that our fathers may have been in the same regiment during WWII. (They were.) Since then we've exchanged information and photographs, and she's recommending that I submit requests for my parents' military records. The procedure sounds like a major pain, but she says it's worth it. Me, I'm not so sure. I know my parents' wartime ranks and where they served, and still have their uniforms and medals mothballed in the attic. I'm thinking that's enough. On the other hand, maybe I owe it to future generations to dig up as much information as I can, while I can. 

[Hilda]

]I cancelled my cable subscription about 5 months ago -- and I haven't missed it.

On Sunday I went to watch the USWNT play in the CONCACAF equivalent of the Women's Euros. It was airing on ESPN, and I got ESPN+ for free as part of my Disney+/Hulu bundle. ESPN+ content appears on the Hulu app.

That's where you lost me. I thought Disney and Hulu were cable channels. From the 'app' I'm guessing you watch these channels on your smartphone or tablet.

I'm so out of touch that I use my cellphone maybe once a month, usually for receiving security access codes. Even that's not going smoothly and I'm going to have to visit my local phone store for technical help.

[MintJulie]

]I cancelled my cable subscription about 5 months ago -- and I haven't missed it.

On Sunday I went to watch the USWNT play in the CONCACAF equivalent of the Women's Euros. It was airing on ESPN, and I got ESPN+ for free as part of my Disney+/Hulu bundle. ESPN+ content appears on the Hulu app.

That's where you lost me.

Providers (we'll say 'Comcast' for simplicity sake) offer Internet/phones/Cable.   Internet gives you access to the internet.  Phones is hone service.  Cable is Comcast's TV lineup. 

Barb only has Internet.  She has basically cut the cord.  As long as she has internet, she can choose which services she wants to use.  She gets her television stations through Hulu (instead of Comcast) while using the comcast internet access. 

[Hilda]

]I cancelled my cable subscription about 5 months ago -- and I haven't missed it.

On Sunday I went to watch the USWNT play in the CONCACAF equivalent of the Women's Euros. It was airing on ESPN, and I got ESPN+ for free as part of my Disney+/Hulu bundle. ESPN+ content appears on the Hulu app.

That's where you lost me.

Providers (we'll say 'Comcast' for simplicity sake) offer Internet/phones/Cable.   Internet gives you access to the internet.  Phones is hone service.  Cable is Comcast's TV lineup. 

Barb only has Internet.  She has basically cut the cord.  As long as she has internet, she can choose which services she wants to use.  She gets her television stations through Hulu (instead of Comcast) while using the comcast internet access.

Thanks! I think I now understand why Barbara is using AirPlay. She's picking up Hulu and other services on her smartphone and beaming it to her TV set, right?

[Shiela_M]

I had dish for a while, but have since went to Prime video and Netflix. I do my the cooking channels though.

[msslave]

Just got an email from Hulu that I can't use our Tivo to access the app. Grrrrrrrrr!
Wonder if I can learn to do what Barb does?