Diary 4th And 5th November 2017
@arthurchappell (44998)
Preston, England
November 5, 2017 5:38pm CST
Diary Saturday 4th November 2017
A pretty ordinary day, poting work online and looking at various options for rehousing my own established web page of old. I eventually settled on a free Wordpress page run by Alter Vista though setting pages, adding photos and going through the various plug in instructions can take a while.
Diary Sunday 5th November 2017
A shopping day, and a house tidying day.
I decided to give up on the Beer Money Forum site when I realized that they take earned coins off you or anything, including editing your own posts. They treat an edit as deleting a post and reposting it so they deduct the page earnings when you press edit and only give you half back when you repot it. That is quite ridiculous.
It is bonfire night here, commemorating a failed attempt to blow up our government in 1605. Though focussed on the man who first got caught, Guy Fawkes, the event should really centre on the man who started the doomed conspiracy, Robert Catsby. There were lot of very loud fireworks going off in the neighbourhood.
It was an unusually warm day today.
Arthur Chappell
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@moffittjc (120964)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Nov 17
No disrespect to Bonfire Night, but I'm sure there have been many attempts to overthrow your government in the last four centuries. Why is this particular one celebrated over any of the other coup attempts?
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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6 Nov 17
I don't think there's ever been an attempt which would have altered British/English history in quite the same way, had it been successful. Plus, it's fun for the children!
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@moffittjc (120964)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Nov 17
@Poppylicious Thank you for responding. I didn't mean to make it sound like I didn't think it was a worthwhile day to celebrate. Plus, any holiday that is good for the children is a good holiday indeed!
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
6 Nov 17
@moffittjc I think it was the scale of what Catsby tried to do, it would have restored Britan to a Catholic, rather than Church Of England Protestant state and it would have killed every MP - in many ways bonfire night celebrates the government stopping the revolution - Cromwwll's succesful 11 year republic was more succesful but never gets commemorated
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
8 Nov 17
have heard of Guy Fawkes day. so i guess a lot do celebrate it?
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
8 Nov 17
@bunnybon7 yes it is a very popular event here
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Nov 17
So that's where Guy Fawkes Day comes from.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
8 Nov 17
yes, very much so @teamfreak16
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