SR V: To boldly go where no room has gone before

You have a yard? 

Raff wrote: I have given 5 stars to many albums that are obviously not prog. Until there is no clear site policy, I am NOT going to give less to an album I consider a masterpiece just because it's not prog. I'm sorry, but if people want to make things clear, they have to make clear rules.

As a general rule, I try not to do that, but I have broken that "rule" a couple of time (and with this review of The Decemberist's debut, I'm about to do it again).  I feel I have good reasons for doing so each time (in the case of The Decemberist's debut, I think only two of the songs are what we would call "prog," but I think this one gets a real pass because of the lyrics are quite simply some of the most masterful ever written).  I can live with that.

Raff wrote: Pat, a yard is called a garden in the UK... It's just like the 'lift' thing

"Lift?  What I am supposed to lift?"

Padraic wrote: Raff wrote: Pat, a yard is called a garden in the UK... It's just like the 'lift' thing "Lift?  What I am supposed to lift?"

KoS wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8071865.stm "People might think I'm nuts, but I like to think it's Jesus looking out for us. " No, you are really nuts.

I would say this: How do you know what Jesus looks like?  Have you ever seen him?  No?  Then get the f**k out of here.

You know, every time I see an elevator I can't help thinking about you in the UK...

You see, Robert, in my view of things, I don't rate an album's prog content, but its music. I may be wrong, but I think giving, say, three stars to the likes of Machine Head or Led Zep 4 just because they're not fully prog is misleading for anyone who reads a review. Unless a different rating system is implemented for PP and PR albums, I'm going to use the existing one, and give the same number of stars I would give to a fully prog album.

James wrote: I think of a yard as akin to a farm yard with sheep, cows and horses. A back yard is probably what you mean.  That's what I think of as a small bit of back garden with a garden gate and a wall to bounce a tennis ball against.   Usually consisting of concrete and very little grass.

Damn language barrier. 

Yes, over here "yard" refers to front yard, back yard, etc. - your little patch of property surrounding your house.  Some can be quite large and have a lot of grass though - and it does take me about an hour to cut all my grass.

A "farm yard" is simply referred to as a farm.

Strangely though, Roald Dahl named the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

Surely that should have been a Lift, Roald?

James wrote: Oh and Pat, we don't have any carpet, so I doubt we'll have Carpet Bees.

It would be funny except that they are called carpenter bees. 

KoS wrote: Epignosis wrote: KoS wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8071865.stm "People might think I'm nuts, but I like to think it's Jesus looking out for us. " No, you are really nuts. I would say this: How do you know what Jesus looks like?  Have you ever seen him?  No?  Then get the f**k out of here. You mean he isn't a bearded white dude with long hair?

No, that's me.

That'd be why some Jehovah's Witness accosted me in the street once and tried to convert me.  I think he thought I was the second coming.