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[SpeckledJim]

Fermit said:

SpeckledJim said:

Fermit said:

SpeckledJim said:

... but we don't breed cows for leather. Leather is a recyclable component of a dead dairy/beef cow.

As someone who has many years experience of restoring leather, I can state categorically that this is not the case. If you'd like me to elaborate I'm happy to.

Always happy to be corrected when caught talking bks on the internet.

Correct away!

There are many types of leather. Three for example, Aniline (dyed) Suede (dyed and brushed) and Micro Pigment (very light pigment coat to give luxury with some protection) require very high standard hides. The standard, with the hides being more on show, means that damage caused throughout the cows life will spoil the aesthetic of the hide. This includes Mosquito bites (so cows need to live above 5000ft [?] above sea level where they don't live) barbed wire scratches (so they need to be enclosed by other means) and stretch marks. Leather in this respect is much like diamonds. The less imperfections the greater the value. Accordingly, for high grades of leather the cows primary existence is for its hide.

I'm aware of the preferred 'scratchless' hides from barbed-wire-free places. But people are raising cows somewhere just to kill them for their hides? Where's that? And is there a Gucci of cow breeds?

[Fermit]

SpeckledJim said:

I'm aware of the preferred 'scratchless' hides from barbed-wire-free places. But people are raising cows somewhere just to kill them for their hides? Where's that? And is there a Gucci of cow breeds?

I've seen the price of some hides used for Aniline. A cow is a cow mind. 'Italian leather' is the funniest brag, what, the cow moo's in Italian? (it comes from Italian designer, not the leather being special) But the long and the short, cows can be selected for leather by hide quality. Some imperfections can be corrected, but some will pay for 'flawless'

[loughran]

Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

The family name was pronounced eeeverest which is how you should pronounce Mt. Eeeverest if you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

[Doofus]

loughran said:

Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

The family name was pronounced eeeverest which is how you should pronounce Mt. Eeeverest if you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

"Eevrist".

[boyse7en]

loughran said:

Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

The family name was pronounced eeeverest which is how you should pronounce Mt. Eeeverest if you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

Did people mistakenly pronounce it Ever-rest from the get-go, or did the pronunciation change over time? I like to imagine that George spent the rest of his life correcting people with increasing anger

[Roofless Toothless]

So who was Mr K2 then?

[Fatboy]

Roofless Toothless said:

So who was Mr K2 then?

Actually it was Mr Kaytoo, just got changed to suit text speak

[S6PNJ]

Fatboy said:

Roofless Toothless said:

So who was Mr K2 then?

Actually it was Mr Kaytoo, just got changed to suit text speak

And he also got increasing angry when correcting people.

[Byker28i]

boyse7en said:

loughran said:

Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

The family name was pronounced eeeverest which is how you should pronounce Mt. Eeeverest if you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

Did people mistakenly pronounce it Ever-rest from the get-go, or did the pronunciation change over time? I like to imagine that George spent the rest of his life correcting people with increasing anger

History Channel says it was called Peak XV until Andrew Waugh, the surveyor general of India, proposed that it be named for his predecessor, Sir George Everest.
https://www.history.com/news/who-is-mount-everest-...

So not sure of that claim of how to pronounce it?

National Geographic say the same but add in the Tibetan name Chomolungma, which means “Mother Goddess of the World.” and the Nepali name Sagarmatha
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/...

[Punctilio]

SpeckledJim said:

I'm aware of the preferred 'scratchless' hides from barbed-wire-free places. But people are raising cows somewhere just to kill them for their hides? Where's that? And is there a Gucci of cow breeds?

Bridge Of Weir leather, the UKs sole automotive leather supplier, source hides from the UK and Ireland,
nowhere is specific breeds of cattle mentioned, presumably the skin of a Belted Galloway is
just as good as the one from a cheeky Limousin when Lincoln or Rolls Royce want to order
a few thousand cream suede headlinings.

[Johnspex]

Punctilio said:

SpeckledJim said:

I'm aware of the preferred 'scratchless' hides from barbed-wire-free places. But people are raising cows somewhere just to kill them for their hides? Where's that? And is there a Gucci of cow breeds?

Bridge Of Weir leather, the UKs sole automotive leather supplier, source hides from the UK and Ireland,
nowhere is specific breeds of cattle mentioned, presumably the skin of a Belted Galloway is
just as good as the one from a cheeky Limousin when Lincoln or Rolls Royce want to order
a few thousand cream suede headlinings.

Just asking- Why is it cheeky? Or. could it possibly just another pointless stupid word to add in to perfectly sensible sentences?

[P5BNij]

loughran said:

Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

The family name was pronounced eeeverest which is how you should pronounce Mt. Eeeverest if you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

'Everest' was Paul McCartney's initial idea for naming what became the Abbey Road album, the other three Beatles didn't like it then someone suggested just naming it after the EMI studios instead.

[loughran]

Byker28i said:

boyse7en said:

loughran said:

Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

The family name was pronounced eeeverest which is how you should pronounce Mt. Eeeverest if you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

Did people mistakenly pronounce it Ever-rest from the get-go, or did the pronunciation change over time? I like to imagine that George spent the rest of his life correcting people with increasing anger

History Channel says it was called Peak XV until Andrew Waugh, the surveyor general of India, proposed that it be named for his predecessor, Sir George Everest.
https://www.history.com/news/who-is-mount-everest-...

So not sure of that claim of how to pronounce it?

Snip

Here is my source...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m001gk7n

[Dr Jekyll]

P5BNij said:

loughran said:

Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

The family name was pronounced eeeverest which is how you should pronounce Mt. Eeeverest if you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

'Everest' was Paul McCartney's initial idea for naming what became the Abbey Road album, the other three Beatles didn't like it then someone suggested just naming it after the EMI studios instead.

The EMI studios in Abbey Road weren't officially called Abbey Road studios at the time.
The version I heard was that George and John were keen on calling the album Everest and wanted a picture of the band in front of, or even on, Everest for the cover. George Martin suggested that was a bit far for a photo shoot and Ringo suggested 'let's call it Abbey Road so we can just go outside'.

[The Mad Monk]

Dr Jekyll said:

The EMI studios in Abbey Road weren't officially called Abbey Road studios at the time.
The version I heard was that George and John were keen on calling the album Everest and wanted a picture of the band in front of, or even on, Everest for the cover. George Martin suggested that was a bit far for a photo shoot and Ringo suggested 'let's call it Abbey Road so we can just go outside'.

It's amazing the number of people that film themselves or their friends on that crossing - during normal daylight hours that is.

https://www.earthcam.com/world/england/london/abbe...

[P5BNij]

Dr Jekyll said:

P5BNij said:

loughran said:

Mount Everest was named after George Everest, a former Surveyor General of India.

The family name was pronounced eeeverest which is how you should pronounce Mt. Eeeverest if you want to sound like you know what you're talking about.

'Everest' was Paul McCartney's initial idea for naming what became the Abbey Road album, the other three Beatles didn't like it then someone suggested just naming it after the EMI studios instead.

The EMI studios in Abbey Road weren't officially called Abbey Road studios at the time.
The version I heard was that George and John were keen on calling the album Everest and wanted a picture of the band in front of, or even on, Everest for the cover. George Martin suggested that was a bit far for a photo shoot and Ringo suggested 'let's call it Abbey Road so we can just go outside'.

I've heard another version where it was either John or George who suggested going outside, not Ringo! Staying on topic, the day the photos were taken was 8/8/69, the same day that Charles Manson's 'family' committed their awful crimes in California.

[john2443]

Roofless Toothless said:

So who was Mr K2 then?

You mean Mr Godwin-Austen

(Mount Godwin-Austen was the proposed name, he was an explorer in the region)

[P5BNij]

When Rover's styling department were finalising the details of the new P5 3 lite Coupe in the late '50s, they decided to put a small stainless steel version of the viking ship badge on the C-pillar trim panel, the draughtsman who was tasked with this particular detail was left handed and turned the design around with the flag at the top pointing to the left, on all other versions of the badge it points to the right.

On some P5 and P5B Coupes, there's a stainless steel badge on one side and a black one on the other, no one at the factory as ever been able to explain why this occurred.

[kowalski655]

The Mad Monk said:

It's amazing the number of people that film themselves or their friends on that crossing - during normal daylight hours that is.

https://www.earthcam.com/world/england/london/abbe...

The temptation to run over the annoying fkers who stand there must be enormous

[kowalski655]

Composer62 said:

David Tennant, who played Doctor Who is the son-in-law of Peter Davison, who also played Doctor Who.

In the film World War Z, Peter Capaldi was billed as the "WHO doctor" (World Health Organization) and was then announced to be playing Doctor Who shortly after.