Time to add to this long-lost thread - for its meaning see the first item on the thread - especially as today is the celebration of the turn of the millennium in Ethiopia. See a wonderful article in today's Guardian, 'Better late than never. Addis Ababa finally gets the millennium bug', by Xan Rice:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2166470,00.html

The anoraknophobic detail on the calendar is copied below:

In around AD525, the Roman church amended its calendar, placing the birth of Jesus eight years earlier than had previously been accepted. The Gregorian calendar, as it eventually became known, is the basis for the western calendar of today. Ethiopia, however, ignored the adjustment and stuck with the ancient Egyptian calendar consisting of 13 months (12 months of 30 days and the 13th month of five days).

Each new year falls on September 11, in western terms, except in a leap year, as is the case this year. As if their unique faith-based calendar was not confusing enough to foreigners, Ethiopians also measure time differently. The clock starts when the sun comes up. What is 7am to a visitor is 1am to a local; a quirk that can lead to endless confusion when ordering a taxi.

Hey

I did write a reply to this on Saturday, but think it's been ghosted away into the ether......

thanks for inviting me Karen, I spent a lot of the night munching the chicken rotisserie (I don't know what that is....;-) and talking to Germaine, who agrees with me on everything............

My bbq

home-made burgers (by M&S posh nosh or something cos I don't do cooking) - lamb/cranberry, pork/mango, beef/prune, mushroom/lentil/nut.

potato salad, green salad, ciabatta bread with roasted garlic and balsamic/olive oil dressing, bowls of olives, feta cheese salad.

guests: David Day, Elizabeth I, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, Jurgen Moltmann (sorry but I have to), Madonna, Stanley Hauerwas, Harrison Ford, David Walliams, Kate Winslet, Daphne Hampson, Phyllis Trible.

Enjoy!

Jody

Cool

I've just finished my mushroom burger, corn on the cob and rotisserie chicken (I don't know that that is......:-), strawberries and ice cream and a couple of bottles of beer, yum.

I've just finished a long chat with Germaine, she agrees with me on everything.;-)

My bbq:

home-made (by marks and spencers or some such posh nosh place) various varieties of burger - lamb/redcurrant, pork/leek, beef/prune oh and dahl burgers for the veggies, with coriander.

potato salad, green salad, variety of olives, ciabatta bread with roasted garlic to smear on and dip in olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing.

home-made banoffi pie, caramel slices (from a local yummy shop), brownies and extra thick double cream.

Guests would be: Deborah (of Judges fame), Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jurgen Moltmann, Karl Barth (sorry, but I have to.........), Kendall Payne (singer, very good......), Mr and Mrs Incredible, my grandad (died before I was born), George Michael, Stanley Hauerwas, Jonathan Edwards (the theologian, not the triple jumper, although he'd be interesting too..) and Madonna.

you're all cordially invited, of course.

love Jody

Silly Season! Just for fun and as a diversion from the more serious issues, I thought that I would like to invite Fulcrum leaders and forum posters to a "fantasy" online Summer Barbeque complete with celebrity guests. EVERYONE is invited! Perhaps other Fulcrummers would like to host their own online Summer Barbeques too?

Rules

1.There must be 12 named 'celebrity' guests - biblical; famous, infamous, living, dead or even fictional or not that famous and all in any combination.

2.Full Menu to include food suitable for any guest who is vegetarian.

3.NO PRAWNS ON THE BARBIE - the Barbeque equivalent of the cold shoulder.

4. You may hold more than one Barbeque but you cannot invite the same celebrities or serve the same menu.

Menu - Vegetable and Tofu Skewers; Corn on the Cob; Mushroom burgers; Vegetable Curry;Vegetable Pottage; Cumberland Sausages; Salmon; Steak; Lamb Chops; Salad; Rotisserie Chicken;Sauces and Dressings in infinite variety; Real Fish and Chips Shop Chips; Banana Fritters; Strawberries and Ice Cream; Figs and Dates - Bring a Bottle.

Well done Jody!

Go and enjoy a nice G&T in the sun...or an iced coke depending on your theology of abstinence ;-)

Richard

Hello

FINISHED MY EXAMS, yeah.

All breathe a sigh of relief with me.  There you go, lovely isn't it?

love Jody

Sorry David I put a dot in the wrong place. Try www20.sbs.com.au/speakingintongues/

Karen

More fun from Down Under to help you through this rainy Monday. This is religious broadcasting Australian style. Songs of Praise it aint!

www.20.sbs.com.au/speakingintongues/

Be sure to try out the Religious Knowledge Quiz and the Religious Retribution Game. Also check out the Matchmaking service.

Just for fun checkout this website www.fatherdave.org and the site he links to www.anglicanstogether.org