Return of the CornMonster

Subject: Return of the CornMonster Sat May 10, 2008 2:49 am

It's back!
cyclops

PeteG

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Its that ****** tonyh practicing his avatar designs again. affraid

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Sat May 10, 2008 3:21 am

I wouldn't put it past him!
He's pretty good with a mower....
jocolor

PeteG

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Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:22 pm

you can tell Tony is in the area!

Joined : 18 Jan 2008 Posts : 154

I went for a wander around Swallowhead yesterday and managed to miss both of those crop circles. I also can't see the one down the Avenue.

I think I must have a mental block for the alien arts! affraid

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PS Love all the amazing ever changing gifs! You clever people!

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:11 pm

your not missing much Rose.
You should have come to Stonehenge with Tony and I today.
We bumped into Mike Parker-Pearson doing a test pit dig at the Cursus looking for bluestone fragments.
I got the low down on this years diggings and was even let in on the Secret dig schhh.....
PeteG

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:45 pm

nice weather innit?

near Beckhampton apparently. I know tony was on that road today bounce

PeteG

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Just returned from my holiday and picked up the local paper today - here is a headline on page 3

Quote:
PI-EYED AT CIRCLE
American tourists, mystic gurus, and hoards of hippies have been making a pilgrimage to a possible alien landing site near Barbury Castle. Crop circle enthusiasts believe the circular formation found near Wroughton is the genuine article - and is one of the most mathematically accurate crop circles ever seen. Boffins have concluded the shape of the flattened barley stems represent the mathmatical constant Pi.

The Barbury Crop circle represents 3.141592654...The first ten digits of Pi ........
The circles showthe three dots used in maths to show that the number continues infinitely.

Mathematician, Mick Dams from Swindon College thinks that it is probably the work of Oxford University maths students as nothing that mathmatically complicated could be produced by atmospheric pressures .....and being a mathematician he doubts the existence of aliens (I'm with him there). To quote him: "I'm still impressed and it looks beautiful."

Apologies if this has already been mentioned here, I haven't caught up with all the posts yet but thought it might be of interest.

Wishing everyone a happy mid-summer solstice however you spend it - especially Megadread who I believe is at Avebury.

Sunlight and peace
June

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:37 pm

Welcome back June.
I took Megadread down to Silbaby yesterday were we found a young deer in the meadow

Tonight its the drumming sessions at Avebury although the weather isn't looking too good for sunrise.
PeteG

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:15 pm

Megadreads?

cheers

PeteG

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Gordon told the Circle this morning that the Crop Circle Cafe reckon Avebury has sent some UFO's their way - anyone wish to venture an opinion?

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Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Sat Jun 21, 2008 3:34 pm

Megadread's having a great time. Yesterday he went with me to the camp where all the King's Drummers are based, down near Savernake Forest. Then we went up Adam's Grave; saw lots of orchids and then down into Alton Priors to see the Yew, church and springs. Last night we went to Avebury. The drummers were fantastic. A very good day, but I'm shattered now!

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:55 pm

I've just taken him up to Windmill hill and then on to see the Broadstones and the Sancstuary stones.
Weathers a bit naff....
PeteG

Joined : 07 Jan 2008 Posts : 471 Location : Wiltshire

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:23 pm

the weather is looking good for monday so I may take Megadread up to Fyfield to see the Polissoir & Devils Den.
He has permission to stay till tuesday so we might as well make the best of it.
PeteG

Joined : 15 Jan 2008 Posts : 850 Location : Surrey

[quote="june
Tony, what are you on? Can I have some.

The article in yesterday's Swindon Advertiser about the Pi crop circle at Barbury Castle generated some cyncical comments on the paper's web-site. Here is one from Captain Sensible (who recently played with the Damned in a local venue).

"It doesn't say much for the intelligence of extraterrestrials if they are willing to travel millions of light years in advanced spaceships to land in a field at Barbury Castle and trample a load of barley down into funny shapes. Methinks someone is having a laugh at the crop circle weirdo's expense."

All good fun and artistic too, I love them. I didn't make it out to Avebury for the solstice (but may go out there on Thursday, my day off - if the sun decides to shine a bit). I celebrated the solstice by buying Rosemary Hill's book on Stonehenge; the Avebury (Sun, Moon and Earth) by Maria Wheatley and Busty Taylor; and the Ridgeway National Trail Companion. Oh and if you're out there Steve, I also bought a DVD copy of "This is Spinal Tap" for a fiver in the HMV sale.

I very much look forward to reading Megadread's account of his stay - it sounds as though Pete and Steve did him proud and helped him have a solstice to remember.
quote]

On ????. On...???

I'm just a normal (almost got me bus pass) sort of Guy....

Bland to the point of boring... hardly notice me in the crowd sort of bloke
With me 1.2 Lr light blue Punto. I hardly show up on the Radar.
My hair that once reached my waist hardly reaches my ears now. beards long gone...

But....

We are Star Dust... We are Golden !!!

Crop Circles are good fun as long as they are not taken too seriously. I have no idea about any financial lost to the farmer mine you?

I will celebrate Mid Summer on the 24th as always...

Looks like Megadread's had hell of a time !!!

Tony

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:37 am

the Corn Monster has been a bit quiet lately.
Now the rush for the harvest is on...
PeteG

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Pete, forgive me if its a stupid question but is that a new one near avebury.
If its a really old well known one forgive me as i dont waste my time on modern art.

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:46 am

its new.
In the Vale of Pewsey near All Cannings.
Where Steve used to live.
hmmmmm.
PeteG

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As crop circles go i think thats a crap design, its not even circular. Very Happy

I was totally unprepaired as to how serious some people take these things, After taking four american ladies to the site of the one near the WKLB they ran to it like a long lost child.
afterwards she insisted on hugging me but informed me she would be more comfortable approaching me, i just stood there and "got hugged".
lol!

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:57 am

it helps to have what Hemmingway called "A caste iron, shock proof, bullsh1t detector!"
when listening to croppies.

There is only so much insipid, vapid new aged twitterings that a man can take!

PeteG

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I asked one of them why she felt the need to visit the site, to take "energy" she informed me. On asking if she ever put energy back into anywhere she asked me "do you".I told her to come to lionels performance at the circle and watch me dance to the drums, i exude energy back into the landscape that way i told her, she had no answer.

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:08 am

I know two local ladies who claim to be witches.
After every public ceremony they go around cleansing the stones and the circles.

What annoys me about croppies is that some fly half way around the world to stand in a field marveling at the formation and totaly fail to see the spectacular monuments arounds them for what they are.

The race to be the first inside a corn circle is pathetic.
As if it somehow imbues them with some mystik quality.

Btw
The stars are SO bright tonight!
First really clear non misty night for a while now.
PeteG

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Have you tried out that lens at all yet, if so whadda ya think.

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:16 am

funny you should mention the lens.
I got a quick shot of Saturn tonight from a static tripod which shows the rings.

I'll try it with a 3X convertor and piggyback it on my scope for some galaxy pics.

It is very soft for landscape work.
From windmill hill Silbury doesn't fit full frame!
I'll have to try hdr to get some depth.
PeteG

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3 times, your ambitious. saying that though i have no knowledge of modern digital cameras and their abilities. good luck and let me know if you get any good results.

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:15 pm

Near the Sanctuary.
The Corn Monster had been to the pub!

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Have the people who do all the good uns gone into retirement. ?

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I've never made a crop circle nor have any interest in doing so but if i did it would be far better than that crappy piece of work.

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According to one of my local friends, she and her mates used to do crop circles when they were teenagers cos there's not a lot to do around here!

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:18 pm

you can tell Tony is in the area with his mower again.

Burderop

East Kennet

Alton Barnes

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:01 pm

How come all the UFO's are avoiding Wessex when all these corn circles are appearing?
PeteG

British UFO sightings at 'bizarre' levels
By Laura Clout
Last Updated: 2:36PM BST 07/07/2008
Whether alien activity or natural phenomena, reports of UFOs have flooded in this summer from across the country.
British UFO sightings at 'bizarre' levels
Plotted on a map of Britain, the sightings can be seen to stretch from Liverpool to Dover and from Llanelli to Derby

Whatever the explanation, experts agree that the number of suspected flying saucers has hit unusual highs this summer.

Malcolm Robinson, who studies the phenomenon, said: "Something very bizarre is happening in the skies over the UK."

The founder member of Strange Phenomena Investigations, added: "There has been an unusual number of sightings recently.

"Some experts believe it could be linked to global warming and craft from outer space are appearing because they are concerned about what man is doing to this planet."

Among mysterious flying objects spotted in recent months was a 'glowing' disc spotted above the M5 motorway.

Royal Navy aircraft engineer Michael Madden said he watched the UFO for three minutes before it 'zoomed off' near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.

Earlier, in Basingstoke, witnesses claimed to have seen a fleet of 12 orange objects in the night sky for half an hour.

And in St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan a police helicopter crew gave chase to another UFO after it appeared to veer at speed towards their aircraft.

One UFO spotter however was left red-faced after his report of a mysterious flying saucer in South Wales turned out to be nothing more other-worldly than the moon.

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:12 pm

There's a new crop circle in the famous 'East Field' at Alton Barnes. This is the place where the design featured on the Led Zeppelin sleeve came from. Over the years there have been some terrific designs - one was a DNA spiral over 300 ft long. The current one is pretty rubbish - the sort of design you could knock up quickly with a pair of compasses:

It looks like rubbish to me, but according to one of the experts on Crop Circle Connector, it's yet another reference to the solar eclipse coming up on the 16th of August:

Crop Circle Connector

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:32 pm

Some Expert!
Partial Solar eclipse is on the 1st August, Partial Lunar is the 16th.

PeteG

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:04 pm

I heard someone in Avebury explaining that a Lunar eclipse is when the sun goes in front of the moon!

I'm getting outta here!

PeteG

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Sounds like my old teacher, she wouldnt let me do a project on the kamikaze of the 2nd world war as she knew nothing of them so wouldn't be able to mark the paper.

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:17 pm

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[quote="PeteG"]How come all the UFO's are avoiding Wessex when all these corn circles are appearing?
PeteG

Maybe there IS intelligent life out there and its avoiding the croppies.

Do you remember Douglas Adams' bored alien teenagers who would buzz earth on purpose? They wouldn't get the right reaction from Croppies!

affraid

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:48 pm

"Strutting up and down and making Meep Meep noises.
All rather silly really."

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That's the bit!
Sounds very much like crop circles to me, but in another form!

Subject: Re: Return of the CornMonster Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:09 am

Just beyond the north-west bank Tony has been trying to figure out how the solar system fits into the Avebury scheme of things,
PeteG

Joined : 07 Jan 2008 Posts : 471 Location : Wiltshire

I like this one a lot, very ...... circular, I think its brilliant.

Any news of Tony and his Mum?

If you meet up with him Pete please give him my regards and tell him to hurry back. Hope is Mum his recovering well.

Best wishes to all

June

Joined : 15 Jan 2008 Posts : 850 Location : Surrey

Nothing to do with me...

I was never there...

Honest

I was here though. And there was a crop circle...

But, where is it..???

I'm fine and so is my Mum. Her op went well and She is on the 'mend'... I didn't really have much time to get about, but did see a couple of places...

Tony