#Carruthers

[sherlockianscholar]

the solitary cyclist from the canon, in my opinion and acd's, is not the greatest work among doyle's repetoire. but i would like to call to your attention one point that has needled me since i first read this story.

violet (yes, one of the six violets in the canon) smith takes on a live-in music teaching position in the country for her un-married employers' (carruthers) ten year old daughter. the daughter is mentioned once in the entire story, during violet's exposition at 221b. violet goes back to the country with no further mention of the girl. after the ruckus and holmes/watson's intervention, carruthers and the others get arrested and taken to jail. off the father goes without making any inquiry into the fate of his daughter nor does violet comment on it.

now the granada episode (which i'm rather fond of) seals up this plot hole, simply and sweetly, by having violet and her soon-to-be husband look after the daughter while her father's in jail. but that doesn't happen in the story. which leads me to wonder...considering the lack of attention by violet or carruthers, did she run away or die (i say, very tongue in cheek)? did carruthers just say fuck them kids and abandon her?

or my personal favorite, did he hire a random 10 year old girl for this express purpose? given the absolute chaos and ever-unfolding half-baked schemes concocted by every member of carruthers and co, i can imagine those men coming up with something that ridiculous.

acd makes a lot of mistakes and slip-ups in the canon, but honestly, if i could ask him one question, this stupid pedantic detail would be high on the list.

[fuzzkaizer]

Carruthers - DYNA-SOAR

"... Not sure where the name "Carruthers" comes from, but they're the faceless builder that's associated with the infamous Dyna-Soar fuzz (from the early 80s). Most notably used by @kimletgordon , the original Dyna-Soar is a super heavy, sludgy Big Muff clone of sorts. The "Lite" version, which I've had for over a decade, is essentially the same circuit but with a strange configuration of the transistors that make it sound more like a chunky overdrive than a fuzz. Interestingly enough, the one I have was modded by the previous owner back into its original Muffy glory! So I had been waiting and searching for nearly 13 years to find an actual Dyna-Soar to compare it to, and finally last week I nabbed one. 😎 Both are pretty intense with the amount of gain that's available. The only other Muff style pedal that comes close would be the Maxon OD-801. The modded "Lite" I have is oddly articulate, even at the highest gain setting, but still punishing. While the regular Dyna-Soar has a mountain of low-end that can dooooooom for eons..."

cred: instagram.com/ed_skymall

[eirinstiva]

"Dooltzhibella"

Chapther 11 of "The Riddle of the Sands" is here! And this time I have many questions.

In the late afternoon of the second day our flotilla reached the Elbe at Brunsbüttel and ranged up in the inner basin, while a big liner, whimpering like a fretful baby, was tenderly nursed into the lock. During the delay Davies left me in charge, and bolted off with an oil-can and a milk-jug.

Carruthers is slowly gaining confidence and Davies is giving him more tasks in the yacht. Good for you, Carruthers!

Theres was an iquiry for them (or maybe, just Davies)

“Did he leave any message?” I asked. “It was a lady who inquired,” whispered the fellow, sniggering. “Oh, really,” I said, beginning to feel highly absurd, but keenly curious. “And she inquired about the Dulcibella?”

Davies talked about a woman he met in the Medusa, and it was Dollsman's daughter. Why? Was she alone? Is there any message from her? Davies is asking himself the same questions.

“Thirdly, he inquires for you on his way back from Hamburg, three weeks after the event. It doesn’t look as if he thought he had disposed of you—it doesn’t look as if he had meant to dispose of you. He sends his daughter, too; a curious proceeding under the circumstances. Perhaps it’s all a mistake.” “It’s not a mistake,” said Davies, half to himself. “But did he send her? He’d have sent one of his men. He can’t be on board at all.”

Good point, Davies. She probably was asking for herself. Did she want to know were Davies was? Are we sure that she doesn't know about her father's plans? Did something happen betweem them? Come on, Davies! Spill the tea!

“Why, we’re at sea!” I suddenly exclaimed, “after an hour’s sailing!” “Just discovered that?” said Davies, laughing. “You said it was fifteen miles,” I complained. “So it is, till we reach this coast at Cuxhaven; but I suppose you may say we’re at sea; of course that’s all sand over there to starboard. Look! some of it’s showing already.”

I'm lucky to learn what is to kedge-off on internet than in the middle of the sea.

[literallywhyamidoingthis]

Things heard in my philosophy a-level class:

"I've slammed Descartes like three times in this essay already..."

"I always imagine Hume coming in on a skateboard, wearing sunglasses."

"I was explaining intuition and deduction thesis to my mum and now she hates Descartes."

"I actually liked Aristotle until he said that only white, male philosophers can flourish."

"... the evil demon, a.k.a. Mr. Phillippou, ..." [an ex-philosophy teacher of our school]

The teacher: "left-handed people are superior. I tried to force my kids to be left-handed when they were learning to write..."

"Descartes pisses me the fuck off."

"... G. E. Moore, a.k.a. G. E. Awful, ..."

"I love error theory. It just says that everyone is wrong all the time."

"What's that guy in the Gettier example with the barns called?" "Barney." "No, no, it's Henry." "Wait, Henry? I thought it was Harry!"

"I always remember that name because my great aunt named her pet rabbit 'Carruthers'."

"But the concept of infinity doesn't make sense!" "Well, according to Georg Cantor's set theory, it does." "What even is set theory, then?" "Don't even go there. You don't need to know, so just don't ask."

"Onto and Teleo are okay, but I just can't with Cosmo. Don't even get me started on Aquinas' ways..."

"Eschatological verification is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. No offence to Hick or anything..."

"Do you think Richard Hare's friends ever called him 'Dick Hair'?"

"I don't understand how some people can even doubt qualia..."

"P-zombies freak me out."

"So you'd be willing to concede that if everyone in China had walkie-talkies, they'd be considered a mind?" "... I mean, yeah. Why not?" "You're not supposed to say yes!"

[giftideasfromaycaramba]

Relax

[fake-80s-yaoi]

so i'm watching never too young to die (cuz of gene simmons lol) and i think i found a lil stranger things easter egg....

danja deering's license plate in never too young to die!! which i think reads 'ITCE-4....' and then some other numbers… i see a ‘6’ and maybe a ‘5’ or an ‘S…’

billy's license plate in stranger things!!! which reads, as u can probably see, 'PCE 235.' both are blue and yellow californian license plates and both have a 'CE' in the beginning

but if that’s not enough 2 convince u, here’s the real evidence: the main character in never too young to die's last name is "stargrove" and billy's last name is "hargrove"

coincidence???? i think not

[clancarruthers]

HISTORY OF CARATACUS - CLAN CARRUTHERS CCIS

THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF CARATACUS   The ancient sources containing information about the Roman campaigns inBritannia in the 1st century, the time of Caratacus, are limited. By closely reading Roman histories, a few other textual sources, and archeology, such as coins, historians have been able to create a plausible historical timeline. Though the work of ancient historians always involves some…

[charlybird]

lol more outlaw Alden

[secretsofthewilde]

Deadloch textposts

[louisbxne]

AMERICAN PSYCHO (2000)

[pecquacti]

badlands (1973) post

[arthursfuckinghat]

Arthur Morgan thinks he's an ugly old fool yet he had not only women falling for him, but even the funny little station clerk in Rhodes that literally fell for him on the spot

[eirinstiva]

“It is good that you have a friend”.

Hi~ my old chap Carruthers has a new report of his life spying on a spy.

Something that surprised me is that Davies didn't think about how much time they will need to complete this improvised mission. Maybe Davies is a man of action but Carruthers is an office man. He must be back on his desk in less than a month.

This chapter has a lot of political and historical discussion, something that I know just a bit because I'm not European. However, reading a piece of media of that time feels completely different from reading about this in a history book.

How to live a historical moment? I don't know, but at least Carruthers and Davies have each other. Both of them are learning from each other, Davies doesn't think too much before acting but Carruthers is there to be the rational one, and Carruthers is the one learning all about yachting. The only problem is that Davies still keeps some details of this plan for himself, and Carruthers has to guess or investigate on his own to be prepared.

How to read more about this era avoiding spoilers? Well, for now I'll read the biography of Erskine Childers after finishing the book.

[appropriatelystupid]

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[eddie-redcliffe]