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Heinzster Oct 2021 8:58pm, 26 Oct 2021 1,914 posts	0 Heinzster Having a light head on rising is caused by one's brain settling back into its proper place. [not really, but an explanation a lovely elderly lady gave me yesterday😊]
Lip Gloss Oct 2021 8:59pm, 26 Oct 2021 55,722 posts	0 Lip Gloss Well mine certainly hasn’t settled into its right place today - wherever that is
Ocelot Spleens Oct 2021 9:45pm, 26 Oct 2021 32,106 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens What the occiput is.
GordonG Oct 2021 9:57am, 28 Oct 2021 8,827 posts	0 GordonG that a 'pitched battle' has a specific definition - a battle in which the time and place are determined beforehand.
Lip Gloss Oct 2021 10:16am, 28 Oct 2021 55,800 posts	0 Lip Gloss Pitched battles were often organised between our school and the nearby one when I was at school in the 70’s. Bus loads of them would turn up to the field and batter the hell out of each other.
swittle Oct 2021 10:24am, 28 Oct 2021 80,793 posts	0 swittle [we called it rugby ^ ]
Lip Gloss Oct 2021 10:25am, 28 Oct 2021 55,802 posts	0 Lip Gloss
GregP Oct 2021 10:41am, 28 Oct 2021 130,056 posts	0 GregP Good one GG.
Velociraptor Oct 2021 10:44am, 28 Oct 2021 54,662 posts	0 Velociraptor [I hadn't thought of that. When I hear "pitched battle" I have an image of two groups of blokes lobbing missiles at one another from a distance.]
57.5 Degrees of Pain Oct 2021 12:58pm, 28 Oct 2021 7,952 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Pitched battles were often organised between our school and the nearby one when I was at school in the 70’s. Bus loads of them would turn up to the field and batter the hell out of each other. We had a convenient park half way between the Catholic and non Catholic schools for such activity. How battles were fought down the ages is fascinating. Anything from bloody slaughter to stage managed theatre with limited bloodshed. The latter sounds more positive to be involved in.