Posts by Ian Dalziel
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Joe Wylie,
like an Egyptian...
Robyn Hitchcock
He plays a mean electorate guitar...
here he is with the reformed Soft Boys,
2003, in Italy on a Syd...
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Kumara Republic,
fear facts…
…the Sunday Star Times got the date wrong for the eruption of Mount Pelée – by 85 – yes, eighty-five – years out.
They say:
…for example, in the 1987 eruption of Mt Pelee on the Carribean island of Martinique, 26,000 people caught in the base surge perished and only two survived.
Hmmm, I think they are also about 2 – 4,000 out
on the death toll and you let them away with
their misspelling of Caribbean!According to Wikipedia:
The stratovolcano is famous for its eruption in 1902 and the destruction that resulted, dubbed the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. The eruption killed about 30,000 people. Most deaths were caused by pyroclastic flows and occurred in the city of Saint-Pierre, which was, at that time, the largest city on the island.
Figures vary from 28,000 to 40,000 (including not just Saint-Pierre but other nearby villages)
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to JacksonP,
Oh, a honeytrap...
Just keep it seemly…
Hihi, seams to me someone must have
a stitchbird photo out there...
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to JacksonP,
Just absolute pants...
* Are you Finnish-ed?
I have no further 'breeches' of good taste...
yrs
the Loon Ranger -
Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to Lilith __,
Blad the impeller...
carnivorous plants get way creepier, though: there’s one that lives underwater that captures its prey by emptying a water-filled reservoir...
I think I must have carnivorous pants...
but oddly, the fly is undone before the water bladder is emptied!
(especially after ingesting sweet infusions of malt and grain)
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Hard News: When A City Falls, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
a hollow scene indeed...
...unprecedented climactic stability...
Do you mean it was boring?
Or that everything was coming together?
Your middle C is out of tune...
:- )Seriously though, I wonder if Gobekli Tepe was erected to celebrate the oncoming golden epoch, the seas had finished their rise about then, the ice had receded, the megafauna was dying out, folk could relax and settle down a bit...
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The grate communicator…
What a way to start the weekend,
open The Press Mainland section
to see a quarter page ad from the Council & CD
- big heading “Great Job, we really appreciate it.”
Goes on to mention how 2011 has been difficult,
and to thank the tireless efforts of the volunteers:We can’t name you all, individually,
but as a Council we just know we’re very
fortunate to have people like you who
give so much."Darn tooting!
…and what takes up quarter of the ad?
a picture of a simpering Bob Parker!
So on a quick glance it looks like
it is all about him… Grrrrrr!Best get back to picking up the rice bubbles
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to B Jones,
Fringe festival flags
Art is dangerous and should be sequestered away from the impressionable...
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to JacksonP,
...we're going to have to go out
and take new ones. Doh!Fresh light left the sun just eight minutes ago - grab your capture nets...
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Capture: Colour is the new black, in reply to Jonathan Ganley,
beep, beep...
“And the neon when it’s cold outside
And the highway when it’s late at night”
