Monthly Archives: June 2007

The day Dad blew up Rangitoto.

Posted on 15 June, 2007 by jb

© Alan Houghton Almost.   Dad was an Army man.
Royal Scots regiment on the Northwest Frontier in India during World War 2 where he taught soldiers how to shoot straight and blow things up. Went back to the UK after … Continue reading →

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>So we sailed up to the sun till we found the sea of green..

Posted on 15 June, 2007 by jb

>In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea.And he told us of his life in the land of submarines.[Listen]

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>Simon Lindsay’s Mixtape

Posted on 13 June, 2007 by jb

>Someone who knew Simon well wrote this “Simon turned up in the seventies. He had a bus with “We’ve come to take your daughters” written on the front. I was 9, or so.I found this alarming. Simon seemed the impersonation … Continue reading →

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>Don’t ask me (about fashion…) #12

Posted on 7 June, 2007 by jb

> Not that I have any idea about this stuff of course, but this confused me even more than usual…. We had the usual extended “I-haven’t-got-anything-to-wear fashion show before going out the other day, which included a garment with the … Continue reading →

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>The Midweek Mixtape – 6 June 2007

Posted on 6 June, 2007 by jb

>Mix and Match #10 [Disclaimer #1: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the original C90s from the late 70’s/early mid 80’s. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to … Continue reading →

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>Doddery

Posted on 4 June, 2007 by jb

>I found this in the comments on Rest Area 300m,the blog of the late (great) Simon Lindsay who passed away last week. It gave me the shivers. At about the time he died, I was putting the final touches on … Continue reading →

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>The new extremely English Bible

Posted on 4 June, 2007 by jb

>This, I believe, appeared in “Punch” many years ago in response to a survey in “The Observer”. Most Britons still believe in the concept of sin Most Britons and nearly a third believe in hell and the devil according to … Continue reading →

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>Simon Lindsay RIP

Posted on 4 June, 2007 by jb

>Oh dear. This makes me so very sad. Simon Lindsay aka Dodderyoldfart of Rest Area 300m passed away last Wednesday. He had one of the best blogs on the web. Witty, serious, cultured, urbane, articulate, outrageous, ironic. Plain funny,too. You … Continue reading →

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>The golden handshake

Posted on 3 June, 2007 by jb

>Or…. ….and I wasn’t even wearing my Hirschhorn Museum t-shirt…

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>Why is it….#2

Posted on 1 June, 2007 by jb

>….that around 70% of professional cyclists are asthmatic – up from 45% in 1996. It can’t be because they’re then (legally) allowed to take corticosteroids. And it can’t be a coincidence that the asthmatics are faster than the rest of … Continue reading →

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