Author Archives: jb

The honest car salesman

Posted on 24 July, 2013 by jb
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Tunes for a Tuesday – 23 July 2013

Posted on 23 July, 2013 by jb

Alive – Shihad – Love Is the New Hate [Listen] Dreams (Cranberries Cover) – The Band in Heaven – BIRP! September 2010 [Listen] Ljochtblauwe Reinjas (Famous Blue Raincoat) (Leonard Cohen Cover) – Jaap Louwes – In Frysk Earbetoan Oan Leaonard … Continue reading →

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Art, economics and stupidity.

Posted on 21 July, 2013 by jb

Marianne Heller runs the eponymous ceramics gallery in Heidelberg. Not exactly my tasse de thé (as one says), but she presents good artists and has played a major role in promoting serious ceramics in Germany over the past 35 years. … Continue reading →

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“…comes trundling in like an out-of-control wardrobe…”

Posted on 20 July, 2013 by jb

Best description of Australian fast bowler Merv Hughes I’ve heard. Almost as good as the FT’s description of Clarence Seedorf, the Dutch football player: A very fast concrete wall. With an enormous backside

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Winter – yeah right

Posted on 20 July, 2013 by jb

Originally posted on waitematawoodys.com #1 for classic wooden boat stories, info, advice & news – updated daily – 15+ million views:
Winter – yeah right Forecast looked good & I had a wee bit of reading (work) to catch up on…

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This would be funny….

Posted on 20 July, 2013 by jb

  …if it didn’t point to a massive cultural divide. (I mean, it IS funny, but…)

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Dinner @ Zum Goldenen Engel in Flonsheim

Posted on 19 July, 2013 by jb
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Bass instincts…

Posted on 19 July, 2013 by jb

And then with the rest of them……

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Oh shit…..

Posted on 19 July, 2013 by jb

A HEATWAVE! We’ll all be burned to a cinder…..

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“You see, you are the wrong kind of immigrant.”

Posted on 18 July, 2013 by jb

Clive Crook writes for Bloomberg View, the most recent in a long line of journalistic endeavours (The Economist, where I – unknowingly, no bylines at The Economist – started following him, FT’s Washington correspondent and The Atlantic) He mostly writes … Continue reading →

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