Women pilots

Posted on 28 May, 2012 by jb

This friend of mine said

I’ve no problems with women flying aeroplanes, it’s parking the damn things!
Then again, they don’t have to reverse in do they….?

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Cause and effect

Posted on 26 May, 2012 by jb

Teacher asks “Can you explain why you and your neighbour had EXACTLY the same spelling mistakes in the last dictation?”
Pupil “Same teacher….?”

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Bier. Garten

Posted on 25 May, 2012 by jb

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 22 May 2012

Posted on 22 May, 2012 by jb

Sleeping Giants feat. the Grouch & Eligh – Pigeon John – Sings the Blues [Listen]
The Day Walk (Never Before) – The Byrds – The Byrds [Listen]
Footprints – Attack in Black – Marriage [Listen]
Are You Old Enough? – Dragon – Bliss (20 Essential NZ Classics) [Listen]
Cool Thing to Do – Peter Elkas – Repeat Offender [Listen]
Starling – La Strada – BIRP! January 2010  [Listen]
Destination Unknown – Missing Persons [Listen]
Lord Won’t You Help Me? – Tony Rice, Larry Rice, Chris Hillman – Out of the woodwork [Listen]
The Dust Blows Forward ‘n the Dust Blows Back – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica [Listen]
La Vitesse Superieure – Carine Erseng [Listen]

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Plop!

Posted on 21 May, 2012 by jb

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Apocryphally speaking…

Posted on 21 May, 2012 by jb

In 1987, Miles Davis was invited to a White House dinner by Ronald Reagan. Few of the guests appeared to know who he was.

During dinner, Nancy Reagan turned to him and asked what he’d done with his life to merit an invitation.

Straight-faced, Davis replied: “Well, I’ve changed the course of music five or six times. What have you done except fuck the president?”

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 15 May 2012

Posted on 15 May, 2012 by jb

Constellating – James & Evander – BIRP! July 2011 [Listen]
Hello World – Lady Antebellum – Need You Now [Listen]
Furniture Music – Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – Sound on Sound [Listen]
5 Feet of Snow – The Dirty Secrets [Listen]
Like Crying Like Dying – Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac – Live at the BBC [Listen]
Midnight Hour (Ft. Estelle – Reflection Eternal – Revolutions Per Minute [Listen]
I Will Never Love Again – Mark Knopfler – The Princess Bride [Listen]
I Still Have Dreams – Souther-Hillman-Furay Band – 18 Loose Tracks [Listen]
Cupid – Otis Redding – Remember Me [Listen]
Baby Talk – Jan And Dean – Billboard Top 100 – 1959 [Listen]

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Helloooo, honey!

Posted on 14 May, 2012 by jb

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“My name’s Baaaaabaaaaara”

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A drop in the….

Posted on 11 May, 2012 by jb

….wait a minute….WHAT ocean?

If all the water in the world – oceans, rivers, lakes, you, me and the dog – was collected and formed into a single droplet drop sphere, it would have a diameter of around 860 miles.

HT BoingBoing

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It’s my birthday soon

Posted on 9 May, 2012 by jb

After locking up both wheels yesterday when a truck ignored both Give Way sign and approaching cyclist, I could use one of these..

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