Grit in the Gears

I am the grit in the gears, the missing bolt, I am the poker of sticks into spokes. I like to know how things work, but sometimes when I take them apart and rebuild them, I have a few pieces left over. I am a man, so I tend to leave reading the instructions until after it goes wrong. And like all men I have a comprehensive mental map of the world and never need to ask directions. I never get lost, only sometimes I'm late, or end up in the wrong place entirely. It's what we do.

Friday, 6 February 2009

Another Shovelful of Steam

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I went back to the Railway Museum last weekend, and invited my mother along. She's 86, and leaps at the chance to go out and about. It...
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Thursday, 5 February 2009

Steamy Thoughts.

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No, not those sort of steamy thoughts................ "Tornado" Pulling the "Peppercorn Pioneer", Feb 1st 2009 (See YouT...
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Friday, 30 January 2009

Grapefruit Moon, Tom Waits

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Over at Red Dirt Mule there's a bit of a Moon theme going on.... She missed this one. Well, I dare say she missed a plethora of other ...
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Spammer Alert.

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I hate spammers. Some low creature posted a comment on my blog recently, under the heading of "Antique Doorknob", I replied thus;-...
Wednesday, 28 January 2009

A Tough Day in the Lighthouse

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Life's a bit stormy right now. Calm will come, eventually. These Lighthouses are at Raz de Seine, Finisterre, Brittany, France. Strong t...
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Tuesday, 27 January 2009

The Day the Saucers Came -Neil Gaiman

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That day, the saucers landed. Hundreds of them, golden, Silent, coming down from the sky like great snowflakes, And the people of Earth sto...
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Friday, 23 January 2009

Corkscrewing, Style, Panache, Revisited.

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More toys for boys, more snow transport machinery. -Some time ago, I posted a video showing a helical screw-propelled vehicle developed by ...
Wednesday, 21 January 2009

Anarchy!

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