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.

Monday, 26 October 2009

OCD Zoo-Keeper.

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via Miss Cellania.
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Sunday, 25 October 2009

Tin Snail

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I found this today, whilst searching for a replacement for my Land-Rover Discovery, which has reached the point of uneconomic repair. (No, I...
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Drains Revisited, an Ongoing Saga

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Digging for Victory-or for the fun of it? What's down here, then? Ooh! an old stone-built box-culvert! Underground history!, this'l...
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I Thought I Needed a Bigger Camel,-

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Until I saw this!
Saturday, 24 October 2009

There's a World Going on Underground

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This week, well, the last three weeks, really, have been mostly about rainfall management after the floods. Suction tankers, jetting tankers...
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Sunday, 18 October 2009

I Don't Have a Television.

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Visitors to this site from outside the U.K. may find it amusing and bizarre that in Britain, we are required to have a licence to watch tele...
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Monday, 12 October 2009

Wired for Sound.

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Yes, I know, I'm just a shill for Sony's advertising campaign. The town in the video, is Seyðisfjörður, on the western edge of Icela...
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Sunday, 11 October 2009

An Anglo-Saxon Hoard

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Recently found in Britain by a metal detector. The hoard of gold and silver contained about fifteen hundred items, the biggest such find ev...
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