Posts by Ben Austin
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Capture: Better Food Photography, in reply to David Hood,
That sir, is inspired
and for mine, a platter of bear, elk and reindeer meat, Helsinki 2011
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Cracker: On the Weekend: Rotoroa Island, in reply to Damian Christie,
The liberal media certainly have a lot to answer for, promoting recreational usage of what was once a fine curative island.
Sadly I shall have to pine from afar for both Rotoroa and the other one
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Great post. I was listening to RNZ's Spectrum program, which went to Rotorua Island, so it is nice to put some images to the audio
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Hard News: Name That Food Blog, in reply to JacksonP,
Well I for one am looking forward to your new blog on the photos from the challenging world of professional railroad stoking
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Good story Keith. It was very interesting to see the update and the UK link.
On the service station/tight margin point - when I was home last I stayed with a couple who've owned and run a rural service station since the 1980s. They were saying that for the first ten years or so the margins from fuel sales was sufficient to provide quite a nice living, but since that point they have had to diversify and focus on non fuel sales like cigarettes as the fuel companies have squeezed the fuel margin consistently downwards. Apparently that is a common enough occurence
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At work in London, where, after a mild (apparently 13 degrees C) Christmas Day, things have cooled down to around 1-3 degrees. So much for a London t-shirt Christmas season!
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Either an Ur-Transformer or a support strut for a now removed cable car. Hard to be sure from the train!
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A dog takes an afternoon stroll through a busy arcade
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I am really pleased about the margin of victory for Option 1, however you play it, it is solid, thumping even, support for MMP
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A boat, on Lake Bled, during an overcast and rainy Winter's day
