Posts by Ian Dalziel
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OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to Steve Barnes,
What, no Dunnekey…
the difference between an Ass and a Mule
Woe is the man who mistakes buttocks for slippers…
Perhaps this morning’s discussion could explore the difference between a heinie and a hinny … ;- )
Head-onism?
Pleasant dreams with the Pallow©
better those overstuffed Cabbage Patch Kids©
than a Pet Rock©! -
Speaker: This is your National Library, in reply to Titus,
Captain's Log, Man date 2011...
It is up to the ministers of the day, as individuals elected to represent the popular will, to decide on whether or not to accept that advice.
That is a very sobering (and scary) thought...
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Hard News: Science: it's complicated, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Higher ground...
I just saw Saturn's rings...
Fantastic ain't it, and humbling, once ya start thinking about the sheer size of it all...
I remember my first backyard occultation, watching Jupiter (you can almost see its moons move) when this freaking great mountain got in the way, and it was on the moon! -
High Mass… the God Particle is closer!
there are relatively few complaints about the vast cost of the Large Hadron Collider
Both Fermilab and Cern have made interesting discoveries within days of each other – can the singularity be far behind?
What the Frack!
Here’s the Fracking article Islander was talking about… Great to see Vicki Anderson branching out from Rock writing in the Music pages to, er, Rock writing on geological processes, she also edits the ’Ask an Expert" section in the Press which explains mostly earthquake related queries – but it is a great public science initiative by Fairfax.Hope she’ll also mention, that Contact Energy which hopes to do some offshore drilling in the Canterbury Bight, is 52% owned by Origin Energy in Australia, who are in partnership with ConocoPhillips, and they are responsible for a huge oil slick from their offshore drilling near China, this slick is only about as big a singapore at the moment – nothing to worry about there then…
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Southerly: Things to be Grateful For: A…, in reply to Ross Mason,
Star sky and huts...
As an old Antarctic explorer...
Depending on when you went down, you may've had to put up with my really crap illustrations in the reversible Field Manual/First Aid Manual - Did you ever have to get a skidoo out of a crevasse?
I originally laid it all out for NZAP and they said they didn't have the budget for getting a real illustrator, and embarassingly they were still using the illustrations when they became Antarctic New Zealand - by then they'd gone all corporate and were talking about having spot metallic inks on the cover, I talked them out of that, saying surely there were more important things to spend money on down there - though gawd knows what they are doing now days...
I even did a waterproof dive manual for them, and a recipe book, amongst other things, for about decade.
My most memorable project was stitching together a panorama of Cape Roberts to be given to the project manager when they finished the drill - the pictures I was using were taken on the very day I was born in 1957 - just at the start of the International Geophysical Year - spooky feeling... -
Although some say Big Star did a reasonable job of Kangaroo.
Splutter!
Somewhere there is a universe where *#1 Record was...
(Ok, ok, Kangaroo was on Third/Sister Lovers)They didn't do a bad job of that Bangles hit either...
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Hard News: The scandal that keeps on giving, in reply to Hebe,
Ta for that, I'd not seen it before
I always liked Just Like Honey & April Skies
and that period JAMC - back when Robert Smith's
hairdresser was everywhere... -
OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Mutton dressed as lamb...
could have been a cool Chik?.
I’ll get my goat.those muslims and their muslin
Mulesing's just a pain in the ass...
- NSFV (Not Safe For Vegetarians) -
Songs for who? Manatee!
Hebe, while you're looking, here's a 'taste'
from The Monkees TV show...(I gotta say This Mortal Coil's versions
always sends shivers down my spine...) -
OnPoint: Easy as 1, 2, 22.8 billion, in reply to Steve Barnes,
music for old people...
Well, there's ..... you
Aw, shucks Steve, but...
Although, today more like an Iceflow
by my sainted and stranded
grandmother that's floe...flows have eddies
and the Turtles did, too
keep it warm :- )