Off-Grid

In which, we see if we can count on a Maori Cobbler’s Rustication, learn how long you can hold a grudge, and engage in some deep thought about the cabinet.

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If you know which cat won the swimming race, let this all sink in:

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The featured crossword puzzle(select 29th Aug 2024) is by Wire. RR has blogged it here.
The General recommends the crossword archive of Kropotkin(FB), and following this Mastodon account.
Dave is @skirwingle in some places. His most recent puzzle is here.
Void is @TheVoidTLMB on Mastodon, and is bridged to Bluesky. You might find his latest blog puzzle Unconvincing.

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SPOILERS and links below the pic…

– Long white cloud land, glistening rugged individual (@2m29s, again)
– Here’s a party invitation for you. (Wait a minute…!) Would you like to be healthy and have some juice?
– Anyone for cricket? It’s cool stuff.
– Japanese counters are confusing.
– Two recommended grammar providers: 1 2.
– Singular or plural makes all the difference, especially in claret and white.
– This blog about Henry includes the full story and further links.
– Would something like £116,600 in today’s money be fine for you?
– Fancy a jaunt to the countryside?

– The Turkish player
– Try the knight’s tour for yourself.
– Void’s one of these was branded Acetronic, and dates from 1980-1982. This does indeed precede this one, but maybe Dave was making a distinction between basic and high-level play when he said “real”. Perhaps it’s best not to go too deep.
– Dave dropped a LOT of names in his story, so here are just three of them to, er, pick up on: the captain, the bridge guy (who also had a concertina), and the metronome dude.
– Sonically speaking, everything everywhere all at once?
– It was not this Dr Phibes, but on reflection, Void wonders whether the song was about the taste, not the smell.
– Was physician to this guy a job for life?
– The Amazonian Turk
– Bernard’s article. Sorry, I mean, l’article du Bernard.
– So maybe we all speak it? (If anyone posts “Frisian! #OffGridPod” then we’ll know that *someone* actually reads this blog. I bet no-one does though. Go on, prove me wrong…)
– Flag-sticking?
– It’s official! Language has been around for ~2500 years.
– Void knows where Wales is, but he clearly doesn’t know where the Welsh live.

The Trudy wrote Poetry… on Always Never Beautiful Forever, which you can find on their Bandcamp, if you’re not too busy hanging out on a faraway beach.

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