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Gold Coach Handle – Ep. 45

Posted by The Void on 2024-10-27
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In which, we grasp a Gold Coach Handle, check-a-board, look from side to side, get oily in the garden, and theorise about dishes.
Two pairs of scissors (one with a black handle, one with pink), a can opener, and a shiv, all resting on a piece of undyed cotton.
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The featured crossword puzzle is by Steerpike. Cineraria has blogged it here.
The General says this link will give you all the details about the book, and all the other resources recommended. Further comments might be found on 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. His latest blog puzzle is your Starter For Ten.

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SPOILERS and links below the pic…

Flowers and fruit of the mangosteen, and Singapore monkey, by Marianne North

– David has his own wiki page, but poor old William doesn’t.
– Void thinks the glass is always full – usually with a mixture of liquid and air.
– Mine’s a weeper?
– It seems entirely possible that Dave was simultaneously both right and wrong about the word’s origins.
– One way to get from a horse to a bear?
– Two London tourist spots
– How to get a possible date for Void’s story
– You need to go back a couple of centuries to find a common ancestor of the lady in question and the Prime Minister, who was, in another way, not so common.
– The full documentary (not currently streaming at time of writing) on the Lady of the North…
– …and the place to see her work. (Which, Dave, would appear to be west-facing.)
– Some might “well actually” the southpaw, but it has a common usage too.
– The designed world around us? Or designs from the other side?
– Poll: Do you rock paper with scissors?
– Cuttee?
– Holy Zarquon’s singing fish!?
– The history of the bread is, apparently, a grave matter.
– The General was merely testing listeners when describing a certain dish as Scottish, when it is in fact Norwegian. You may award yourself an internet point if you spotted that at the time(, Dick).
– The book, not the radio show.
– The hotel has room for one more, if you’re quick.
– Void meant to say Noam, not Norm, neither of whom are on his shelf.

The Trudy ran up behind me and tapped me on the shoulder, and said… “here’s our Bandcamp!”. Somewhere to go when there’s time to waste, perhaps?

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By Marianne North – Scanned from: Phillips, A., A. Lamb & C.C. Lee 2008. Pitcher Plants of Borneo. Second Edition. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu., Public Domain, Link

Olearia argophylla, Marianne North Gallery, Kew Gardens.
By Marianne North – http://www.anbg.gov.au/gallery/olearia-argophylla.html Australian National Botanic Gardens, Public Domain, Link

Maori Cobbler’s Rustication – Ep. 44

Posted by The Void on 2024-09-29
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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.

Metro MSK Line1 Kropotkinskaya. Interior of a metro station, with dark red and grey floor tiles in a checked pattern, faceted stone columns flaring at the top, supporting a vaulted white ceiling, which is lit from hidden lights at the top of the column.CC

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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…

Some people sat around a chessboard, with a game in progress, thinking. On the table is an emptied breakfast plate.

– 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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