kalebeul

Steakholders

kalebeul — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:45:00 +0000

In comments, from the excellent Pueblo Girl, a not uncommon Spanglish eggcorn, and one previously much enjoyed in English too. For example: Stake versus Steak. On one occasion, Garrick dined in the beef-steak room at Covent Garden, ready dressed in character for the part of Ranger, which he was to perform the same night at the other theatre. Ranger appears in the opening of the comedy; and as

A curious Spanish, Trafalgar-era, overshot waterwheel

Trebots — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:18:31 +0000

A normal overshot wheel manages outflow like this: So what on earth is going on at the bottom of this (otherwise virtually undocumented) patent application? Have they figured out some smart paddle mechanism that enables them to raise the efficiency marginally? Or is the whole thing a load of bollocks? (The Romans were using overshot [...]

Long time no see, but…

Trevor — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:08:01 +0000

Organ‘s almost there: And one’s mind is furtively wandering again through the world of cargo cycles. Recent sightings include a very impressive 4-wheeler from FietsXpress.nl in Den Haag: Apparently it’s Berlin-built, but by whom? Vrachtfiets.nl, a spin-off from the excellent technical university in Delft (I used to cycle there from Rijswijk every lunchtime for fried [...]

Best ever portrait of June Caprice?

Trebots — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:25:47 +0000

This original drawing with its delicious absinthe blue is by one Emili Vilà Gorgoll (Llagostera 1887-1967, who he?) & is up for auction at Balclis on Wednesday. Here's the competition. I go basically for the munchies and the odd curiosity. I sense an inverse relationship between price and personal preference - the expensive stuff seems [...]

Capital controls during the Euro collapse

Trebots — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:11:47 +0000

This strikes me as pretty plausible, and I'm guessing the export cap here will be around €1000-equivalent. If the public perception is that nationalist dictatorship created the Spanish middle class and eurocracy destroyed it (basically only the extremely rich have accounts in safe havens), then the future could be interesting.See also:Attempt to kill Franco Iberian [...]

Fear escape

kalebeul — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:01:00 +0000

From a Barcelona tech company, with offices on c/ Blames (or whatever it's called), an emergency sign that people will actually read and remember: If substituting "fire" with "fear" has interesting consequences, the reverse is also consequential. Thus treated "The Faerie Queene", for example, may recall for some Quake on acid: Next him was Fire, all arm'd from top to toe, Yet thought

Fear escape

kalebeul — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:01:00 +0000

Free walk from Girona Airport to Riudellots train station

Mr Baldie — Sun, 13 May 2012 14:57:09 +0000

Filth, urban sprawl, prostitutes: what better way to recover from Ryanair? Here.

Sonnet for Sassoon

Mr Baldie — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:17:05 +0000

Vidal "Bob" Sassoon has kicked his bucket His heaters lie forlorn upon the floor The king of Mayfair perms will mould no more And maidens weep from here to distant Phuket. He never cut no hair in grey Nantucket Those frozen coasts he found a dreadful s...

Hot news from the executors of Messrs Sapir & Whorf

Trebots — Mon, 07 May 2012 21:10:16 +0000

κρίσις? It's their fault for neologising.See also:Generalife Anti-social behaviour Linguistic cleansing Calls for transparent pricing in bars & restaurants Biblioteca de Catalunya / Google