Reflections on life at “De Witte Wand”…
I have a permanent link to private eye on my blog – it updates itself! which saves me the bother.
Ooh, that sounds like a good idea! Thanks for the tip!
Ohhh, really? When did that happen??? Ivor Cutler is a genius!!! The world has lost someone quite, what’s the word??? unique, that will do!
hums bicarbonate of chicken tonight*
He died on March 3rd. According to the Wikipedia entry, he suffered a stroke the week before.
Wonderful photos, and snow!! everyone has had snow here except us in the south-east. Maybe I should visit my dutch mate again and get some. Lisse – you know it?
Good to come back here and visit, always worth it.
Hi, Gelert. I’ve only ever passed through Lisse on my way to the Keukenhof, so don’t know the town itself. Thanks for your kind comment. BTW, if you would like to see more of my photos of Gouda and other places in the Netherlands, then you’ll find them on my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcoupe/ Cheers.
geoff dat geloof je toch niet?
mijn ouders waren echt niet rijk maar ik mocht van hen een puppy uitzoeken
ik was er dolgelukkig mee en dat kostte geen fortuin
roken en drinken kost veel meer!!
Ik probeer altijd een rational mens te zijn – af en toe net als Star Trek’s Mr. Spock! Maar, ik kan het wel zien dat een huisdier kan ook erg gezellig zijn, dus de engel spreekt harder dan de duivel. En zeker een hond is goedkoper en gezonder dan roken en drinken – dus Martin heeft geen excuus meer. It’s the dog or smoking!
PS – heb je de fotos gezien: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcoupe/107162092/in/set-436838/ ?
Thanks! Though as a comment on that website says 200 years ago, he’d have been enabled to perform that for a quite a few more years.
Schadenfreude is such a pure and beautiful emotion. Best consumed with a prawn cocktail or Black Forest gateaux.
Fanny Craddock would indeed be proud…
Yes. This man is an original treasure. I agree with you all the way.
Hi, Gel, thanks for dropping by. I think the second clown picture on your site does the same for me. Oh, and thanks for introducing me to the music of Bill Jones – The Hexham Lad is terrific.
Geoff, thank you for stoppping by and for your kind comments here. I’m touched.
Hi, Coboró, a pleasure. Keep writing!
Interesting – I’ll have to do some more reading to understand the two new(er) theories more.
Actually, many solids and compounds exhibit multiple solid forms at varying temperature and pressure. It’s a fundamental part of metallurgy and alloy formation, bringing a mixture of two (or more) metals to a particular state by understand the different solid phases it passes through as temp and pressure change. (It’s also the one cool fact that almost pulled me into materials science as a field instead of chemical engineering. Not that I use either much these days.)
On a separate but related note, one of the more interesting variations on ice I’ve come across are called gas hydrates – snowballs that burn.
Think about natural gas production from deep sea exploration. The temperature is low, the pressure is high, and methane (for example) is being piped out of the ground. Should a bit of water get into the pipes, at the right conditions, it can form ice – except instead of the usual crystal structure, it forms a football-like cage around the much smaller methane molecule. Furthermore, this acts like a seed crystal, so that once formed, other water molecules will latch on and expand the pattern. In the pipe, this can cause a total shutdown of production – the pipe is blocked by a giant ice slug on the ocean floor. Because of the high methane content, it is possible to set it on fire.
(see http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~hydrates/index.html for example)
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