Monthly Archives: September 2013

IN PRAISE OF DIGGING HOLES

Posted on September 18, 2013 by hack4hire

On holiday on the north coast of Scotland, where the UK mainland stops with a shiver, I enjoyed some peaceful hours fishing from the remains of the harbour of an abandoned slate quarry. There were rows of slate still standing … Continue reading →

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GARDENING * ROSES * PRESENTS

Posted on September 17, 2013 by hack4hire

top 10 garden roses rec by michael marriott, teleg, 14.6.08 … A SHROPSHIRE LAD: I use it as a climber at home to 6ft or so. It has beautiful peachy pink flowers and is very healthy and almost thornless. HARLOW … Continue reading →

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WORK

Posted on September 17, 2013 by hack4hire

WORK New Sci, 24.2.07, had a letter commenting on a previous article about the strength and stamina of trireme rowers 2500 years ago (10.2.07). Patrick Leonard of Southampton wrote: Only 150 years ago a trained railway “navvy” in the UK … Continue reading →

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MAKING YOUR OWN …

Posted on September 17, 2013 by hack4hire

From the files, the beginnings of a Filofacts on Making Your Own … Cleaning Products: Sarah Lonsdale, in her column on eco-friendly living, Sun Tel 14.4.2013: Leafing through an old Italian housewife’s bible, I came across a simple recipe for … Continue reading →

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russell brand and more

Posted on September 17, 2013 by hack4hire

Lesson so far from the blogging experiment – the biggest challenge is indexing and cross-referencing. Will be working on this for a while. Meanwhile, here is some more stuff I want to index and organise … 17.9.13 I was surprised … Continue reading →

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Even more Wild Swimming

Posted on September 13, 2013 by hack4hire

This goes with other Filofacts on Wild Swimming – duplications to be ironed out later. from article by Kate Rew and Margaret Drabble, The Guardian, May 24 2008 Fairy Pools, Glen Brittle, Skye. Park in the car park in Glenbrittle. … Continue reading →

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books

Posted on September 12, 2013 by hack4hire

BOOKS * DIY DIGITISING In Observer 13.10.13, James Bridle pointed to two ways of digitising your own manuscripts or old books. One was to use a surprisingly cheap scanning service at digitisemybook.co.uk/ Another was to build your own scanning set-up, … Continue reading →

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phones

Posted on September 12, 2013 by hack4hire

PHONES To be added to, but still appears to be useful and worth keeping … From a letter by Barry Storr to Computeractive magazine, issue 7, December 06 … “To check your mobile phone’s serial number, key in the digits … Continue reading →

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QUOTES

Posted on September 12, 2013 by hack4hire

QUOTES On YORKSHIRE: Letter to Gdn, Nov. 2013, fm Duncan Lister, Dewsbury: “As anyone lucky enough to be born in Yorkshire will proudly tell you, there are only three types of people: Yorkshire people; those who wish to be Yorkshire … Continue reading →

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PUTDOWNS

Posted on September 12, 2013 by hack4hire

PUTDOWNS … Whatever you think of George “Moonboots” Monbiot’s politics, you have to give him credit for some nice touchés, as in Gdn 20.8.13, suggesting that POLITICIANS are for FRACKING, rather than biogas, because they love being seen to support … Continue reading →

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