tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post1051097542470170066..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: Five.Giovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-83837609520156028252013-09-06T22:21:40.242+12:002013-09-06T22:21:40.242+12:00When I wake up on Tuesday mornings, I flick eagerl...When I wake up on Tuesday mornings, I flick eagerly through my RSS feed to find your post - a reading treat to start the day. Except for those Monday nights when I'm still working, close to midnight, and it becomes a signal to me to read, and reflect, and Go To Bed!<br /><br />Many thanks for five years of excellent reading, Giovanni.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182573274494086468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-75450676380293884352013-09-06T20:24:22.994+12:002013-09-06T20:24:22.994+12:00Thanks for the reply. I have the gear, a new smart...Thanks for the reply. I have the gear, a new smartphone, which puts words in my mouth. Just don't know how to quickly take a pic and tweet it. Have to use the laptop. I won't be blogging any time soon. I have been sending your blogs on times past to Italians who lived through the events you describe. And the banners etc are keepers.<br />I hope that accords with your protocols. ignotumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362158924053013300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-26857098623397918962013-09-06T20:08:56.335+12:002013-09-06T20:08:56.335+12:00Note to self: never let Ben design a banner.Note to self: never let Ben design a banner.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-77213782609339132382013-09-06T19:10:53.652+12:002013-09-06T19:10:53.652+12:00It's amusingly ironic that Shirley got the num...It's amusingly ironic that Shirley got the numbers wrong on the last of the banners she did, considering what the words actually denote.<br /><br />Personally, my pegs for those numbers were bat, bone, bum. I wonder what the art would have been like :-)Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-61691030242708355222013-09-04T07:58:50.020+12:002013-09-04T07:58:50.020+12:00Happy anniversary. Love the new banner.
Btw, I goo...Happy anniversary. Love the new banner.<br />Btw, I googled The Godwits Fly and downloaded an epub from the interesting, though hard to navigate, site of the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection.<br /> marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-272956552215083342013-09-03T19:56:08.652+12:002013-09-03T19:56:08.652+12:00Congratulations.
Aside from everything else, your...Congratulations.<br /><br />Aside from everything else, your anniversary post continues to be the first reminder to me each September of my impending birthday. <br /><br />Dylan Horrock's banner is still my favourite.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04766545363197498449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-21780634565322805272013-09-03T16:36:25.261+12:002013-09-03T16:36:25.261+12:00What a terrific achievement - you and blogging wer...What a terrific achievement - you and blogging were made for each other. I hope you have the strength for another five years (at least!).<br /><br />WV:chnasme, China Syndrome with melting nucleus.Daleawaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-1217343477132064002013-09-03T13:12:02.573+12:002013-09-03T13:12:02.573+12:00You mean upload to Blogger? The thumbnails are act...You mean upload to Blogger? The thumbnails are actually sourced externally, I have a template I use from past years, so it's relatively quick. Available upon request, but why anyone would want it of course is another matter.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-77547357955694742602013-09-03T11:13:57.880+12:002013-09-03T11:13:57.880+12:00As a new comer to twitter opere I missed the earli...As a new comer to twitter opere I missed the earlier shows. Thank you for putting up the legend links. I tested them on Sue Wood and they work; it must have taken hours given my attempts to load a single photo on Twitter takes 25 minutes give or take a couple of seconds. You may have missed Sue Woods first appearance on the Holmes TV Show in 1989. Her first question to HCNZ CEO landlord,Rob ignotumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362158924053013300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-91726185512811065372013-09-03T10:43:49.683+12:002013-09-03T10:43:49.683+12:00Ah the anniversary...5 years, a midway point in ti...Ah the anniversary...5 years, a midway point in time, 10 years considered a cycle in ancient China.<br />When I entered England on a UK Grandparent Entry, tired I was asked to go to a little room and strip to my underpants...two very old women came in, I was checked and x-rayed. Apparently due to my new status as the grandchild of the ruling Monarchy I was entitled to NHS. The x-ray was to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04424066726955708314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-28831618909430282762013-09-03T10:20:40.516+12:002013-09-03T10:20:40.516+12:00Thank you, friends.Thank you, friends.Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-76964055025907126822013-09-03T10:18:53.231+12:002013-09-03T10:18:53.231+12:00Happy anniversary, and here's to many more.
W...Happy anniversary, and here's to many more.<br /><br />Word Verification: <b>60 entsalty</b>, a pseudo-arboreal additive of terrifying whimsicality.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-80064047820016423152013-09-03T10:11:40.228+12:002013-09-03T10:11:40.228+12:00Grats on the milestone, mate, well done. Your writ...Grats on the milestone, mate, well done. Your writings are reliably thought provoking, and I love the way you link backwards, deepening the self-referential connectivity of the site to show the coherence of your thinking. It still feels like a big dynamo, gaining momemtum. <br /><br />Looking forward to 5 more years.Ben Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015337296196701141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-45832598587348803092013-09-03T08:11:59.437+12:002013-09-03T08:11:59.437+12:00Thanks for continuing to write, Giovanni.Thanks for continuing to write, Giovanni.Sarah Jane Barnetthttp://theredroom.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-78815742679288441752013-09-03T00:27:11.281+12:002013-09-03T00:27:11.281+12:00(Also: thank you.)(Also: thank you.)Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-86197471925974889762013-09-03T00:25:38.541+12:002013-09-03T00:25:38.541+12:00Until I left Italy - and probably to this day - yo...Until I left Italy - and probably to this day - you had to supply tuberculosis-free X-Rays to get any work in hospitality, and many others besides, as a consequence of which the screening procedure is still extremely easy to organise. When I was a conscientious objector for a while I looked after a chap in his late fifties or early sixties whose hobby it was to have his chest X-Rays taken. He Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-71295500358626492682013-09-03T00:17:16.666+12:002013-09-03T00:17:16.666+12:00What does it say that I still expect the original ...What does it say that I still expect the original header, when I click on a link or input the URL...? It's been a good 5 years of engagement with this consistent body of work, and eventually with its delightful author. Let me be the first to give my congratulations.<br /><br />As a public health person (when I started reading this blog I was a historian!), the idea of tuberculosis hospitals George Dnoreply@blogger.com