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Awoken by sound as of a hammer-drill in the ear: ah, indeed this is
home from home. Microbore plumbing combined with airlocks (?) or the wrong
thermostatic valves yields an interesting acoustic experience.
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Breakfast; raining conscientiously outside. Out into Coldstream, admired
the beautiful bridge over the Tweed. Visited free museum about The Coldstream
Guards, with some interesting, though under-explained
exhibits. Some enterprising chap set up a Bible Factory here to reduce the price
of the scriptures in people's hands, and break a royally granted monopoly -
printing 170k in one year - though apparently shut after only 6 years. Played
with the babes, some dressing up clothes there.
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Back home for biscuits, and lunch - then out in the afternoon to
Europe's oldest suspension bridge (of it's length, in continuous use,
add equivocation to fit here). Interesting, though somewhat unsafe for
children. More curiously a chunk of the road leading to it appears to
have been washed into the river, and is thus impassable - making the
bridge somewhat less than useful.
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Visited a honey farm nearby, packed with character - cafe in a converted
double decker bus, eclectic museum; and had a tour from the owner's
son-in-law-to-be. Back for jacket potatoes, and sleep.
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license. I encourage linking back (of course) to help people decide for
themselves, in context, in the battle for ideas, and I love fixes /
improvements / corrections by private mail.
In case it's not painfully obvious: the reflections reflected here are my
own; mine, all mine ! and don't reflect the views of Collabora, SUSE,
Novell, The Document Foundation, Spaghetti Hurlers (International),
or anyone else.
It's also important to realise that I'm not in on the Swedish Conspiracy.
Occasionally people ask for formal photos for conferences
or fun.
Michael Meeks (michael.meeks@collabora.com)
