tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60603497202593498412024-03-14T07:48:17.427+01:00prekomorecthe meanderings of Luka R.Lukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210941654513813581noreply@blogger.comBlogger405125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060349720259349841.post-84522226791450043182015-07-11T10:06:00.003+02:002015-07-11T10:06:31.793+02:00Still fighting cyclopes.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210941654513813581noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060349720259349841.post-76097407694395413552013-09-09T00:43:00.002+02:002013-09-09T00:43:26.017+02:00Triceradeer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Can sharkhog fly? No he can't. But he can swim and snuffle and find your truffle!</div>
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<br />Lukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210941654513813581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060349720259349841.post-42597224741428956822013-04-15T19:00:00.003+02:002013-04-15T19:00:44.349+02:00Hereford Corned BeefIt is rare that I find a food I cannot eat. Yesterday, I succeeded. Somehow everything came together in this product. The little tin-opening key broke and I had to open the can with a hammer and pliers. The contents turned out to be some kind of hash with a mild acerbic flavour, texture akin to wet sawdust and a small faintly reminiscent of ammonia. I tried, Lord of the Pans knows, I tried - I added flavourings, spices, olive oil, an egg (apparently hashed corned beef and eggs are traditional breakfast food in some parts of America).<br />
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A double issue, backwards and forwards in time! On the one hand, the fascinating history of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocipede">laufsmachine, velocipede and boneshaker</a>, on the other hand, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/04/richard-third-skeleton-confirmed-leicester">Richard the Third</a> - not a Flatlander, as is obvious from his partly erect posture.</div>
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Back on the topic of brick roads, I can understand that it actually makes a lot of sense - you don't destroy the road surface to lay cables and pipes. You merely move it aside, do your work and put it back. However, coming from a region completely bereft of brick roads, I have to admit I find them positively Harappan. Or Sumerian. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_nail">Perhaps the Flatlanders should upgrade them into a sort of national library, by stamping bits of information of them.</a> Then, should the civilization collapse, future generations would have handy access to both knowledge and building materials in their very roads!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">I don't have anything to add to the yellow brick road right now, so I'll just give you some music to enjoy. Admittedly, Elton isn't an artist I'm particularly enamoured of, but it fits with where the bricks are going!</span></div>
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I am surprised I don't hear people singing in agony more often when they eat bitterballen. Many times I've burnt my mouth and started imitating a gibbon, singing, "Oooooo! Ooooooh! Oooook oook oooooo!" while flapping my hands in front of my lips and flailing for a glass of beer.</div>
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Behold the wooden shoes. Surprisingly warm and unsurprisingly not the most comfortable footwear ever found. Besides serving as suitable boats for small animals, they can also protect the wearer from acids and worms. Furthermore, there appears to be a museum devoted <a href="http://www.klompenmuseum.nl/engels/general.html">to them</a>. Oddly enough, what I thought of as a traditional Slovenistani clog turns out to be, according to Weekeepeedeea, Swedish in origin.</div>
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In a land of alluvial deposits and human terrain, while sipping a coffee most Flatlanders find absolutely horriffic (instant coffee with a solid dose of fresh milk), I came across a fascinating little geological gem - something to remind me of the mountains that are so absent here.</div>
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One of the oddest aspects of Flatland coffee traditions (besides the machinery involved) is that their caffettiere is actually a "French press", completely different from the Italian caffettiera, which is a percolator.</div>
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Today there's not much to see outside, just driving snow (more or less), so I drew something else instead. I'm happy to say, I've gotten to drawing 20 in-a-row, more or less without big gaps. Since 20 is a big and important number, though not as silly as 80 in Flatlandish, I leave you with an enjoyable little song by the inimitably eye-shadowed Tim Minchin:</div>
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<br />Lukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210941654513813581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060349720259349841.post-68233153234165686642013-01-19T11:04:00.001+01:002013-01-19T11:04:20.604+01:00Daily Flatland 19: Sneeuw<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While the world here in Flatland may not be frozen, a grey Saturday like today may be perfect for a fine 1980s documentary (no, the bird has nothing to do with the previous post!):</div>
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The experience of omnipresent 'birdedness' in the Netherlands is most fascinating and I guess it goes to show how vast quantities of slow-moving water close to the coast affect the visible fauna. I have literally had to stop my bike while a family of ducks crossed the path, quite unconcerned that they were making me late.</div>
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Birds ... the latter day dinosaurs.</div>
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Cheese. Traditionally a mark of Flatland, along with certain flowers, technologies for extracting energy from the wind, soggy ground, land reclamation, and so forth, cheese has shaped and been shaped by another strange technology invented by the Norse: the cheese slicer.</div>
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I asked a native, at one point, "Isn't it dangerous? Pulling a sharp cutting blade towards your other hand?"</div>
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The response, "Oh, no, not at all!"</div>
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"So you can't really cut yourself with it?"</div>
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"Well, once my daughter took the tip of one of her fingers off, but since then she's been more careful with it."</div>
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For the record, I remain wary of this tool. Also, for the record, enjoy a cheesy song by Tim Minchin:</div>
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I have no time for a long comment, I'm off to look at the snow and the seagulls!</div>
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Visited the Haague, a town that started as a hunting residence for a local count back in 1230. The name has nothing to do with Hags or Witches, instead it was originally called "The Count's Woods" - "<i>Des Graven hage</i>".</div>
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A factoid about the cube houses that I find fascinating (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube_house">from the wikipedia article</a>): each cube apartment is approximately 100 square meters, of which half is practically unusable due to the angles of the walls.Lukahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18210941654513813581noreply@blogger.com0