Topic: Bus shelter
By Alex on April 17, 2005, at 0615 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter
Imagine you are sitting on the long metal or plastic bench in a bus shelterExplanation here. I know this may be a difficult concept for some of you, but indulge me. In front of you, about a metre away, is a similar bench parallel to yours, just far enough away so that you can brace your back against the wall of the shelter and your feet against the opposite bench. … Continue reading
By Alex on April 18, 2005, at 1100 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter, Conspiracy Theory, Space station (ISS), Sunset
Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose…Still in our shed in Fox StudiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox StudiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studios, Malcom – there’s a bus shelterExplanation here just outside the gate – and I forgot to add yaw into the gyrating cockpit – up to 60 degrees either side of intended course, perhaps, over the shorter period. To humour the unbelievers, we’re now off the Disneyland Space Mountain roller coaster and Pirates of the Caribbean rides and on a slowly rolling calm sea with no wind, lightning to the south, lovely moon. Chatty updates back on the agenda. … Continue reading
By Alex on April 25, 2005, at 0000 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter, Health & Injuries
We’ve been sitting on our milk crates here in the studio wondering what’s happened to the old geezerDictionaries define a geezer as an old person, generally an eccentric old man. Its origin likely in the word masquerader (colloquially, guiser) from Middle English gysar. Go figure, as the Americans say. who trundles over with a trolley with printouts of all your emails to the website. He hasn’t been since the 21st, so no mail since then. But he just turned up with a few scraps of paper and we think there must have been a problem with SailmailSailmail is the system that Berrimilla uses for email communication. It is a non-profit association of yacht owners operating a network of private coast stations in the maritime Mobile Radio Service.. … Continue reading
By Alex on August 24, 2005, at 0430 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter
Here I sit, in our tatty old bus shelterExplanation here, a dusty streetlight across the road laying a grey screen across the keyboard, the laptop attached to it’s pocky extension cord snaking away into the gloom, wishing I were better oiled with Harry Pendel’s fluence. … Continue reading
By Alex on September 15, 2005, at 0915 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter
0915hrs 15 Sep 2005 UTC 06’34”N 022’08”W Ref 364 Have just spoken to Steve after one of the worst nights ever in my sailing career. As if the Vogon Constructor FleetExtremely ugly, unpleasant and officious, the Vogons emerged from the seas of Vogsphere and became bureaucrats in the Galactic Government. They destroyed the earth to clear the way for a hyperspace bypass; see also HHGTTGThe Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams; essential reading for those trying to understand these logs. You may be none the wiser once you’ve read it, but at least you’ll have tried. More here parked itself at Fox studiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox StudiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat in Fox Studios. (See also Bus Shelter) – Based on the nutty idea that NASA never reached the Moon but faked the whole thing in the Hollywood studios with nowt to do so thought it would indulge in a bit of idle chuck-the-bus-shelter. Plus emptying their water tankers by superjet. … Continue reading
By Alex on October 2, 2005, at 2200 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter, Life aboard, Tea making & drinking
If you happen to be very very unlucky, sitting in your bus shelterExplanation here on the Fox studio lot with your clackerboard and your nice mug of tea – very very unlucky – the Vogon constructor fleetExtremely ugly, unpleasant and officious, the Vogons emerged from the seas of Vogsphere and became bureaucrats in the Galactic Government. They destroyed the earth to clear the way for a hyperspace bypass; see also HHGTTGThe Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams; essential reading for those trying to understand these logs. You may be none the wiser once you’ve read it, but at least you’ll have tried. More here will arrive and decide to chuck you about a bit. Drench you with their foul smelling bilge water. Scratch and grunt a lot and give you the full benefit of Vogon armpit though the atmosphere control vents. You, of course, will keep your cool, brace for the worst, hold your nose for as long as possible and continue sipping your tea. … Continue reading
By Alex on October 3, 2005, at 0830 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter, Conspiracy Theory
0830hrs 03 Oct 2005 UTC 26’10”S 024’58”W Ref 409
Between Double Island Point and Noosa.
Just put the main back up with 3 reefs. Pathetic really – 25 knots of breeze but we cant afford to go any faster until the seas abate – or until we know these squalls … Continue reading
By Alex on November 18, 2005, at 1000 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter, Life aboard
[Ed: Email problems have caused several messages from Berri to not arrive here at mission control. This is one of them. After much swearing and retrying they were able to resend it successfully – finally received 21 Nov!]
Imagine, if you will, that you are inside this little plastic … Continue reading
By Alex on December 17, 2005, at 2145 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter
2145hrs 17 Dec 2005 EDT 37’54”S 150’34”E Ref 660
I’ve been asked ‘What’s all this stuff about a bus shelterExplanation here?’ Well, everyone knows that NASA never really got to the moon – the whole thing was cobbled together in Warner Bros studiosConspiracy Theory: the epic is simply a mock-up-boat … Continue reading
By Berrimilla on November 4, 2009, at 1826 UTC
Topic(s): Bus shelter, Conspiracy Theory
0700/4th position 0321 02423 Trip 110/24
And other matters fundamental. Berrimilla is a moving object – moving through spacetime but also moving relative to her inhabitants and quite violently at that. I’ve written about this before in the first blog – starting with the first of the bus shelterExplanation here … Continue reading
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