tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217925612024-03-08T13:45:01.760+11:00boyntonI rarely have a name y'knowboyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.comBlogger1924125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-23737189402339865112012-01-26T12:48:00.014+11:002012-01-26T14:05:57.565+11:00wrong basketFor several years Flo has had a penchant for <span style="font-style:italic;">the wrong basket</span>. Like many dogs 'of a certain age' she muddles the scale.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5wWo1J-tGiEhTiLaJ8ak2awRDSunCxIvkQsechOb5nyPqiTbkozccKYEWRkS55Ob1m_NS7X2z3Q8b9_uzaEt1AF2XGsK0vza1UGqFDekEUKlz8PlXdIIjbPlbXMbkpcNhkhmlsw/s1600/flo_wrongbskt2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmli6etvzADREmuesWiRTW0GkU1cO_2ph-IPH0ezNgokVTyuksl4ukZSp6eVXv9oAFwp81tkc8WsfoebgPiXbhHE1Cg_3wzJ9Db9Nt2NEHDRRBLeeV65v8eLdGuAqfo2y5z89aRw/s400/flo_wrongbskt2a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701753808387151922" /></a><br /><br />But in the meantime, the dogs in her pack have got even smaller, and the baskets have shrunk accordingly.<br /><br />It doesn't stop her taking over the terriers' territory though when there is a lack of alternatives.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlj5DdC5rxGYZ5dbw2M57mbOeSJ69xEpSBd8hvJJKps2GUkNmIgsBfzY17GPAO-VsFFAcQ2H2wxl-sXfrOLVF6Mu-nmUPlZqslvGIFr9DZEWMP0KE0bsWGN4hxX9srWNNUuVsTXw/s1600/flo_basket2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 145px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbGZproPnhur8dwwQEis3NoghTUT7Qdd-LusbCQlA3UlQL7DpErY2wh18zZFtQ28yQvSO4fjz7QVZscEfj8IH-Bj9tWdxYWrNj9eao5cQysXmaMbvCA6ri7NAhZoH7XZ9dPvy6nQ/s400/flo_basket2a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701751122149018770" /></a><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-27458965865738535812011-10-14T10:37:00.001+11:002011-10-14T10:38:31.689+11:00spring<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKmHSbIc6zBXMSkQmbGO1cLTEgUL46jKPJ-jOr3XV7AQua5nonQYiQVQ9JCR2NtuhAhFZG2tBmFh8Q09EhFBv-2OZ6TcObAh9Mw5fR8Z5CWznLuuTqnz8UcYrFyyXz4dnZKY4ew/s1600/no_signs1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 146px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP4gKOgWjHMJn5rDb5Qguaei_ahe4V1C644dvIEvQ1RZQbWPgjS-DLmNCiIlgra2LwH240VIc0hNFCIuMQMPVxrN4Mmq4nkU7-jVjNwITAQE_BwLrSGiXinAoNvmVDZ3DH-fk4uA/s400/no_cricksm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663124452628578530" /></a>boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-86750345204832110002011-09-05T16:01:00.000+10:002011-09-05T16:01:14.418+10:00secondsFrom the <a href="http://boyntonesque.blogspot.com/2006/08/compliment.html">archives</a>:<blockquote>THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2006
<br />compliment
<br />Flo received her first ever unsolicited compliment the other day as we walked down the street. What a lovely dog, said a passing woman.(I think the first inklings of spring had clouded her judgement)</blockquote>
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<br />Flo received her second ever unsolicited compliment today as we walked along the street. Again - with the spring...This time a man pulled up, and wound down his window, I thought to ask directions.
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<br /><i>I just wanted to say, that is a lovely looking bluey! He's beautiful!</i>
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<br />Thank you. Yes she's great. (well, I'm thinking, it's true; she's mellowed)
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<br /><i>I just wanted to know where she came from?</i>
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<br />(<a href="http://boyntonesque.blogspot.com/2003/06/alien-dog.html">Mars</a>) Well, she's about 12, and all I know is she came from the Ballarat region...
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<br /><i>Great looking bluey</i>
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<br />Yes. She is... (But see my blog 2003-11 for the journey from nutcase to mellow senior)
<br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-79649807605759385922011-06-15T15:37:00.004+10:002011-06-15T15:43:15.203+10:00clothes lines<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm2XXy4y4kQ2cuVwGNVnuu47xU-BOBshBeRPLtvVWnCZ2ly6n3YGZYrzHuXmd-sv03-rH455mpbvhElEp-hQGQQtAqlvg1Nv70TttUC5pUFYZpjJfbn8N4GLQwYn1GrXCHr0Yfg/s1600/gardline.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXuhU3ayCylbz-2KjsD8Nk0XRPGGOL0Xt0dJz_qDGeY3C5fTZlY8dE1tGMnt6Q2D1Ieilj1I_SPBD6P2UKinv0eWPY2Va0g7EMhBRoVtE3ovft6a06488tIcBuVfpUpIerbwdcg/s400/gardline_sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618316019717272226" /></a><br /><br />tree tries to undermine clothes line<br /><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-88610609333392452922011-06-10T14:56:00.000+10:002011-06-10T14:57:05.610+10:00new camera<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cT7nn8jDf3ouij0wWOqyUK5bcHi0D5h_UjzsN8tsQU7qI2ykGWfe8B35qZ_WZdk2GVfT0EYcZXbsHHjJM51p_18E3s-yt75ktcWeUu1cYLsoXRUNkdStR8vCVAlfzwK2NVOewQ/s1600/saucep.jp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 76px; height: 91px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUd2hBDTcmbKmjJxzyKTaLl51Tx3h-zkOJSvs0sLUB1ArqOaOJjgxCPd3MtueDmAj1AUsJZuoQeaHxG2duyQVi4OladkSFECveji7p8fndtI4iDgSbmPs92VynPsXf6LawHUXUsQ/s400/saucep2sm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616443846721069394" /></a><br /><br />old saucepans<br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-27596125117353301662011-06-10T12:30:00.009+10:002011-06-10T19:28:12.782+10:00k 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaGaafSTtHSqdANQ8m7SPAP7J09Ww6kEHMSzRIyhYkVQ6rRtx9aGtClpKhSqSq8bBaPrlwPW3heEFXPQqbQIRqfR_PEv433dy4WYuy-3o6UPSMyet-YH4LMZ6z0neoK-T8ZB1Iw/s1600/kbday1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 369px; height: 372px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXaGaafSTtHSqdANQ8m7SPAP7J09Ww6kEHMSzRIyhYkVQ6rRtx9aGtClpKhSqSq8bBaPrlwPW3heEFXPQqbQIRqfR_PEv433dy4WYuy-3o6UPSMyet-YH4LMZ6z0neoK-T8ZB1Iw/s400/kbday1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616406852238287458" /></a><br />K dog (curbee) turned 2 yesterday. I wrote this in late February, a year after adopting him.<br /><br />Sunday marked the first anniversary of the arrival of K. <br />A year since we drove up through drought-weary Victoria and met him in a pound in the middle of paddocks next to an abattoir. He had spent the night there next to a storm-spooked ridgeback who barked all night. When the cell door opened he greeted us warily, a ball of nerves gradually uncurling. He was smaller than his photos. He looked like a mini-Jack Russell. But his wariness made him seem a fraction of the size of Bronte, the recently deceased JRT whose personality would fill a room.<br /><br />Perhaps looking for an out, I said to the Ranger - "Oh dear - I don't think he likes me"<br />"It takes a little time" he said, and presented his closed palm to K's nose, a gesture of experience that quelled the fear-aggression; the hand was duly sniffed.<br /><br />And we duly took him, with silent reluctance and trepidation. The weight of commitment.<br /><br />I held him all the the way home, as he watched his territory disappear. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUEoOMXnpxbIpwXjaM_UXNm70Fl0lJqgmJJkzSixU-c0VYB9lKfGIryJAgXS-yqi1EfZcE0aQpq1AW-RDMW-94g9Dja2TFirkyWSJ9xJ2VZXqlLqs0ahnwH907RYxcrjN-d7kbw/s1600/kdec10.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 147px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUEoOMXnpxbIpwXjaM_UXNm70Fl0lJqgmJJkzSixU-c0VYB9lKfGIryJAgXS-yqi1EfZcE0aQpq1AW-RDMW-94g9Dja2TFirkyWSJ9xJ2VZXqlLqs0ahnwH907RYxcrjN-d7kbw/s400/kdec10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616407996927251074" /></a><br /><br />We don't know the mix. I missed the opportunity to get a discount-rate DNA-swab (at the Melbourne Show) to determine whether he's JRT + chihuahua, fox terrier or cat. We lean to the chihuahua theory, the Jack-ahua-hua or Jack-a-chi, because there are the moments of small frenzy we call the chi. Some things set him off, like shuffling feet, golf putting practice sets, and birds. Birds, in particular, make him squeak. It is very unpleasant, you would hate it, and it would probably take a herd of dog whisperers to arrest. We need to beam up cesar to zap the yap. He gets away with this obnoxious habit in general because the noise is lost on ovals near freeways... <br /><span style="font-style:italic;">3/2/11</span><br /><br />...<br /><br /><br />Defending his behaviour to friends, my leniency, I would often say: he's still learning to trust us. Still? they'd ask. <br />Yes, even 16 months down the track that still holds. <br />It's a gradual thing and gradually in a little time it kicks in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDOhG6lDTmCEzH9scAvy2_x5kn16ieSrq-Zcbg69wAHlW-BKt-c3IJR9kHQIvnEnUquZDCaghNvD8yJBcEtQ32RdvxPbXWyRotCarFpXSQZFzaahJGnl7oEgMP8c-jr4bf6VM7Q/s1600/kbday4.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 369px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLDOhG6lDTmCEzH9scAvy2_x5kn16ieSrq-Zcbg69wAHlW-BKt-c3IJR9kHQIvnEnUquZDCaghNvD8yJBcEtQ32RdvxPbXWyRotCarFpXSQZFzaahJGnl7oEgMP8c-jr4bf6VM7Q/s400/kbday4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616406858362266466" /></a>boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-73303583193740409602011-05-21T22:23:00.006+10:002011-05-22T13:10:51.264+10:00proning 48<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=76ac649ec4b22f75"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 76px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXPL2h9zLZGEjjx1hTEq0V_qIdQoN6aZuJYDJUsGcNlXIQAB0_9ucwjgttoLHFDOMLBXnZkdMGvtSUqoMfHecc_MFFALhO6aXJq_s70RoSC2SmoclZhMXJ7jBlJrFicj3Vl8_q8Q/s400/rfree.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609144284775118018" /></a><br /><br /><br /> <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollie_Free"><span style="font-style:italic;">prone and wearing a bathing suit</span></a></span><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-42072848095431667302011-05-20T12:08:00.013+10:002011-05-20T12:26:24.151+10:00crossed lines<span style="font-style:italic;">Crossed Lines: Vivien calls Bette</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://youtu.be/RuEhA781mX4"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 110px; height: 71px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMm5pd5LSG9xR6dyNM8G2YLkbStHFkR5YC1r8-uGDxQlK7FaH4zE9moCf2eTR2nBPNG29fnr0GJ5_l53P2gkEgcMiiV6nSucdzuf-HmhZsNKiAgmyHftMhI2B3nizqHzQy5ag6Q/s400/croslines.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608617330656758002" /></a><br /><br /><br /><font size="-2">via <a href="http://wevemadeenchantment.tumblr.com/post/4584958280/bette-vivien"> <span style="font-style:italic;">we've made enchantment</span></a></font><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-27487326636964425512011-04-23T21:01:00.006+10:002011-04-23T21:06:05.863+10:00uncredited<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049833/fullcredits"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 397px; height: 52px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvh1QrB6lcW7YV9PSmM8HwUHe8sYics5awGYLGgfG14X57Ri_x7Hm2Fgl2HDZh1Jkm-K2b2lrnkBF9toB3uFhqRUtpSdwF1KhGGbrXI6mE9lqdI8AdfHshMJ2IL1HLo6Ajf33uw/s400/10com.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598732905714199602" /></a><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-9827903805803550962011-04-07T16:08:00.011+10:002011-04-07T16:18:59.304+10:00strangers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW73jMF9_eE"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmsR_0Lxyi3d1tGra8jiLBxfhvkZcYRjIVfUdnNWbaZTqnG3kISwQ21uKWbYY1Gf8o4Fb52gITL9wzkhsb0QtCySV3NuBRhWIpyiQ_QWSydK1KJVEJ23b3H-L7_E83oqRVZM4kg/s400/strangers1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592719859112775170" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/music/lyricist-turned-hohum-song-into-huge-hit-for-sinatra-20110406-1d4d4.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">One of the most recorded songs in history...</span></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHxsVKYOlCJc7Hrq2M6E6tTQDi2lkhhDwuwXsAXcVtFyZck423uJpekAH9Jz_4vwcJNqJw4h_mSQP51-dzSTMvVEBDref33y-VftoUf9PfzgURKAufbuQ4-uIfD_D2Sz_BXcRhw/s1600/strangers2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHxsVKYOlCJc7Hrq2M6E6tTQDi2lkhhDwuwXsAXcVtFyZck423uJpekAH9Jz_4vwcJNqJw4h_mSQP51-dzSTMvVEBDref33y-VftoUf9PfzgURKAufbuQ4-uIfD_D2Sz_BXcRhw/s400/strangers2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592719863665280306" /></a>boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-13384589603649518702011-03-26T12:39:00.004+11:002011-03-26T12:55:15.055+11:00wv<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0745til_PGnKnRz5YsTpcmpmAvA6X7Aj-hwH8Zp9QycLmg6oL29pii5SA9UstNaMR7JHgE3TktXJMINjl1qNv3AYXoLW9f8mU2cB0eib7qHCNMACu775QUzK9ZuMBXC0kScaFw/s1600/wvconga.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0745til_PGnKnRz5YsTpcmpmAvA6X7Aj-hwH8Zp9QycLmg6oL29pii5SA9UstNaMR7JHgE3TktXJMINjl1qNv3AYXoLW9f8mU2cB0eib7qHCNMACu775QUzK9ZuMBXC0kScaFw/s400/wvconga.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588200538110911634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7LyhhO6H8wRE4ANrxDwwIUmWbFJzd1488vftrbDnDnp03c-1OnIH3j88Y0WmsMjR94tEJctJowugPGXkj-OomaMDIQec5NRTpk9LRolKRyGQIOYdbMb-6_zctuUsOEvUx41SIg/s1600/conga_wv.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 104px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ7LyhhO6H8wRE4ANrxDwwIUmWbFJzd1488vftrbDnDnp03c-1OnIH3j88Y0WmsMjR94tEJctJowugPGXkj-OomaMDIQec5NRTpk9LRolKRyGQIOYdbMb-6_zctuUsOEvUx41SIg/s400/conga_wv.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588200353179034482" /></a><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-1028504536559860322011-02-14T16:12:00.011+11:002011-02-14T17:05:53.608+11:00peerMy thanks to Lord Sedgwick for sending this intriguing <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en-us&q=what%20is%20a%20onamata%20pier&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&redir_esc=&ei=7IJWTanvFpCmuAOH0-y2BQ">search request</a> our way.<br /><br />(And here I was thinking it might be somewhere near Gunnamatta).<br /><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-30476065892193401742011-02-01T13:21:00.001+11:002011-02-01T13:23:50.006+11:00heart-tugging<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/01/31/133370817/remembering-the-late-film-composer-john-barry"><span style="font-style:italic;">But I will always remember him for the heart-tugging sentimentality of Born Free. It's a broad range for which John Barry could be justly proud.</span></a><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-59796491995459890332010-12-14T14:00:00.004+11:002010-12-14T14:02:39.156+11:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/pictoria/gid/slv-pic-aab61677/1/a36394"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 53px; height: 57px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaUbXbRBt5UCe_V5uuGY08-v0Bt5KJ3maFIyG0AN6B6GRtNB5X46Tx_3UHfojzz66d5R0kopopOQPgXgCreI6UEkvPABcqvf4Dzf4TbMlKEXNQnCqFO8PhZXLjxZn0DLa8MOZkeA/s400/caribg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550367472674293218" /></a><br /><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-49751108553902987312010-12-14T13:40:00.004+11:002010-12-14T13:57:50.306+11:00rulesto go all twitteresque/RT:<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The lack of established rules was what made the web fun</span><br /><br />- quoted by <a href="http://thingsmag.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/wishful-thinking/">things</a><br /><br />from <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://samizdat.cc/shelf/archives/2005/06/the_big_fish.html">the story of Suck.com</a></span><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-48522903878742842592010-12-08T16:03:00.006+11:002010-12-08T16:28:40.796+11:00beatl-ist30 years ago... <a href="http://patteran.typepad.com/patteran_pages/2010/12/october-1962chrissie-cunningham-used-to-cycle-down-the-half-mile-of-school-drive-and-onto-the-york-road-so-as-to-get-into.html">Dick Jones</a><br /><br />On a less sad note:<br />Beatles Poster. <a href="http://maximdalton.blogspot.com/2010/11/ten-great-years.html">10 great years</a> <font size="-2">via <a href="http://presurfer.blogspot.com/2010/12/beatles-ten-great-years.html">the presurfer</a></font><br /><br />Watched JL Naked. <br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennon_Naked#Reception">will be of interest mainly to Beatle completists</a></span><br /><br />(I like the sound of the phrase: <span style="font-style:italic;">beatles compleatist</span>. <br />Is a completist the best fan or a lesser beast?) <br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-52502150813470938462010-11-26T11:10:00.005+11:002010-11-26T11:16:42.549+11:00victorians<span style="font-style:italic;">Victorians who have taken hat tricks</span><br /><br />read the text on Channel 9 news last night. Did not add, for example,<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Victorians who have dropped a catch on a hat trick by Victorian</span><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-63374509783071884422010-11-12T11:38:00.015+11:002010-11-12T12:11:17.817+11:00cool redux<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://app1.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/mua-search?tdetails=3472;imgdetails=3472"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 373px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAoqQClZ6Nd2f-mlJGq2RCZOQ6pUkeYwoGoo5Dam5Gs1IugudlcEyYjcZfSwr60U1rVxUx2_8SvqoKoCtElzPa7uWfYdUFnoneSv2aEJFlCDQX72mGLvTtfxZnoqp3NF_XYGydA/s400/cooldesc.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538456207373834338" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcEio8SqNzdplpD_SXN27xE9buDaA_VVg13llIy3V2st2uf9_SHOxQpniypj2bIGmCUmHWzd1aQT0nj5UHTdyv1l7lZW4dKZwUiPiBhZ7DylPojM-k8At5yImEs_6O1JqEnFG3A/s1600/coolab.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 51px; height: 63px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcEio8SqNzdplpD_SXN27xE9buDaA_VVg13llIy3V2st2uf9_SHOxQpniypj2bIGmCUmHWzd1aQT0nj5UHTdyv1l7lZW4dKZwUiPiBhZ7DylPojM-k8At5yImEs_6O1JqEnFG3A/s400/coolab.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538456995684408802" /></a><br /> <br /><br /><br />I've been feeling a bit spooked re: © so I will remove the cropped image of <a href="http://boyntonesque.blogspot.com/2010/10/cool.html">man at C.</a> (with embedded link to source) and replace with description of photo to be found at end of click. <br />The description style adopted is one we referred to <a href="http://boyntonesque.blogspot.com/2006/12/pillioning.html#comment-6791572976038104436">four years ago</a>.boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-53879273689657458052010-11-03T18:03:00.005+11:002010-11-03T18:26:47.730+11:00overheard<blockquote><em>We broke up in 2001<br /><br />September 11 actually<br /><br />As you do<br /><br />In Paris</em></blockquote> Overheard while walking dogs<br />Joggers.<br />With Boxing gloves.<br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-71730310298154760622010-10-18T17:42:00.012+11:002010-10-18T18:10:44.469+11:00tilt itvia <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/17/champagne-should-be-poured-like-beer-into-a-tilted-flute/">Neatorama</a><blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">Pouring champagne into a glass is far from being consequenceless with regard to its dissolved CO2 concentration.</span><br /><font size="-2"><a href="http://pubs.acs.org/stoken/presspac/presspac/full/10.1021/jf101239w">On the Losses of Dissolved CO2 during Champagne Serving</a></font></blockquote><br />Apparently sparkling wine is best poured into a tilted flute, although I'm inclined to agree with <a href="http://www.neatorama.com/2010/10/17/champagne-should-be-poured-like-beer-into-a-tilted-flute/#comment-1975822">the comment</a> at Neatorama, that champagne <br /><blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">... is best poured into a slipper, while atop a round fur rug, in front of a fire, while listening to Al Green...</span></blockquote> <br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-85181983137958853202010-10-15T19:48:00.002+11:002010-10-15T21:13:54.345+11:00yes terday<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RpXAflVpGsQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RpXAflVpGsQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-14133913435830575702010-10-12T13:59:00.011+11:002010-11-12T12:14:29.198+11:00coolhis coolness traverses centuries....<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Update</span> <a href="http://boyntonesque.blogspot.com/2010/11/cool-redux.html">see</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://app1.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/mua-search?tdetails=3472;imgdetails=3472"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 51px; height: 63px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl61VZko2IAry5RHMe4rse3Qhzqwtpev5pD5HAtsRT3TXZC2eouTWaPVqhWCSfENNWXfMk5UFCfZ-Z9VahJGFPJc3fCATGhs0tHhlEoHh5JFbbaY_ABP9cH_Sw-yNUpUDGaym7A/s400/coolab.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538460577063466370" /></a><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-26342129755022054932010-10-12T12:32:00.001+11:002010-10-12T12:35:32.115+11:00airwomen<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/VIC0632">A group of airwomen</a></span><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-64939292443498703982010-10-04T16:29:00.001+11:002010-10-04T16:32:14.845+11:00funny familiar<span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23023719@N04/5022380736/">Funny, Familiar..</a>.</span><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21792561.post-583194461991207762010-09-16T11:37:00.015+10:002010-09-16T12:30:21.994+10:00imaginings<blockquote><span style="font-style:italic;">'<a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11472/horsey-by-eungi-kim-seoul-cycle-design-competition-shortlist-revealed.html">horsey' is an attachable bicycle ornament/accessory which makes one's bicycle look horsey!</a> </span><br /><font size="-2">via <a href="http://presurfer.blogspot.com/2010/09/horsey.html#links">the Presurfer</a></font></blockquote><br /><br />I have <a href="http://boyntonesque.blogspot.com/2005/03/horses.html">previously</a> mused on one's childhood imaginings that would make one's bicycle look horsey, linking it to one's fondness for the TV show, <span style="font-style:italic;">National Velvet</span>.<br />Which suggests that nothing much changes in blogging, but youtube keeps on giving.<br />Because now there's more data from one's childhood viewing habits, with part of this particular episode appearing: <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njX8rRTVKoY"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPMVFkt1hAuvhcg-vTAPKyOUFrh9PQrkguvWoAxzfWNzrQWuKNBGBlU7hRE99KvIiRv_kO_-dJUYr8UIXMw0Zcfws9eJnpHx_uBUdaMwGtaaUk-_E3OOZctwqKHc3_qyWFh6YPA/s400/nvft.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517321119601767010" /></a><br /><br />One found this episode frightening. As did one's friends. <br /><br /> boyntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592noreply@blogger.com8