tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post7739064598393302866..comments2024-03-29T10:15:50.124+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: On Being A Bit Ambivalent About DevelopmentAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-47991119447656124052015-11-26T03:41:40.506+00:002015-11-26T03:41:40.506+00:00Progress is never pretty:(Progress is never pretty:(Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-53582711642127983982015-11-24T23:54:39.456+00:002015-11-24T23:54:39.456+00:00It's all the same. It's about the bucks! E...It's all the same. It's about the bucks! Euros! Pounds!Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-2278330714663349682015-11-24T20:24:29.202+00:002015-11-24T20:24:29.202+00:00Good post. I just ordered "Icons of England&q...Good post. I just ordered "Icons of England" edited by Bill Bryson, since I understand it celebrates icons that are sometimes disappearing. I see the money from the book goes to a group that is working to preserve English rural treasures.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-86457567508301716342015-11-24T15:53:05.864+00:002015-11-24T15:53:05.864+00:00I have some of those old vellum emails. The way th...I have some of those old vellum emails. The way the words are arranged in neatly spaced terminal fonts look so quaint I can't seem to throw them away. And as long as you keep them away from mice they will probably last forever. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-59329658069597924202015-11-24T13:51:40.751+00:002015-11-24T13:51:40.751+00:00We moved "to the middle of the country" ...We moved "to the middle of the country" 28 years ago. The houses, apartments, sidewalks, and shopping all is now five miles down the road. I think of all the money and wonder where it came from.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-88149117006541124482015-11-24T11:59:40.680+00:002015-11-24T11:59:40.680+00:00"I am a young executive. No cuffs than mine a..."I am a young executive. No cuffs than mine are cleaner;<br />I have a Slimline brief-case and I use the firm's Cortina.<br />In every roadside hostelry from here to Burgess Hill<br />The maîtres d'hôtel all know me well, and let me sign the bill".<br /><br />How's the new Consultancy going?Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-14863906428330765802015-11-24T11:48:31.009+00:002015-11-24T11:48:31.009+00:00You're beginning to sound like John Betjeman a...You're beginning to sound like John Betjeman and his tirades against speculators and town planners and their inflexible rules.Chairman Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908632282972692269noreply@blogger.com