tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post114036802250976569..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: Pocket soup, pigeon sounds, open mindAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-1140800181746790772006-02-24T16:56:00.000+00:002006-02-24T16:56:00.000+00:00it may be that you have the common problem imposed...it may be that you have the common problem imposed on us by nature when the retina evolved so that peripheral vision works faster, but in low definition<BR/><BR/>it was thus, from a train moving out of the station at bath spa many years ago, that i mis-read a religious poster that seemed to proclaim "jesus swerves !"tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268216095376583052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-1140463593537159002006-02-20T19:26:00.000+00:002006-02-20T19:26:00.000+00:00I like the idea of pocket soups. I have just finis...I like the idea of pocket soups. I have just finished Philip Norman's autobiography about growing up in the Isle of Wight, a moving and fascinating account of early 1950's mores. One thing he remembers asking a teacher was why does a very large destroyer have the designation "pocket battleship". He got the answer, "That is just a name."Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.com