tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post3445482233041538283..comments2024-03-23T08:58:00.291+11:00Comments on Flying With Hands: Weighty MatterPipistrellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-47381424353279665002022-11-29T17:46:36.992+11:002022-11-29T17:46:36.992+11:00Laze away, dear Sean!Laze away, dear Sean!Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-42738082989443168702022-11-29T11:47:07.619+11:002022-11-29T11:47:07.619+11:00It's but laziness that is cutting this comment...It's but laziness that is cutting this comment short, Signora Pipistrello: Excellent!Sean Jeatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08978285783271305489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-91015131803861740092022-11-28T10:57:16.873+11:002022-11-28T10:57:16.873+11:00Thank you, dear Urpso! Any mention of Earthsea aro...Thank you, dear Urpso! Any mention of Earthsea around these pages is always welcome. Even when it's an eyes-mind sleight of hand trickster kind :)Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-66287464682883847882022-11-28T04:10:01.934+11:002022-11-28T04:10:01.934+11:00Splendid post well written and good reading.
In my...Splendid post well written and good reading.<br />In my dyslexia I read "and brought us Le Grand K" as "and brought Ursula K. Le Guin" which is very good. (this is Urspo) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-8752592455043500212022-11-27T21:51:31.655+11:002022-11-27T21:51:31.655+11:00Bravo, dear Cro, for braving the workings of the f...Bravo, dear Cro, for braving the workings of the fraught Pipistrello, and you can see straight through the Emperor's new clothes, too! Much $$ frittered away for what? I'd not heard the water into wine theory such as yours before now. Makes a seat-of-pants kind of sense.Pipistrellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904613196101010022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161026132284731386.post-31294674815203936462022-11-27T16:29:20.290+11:002022-11-27T16:29:20.290+11:00I had always believed the 'kilo' to be the...I had always believed the 'kilo' to be the weight of a litre of WINE, not water; because water was never sold, and wine was! The metre we all know to be the length of a Roman soldier's pace (very accurate), and a foot to be the length of an average person's foot (even more accurate). All this making the Kibble Balance totally unnecessary.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com