I love the sound of breaking glass
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hirezMore wandering this weekend. Friday's adventures are already documented. Saturday involved another beetle down into the centre of Bristol, where I engaged in commerce-style transactions with a number of tradespersons. Oh, and guzzled some of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mr_tails' ice-cream, which was startingly good. And bumped into Cheltenhamites ditto. Observe, if you care to, the near-normality of such occurances. Almost... Boring. Good.
Sunday. Steamed up the A48 to Purton (oddly there's a Purton on the opposide bank of the Severn) which was the western end of where the Severn railway bridge landed. There's little to be seen, and access (without some enterprising trespass) more than a little difficult. Though you can see the remains of the bridge on the far bank.
After that: Misbehaviour. I have long been offended by nasty crockery, Staffordshire Uglyware and various Objets d'arse. Thus I asked Pat to collect a fiver's worth that were going to be thrown out of the charity shop as too terrible even for their punters and, armed with a .22 air-rifle confiscated from a poacher some years ago, had some revenge. It was really quite theraputic. Much respect due toaoakley for putting up with my wilfully destructive tendencies and gleeful cackling as each dreadful piece met flying leaden death.
I'll be doing that again. Oh yes.
[ Rest of pictures here as usual. ]
[ Further: (No-one ever reads these once they've fallen off the end of their F-L, do they?)aoakley's version of events and a quite splendid picture. White or black hunter? You decide...
mr_tails' ice-cream, which was startingly good. And bumped into Cheltenhamites ditto. Observe, if you care to, the near-normality of such occurances. Almost... Boring. Good.Sunday. Steamed up the A48 to Purton (oddly there's a Purton on the opposide bank of the Severn) which was the western end of where the Severn railway bridge landed. There's little to be seen, and access (without some enterprising trespass) more than a little difficult. Though you can see the remains of the bridge on the far bank.
After that: Misbehaviour. I have long been offended by nasty crockery, Staffordshire Uglyware and various Objets d'arse. Thus I asked Pat to collect a fiver's worth that were going to be thrown out of the charity shop as too terrible even for their punters and, armed with a .22 air-rifle confiscated from a poacher some years ago, had some revenge. It was really quite theraputic. Much respect due to
aoakley for putting up with my wilfully destructive tendencies and gleeful cackling as each dreadful piece met flying leaden death.I'll be doing that again. Oh yes.
[ Rest of pictures here as usual. ]
[ Further: (No-one ever reads these once they've fallen off the end of their F-L, do they?)
aoakley's version of events and a quite splendid picture. White or black hunter? You decide...
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Date: 2003-06-29 05:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-30 03:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-29 05:35 pm (UTC)If you get random crockery that has pleasing colors but ugly shapes you may be able to use the bits afterward in the making of a great mosaic.
You're doing the world a big service by ridding it of such nastiness, you know.
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Date: 2003-06-30 12:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-30 03:14 am (UTC)Well, I say 'got'. I mean 'you'll have to go around to Andi exTory's and grovel in his wheeliebin...'
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Date: 2003-06-30 03:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-06-30 03:49 am (UTC)Though the idea of constructing steam-powered armoured tat-chariots that could dart hither and yon through the garden has some appeal.
There's always the Crockery Disintegration Chamber to be built: Fit armoured glass door to 'front' of large propane cylinder. Affix mechanism for firing amount of ball-bearings to top of cylinder. Place crockery in bottom of cylinder. Insert ball-bearings at appropriately entertaining velocity. Repeat.
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Date: 2003-07-02 10:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-02 04:24 pm (UTC)Though of course it's Andi's garden, so of there's to be some kind of 'International pro-celebrity mechanised tat graveyard' experience, it's probably going to be only polite to ask him first, or have it somewhere easier to sweep up afterwards.
I have to say I rather like the idea of it all getting a little more Survival Research Laboratories. It would be terribly home-counties...
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Date: 2003-06-30 10:26 am (UTC)Hi Mel! Long time no write ... I hope you are doing well.
Cheers,
-Jen
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Date: 2003-06-30 03:11 am (UTC)It did explode in a most satisfactory manner, though.
Ridding the world of tat will be a long-term and arduous mission, but one that I will carry out with fortitude and no little enthusiasm. Of course there's always the danger that I'll be ritually destroying some future classic or antique, but unless I pitch a case of dynamite down the Blackpool tat-mine, I fear that supply will always outstrip the capabilities of artistic or otherwise entertaining demolition.
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Date: 2003-06-30 03:31 am (UTC)In the same way I examine peoples houses closely. To be fully human I expect to see pets, plants, and rooms full of computers. Full marks for three out of three. Two isn't bad, one is about acceptable, but having none is the sign of a human that's been taken over by alien mind control.
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Date: 2003-06-30 03:43 am (UTC)I plan on filling another box or two for future target practice.
Our house has all three of your criteria, btw.
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Date: 2003-06-30 11:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-01 12:56 am (UTC)