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Sea trout: catch and release
From the Salmon & Trout Association: >There is widespread concern that sea trout stocks are in a desperate state in most parts of the UK. Salmon farming has had an impact off the Scottish West Coast, but the problem is more complex than that, as populations have plummeted in areas where there is no marine… — read more
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Hardy Perfect/Barrio
Note to self: Saturday, 9 May, 2009: Hardy Perfect has a Barrio DT4 line on it now. The reel looks good and should pair well with the forthcoming Driggs River Special from nichobamboorods. — read more
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Questioning mortality assumptions
UPDATE (11 May 2009): I see that Tim Bray has just twittered about this — mild glow at having been slightly ahead of that curve (hey, it’s been a slow day). Each day I receive an e-mail from Delanceyplace.com with an interesting non-fiction excerpt from a book or publication. The joy of this is that… — read more
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Star Wars
I just bought the original (proper) Star Wars trilogy for the kids (ahem) and watching the first one reminded me of that excellent spoof for Tunes that appeared back in the 90s: I love that. So totally British. — read more
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Boris on snow
The BBC reports: The committee asked Mr Johnson what action he had taken before he was made aware of transport problems on 1 February. The mayor replied: “I observed that it had started to snow.” You can exactly imagine that. — read more
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Le retour de PocketBike
The attentive reader of this site (i.e. me) will recall that I used to have a wonderful machine for zooming round town, viz PocketBike, my Brompton folder. It was stolen just over 4 years ago and I have missed its charming whizzability. I never had a bike that I *used* as much as PocketBike—the Pedersen… — read more
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Wine note: Mâcon Rouge
I bought a few wines from Majestic the other day: * Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits ‘Les Mouchottes’ 2007 Cave des Hautes Côtes — 6 at £59.94 * Mâcon Rouge 2007 Les Vignerons des Grandes Vignes — 4 at £27.96 * Lawson’s Dry Hills Pinot Noir 2008 Marlborough — 1 at £11.99 * Moulin-à-Vent ‘Les Bruyères’… — read more
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BBC pusillanimity
Amidst all the furore about the decision by the management of the BBC not to show a charity appeal to help the homeless of Gaza, not many people are actually asking what the effect of their current actions is having on the BBC. Their rationale is apparently that they do not wish to appear impartial… — read more
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Intractability
Perhaps the saddest thing about reading any website putting an Israeli perspective on world events is the vitriol of the hard-liners. Most of these are, fairly predictably, Israeli hardliners, right-wingers who believe only in force. Consider this editorial in Ha’aretz: Precisely at a time when Israel is drunk on power after Operation Cast Lead in… — read more
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Dave Tyack RIP
This is terrible news. I’ve just learned that Dave Tyack is dead. And has been since 2002. And that his body was not found until 2004. For those of you who don’t know, Dave Tyack was an extraordinarily talented musician and composer. I first heard him in about 1999 or 2000 on Radio 3’s “Night… — read more
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