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Tag Archives: transportation
Counting things on the bus…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: moidore, mofette, Mohock, modillion, modena, and velitation. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Mrs Mouldie (Professor Mouldie will be at the horse races) first thing … Continue reading
Posted in brain, conversation, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, music, observations, people, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged clean hands and nails, conversation, dictionary word, dictionary words, discovery, J S Bach Italian Concerto, know warra mean?, madness, modena, modillion, mofette, Mohock, moidore, Mrs Mouldie, music, observations, overheard, Professor Mouldie, serendipity, slap on the leg, style, surrealism, transportation, velitation, words
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Outer Space 1956…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to rub off any loose flakiness with a folded sheet of coarse sandpaper; slide the palms of your hands over the surface to feel for any snags or protuberances which may remain, if … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, creation, drawing, history, humour, information, instruction, physics, science, surrealism, writing
Tagged 1950s, 1956, art, arts, children, cooked semolina, discovery, drawing, grease from an old engine, history, honey, instruction, Lion Annual 1956, serendipity, space, space travel, strawberry jelly, style, surrealism, Swarfega, transportation, treacle
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What I did on my day off…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: frolicsome, helminthic, choliambic, sexennial, tryptic, and sweaty. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have always liked Op Art from the 1960s. When I saw there was an exhibition of it at Tate Liverpool I thought … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, architecture, art, brain, cafe, celebrities, colours, creation, food, history, humour, information, learning, observations, painting, people, seeing, serendipity, thinking
Tagged architecture, art, arts, Bridget Riley, cajun chicken and rocket, colour, day out, discovery, history, marble figures, observations, Op Art, painting, photography, pierhead, quatrains, sculpture, serendipity, Tate Liverpool cafe, trains, transportation, ugly buildings, Walker Art Gallery, words, writing
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Precious discord in the bus station…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is to pull off the loose brown paper and discard it and then to carefully lift the carcase up and place an old house brick under each of the four corners; use a small … Continue reading
Posted in blues, brain, cool, dreaming, history, humour, information, instruction, music, observations, puzzle, serendipity, surrealism
Tagged art, arts, captain beefheart and his magic band, Daily Express, dictionary word, discord, discovery, EYMS, glissandi, history, igor stravinsky, instruction, misheard, music, out of time, Prokofiev, rhythm, serendipity, Sow Hill Bus Station, surrealism, transportation, weather, words
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Design: Bus shelters – oh look, that’s a novel one!…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected fish names are: the Asiatic Glassfish, the Devil Ray, the Goblin Shark, the King of the Herrings, and the Pelican Gulper. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I see that the Dulltown Council have had a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in creation, design, Dulltown, fashion, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, science, style, thinking, words
Tagged architecture, bus shelter design, bus shelters, bus travel, City of Kingston-upon-Hull, design, fashion, madness, names of fish, observations, style, the Asiatic Glassfish, the Devil Ray, the Goblin Shark, the King of the Herrings, the Pelican Gulper., transportation, weather, words
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A quick serendipitous snap…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is the final one from my copy of the ‘novel’ Harry Bleachbaker (1976) by N F Simpson – rather than choosing a part of the text, this is an extract from the blurb on … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, books, composition, dreaming, Dulltown, Film, Hull.UK., information, observations, people, photography, religion, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, writing
Tagged advertising, art, arts, composition, discovery, Dulltown, film, Heaven and Hell, homeless person, observations, photography, photojournalism, religion, respect, rough sleeper, serendipity, surrealism, transportation, upper deck, words, writing
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Well, I didn’t think that I’d ever…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: arapaima, fogash, grivet, pistareen, tuppence, mvule, and zumbooruk. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. The professor will … Continue reading
Posted in cool, drama, Dulltown, fashion, Film, history, humour, photography, seeing, style, words
Tagged arts, black and white, Christy' of London, conversation, dictionary word, Double Indemnity, fashion, film noir, Genuine Panama, hats, history, photography, serendipity, Strangers on a Train, style, ticket in hat, transportation, weather, words
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