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Gentleman's Equipment

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Finally completed: My latest guitar amp project. Tweed is the proper covering for a guitar amp. Black amps are for hooligans.  A gentleman's guitar amp is covered in Tweed. And it sounds better.

Sometimes life is Brough

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T.E. looked around. Another quiet day. No electricity. No toilet. No visitors.  He decided to go for a ride.

Too Late

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Mr Phelps looked long and hard at the dinghy.  He knew in his heart he had left it too long..

Bad day?

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You're having a bad day? Pah!  Tell me about it...

Shut up

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How to stop the staff whinging about the office temperature: Fit one of these. Tap it every morning and say - "aah, just right".

Miserichord, Christchurch.

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What were those medieval carpenters smoking* when they set about work like this? I mean, what is this illustration supposed to be telling us?  Next time you get a chance, check out your local miserichords. They are usually rather fantastic. *Well, it won't have been tobacco in pre-Columbus Europe. Or potatoes.  

More Ghosts on the Horizon

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Out beyond the Needles. More ghosts on the horizon. Some of them dance above the horizon like distant castles in the air.