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Comment on Back again by sbalb

sbalb — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:34:44 +0000

Ahh, Adam and Joe have a phrase for those: “old man noises.” As in: “here comes Old Man Noises!”

Comment on Back again by looby

looby — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:00:55 +0000

I’m at that age when I make a huge “urghh” sound when I drop into a sofa. Even when I feel quite comfortable about the manoeuvre.

Comment on If you want to get ahead, get a helmet. Or don’t. by sbalb

sbalb — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:44:21 +0000

In the end, I didn’t bother. I realised I’d published it sufficiently here to make me happy, and for it to be basically an open letter.

Also, I’d have felt a bit mauled if they’d trimmed it for reasons of space and made me sound like a loon.

Comment on Never Jam today by sbalb

sbalb — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:43:01 +0000

Good heavens. Someone’s been vanity-googling…!

I’ve been back a fair few times, and been to a few events there: it’s even hosted my friends’ wedding reception.

I’m really pleased to see the JF become so successful and yet still remain fairly offbeat. There’s hope for Oxford’s venues yet.

Comment on Never Jam today by Andrew Norton

Andrew Norton — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:27:47 +0000

Thanks for the recommendation, hope you enjoyed your visit.

It was admittedly quiet in the early days but we’ve built up quite a following now. We’re still here, 4 years and counting.
Have you been back since 2007?

Jam Factory
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Comment on If you want to get ahead, get a helmet. Or don’t. by looby

looby — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:37:25 +0000

Great stuff, especially the comparison with the now uncontroversial wearing of motorcycle helmets. Hope they publish it (although it’s probably far too even-handed and patiently argued).

Comment on In one ear and out of the same by sbalb

sbalb — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:24:41 +0000

@looby technically, yes. The child doesn’t whine as much as he used to, though; the main problem these days is his dad’s drum and bass, which as you can imagine isn’t muffled in the same way as treble sounds. It gets transmitted through the bones in my jaw.

The main thing I’ve noticed is that the designers’ slightly tinny music at work has become harder to bear. I wonder if they’ve all got actual hearing loss, and so turn up the treble.

@BeaPH clarity is the word. When I cycle, the wind past my lugholes makes me feel like someone’s taken the top of my head off. I dread to think what the colonic analogue would be like.

Comment on In one ear and out of the same by BeaPH

BeaPH — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:52:22 +0000

ah yes, I remember with fond joy the pop when a pea-sized lump of wax was removed from my ear by a similar nice young nurse a few years ago. I wonder if it’s that feeling of clarity which makes people have colonic irrigation? Well, I say I wonder, but I am not curious enough to actually want to find out.

Comment on In one ear and out of the same by looby

looby — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:44:14 +0000

Doesn’t it also amplify the sounds of the charming child next door?

Comment on The coast of the place by the sea by the coast of the place by sbalb

sbalb — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:32:38 +0000

Oh, I hadn’t realised or I’d have invited you over for gallons of cider and a sort of “pasta Provençal” we’d perfected by the end of the holiday. Fusion cuisine at its finest.

It’s not as though we ADSL at the cottage, though. Or a phone line. Or mobile signal.