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Linscott At Large: February 2015
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Saturday, February 28, 2015. The Idler, Nonday, March 2, 2015. A long time at sea. A DOZEN mermaids had to be rescued from a storm drain in . Florida. They had got stuck there after crawling into culverts from a . Lagoon at a place called Satellite Beach. Crews from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and the local . Fire department worked through the night to rescue the mermaids. . They had to use earth-moving equipment. Rain was forecast and there was thought to be a risk the mermaids . In the ear...
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Linscott At Large: August 2013
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013. The Idler, Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Legbreaks in the bar. IT'S ASTONISHING where you can learn new facts. I was at the Street Shelter for the Over-Forties the other evening, toying idly with a glass, when the barmaid showed me something extraordinary a ball made entirely of tightly wrapped elastic bands. If this cold weather continues, that cricket ball will be the size of a football in no time. When I mentioned this, the barmaid told me a curious story. Somewhere ove...They ...
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Linscott At Large: November 2014
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Thursday, November 27, 2014. The Idler, Friday, November 28, 2014. A PROFESSIONAL tea taster has had his tongue insured for £1 million . R173m) after five years of intensive training made him a master blender. His British employers, Tetley Tea, arranged it. Taster Sebastian Michaelis can . Taste and grade any one of the world's more than 1 500 varieties of tea in just 15 . A tongue and its tastebuds. This is something new. . Lopez has insured her derriere (not her larynx? Badly under-insured if you ask me.
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Linscott At Large: September 2013
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Sunday, September 22, 2013. The Idler, Friday, September 20, 2013. THE ATMOSPHERE of the Southern Districts came to Durban this week that sense of space, slightly rarified air in the foothills of the Drakensberg and hot sunshine alternating with biting cold. The tales are charming and unpretentious, often hilarious. I especially like the one where Tod was hauled out of bed late one night, after a very hard day with cattle, to attend to the sealyham terrier of one of the gentry. After going to bed that ...
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Linscott At Large: June 2013
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Sunday, June 23, 2013. The Idler, Friday, June 21, 2013. LAST TELEGRAM ENDS MSGE. WHAT happened to telegrams, with their pithy content of "telegraphese", cutting down on costs charged at so much a word? They got replaced first by the fax then by e-mail, that's what. Except in India. There you can still send a telegram: "CONGRATS WHAT NOW? Cables between foreign correspondents and their newsdesks have become part of the legend. The London Daily Telegraph had a policy of sending in its man on a news story ...
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Linscott At Large: October 2014
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Saturday, October 25, 2014. The Idler, Monday, October 27, 2014. The York and Lancasters. IN France last week 15 British solders were reburied at Bois-Grenier, 100 years after . They died in World War I. Their bodies had been found buried in a nearby field five . Years ago, and astonishingly advanced DNA methods made it possible to positively . Identify 11 of them. All were members of the York and Lancaster Regiment and some of their . Last Post, all the military honours. Where it has attached itself to ...
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Linscott At Large: The Idler, Tuesday, March 31
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Monday, March 30, 2015. The Idler, Tuesday, March 31. THE totally senseless row in Cape Town over the Rhodes statue . And here in Durban over King George V) recalls the lines of Peter . Hier het ons stetjoes, elkeen soos 'n mens: . Ou Afduim-Murray, Hofmeyr met sy pens; . Hiers Jan van Riebeeck, bakgat aangetrek. In sy plus-fours; Cecil Rhodes wat jou wys . Wa' die reisiesbaan lê; en vorie Paalmint-hys . Ou Mies Victoria met ha' klein spanspek. Here we have statues, each one like a person:. A legendary s...
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Linscott At Large: July 2013
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Sunday, July 21, 2013. Fw: The Idler, Friday, July 19, 2013. Original Message - - -. Registration23.windhoek.987@blogger.com. Saturday, July 20, 2013 5:26 PM. The Idler, Friday, July 19, 2013. MY OLD SHIPMATE John Crickmay, of Uvongo, tells me his old school, Kearsney, has a rugby record that has to be unique. Where are they at school? On the contrary, I'm delighted to spread this information. I'd no idea they were playing rugby at Kearsney. BEWARE of flying bulldogs
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Linscott At Large: The Idler, Thursday, April 2
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Monday, March 30, 2015. The Idler, Thursday, April 2. Rugby in the boondocks. Oscar Brand is my name,. America is my nation,. Drinking gin my claim to fame,. Seducing girls my occupation,. Tiddly-aye-aye, tiddly-aye-aye,. Tiddly-aye-aye, the one-eyed Reilly,. Jiga-jig-jig, jiga-jig-jig,. Jiga-jig-jig tres bon . YES, it's time to fine-tune the vocal chords for rugby songs. . Kokstad Rugby Club celebrates its 125th. After next with a Vodacom match at the club ground between the . Playing in its competitions.
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Linscott At Large: The Idler, Monday, April 6, 2015
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Saturday, April 4, 2015. The Idler, Monday, April 6, 2015. SUCH excitement at the Street Shelter for the Over-Forties on . Maundy Thursday – that giant sinkhole was right outside. What happened was that one of the pipes to the draught pumps . Sprang a leak, scouring out the road's underfill and creating a huge . Underground lake of beer. Two hefty wenches were crossing at the intersection to attend the . Thursday evening quiz competition. Then – collapso! Were not quite thought through:. Programmers can ...