plurabelle

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• Films

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 11 years

  

  The aleatorical elements were overplayed, don't you think?

  Unfortunately, no :)

• Films

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 11 years

  

  I thought BITWC was a pretty conventional film at heart: an overlong and fairly predictable love story, notwithstanding the whack of lesbian porn in the middle. Plus some slightly clunky symbolism and a kind of reactionary subtext about how class will out. Amazing acting though, especially from yer girl Adele.

• Books - What are you reading?

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 11 years, 4 months

  

  Is it any good? It gets a bit of a pasting here: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n16/ian-penman/even-if-you-have-to-starve

• Any question answered...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 11 years, 4 months

  

  Best pub to kill a couple of hours in Saxmundham?

  I cycled through Saxmundham the other day, lucky you. Not quite as pretty as Saxlingham Nethergate. Or maybe Saxthorpe.

• Food

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 11 years, 4 months

  

  Why does everything have to be called "Great British" whatever at the moment? I suppose it's indicative of some awful post-jubilee retro nostalgic patriotic bullshit. What rot. I mean, pizza?

• The Mercian appreciation society

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 4 months

  

  Thanks! I've only really ridden it round Norfolk lanes; I think toe overlap might be a slight problem in the city. But I love it.

• The Mercian appreciation society

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 4 months

  

  Plurabelle, lets see some pictures. It sounds good. I would like to build something similar in the future, the sort of thing Rourke do really well, modern steel road frames.

  Yes, that was the idea. I wanted a modern road bike, but steel, and it's worked really well (though, as I said, I think some people would disagree: it's not your classic Mercian beauty). I'll dig some out when I'm back in the city.

  EDIT: I have this one, before I built it up (ie none of these bits are necessarily the ones I built it up with or in the right position etc). With thanks to Mike at push....

  

• The Mercian appreciation society

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 4 months

  

  I've had a Mercian for a while now, and it just keeps getting better and better. I made some unusual design choices with it*, so it doesn't really look like most Mercians -- it's not the prettiest but it is the nicest bike I've ever ridden.

  *Pro-lugless 853 pro-team oversize tubing, grey, no banding or anything, sloping top-tube.

• Food

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 11 years, 4 months

  

  Nice. I've recently found a wild raspberry bush up the field behind my parents' house. (I clearly win.)

• UK "default on" ISP censoring will include "web forums" by default

  in Announcements, Help & Testing • 11 years, 4 months

  

  I was reading Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper novels when I was 12, if it helps. My mum didn't really mind. I think she was mostly pleased that I was reading beyond my age level.]

  I read Lolita when I was 12 by picking it off the shelf. I was a bit taken aback.