01 December 2016

Hawaii

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A ladder engine from the Honolulu fire service - driver at the front, another person steering at the back and a surf board for... surfin...
20 November 2016

Sydney-cont

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Long after they disappeared from London's tube network, the wooden escalator still makes an appearance at Museum Station in Sydney. ...
17 November 2016

Sydney

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Some observation from a brief visit. A new seven storey timber framed building going up in Barangaroo. Well used protected cycle ...
07 September 2016

Almost worthless

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Travelling through Egypt in the 90's I was given some of these notes by a bank.  Despite appearances the denomination is not zero.  The...
25 August 2016

Airships - the Airlander 10 and others

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Yesterday the world's largest aircraft, the Airlander 10 crashed during its second test flight in Cardington, Bedfordshire, causing dam...
17 August 2016

Middle East Part 3

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In 1999, I crossed the border from Turkey into Syria and spent my first night in Aleppo at a hotel with dirty, blood stained sheets, do...
16 August 2016

Where does the heat go?

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We have a relatively new (2011) timber framed house.  It was built to comply fully with the current New Zealand Building Code and has glass...
15 August 2016

Middle East Part 2

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While travelling across Turkey towards Syria, we stopped in Cappadocia.  Towns like Goreme and Nevsehir are carved out of the surrounding s...
10 August 2016

Another break in transmission

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More hand surgery and more plates and screws to fix the remainder of a very complex problem:  A 30 year old injury and surgery combined wit...
24 July 2016

Middle East Part 1

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In 1999 I travelled through Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Egypt on busses, boats and trains.  In Turkey, the lira was suffering severe ...