I gawp therefore I am. As in goggle = google. Have checked - the station
still has part-time staff - so perhaps an occasional thought pulls up -
'manning' btw comes from the Latin for 'hand' as in 'hands on deck' so it's
philosopher-gender-neutral.
Most of the dispensations went on in the nearby pub, as I vaguely recall.
It was in the days of Guinness still being good for you and the art of
carrying an upended bottle in a tudor jug of brown and mild. Manns brown
for that matter :)
when avant-garde poetry was easily available in the main city library or
arts centres - I don't think there'd be much support for a blue plaque
though - Culture is Money and is Staffed Only by Recognised Professionals
now - or something like that
On 2 June 2012 07:04, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Aah, shawcumBir, the David exister, woolly or no, I want to travel high,
> low and medium tracks, stopping only to have my ticket punched by David
> Hume or some other woolly contemplater. To travel or not to travel? To
> arrive or keep on truckin'? Would that each station could be philosopher
> -manned or womanned. Optional belief system dispensers could still be made
> available for those in need of mechanical dispensations.
>
> Are we on to something here poetryetceteras? Here's the etc we have all
> been longing for? A simple beginning might be an appropriate plaque on the
> shared house, the repository of all those once high hopes.
>
> Hoo roo,
> Claude Levi-Cuckoo
>
> On 02/06/2012, at 2:04 AM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > erm, whoever that was here, Bill. I don't know for sure, as I lost touch
> > with them after I left Birmingham, but I do know that almost all the
> staff
> > on suburban stations were replaced by ticket machines and CCTV, so I
> doubt
> > if it continued, as well as with the wonderful woolly and ritual-bound
> > structure of British Rail disappearing. In which it had space to happen,
> > like a mouse dancing about an elephant's feet.
> >
> > best
> >
> > david
> >
> > On 1 June 2012 14:45, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> My 'wog nose' is occluding, Patrick et al. Thanks 'passage' of time.
> >>
> >> Fascinating, whoever that was, about the philosopher-run railway
> station.
> >> Any updates on how that ended up panning out?
> >>
> >> Hoo roo,
> >> Bill
> >>
> >> On 30/05/2012, at 5:02 PM, Patrick McManus <
> [log in to unmask]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Keep snapping Bill - Cowes looks a fabulous place on my google
> thingy-and
> >>> nearish to Wimbledon heights (like me in Raynes Park) 'wog nose' is a
> new
> >>> term to me perhaps would not be too pc here!!
> >>> Cheers Patrick
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> >>> Behalf Of Bill Wootton
> >>> Sent: 30 May 2012 01:27
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Subject: Not very snappy wednesdsy snap
> >>>
> >>> Patrick,
> >>>
> >>> My poetryetc device has been removed.
> >>> I am a free agent at Cowes.
> >>>
> >>> My Melbourne wife is off
> >>> supporting her cancer-ridden father.
> >>>
> >>> I have the wog, nose
> >>> streaming, fresh aloe vera tissues,
> >>>
> >>> daytime tv insinuating
> >>> in the 'password provided' lounge.
> >>>
> >>> The queen can do no wrong,
> >>> Hawkins needs a knee op,
> >>>
> >>> bullying is being dealt with
> >>> by people with crossed legs in studio chairs.
> >>>
> >>> The ocean outside is white.
> >>> Where does the sky begin?
> >>>
> >>> Inside I am cozened by white noise
> >>> and false flamed gas heat.
> >>>
> >>> What will the afternoon bring
> >>> or I to it?
> >>>
> >>> Bill
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Joseph Bircumshaw
> > "We are shallow, mababaw ang kaligayahan."
> > -* F. Sionil José*
> > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/david.bircumshaw
> > twitter: http://twitter.com/bucketshave
> > blog: http://groggydays.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
>
--
David Joseph Bircumshaw
"We are shallow, mababaw ang kaligayahan."
-* F. Sionil José*
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
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