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    What Are You Reading

    I've read a few before myself, so jumped at the chance to get a complete collection that was published a few years ago. Going to move onto some of REHs pulp contemporaries when I'm done, Lovecraft in particular. Also reading (or looking at the pictures) American Art Deco by Carla Breeze.
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    What Are You Reading

    The complete chronicles of Conan by Robert E Howard. One of the Golden Eras more overlooked literary figured, with Tolkien one of the fathers of the modern fantasy genre.
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    Pol Roger is my drink of choice regardless of the meal, event. Anyone else agree?

    I prefer Bollinger, but I wouldn't object to being left only with Pol Roger if it came to it.
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    The Antipodean thread

    Agreed, I just finished watching it, superb production. Radically different to the book mind you, but I've no problem with that.
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    The Antipodean thread

    Had to go out, Tivo'd it though. Already have excited emails saying how good it was from a vintage friend. Going to watch it in a few minutes.
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    What's for Dinner?

    Wood-fired pizza at some local gourmet winery.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Upstairs, Downstairs, the revival. Much more palatable than Downton Abbey.
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    Australian Prime Minister Tribute to American Veterans

    I should have said, this sighting was at Warnambool on the south-west coast of Victoria, a long way from any potential invasion routes. There was certainly Japanese submarine activity, not least the attack on Sydney, I just don't recall if they were active in that area of if the story was...
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    Australian Prime Minister Tribute to American Veterans

    My grandfather remembers an outbeak of mass hysteria along the southern coast when someone claimed to have seen a Japanese submarine (I think they may actually have seen one, I forget the details). They thought it was the prelude to an invasion. But Shangas is right it isn't political, the...
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    Art Deco 'superyacht' Lady Christine IV

    The exterior is, sadly, just a standard modern one, and quite dull. The interior is the star, quite a relief to know it is still possible to commission such a thing. The tyranny of modernism isn't quite absolute.
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    Australian Prime Minister Tribute to American Veterans

    While I would never underplay the importance in American involvement in the Pacific in safeguarding Australia during WWII, there was never any serious intent to physically invade the Australian mainland. The proposed plans, such as they were, were opposed by Prime Minister Tojo and were...
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    Flinders Street Station to Undergo Extensive Restoration Project

    How perverse, the local council in my city of 80,000 can apparently borrow $40m to build council office blocks when half the office space in the city is empty, but the Victorian State government can't find $20m to restore one of Melbourne iconic buildings?
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    What Are You Reading

    Inventing the Louvre by Andrew McClellan, a history of the development of that (second) greatest of world museums.
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    Art Deco 'superyacht' Lady Christine IV

    These super yachts are usually indescribably vulgar, but this one is rather nice: Salon: Dining Room: Master bedroom: From here, more pictures and links etc. Just the right side of the opulent/vulgar line, very Art Deco in that as well.
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    Vintage things you're happy are still here.

    Milo, the greatest chocolate drink in the world, created in Australia in 1934.
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    Phryne Fisher/1920s Melbourne come to Television

    I believe so, yes. It features in the first few books quite prominently.
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    Phryne Fisher/1920s Melbourne come to Television

    A couple of promotional pictures for this series have been released:
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    What are the Oldest Objects you Own?

    The oldest items I have would be these: Athenian tetradrachm after 449 B.C Persian Siglos, Xerxes-Ataxerxes period 485-424 B.C. I'm afraid I can't help but show off my Roman solidus: Ms Rue, I second the Venus attribution, she seems to be holding an apple which is another important...
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    The Antipodean thread

    Splendid, taxpayers money being spent destroying more of their own architectural heritage. The fact it isn't heritage listed merely illustrates how inadequate our heritage listings are. Not that it would make much difference, the heritage listings are ignored if the developers have enough money.
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    Forbidden items in my home...

    Well, forbidden items, let's see: Any form of cream that comes in a spray can. I can spend a couple of dollars and a few minutes whipping cream in a bowl, or I can more for the privilege of buying reconstituted cream and air in a can for considerably more. Zealots, whether political...

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