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| + | '''The Driver, having observed through the low clouds, candle-lit Windows in the Distance ... The rush of the Weather past the smooth outer Shell ... Link-men waiting in a double line ... their torches sparking intensely yellow'''<br> | ||
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| + | '''Cremona Violin'''<br> | ||
| + | Cremona is a town in Italy. "From the 16th century onwards, Cremona was renowned as a centre of musical instrument manufacture, beginning with the violins of the Amati family, and later included the products of the Guarneri and Stradivari shops. To the present day, their work is widely considered to be the summit of achievement in string instrument making" -- [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cremona#Music Wikipedia] | ||
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Revision as of 21:02, 12 August 2007
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The Driver, having observed through the low clouds, candle-lit Windows in the Distance ... The rush of the Weather past the smooth outer Shell ... Link-men waiting in a double line ... their torches sparking intensely yellow
Is the coach flying? Are the Link-men's torches illuminating the outer-edges of a landing strip?
Cremona Violin
Cremona is a town in Italy. "From the 16th century onwards, Cremona was renowned as a centre of musical instrument manufacture, beginning with the violins of the Amati family, and later included the products of the Guarneri and Stradivari shops. To the present day, their work is widely considered to be the summit of achievement in string instrument making" -- Wikipedia
Zouks ???
Page 363
"Another bonny gahn-on tha've got us into"
Reference to Laurel and Hardy ("That's another fine fess you've gotten us into!")?
Page 364
trans-Elemental Uncle Toby
Uncle Toby is a character created by Laurence Sterne in his major novel.
Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768) was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. -- Wikipedia
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Iliad of Inconvenience
Another example of "inconvenience" meaning life, the unplannable details of one's life with others in the world. See Inconvenience in the Alphabetic Index listing for other page references. As well as ATD, of course.
