Archive for July, 2007

Pilot Conversations

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

There’s a joke database on this site. Every now and then I get a new joke and I update the 200+ jokes available. One came in yesterday that I thought I’d share it here. There are more pilot conversations like it in the database.
The German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered [...]

A Dusty Old Machine

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Each morning on my way to and from dropping Nathan at his childminder’s flat, I walk past a block of flats that has a diagonal façade above which is a square overhang. The space underneath is closed by a mesh shutter, and nothing has changed behind it since I’ve been walking past it these past [...]