Friday, 27 June 2025

 .....and what else, dazzlenation?...well, why somebody had thought it was 'penguins' - i'm not entirely sure....but anyway....the order of the thistle, anybody?....you step on a thistle - you'll pay for it etc etc......go figure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Thistle

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Thistle+Chapel/@55.9493735,-3.1904131,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e5!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgICDn5T3KQ!2e10!3e10!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgps-cs-s%2FAC9h4noTJjmiM9wKldCyn1yrUexbyP6ovTT_Yq68DTbQ4k9BBqal5jC4j-hjtAOobuD9r27vDVjFmRb912k55XLsPAzwEL4B10dXkhwtxnyQiKUsS-ayj4YhjY567U1uiUm8KtS_cXvO%3Dw203-h360-k-no!7i720!8i1280!4m7!3m6!1s0x4887c73619012fe5:0x6a3afd99265937f6!8m2!3d55.9493639!4d-3.1904105!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11g2wv4wzh?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYyMy4yIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D


additionally, remember 'crunchy nut cluster' breakfast cereals?....the original had been a health food - was it jordan's etc etc....it was called 'granola' at any rate...oats, honey and almonds....go figure:



....and er...oh this is weird....an alleyway but also an allusion to a 'tunnel' perhaps?



X marks the spot....st giles and cafe nero - 'red google balloons'....hmmm...all vaguely 'deja vu'...."they'd wanted to remember cafe nero" replies BI online...who, exactly - those that had been 'jumped' in that alleyway, i suppose....go figure:





with a sidelong glance at underground at GIG central mining institute....remember that tunnel underground - which tapered off....got narrower and narrower as the ceiling got lower......a bit like a pyramid shape but sideways....where the explosives had been put....and then as the tunnel got wider....a paper wall (some sort of 'filter') across it....and upon the other side - boxes of 'dust' (see previous notes upon the 'birds eye custard factory' explosion)....and then back outside above ground....to view it all from the watchtower....'the big bang' no less.....with a party of japanese businessmen - who enthusiastically thanked the institute's staff after the 'show' etc etc....having seen a massive fireball exit the tunnel and hurtle down the railway track etc ..go figure:



and so what was the story behind etc etc:


hmmm...not forgetting the poisonous gas left behind - after the explosion, down the tunnel....the boss' most senior scientist/colleague had lost his life after opening the door from the control room to the experimental area, too quickly - after the explosion had happened....go figure:


and the historical note is all about the plague and poisonous gases....hmmm...i've been recently reading turn of the 20th century short stories....circa 1900s....to find out that there was a huge concern about 'miasma' i.e. the effluence from the marshes and from the sewers....reminds me of clacton, nowadays....regarding the drains....the sewers and stagnant pools of 'horror'....as a cyclist, after a rainfall....you can smell it....quite overpowering....and in my flat - i have to put down bleach every week....just like in hospitals - to clear that terrible smell...nothing else gets rid of it....as it goes, eh?




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