tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post7030361627298469833..comments2023-08-21T02:52:22.496-07:00Comments on Koos Fernhout: More pleasurable absurditiesKoos Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721221805692321011noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-54922817584862198482008-11-28T09:23:00.000-08:002008-11-28T09:23:00.000-08:00Exactly!Exactly!Koos Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721221805692321011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-26154780151742440522008-11-27T13:02:00.000-08:002008-11-27T13:02:00.000-08:00It's like a river flowing backwards?It's like a river flowing backwards?Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390048543612668055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-86178128571365695742008-11-27T09:17:00.000-08:002008-11-27T09:17:00.000-08:00Well, to kill part of a good story with the truth,...Well, to kill part of a good story with the truth, there is a dredging company that maybe once or twice a year needs locking through to take their barges and towboats to the shipyard in Krakow, but with a frequency like that they might just as well dedicate a telephone number to the service, and do useful things the rest of the time.<BR/><BR/>Maybe they <I>did</I> run out of money, and now they have trouble completing this and similar projects due to environmental comnsiderations...Koos Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07721221805692321011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-63749961840077111892008-11-26T22:53:00.000-08:002008-11-26T22:53:00.000-08:00Haha Koosje. It reminds me of the highway section ...Haha Koosje. It reminds me of the highway section they started building in Cape Town and then ran out of money, so it just stops in mid air over one of the busiest parts of the city. Mind you, we have the A4 here as an example too, don't we?<BR/><BR/>What's interesting about your story is that the Poles keep working the locks when there is nothing that can use them...maybe the odd canoe perhaps?Vallypeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08309284606572565277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-83241756508500719842008-11-26T20:48:00.000-08:002008-11-26T20:48:00.000-08:00Did they run out of money perhaps? We have a local...Did they run out of money perhaps? We have a local university that started by building the outer faculty residences, working its way to the centre. And then funding was cut... Nothing like a good hike from one lecture to another in the middle of a winter snowstorm, as I learned during my undergrad days.<BR/><BR/>xx<BR/>AMAnne-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960236584908811801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16946298.post-40712328059517547812008-11-26T18:00:00.000-08:002008-11-26T18:00:00.000-08:00Nothing like getting pleasure from the absurd...Nothing like getting pleasure from the absurd...Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390048543612668055noreply@blogger.com