tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post115443863854723920..comments2024-03-07T11:39:09.758+11:00Comments on Will Type For Food: Metaphors for the Modern WorldTimThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1154614275347917662006-08-04T00:11:00.000+10:002006-08-04T00:11:00.000+10:00Topiary for all, but never indoors.Topiary for all, but <I>never</I> indoors.TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1154607614846227232006-08-03T22:20:00.000+10:002006-08-03T22:20:00.000+10:00The last one is wrong: dictators require no follo...The last one is wrong: dictators require no followers; they are anti-leadership - they dictate. That's the whole point of being a dictator, yeh? <BR/><BR/>That shop has been there since before I was born, I think, which means it has definitely been there since before you were born Timmy. I'd long thought it had become a mere shop-front - or a mere facade of a shop (?) - maintained for sentimental / historic reasons. I'm astonished to hear that it's still a real shop, and the stairs are real and everything.<BR/><BR/>Racing season is on its way Tim and that means topiary for all!Cazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387674413840435759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1154562563927378252006-08-03T09:49:00.000+10:002006-08-03T09:49:00.000+10:00There is no hattery like the Melbourne Hattery! Th...There is no hattery like the Melbourne Hattery! They're on the corner of Flinders and St Kilda Road, down a little stairway underneath the Flinders Street station, which is itself a grand piece of Edwardian architecture. So going down there is like a little adventure. <BR/><BR/>Plan to get myself a bowler hat there one day, give it a rakish tilt, and wander down Collins Street ...TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1154526154806821802006-08-02T23:42:00.000+10:002006-08-02T23:42:00.000+10:00Yes, you know I live in Sydney, right? I'm sure w...Yes, you know I live in Sydney, right? I'm sure we have a better haberdashers...somewhere...Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1154477401699568602006-08-02T10:10:00.000+10:002006-08-02T10:10:00.000+10:00Speaking of hats (and we were, weren't we?), there...Speaking of hats (and we were, weren't we?), there's quite a good haberdashers right in the middle of Melbourne. Bowlers, boaters, top hats, Trilby's - all manner of topiary!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7529903.post-1154443728311413872006-08-02T00:48:00.000+10:002006-08-02T00:48:00.000+10:00Purchasers of self-help books are right up there w...Purchasers of self-help books are right up there with women who own hat stands and are best avoided. Still, it's lovely to know they they know they need some kind of help.Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03417138778733226637noreply@blogger.com