tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post2592896533199779382..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: The dust-heap of historyRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-59675127562566096242011-12-24T07:43:34.321-08:002011-12-24T07:43:34.321-08:00Very interesting, as always, Ray. Merry Christmas!...Very interesting, as always, Ray. Merry Christmas! Of course "dust man" is much more poetic than the "trash man" we use here in the colonies. And, I dare say our garbage heaps would yield infinitely more variety since we barely recycle. But the best of the above was the "hardware" and "software." Babbage would be proud.Dr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255898610620668624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-55622998874897814402011-12-24T07:02:48.532-08:002011-12-24T07:02:48.532-08:00Thanks. I now understand why we call them "br...Thanks. I now understand why we call them "breeze blocks" and Americans call them "cinder blocks". I wonder if they still use cinders. <br /><br />(BTW, while I'm here, is there any chance you could set blogger to show the entire post in the RSS feed, rather than just the first couple of paragraphs? Would make it a lot easier to read on my smartphone).Leonnoreply@blogger.com