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Posted on 24th September 2009

This blog will change somewhat from now on. I will be starting a new book so will be thinking about things other than sewage and shit. I will still think and write about sewage and shit, but not exclusively. Hence the trains and the whale. Expect much writing about ships.

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Trains

[24th September 2009]

My brother has been building a model railway set forever. For as long as I can remember, there were always days andnights when I had to go out ...

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Whale

[24th September 2009]

I have stopped watching the news but I switched it on. Sometimes you can learn stuff. It was late in the broadcast so time for news that was ...

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Paperback Row

[24th September 2009]

The New York Times mentions The Big Necessity in the latest Paperback Row, a list of paperbacks they like. This is very flattering, given that paperbacks don't ...

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Matudzi

[24th September 2009]

I recently spent a week in Mozambique looking at the progress of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) projects there. It was impressive. And memorable: I won't forget an ...

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Engineering

[20th September 2009]

I applaud engineers, so liked this piece in the Telegraph about Brunel, Stephenson and Locke. I also liked the reference to sanitation, though if you blinked you ...

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Funicular

[20th September 2009]

I didn't know that some funiculars were operated by water. You fill the top one with water so that it's heavy and descends, and so that it ...

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