Patrons are reminded that this rickety barge is kept afloat by the kindness of strangers. If you’d like to help it remain buoyant for a while longer, there’s an orange button below with which to monetise any love for this low establishment. Debit and credit cards are of course accepted. For those wishing to express their love regularly, there’s a monthly subscription option top left. Additionally, any Amazon shopping done via the search widget top right, or for Amazon US via this link, results in a small fee for your host at no extra cost to you. For newcomers wishing to know more about what’s been going on here for the last eight years, the reheated series and greatest hits are good places to start.
Again, thanks for the support, the comments, and the company.
Eight More Years, They Cried
Is that a demand or a lament?
Joking. Have a drink or two on me, Mr Thompson.
Posted by: sH2 | February 16, 2015 at 12:03
Is that a demand or a lament?
Depending who you ask, it could go either way. And cheers.
Posted by: David | February 16, 2015 at 12:11
Tip jar hit. Eight more years!
Posted by: Bev | February 16, 2015 at 12:28
Keep up the good work.
*hits tip jar*
Posted by: [a] | February 16, 2015 at 13:32
Consider the tip jar tickled - warm regards from chilly New England.
Posted by: damnyankee | February 16, 2015 at 15:15
This is the only blog I visit where I always read all the comments.
Well worth some $
Posted by: Michael Stone | February 16, 2015 at 16:40
This is the only blog I visit where I always read all the comments.
The best reading is usually in the comments. It’s why this place is here. And thanks to all who’ve chipped in so far. It’s much appreciated.
Posted by: David | February 16, 2015 at 17:13
Gladly. I must have spent hours here (lurking until now).
Posted by: another lurker | February 16, 2015 at 20:26
Tipped.
Posted by: Neil | February 17, 2015 at 06:50
OT: Thought this was a joke and followed link.
https://twitter.com/MarkGSparrow/status/567584064245616640
Not a joke.
Posted by: Sam | February 17, 2015 at 10:16
Thanks for running great blog.
Tip jar hit.
Posted by: RY | February 17, 2015 at 12:11
Just hit the Jar.
Well, I suppose Seagoing Lairs won't pay for themselves:
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/54/0e/d9/540ed93057f06a178ea9097b8f8261ce.jpg
Posted by: Jonathan | February 17, 2015 at 12:23
Paypalled. Loving the 'reheated' series. Lots of stuff I missed.
Posted by: AJH | February 17, 2015 at 12:44
Loving the ‘reheated’ series. Lots of stuff I missed.
I think it’s useful for newcomers and for people who have better things to do than read this blog every single week. And I’d like to think some of the points made in those posts, and in the comments by others, are still relevant. I don’t think of this place as a particularly ‘newsy’ blog, in that it isn’t dependent on what’s happening today or events of the week. It’s more about issues, attitudes, common conceits… that kind of thing.
And again, thanks to all the tip jar ticklers. It makes a big difference to how much time I can spend gassing with the likes of you lot.
Posted by: David | February 17, 2015 at 12:56
I worked all through the winter
The weather brass and bitter
I put away a tenner...
Gotta have a talk with Stanley about these wages. I got blogs to support.
Posted by: wtp | February 17, 2015 at 16:19
I got blogs to support.
[ Rubs gold coins on nipples. ]
“Sorry, what were you saying…?”
Posted by: David | February 17, 2015 at 16:32
Consider the tip jar tickled - warm regards from chilly New England.
Even warmer regards from the unnaturally warm Wasatch Front, where my flowers are blooming a month out of season.
The spring bulbs can handle any cold that comes their way, but the roses, clematis, and honeysuckle, who have been cajoled into leafing out, cannot.
Yay.
Posted by: dicentra | February 17, 2015 at 20:19
Wasatch Front!!!
I'm headed there next week. Don't you people be using up what little snow is still there to water your silly flowers. You're supposed to get 5" over the weekend. Do not touch. Us tourists pay a billion bucks of your taxes, you know.
Posted by: wtp | February 17, 2015 at 20:32
Well, I suppose Seagoing Lairs won't pay for themselves:
Calm Down, David, that is Not Jean-Luc Picard and you don't get to play in the transporter room.
Instead rather, that's oceanographer Jacques Piccard and astronaut Jean-Loup Chretien . . . .
Posted by: Hal | February 17, 2015 at 22:16
Just keep your eyes on the prize.
Last I heard, the snow was "like buttah," which isn't as good as it sounds.
Seek out the resort with the highest altitude and you should be OK. They lie about their snow depths, BTW, so go with altitude.
Posted by: dicentra | February 18, 2015 at 02:59
More bad art, please. *hits tip jar*
Posted by: sk60 | February 18, 2015 at 07:43
More bad art, please.
Ask and ye shall receive.
Posted by: David | February 18, 2015 at 11:06
*tips*
Thanks for some good reads on boring train journeys.
Posted by: Alice | February 19, 2015 at 08:43
Love monetized. Don't tell the wife.
Posted by: p | February 20, 2015 at 12:02
A token of appreciation, David.
Posted by: F | February 21, 2015 at 19:11
Great blog, David.
Posted by: Stu | February 23, 2015 at 11:33
Much overdue filthy lucre contribution finally dispatched. Hope one of these days I should emerge from the lurker chrysalis to mature commenter.
Posted by: venceslao | February 23, 2015 at 23:00
Kaching. :-)
Posted by: M | February 25, 2015 at 21:37
For making me laugh many times despite being on the tube at 7am.
Posted by: J | February 27, 2015 at 07:36
Keep up the great work, David. I'd miss my weekly fix. *hits tip jar*
Posted by: done lurking | February 28, 2015 at 09:39
Thanks to all who’ve contributed. It’s what keeps this place here and is much appreciated.
Posted by: David | February 28, 2015 at 10:03