BE icon from AtD era
Doc Sportello
coolwithdoc at gmail.com
Fri Jul 25 10:07:46 CDT 2014
Get another one that is, I had one but have it away
On Jul 25, 2014 8:06 AM, "Doc Sportello" <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't remember that thread so I must have not read it. I'm pretty sure
> was thinking of the bit in GR I just didn't realize that that was where I
> read it.
>
> I think I might crack and get a kindle, that search function is getting
> too enticing for me to ignore it any longer.
> On Jul 25, 2014 7:41 AM, "Mark Kohut" <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, Monte Davis did a memorable post here on the Argentine plains bit
>> in GR and the gauchos and in that thread or another we talked about
>> barb-wire fences....
>>
>> Pynchon contains everything.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Jul 25, 2014, at 8:50 AM, Doc Sportello <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for that podcast. It was interesting. It reminded me of something
>> I read, and I can't remember where I read it but I think it was either
>> something posted here, or in Gravitys Rainbow, or maybe an article about
>> Borges (I think my brain has simmered long enough to go back and re-read GR
>> now) about Gauchos in Argentina, and the placing of barb-wire fences. If
>> someone here knows what I'm talking about could you let me know where to
>> find it?
>> On Jul 25, 2014 2:51 AM, "John Bailey" <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Look at the magnificent chaos of all of those cars and pedestrians! So
>>> many ways of singling up all lines that hadn't yet been imagined. No
>>> dividing stripes or crossings, pedestrian signals, traffic cops,
>>> median strips, keep left signs (probably keep right over there),
>>> two-dimensional zebras, speed cameras, sharply defined sidewalks,
>>> internalised fear of traffic, commercials reminding us of the
>>> pedestrian's responsibility for their own life. Not against most of
>>> these things but fascinated by the way they have crept into our lives.
>>> The photo reminded me of a recently heard episode of 99% Invisible (a
>>> podcast devoted to the hidden logics behind our built environment).
>>>
>>> http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/episode-68-built-for-speed/
>>>
>>> "Long dividing lines and clear vistas give the illusion that you're
>>> going at a reasonable speed..."
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > http://www.shorpy.com/node/18231
>>> -
>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>>
>>
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