http://airminded.org/2008/01/16/straight-to-the-pool-room/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:50:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://airminded.org/2008/01/16/straight-to-the-pool-room/#comment-68644 Brett Holman Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:50:43 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/01/16/straight-to-the-pool-room/#comment-68644 Sorry to rope you into this post, George, but his mention of Lawrence and Australia was just too perfect an opportunity to pass up! You're right on all counts, of course. Some people are just grumps, and I guess Pericles is one of them ... Sorry to rope you into this post, George, but his mention of Lawrence and Australia was just too perfect an opportunity to pass up! You’re right on all counts, of course. Some people are just grumps, and I guess Pericles is one of them …

]]> http://airminded.org/2008/01/16/straight-to-the-pool-room/#comment-68452 George Simmers Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:48:53 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/01/16/straight-to-the-pool-room/#comment-68452 George Simmers is thoroughly aware that he's wasting his time, and enjoys pointless exercises. What would life be without them? Mr Pericles is probably right in implying that you don't learn much accurate info about Australia from "Kangaroo" - but you learn a lot about Lawrence, and about England, too. (I'd be willing to argue that it's more of a "condition of England" novel than it is a "condition of Australia" one. If Mr Pericles doesn't realise that digging out old snippets from the past is an immensely enjoyable exercise, and occasionally a staggeringly enlightening one, then I feel sorry for him. George Simmers is thoroughly aware that he’s wasting his time, and enjoys pointless exercises. What would life be without them?
Mr Pericles is probably right in implying that you don’t learn much accurate info about Australia from “Kangaroo” - but you learn a lot about Lawrence, and about England, too. (I’d be willing to argue that it’s more of a “condition of England” novel than it is a “condition of Australia” one.
If Mr Pericles doesn’t realise that digging out old snippets from the past is an immensely enjoyable exercise, and occasionally a staggeringly enlightening one, then I feel sorry for him.

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