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Written by Sinclair Davidson
December 6th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Posted in Uncategorized
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We tend to forget that trade and urbanization are the grand stimuli to invention, far more important than governments, money or individual genius. It is no coincidence that trade-obsessed cities—Tyre, Athens, Alexandria, Baghdad, Pisa, Amsterdam, London, Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, San Francisco—are the places where invention and discovery happened.
— Matt Ridley
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Oh, weep, Sinc. Makes me want to take a plane to Banf in Canada for a full and trad White Christmas wid da kids. Not possible this year though.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.
7 Dec 12 at 8:18 am
Oh dear. Just mentioning on Bunyip about my mum singing a favorite Christmas song of my grandmother to me when I was little, and I thought I’d chase it up.
It was Vera Lyn. I had no idea. It actually made me cry all over again.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) B.
7 Dec 12 at 1:28 pm
Sigh,,,,,,,,:-)
Louis Hissink
7 Dec 12 at 2:27 pm
I’ve never had a white Christmas, although I’ve lived in Narnia long enough to know that one ought.
Ellen of Tasmania
7 Dec 12 at 4:15 pm
You need to head up to the top of Mount Wellington in July, Ellen.
Xmas in July? Why not?
Anne
7 Dec 12 at 4:19 pm