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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the radio show Kabar. i'll keep an eye out around October 28th for the other programme, and let you know if it turns up online too (fyi the BBC makes the majority of their radio output available online sooner or later, so the chances are good.)

5 metres is about 17 feet, i think. thats just a rough guess, you can probably find some sort of online converter on Google... nice idea for a thread.

Yesterday afternoon a programme called Hobo Heaven was broadcast on Radio 4 in the UK... In America, every profession has its annual convention. Even the hobo is invited once a year to the Iowa town of Britt for a celebration of his lifestyle. Gerry Anderson reports. Listen here. (by the way the first 90 seconds or so of that stream are NOT from the programme) It was good to hear spoken accounts of hobo life from some of the people Kabar mentioned in his own report from the convention - Captain Dingo, Sunrise and Adman are a few of the interviewees i can remember off the top of my head. Its hard for me to explain to you the context that these shows are written and broadcast in. Radio 4 schedules are filled with little snatches of life from around the world, don't be offended if this half hour documentary barely covers the hobo lifestyle or if it seems like its just dipping into it in a patronising way. Hopefully the cheerfulness of the presenter will convey that they aren't trying to do those things. Anyways give it a listen... Love this thread by the way!

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As far as i know Britain offered aid when the scale of the disaster became clear. It was declined. The U.S has ignored offers from some of the worlds poorest nations including Cuba, Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Paraguay and El Salvador.

One of the starkest facts i've read here, in England, is that the affected area is larger than the UK. I think those of you who said they'd simply walk out, even Kabar who i gather is something of an outdoorsman, should take that into consideration. Walking 300 miles in a couple of days is impossible, and walking out into the countryside without knowing where you will take shelter from a hurricane that is about to strike is madness.

i dunno, the only plot he went into detail about was Northolt. fuck Centrals, who really wants to paint a fuck off tube of Aquafresh??? :lol: and most people know about 'end station' plots like Amersham, they just look at a tube map. but how to do that particular one these days isn't immediately obvious to yer average dumb toy i think. the stories didn't strike me as hot. peace

Easily the best thing ever posted by a UK writer on this site.