General Erection

It's True About Construction In Manchester -
 - it never stops going on.  If you were an early reader of the blog then you will recall my postings about the work going on at Victoria Station.  This amounted to the builders removing the old station's steel carcass, before moving a new skeleton into place.  Not quick, one has to say -

Intermediate stage - the old station gone, the new one not arrived yet.

     Here we are a year later, with the old bones gone and the new arriving.  In fact, the ribs and vest (to coin a phrase) have been added and the latest issue is of translucent plastic, rather like this proposition:

As from a vantage very high up

Following on from this, we shall have Noma and Angel Square, viz:

Highways In The Sky*

  And now let us have a skyline view of Manchester at work:

More cranes than the RSPB can cope with

All, truly, erections at work.  NO LAUGHING AT THE BACK!

A Little Critical Analysis
We have focussed on that track by Turin Brakes, "Painkiller, already, and now we are able to continue beyond the second stanza.  Be aware that one line is rather rude, and since BOOJUM! is both Safe For Work and small children, this will have to be glossed-over.  Well, then, let the motley begin!

"Summer rain, dripping down your face again"

Ah me yes, this person lives in England, we have Summer rain 9 months of the year.

"Summer rain, praying someone else feels the same"

WHAT! Do not wish a vertical torrent on other people, Gade!

"Take the painkiller, cycle on your bicycle"

Is this about illegal drugs?  Because you can't get more than one packet of Ibuprofen at Asda, thanks to the law.

"Leave all this misery behind"

Er - we haven't established a Base Misery Level yet.

"My  love,  giving me DREAD"

I had to interpose "DREAD" here as the alternative is quite smutty

"Feeling very guilty, breaking the bread"

As well you should be!  Bread is frangible and delicate and should NOT BE BROKE!

"Losing my attention, I'm taking the world on"

The odds are then very much against you - 7 billion to one.

I Don't Do This Very Often.  For A Reason
I may have mentioned earlier that I do not often watch television, as not only do you have to sit on the settee, but that you have to endure a whole lot of adverts, too.

Like this!

     They bang on about being "more dog" and yet utilise - a cat.
     Not merely recently, this has been going on for ages.
     Dog - cat - reticulated python - GET IT RIGHT!

Well, Really!
I was hammering on yesterday about the "War Machine" magazines that I'd just acquired, wasn't I?

And what do we have here but a letter from the seller (presumably) about Odham's (a publisher) and their insurance.  

     Since this is 25 year's old correspondence I don't think there's any issue here, but - note that the photo is taken from sufficient distance to prevent it being read -

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* I stole this from Be Bop Deluxe.