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I have to confess, when I am looking at photos such as these

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I am looking only at the aesthetics — the ambience (if it can be called such) of rooms that have been abandoned, the twisting lines and grimy colours.

A thing with pipes and wheels all over the place could just as easily be Heath Robinson to me; it looks absurd and even comical.

But then I have Cloggo to explain that it actually all makes sense!
He will get me in front of these machines and tell me precisely what’s going on, or used to go on, and it was that sense of wonder combined with engineering knowledge that drew me to him in the first place.

So now that I’ve been living near him for a while I’ve acquired all sorts of collectibles with working parts, as you can see here

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… most of them given to me by him.

I mostly just mess about with them and if a bulb occasionally lights up I have no idea how it happened.

And yet he gave me a job as a mechanic, sight unseen!
LOL.

And I still need to tell you about the flying lessons, don’t I. But then again what can I say?
I thought everyone could do it.

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