tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post116000171509915798..comments2024-03-13T07:34:24.149+00:00Comments on The Age of Uncertainty: Notes from the Underground...Steerforthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07627936539372313828noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-610864255984950372008-07-07T00:22:00.000+00:002008-07-07T00:22:00.000+00:00Thank you for pointing me to this post: fascinatin...Thank you for pointing me to this post: fascinating stuff, and quite moving, too. It also reminded me of that scene in 'Threads' where the public servants are all work in their bunker and then the roof falls in, killing them all. We were actually shown 'Threads' in class by our English teacher--I don't think I ever quite recovered from that.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-1160928555792161522006-10-15T16:09:00.000+00:002006-10-15T16:09:00.000+00:00An interesting post Steerforth.Like you I do not w...An interesting post Steerforth.<BR/><BR/>Like you I do not wish to sound crass but I felt much the same after a week underground on jury service in a rather horrible drug trafficking case.<BR/><BR/>Those of you familiar with Her Majesty's Courts [in whatever capacity] will know that the majority are without natural light.<BR/><BR/>I spent a good while after we delivered our verdict outside , looking at the sky; angry, angry, angry.<BR/><BR/>The words that came most clearly to my mind were from War of the Worlds; when the survivors come up out of the sewers - "And oh, the sweetness of the air".<BR/><BR/>AndrewAndrew MishMashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07676174370950920478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32570460.post-1160055752900262332006-10-05T13:42:00.000+00:002006-10-05T13:42:00.000+00:00My god...My god...Elizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.com