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Soup of This Day #57: Captain Cook, Corporal Punishment and Major Star
Looking across the dry Gascoyne River bed towards a series of small wooded islands. These islands were where Longworth72 and wife were when they got the call about a house (6 months after this photo...
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Soup of This Day #61: Now I’m Standing On The Corner, All The World’s Gone Home
Perth, Western Australia. The city skyline from Kings Park looking down to the CBD – Photo: Gorant87, 2011. Gorant87 is not affiliated with Longworth72. Image cropped by Longworth72. Australia is the...
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Soup of This Day #92: Wild Horses Could Not Drag Me Away
An engraving of the finish of the 1881 Melbourne Cup, won by a horse named Zulu. Just 2 years previous the British Army had suffered a catastrophic loss to the Zulus at the Battle of Isandlwana,...
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Soup of This Day #140: There’s A Joke Here Somewhere And It’s On Me
Baseball Park, Thornlie, Western Australia. The ABL’s Claxton Shield lives here – Photo: Sean Mack, 2007. Sean Mack has no affiliation with Longworth72. Image cropped by Longworth72. Back in my early...
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Soup of This Day #142: Tempted By The Promise Of A Different Life
Perth, Western Australia. Possible birthplace of the pavlova – Definite birthplace of Longworth72. Kings Park is the dark green area at the bottom of the image. Above the park and to it’s left is the...
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Soup of This Day #194: Trying To Remember All The Wild Breezes
The Gread Red Spot (GRS) on Jupiter is a persistent anticyclonic storm. It can contain roughly 2-3 Earth-sized planets within it’s bounds and wind speeds can top 600kmph. It’s probably not worth...
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Soup of This Day #284: Behind Those Doors It’s A Wilder Ride
Curling is a gentle, well-paced winter sport. In this instance it is being played at Fingask Castle, Perthshire in Scotland. No doubt there’ll be some single-malt awaiting the competitors at the timely...
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Soup of This Day #319: And This Ain’t A Bad Place
Honouring Minnesota’s Scandinavian roots, the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) have disappointingly just settled for painting the horns on their helmets – Photo: TonyTheTiger,...
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Soup of This Day #350: It’s Good To Have You With Us
A light tower that sits atop Fenway Park’s Green Monster wall – Photo: Soe Lin, 2010. Soe Lin is not affiliated with Longworth72. Image cropped by Longworth72. When I was younger and still living with...
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Soup of This Day #361: Just Like Fire Would
This is either, a. The aftermath of a supernova, SNR 0519, that occurred in the constellation of Dorado around 150,000 years ago or, b. The aftermath of a supernova, SNR Perth, that occurred in the...
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