tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post2125973564451388664..comments2024-01-13T10:12:47.756+00:00Comments on Ranting Stan: Quote of the dayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-50479520250607381812010-05-26T22:24:25.182+01:002010-05-26T22:24:25.182+01:00I've come to understand that 'real' co...I've come to understand that 'real' conservatism is organic, in the true sense of the word. ie, it grows authentically from the living organism.<br />As opposed to implanted/superimposed ideologies, which rot beneath a fake veneer of function, eventually succumbing to total rejection by the organism.dunkirk spiritnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-24625463969166753092010-05-25T23:44:10.754+01:002010-05-25T23:44:10.754+01:00When I think of Victorian times, as a retired engi...When I think of Victorian times, as a retired engineer, I often wonder how long it would have taken Brunel to build the Great Western Railway in this era. Judging by the time that it took to build the high speed railway from the Channel Tunnel to London, maybe he would have managed to get from Paddington to Reading in his quite short lifetime!<br />And remember that he also built a few bridges and ships in his spare time!<br />I despair about the modern way of doing things.English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34993014.post-20033423433381354652010-05-25T00:32:21.274+01:002010-05-25T00:32:21.274+01:00Bloody good comment. Well written.Bloody good comment. Well written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com