tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010147813963673887.post3674188878453287408..comments2023-07-04T04:55:37.531-07:00Comments on I Thought I Was Done With This . . .: Off the WagonIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08472907995249596020noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8010147813963673887.post-61815881661022699802009-05-14T12:04:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:04:00.000-07:00This post inspired me to read more about diving be...This post inspired me to read more about diving bells, and it turns out that I've been a bit wrong to have been describing our wonderful new espresso machine as looking like a diving bell. I had no idea that a true <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_bell" REL="nofollow">diving bell</A> was just a big bell that you would squat under.<br /><br />Whereas the classic copper and brass helmet worn by Tintin in <I>Red Rackham's Treasure</I> is really a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_bell" REL="nofollow">diving helmet</A>.<br /><br />But the phrase "diving bell" has such a better ring to it.Iannoreply@blogger.com