-> Exactly ... but Auckland City Council have made their last  
-> blacksmith redundant years ago - now all such work is contracted  
-> out to some object fabrication service in China, answer-centred in  
-> India and supervised by a special subcommittee of ad-hoc  
-> maontenance and repair activities who liase with local librarians  
-> in their role of property and maintenance supervisors.... 
  
Who said anything about the City Council? Someone should just do it, 
and worry about permission and payment later. 
  
When I lived in Birmingham, England, there was a blacksmith who worked 
close to my parents' house. I used to go to him with sketches on scraps 
of paper, and he would turn them into solid metal. Having a way to turn 
one's dreams into reality makes one a much more practical dreamer. 
  
Next time you see the sundial, take a pencil and a bit of plasticene 
and rig up a gnomon. Maybe when people see how simple it is, they will 
get around to making a real one. 
  
                           dow 
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