{"id":596,"date":"2018-05-24T21:44:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T21:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=596"},"modified":"2018-07-30T21:45:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T21:45:21","slug":"sticks-and-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/05\/24\/sticks-and-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"STICKS AND STONES"},"content":{"rendered":"

How difficult is it to lay some paving stones? Some members of the subtext collective have some domestic experience in this sort of activity. Patios have been laid without too many problems. So if this is actually your job of work, laying some paving stones as a professional contractor should be a \u2018walk in the park\u2019 or a perambulation along the spine. You would think. However, news has reached subtext that down the south end of campus, staff have witnessed the exact same set of paving stones being dug up and re-laid three times. Not quite comparable but the thought of delivering the same lecture three times until you got it \u2018right\u2019 would incur some disciplinary action \u2013 or perhaps not!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How difficult is it to lay some paving stones? Some members of the subtext collective have some domestic experience in this sort of activity. Patios have been laid without too many problems. So if this is actually your job of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[296,11,332],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-construction","tag-design-the-spine","tag-issue-178"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-9C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":779,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/10\/11\/subtext-181-mean-as-you-start-to-go-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":596,"position":0},"title":"subtext 181 – \u2018mean as you start to go on\u2019","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"October 11 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Every so often during term time. Letters, contributions, & comments: subtext-editors@lancaster.ac.uk Back issues & subscription details: http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/about\/ In this issue: editorial, evening teaching, gender pay gap, UA92, wellings, stansted 15, heaton-harris, masons, buses, letters. **************************************************** EDITORIAL Over the long hot summer of 2018 market forces required us to undertake radical\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "editorial"","block_context":{"text":"editorial","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/editorial\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":715,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2018\/09\/13\/building-works\/","url_meta":{"origin":596,"position":1},"title":"BUILDING WORKS","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"September 13 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We aren't so nimbyist as to complain about the eyesore that campus has become or so stupid as to think that building works can be completed without a bit of disruption, but we draw the line at people being unable to work. 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Notably, the \u2018Wetlands Bridge\u2019 project opposite the Charles Carter building has been dropped so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "news"","block_context":{"text":"news","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1124,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2019\/06\/28\/overheard-on-the-spine\/","url_meta":{"origin":596,"position":4},"title":"OVERHEARD ON THE SPINE","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"June 28 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Overheard conversation between two managers (one senior) walking down the spine one lunchtime: - If they don't like working here they should just leave. - Instead of moaning staff should appreciate how lucky they are working in such a nice environment. - It would be good to arrange a meeting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "news"","block_context":{"text":"news","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":63,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2017\/10\/12\/letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":596,"position":5},"title":"LETTERS","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"October 12 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Dear subtext, Can anyone who saw this kind of behaviour from doors [see article on weird door behaviour in subtext 165] let me know which ones? 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