The Little World

Did you realise that when you are the creator of your own Little World that you do not need to admit others to your counsel? That you can act as sole dictator and arbiter of all disputes? It is a sobering thought that can make anyone feel drunk.

I experienced it recently while laying out the new building site for Stein’s Air World near Wet Dog Regional Airport. The four big plots that will take the main hangar and museum buildings were measured with several aircraft to see if there was going to be enough space to house all the exhibits. Even allowing for the use of the old WWII control tower complex as an outdoors area for display of the Bofors and the vehicles, it was going to be a tight squeeze getting all the fighter planes into one building. Unlike cars, aircraft are awkward shapes.

The answer turned out to be adding a second story to the buildings. Reinforced flooring for the second story and a removable roof section to add or remove exhibits should do the trick and the display area is thereby doubled. It will mean acquiring a suitable mobile crane but that is no problem these days. The structures are away from the main runway anyway.

It must be hell to have to answer to a central committee or a regional council when it comes to this sort of building. There would be bound to be factions and interested parties and someone would have a finger in the construction pie somewhere. And as soon as you turned up an Indian arrowhead or a bit of 1840 pottery some heritage or First Nation hit squad would close down the building site and demand a Royal Commission and/or a kickback.

It’s good to be King…

Note: I can also feature governmental emblems and words in my signage. Unlike in Australia, where one needs especial Prime Ministerial permission to use three words from our national anthem as the title of a photo exhibition. We are the land of the Jobsworth.