{"id":6317,"date":"2013-09-20T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T19:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2013-09-20T15:35:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T19:35:04","slug":"what-is-the-dock-part-oh-ive-lost-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2013\/what-is-the-dock-part-oh-ive-lost-count\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is The Dock &#8211; Part oh I&#8217;ve lost count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Doesn&#8217;t seem long since we last cleared the board for Dock customers to answer that question which has occupied the finest minds (and some that are just OK) for millennia: What Is The Dock?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ph11oto.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6318\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2013\/what-is-the-dock-part-oh-ive-lost-count\/ph11oto\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ph11oto.jpg?fit=640%2C584&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,584\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379273154&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.13&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"What Is The Dock\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ph11oto.jpg?fit=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ph11oto.jpg?fit=640%2C584&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6318\" alt=\"What Is The Dock\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ph11oto.jpg?resize=640%2C584\" width=\"640\" height=\"584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ph11oto.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ph11oto.jpg?resize=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alongside a few examples (grrr) of people just using the board to write their name (yes, well done, you can spell your name), and a rather scary face (which I think might&#8217;ve been drawn by Jorge, the &#8216;Face From Space&#8217; artist) &#8211; here are a few of the more striking comments this time around:<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is The Dock? &#8211;\u00a0Just great&#8230; Friendly and loving&#8230; Just what we need &#8211; decency and service to others&#8230; Adorable&#8230; An asset&#8230; Just what Belfast needed&#8230; This place deserves a big hug&#8230; What the world should be more like&#8230; Love this wee place&#8230; Epic&#8230; The shizzle&#8230; Serene&#8230; Relaxing&#8230; Funny&#8230;just what the McCords needed&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cool, eh? \u00a0I especially love <em>&#8216;What the world should be more like&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Dock ethos is also the subject of a new flyer in the cafe &#8211; a way of letting all the new students at the Met (hello, hungry hordes!) know who we are and what we&#8217;re about:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phocddto.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6319\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2013\/what-is-the-dock-part-oh-ive-lost-count\/phocddto\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phocddto.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dock manifesto\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phocddto.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phocddto.jpg?fit=640%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6319\" alt=\"Dock manifesto\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phocddto.jpg?resize=640%2C853\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phocddto.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/phocddto.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doesn&#8217;t seem long since we last cleared the board for Dock customers to answer that question which has occupied the finest minds (and some that are just OK) for millennia: What Is The Dock? 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