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Entries from August 31st, 2004

Dentists

August 31st, 2004 · Comments Off on Dentists · Life

It was only the other day I was bitching about my teeth and about the availability of dentists generally. On Monday I was up at the local shops and noticed a sign which said that the Broadfield dental practice is re-opening under new management. I just confirmed this by checking the NHS Direct website and […]

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Floors

August 29th, 2004 · Comments Off on Floors · Life

Well I finally got round to laying the laminate flooring in the ground floor hallway. What a performance! 3 sets of architraves to cut around… I made a bit of a mess of it, but the overall effect is good. Its only a problem if you look at the edges, but they will get covered […]

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Ringtones

August 29th, 2004 · Comments Off on Ringtones · Life, Technology

I was looking at Play.com just now, having a look to see what stuff is new (good deal on the Star Wars DVD box set!) and decided to have a look at their Ringtones section. Maybe its my age, but I still find it hard to get my head around the idea of people paying […]

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Bloody weddings

August 29th, 2004 · Comments Off on Bloody weddings · Life

There was a wedding reception at our local community centre today. Very nice for the family concerned I am sure, but not much fun for mine. Our local centre is an independant charity, managed by a cross-section of local people on behalf of the churches who own it. Jayne chairs the committee which manages it […]

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Brighton

August 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on Brighton · Work

Here is a perfect example of why I need to stop commuting… I left work early today and caught a Brighton train at Clapham Junction which was exactly one hour earlier than one I caught earlier in the week. (I was meeting J at Three Bridges station so didn’t need the Bognor/Chichester/Horsham trains which go […]

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The Grimleyplex…

August 26th, 2004 · 1 Comment · Technology

I found this web site today… The chap seems to have acquired some nice hardware, but obviously it didn’t leave enough cash over to have much to watch on it!

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New job?

August 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on New job? · Work

Well, I didn’t get that job… The feedback was that they liked me, but didn’t think I had enough experience managing customers. I think they are wrong, but its probably my fault for not getting across the idea that 4 years as a local councillor meant dealing with my several thousand ‘customers’ every day. Ah […]

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Potato Men

August 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on Potato Men · Life

We just watched a film called Sex Lives of the Potato Men which sounds like it should be a bad SF movie from the title. Actually its a comedy which has opinion divided. When it came out there was a lot of comment about how its just smut, and aiming at the lowest common denominator. […]

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Anniversary Pt 2

August 24th, 2004 · Comments Off on Anniversary Pt 2 · Life

Although our wedding anniversary was last Friday, Jayne wanted to celebrate today. Basically, she wanted to treat me to a dinner and today was her payday. We went out to TGI Fridays in Crawley: maybe not the most intimate and romantic place in town, but we both like the food. Mind you I was a […]

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No news is good news?

August 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off on No news is good news? · Life, Work

Maybe. Maybe not. Still heard nothing about that job interview last week. But on the plus side, I managed to lay a bit of flooring tonight. Only the little bit at the bottom of the stairs to the living room, but its a start. Now I can see how it is all done I can […]

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