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Entries from July 25th, 2005

Photos

July 25th, 2005 · Comments Off on Photos · Technology, Work

I thought I would put a few photos here to brighten the place up. Unfortunately I keep forgetting to take the camera anywhere, but today I had it in my bag and took some pictures of work. Its not a great camera (Fuji 2 megapixel – most phones are better now) but then its not […]

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Too kind?

July 25th, 2005 · Comments Off on Too kind? · Life, Politics

I think some people can be too kind. I went to a campaign meeting at the Labour club. Our MP was there, and so was her husband. They had come from different places so came in two cars. This was good news for me, as I only live a few doors away and needed a […]

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Tories to go right-wing?

July 25th, 2005 · Comments Off on Tories to go right-wing? · Politics

Hot on the heels of Direct Democracy and C-Change, this week’s group of Tories with a big idea is called Cornerstone who are urging their party to adopt a “faith, flag and family” agenda. They sound exactly like people Alan Duncan described as the “Tory Taliban” last week. One of their ideas is to have […]

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Cleaning up Broadfield

July 23rd, 2005 · Comments Off on Cleaning up Broadfield · Politics

Recently we have had two cleaning-up events under the council’s ‘Lets FACE it’ programme. The first was in the courts area in Broadfield South, and the second at the flood pond near Rathlin Road. In both cases there were local residents doing the work, assisted by council officers who provided tools, supplies and some manpower. […]

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Bomb site souvenir

July 22nd, 2005 · Comments Off on Bomb site souvenir · Work

This is one reason why you are not likely to be catching a Piccadilly line train in the centre of London for quite a while. It is a section of 38-pair telephone cable taken from the Aldgate bomb site by one of our engineers. If you look out of the windows of a tube train […]

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Caption this!

July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Caption this! · Life

I came across this site just now. Like the Letterman Show, some of it is too American to be funny as I just don’t get the references and in-jokes, but some of the bits I do get are pretty amusing – like this entry Its a great idea though. Every day he posts a photo […]

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Chago Islands

July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Chago Islands · Politics

I would not normally recommend a repeat, but tonight ITV is showing John Pilger’s documentary Stealing A Nation at 11pm. This is of particular local significance to Crawley and West Sussex as many of the islanders affected have settled here. As their port of entry to the UK was Gatwick airport it fell on West […]

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Shark analogy

July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Shark analogy · Life

An interesting comment on anti-terrorism from an unlikely source. There was a story in an American blog about a shark fishing derby where a fishing boat landed a tiger shark of almost 1200 lbs but was disqualified for turning up to the weigh-in 6 minutes late. On the website Fark there was a discussion about […]

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Bored at work

July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Bored at work · Life, Work

Bored, bored, bored. I am very bored. I can’t remember ever being this bored before. If being bored becomes an event in the London Olympics I will win gold, silver AND bronze for Britain. I am very, very, very bored. Bored, bored, bored. This place is so boring. Why is this place so boring? Is […]

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Writing on cars

July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on Writing on cars · Life

I really should start carrying my digital camera with me all the time, or consider getting a camera phone. I saw something today which really made me do a double-take. I have always wondered what the point is in the writing on the back of cars. I can understand why they have the model name […]

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