I was really kicking myself yesterday. I was out the front of the office, and a bloke cycled past on a 3-seater bike, just like the Goodies used to have, on one of the rare occasions I didn’t have my camera with me. It would have been better if he had two mates on with […]
Entries from June 23rd, 2006
Only banana in Ghana?
June 23rd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
They won’t be doing the pogo in Togo, and it will still be Coca-Cola in Angola, but I’m willing to bet there will be a lot more than banana being consumed in Ghana tonight after they got through to the second round of the World Cup! While I am slightly tempted to dig out my […]
Tags: Fashion·Football·World Cup 2006
True colours
June 22nd, 2006 · 3 Comments · Politics
Dave ‘the chameleon’ Cameron showing his true colours already. The other day he made a speech and said (about Asda): We need to big it up, talk about it, promote it, and get others to do the same! This was prompted by Asda’s supposed family-friendly working hours and flexibility. Today is the news that union […]
Tags: Tories·Trade Unions
Fixtures
June 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Fixtures · Life
After the World Cup is over we have the new domestic football season to look forward to, and the fixture list has just been released. I have just been looking at the fixtures for West Ham. After 6 weeks without any footie we start the season playing Charlton at home. I suppose it was inevitable […]
Joseph Wright of Derby
June 21st, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life
I made another flying visit to the National Gallery at lunchtime today. I really should go there with some sort of plan to visit different rooms each time and eventually get round all of it, but I keep returning to the room with the Canaletto and Guardi paintings, then fly past the Turners, Constables and […]
Nuclear deterrent
June 21st, 2006 · 11 Comments · Politics
Just who do we think that our nuclear deterrent is supposed to deter? Gordon Brown is talking about renewing Trident at a cost of anywhere between £10bn and £25bn. The way defence contracts go it will be nearer to £25bn and possibly higher. That has to be something like £500 for every man, woman and […]
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Anti-social behaviour in Broadfield
June 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on Anti-social behaviour in Broadfield · Life
There is a meeting of the Broadfield Forum at the community center on Monday July 3rd at 7pm and the theme of the meeting is anti-social behaviour. As the posters for it say: The forum is an opportunity for Broadfield residents to discuss local issues with councillors and officers of Crawley Borough Council, the police […]
Send in the clones
June 20th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Technology
I have noticed a few photos on Flickr where people have cloned themselves so that there are two or three of them in one picture and decided I would like to have a go at it myself. I looked into it and found that the way to do it is with the 'history brush' in […]
Tags: Photos
Extreme landscaping
June 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on Extreme landscaping · Life
About a month ago I went for a walk along the path in the woods behind our house. It had been raining a lot and I wanted to have a look at how well the drainage stream there was coping – its a way to pass the time during a drought… A couple of years […]
Homeland security threat
June 19th, 2006 · Comments Off on Homeland security threat · Life
The ever-vigilant Stef Z has reported that our transport system is coming under increasing surveillance from furtive men who are observing every movement with their bare eye and with binoculars. They are making meticulous notes on the exact locations and schedules of public transport vehicles and taking hundreds of photographs for unknown purposes. So far […]
