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Entries from December 6th, 2006

Headline of the year?

December 6th, 2006 · Comments Off on Headline of the year? · Life

The BBC website has a late contender for the title of headline of the year, with this : Flatulence leads US jet to divert

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Lets hear it for traffic wardens!

December 6th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life

I have never shared the popular view of traffic wardens – possibly because I was shacked up with one for a couple of years – but always felt that they are, at worst, a necessary evil. Although they are the target of much hostility I always suspected that those who complain about them would have […]

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What I learned today

December 6th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life

I may have mentioned before a novel called The Planets by James Finney Boylan. It is brilliant, weird and funny. It is set in the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania which is a real place but is one of the strangest aspects of the book. Anyway, I lent this book to someone at work who then […]

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Pension tracing

December 6th, 2006 · Comments Off on Pension tracing · Work

One other piece of information from the union which might be more practical than pointing out the dangers of re-enacting the French Revolution while under the influence of alcohol is the promotion of the government's Pension Tracing Service. Now that many of us move from job to job during the working life and may not […]

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A trade union Christmas message

December 6th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Work

I feel I have to share this. In the latest pack of reps’ information I received from my union there is a topical section on various seasonal employment and health & safety issues like putting up decorations with a stepladder instead of standing on swivel chairs, sexual harrassment at the office party, and accepting gifts […]

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Destinations

December 6th, 2006 · Comments Off on Destinations · Life

I noticed the other day that the destination board which was over the entrances to platforms 3 to 6 at Waterloo station had been removed. I wonder where it has gone? It had been obsolete for some time – ever since the plasma displays were introduced. I’m sure the plasma screens are better for all […]

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Over the top?

December 6th, 2006 · 8 Comments · Life

Our new neighbours over the road have gone just that little bit further than most other households with their Christmas decorations – and bear in mind that a lot of houses here are festooned with flashing lights. They have a decorated tree in the middle of the front garden, and under the kitchen window is […]

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