Monthly Archives: May 2007

They may be watching you,…..

…but they certainly don’t want you watching them. Here is the full list of MPs who voted to give the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill a third reading: Labour MPs Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East) Graham Allen (Nottingham North) Janet … Continue reading

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Winston was here – spirit of the times

It has come to our attention that SOME OF YOU are not behaving yourselves. For the protection of all right thinking bloggers and blogreaders, as well as you lurkers (and yes, we do know who you all are), we have … Continue reading

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All brawn and no brains

Strongman winner claimed benefit, I mean, fancy thinking you would get away with that? …….still, it does seem to have taken them quite a while to work it out. In further (estate agent related) idiocy: There is one particular agent … Continue reading

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Party planning

Will this work? Small wants a party. I think I can hold it at his school, making it much more convenient for ppl who live up that way. I’ve built up a list from yellowmoon that includes foam mask kits … Continue reading

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It’s raining again.

But yesterday I put some shirts out before I went out, and mother brought it in again, so at least Tim has clothes for next week. The second load just got raining on, so I don’t think any of the … Continue reading

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They’re at it again.

MPs battle over freedom exemptions: And in a letter to the Times, several groups, including the Campaign for Freedom of Information and Liberty, condemned the bill. They wrote: “To pass this bill would send an extraordinary signal to the public … Continue reading

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Another week.

Offset shifts are really confusing my bodyclock. I worked Mon evening, got home and to bed at 1.45am and got up to go back into the office at the normal time on Tues. Then Tues night we stopped in Meltham, … Continue reading

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Democracy in action.

Tim got a letter, urging him to be involved. I particularly recommend paragraph 2. Then Labour MPs decided they didn’t need any of those pesky labour party members or non politicians involved after all. Gordon Brown says he is “truly … Continue reading

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A quote

“The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity, and worship without sacrifice. Mahatma Gandhi”

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one more blog

delayed posting, no I’m really at work now “”If the customer is an extremely strict vegetarian, then we are sorry the products are no longer suitable, but a less strict vegetarian should enjoy our chocolate,” said Paul Goalby, corporate affairs … Continue reading

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Found it.

a couple of months ago, or maybe longer, Small handed me a picture that he’d done at school. It completely blew me away, and I made a mental note to scan it to save it, as well as putting it … Continue reading

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decluttering continues apace

if apace can be thought of as limping and rather slow. I’ve found the side in the dining room. This means I’ve generated another bag of rubbish to adorn our fortnightly collected bin. I’ve also thrown out about 100 balloons, … Continue reading

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Imagining The 10th Dimension

. I think I got lost around 5 dimensions, see how you do.

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Up before 9

and blogging before 10, on a Sunday at that! In fact, I was up before Small and that never happens on a weekend. Let’s see, I blogged yesterday middle of the afternoon, there wasn’t an awful lot else that went … Continue reading

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More estate agentese

“Standing in fabulous gardens to the rear ” Well, think about it moron, if it is standing in the fabulous gardens, then they would not be “to the rear” they woul dbe on all sides, or around, or something. “upper … Continue reading

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Small Artwork

Can you tell what it is yet?

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Education in everything.

Today Tim was reading the blogs (as we do) and took time out to dunk the penguin. Small found this fascinating, and was soon set up on the bunnyhero labs site, clicking on various animals for all he was worth. … Continue reading

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ID cards

are getting more expensive, but you won’t have heard it on the news as: The figure was released as Tony Blair announced his departure, leading to claims from the opposition that the government was “burying bad news”. No, really? Read … Continue reading

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That there consultation.

Now I could have sworn that the consultation I read specifically said that it wasn’t about changing the regulations around home education. Let’s see, the email I got said: “it has been decided not to propose any changes to monitoring … Continue reading

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google games

first seen at Lucy‘s. Google your name with needs – eg “jax needs” to be Baptized (for Christ’s Sake!!) been there, done that – if christening counts? A GOOD HOME!!! I’d like to move… coverage. ? a date got one, … Continue reading

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