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Lands’ End Wool Pea Coat – review.

Posted on Mon Dec 19 2011 by Tim

I am not really a coat person. I don’t like being muffled and winter coats I have tried on in the past have always felt like I was being suffocated with blankets. My staple has always been lightweight stuff, most … Continue reading →

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Stay Away

Posted on Thu Mar 31 2011 by Tim

“UN nuclear monitors have advised Japan to consider expanding the evacuation zone around the stricken reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. An exclusion zone with a radius of 20km (12 miles) is currently in place but the UN says safe … Continue reading →

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Happy St Edmund’s Day

Posted on Sat Nov 20 2010 by Tim

Have a great day today, celebrating the feast day of England’s patron saint, St Edmund The Martyr  

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The Last Piece Of Chocolate Cake Scenario

Posted on Fri Nov 12 2010 by Tim

There it is, on the table, it is a chocolate cake, a good chocolate cake. There is only one piece left. You want it. I reckon there are four types of people. Selfish You want that last piece. The challenge … Continue reading →

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Rubbish Christmas 2010 – Must Have Christmas Tree

Posted on Sun Oct 31 2010 by Tim

It is rare to find an item which is thoroughly awful in concept, tacky in execution and utterly ugly. But then, there is always The Range. This year, they are offering a 170cm Cascading Snow Tree – Black, a snip … Continue reading →

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Rubbish Christmas 2010

Posted on Mon Oct 18 2010 by Tim

Rubbish Christmas is back! I would say it was by popular demand, but it isn’t. For all the noobs out there who who haven’t partaken – this is Rubbish Christmas. And we are off to a flying start with not … Continue reading →

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A Bit About PR

Posted on Sun Apr 18 2010 by Tim

I have never been much of a fan of PR. For one thing, I would like to see truly local MPs, for another, in the past I had fallen for the “you will never get strong government” line. However, looking … Continue reading →

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Shape Of Things To Come

Posted on Tue Mar 23 2010 by Tim

Scientists from Rand Corporation have created this model to illustrate how a “home computer” could look in the year 2004. However, the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the … Continue reading →

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My Kind Of Town

Posted on Sat Mar 13 2010 by Tim

Officials in Pecica, a village town about 13 miles from the Hungarian border in the country’s west, ordered the bright red signs, complete with the phrase “Attention – Drunks”.

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The Right of A True-Born Englishman

Posted on Fri Mar 12 2010 by Tim

MP calls for burkas to be banned in Britain An MP has called for ministers to ban the wearing of burkas, branding it ”offensive” and ”against the British way of life”. Dear Mr Holloborne, how I dress is my business. … Continue reading →

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Politics – Wish List – Electoral Reform

Posted on Fri Nov 20 2009 by Tim

Proportional Representation I must admit I am not convinced by proportional representation, amongst other things I cannot quite see how it could be achieved without breaking the link between MPs and the localities they represent. At the moment, we vote … Continue reading →

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Books That Stuck (Part The Second)

Posted on Mon Jul 27 2009 by Tim

See here for Jax’s list and the rules. Winnie The Pooh – A. A. Milne Mein Kampf – Adolf Hitler Barbarossa – Alan Clark Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury The Sentinel – Arthur C. Clarke Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens … Continue reading →

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It’s time for the truth about spending cuts

Posted on Mon Jul 20 2009 by Tim

The scale of Ireland’s financial crisis is chilling. A government panel of economic experts yesterday proposed huge spending cuts, including the axing of 5 per cent of all public sector jobs. Things are not quite that bad in Britain. But … Continue reading →

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Wearable Food

Posted on Mon Jul 6 2009 by Tim

Small modelling a chocolate 99. We are big on wearable food here, my speciality is the egg and bacon sandwich tie.

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Irony

Posted on Sat Jun 20 2009 by Tim

From Every Parent Matters Letter from then Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, March 2007 Parents and the home environment they create are the single most important factor in shaping their children’s well-being, achievements and prospects. We know that the overwhelming majority … Continue reading →

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Historic Hunger Figures

Posted on Fri Jun 19 2009 by Tim

World hunger is projected to reach a historic high in 2009 with 1,020 million people going hungry every day, according to new estimates published by FAO today. The most recent increase in hunger is not the consequence of poor global … Continue reading →

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We built a beach

Posted on Sun May 10 2009 by Tim

We live so far from the seaside, the poor little souls had to make their own.

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A Little Spring Cleaning

Posted on Sat Apr 25 2009 by Tim

We have a bench, a rather sad bench, covered in lichen. We will let it dry, clean off the last bits of lichen, wash it down and then it can be oiled. Big really worked hard and happily at a … Continue reading →

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Why numbers no longer win arguments

Posted on Thu Apr 2 2009 by Tim

… Our treatment of numbers is not like our treatment of the old. It’s hard, except in rare cases, to be outraged by abused statistics. And in truth there’s nothing new here. But we’d do well to remember that numbers … Continue reading →

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Why point the finger at home-educators?

Posted on Thu Apr 2 2009 by Tim

We should not be surprised that schools are the latest instrument for checking up on families, says Bernard Trafford … In the storm of outrage that followed the tragedy of Baby P, fingers were bound to be pointed. Inexplicably, they … Continue reading →

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