Author Archives: Tim

Photo blogging from the coast

One little job once we had done some basic unpacking was to see if all the bits of my backpacking tent, which has been packed away for years, were present and correct. The tent is pretty much bomb proof. Tested … Continue reading

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Betrayal…

I’ve been at the Times again. Two articles that caught my eye: This:- This country’s education system is a betrayal of this country’s children. It blunts their intelligence, narrows their perspectives and blasts their future prospects. How often does that … Continue reading

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Error Reporting

This problem was caused by Windows, which was created by Microsoft Corporation. There is no solution for this problem at this time.

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It Snowed

Then someone stole the scenery.

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Blasted Heath

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CP Pool

The pool is the whole point of the place after all. ED: And we have grey squrrels fighting on our roof. Well, I think they are fighting.

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Happy New Year

May 2009 bring you everything you deserve.

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More Christmas Beach Antics

Some photos from our walk on Sunday. Bracing would describe it with an icy East wind off the sea. Big and Small loved running on the beach and scampering up and down the groynes. We finished off with hot chocolate … Continue reading

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It’s Christmas!

We went to the seaside, so we had to go to the beach. Dusk and the sea was flat calm. Big and Small were thrilled, Jax and I were mainly cold. Merry Christmas!

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Bailiffs get power to use force on debtors

The government has been accused of trampling on individual liberties by proposing wide-ranging new powers for bailiffs to break into homes and to use “reasonable force” against householders who try to protect their valuables. Under the regulations, bailiffs for private … Continue reading

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Evolution

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Bunny didn’t make it

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Extinction

Not quite sure what to make of this. Looks like an ad for the book “Future Files”, interesting web site, not sure that much is new though.

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2008′s Most Regrettable Bank Slogans

From Cityfile New York. Must go and have a look for a few from this side of the pond. I bet there are some gems there too.

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Self Geograph

I have managed to Geograph quite a few people and this is a triumph. In this one you can just see me reflected in the ball.

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In a boat and not rowing

Benefit claimants, including single mothers, will have to “play their part” in the economy or face losing some state payments, the government says. Under plans to be unveiled on Wednesday, people will be asked to do some form of work … Continue reading

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My Squat

Any idea how many posts I have to make before this stops being Jax’s blog and becomes my blog? Edit: I am reckoning that if I can just keep on posting until her last post is off the RSS feed, … Continue reading

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Basic Skills

A GLOUCESTER careworker thought all her Christmases had come at once when her bank said it had extended her overdraft facility to £84million. … “They have obviously made a mistake – if they were right I could be one of … Continue reading

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Interactive Smalls

Big and Small have both been playing on Buildabearville (the online marketing and promotion channel for those tacky make your own cuddly toy shops). Today, (after just one failed attempt), they have managed to get their characters to communicate. This … Continue reading

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Something about Geograph

A lot of you know that I am a map nut and am very into the Geograph site. (FWIW, it is fascinating, brilliant, a contribution to the historical record of the British Isles for posterity, and sometimes, as in the … Continue reading

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