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“Daddy, what is Coca Cola®?”

Can’t be many seven year olds who need to ask that one.

She is now on the computer surfing the Lego site. She likes the Eiffel Tower (lots of pocket money) and is complaining that the flash movies are taking too long to load. I have told her I will get some pedals for the computer to make them load faster.

Small is be recalcitrant, doesn’t want to tidy anything away. He also managed to cover himself in milk at lunchtime – explained the hydrodynamic issues surrounding the downside of tipping up a container while sucking on a straw……

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4 responses to “One of a kind”

  1. t-bird avatar
    t-bird

    ROFL at not knowing what cola is – Aprilia knows it’s stuff that mummy drinks to stay awake when very tired but rots her teeth (and is great fun to soak coins in to make them shiny)
    and I love the image of pedals to make the Net faster – if it works can I have some too??

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  2. Tim avatar
    Tim

    You didn’t know about the pedals? 😐

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  3. T-bird avatar
    T-bird

    no! where are they???

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  4. Tim avatar
    Tim

    You didn’t notice them?
    Ok. Put both hands on the handlebars, sorry, keyboard. position yourself squarely in front of the monitor. Stretch out your legs and pedal like mad.

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