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  • "The Navy's here"

    "The Navy's here"

    Jeez but I'm a sentimental bastard at times… I was walking up Moorgate this morning and sirens started blaring. It was a police car going at a sedate pace, escorting a Green Goddess fire engine straining to go as fast as it could and behind it was a small open-backed lorry with a flashing blue…


  • End of an era

    End of an era

    Well, I just e-mailed Julz at T21 and asked him to delete my user ID. It's sad, but I know it's the right thing to do. It must be three and a half years since I first found the Stakehouse at the late, lamented, BuffyUK.org. Maybe two and a half -I can't remember if it…


  • Breakdowns

    Breakdowns

    It was a weekend where things didn't work… Well, okay, my car worked but since the plan was to abandon it at the garage where it's going to have its MOT and take the train home, it felt like it hadn't worked. Lisa's car played will-it, won't-it with us all weekend before deciding it wouldn't.…


  • :eep:

    :eep:

    Got this link in the B3ta newsletter… and now Lisa's hanging from the ceiling. http://www.housegymnastics.com


  • Another exception to the 'no poll' rule

    Another exception to the 'no poll' rule

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  • Feeding White Hart

    Feeding White Hart

    Note to all those Tangent21 members reading this: I have now set up a syndicated feed of White Hart's LiveJournal (with her agreement, obviously). Anyone who wants can add her to their friends list and get all her posts showing up on friends' view, even though she's across the divide with the smily happy people…


  • Light relief

    Light relief

    Well happy. Figured out how to add and cartoons to my friends list. :o) Now all I need are Tangent 21, PW Torch and Forza Minardi updates…


  • 'ello 'ello…

    'ello 'ello…

    Footsteps in the ceiling, the sound of sawing – looks like the moles (or whatever they are) have returned…


  • 23516

    23516

    With reference to last night's AGM of the Feltham and Heston branch of the Liberal Democrats: AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHH – kill! maim! destroy! Bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards bastards…