tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74924422024-03-07T09:19:44.050+00:00The random doubts of Walter MondaleNo Pasaran!Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.comBlogger798125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-37682937446158995112013-09-24T19:17:00.002+01:002013-09-24T19:26:15.853+01:00The best election data EVER.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am a political junkie.</div>
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Political junkie I am a.</div>
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Junkie political a am I.</div>
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A political junkie I am.</div>
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So it will be not a huge surprise to discover that I spent part of the other evening trawling the internet looking for data and maps relating to the recent German Federal election.</div>
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I stumbled upon a treasure trove of insane gorgeousness, the finest art I had found since falling in love with 'Bowsprit'.</div>
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With absolute respect and delight to the team at Die Zeit, Lisa Rienermann, Anna Lena Schiller and Sylke Gruhnwald.<br />
<br />Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-88494720456900231602013-05-29T21:27:00.002+01:002013-05-29T21:29:27.008+01:00Customer service<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love decent customer service.<br />
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Who doesn't?<br />
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<b>I need to tell you about this beautiful customer service moment.</b><br />
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In September I purchased a beautiful pair of Dr Martens boots.<br />
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Unfortunately they let me down.<br />
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After much 'umming and ahhing' I wrote to Dr Martens and explained the fault.<br />
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I was polite and reasonable.<br />
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They wrote back.<br />
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They offered to repair, replace or return the shoes. I just had to send my broken pair to them.<br />
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I sent them back, within a few days they told me that they would replace my broken boots. I just had to look at their website and choose a new pair. Sadly they no longer had they original pair in stock. They politely asked, could I find a new pair? I couldn't find a pair similar to the broken pair so I chose a pair of shoes.<br />
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There was a £15 difference in price.<br />
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I wrote to Dr Martens and explained that I was willing to pay the excess and they just needed to let me know how to do this.<br />
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They wrote back and said that the new shoes were already on their way and there was no need to pay the difference!<br />
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Bravo Dr Martens!<br />
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Brilliant customer service!Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-59535882165500140212013-05-16T21:44:00.002+01:002013-05-16T21:44:23.436+01:00Sailing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Broads views.<br />
Hickling at sunset.<br />
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Heigham Sound.<br />
Crisps.<br />
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Slow boat to Hickling.<br />
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Sunset over Hickling.<br />
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Finding 'The Pleasure Boat' inhospitable, we headed to 'The Greyhound' where we were greeted as liberators and fed like heroes.<br />
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A ramblin man.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-31185517118791505782013-04-20T20:40:00.001+01:002013-04-20T20:40:05.512+01:00I'm on the ropes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A long held ambition achieved.<br />
Why the hell had it taken so long?<br />
Saw the Eels live at the UEA (goddammit, still one of my favourite venues)<br />
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I had a head full of other stuff, work things, stress things, work things, work things , work things.<br />
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I saw the Eels and it was wonderful glorious.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-55580647522898859062013-03-12T21:22:00.002+00:002013-03-12T21:22:44.969+00:00I would go out tonight...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... I get a phonecall, not a message, a real life phonecall with a human voice on the other end, very 1986.<br />
It's my brother with a spare ticket for Johnny Marr!<br />
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A grainy photo which sums up a grainy yet wonderful evening with an absolute legend.<br />
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And yes, He played about six of his very own Smiths songs.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-74893088019310811832013-02-22T19:26:00.001+00:002013-02-22T19:26:49.569+00:00Uncle Danny Baseball Eve!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Can it be that time of year again? Dan Raphael's birthday eve? Known to millions of kids around the globe as 'Uncle Danny Baseball Eve'.</div>
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My kids are at the perfect age to really enjoy the festivities, there's absolutely no doubt that they believe in the magic of UDB and the magic he spreads. </div>
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Please enjoy some pictures of our family festivities.</div>
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Our very own Daniel building a tower of strength. He wanted to be the first kid in town to get his finished!</div>
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Yes, You guessed it, the traditional breakfast of salami, cheese, bread and kiwi fruit.<br />
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Traditions for the evening meal vary, but we stick to the old fashioned approach. Baked potato, cheese, sausages and kiwi fruit.<br />
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The two kiwi fruit slices representing the two passions of Uncle Danny Baseball. Baseball and indie music. Reformists sometimes add more to include TV, family and food but we like it traditonal.<br />
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Hey, it's all about the kids. Michael and Henry rocking out during the evening meal.<br />
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Daniel lapping up his apple pie and custard for desert!<br />
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A traditional scene dating back 39 years.<br />
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Daniel is chuffed! He's the first kid to finish his meal so he gets to hold the kiwi fruit and minifigure!<br />
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Henry is a pretty proud second!<br />
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This is what it's all about. The magic, The Huey Lewis TV special, The minifigures and the kiwi fruit!<br />
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Happy Uncle Danny Baseball Eve everybody!Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-43534014166817541422013-01-04T21:26:00.000+00:002013-01-06T21:40:48.863+00:00Tip top<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ways to lose that tip Mr delivery man.<br />
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Get ridiculously lost trying to find my (very central and easy to find) house and in the process make a number of mildly pointless phonecalls during which you persist in telling me "I int got a clue where I am or where you are either".<br />
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Use my loo ( Fine if you were working here for a little while but you were in my home for 45 seconds!)<br />
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Call me 'mate'. I am not your mate. You came to my home, dropped off some flatpack shelving and left. Call me anything, anything, but not mate.<br />
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Make odd comments about the pictures on my walls!<br />
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Be scarily reminiscent of Neil from The Inbetweeners.
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The beard.<br />
It's been growing since December 1st.<br />
I'm really not sure.<br />
I am way outside my comfort zone.<br />
I can really only think of two people I know who can do a decent beard.<br />
Officially I only need to grow it until the 24th. The thing is, on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd I have three quite major social outings to attend. The beard is going to get quite a bit of publicity.<br />
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It's scruffy, itchy and I have yet to reap the benefit of the extra 3 and a half minutes each day that I could have spent shaving.<br />
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Then I get to thinking, LBJ never had a beard.<br />
Nor did Richard Nixon.<br />
Not one of the Watergate conspirators had facial hair.<br />
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What am I to do?Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-41622056905872398562012-12-01T00:47:00.001+00:002012-12-01T00:48:20.067+00:00Florida<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Just went for the dream job.<br />
Didn't get it.<br />
Compensating by listening to lots of Billy Bragg.<br />
Also growing a beard for charity.<br />
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Looks like an Al Gore moment to me.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-59823559703826636412012-11-18T21:33:00.004+00:002012-11-18T21:33:59.379+00:00Glory, Glory...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... Man United?Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-24747076249270763102012-10-14T20:20:00.001+01:002012-10-14T20:22:47.933+01:00This is not a food blog...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... but this is worth a mention!<br />
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Buttered dish.<br />
French bread, sliced.<br />
100g of Gruyerre.<br />
300ml of milk.<br />
4 eggs.<br />
Two or three first class sausages, I used Gloucester old spot for this one.<br />
Salt n' pepper.<br />
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In a baking oven for half an hour.<br />
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Breakfast of champions!<br />
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Bloody marvellous!!Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-55616839646476605272012-10-07T20:03:00.000+01:002012-10-07T20:03:16.518+01:00La mia vigna incredible<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A misty autumn morning. Observe the vines at the back of our garden. These provide delicious shade during the warm weather. And yes, sometimes we spot tiny green grapes in amongst the foliage.</div>
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Look, can they be grapes? Real grapes? Big , red , juicy ones?<br />
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Large? Good enough to eat?<br />
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Absolutely! This year, out of nothing, we have a bumper crop of sweet and tender decent sized grapes!<br />
They are good to eat and as yet we have experienced no ill effects.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-43842481273103894352012-10-02T21:00:00.000+01:002012-10-02T21:01:47.739+01:00Macca-pacca-stacca-beans!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
You want to funk up your beans-on-toast? You want to add some jazz to your pauper meals? You want to revibe after yet another bloody day of all being in it together?</div>
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Heinz beans, simmered over a hob, with a good pinch of chilli powder for some extra soul.</div>
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White sliced is preferable, toasted, lashings of butter and, <i>this is the key</i>, cut <b>lengthways</b>.<br />
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Then stacked, like a game of Jenga.<br />
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Pour the beans into the hole at the top.<br />
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Allow the beans to drain south for a moment or two. The hole in this stack was smaller than usual, See the second picture. This meant that the beans did not sink down as normal.<br />
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All being said, it brightens up those dull Tuesday evenings.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-40366055607820609842012-09-10T21:59:00.001+01:002012-09-10T21:59:43.095+01:00DMs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been about 22 years since I last bought a pair of DMs. Probably about 18 years since I last wore them into the ground.<br />
To some, the shoe (boot really) might look like a comfy midlife crisis version of the classic DM boot but to me, delivered today with it's matching twin and tried on, and walked about in, it was just marvellous.<br />
I should be careful, soon I might be buying retro 'Wedding Present' T shirts and flopping about to 'Meat is Murder'*<br />
Wearing them I feel prouder, stronger and ready to take whatever the man (or the weather) decides to throw at me.<br />
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*That happens anyway.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-70667818820944346952012-08-29T20:19:00.000+01:002012-08-29T20:19:33.444+01:00Chestnut cottage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes, you don't need to go far for the holiday of a lifetime.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-76277345210097769382012-08-05T21:34:00.000+01:002012-08-05T21:34:13.365+01:00Sports emotion<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Living in a transatlantic household is always interesting.<br />
Never more so than during the great international sporting challenges.<br />
Last night Frau Random Doubt shed a tear for Jessica Ennis.<br />
I asked her "Did you actually just feel a pang of British pride?"<br />
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"Yes"Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-65306619333931727602012-08-02T21:56:00.001+01:002012-08-02T21:58:12.454+01:00Coming soon...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...Brooklyn, the lost notes.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-58104376455320219012012-08-02T20:02:00.003+01:002012-08-02T21:57:06.637+01:00Gore Vidal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The search is on for his successor. Greatest living man of letters.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-23786718735097381222012-07-11T19:08:00.002+01:002012-07-11T19:11:30.861+01:00The Torch II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The good thing about there being 8000 Olympic torches running around the country is that almost everyone who wishes to, can pose with a genuine 'as used on the Haverhill leg of the torch relay' Olympic Torch. Needless to say, the nation's primary schools are flooded with them. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having said all that, it was great to hold and pose.</span>Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-22509775656433737242012-07-05T20:37:00.001+01:002012-07-11T19:11:20.112+01:00The Torch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Olympic torch passed through our area this week.<br />
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We were unable to get into Norwich last night to join the thousands thronging the streets in the sunshine to see the relay.<br />
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This morning Hen and I sneaked out of the house at 5.30am to go to Hethersett to join in their very special Olympic torch moment.<br />
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Hethersett has a population of 5000 and had organised more Olympic themed events during the past three years than any other town, city or village in the United Kingdom. Along with that they have a most excellent fellow called Shane Hull who suite simply pestered the Olympic organising committee with reports of all the the events the village had organised.<br />
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He also pestered them, quite simply to bring the torch to Hethersett.<br />
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Early this morning the village got it's moment. I'm no cynic but I am a grown up.<br />
Even so, this morning I shed a tear of pride.<br />
I'm sure it was pride for the villagers of Hethersett, Mr Hull and his like. I'm sure part of that tear was being there with my son to witness a very special moment of ordinary people power or maybe just because I love the fact that we had all got our of bed to support and cherish this moment.<br />
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(Look closely at the photos from the local press. In the top one, on the extreme top right? Hen on top of my shoulders. In the bottom one still atop my aching but happy shoulders? Hen!)Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-20249066674157430782012-07-04T22:43:00.000+01:002012-07-04T22:43:09.177+01:00Faux pas<br />
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Uncle John held his traditional family get together drumming masterclass.<br />
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The kitchen, heart of any decent party.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-5717358469641559622012-06-07T22:00:00.001+01:002012-06-07T22:00:34.868+01:00JubileeHometown threw a half decent Jubilee. A good crowd and plenty of flags.<br />
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The 'antique' (Junk?) stalls dotted along the Market street?<br />
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But the sun shone (about the only time during the long weekend) and the crowds gathered.Mondalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12626899685299810412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492442.post-65974047024793751602012-06-07T21:33:00.001+01:002012-06-07T21:34:37.835+01:00Enough already!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">June? Really? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is an icon, I have been looking at images of her from the 1950s and 60s. She was a cool lady. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">George Orwell would have enjoyed it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am proud to be English, in my own quiet way.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will be heading to the coast for a few days to hang out with friends and eat a lot of BBQ and picnic food.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's half term and by god I'm tired and will do pretty much anything for a BBQ, some cold beer and a few days at the beach.</span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Republicanism will resume on Wednesday at around lunchtime.</span></b></div>
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