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Making Hay Whilst…. etc.

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If I was blogging à la Mr. Englishman I’d have labelled this as ‘live tractorblogging’, or something. However, north of Wiltshire it appears to be called “Stop effin’ about wi’ that machine and ‘elp us get these last bales on wagon before it pisses down, yer soft bugger“-blogging.

Usually, after the job is finished a certain […]

Friday Five

General laziness rules today, so just random, but incredibly interesting and important links….
1. Appy Linguist is FirtySix! Go wish ‘im an ‘Appy Birfday. Even ‘is parents forgot for ‘eaven’s sake! The man needs sympathy, and ‘is parents need a calendar, it would seem.
2. Blognor Regis is - and this may come as a surprise to […]

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Usual Paper

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Oh, it’s a tricky one: the Mail on Sunday is giving away a copy of Prince’s entire new album. Prince’s entire new album. Free. Well, they say it’s free, but if ‘free’ means having to walk in to my local newsagent and saying; “I’d like a copy of the Mail on Sunday please, my good […]

Photoblog: Northern England

Taking whippet fer walk on t’moor in future….

Song playing as this was published: Bonnie Somerville: Winding Road.

Photoblog: Strasbourg Station: A Model for London 2012?

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Strassburg train station on Tuesday morning. Being renovated in time for the opening of the new, high-speed TGV Est européenn line. Which opened on June 10th.
Song playing as this was published: The Smiths: You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby.

Photoblog: Essential Purchases

As it turns out, if one purchases 10 packs of Maultaschen, a coolbag turns out to be an essential purchase too.
Song playing as this was published: Kate Bush: This Woman’s Work.

“Highly Pathogenic” Virus “Contained”

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Thankfully, Defra seems to have managed to contain the outbreak of Avian Flu at a single site in Suffolk. They’ve quarantined the area, arranged a series of concentric protection zones around it and are culling all 160,000 turkeys at the site.
It’s mere nimbyism on my part that I oppose trucking the 160,000 dead, infected carcasses […]

Rhythm Methodists

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Christian parents! Worried that your children might be downloading illegal mp3s? Don’t worry, they won’t go to hell for it, unless, that is, some of the bands are ‘fags’ – because “God Hates Fags!” Apparently. Tip DK and a very bizarre google search hit.
Thankfully, the Ministry of Christian Light, Tolerance, Peace and loving your fellow […]

The Problem With Applying For Jobs…

Is that they might say ‘yes.’
And they might be academics (and therefore pay badly) and be computer literate enough to be able to google the fact that I might not want to work for that salary for the four years that their funding lasts….
So, I’ll not say anything, except that [edited]
Anyway, I think the major […]

And The Award For City Of The Week Goes To…

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Leeds.
The judges based their decision on the combination of high-quality drizzle, the Royal Armouries Museum (if you can’t make it to Leeds, they do have a branch in Kentucky) and it being a top spot for London-based quangos to get out into the provinces and give job interviews. Now, it goes without saying that the […]