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Not sure where that came from...

... but I just got my old PC internetting wirelessly at last, without needing to buy any new bits, and by following a forum post from 2005. How many times have I tried this and failed? This time I tried something new, and it worked. I think I was ins...

Been quiet for a few days

No I've not been out on the larry-large every day over christmas, been a bit under the weather actually, though that's not what's kept me off the computer. When I'm not at work and Clare's home too I never get to sit in front of the computer, she's p...
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A festive update from Hibbett

Hmm, this newsletter is called "The Last Working Day Of The Month" (from one of his songs), but he's practically a civil servant and finished work for the year a week ago at least, I'm still working...welcome to this SUPER CHRISTMASSY edition of our ...

Big shout out to Chambers

Thanks for the kind words at the quiz yesterday, which was great. Free drinks and sweets presents for everybody, you can't argue with that.The presents were a pretty funky laser pointer / torch combo for everyone, a santa hat with flashing lights, an...

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Festive Fun

Welcome back after the christmas break, hope you had a good one. We did, felt a bit quiet though, no big late nights or anything. Kind of handy really, as I'm back in work today, I volunteered to be in on these (hopefully) quiet days between christma...

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That's work done then

There's a very slim chance that I won't be sat in front of the computer again before christmas (though I know the wife will laugh when she sees this), so merry christmas everyone, hope you have a good one.I wrote that yesterday, but didn't hit send, ...
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Just repaired all the family tree pages

How long have they been broken then?Don't forget Doctor Who is aboard the Titanic on Christmas day this year, with Kylie Minogue. Merry Christmas all......

The day's started well

A glass of cava on arrival at the office, and a selection box, a satsuma and a raffle ticket, all handed out by the directors. And we've got a live band playing in the lobby too, Realm 79.Fingers crossed for the raffle draw, there's a holiday and a c...

Giant Dave Grohl

Has anyone been over to the Art Exhibition at Hythe Road, just off the A20 near to Secret Garden Restaurant? There have been a lot of requests for big icon paintings and there is a v.cool BIG canvas of Dave Grohl in red and brown plus a BIG Dirty Har...

If a picture paints a thousand words...

Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject completely redundant?See, Mum, Dad, Clare and me on a humungous big wheel, part of the Plaisers d'Hiver festival type affair that was going in Brussels this...

are you sending this from your desk?

Or are you off on three weeks christmas holiday..?

I know you like to be kept up to date on my work fun days

Especially for you Dean, but I know everyone likes to be kept up to date on what goes on here at work:Holiday Extras pre-Christmas celebrations on 20th December � lets make it a fun day. There will be prize for the team who look the most Christmassy...

Christmas party

we have had are christmas party there this year and it was great value for money.The service and food were good and the staff were outstandind.
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Hell yeah, encouragement, that's what I need!

Well it was a lunch more than an actual party, and there's really not a huge amount to report, and you're not interested anyway, but HELLO TO ME IN THE FUTURE, how's it going five years from now? Do you remember that day, about five years ago, when y...
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Free bonus bit of decoration

Got decorators in right now, finally getting our earthquake damage done, and they've done a nice job so far. They just came back for a couple of hours finishing off today, and one of them confessed that he'd broken one of our pictures. "No problem, w...

Magic Numbers every bit as good as I predicted

OK my prediction of Morrissey joining them on stage was a complete fabrication, but we did get Bernard Butler appearing with them to perform "Love's a Game", which then medleyed on into "People Get Ready". They did another wacky ending of another of ...
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Immortalise someone for Christmas!

If you are immortalised in oil, next time someone says 'you're no oil painting' you will be able to cut them dead when you produce before their very eyes the Christmas present you got for your wife in 2007 - a picture of yourself! - Actually, Kev (of...

Titanic themed christmas party at Brands Hatch

Strange sort of thing: 2007: Christmas aboard the ship of dreamsThe spectacular setting of Brands Hatch circuit, together with the proximity to London and the M25, makes this the perfect Christmas party venue. Trust our expert team to take the hassle...

Fake GAP voucher

Hmm, I smell bullshit, there's a supposedly fake GAP voucher doing the rounds offering a 60% discount at GAP today, I heard about this on www.bbc.co.uk/breakfast - don't worry though, GAP will still be offering a genuine 30% discount to anyone turnin...
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Don't thank me

immortalise me in oils, hey maybe I could commission a big picture of me for the wife for christmas!

Weekend train fun

Planning a little trip to Winchester tomorrow evening, to catch up with old friends and have a curry and a few drinks. Staying over, so no worries about trying to get back here, and then meeting Clare in London the next morning for shopping and thing...

Bank Holiday

Number 10 Downing Street has approved a petition that was requesting a new public holiday falling on the Monday after Remembrance Sunday in November each year. To be known as the National Remembrance Holiday, it's purpose is threefold:1. To emphasi...

Fullsome weekender

Well I say full, full of pubs really. Friday night we stayed in, so as to have more energy for going out on Saturday. We had a trip to Canterbury in the day (and you'll never guess where we had lunch), no actual christmas shopping, but we went in a c...

TFI The Weekend

Bit of a choppy working week, but now two days respite. Which is nice. So, off to see the family in a few minutes, hence being up and about at this time.Quiet night in last night, Brand new Rebus on TV, lots of swearing for an ITV show I thought, the...

Ricky Gervais

Ricky's on TV tonight, the trailer didn't look very funny at all though :-( here is an updated from www.rickygervais.comHelloIt's the last week of Ricky's 'FAME' tour and there are some newly releasedproduction seats available for today (Monday ) and...

Canterbury beer festival this weekend

And I am in Canterbury anyway! Unfortunately it's a little way out of the town otherwise I'd spend a few hours there while waiting for Clare to shop.ALL TICKETS FOR THE FRIDAY EVENING SESSION HAVE NOW BEEN SOLD. PLEASE DO NOT TURN UP AT THE FESTIVAL ...

RE: It's the end of the world.

And now I've given you an idea of what to get Clare for Christmas. Start saving...

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job

No posts for a few days, I had something to say but wanted to wait until I got an official confirmation and things. Yes I'm back in the land of the permanently employed, just arranged some final details today and I start at Holiday Extras on Monday! ...

Tales of mystery and imagination

No family tree updates for a little while, though I'm off to investigate The Grants of Winterbourne Stoke again in case I missed anything before, one of my great great great grandfathers is there. In the mean time, here's a smashing super rare copy o...

Magic darts

Turned on the final of the Lakeside World Championship last night while we were having tea (Sunday, so chilli), and nearly turned it right off again as it looked like a bit of an embarrassing white washing, Martin Adams bein six sets to nill up again...

Brixton Academy

Their annual christmas outing, with Shane McGowan and everything

Water Rats Theatre

Back to Uncle Bobs, and an attempt at some Christmas carols...