some advice I was given about HamburgS-Bahn is short for Schnell-Bahn which are the suburban trains.In German cities you have the following:U-Bahn (big blue U signs) - Untererdisches Bahn so Underground, normally a small network in the city centreS-Bahn (green S signs) - Schnellbahn so ... Speaking of choicesgot to see what REM tickets are going for on rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?type=4&campid=5335822550&toolid=10001&customid=50&mpre=http%3A//www.ebay.co.uk - go to the gig, or make some cash, or offer them to a chum, hmm...... Barfly Glasgow"http://www.barflyclub.com/listings/glasgow.html" Barfly Glasgow has gone live with the new code what I done writ. Oh, and I saw a policeman on a little moped today. That's the most exciting thing that has happened all day. I might buy some "http://w... Oof, bum arse service in The JackdawJust been to The Jackdaw for lunch, and though the food was great again (one Indonesian vegetable satay, one roast beef and one roast turkey, not all me you understand) we had a hiccup with our starter. The main courses came before the starter, not i... Back in the OfficeTodays tasks, same as yesterdays:plotting a rewrite of popex trading / price adjustingpopex admin, deleting accounts etccontinuing beast server rebuild - virtual servers may or may not be working...Sure to be more support for Barfly GlasgowMade a new... Denby Cotswold dinner serviceJust picked up another couple of pieces of this at a market and there's lots on ebay at good prices, so keeping an eye on that from now on... It's good to have a hobby.And you wondered if I could write about anything less interesting than habitat rad... Fireworks were nice, and quite impressiveWe watched from home, which was even nicer... did you win the Wii?Nice to see someone posting againWe don't have any US connections that we know about though.House prices fallingThe flat next to us seems to have been reduced in price, that's a good sign... Not that I am interested in buying round here now. Just linked myself to Blogarama.... alice and arthur westbrookhi there i would be greatful if you contact me at the following judyteresaadams@hotmail.comi already know about alice ,and have an extensive tree.arthur also named a child after alice just a year before the birth of her son arthur would love to hear ... Office Cleaning DayRushing through my PopEx admin this morning (charts to add, etc) then this afternoon is the great office clean, bit odd, then a big company meeting, even odder.Have noticed lots of wacky referers, that aren't actually referers at all, but are showing... RE: Office Cleaning Day<br />That sounds more like the company going bust.<br /><br />1. Tidy your desk<br />2. Go to meeting saying you no longer have a deskI noticed someone searching for Clarke and Rainey the other dayit showed up on the logs as they clicked on one of these pages, was it yoU?Property prices falling in StokeyThis place (pictured) is next door but one to us, and as previously mentioned it's been up for sale for while... well now it's sold! It looks a lot nicer than ours, and the final price on the website when it was sold was 247,500, a seven and a half g... Maybe Stokey prices aren't falling...Our neighbour on the other side has also just gone up for sale, it's under offer already at 375,000! It's a full house, so at least double the size of our flat, and from the pictures looks very nice indeed... still, it's not sold yet, maybe it was a ... Ongoing Excel / PERL stuffThe PERL Excel project is coming along nicely, it takes a long time to parse an Excel file, they're enormous... I've been working with a month's worth of gigs, just in partner venues in the UK, and that comes to about 1.1MB, so I opened it in Excel a... Curry and Mouse PooTOP curry yesterday, went to Tayyab near Whitechapel, very good, queued right out the door, which makes a change from all the hustling you get on Brick Lane... had a few pints before in The Ten Bells, also well recommended.Note to self: Never, ever g... It was all looking so nice...Been so preoccupied with the flat that I'd forgotten all about the bungalow project... got a new picture today, the roof work is being started...Everything was looking nice until then! Still, should all be finished soon.... No space left on deviceDAMN, problems with <strong>popex</strong> all day so far, it thinks it's out of disk space and it's not, trying to sort it... possibly it's too many small files on the partition, or something. Going to try deleting a load of stuff.RE: Ice rinkI wish my kitchen was as big as the ice rink! They must live castle?Very niceHalf price curryA recommendation for curry in Folkestone, get along to the New Delhi on the first Sunday of the month. We did this week, everything was half price, and their prices are reasonable to start with.They seem to specialise in the hotter end of the curry s... There is a nice big cupboardActually it's a two bed flat, we're probably going to adopt her.anyone looking for a nice feature idea to nick ?<a href="http://www.japandesign.ne.jp/HTM/REPORT/SW/">this</a> site has a nice thing on shop window displays in japan. lovely pics, for those of you that don't read japanese.The OfficePauly - this is for you - I asked Lucy what she wanted for dinner tonight and she said very sweetly "bumblebees" (probably worth checking the spelling glitter-boy).By the way. Went to The Office - bad. Pink poodle bar populated by..................... Oh nice chest<br />I remember something an old landlord once said, where there is one mouse there are five others elsewhere.<br /><br />I personally think he was talking bollocks, but hey ho.<br /><br />Are you going to get a humane mouse trap if you see more?My micethe sods haven't dared come back, you'll be glad to know...There is one upside to having mice<br />It means you dont get rats. I was talking to our zoologist yesterday and he said that mice have no bladder control/muscles and so when they have to go they just go. Bit like an F1 driver then.NiceDo <strong>mice</strong> repel rats then? Or if there are <strong>mice</strong> around it means they've not been scared off by rats, so there are no rats?Folkestone property pricesInspired by the sales of the flats next door, and the fact everyone seems to be convinved prices are going to take a dive and everyone will lose cash, I'm keeping a close eye on these indices from the BBC... Shepway is the area my flat comes under, p... LemarPop Idol chap, "Best Urban Act" at the Brits, lovely voice apparently...CharlatansVery nice to see contemporary bands coming to town, two in two days, how will people afford it, bit steep!Tony Hadley vs Martin FryThe voices and the songs of Spandau Ballet and ABCLone Star Comedy ClubHurrah, back again at Lanterns! Tom Price, Pippa Evans, and headline Ian Cognito. Newcomer to be confirmed. SOLD OUT now, get in quick for next month!... The DarknessSetlist: "Bareback", "Black Shuck", "Best of me", "Love is only a feeling", "Get your hands off", "Givin' up", "Stuck in a rut", "I believe in a thing called love", "Love on the rocks with no ice"Damon AlbarnDemocrazy, bit worthy really, and not that thrilling, but nice to be somehwere trendy for a change...Green DaySome special Radio One thing, got a nice freebie from friends I was about to start working with at Channelfly. Green Day picked some kids out of the audience and made them play a song.Channelfly Xmas PartyBefore I worked there, I think there were bands. THIS is why I left the <strong>Wonderstuff</strong> early, doh... There was a ruckus and the police sent us all home.Heavy StereoColin "Gem" Archer who went on to join Oasis. I loved Heavy Stereo, nice bit of glam rock. Plus Embassy and Thermal, I think Thermal were local heroes...Half-term service on RHDRStu + AliceWedding!Howard MarksMr NiceDAVID GRAY - SOLD OUTTrained as a painter at the Liverpool College of Art, David Gray eschewed art for a career in music. Since then, he has had three UK No.1 albums and won the prestigious Ivor Novello Award twice - in 2001 for his breakthrough single ‘Babylon’ and ... Forbach OrchestraAward winning French Orhchestra, look at the price of those tickets!Merchant of Venice, Action to WordTen Years After<blockquote>left [the Derek and the Domino's gig] very early to go see Ten Years After at the Leas. They were excellent, having stood in for Jethro Tull at short notice. - Nick Ashman</blockquote> - so, guessing that makes it this date!David DevantFree instore gig, two free gigs in one day, niceIce skatingActually in a rink down the harbour area, price includes skate hire!Pal JoeyThis is to announce the musical 'Pal Joey' to be performed on the 3rd 4th 5th of August at Westbrook House Preparetory School 54-56 Shornecliffe Rd, Folkestone. 7.30 pm. Tickets are £5.00 Normal price or £3.50 Concs and groups of 5 or more. Tickets a... Pierre Hollins, George Egg, Neil Fitzmaurice, plus supportBig Night Out in Leicester Square, 4 World Class Comedians. Great Drinks Deals, Superb Aftershow Nightclub. Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays.Folkestone Classic Car FestivalHope the weather's nice for this, see you down there...Terry Pratchett's "Carpe Jugulum"Performed by the youth section of FHODS7:30pm. Tickets available in person from Hythe Bookshop, High Street, Hythe and Vine Books, 23 Cheriton Place, Folkestone. To book in advance by phone, please call Tony Cock on 01303 220580 or the box office on... Giro di Vite - The turn of the screw in Venice, ItalyGiro di Vite - The turn of the screw tickets for 01/07/2010Big Night Out in Leicester Square, 4 World Class Comedians. Great DrinPeter Alliss - the Voice of GolfBen Norris, Caimh McDonnell, Neil Fitzmaurice, plus supportWant to learn SpanishEvent for wanabee Spanish speakers. - Venue: Tim's Vinos & Tapas, 3a West Terrace, Folkestone. - Price: £10 per person for tutoring, glass of wine and cheese. - Reserve a place in person or call 01303 249900. Deposit payable at time of b... SONISPHERE FESTIVAL : WEEKEND TICKET CAMPING, Iron Maiden, Rammstein, MÖTLEY CRÃœE, Alice Cooper, Placebo, Cult, Iggy & The Stooges, Slayer, Anthrax157.50