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I bought a thing

This is what I bought at the boot fair yesterday, but was too traumatised to write about because of squished finger:It's a valet like this one, but a bit nicer I think. It looks older than it is and I've no idea what wood it's made out of, it's been ...

Bring me the head of Jorge Zamudio

Who are you Jorge, why have you only one favourite picture, and it's this picture of my bro-in-law's Miami apartment?I think the apartment is up for sale right now, I'm sure I can do you a deal if you get in touch....

KML

Created some kml files from my pub / restaurant data on Folkestone Gerald, part of my plan to clean up my maps and things, kml is a standard that's been adopted by google for google earth and maps and things, and is possibly better suited than my exi...

Our actual first day in Key West

I realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar...

Folkestone double death plunge smash horror tragedy!

Yoinks, yesterday someone chucked themselves off the roof of Bouverie Square in Folkestone, and today the end of our road was sealed off by police because of a "scene". Police were stopping anyone getting close to what had happened, so a) we had to w...

Tsk

It's the John Lewis furniture that is rustic, the Habitat furniture is all web2.0 style clean lines and curvy corners...Clare got a "place", winnings were less than the cost of putting the various bets on, but we'll get our 25 quid back I hope. Have ...

Second house-hunting trip around Canterbury

Saw five houses today in Canterbury, have a map with details of the things we saw. Clare's out tonight with Jenny, so it's a prime opportunity for me to do some fiddling about with maps and things, so sorry if it breaks. Not that you'll be on the com...

RE: It's a deal

yes thats great news about the plans to go aheadwith with turning the sea front into to something really good.but please just get on with it now.time is now for less talk and more action.this would of happened and lot quicker if roger and jimmy stopp...

It's a deal

Been too busy with work, so missed if this was in the Herald or not, but according to ickent Mr DeHann and Mr Godden have done a deal for the seafront land! This is great! I think!ROGER De Haan and Jimmy Godden have done a deal for the seafront at Fo...

Damp and other delights

This spell of cold weather has made the whole house SWEAT! I've hd to put our central heating on at last, yay it still works, but uh-oh, this has led to condensation everywhere. Hopefully this will sort itself out when the temperature levels off a bi...

Wintersmith

I see not only that there's a new Terry Pratchett book out, but that Amazon have changed their URLs, so they now have the author and title at the beginning of them... this is GOOD for them, for getting a page listed higher in some search engines etc,...

RE: I don't know, have you tried searching?

aahh - it seems to work better if you do an advanced search through the google site proper than your google search page - not sure why that is as surely it's accessing the same data...??anyway, i found the page here http://www.clarkeology.com/blog/19...

It's Not Easy Being Green

I quite enjoyed this programme last night, if you have not seen it here's a book of it, it's about a family who obviously have a shitload of money becoming an eco commune. Generally, posh hippies make me want to kick the telly in, but this was quite ...

Vince Martyn

Vince Martyn & the dust devil's are a superb band that originate in the deal area. they play a mixture of folky,country,bluesy,reggae,swing. IT's all done with a country feel. they play in various formats from a duo [acoustic guitar& acoustic bass, 2...
Rated 5.07/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Wife beating

Yesterday I beat the wife! Yes, it was the completion of the second ever Clarke Cup, and it went all the way to the wire. Scrabble was mine, cards was Clare's, then pool was mine, then the darts went to Clare, so it's all down to the backgammon... I ...

Some Girls

Saw "Some Girls" last night, starring David Schwimmer, Catherine Tate, Sara Powell, Saffron Burrows, Lesley Manville I think... Ultimately a bit disappointing, because we'd built it up a bit.Since starting commuting we've not really done going out in...

well apparently

the whole eXeem thing has been a major disappointment. it was billed as a next big step in p2p but basically it is an amalgamation of an edonkey client with bittorrent with some spyware chucked in. it was implied that it would be untraceable as it di...

Weekend of travels

A great weekend in Folkestone though we seem to have been travelling around Kent for most of it. Raced down to go to Chambers Friday night, had a couple of pints in there and then shockingly left before closing, a bit tired... Saturday overslept unti...

Another day, another mouse

Found another mouse in our kitchen, alive again. This one looked a lot healthier, lessly wobbly and confused, but he still didn't make any effort to run away. Just look at this cute little feller. I put him out in the street and he scurried away, pro...

The internet's all gone a bit rude today

As if it wasn't bad enough not being able to avoid seeing Abi Titmuss' home videos at every click, link of the day on memepool is dog toy or marital aid, it's one of those b3ta type quizzes... So, trying to keep things clean, it seems some of my blog...

"neurocops"

'We have a big report coming out soon on pharmacotherapy. The focus is on how the new breed of neuro-drugs are helping to shift the old rhetoric of the "war on drugs" away from drug users as "the enemy" to being "sick people" who need treatment. It w...

No more 106

In an attempt to make this less boring, I'll not be mentioning the 106 bus for at least a week. I was going to post up a picture of how someone had hacksawed away a part of the luggage rack on a train, but I think that would only have reinforced the ...

Rated 3.63/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Earls Avenue

Have seen BILLIONS of places down in Folkestone so far this week, the star of which has been a mad 3 bed flat over two levels which has it's own bar, roof terrace, separate dining room, lounge, TV room AND study, but the thing that's been stopping me...

Kingsnorth Gardens

The flat I went to see in Kingsnorth Gardens has dropped it's asking price... that was a good flat, in a good location, with almost enough room if we took the smallest room as a bedroom... just read my original diagnosis again and maybe I'm looking i...

Reasons why I won't buy that flat

When I've cleared 800 emails. Got to check them all carefully for unsubscribes, to make sure I'm on the right side of the law... A __________ B __________ / \ / \ / \____________/ ...

Grimston Gardens

The flat in Grimston Gardens isn't right for us, it's a good size, but it needs work, firstly to sort out the damp in the basement (which the vendors are offering a discount for) and also to put in central heating etc... I'm sure it'll be a good one ...

Datbase crash

These are happening more and more frequently these days, but this is the first time that the database has crashed and I've really lost data... the punter.MYD file deleted itself somehow on the crash, that is where all punter data is stored, nightmare...

MJ Hibbett Tour

MJ Hibbett & The Validators are embarking on a national tour this Autumn to celebrate the huge critical success of their new album "This Is Not A Library".The album was released in July and received uniformly glowing reviews. Rolling Stone said "Hil...

Weekender!

LARGE weekend catching up with some old friends, including eating in some posh pub around the Essex Road, no idea what it was called... had a cheeky beer in the Porter House, and tried to buy an exercise bike, wonder how long this fad will last... Al...

Barfly admin

Back to work again, it's a scorcher today, would have been ideal to work from home, don't know why I didn't... TONIGHT, might go to the The Darkness instore at HMV, they sounded ace on XFM this morning, live from Sound in Leicester Square...Barfly ad...