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Happy April Fool's

Just seen a brilliant feature on BBC Breakfast on a newly discovered type of penguin, that can fly. Can't find it on their website, but they had video on the TV and they've apparenly roped in David Attenborough, I hope they put the footage online lat...

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...

RE: Is my RSS still broke or what?

Ah, the annual pay rise - I hope it was inflation beating!

Is my RSS still broke or what?

Think it's funny characters in the helmet cam piece below.Anyway, lovely day today innit? And it just got lovelier, it's annual pay rise day and they've included me in, even though I've only been here a few weeks.To the pie shop!...

The plan is to keep the flat too

Might be a bit ambitious, but I don't see why, we didn't spend as much as we might have done on this flat. Having a second property ought to more or less pay for itself if we rent it out, and I would consider any shortfall to be a contribution to sav...

They are drunk, abusive, underage and wreaking havoc in a Hampshire town

Hooray, Southampton or Winchester I think...Folkestone property update, there's a two bed flat next door to us in Tudor Court up for 172,000, that's good to know! There's been a flat next door for sale for a few weeks at 150,000 that needs work, don'...

Home Alone

Working at home today, something made the central heating go off during the night, so no hot water, and I am too much of a wuss to have a cold wash. I'm not not going in because I'm unclean and smelly, that would be fine (for me) but my hair goes int...

Apple - Are you fed up with them too ?

So, after 16 months of owning a G3 iPod, I�m thinking of giving it all up and going back to CDs�My first replacement was swapped out by Apple Europe quite quickly - they picked up from my office on Monday, and a new, brown-boxed Pod was on my desk by...

Timothy's Wine Bar

Folkestone is in danger of becoming a culinary wasteland. Sure, it has the usual collection of OKish Chinese, Indian and Pasta / Pizza joints. But, with the exception of the cosy Kapetan Michales, you have to go to Sandgate or Hythe to get a half-d...

Rated 6.28/10 on Folkestone Gerald

A new 419 variant

Hmm, at least I hope this is a 419, as I've reported it, rather than claiming the cash...SUNRISE DE LOTTO, 41132, NL-1007 DB AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.REF: MCL/FLW/12-A782881207AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE We are pleased to inform you of the ann...

This Is Not A Library

I'm listening to Mark's album "This is not a library" at last, and I can' tdecide if it really is a concept album, or if there is some clever copy protection in place that knows I got a copy for free and is repeating the titular phrase in each of the...

CONCEPT ALBUM

Kiss Symphony

One of the world's greatest bands KISS today announced one of the most spectacular concert events Australia will ever see, KISS SYMPHONY. At a press conference in Melbourne, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss announced details of a one-off c...