2008-11-05UTC02:06:50Non political newsAh, the weekend, seems like so long ago now. Chocka at work this week, I am shut away in isolation for two weeks to work on a new project. Good to be without distractions of people coming up to my desk, and actually good to be so busy, it's making th... 2008-10-03UTC06:20:05Is it still the Three Mackerel?It has had more names than that in just the few years I've been here, it seems jinxed... It was Nostalgia Bar a fifties themed bar just before it was Euphoria I think. I've only liked one of the incarnations in recent years, when it had the hexagonal... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11612/Is+it+still+the+Three+Mackerel%3F"><img alt="Is it still the Three Mackerel?" src="http://static.flickr.com/46/125207980_7462933961_m_d.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11612/Is+it+still+the+Three+Mackerel%3F">Rated 3.71/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-08-12UTC03:16:41Tipping etiquetteHad the day off today a day working jolly hard at home, as our new fridge freezer was being delivered. I shouldn't joke about it, the working from home I mean, but it's a running routine between Clare and myself, she works at home once a week usually... 2008-05-16UTC08:11:26Never mind the KMLAll that talk of KML yesterday got me looking at my maps again, they've not worked for ages, not since I added more tagging to all my Folkestone venues... so, not actually using the new kml version of the data, rather old georss xml versions, but at ... 2008-04-20UTC05:24:30Yesterday's house huntA trip to Canterbury yesterday, an early start, four houses to see. First one was a bit further out than we first thought, up Whitstable Road, though not an insurmountable distance to Canterbury West. The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, so you h... 2008-04-12UTC11:32:49House huntTwo houses today in Canterbury, different parts of town, but with things in common. For starters, both too expensive really at 250k each. If the market really is tumbling we might be able to make a cheeky offer on just about anything we see now thoug... 2008-03-28UTC07:36:37We nearly bought one of theseand perhaps should have done, half price Bergerac Oak TV stand. If you can collect from Glossop. Not worth organising a courier for really.Been a while since I posted any furniture bargains. Will be a while again before we buy anything I suspect. All... 2008-01-19UTC08:14:53Second house-hunting trip around CanterburySaw 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... 2007-12-31UTC09:52:02Been quiet for a few daysNo 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... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10799/Been+quiet+for+a+few+days">Rated 7.14/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-03-21UTC12:04:55RE: Thursday: Day of disappointmentsHi Pauly!We've taken down our old website uk-pool-tables.co.uk,and now its all been shifted over to: www.kwlonline.comit would be great if youd change the link for us - your blogs pretty popular!thanks,Rob... 2007-01-24UTC10:37:34Crash? What crash?I hung on for years and years wary of buying convinced there would be a crash. If I'd bought when I first could, even if there had been a crash I'd be better off than I am now. If I'd bought at the very top of the market just before the last crash, I... 2006-12-05UTC12:51:40Belated weekend roundupWeekend start sort of badly, and then sort of worse, and then actually got going really very well indeed. Train home hit some kind of delay, caused by some kind of delay on another train. That's as much detail as we've come to expect in the non expla... 2006-12-02UTC10:30:04The Royal Standard Folkestone Kent.....WELCOME to our Humble little Home/Pub, We are very freindly ,Warm, Lots of fun to be had by all... Our saying in the pub is " IF YOU WANT TO STAY LONGER YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT HERE EARLIER"... We have a pool table and dart board, We do a FREE QUIZ frm 9... 2006-12-02UTC10:18:38FREE MUSIC frm 5pm SUNDAYS . FREE QUIZ THURS NIGHT frm 9pmWELCOME to our Humble little Home/Pub, We are very freindly ,Warm, Lots of fun to be had by all... Our saying in the pub is " IF YOU WANT TO STAY LONGER YOU SHOULD HAVE GOT HERE EARLIER"...We have a pool table and dart board, We do a free quizz frm 9... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/9798/FREE+MUSIC+frm+5pm+SUNDAYS+.+FREE+QUIZ+THURS+NIGHT+frm+9pm">Rated 4.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-10-29UTC07:09:31Quiet night in FolkestoneSaturday we went on a bit of tour of Folkestone, just to remind us and our visitor Emma of some of the less salubrious joints in town. We were originally going to head into Hythe and get a curry, but Emma already had a dinner lined up, so decided to ... 2006-08-23UTC08:41:18Oh dear what's happened to the style then?Been playing with PhpGedView while I had some time to play with PHP (which might help me with work) and genealogy things(which probably won't). It's "skinnable", but only sort of, it needs some hacking to integrate it in this site, and in the process... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/9000/Oh+dear+what%27s+happened+to+the+style+then%3F">Rated 7.14/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-07-10UTC10:22:14ZZ blows his topSo what was said then? Must surely have been something racial. Man alive it's a dirty game.Cream-crackered today, don't feel like I rested for a second at the weekend, not only did we stay up far too late on Saturday, but we went OUT on a FRIDAY! Thi... 2006-05-02UTC10:14:12Squirrel plants super walnut treeA lovely gardening story, not that much squirrel content actually. Now onto the weekend review!We went to Rye, and it is nice. We mooched around some very very old buildings and shops and things, and had a look inside Henry James' house, and did all ... 2006-04-12UTC10:54:20The ShipOther bar news discovered while we were out... The Ship down at the harbour has a pool table, a jukebox, and live music. It's a nice pub, just my type, though you might feel it's a bit of a low dive. Can't believe I'd not been in there before.... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8097/The+Ship">Rated 4.78/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-04-02UTC03:04:32Chops!Started the weekend with a super rarity, drinks in Farringdon. Been trying to meet up with a couple of the Fareham boys who are commuters too and work in the area, and this week no-one had a good excuse not to do it, so it's all on - To The Eagle. It... 2006-02-13UTC10:21:21Weekend reportSuper weekend, starting with The Mighty Boosh at the LCH, funny, good, we felt a bit old though, they do attract a young audience, lots of whom were dressed up. I maybe enjoyed the show a bit more than my companions, though it did feel a bit like a c... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4632/Weekend+report"><img alt="Weekend report" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4632/Weekend+report">Rated 4.86/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-01-09UTC10:26:30The Clarke Cup and new technologyYou know how if you spend too long in the house on your own not talking to anyone you can go a bit mad and have odd ideas? Amazingly this also works when you are married, and just the two of you stay in with no contact with other people (apart from B... 2005-11-28UTC06:16:22RE: Pool tableHi Paul,Many thanks for your kind words about our tables :)Kingswood Leisure has a new website now,the homepage is http://www.kwlonline.com and custom Pool table page is at http://www.kwlonline.com/reconditioned-pool-tables.htmIt would be much apprec... 2005-11-24UTC10:17:01Thanks for that brief but useful comment...If anyone out there can offer any more info along these lines about any of the venues here, that'll really help with the map; accomodation, booze, real ale, children welcome, dartboard, dj, food, garden, jukebox, live music, pool table, vegetarian fo... 2005-10-03UTC11:15:00Ace weekendTook a road trip to Fareham to visit the family this weekend, borrowing Clare's dad's car. No problems getting there, though it's not a drive I've done myself before, up the M20, round the M25 and then down the A3. The A3 near the Devil's Punchbowl w... 2005-09-23UTC09:06:07MontereyJust setting up a place holder here where I will post the next part of my holiday honeymoon writeup... on leaving San Francisco we went to Monterey, before heading to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.First we had to get out of San Francisco, which meant... 2005-09-21UTC02:40:00San FranciscoSo, part the first of my big holiday / honeymoon write up. Slight preamble, some experiences on the way there. Our flights were at nice civilised times, but to save any rush and extend the holiday a bit, we booked into a hotel at Heathrow. But it was... 2005-08-16UTC09:30:45We're BACK!Back in work today, the wedding was amazing. I have several days to catch up on here, but if you want to cut right to the chase, here's a picture of us:More wedding pictures here... The long weekend started on Wednesday, which I already kind of cover... 2005-07-25UTC12:08:36Don't shoot!It was raining when I left the house this morning, so I'm wearing a big coat, and it wasn't raining when I got to London, it was quite hot, so now I'm TERRIFIED I'll be shot for dressing suspiciously! What is going on there then? I hope there's more ... 2005-06-27UTC05:33:27Gate 28Come, come Pauly you must have Gate 28 on the list surely although not a pub as such it does great food, has a DJ at weekends and good wine....sorry no darts or pool table !!!!... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/3601/Gate+28"><img alt="Gate 28" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2725960260_6eba34a516_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/3601/Gate+28">Rated 5.03/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>