Cats, Dogs and Fish
Reading Evel’s Make a Wish post on And another thing… this morning brought a smile to my face and reminded me of a few pet stories. When I was a boy we had a Scottish Terrier called Cindy, who was … Continue reading
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UK Weights and measures
As a country we are resistant to change. The European Union has shelved plans which would have made it illegal to use imperial measures after 2009. We changed to decimal currency in 1971 and it was phased in over 18 … Continue reading
Dunstable Carnival 2007
The weather this morning didn’t look good for today’s carnival. It was raining first thing and didn’t stop until about 11:30. The floats were due to leave from the council offices at 12:00 noon on their route through the town. … Continue reading
900 years of Dunstable
Tomorrow is Dunstable’s Carnival. The theme for this year is ‘900 Years of Dunstable’. Dunstable started as a Roman posting station where travellers could change their horses. A settlement grew up on the crossroads of the Roman Watling Street and … Continue reading
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Thoughts for those who lost loved ones
The sickening tragedy that has occured at Virginia Tech causing the loss of 33 lives defies words. I have seen the following on both Carol and Ilker‘s blog. Spare a thought for those killed and those left behind. Silence can … Continue reading
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Whipsnade Zoo revisited
We took the kids to the zoo this afternoon. We have got season tickets again, which gives us more flexibilty in when we go and what we see. Whipsnade Zoo which is part of the Zoological Society of London is … Continue reading
Film scanner woes
A couple of days ago I finally got around to scanning the negatives of the photos I took of the lunar eclipse on 3rd March. I set up my film scanner and scanned the films in the same way as … Continue reading
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There’s more to life than cocktail sausages
We had a party this afternoon for my daughter’s birthday. After they had played at the local indoor playground for an hour and a half they had sandwiches, cocktail sausages, crisps etc. Later when we had been home for a … Continue reading
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I’ve been tagged
Carol from My View of “IT” has tagged me for the five reasons why I blog meme. I have posted about this before in “Why do I blog“, but not stopped to think of 5 actual reasons. So here goes: … Continue reading
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