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Where's my fridge magnet?
Looks like the UK is finally getting a propaganda booklet about terrorism and emergencies. As usual, the poms are years behind everyone else. What's more, it doesn't sound like it's going to be a frid…
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New photos
Phew. Mammoth photo upload session and here they are. Memorial ride for James Visit to Sam, Stu and Alfie in Leicester Birthday drinks last week
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Summer?
So has summer finally arrived? BBC weather forecast has five days of sunshine. First time I've seen that in a long time! We're going cycling on Saturday, so some sun would be good!
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Is Latham also a suckhole?
So now Mr Latham is trying to prove he's not beholden to US policy. So where's the condemnation of Howard voting the US policy line with esteemed suckhole company of Marshall Islands, Micronesia and P…
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Alternative to allmusic.com?
I've used allmusic.com to find out information about musicians, albums and songs for years. It's always been a clunky, slow web site. The most annoying thing was that they used Javascript instead of a…
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Wow that was quick!
I brewed a Coopers Canadian Blonde kit on Sunday night with 500g glucose and 500g pale malt. This morning the yeast foam was all gone and I was worried something was wrong, so I chucked in another dry…
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Seems I do have a vote
Spoke to a very helpful woman at the AEC and it turns out Holly and I are enrolled to vote, just not at the address we expected. I'm sure we enrolled and registered as overseas voters from my parents'…
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Asian food madness
Yesterday Holly, Kev, Marg and I went out to Oriental City in Colindale. This is a huge asian (or, as they say here "oriental") food complex with a massive multicultural supermarket, food court and sh…
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Wit bottled, Canadian blonde on the way
I bottled the Belgian Wit yesterday. It's tasting great already, and can only get better. I must have messed up my measurements of the original and final gravity, as they make no sense. Either that or…
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I've been Florida-ed
I just checked on the AEC web site and it seems I've been dropped off the electoral roll in Australia. This is despite the fact that I registered as an overseas elector before we left the country. I h…
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Belgian wit in the bucket
Over the weekend I made up a Hoegaarden-style belgian wit ale, in the style of Graeme's fabulous recipe, the results of which tried while we were in Oz. Muntons Connoisseur wheat beer kit 1kg light ma…
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Back home
Well we're back home. I'm waiting for Holly to finish in the shower so I can get clean, at last. Sad thing is, I have to go to another gig tonight. I booked tickets for Tortoise without realising it w…
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Mud! Sun's out though. -- This Orange Multi Media Message was sent wirefree from an Orange MMS phone. If you would like to reply, please text or phone the sender directly by using the phone number lis…
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The sun comes out. Briefly. -- This Orange Multi Media Message was sent wirefree from an Orange MMS phone. If you would like to reply, please text or phone the sender directly by using the phone numbe…
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