In Sainsbury's today I saw some Corgi models of London taxis, made by Hornby. There were several different types, so people could collect them. Nice, I thought. If I was going to buy an Olympic souvenir at all, that's the sort of thing I might buy ( Read more... )

Looking for something to link to on my other blog, I came across a page on a .gov.uk site that looked promising - until I came to this: '...which can evidence crucial links to previous generations ( Read more... )

But I think Sky News won this one. Generally better choice of camera angle, less inane wittering from commentators, no cutting away from the outside action to talk to irrelevant studio guests or vox pop interviews.

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- when you couldn't think of what to get someone as a present, some writing paper and envelopes was a safe bet. There'd be a huge range of gift sets to choose from. Not any more. I've been in every likely shop locally today and all that was on offer was bog standard Basildon Bond in WHS. People do still write letters. The person I wanted to buy it ( Read more... )

Happy New Year to all on my friendslist ( Read more... )

Two more things to add to the list of Things That Have Gone Wrong in my house over the last year or so ( Read more... )

I've just started reading a lightweight crime novel wth a historical setting ( Read more... )

... when you get a Christmas card from someone you haven't sent one to, it always arrives too late to reciprocate?

Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2010 to all on my friends list.

Long time no post and now it's a gripe ( Read more... )