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I noticed Sampson's eyes glow red and green in flash photos. I thought at first it was due to the angle of dog to the lens, but it turns out it's due to his left eye being a little different.


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I love secondhand bookshops, some of the owners are delightfully bonkers. I've had some of the most bizarre conversations in secondhand bookshops. Maybe it's me ( Read more... )

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See that stove in my all time favorite film?


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Tonsillitis and another chest infection. I thought I was feeling a little under the weather. Was very rough last night, so went to see the Doc yesterday morning. Doc prescribed penicillin and other squirty stuff. I had no idea you could still get tonsillitis post tonsillectomy, but yes you can. This information left me wondering what was the point ( Read more... )

Finally found a picture of my great-grandfather's fish shop. It's a still from a film.The film appears to be a "borough in bloom" film possibly made by the local authority. These two chaps are probably from the Council Arboreal Department.


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Dropped Sampson off at the vets this morning for teeth extraction and ear scrubbing. I was on edge all day, jumping out of my skin everytime the phone rang. He's home now, A bit subdued, laying at my feet right now. He's had a drink and some boiled chicken.

A sample of his weird ear goo is off the lab.

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The cables for the landing light switch were routed over the top of the skirting-board, and had then been painted over. There's a lot of this sort of "botch it" work around the house. While the plaster was off the wall I rerouted the cables and put them in trunking in the wall. This left a hole in the floor. Usually, I'd swap out the damaged board ( Read more... )