It has been months since I posted and I have missed the 15th anniversary of ( Read more... )

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I have to accept that I am now living in a suburban area ( Read more... )

I used to like LJ_Book which archived your journal into a pdf. So I was a bit disappointed to discover that it is now something that I have to pay for. It is $25 for a year or $70 for two years. I am not sure who you are making the payment to, so it is not a great deal. I think it is just a bit annoying as it leaves me with only dreamwidth as a ( Read more... )

The internet seems to be aflame with the dead Gorillas story. The story seems to be a 3-4 year old boy somehow slipped away from his mother and climbed into the Gorilla cage in the zoo. The Gorilla got close to the animal and the zookeepers shot it dead ( Read more... )

The UK seemed to go for a long time without referendum. The rule seemed to be you elect some folk who you hope are wiser than you and they make decision for you. They were able to survey the facts, decisions were played out over a long period of time and discussed at great lengths. Education and access to information was much more limited so it was ( Read more... )

I am clearly a long way behind the curve when it comes to adblockers. This may explain why I am still stuck on this website, which was basically aimed at slightly awkward and introverted 14-23 year old girls living in the early naughties.It seems that a lot of people are using them and so never see adverts. Whereas for me they are everywhere on the ( Read more... )

The big news this week was the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith. I first mentionned him on my journal back in 2001(I did not even really get his name right which just goes to show the limited impact he was making back then.

Alan Duncan Smith, what is all that about. Can the Tory party not see the man is a bit doggy to say the least? Now I am a ( Read more... )

Everyone of a certain age will probably remember one of these:-


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There was quite an interesting article on the BBC website about the decline of the nightclub.They certainly seem to be less a feature of the landscape. I used to go quite a lot and feel I have probably aged out of them, but they do seem very old fashioned. I am still somewhat surprised by the cost of alcohol when I visit a pub. And the idea of ( Read more... )