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Nonsense
Well, it's been a long time since I posted here, but still...
I read LJ very regularly, and someone (you know who you are) just described a claim as "arrant nonsense". ¿So, wisdom of LJ, what is the difference between "patent nonsense", which I speak, and "arrant nonsense", which my friend speaks? -
Dublin
One of my LJ friends recently posted that he/she/it/whatever would shortly be coming to Dublin. As I'm already working in that fine city, would said person like to meet up and have a drink or a meal, assuming dates and stuff fit together ( Read more... ) -
End of another era approaches
There are four days remaining in my current contract. It's been pretty good most of the time, though like everything, it has had its moments! Trips to Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Carlisle, Preston, Blackpool, St Helens, Southport, Liverpool, one to Warrington this week and quite possibly some others too. Birmingham, yes that's one ( Read more... ) -
Why on EARTH Stokes Valley?
The large sign that often says "Toke Alley" is all the explanation you need to understand the question. Although clean, green New Zealand is largely a reality, it denies the problems of gangs and drugs that are tearing apart large parts of the cities. The Hutt Valley, including Stokes Valley, is part of the worst affected part ( Read more... ) -
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Browser crashed just as I was about to post entry about Stokes Valley. Will type it again soon. -
What is it about football?
First of all, I'm probably not the right person to ask. Although my father was a full-time Trade Union Official, and so theoretically needed know what made people tick and what their passions were, in facet hated the game and was indifferent to all sport. So I grew up with no such heritage, except that we had to know what the scores were so that we ( Read more... ) -
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No long journey today means no long ramble here. But I am travelling to Preston tomorrow! -
Places I've lived - 3
Once I had a contract in London and was committed to commuting between Bromborough and London each week, the question arose of where I might stay during the week. I explored various possibilities, but a hotel during the week that I could just walk away from on Friday morning was the best fit for what I wanted to do ( Read more... ) -
Places I've lived - 2
Just before Christmas 1997, the dreaded redundancy came, and I looked for work immediately. There was scarcely any on the East Coast, but I got a contra!ct with a bank in Auckland and commuted there week by week, living a twilight sort of existence, in a hotel Monday to Thursday nights, at home late Friday and Saturday, driving seven hours or ( Read more... )
