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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Comic Relief
This year’s Comic Relief has raised over 37 million pounds in it’s broadcast day [news.bbc.co.uk]. I think generally that the figure tends to almost double, if I recall correctly, over the next few days and stuff as other donations come in. So that is good. The Celebrity Fame Academy was won by Radio 1 DJ [...]
Posted in Life and opinion
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Ikea stones and toes
Some people will go to extraordinary lengths for love [www.reuters.co.uk], I mean, this bloke was prepared to lose his fingers and toes trekking into Canada to see his net girlfriend. To be fair to the guy I don’t imagine that he planned to lose them all, but somehow I get the idea that planning wasn’t [...]
Cheap Houses, small cars, and hamsters
It is said that Welsh Building firm Redrow is to be the first in the UK to meet the Government challenge to make available new homes for less than £60K [news.bbc.co.uk]. Of course, this headline grabber misses the fact that it’s 60K for a one bedroomed flat. Oh well. At least for twice that amount [...]
Posted in News
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Ants
Ant colonies are clever [news.bbc.co.uk]. This is good. Today we went to Ikea, got some bookcases and a nice chair for the computer but the chair has rips on the seat. This is annoying as it means that we now have to go back to Ikea tomorrow. Ptish.
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Moo : Or, don’t get on the bad side of a cow.
Cow’s can hold a grudge for years [www.theregister.co.uk], so says research from folk at Bristol University. Apparently cows are capable of strong emotions and can worry about the future. Presumably such issues as where the wind is going to be coming from and how much grass there will be to consume play heavily on their [...]
