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Charlie Parker, not Jack Jones
So, busy with a job for work which has to be done but is very very s l o w. I would much rather be outside but a brief stolen glance out of the window revealed the following:- Blackbird Coal Tit Chaffinch Magpie Oystercatcher Wood pigeon House Sparrow Blue tit Robin Carrion crow Rook…
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Within reach
Last night our office’s contact centre hosted telephone donation calls for BBC Children in Need, as well as running a host of fund raising activities. It was a busy old day, which could have gone either way, especially when we discovered that there were no winning tickets at all in the bucket for the tombola. …
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Whether to weather the weather or wither
Right people, enough with the long range forecasts. Every year we hear that inane, trumped up and downright stupid phrase “barbecue summer” (or “BBQ Summer” for the hard of thinking) which is, I suspect*, paid for by the supermarkets and Do It Yourself stores to shift their vast stockpiles of garden furniture – and where…
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Moan
I have been educated to tertiary level. I have held down responsible positions within various logistics and financial services institutions for nearly thirty years. I can wrangle spreadsheets. I have a blog and a Twitter account. I can work Facebook. So why the hell can I not upload a stupid talking book to my iPad?
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MRI
Thanks to everyone who phoned tonight, or texted, and to Elspeth & Colin for taking me to Dundee and waiting patiently. Now I just have to sook up the courage to rip this bandage off my arm. Sleep Sleep tonight And may your dreams Be realized If the thunder cloud Passes rain So let it…
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Blood Makes Noise
Anyone who knows me, knows that encroaching deafness is one of my issues. Amongst other things it means that big gigs are out of the question since I cannot afford to lose any more sensitivity in my left ear. However, as documented, we recently went to hear Suzanne Vega in Glasgow and this song was…
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Ruby Saturday
Yesterday we were invited to Elspeth & Colin’s Ruby Wedding celebration, the venue for which was dad’s flat in Stirling, yes again, I think he may start to charge us soon. We drove through in frankly atrocious conditions, a trench of intense rain cloud was hanging over the central belt, and it honestly felt…
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Haiku
Some days are golden. Some are golden, also long. Some are gently both. Oh come on people, that’s been up for days and no-one has pointed out the deliberate mistake.
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Space travel
Enjoying the first cup of tea of the day but not enjoying trying to work out if any of my direct debit payments are going to fail. I do not comment on work issues here, so see me for rant. Instead, the DB Astro mob went to Dunfermline yesterday for the gala day. There was…
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B+W
On Sunday we went for a walk along by the wonderfully named Ash Lagoons of West Fife, just to the south of the National Trust darling that is Culross, with its phenomenally wonderful pottery shop and attendant Biscuit Cafe. This walk was very different from the usual visits to the toun, which have culminated in…