Just purchased a Waterimp in order to reduce the damaging effects of the hideously hard water we have in Buckingham.
I will return home this christmas eve to deal with an airlock that is afflicting our upstairs hand basin.
Maybe I should become a plumber…
Published on December 24, 2003
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Despite threatening not to update this site before Christmas, I just had to log the fact that I had a truly excellent weekend. Firstly, Southampton beat Portsmouth 3-0 which puts us fourth in the premiership!
Published on December 22, 2003
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A merry Christmas to all our readers! I’m unlikely to post much on the site between now and New Year so apologies in advance. All’s well and back to our festive boozing…
Published on December 19, 2003
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A mere 7 days until beagle 2 touches down on the surface of Mars.
Beagle 2 was developed by the Open University’s Colin Pillinger who was last seen doing burnouts on BBC’s Top Gear.
If you can’t see the festive decorations on the homepage, REFRESH/RELOAD your browser.
Published on December 18, 2003
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Great to see everybody at the two Christmas meals we went to this weekend: Alex, Zoë, Amy and Dean for the fab Italian at ‘Al Tamborista’ in Stony Stratford and Chris, Mandy, Seamus, Emma, Nicola, Sarah and Paul for coming along to the Old Thatch in Adstock. Prompts me to wonder why we don’t do [...]
Published on December 15, 2003
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Today I shall make a concerted effort to learn and indeed use more 60’s Slang. It’s gonna be a gas. Hope some of you cats will join me.
Published on December 11, 2003
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So, we’ve all dumped Internet Explorer in favour a Mozilla Firebird, right?. And of course we’re all aware of the amazing functionality we can add to extend our browser. So it will come as no suprise that we can also create our own skins to personalise the complete look and feel of this fantastic piece [...]
Published on December 9, 2003
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Its seems that our Triton t80i electric shower (a popular model apparently) needs some maintenance. Now, who’d be the right person to call out to fix it? Do we get a plumber because it’s a bathroom thing that uses water? Do we call out an electrician because the water’s heated and pumped using electricity? Or, [...]
Published on December 9, 2003
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Because I’ve got an online account with Guardian Unlimited I can browse digital versions of The Guardian and Observer Digital Editions. Unlike the standard online versions of the papers this new facility allows the user to read the complete paper as bought in the shop, except online! There’s some clever technology being used that has [...]
Published on December 8, 2003
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Harry Peter Deans (also knows simply as “The Deans”) was born in Southampton on the 25th April 1979. It is alleged that his brain was born on the Isle of Wight to the virgin peanut though this information has not been confirmed at this point. At 25 years old he still lives with his mother [...]
Published on December 5, 2003
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