October 2002
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Excitement
A quick recap. I injured my ankle on Thursday 17th October (my birthday, what a great present!). Since then I’ve been laid up at home. I still can’t walk properly but at least I can move around. So much so, I’m being taken out for dinner and a movie tonight, having missed them for my…
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Strange thoughts
I’ve said before that I do this (maintain this website) for me. So how come I feel slightly guilty for hardly touching it for a week? The weird thing is that I feel and think exactly the same when some of my regular reads go on hiatus (take a hiatus? what’s the correct usage here?).…
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So
How are you? It feels odd having been ‘away’ for a week or so. My ankle is healing, although still very stiff and bruised. I’ll be at home all week but hope to spend some more time on the PC catching up (soooo much catching up). If you’ve sent me an email I apologise I’ll…
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Men on the phone
Chatting on the way into work, we delved briefly into the subject of men on the phone. Using myself as an example, men are awful on the phone. Well… awful according to most women I know anyway. A typical phone call with my best mate. Me: Hello? Him: Hello! Me: Hello! Him: Hello… (not sure…
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The Contract of Common Sense
I think Meg may be onto something here.. particularly in light of a recent letter I received from.. eh.. someone to do with our gas meter. The letter stated that they would be sending someone round to ‘review’ our meter and ensure it was functioning correctly. If we could just make ourselves available at some…
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This and that
MiscellaneousI have nothing to say about this: The Prior-Art-O-Matic.“It’s a series of randomly-generated product ideas! It raises questions about the nature of prior art in patenting issues and is occasionally amusing!” I have a lot to say about this: When is middle age?.“If I had to pick numbers, then I’d probably choose the range from…