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The parade's in town!
Posted Jun 14, 2009
To 'The West End Festival', where I was on stall-minding duties for Unicef, for a stall selling books and (the real money spinner!) mhendis (henna hand painting).
Here's some Scottish culcha:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDr1EPipR3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjbTER4q1nc
I think I want to marry they lassies. Both of them.
I didn't see much of the parade itself - but I heard it go by. I'm constantly amazed that Glasgow manages to sustain so many fine samba schools. Here's some footage of the backs of some peoples' heads:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DefCmUsCPs
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Am I on pre-moderation?
Posted Jun 10, 2009
Just testing to see if I am.
I made a minor tweak to my PS (just the GuideML that changes colours) and I'm getting messages that my Guide Entries are on pre-mod.
Nobody told me. I wonder if it's true? And if so...why? Let's see...
Testing Testing
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Why I never go potholing.
Posted May 28, 2009
Our new central heating boiler broke down last week. We called an engineer - but he immediately declared that it was a problem with the electrical supply and nothing to do with him.
What could it be? 
I don't have much knowledge about these practical matters, but I like to think that I can get stuck in and solve problems from first principles. My first theory was 
. We've had lots of lately, and I'd seen some gnaw damage to an extension lead. So I decided to investigate whether they'd gnawed through the mains wiring below floor level.
This meant...emptying all the bits and detritus from under the staits, then easing myself backwards and feed first,past the boiler and gas meter and through a wee hatch in the floorboards with two feet clearance above, just wide enough to fit me - provide I kept both arms above my head to keep my shoulders narrow and breathed in. Then I had to thread my feet over a water pipe so I could extend my legs forward and ease my bottom downwards (all without the aid of hands to help me) until I came to rest on the rubble and soot subfloor. Tearing a massive hole in my crotch on a nail as I went.
I had a scout around and there was nothing obvious. I traced the wire from the boiler - which disappeared back up through the floor after a few feet. So I stuck my head back up the hatch and saw that it led into...the fused switch next to the boiler. 
Ah well. At least it would be a simple repair. Once I'd got back to floor level...Not as easy as you'd think. In fact,it's damned difficult moving *anywhere* with your arms over your head, your feet stretched out in front of you, your knees over a pipe and having to bend forwards at the same time. To cut a long story short, it took me half an hour of huffing and puffing.
And that's why I never go potholing. Basically, 'cause I'm a fat 
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Reposting: Britain has gone to the dogs.
Posted May 15, 2009
Reposting something that's just been modded, presumably under pre-election rules. And it won't get sorted before Monday - but I wanted to get it off my chest.
Anyway...
I've just had my first ever leaflet election from a particular party (I'll not name them, so as not to break the rules). Last time we had posters, but this time someone seems to have actually walked down the street and put it through *my* door.
I'm furious. And depressed.
My daughter showed it to me. She's been finishing off a school project on World War Two leaders. She pointed out that what the leaflet said was pretty identical to a quote she'd used from the autobiography of one of them.
I wish I'd seen the person who put it through my door. My wife is glad I didn't.
There. Is that ing opaque enough to get past the mods? No mention of anything that rhymes with 'Patsy' or the film formed by soap in hard water.
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Britain really has gone to the dogs.
Posted May 15, 2009
Today we got our first ever BNP election leaflet through the door. Last time round we had the first posters in our area. But I can hardly believe that Nazi scum have actually walked down the street and stuck this filth through *my* letterbox.
My daughter showed it to me when I got in. She's been finishing off a school project about Hitler. She noticed that their proud statements were pretty much identical to a quote she'd used from Mein Kampf.
I wish I'd seen the who put it through. My wife's rather glad I didn't.
And you know what? They're going to get a few MEPs, aren't they? What with PR and the inevitable low turnout for the other parties.
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