Monthly Archives: February 2010

>It’s always so difficult

Posted on 28 February, 2010 by jb

> ..getting clothes that fit when you’re an XL. Being a Medium would be so much better….– Posted using BlogPress

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>Navigationally challenged

Posted on 28 February, 2010 by jb

>2 hours out of Auckland after 9 hours flight time and Skymap tells me we’re not quite out of Myamarian airspace.Eh? – Posted using BlogPress

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>Modern journalism

Posted on 23 February, 2010 by jb

>”Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports. The Slovak Spectator cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information presented in its Flash News postings.” – Posted using BlogPress

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>I know…..

Posted on 21 February, 2010 by jb

> …that Olympic flight attendants have the reputation of being facially challenged. Now I know where the term “dog” comes from…

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>Eye, eye, captain…

Posted on 18 February, 2010 by jb

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>I think I shall become a potter

Posted on 17 February, 2010 by jb

> Getting my hands mucky and living on the poverty line has never appealed to me that much, but with these newfangled 3D printers, it’s dead easy. If I’ve understood this right, all you do is to get someone to … Continue reading →

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>Not that I can do much about it, but…..

Posted on 15 February, 2010 by jb

> ..I’m not too happy with my ISP. It’s not that I actually CHOSE them, either. I was with Tiscali for ages and a day, before they went toes up and I found myself a Freenet customer. I even switched … Continue reading →

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>Sounds about right….

Posted on 12 February, 2010 by jb

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>Look what I found

Posted on 11 February, 2010 by jb

> First of all, here’s Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris from 1987 with “To Know Him Is To Love Him” (“Teddybears”, written by Phil Spector) backed by the Crème de la crème of the West Coast session scene … Continue reading →

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>Those strange Australians

Posted on 11 February, 2010 by jb

> Bureaucrats are funny bunch no matter where you go, but for sheer dimness, I think Australian Immigration takes the cake. Mrs jb is applying for an eVisitor permit. All very slick, efficient and online. Except when you come to … Continue reading →

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