Monthly Archives: September 2012

I just found this and it followed me home…

Posted on 20 September, 2012 by jb

HT Questionable Skills http://tedmccagg.typepad.com

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I think I’ll wait with filling up then…..

Posted on 20 September, 2012 by jb

This is the Forward Curve oil price for West Texas Intermediate. I’m not quite sure that I believe it….   Here’s the current source (NY Mercantile Exchange)

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Tunes for Tuesday – 18 September 2012

Posted on 18 September, 2012 by jb

Apple – The Amsterdams – BIRP! July 2010 [Listen] On My Radio – The Selecter – New Wave Classics [Listen] Slice of Heaven – Dave Dobbyn – Loyal [Listen] I’m Com’un Home in the Morn’un – Lou Pride [Listen] Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas … Continue reading →

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Incompentence? Manchester Airport!

Posted on 17 September, 2012 by jb

Manchester Airport is taking ineptitude and incompetence to almost professional levels. True story. They shunted the car rental outfits off-airport last week to their sparkling new Car Rental Village. “Good” I thought. “It’s always been a hassle trying to inspect … Continue reading →

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Kingsley Amis, on being challenged ….

Posted on 16 September, 2012 by jb

….to produce a sentence whose meaning depended on a possessive apostrophe, came up with: Those things over there are my husband’s. (Those things over there belong to my husband.) Those things over there are my husbands’. (Those things over there … Continue reading →

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The greengrocers’ apostrophe is so yesterday

Posted on 16 September, 2012 by jb

Presenting: The greengrocer,s comma.* The same thing, you say? It’s like compearing [sic] apple’s with orange,s…… *Superfluous apostrophes (“greengrocers’ apostrophes”) Sign to Green Craigs housing development Apostrophes used in a non-standard manner to form noun plurals are known as greengrocers’ … Continue reading →

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My kind of pub

Posted on 14 September, 2012 by jb
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Bird of the year

Posted on 13 September, 2012 by jb

A good friend of this blog, David Slack, is on a crusade to have his favourite bird, the kokako, enthroned as Bird of the Year by the Forest and Bird Society of New Zealand. I suggested Angela Merkel and pointed … Continue reading →

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So THAT’S how it works…

Posted on 11 September, 2012 by jb

HT futilitycloset.com

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 11 September 2012

Posted on 11 September, 2012 by jb

Mr Understanding – Pete & The Pirates [Listen] Dance Little Lady Dance – Tina Charles – Music of the Seventies [Listen] You Better You Bet – The Who – Join Together [Listen] It’ll Be Okay – Antics – BIRP! December … Continue reading →

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