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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Kultcha
€22 for 2 even with a senior discount As Ms jb’s mum would have said ” Es wird nicht billiger, es wird immer Dürer…”.
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No wonder TSA keeps stealing my Opinel garden knife from my luggage…
…they’re just trying to prevent me from breaking the law in the UK. Which says… It is illegal to: sell a knife of any kind (including cutlery and kitchen knives) to anyone under 18 carry a knife in public without … Continue reading
Posted in Brain farts
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Tunes for a Tuesday – The Bullmoose Mix – 26 November 2013
Bullmoose Records in Portsmouth, NH is probably my favourite music store. Wildly nerdish/intense staff, great selection, even better recommendations. No tax. The Portland store (the one in the dungeon) comes close, but gets a big tick because it’s across the … Continue reading
Posted in Mixtape, Music, Tunes for a Tuesday
Tagged 1944 [Intro, AM, Arabella, Arctic Monkeys, Au Revoir, Bangor, BBC: Children's Hour July 7, Brand New Beat, Bullmoose Records, Buzzcut Season, Don't Go Falling In Love, Feist, Girlfriend, Jackson Browne, Kurt Baker, Lorde, Past In Present, Phoenix, Portland, portsmouth, Pretty Boy Floyd, Pure Heroine, Rosanne Cash With John Leventhal, Royals, Talon Of The Hawk, The Front Bottoms, The Reminder, Wabash Cannonball; 900 Miles; Stagger Lee; Pretty Boy Floyd], Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 3], Woody Guthrie, Woody Guthrie: At 100! (Live At The Kennedy Center), You Know the Night
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Why I Make Terrible Decisions or Poverty Thoughts
Convenience food is just that. And we are not allowed many conveniences. Especially since the Patriot Act passed, it’s hard to get a bank account. But without one, you spend a lot of time figuring out where to cash a … Continue reading
Posted in This is America, This is important
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How cool
We rent a small unit at Storage World in Nelson. Full of stuff ready to be moved into the cottage when it’s finished next year. Massive rain event in April last year – close to 120mm in an hour in … Continue reading
Revenue Management
A practitioner writes: I was also a one-man pioneer of yield management. When the transatlantic APEX fares came in, much lower than anything that had gone before, one of my jobs was to decide what the allocation of APEX seats … Continue reading
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Like a Rolling Stone
Jason Kottke points me to some terrific stuff This for example: http://video.bobdylan.com/desktop.html
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Tunes for a Tuesday – 19 November 2013
Beggin’ – Madcon – Uncovered [Listen] C’mon And Swim – Bobby Freeman – Billboard Top 100 – 1964 [Listen] Embers – The Hazard Archive [Listen] I Enjoy Being a Girl – Peggy Lee [Listen] I Turn My Camera On – … Continue reading
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Tagged 1964], 23-Mar-1975), Anika, Beggin', Billboard Top 100, Bobby Freeman, Boh&Hollie, C'mon And Swim, Ca, Embers, Fl: 11/8/07, I Enjoy Being a Girl, I Turn My Camera On, Lithium, Live in Tallahassee, Lookin for a Love (San Francisco, Madcon, Manwomanchild, Music From The Winery Tour 2007-2013, Neil Young, Nirvana, Peggy Lee, Perfect Echo Vol 1, Psychic City, Pt 2, Reasons, Slipping Away, Spoon, The Hazard Archive, Uncovered, Yacht
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Ever had your pick nicked?
A teddy bear is working on a building site. He goes for his tea break and when he returns,he notices his pick has been stolen. The bear goes ballistic and reports the theft to the foreman. The foreman grins ” … Continue reading
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