Author Archives: jb

Italians! What do you expect…..?

Posted on 19 August, 2015 by jb

   “With washing comes [sic] occasional holes. Embrace the holes as character not as flaws.    And people pay astronomical sums of money for this? After 39 years, I thought I was immune. Appears not. Fuck me……

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Ivor Bolokov, the lopsided Russian

Posted on 19 August, 2015 by jb

Mr Hafiz is the Telex Manager somewhere and has got his hands on almost a million quid that he wants to share with me. This could be an interesting conversation. (He’s blue, I’m red) Dear, I have an important issue … Continue reading →

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Ianduringly delightful

Posted on 18 August, 2015 by jb

When you stumble over stuff like this, you realise how much you miss Ian Dury. I do. anyway Stunningly witty lyrics, all very tongue-in-cheek. And what a lovely man in this Parkinson interview. One of the nicest things he did … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, you are SO bloody useless…..

Posted on 18 August, 2015 by jb

Finally see the light and migrate from XP to Windows 8.1 (€120 in Germany vs $200 in the USA, strangely enough…). Localise it with the English language pack and….immediately get confronted with a welcome screen in …….German. Better still, all … Continue reading →

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A day in Maikammer – Annual Plant Market

Posted on 16 August, 2015 by jb

      

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Un vernissage à Forge dans la Charente

Posted on 13 August, 2015 by jb

           

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Déjeuner au restaurant Moulin de la Tardoire, Montbron

Posted on 13 August, 2015 by jb
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Une journée à Angoulême

Posted on 12 August, 2015 by jb
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So now you know….

Posted on 31 July, 2015 by jb

“Flotsam” is floating wreckage, “jetsam” is cargo that is purposely thrown overboard, “lagan” is goods lying at the bottom of the ocean but reclaimable, and “derelict” is cargo at the bottom of the ocean but lost. Oh, and a collision … Continue reading →

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Sweet Dreams

Posted on 25 July, 2015 by jb

“Sweet Dreams” was one of the first 45s I bought when I went to England in the late 60s of the recently departed millennium. Possibly saw it on Top of the Pops, certainly heard it on the radio and was … Continue reading →

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