Author Archives: jb

>Letters to the Editor #3

Posted on 17 April, 2009 by jb

> If you’re a sports team, the general idea appears to be that you win almost all of your home games and then try and pick up some points away. Mainz 05, the local Second Division (and eternal First Division … Continue reading →

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>Bloody tourists…

Posted on 8 April, 2009 by jb

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>A new reader writes…..

Posted on 7 April, 2009 by jb

> SIR – As a recent subscriber to your newspaper, I find that you are a bunch of insufferable know-alls, and there is nothing worse than a know-all who is sometimes right. A.F. BradleyCoupeville, Washington

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>You did what….?

Posted on 6 April, 2009 by jb

> Video link

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>Decisions, decisions…..

Posted on 5 April, 2009 by jb

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>Don’t ask me (about Reorganisation)

Posted on 4 April, 2009 by jb

>http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3013257&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1powerlinerflyers from wes johnson on Vimeo. Why does this remind me of every management reorganisation project I’ve ever ben involved with? Much fluttering around, temporary absences and then everyone ends back where there were, with the higher management levels power … Continue reading →

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>Take one C120 cassette tape….

Posted on 2 April, 2009 by jb

> Remember those C120 cassette tapes? The tape was so thin that they’d unravel inside your cassette radio even BEFORE you’d pushed the play button. Rip it all out and sling it out of the window to join the millions … Continue reading →

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>Letters to the Editor #1

Posted on 1 April, 2009 by jb

>   SIR – Although the taste is rather similar, my Church’s shoes have held out after 25 years of hard usage, while the average hamburger survives for less than five minutes. Readjusting your daily chart on the amount of … Continue reading →

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>This I need – the Polar Clock

Posted on 1 April, 2009 by jb

> This is like watching paint dry….. But if you’re so inclined – http://blog.pixelbreaker.com/polarclock/ Windows/MacOSX/Mac widget.

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>"You seem a little agitated…."

Posted on 31 March, 2009 by jb

> …said Mr Homeland Security. Agitated? Of course I’m bloody agitated. I’ve checked in in Los Angeles, taken my bags to the TSA screening point, been shouted at because I’ve followed the signs to the (non-existent) screening point for Lufthansa … Continue reading →

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