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>The road less travelled….

Posted on 18 April, 2010 by jb

> Out on the bike today, zipping around the vineyards over to Oppenheim which is an easy-ish 22km with a few decent gradients. Between Zornheim and Mommenheim, there’s the most seductive concreted farm road. It drops away from 230m ASL … Continue reading →

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>Talk about notey….

Posted on 8 August, 2009 by jb

> Baden-Baden is about as flash as a rat with a gold tooth.Huge villas, a casino, spas here there and everywhere. And loads of rich buggers.Which explains the bill at the Rive Gauche. A bottle of mineral water and 2 … Continue reading →

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>Bloody hell….

Posted on 27 July, 2009 by jb

> Whew. That was a close call. Star journalist Birgit S (having turned mumble mumble the other day) invited a bunch of girl (I use the term loosely. Very loosely….) friends around for afternoon tea. Someone (I have NO idea … Continue reading →

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>Piracy is alive and well…

Posted on 16 July, 2009 by jb

> .. on dry land. My Mate Houghton appears set on weighing his delightful boat Raindance down with so much useless crap essential nautical tackle that I’m sure it’ll founder and sink if he does much more. He’s asked me … Continue reading →

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>1 + 1 = ….Duh

Posted on 17 September, 2008 by jb

> Now, I’m trying not to go of on a geriatric rant here, but I did detect the odour of singed hair emanating from the neck-tie region when I read this… 1. 5 boys share a bag of 55 lollies. … Continue reading →

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>Why is it….

Posted on 30 August, 2008 by jb

> ….that you can’t have fun anymore? The brainy looking chap in the middle with the funny black thing perched ill-fittingly on his head is Matthew, my cousin Dave’s youngest. And brainy he is too. MA in History and just … Continue reading →

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>Aaaaaaargh……!

Posted on 7 July, 2008 by jb

> Being an old bastard, I’m in the process of applying for my pension. Which is a bit complicated, given that I’ve worked in 3 countries, all of which have to get their act together in order for the Pension … Continue reading →

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Boden

Posted on 18 June, 2008 by jb

Lucy Kellaway embarked on one of her more entertaining rants in the FT the other day, ripping into the CEOs of Citigroup and Boden for their overly flippant and disingenuous communicative styles. It’s here as a podcast – the vitriol … Continue reading →

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>Older readers

Posted on 1 April, 2008 by jb

>Kids’ books are frequently quite excellent. I heard Paul Jennings, an Australian author, on National Radio the other day. Intelligent, eloquent and funny. Paradox Books in Devonport didn’t have anything in stock. Neither di Unity Books in High Street in … Continue reading →

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