Monthly Archives: November 2004

Fast clock

Here’s an annoying thing: my Windows clock has started running fast. It completes a minute in only 52 seconds — I’ve timed it with my wristwatch stopwatch. I found a fix for this on Google Groups, C:>net stop w32time The … Continue reading

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B3ta top tip

I received this in my e-mail last night in my weekly B3ta newsletter. If you’re being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of … Continue reading

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Mrs. JOHN LEES

Okay, here’s another one from The Ashton Standard (Saturday, August 6 1859). It’s an advert: TO BE LET, the House next door to Mrs JOHN LEES, in the Market-place, to whom application may be made. My good friend James Frost … Continue reading

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The Ashton Standard

A couple of months ago a lady kindly gave me an old family bible that had been in her family for years. The reason that I knew the woman, and presumably this led her to choose me to donate the … Continue reading

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Hmm… that’s weird!

Hmm… that’s weird. You probably already read that bit in the title of this post, but it’s true, it’s still weird. It’s now 11 minutes past midnight and I still don’t seem to have received my birthday e-mail from the … Continue reading

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Watch out danger

I picked up some old school jotters of mine when I was home visiting my Mum this weekend. Here’s something I wrote on 29 January 1981; I was in Primary 5: I know some dangers in your home. If your … Continue reading

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Saddened

I’m still dumbstruck by the result of the recent US(eless) election; saddened and speechless! It’s not that I am a particularly strong fan of John Kerry, but I and all of Europe with me were desperate to see Bush dethroned … Continue reading

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