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Monthly Archives: March 2009

A Week On Twitter

Thursday 26th March 2009

@hackneye Great stuff. I’ve got “Kingdom Of Rust” going around on a constant loop in my brain. in reply to hackneye [#] The “Hoover”. The “Thermos”. What the hell is it about the word “vacuum” that means we run to the safety and comfort of the generic name? [#] God I hate card shops, and [...]

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That Week On Twitter

Thursday 19th March 2009

I’ve had some amazing observations recently that I haven’t been able to whittle down to 140 characters. Honest. Oh well, your loss. [#] Listening to Radio 1 is hilarious. You can play “Name That Tune”; which tune has this “new” song mercilessly ripped off. [#] Not sure which is worse; Delingpole condoning torture or his [...]

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If I Can’t Change Your Mind

Wednesday 18th March 2009

It takes a lot of courage to perform a public volte-face, and so the Daily Telegraph deserves much credit for its leading article this weekend on the heated matter of global warming. But it is time to acknowledge that, for whatever combination of reasons, temperatures are rising. We do not know by how much they [...]

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This Week On Twitter

Thursday 12th March 2009

Which rail platform for Gatley? BUS. Perhaps I’ll walk home from Cheadle Hulme. [#] @Ear_I_Am Don’t feel too bad; even @manutd_scores only has 154 followers. in reply to Ear_I_Am [#] If the posters on all of our local buses are to be believed, the young Queen Victoria had a large steel bolt where her nose [...]

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On Guns And The Minimum Wage

Wednesday 11th March 2009

Why looky here, well whaddya know. According to this simply spiffing quiz organised by those kind chaps at the UK Libertarian Party… Created by LPUK That puts me in the same group as Hitler, Stalin and Gordon Brown (ha,ha). No, not really. Well, yes really, insofar as the LPUK quiz really does lump Gordon Brown [...]

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