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May 2006

slope cleaners

can you believe i’ve still got some olympic pictures to show you ? this is one of a chain of slope cleaners working their way down the slalom course.
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beware of the dog

‘of the’ in small.
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public conveniences – three options

i like the signage here (you may have to click the picture for a big version). It announces Public Conveniences and offers three options: ‘gentlemen’, ‘ladies & disabled’ and ‘bus shelter’.
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water

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dealing with chronic pain

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i don’t think i’ve mentioned it here before in much detail, but not many whiles ago (within the life of this blog) i suffered from chronic pain. I posted about my last trip to the pain clinic here (note the unfortunate URL !). I threw all my old tablets away today as i no longer need them and i thought you might be interested in my personal story (or is that the story of my personals?)

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cheap booze

this is absolutely fantastic advertising. we saw it back here, but here is a bigger better picture. especially note the beer bottle with ‘cheap booze’ written on the label.
the ‘off licence open’ next to the closed shutters is good too.
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i heart hoxton

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i’m not convinved dragging your family across a roundabout is a good plan. even if they are made of stone
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the bottom of BT Tower

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QUIETLY in shouty writting

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doorbells

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down

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looks like paint but is actually confetti

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dog graffiti

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telly

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the last daffodil

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we saw this daffodill in kew gardens about a month ago. it was standing proud whilst all the other daff’s had died. well done sir (though i imagine it too has been chopped down by now)

plane stuck in a tree

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yellow hose pipe

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picture-skew minehead

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sign not heeding its own warning

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no motorcycles or dogs

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