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July 2006

i absolutely agree

there’s no hedging on this one. the road to riches is for walking down, not for back peddling. or something
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is this really london ?

it’s been stupid hot in london the last few days. i have physically melted a number of times.
here is the serpentine lido with swimmers in the twenty+ degrees warmth yesterday before 9am.
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and here are people enjoying Diana’s memory around her fountain thing
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and in it
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a row of number 7s

i was confused by why there were so may houses numbered ‘7’. then i realised. did you ?
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(by the way, are you having trouble commenting on the blog ? i know i am ! if you are, drop me an email and i’ll spend some time trying to sort it if it’s problem for a few people – blog@funkypancake.com

low mass (best come prepared)

a low mass is a bit like a high mass, only you have to kneel really low.
BCP means ‘best come prepared’, meaning you’ll have to provide your own hassock.
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bird

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dummy

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ambulance bikes – croggies for ill people

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how does an ambulance bike work ? if you are well enough to ride on the back of this bike (or perhaps as a ‘croggy’) then you probably don’t really need a bike
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does anyone else use the word croggy ?

mobile office

i had to send an email just after 9am yesterday morning (and not before) and since i was on the way to a meeting i set up an impromptu office on this wall by a little garden.
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i wasn’t quite sure where i was heading so i checked out Google maps whilst online to find the street i was standing on. technology is so cool and i was thinking it was all very james bond when i looked across at the buildingi was standing next to
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the blue plaque reveals it’s used to be ian fleming’s gaff !
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pet mince

mark sent me these great signs of pet mince which he’s also posted on his blog
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i showed esther and she really laughed. she got the double meaning, but she added a third by saying “wouldn’t it be funny to have some mints as a pet”. i hadn’t even thought of that so i was very impressed !
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