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danger on the streets

there’s a tube strike today which means the streets are full of people with maps trying to find their way to work above ground for a change.
i kept wanting to shout “i do this everyday you know”. but didn’t. instead i enjoyed the chaos at every road crossing as people tried to work out the traffic light phasing and deal with the random london drivers.
i was heartened to see that if things got really bad people could turn to violence. this razor blade and carpet gripper thing (bit of wood with nails sticking up) would provide ideal weapons if someone wanted a duel.
not sure who would win though.
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number 460

it looks like all the old custom minis have been replaced with new custom minis. After yesterday’s 265, here is number 460.
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a new venture

here’s my new venture. let me know what you think and/or if you have any vague facts you’d like to add.
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the special US/UK relationship

the US and UK have a special relationship. so our politicians tell us.
here it is in practice. takes up a lot of space on the bench don’t they ?
as a result of their ‘special relationship’ members of the public can’t relax.
these chaps are made of chocolate. just like the real ones. churchill was renown for melting in front of a hot fire on winter’s evening.
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john hegley ?

this is possibly john hegley. certainly looked like him and sounded like him. but i’m not an expert on his appearance.
i may also have walked past john cleese but it could just have been any old chap with a moustache so was probably a false positive.
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glove

glove on the bank of the thames. lucky for us it was low tide, otherwise we may have missed it !
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painting

this chap was painting this wall in the middle of the street. i grabbed this photo in about 3 seconds and zoomed on my way. i wish i’d stayed a bit longer to frame it better, but there you go.

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a nice set up

another glastonbury homage ? it’s a nice little set up of van, tent and big bits of telecoms equipment.
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tree moving

it’s not clear if this tree is going up or down. such is life for the city tree.
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hot drink poll

so, another poll is archived away to be forgotten. The other category contained:
* white, one sugar
* one cyanide, pldease 🙂
* hot water, honey and lemon please
* soy chai, yum !
thanks for voting – i feel we are all getting to know each other a little bit better with each poll

death trap

the aftermath of plumbers is always exciting. we’ve had a few surprised following last weeks heating replacement.
this is my favourite. it’s bare wires sticking out of a hole on top of our kitchen work top. just next to where the girls sometimes sit when jane is in the kitchen.
i suspect we won’t let them sit there for a while.
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re-composting

it’s another day of manic working from home trying to meet my last current horrible deadline (before the next horrible deadlines come along tomorrow) …
having dragged myself out of bed at 4.30 i was keen to get straight to work. but the world of computers is never that helpful and i ended up having to reinstall Acrobat reader to read a document.
somewhere in this process, this little message popped up which i read as ‘recomposting data’ which is a much nicer concept. perhaps it’s a form of ‘organic digitalisation’.
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you’ll be pleased to know that everything is working well again.