stacking point for coaches for disabled
interesting sign next to a bike rack.
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fridge and a chair
interesting how the door opens on to the road side and that the chair is behind the fridge. makes you think.
cashback
cashback is a brilliant idea and much safer and more convenient than standing in the street taking money out of a cashpoint.
you buy something from a supermarket on your bank card and before you know it you’ve got your shopping a big wad of notes.
unless you go to the supermarket near my office. in there they haggle.
i asked for £40 cash back today. and they said “how about £20” ?
so i said “no, i’d like £40 please”
and she said “well, i’ve only got £20”
so i accepted her original offer and received £20 in £2 coins. i thanked her on behalf of my wallet manufacturer.
sign of the times
i’m looking to buy a watch, but no where seems to sell them these days. i went to Nowhere and even they had ceased selling them.
i went from door to door down tottenham court road saying “do you sell watches” with no success. next time i’ll actually go in to the shops.
i want a thermometer and compass on my watch and i only want to spend £20. i suspect my search may take some years.
meanwhile i can take my old watch to the clothes repairers where i saw this sign. they can apparently alter a 24 hour clock and turn it in to a more decimal 10 hour version. possibly.
jacuzzi
here is an upturned jacuzzi in a skip. jacuzzis are just so pass�.
in london the craze is to have your bath replaced with a small pond with actual living fish in it. more posh families have turtles. i even heard of someone having a dwarf alligator in their bathroom.
but where do people wash nowadays you ask ? the answer is in purpose built wash blocks which have been built by the local council on most street corners. they have been sponsored by personal hygiene product manufacturers to reduce the tax burden.
boy 45
New photo found for davescollections:
it’s 9th Feb. happy christmas
come to london. you’re not too late to see the christmas lights.
flying skip
here is a skip full of stuff, in the air. but how is it managing to fly ?
i suspect it’s got something with crane it was attached to.
moon through broken windows
it was dark when i left home this morning (as usual) but it was light by the time i arrived at paddington which is great. summer is on its way.
i was struck this morning by the gradual introduction of colour to the day. it started off black, then came the introduction of dark blue, then some reds were added and before you knew it, colour had stretched down from the sky and lighted up the world.
oh yes, i forgot to say. this photo is of the moon through the windows (some paneless) at my local train station
celebrity chains
here’s an interesting celebrity-interest thing. i feel i know you well enough to share this now.
i’m just 3 people away from Michael Jackson. ie he’s a friend of friend’s friend’s dad.
Michael was once the most famous person on the planet – so in theory i could get a message to anyone in the world.
let me know if you’ve got anything important to say and i’ll pass it on.
top pop
there’s a thing on every sunday in february in reading called 5:14 and it’s run by Reading Vineyard church. it’s most excellent.
the band contained a couple of friends and a singer called suzie.
here is an interesting link to a thing to amuse you for a few seconds (needs sound). probably only makes sense to british viewers.
cat update
wee commerce
this is one for all you scottish people who say “wee” rather than “small”.
update: after i posted this kezia did her first ‘wee’ in the toilet today. it was her idea and we thought we’d just go along with her plan. we thought it was probably just an excuse to extract large quantities of toilet roll and do the flushing.
anyone who’s got children will know the implications of this:
good – the end is in sight for nappies
bad – the next few weeks will be quite damp for all involved and going out for day trips will get more tricky.
the signs of death
here is a sign of death. i like the teeth. i used to be a goth you know.
christian coffee sachets
the devil might be in the detail, but Jesus is on the sugar.
here is the sugar sachets in a regular cafe we went to today. they are by “Kingdom Coffee International” and contain a Bible verse.
this reminded me of my plan for ‘litter evangelism’ which involved throwing leaflets explaining about Jesus all over the street so that people might pick them up and read them. this concept remains untested.
i also had a plan for ‘whistle evangelism’ which involed whistling well known christian songs to subliminally influence members of the public in to believing the truth about Jesus. this wasn’t very successful as not many people know christian songs these days.
sign on a tree
i think this sign means this trees days are numbered.
this tree must die so that others near it might live. that’s how forests work apparently
