bournemouth
yeah – off to bournemouth ! British seaside resorts are so cool.
update: that’s cool as in ‘very cold’. our hotel room didn’t really have any heating to speak of which was a shame.
other than that the hotel we stayed in was fantastic ! Highly recommended (just don’t let them put you in room 96-104 as they are in chillsville).
seasons of joy
it’s season ticket renewal day today. my ticket includes free travel on all parts of the london underground.
here is the man renewing my ticket:
another glove
asher spotted another glove. he stalked it for a while before rushing over and taking its photo. he sent me this photo on wednesday but i forgot to display it and he got all upset (poor chap).
he’s under a lot of stress and this is the last thing he needs. i can only apologise and hope that the display of his photo makes up for the sadness i have caused him
great whites
sara from the office found a giant piece of confectionary. it’s a white malteser which is 2cm long (that’s .5cm bigger than a normal malteser). she confirmed that it tasted no good, thus confirming my fears over genetically modified items.
here it is displayed alongside it’s more normal sized friend:
do not take any risks
i saw this sign in farringdon tube station. i took it’s advice and walked to my destination
dr who
here is one of those old phone boxes like dr who used to drive about in.
i expect some kind of comment from Matt who is the landlord for the server where this blog lives. he loves dr who he does.
old stuff in london
i arrived 30 minutes early for a meeting this morning so had a look round the local church. was very nice (and old).
hoorah for london and oldness amongst fancy new stuff
bull and weathervane
look up when you wander round london. it’s fantastic (when it’s not raining) !
glove
the skankiest yet !
simple kid
here is a weird thing i just heard about on the internet wireless.
we must all learn things from this (not sure what – probably not to listen to the internet wireless and click on links on websites)
trip through time
i’ve been having some troubles getting to the way back machine today as it seems to time-out. i did eventually manage to find a link that did work.
(click to go there)
(for interest, i’m compiling info on how web access prices have changed over the last few years and want a few screen grabs of the big ISPs pricing pages since time began)
butterfly
things you don’t expect to find in your house in england in november.
#1 a pretty butterfly
car crash of old
i had a car crash on the 7th july 2002. a fool rammed me on a windy road and wrote my car off. here are the photos
(click for big versions)
the reason for telling you ?
what’s cooking
working from home today, so i usually expect low quality blog content. however, i was delighted to see this cooker in a neighbours garden when i opened my office curtains this morning.
more outside warming, but a lot more convenient than a BBQ
stealth disco
my office disco plans failed, so maybe i should do a stealth disco like these guys
Stealth Disco. Best Bits is best (of)
link thanks to t-bone
boy 34 is fake. official
as reported earlier i was concerned that i may have been misled over one of my found passport photos. it was submitted by a work colleague.
but it appears that the person who submitted it was having a jape at my expense (as suspected by at least one of my colleagues). i didn’t want to believe it, but i can’t hide from the truth.
therefore, it is with great sadness that i announce that Boy 34 is a fake.
elvis has just left the street
for over a year now there has been some writing on the floor near my office which says, in massive letters, ‘elvis’. i didn’t even bother taking a photo of it as it was part of the general background of london life.
however, someone has coloured it in black in an attempt to remove it. this is a shame
bike crash
this bike has crashed in to an electric fireplace. no wonder the weather is so mild. a fireplace here, a radiator there
street cleaner hierarchy
there is a secret hierarchical structure in existence on the streets of london. it relates to street cleaners. i like street cleaners and always shout a cheery hello to them on my walk to work. sometimes they even reply.
here is the starting point – a brush and a trolley on wheels:
once you have earned an upgrade you get a pushalong jobby with brushes. (some of these have seats which is a feature upgrade i think)
finally, when you have actually made it, then you get to drive in a proper machine with a windscreen and everything. this is a temporary vehicle. (maybe it moonlights as an occasional table)
