娟 will be one of the dancers at a performance in front of the Chinese leaders on October Revolution day (1st October). It should be broadcast on CCTV 1  (the Chinese equivalent of Auntie Beeb 1) after all the speechifying etc. The performance is scheduled for 8pm Chinese time, 1pm here ( Read more... )

Having been changed Jbex Programme Advisor yet again, the new one suggested yesterday that I became self employed and should goove of a  wbo suitable for this time of year. I get the impression he was not entirely enthralled when I suggested the provision of welding services to brass monkeys ( Read more... )

I recently found, on a 500g tub of Knorr powdered mushroom sauce, a recommended dosage...


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In the light of the recent revelations about Tesco beefburgers and horse meat, I was amused to find this in my inbox this morning:


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I'm sure this "recommendation" lark where they send you some recommendations based on what you've previously bought is getting out of hand, might be I suppose they are down in takings and desperate to flog things but really.

I've removed the referrer bit from the following choice email just in case it leads back to me but this is the start of the ( Read more... )

Whilst doing a bit of traveling on the train today I was looking through a cookery book dating from 1923.

Whilst perusing, I came across this little gem:


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Nothing I can say really.


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Two days before the end now. I've been updating http://www.mx1.org.uk/ELD/ with the texts.  Seem to be still enjoying it despite the whimpers and less than ideal weather.

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I've mentioned before about Survey sites sometimes having peculiar notions of which bits of the UK go where.

A couple of recently seen ones that have a base that's clearly come from the same stable but with a different cartographer...


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A Japanese hairdresser appears to have created some unusual haircuts...