June 2011
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AMAZING birthday present
I’ve had years of socks and kitchenware and grown up nonsense. This year I wanted toys and Mrs Ben and No.1 certainly delivered. Optimus fecking Prime!
Now, I won’t lie. Either I’m getting old or Transformers are getting more complicated. But to get from the above image to the below image took me 45 minutes. Though it does have a maximum ‘5’ rating on the...
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The Independent's obituary on Terry Marsland
Published here, written by Peta Steel:
In the 1970s two great campaigning movements came together with consequences that are still being felt to this day.
The impact of feminism on trade unionism produced a raft of new-style trade union leaders, none more influential than Terry Marsland. She was in the frontline during campaigns for equal pay, womens’ right to choose on abortion and for...
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A big brownie point to anyone who can name the UK...
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My birthday
It’s that time of year when the family starts asking what I want for my birthday. I ALWAYS say Gamestation vouchers but this year I thought I’d be creative.
So this year, anyone who asks is getting this response.
Any one of the following:
1) Optimus Prime. And not some nonsense modern one that changes into a herring or something. It needs to be red and blue, change into a truck...
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“Daddy, did you know that Muslims worship Ella in moths?”
– No.1 has clearly been studying RE at school.
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“I think considering the nature of my job – that is, working for the UK’s trade...”
– Received an email today asking if I’d be willing to provide information, and possibly appear in court, in defence of a man accused of selling what I presume to be either R4 cards or modded consoles. This is my reply.
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