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yes, no beef or tomato in it at all

Real pot noodles are the same. There might be tomato powder in it but definitely no beef.

The chicken ones might have real chicken based things in

Does this look like a real skateboard to you?

Story in the Telegraph about a skateboarding owl. And it's in Folkestone this time, last week's story like this was from Fareham. There are owls in the town centre, and one of them might like a skateboard, but that looks too small to me. Or, that's a...

Number 11 spring newsletter

Spring is here; our daffodils bloom happily in the windows, the sun gives a warm hazy feel to Folkestone, the sea is calm and glistening; it is a happy and peaceful time of year, and in keeping with that, we, No.11 have many exciting events ahead of ...

RE: Boing

"Beef and tomato"? Are you not one of those vegematarians? Or are Pot Noodle type things so far removed from being actual food that they contain none of the ingredients that they taste of?

Yesterday was a good day

Well, a momentous day - wee man started crawling! I have come to rely on putting him down and knowing he's not going anywhere while I turn my back, it lets us get things like washing up and so on done. But no more, he's finally started crawling at th...

Just been offered an Editors ticket

Aren't I too old for that sort of thing? Also it's the day before Suede, so not only will this be two gigs in the one year, they're on consecutive days! And both on a school night!

GRO certificates petition

Dear Colleagues,As you may be aware, the costs of GRO certificates will rise from �7 to�9.25 on the 6th April. Costs haven't risen for some years but an extra�2.25 on every certificate. That's a whopping 32% rise. GRO produces 2million certificates a...

Our Suede tickets are on the way

I shouldn't be tracking their progress like this, it's just a gig, but when you only go to one or two gigs a year I think it's OK.Timings areDoors (hoho, etc) 6.45These New Puritans 7.45Suede ...

Genuinely free five pound bet

Betfair are giving you a totally free GBP5 bet. All you have to do is click through and sign in with your name and email address. This is what you have to choose:Champions HurdleBack one of these two outcomes:1. Go Native/Binocular/Solwhit2. The othe...

Oh yeah finished my book too

World without end, book without end more like, it just went on and on and on. Enjoyable enough in short bursts but a bit relentless, the same things being done by / to the same people again and again and again. Much like the book this is a sequel to,...

Countdown in a parallel universe

Was I hallucinating or was Countdown weird on channel4 yesterday? We watch on 4od / www.channel4.com most days, and they had taken a break from the recent series tournament for a one off. OR, I dreamed it. Several changes, first they brought back the...

Boing

Spring appears to have sprung! Sunshine for two days in a row, I have turned the central heating off.The flat is still under offer, no progress as yet. I have appointed a solicitor, they have sent / are sending me acres of questionnaire to fill out, ...

KISS meet and greet has been announced

The KISS Meet & Greet Experience includes: * One general admission floor ticket with early entry * Exclusive Meet & Greet with the members of KISS * Personal photograph with KISS * Autograph session (includes 8X10 autographed photo) ...

What's a good cocktail?

I have Chartreuse, Jack Daniels, gin, bacardi, Travarica, amaretto, and vodka. I don't drink spirits, but I'm thinking of emptying our drinks cabinet in case we move soon. We have accepted an offer on the flat, so it will surely be soon, these things...

Our trip to Dublin (part two)

We started the day at the Hugh Lane gallery, really handy for our hotel and they have The Eve Of St Agness, an excellent and famous Harry Clarke window. We've been before but good to check in again. They also have an exhibition based on the studio of...

Popbitch at Camden Crawl

From this weeks 'bitchPopbitch is hosting a venue at Camden Crawl in May. Join us at Cuban Bar, bank holiday Sunday, 2 May, with five bands, amazing DJs and other stuff to tell you about soon. Buy tickets now!www.seetickets.com/camdencrawlThe Cuban B...

Chilean Chocolan Shiraz on the tasting table at Karl's Good Food

2005 Syrah, Chocolan, Chile: On the whole, Chile has always made solid, well-made wines that are flawless but very often unremarkable.However, in recent years, an appreciation for matching grapes to particular sites, altitudes and soils has been on t...

Folkestone's HEVY music festival is back agin this year!

Gallows, The Subways, Sepultura, Rolo Tomassi, Napalm Death, Polar Bear Club, Dead Swans, Lower Than Atlantis & Feed The Rhino announced for the Hevy Music Festival 2010.The team behind last year's one-day music event on Folkestone Seafront return th...

Idiots, imbeciles, and morons

We know the difference now, do you? Clare found a book today that belonged to my Granddad, that I remember taking from their house when I was a child. With permission, I think.People with IQs below 70 are sometimes classified in the textbooks as feeb...

Our trip to Dublin (part one)

Went to Dublin for the weekend, just Clare and I, we left the wee man at home. I did miss him a lot, I get even more homesick than before these days, even on the shortest of trips.Good flight times with Ryan Air meant we had time to drop Harry off at...

A shooting!

It's all gone a bit The Wire round here! An actual shooting to the death in practically my immediate family. Little girl tells dad that her step-dad smacked her, so dad goes round with his gun, puts it in step-dad's mouth and threatens him (verbally ...

Who's that parking in a disabled bay on Earls Avenue?

See here Folkestone is on street view on google maps now.Apologies if that is you, and you are really disabled....

Pictures from inside The Elizabethan

here on Facebook in Legends of Folkestone. Good work!

Can I play HTML5 Youtube videos in Firefox right now?

A nice reminder of the video issues in the shift from flash to HTML5. HTML5 will be omg the shizzle good, but see there's a VHS vs Betamax style problem, and that story on lifehacker.com sums up the details. Firefox are going with one standard for HT...

Fareham space squirrels

At last, a Fareham news story that's not about murderers, paedophiles or strip clubs! squirrels in coconut helmets instead. From the Telegraph. I love squirrels.Dublin write up to come soon, bit busy though....

Happy birthday Harry

He's 3/4 today, nine months.

BACK, then, from Dublin

I didn't announce it before as I didn't want you to rob my house. We went to Dublin for the weekend, leaving Harry at home with Clare's mum and dad. More later when I have written it all up.

It's a work thing!

pbworks is an online collaboration site, a wiki really. I could go a lot more techie here, but I know it's really only you reading it, so I won't.

RE: Anyone written a pbworks plugin?

Pauly - there are simply no words that could do justice to that post. You are a shoe-in for the blogging Pulitzer.

Anyone written a pbworks plugin?

Trying to write a pbworks plugin in javascript. Not really a plugin, but just including a small amount of js in the page as that's all I've figured out how to do so far. Here's my snippet: jQuery( function () { jQuery.getJSON( 'http://foo.com/jso...

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Peter Kay

Peter Kay in Manchester

{%Tag1%} TicketsPeter Kay returns after almost7 years to live stand-up comedy. Britain's most successful comedian is taking his 'Tour that doesn't Tour' finally on the...

Peter Kay

{%Tag1%} TicketsPeter Kay returns after almost7 years to live stand-up comedy. Britain's most successful comedian is taking his 'Tour that doesn't Tour' finally on the...

Peter Kay in Manchester

{%Tag1%} TicketsPeter Kay returns after almost7 years to live stand-up comedy. Britain's most successful comedian is taking his 'Tour that doesn't Tour' finally on the...

Peter Kay

Peter Kay in Manchester

{%Tag1%} TicketsPeter Kay returns after almost7 years to live stand-up comedy. Britain's most successful comedian is taking his 'Tour that doesn't Tour' finally on the...

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