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Weather report part two

Ferocious rain woke us both up in the night, a proper downpour again. Clare got the fear that the weather might have resulted in our pilot light going out (it happened before), which would mean waking up to cold showers, so I got up to check on it. W...

RE: On Folkestone is closing

Perhaps because it's actually a navigable forum?
I'm sad to see this forum close, it was useful when I first came to the town.
I am a member at both and feel that Folkestone Forums is a worthy sucessor to OnFolkestone.

Windebanks of wield.

in a recent article in HGS magazine someone tracing north hants windebanks mentionned the wield lot, and stated that they were supposed to be a colateral branch of the windebanks descended from Sir thomas Windebank of Haines Hillhurst, Berks 1538 - 1...

Good weekend

Quick trip to Mum and Dad's on Friday, with an afternoon off work thrown in, to be there for a fabulous family barbecue for Dad's birthday - I knew it was his 60th really. Just a flying visit, but still really good, nice to see so many people in one ...

RE: Rabbits and finches

It was uncharacteristically bright up here last night too - I blamed the weather (or Tony Blair, or the elves).Love Speckled Hen, but only generally drink it in the comfort of my own home. It's one of my "feet up relaxing" real ales.In other news, do...

Poor old Fareham

This property hotspot list from The Independent is a bit harsh I feel. Not just that there's no room for Folkestone in their top ten, fair enough, but:At the bottom of the pile, in dismal 1,833rd place, is Fareham - the small town on the north-west t...

Clarkes in the National Portrait Gallery

Just searching for Sir Fred Clarke, who seems to be related to the wife's family but not to our Clarkes, and I'm not sure if this is him in the National Portrait Gallery or not, but here's a list of other Clarkes who are. Hold your mouse over their n...

The announcement no-one was waiting for

Popex is closing. Obviously I have known for a while, I have been made redundant, but couldn't talk about it. So now I'm looking for work! It's time to reorganise all my sites to put a big job advert at the top. If you have any ideas, please get in t...

I think I've liked all the French films I've seen

All three of them... I'm going to perk my French up a bit so I can watch more.

Latest popex ticket sales

Affiliate sales have perked up a bit this month, here are the top twenty sellers through popex this month:Foo Fighters (beating second place by 5:1)Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Mighty Boosh (the first of the Folkestone connection, one I plugged a lot on ...

Good morning

Every day now we're noticing that it's getting lighter in the mornings, but TODAY we thought we'd overslept (and all our clocks were wrong, and GMTV's clock was wrong, and the church tower clock was wrong) as it was so bright outside. Weird how the s...

Erk, work

I get in this morning and have urgent work waiting for me right away, this is not a good start to the week. We had a bit of a refit of IT around the office, so there are a few snags to sort out, think it all went smoothly though. Had a very quiet wee...

A chilled and chilly weekend

Went to Canterbury yesterday, christmas shopping, as we couldn't quite face the crowds at Bluewater. Did quite a bit surprisingly, and had a splendid luncheon in Nandos. Saw massive haired rock leg end Brian May in Dixons, he was buying a printer I t...

2 points about that

1. Related point - Bricks eh? are you sure it's not the vault of a victorian sewer? That would explain the pong, possibly coming through a crack in the brickwerk2. Less related point - I just had a samosa that tasted a bit of vinegar - it was not unp...

Pub golf

As part of my round up of the weekend, as I am reminded different bits of it at different times, here is the order of drinking of the pub golf in Exeter on Saturday... we played some real golf first, some pitch and putt anyway, and I thought I did av...

PopEx tickets

Sales perked up a little last month, here are the top ten ticket sellers through popex for April...Will YoungJools HollandMamma MiaMcFlySuper Furry AnimalsBilly CorganRammsteinAlabama 3Bloc PartyMeat LoafYesterday's journey home was a TURD, took too ...

RE: Dodgy referers

I read that as dodgy referees and my ears perked up. Now I see it's just drivel, I'm disappointed.

I used to do Clerkenwell-Cannon Street and it's pretty easy - 521 bus from Chancery Lane tube/ Holborn Viaduct, or failing that, I think a 17 does it too.It's walkable as well, and Moorgate station is only 10 mins (brisk!) walk from Cannon Stret.Fail...

Google ups the stakes again

I've only just got into using javascript's XMLHttpRequest to do proper dynamic pageness, and I'm going to expand on that as it's worked pretty well in popex. If you want to see it working, go there, log in and type a band name or part of a name into ...

Cashpoints - try Holborn, around Chancery Lane tube. You can't move for them there!

I went to college for two years in Clerkenwell and liked it - probably because it was a bit of a backwater then (which it isn't now).

Hmm: "Recently our company released a string quartet tribute to The Darkness. I would love to send you a copy for linking, reviewing, posting, whatever you think your viewers and patrons might be interested in"... it's on www.vitaminrecords.com appa...

Andy Serkis (Gollum)

On Friday night, I crossed infront of his car.

V Festival latest

I've been quiet today, beavering busily on busted balance sheets, so HEY! Here's some news written by someone else; The Killers, Deepest Blue and Syntax have been added to the V Festival lineup... An old workmate of mine is in Syntax, friend to the s...

crazy nazi robot jollies

http://www.roboterkampf.com/htmlmakid/neuspinne.html

That's a closeup of a merkin

For all the hundreds and thousands of people out there who accidentally shaved off their pubic hair and now regret it like crazy and simply can't wait for thier own hair to grow back: at this site you can buy fake pubic hair. For guys as well. And yo...

GLC UK Tour

Newport hiphop heroes Goldie Lookin' Chain have confirmed details of their first full UK tour... you knows it, clarts!The "Draw-Based Confusion" tour includes dates with fellow countrymen Super Furry Animals, and follows recent appearances with The D...

Goldie Lookin' Chain tour

The pussies are too afeared to come back to Folkestone by the looks of this press release!Newport hiphop heroes Goldie Lookin' Chain have confirmed details of their first full UK tour... you knows it, clarts!The "Draw-Based Confusion" tour includes d...

No Pixies tickets on sale yet then?

I heard a crazy rumour Pixies tickets would be on sale this morning, suddenly remembered and was terrified I'd have missed them...4ad.com says:In April, The Pixies will kick off an 11-city "warm up" tour of North America, marking the first time they'...

Insane in the 'Chain

I muchly enjoyed Goldie Lookin' Chain at Metro last night, here is a picture:The band righteously rocked the Metro, a crowd quite evenly split between fans, industry and friends. Highlight for me was "Metal", a rock pastiche laid over a mighty loopin...

Goldie Lookin' Chain tickets (2004)

Goldie Lookin' Chain tickets for sale here:Goldie Lookin' Chain @ Metro Club, London (Tue 3 Feb 21:00) [info / details]Goldie Lookin' Chain @ The Cathouse, Glasgow, Strathclyde (Sun 4 Apr 21:00) [info / details]Goldie Lookin' Chain @ The Charlotte, L...