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Speaking of tipping, see what tipped over

This tree tipped up in the high winds I guess:That's the terrace / smoking area of The Bank Bar under that tree, don't suppose there was anyone sat out there with today's weather anyway. This looked fresh, it must have only just happened. Snapped tod...

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An opportunity to learn @ the University Centre Folkestone for free!

Step up to Business is a Short course (18hours) which will provide an enjoyable and lively look at business and enterprise.Learners will learn the basic of business. Ideal for those considering a start-up or just to improve job, and promotion prospec...

Folkestone Boot Fair dates announced

New dates for our charity boot fairs in Folkestone for 2008 have just been announced, with the next boot fair being held on Saturday 3rd May.Due to a potential change in use of the Shorncliffe Road field, it was initially thought that we would not be...

RE: Yesterday's house hunt

Hey, difficult thing isn't it? Do you wait for "the crash that might never happen" or just get on and buy a house. I think the whole market is getting a bit nervy, even houses in Fareham are selling slowly. Interesting to see what's going to happe...

House hunt

Two houses today in Canterbury, different parts of town, but with things in common. For starters, both too expensive really at 250k each. If the market really is tumbling we might be able to make a cheeky offer on just about anything we see now thoug...

Some market research for a new bar in town

What would you like to see in a new bar in the creative quarter? Email rbailey@netbox5.com with your thoughts, he's planning on opening a bar aimed at the over 25s with different events on different nights and is looking for some feedback....

Boo, pissed off

Just had our viewing of the house we were going to see tomorrow cancelled, the vendors have received a full asking price offer yesterday. We hadn't seen this house yet (apart from online), it was right on the street with no real garden to speak of, a...

Ever feel lacking in skills?

I do, all my skills are in software, if the power went off tomorrow I'd be SUNK! I wish I had more hardware skills, not just computer hardware, but general mechanics and making and fixing things. Here's an interesting article along those lines from w...

Quiet few days

Had a lovely weekend, disastrous in terms of house hunting, but great in every other ways. We didn't get to see any houses this weekend, there don't seem to be any on the market really that fit our requirements. We saw a couple of new houses online t...

Battle of the console tables

Back to one of my favourite subjects, our furniture on ebay, two console tables up for grabs, one here in North London and one here in Bristol, same tables, same end date, neck and neck so far, who will win? I'm watching both of these and will report...

There are definitely glass and can recycling points at the supermarkets

only Sainsbury Park Farm and Morrisons spring to mind, [s]but I expect there are also in the car park of ASDA in the town centre[s] Definitely NO FACILITIES at the Sainsbury or ASDA in the town when I asked recently, sorry.Do you not have a doorstep ...

Folkestone recycling

I live in block of flats in Sandgate Road where the only on-site facility for recycling is for paper and card and plastic bottles. Is there anywhere near I can re-cycle glass, e.g. supermarkets? Do not use car much for shopping and have not noticed...

Nepotism at the Guardian

Expect this one to show up in Private Eye next week. The comments do seem to have been pretty brutal right from the off.It could be a spoof, but probably it's genuine and there to appeal to the child market.Via popbitch message board....

Boo, house rubbishness

Both the houses we were interested in (even if we could barely afford them) this modern one near Canterbury West, and Black Griffin Lane are both sold! Subject to contract anyway. I thought the housing market meant to be slow at the moment?...

Two completely different properties this week

Saw two houses yesterday in Canterbury, wildly different, and they highlight the fact that we want somewhere exactly in between, which is something that does not exist, at least within our budget...First house was in Vernon Place, and though we're id...
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You wait ages for a John Lewis Bergerac table

And then two come along at once. This one looks like a genuine sale, be lovely to think it stayed near it's opening price of fifty quid and didn't sail up to the thousand pound mark, but unlikely. As a bonus there you get to have a nose around that p...

Black Monday

Stop selling everyone, and you the news, stop telling people how bad it is, it's just making the ill informed small investors like me worry more, and sell, and exacerbate the problem. The market is only about as low as it was in mid August right now,...

RE: Who says the housing market is dead?

Are you moving again? It seems like only yesterday that you left your deborturous London ways behind you and headed to leafy Folkstone. Are you looking to get a bigger pad to accommodate little Paulies?Like the new text entry box, very cool indeed. A...

Who says the housing market is dead?

Clare reports that that house we really liked in Black Griffin Lane is under offer already. It's only been on the market a week. Looks like we're going to miss that one then....

Denby Cotswold dinner service

Just picked up another couple of pieces of this at a market and there's lots on ebay at good prices, so keeping an eye on that from now on... It's good to have a hobby.And you wondered if I could write about anything less interesting than habitat rad...

Today's walk around Canterbury

OK, not all walking, we got the bus to Canterbury, and the GPS kept the signal all the way as you can see... if you zoom in on Canterbury itself (which I'll try and do automatically I think) you can see where we walked. got some pictures to upload to...

Open Source Technology

Paul;Even though you are not actively in the market for a new position, your site prompted me to contact you nonetheless. I have been retained by a fortune 500 firm in NYC to identify �open source talent�I am currently searching for 4 Sr Perl develo...

RE: Something apparently "as pikey as Wilkinsons" to open in Folkestone

Shop owners tend to do market research, which is why M&S closed down, why Sainsbury's in town can't sell any of their top-end lines and why we're getting a Wilko rather than a Waitrose. You can't expect a bevvy of blue-rinse bingo-bothering biddies t...

Cheers for the feedback

I might give a couple of them a go, other friends have recommended the Sunday Times one and the Laithwaites one. You just KNOW that supermarkets do this mark it down to mark it up lark, at least the club will make me try some different types. If only...

The first rule of wine club

Anyone in a wine club? Got any recommendations? Someone's sent me an introductory thing for Sunday Times Wine Club and I'm wondering whether to give it a go. I'm hoping it'll give us the chance to try some different wines, without having to leave the...

Hmm, some code copied from the Wagamama website:

Some code copied from www.wagamama.com, this is the voucher on their site for Canterbury: enjoy a free side dish to share on us(when you purchase 2 main meals)exclusively to wagamama online members valid at wagamama canterbury *voucher valid from 12/...
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Fullsome weekender

Well I say full, full of pubs really. Friday night we stayed in, so as to have more energy for going out on Saturday. We had a trip to Canterbury in the day (and you'll never guess where we had lunch), no actual christmas shopping, but we went in a c...

I'm with you, that market is trash!

Maybe it'll get cleaned up when the new centre opens? Or maybe you need stuff like this for a contrast, to make the other stuff look good. Most street markets are pretty scummy anyway, the Folkestone one probably isn't much worse than average, it's j...

market in town saturday

How can Folkestone hope to clear up its image with this nasty market in town.? who buys this stuff? i cannot see the major retailers wanting to trade along side this lot... its all so down market. surely we dont want to encourage this type of market ...

My lot are a registered company

But your you're right, that does seem slightly bullshit that you have to pay the licensing fee and then not actually be licensed...I still don't fully understand online radio, if you're paying 50 quid a month for 10 simultaneous streams, how is a rad...