Oof, bum arse service in The JackdawJust been to The Jackdaw for lunch, and though the food was great again (one Indonesian vegetable satay, one roast beef and one roast turkey, not all me you understand) we had a hiccup with our starter. The main courses came before the starter, not i... Bungalow roof onHere's how the bungalow conversion is doing so far:Bit of a mess...Can't be arsed to go to the Observer party now, I hope it's not good, I heard on popbitch that Dizzee Rascal is DJing and not performing live, but I wasn't going for the "gig" element... Leaky roofThe letting agency sent someone round to look at the flat, and he says we need a new roof, wonder what the landlord will say to that...Cleared a two year backlog of email, now we have a POP3 mail server at work, nice!Done more work on my spreadsheet ... Yes, that's a spoof article...The wacky thing is Google aren't enforcing any standards, they're just coming up with better products than everyone else. With things like google mail, they've not tried to force the product on anyone in any way, they went out of their way to restric... RE: Yes, that's a spoof article...well that's why i use the term de facto standards...their product is so superior (for a number of reasons) that they are setting the standards in a number of areas - which is fine at the moment, but what happens when google become horrid money orks -... oof, enjoy!Thought I'd fixed the disappearing username box, sorry...The Ship Inn has finally been extendedThis was talked about all the time I used to go in there, I never thought it would happen. They have a swanky looking dining room and new roof terrace now, looks very nice. The front bar still seems the same though.Went past today and peeped in the d... Oof, a shooting in FolkestoneOnly this week I was playfully mocking friends in Hampshire after reading a story about unsociable neighbours or some such, and now someone's been shot dead on our doorstep, and the gunman is still on the loose.OK, it's not actually on our doorstep, ... RE: Oof, a shooting in FolkestoneIt's round the corner from me though! Thought I'd left all that sort of rubbish behind when I moved down here from sarf London...Love on the roofPartook of a truly historic barbecue this evening, on the roof of a record shop of all places. I started off with some vegetable kebabs, huge chunks of aubergine, courgette, onion and something suspicious. At first it looked like fish, but then Mrs P... oof, 15 years?Ssshhh Mick, think of the property values!<br /><br />WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? It'll all be done by Christmas?<br /><br />Lovely!RE: oof, 15 years?forgot to say - masterplan is now available on the harbour website - I checked it out today - looks FANTASTIC!Venice hoofs Folkestone out of the record booksVenice has hoofed Folkestone out of the record books, now a Turner painting of the Grand Canal in Venice has become his most expensive work, at over twenty million quid. Previously it was a view of Folkestone, sold in 1984 for somewhere around nine m... Oof, shooting in Cheriton!BBC says:An 18-year-old man is still being treated in hospital for a leg injury after being shot at the White Lion pub, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone.... Big ass tableVia Nic P, a spoof of Microsoft's surface technology:... Oof, just deleted the whole siteTrying to save a bit of disk space, just erased everything, hope I am recovering it OK...Terry Jones was good last night at the Literary Festival, though he was rushing a bit, think he was trying to squeeze too much material into a truncated time slo... RE: Oof, just deleted the whole siteNever attempt something technical like that in live before 9am - it'll only end in tears.<br /><br />In other news, are you preparing for the flood? Are you safely ensconced on higher ground, or are you hoping your flat is going to be high enough?Hmm, some code copied from the Wagamama website:Some code copied from 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 12/11/0... RE: Oof, shooting in Cheriton!Well i live opposite saw the whole damn thing pretty sick stuff, But then the gang got really out of hand hells-angels i think crazy mothers. There was guns, knifes, baseball bats, one guy even had a molotov cocktail which he failed to light but grea... RE: Oof, shooting in Cheriton!That was 2 years ago. I don't think you got tazered. I smell BULLSHIT BOB.Spoof storiesNoticed a lot more people recently turning up here having looked for spoof stories or spoof story, mostly as a result of this spoof story about Dickens World. Wonder if it's just coincidence that people are trawling for spoof stories around the time ... WEIRD non news story about ASDAFound this on twitter a strange non story about a man preventing a DISASTER nearly caused by some people stopping at the end of the escalator? Is it an hilarious spoof? Or is it a school project website? It just gets weirder the more times I read it.... Folkestone - the place of dreamsOnly 1100 views of this video so far, and it was the lead story in the local paper last week! Quite a good job done on this I think, good work whoever you are. It's generated some debate.... 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 ... Proof I did not spend the whole weekend indoors getting drunkOK not proof exactly, someone else could have taken this picture of Harry, but they did not. I did, we went to Brockhill Park this afternoon:Most of the weekend I was indoors getting drunk. Had a nice roast dinner on Sunday then went to the beer fest... Folkestone book festival highlights at the Quarterhouse Folkestone Book Festival 2011Our most popular and enduring festival returns from Friday 4 to Saturday 12 November. Once again we'll have a packed line-up of literary events and guests from the worlds of history, radio, television, music and comedy. ... The DarknessAce in-store gig, then a free barbecue on the roof too.Jameson Raid, Cloven Hoof15.00Snow White & The Seven PoofsCharity Produce Auction For St Mary's Church Roof12 Noon FreeColdplay Under 1 Roof in London59.40