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Month: October 2012
A radio station for life
Every decade or so, both BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2 upset their cling-on audiences. Both stations have a remit as to whom they
Important facts mainly about animals
Bored? Here’s some stuff to tell your work colleagues. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough
Avoiding Asians
If you consider the last few months and think about the unsolicited calls to your front door. Or if you think about the majority of
It’s the way I tell ’em…
The Grim Reaper came for me last night.I beat him off with a vacuum cleaner.Talk about Dyson with death. A mate of mine recently admitted
Felix Baumgar survived despite his Mission Controller
How Felix Baumgar managed to actually survive his 40 kilometre (24 mile) freefall I just don’t understand. (Note the name on the capsule to avoid
Real man’s Engineering Guide
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Am I allowed to say this?
(A guest article written by Peter Moore) In March 2010 a young man was stabbed and beaten to death in Victoria Station, London, during the
The bald headed man with a wooden leg
A man with a bald head and a wooden leg is invited to a Christmas fancy-dress party. He doesn’t know what to wear to hide
Save the children from the religion virus
We’ve discussed before how the two/three main Middle Eastern born religion viruses are using infected humans and their battleground is anywhere on planet Earth (here).
Me and my Satnav
I have a little SatnavIt sits there in my carA Satnav is a driver’s friendIt tells you where you areI have a little SatnavI’ve had
Do you ignore the inter-dimensional beings too?
I’ve never understood why humans generally don’t discuss what happens to them at night. I can only assume it’s because they are in denial. The
Homogenising the temperature
There seems to be a strange habit going on when it comes to temperature records. Let me explain. A temperature record starts off being a
It’s time for demos!
From repealtheact.org.uk: Thursday 10AM 18 October 2012 in London HM Treasury 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ Rally outside HM Treasury at 10 am
More old people set to die this winter from the cold
Fuel bills are set to go up yet again this Christmas as we, the consumers, have to pay the enormous subsidy the operators of the
Using phones during a performance
Further to my article about Cinema Ninjas (here), I was sent the following transcript of an actual conversation between an usher and a theatre goer:
We need more guns on Liverpool’s streets
One of the charms of Liverpool is its gun crime. Guns are normally owned and used by the Scousers with sticky-out ears against other Scousers
In search of April
There is something uniquely and brilliantly wonderful about human beings in a group sometimes. When 5 year old April Jones disappeared, people came from far
Depression by Influenza
Well, it’s 9 in the morning. The nurse who thought I was the 77 year old with the same first name but similar yet different
I got me a tattoo
Yay!I’ve joined the ranks of the mad people who bow down to ‘ink’.I was very concerned about exactly what sort of tattoo I should get.I
The legacy of Euronet
I’ve mentioned before the satellite radio station “Euronet” which I programmed back in 1992/1993. Remember? No? Well it’s all here. What a fantastic radio station.
Sweetie-wrapper-gate
I don’t walk around naked all the time, honest. I’d been in the bath, and had spent the last 20 minutes of my soak really
Cinderella at 95 years old
Cinderella is now 95 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now dead prince, she happily sits upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by
Most community radio is doomed to fail
Recently, a ‘community’ radio station for Southport spent a week or so broadcasting as a pirate. Dune FM lost its broadcasting licence, after being dogged
Postman Pat’s last day
It was Postman Pat’s last day on the job after 50 years of carrying the mail through all kinds of weather to the same villages and towns. When he
Pirates still rule the waves
Have I mentioned before that I own one-and-a-half radio stations? Well, I do. They are internet radio stations playing variations of dance music (what other
Did humans come from Mars?
We’ve already learnt so much from our lovely little Mars Science Laboratory trundling around on Mars. Ultimately, what exactly is it that Curiosity will tell
Cinema Ninjas
One of the main reasons that I virtually never go to the ordinary cinemas any more – and I’m not alone in this – is
The advance of the Lindt Gold bunnies
You know how they use old china dolls as a scary device in horror movies? You know how looking at the faces on certain old
The people’s millionaire
It’s very likely that you, dear reader, will never know the life of a millionaire. Much as you hope that you’ll win the lottery or
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