message query for dad

Dad, did you say you were after a new phone?

How about this one?

A chum just sent it, they're made in Folkestone apparently...

creative support ofr Poppy Appeal

PRESS RELEASE17TH OCTOBER 2008NO EMBARGOART GALLERY SUPPORTS POPPY APPEAL IN SPECIAL WAYThe Fofu Art Gallery on Rendezvous Street in Folkestone is supporting this years Royal British Legion (RBL) Poppy Appeal in a very special way by dedicating an en...

Terry Pratchett's Nation limited edition.

I've got one of these a Nation special edition, I think. Dad queued from early this morning to secure one of these, and got it signed, good work!Had a great day in London where we also saw Terry Pratchett, he helicoptered between Hayling Island (wher...

The plot of a Christopher Brookmyre book

OK so this story doesn't have a plot that we know of so far, but each bit of information that's eeked out of nowhere by the press leads the imagination in different directions, like a good book. Of course, this is not a book, these are people's lives...

New google walking directions (needs some work)

120 miles on foot or two miles by road, hmm. I think they put these deliberate mistakes in there just to get people talking.Talking of google, www.cuil.com is launched, they've been spidering this site for a while, it's a new search site started by s...

sandgate dolphin on youtube don t watch

hi. my dad and family live in folkestone. i am comin down there on sunday and wondered if dave was still at sandgate beach as i saw him last year and am bringing my step son this time. please reply to my e-mail, thanks

Lovely wedding!

Went to a wedding at the weekend, and it was lovely. Got out of work early Friday, trained up to meet Clare at Auberge, then a step around the corner to The Wellington at Waterloo to get a real ale, then another step around another corner to a pub th...

New Cross Murder Map!

Just in case you're wondering how close the double murder and firebombing was from my old flat (even though I left there years ago), I just knocked this up for Mum and Dad, to give them a bit of a point of reference.View Larger MapIsn't google maps j...

Lost!

Not Lost the TV show, I haven't actually thought about that since watching the fairly rubbish end of series four and writing that subject line. No, actually lost, some people I met yesterday who did not know where they were.My walk from work to the s...

RE: I think my dad gave them to me.

I've just checked, my 60's flares are still in the back of my wardrobe!
Pops

I have only been looking at the quality of the jeans, not the bottoms

That side panel is only showing listings for the style and size of jeans that Clare is looking for, but if you let me know your measurements I'm sure I can make a page just for you.I thought of looking for some jeans for me, but I buy them so infrequ...

Portchester weekender

Spent a smashing weekend in Portchester as it was Mum's birthday yesterday. Headed over Friday afternoon on the train, meeting up with Andy on the way in The Golden Lion. Not a great pub but a good evening anyway and some nice pints of HSB and a chat...

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Our actual first day in Key West

I realise that my previous post about our first day in Key West a) didn't contain any info, b) had things from our second day on the map, and c) has slipped down the page and no-one will read it. So here at last is the first part of our journey. Clar...

je ne comprends pas

Voici wikipedia:Pakito is the alias of French Eurodance artist, Julien Ranouil. He became known thanks to his cover of Living on Video by Trans-X. Later hits are "Moving on Stereo" and "Are U ready". So far his music style can be best determined as E...

Plane crash latest and insider scoop, from your Kent correspondent

Nope, sorry, it's miles away, about as far from us as you can be and still be in Kent. BBC news on the crash here.We were in Canterbury yesterday when we saw this, in a pub of all places. We were due to be heading home at this time but someone got t...
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RE: Remembering XFM

dez interested in Ricky Gervais stuff, he was asking if you had any 11 o'clock show stuff? Glad today's over, mum dad nan mike Diane and Sandra came, so did chris and miche. Dez passed out by 5.30, his mum would've been proud! See you soon xx

There you go, who says degrees are not worth the paper they're written on?

It's probably clear, but that other poster is my dad, he has the VW Beetle that I once owned, he tried to tow my bro-in-law's van with it recently, and it didn't go entirely according to plan...I know I've never done much mechanically, but I like to ...

YOU could learn to fix it yourself!

I fixed it a bit! When the fan belt broke, I fixed that (with shoelaces). You never have to take the VW in for a service or to have it tuned or chipped or reprogrammed or anything, you just turn the key and it goes. It's only if you try and tow a van...

'PAQ to life

Yesterday's IPAQ battery investigations seem to have paid off, the little computer has come back to life again. I tried every special key combo known to man, and changing the power adapter, but I'm I'm pretty sure it was the threat of selling it off ...

Hey Jez - it's George (geordie

Gerald - 'tis Geordie George if U R da right guy...we used 2 jam @ my house in Cheriton and urs too - with a beer an a smoke! I also had young Paul as a learner...haha, my son Daniels' friend from school to ...erm...teach! 16 yrs on - and my boys (me...

Is my reply button broken?

It's hard to tell, this is fairly quiet for comments at the best of times, and my Dad's away so that's about 50% of my audience at a stroke. Just heard from a friend that it's not working, do me a favour and give it a try...[/neediness]UPDATE: Might ...

Connections between Lost and The Office

Looking for the new episode, there are a few fakers out there. Looking on lostpedia for air times, it says the Americans only get episode two today, though Canada gets episode three, and Sky gets episode three on Sunday too. Didn't think much of epis...

Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything!

Great weekend, bailed out of work slightly early and got the train to Mum and Dad's, for a nice long relaxing weekend. As previously mentioned, Clare was in London drinking and dancing with her friends, and definitely not lighting fires, and I was he...

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Also, HURRAH!

All the people who ever answer my needy blog posts, answering my needy blog post! I'm just waiting for my Dad's response, and I'll have the full set!

Portishead tickets

Portishead play Hammersmith Apollo (nee Odeon), get tickets here, go on...There was an advanced ticket link. But they've all gone.Hmm, Dad was right, my ebay links ARE all broken from here aren't they? They must have been for ages, sorry. Fixed now!...
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If a picture paints a thousand words...

Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject completely redundant?See, Mum, Dad, Clare and me on a humungous big wheel, part of the Plaisers d'Hiver festival type affair that was going in Brussels this...

Particularly fulsome weekend, with curries.

Splendid weekend, a bit different this time, starting off with a half day on Friday. I headed to Winchester to meet up with some friends, and really needed the extra time to make the most of the night. Clare stayed home watching Children in Need afte...

Double history

Checked out the family tree things from Dad, we do have records going much further back now, to Samuel Clarke of East Meon, I don't have a date of birth for him but from the date of birth of his Son William Clarke, Samuel must have been born around t...

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Splendid weekended

Great weekend, went to visit the folks and we got down in plenty of time to go to Portsmouth Dockyard and see the Mary Rose and the Victory. The Mary Rose was more interesting than I thought, it's not just a big lump of driftwood, but the Victory was...
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Do you know all the songs?

I'm not Irish at all, the wife is on her Dad's side, and some of their friends are who were out. Chief knower-of-all-the-songs is actually Scottish, but he sings like an Irish... Then again there's probably a lot of crossover, I always think of Green...

Earls Court

Mothers day present for Mum and Clare's mum, we went with them and Dad and Emma. Jim missed out as he has been to more gigs with us...
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Dingwalls

Grandaddy
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Wembley Stadium

Plus Hue & Cry and The Bhundu Boys, but not the rumoured Wet Wet Wet. My first concert, went with a friend from school and some friends of his dad. Sounds a bit weird now. Got the t-shirt, programme, every bit of junk going......