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Live pirate map!

Missed opportunity, why use google's default map pins instead of little skull and crossbone graphics?This map shows all the piracy and armed robbery incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre during 2008....

Non political news

Ah, the weekend, seems like so long ago now. Chocka at work this week, I am shut away in isolation for two weeks to work on a new project. Good to be without distractions of people coming up to my desk, and actually good to be so busy, it's making th...

Got a sword and a beard? Want to be in Justin Hawkins' new video?

I wouldn't have thought people needed much encouragement to take a weapon along to a Justin Hawkins performance really. Not sure I can make this, but would you like to be in the ex The Darkness frontman's new video?I have been asked to supply big bea...

Crikey spikey

Best off for the console table was �150 in the end, I think someone paid too much for that. It comes down to where you live though, I could pay fifty pounds more for a piece of furniture I wanted that was in Kent than I would if it was not, just to s...

Rugby, RESULT

What a great game and result on Saturday! we started off as usual with a trip to Canterbury, where there was a local food fair on, with stalls and demonstrations and things, and lots of local food producers in attendance. Got some bread and some plan...

Train news

Hey London tube travellers, Here's a song for you. Only listen to it if you like lots and lots of swearing, and weak b3ta style graphics over a tune you've heard before mind. I'm not really that arsed about the tube strike today as, HEY, I'm well ou...

Ooh lightning strike!

No trains from Folkestone for the forseeable, because of a lighting strike over night, we do get all the action here don't we. They can't put on any replacement busses until after the school run as they're all in use. I'm getting a lift in today so I...

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job

No posts for a few days, I had something to say but wanted to wait until I got an official confirmation and things. Yes I'm back in the land of the permanently employed, just arranged some final details today and I start at Holiday Extras on Monday! ...

Spamalot

Spamalot was quite good, not brilliant, best bit for me was seeing Tim Curry in the lead role. It's all the same story / jokes as the film.Went to The Three Greyhounds before the show, very good, small but nice old pub style pub. Four real ales on an...

Deadly dog flu!

Front page of the Herald this week, and here it is on ickent...A KILLER dog virus has struck in Folkestone, claiming three victims and it is feared it will spread.The deadly parvovirus has killed three dogs from the same household and a vet has warne...

Now The Mirror has the story

Here, and they put PERVERT in capitals, just so you know...A PERVERT is dressing up like movie character Mrs Doubtfire to grope teenage girls.The cunning predator disguises himself as a granny to strike up conversation with teenagers and young women....

Sofa not so good

Our new sofa is not arriving tomorrow now, I think they just realised about the clash with the football... so, rearranged for Tuesday which is the only day they will do, and it's not terribly convenient for us :-( Still, means the footie, and our lu...

Pig farm to open in Fareham

One for my homies here Fareham nightclub Prague junction to be turned into a pig farm. Well possibly. The council keep rejecting plans to shut the club down and redevelop it as flats and offices as the land is earmark for a light rapid transit system...

School's out for, ooh, a long time now

Going through some old photos now I have a scanner, here's my infant school lineup:[[http://static.flickr.com/59/166633373_32afcd8353.jpg] Portchester Northern Infants School Class 5]]Google have released a web version of Picasa, their photo organis...

Welcome to Miami!

Or, rather, from Miami, or even (by the time I write this up) hello from England, Miami sends its regards. Just BACK from a trip to the US of States to visit Clare's bro and sister-in-law in the pan-handle bit of the Americas. Tiring flight over to M...

Look who's stalking now

With massive props to Inspector Sands, this is something I should have done with my very own Stalking Heads a long time ago. I have the powers, I have the spottings, I have the locations, bah, missed the boat a bit there... I could go back and geocod...

Stag wins!

Oof, tiring weekend! Started badly Friday with super late trains. Actually, this went on all last week, our trains were late every day, Friday was worst as first I was meant to be meeting chums, who cancelled. Then I was travelling home alone as Clar...

The Morning After Girls - Hi Skies

Before my recap of a great weekend, some videos as promised from work. First The Morning After Girls and "Hi Skies". They're new and hot from Australia, and signed to our label, Best Before Records... They have a few CDs available on import, The Morn...

RE: F WINDEBANK

I have a connection to the windibanks James Goodall who m)Winifred Windibank is brother to Elias Goodall who is a direct line to me

Rik

They are drunk, abusive, underage and wreaking havoc in a Hampshire town

Hooray, Southampton or Winchester I think...Folkestone property update, there's a two bed flat next door to us in Tudor Court up for 172,000, that's good to know! There's been a flat next door for sale for a few weeks at 150,000 that needs work, don'...

Rail workers set date for strike

Workers at South Eastern Trains (SET) are to stage a one-day strike on Monday 5 December in protest at plans to reduce booking office staff, says the BBC, saw this on TV this morning too. This covers Folkestone and is all about not replacing ticket o...

Why's it always Rik Waller?

In Kent Children in Need - BBC appeal will be broadcast from Medway on Friday 18th November. The county will be awash with fund-raising events to collect cash for the BBC Children in Need appeal.On Friday 18 NovemberIn Medway the Black Lion Leisure C...

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Regional fire centre site named

Saw on the local news that four Kentish fire centres are to be replaced with one in Fareham... seems like a sensible idea to me, though I might be missing something. This is only replacing the operations centres, answering calls and assigning jobs, ...

Bank holiday WEEKENDER!

Stop panicking everyone, I'm back, reporting on updates of the weekend... Quite literally THREE PEOPLE said on the phone that they thought something was up / I'd gone away somewhere because the site wasn't updated over the weekend. Sorry! How will yo...

congrats from ME

aaawww some of those pics were really good. although i couldnt help noticing the sea in the bachground and then realised you werent married in canterbury - i thought you were getting married in canterbury. i suppose i was wrong. also why the wait for...

goodall / windibank

It seem's there could be a connection to my family, it looks as thought James Goodall who married Winifred Windibank is my direct ancestor

Richard Goodall (Rik)

John Goodall / Rowlands castle

HiEileenI was born in Rowlands Castle, your name is familer I may have spoke to you in the past whilst trying to trace info on my uncle Walter Fredrick Goodall Born in Compton Sussex, he had a son John Goodall who now lives in Godshill I.O.W,He was b...

Best Gigs Ever

Hmm, having no joy tracking down the full 100 of Time Out's best london gigs chart they did last issue, but prompted by a thread on PopExcellent I've had a think about my top five gigs... I'm sure I'll think of more later and strike these out...1. Bl...

La Bamba reopening as Truffles

The curse of me strikes again, a good reliable Mexican restaurant La Bamba has closed, and is reopening soon as something called Truffles. No idea what kind of food yet, sounds French or Italian though....
Rated 3.38/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Someone Likes Yoghurt

So, that Lone Star Comedy night is a bit good isn't it? This week's lineup of Richard Herring, Gary Delaney and Owen Niblock plus resident compere Danny James were fantastic. It was my first trip to Lanterns, but those stairs are worth climbing. It's...
Rated 3.57/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Portsmouth Guildhall

Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson, the first of the Bottom tours...