This is the weblog of Brian Curd. A lot of it is written on the spur of the moment and any benefit you gain from it is worth exactly what you paid!
Driving around our Island, you can’t help but notice the number of pubs that are boarded up or at best short of customers.
Earlier in 2008 we were told that those who didn’t like smokey old bars would flock to them when smoking was banned, that appears not to have been the case and the increasing [...]
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Filed under: Home, Isle of Wight, Politics, Scams
Vectis Astronomical Society have set the first three dates for our public celebration of 2009 – International Year of Astronomy.
Sunday, 25th January – 7.30 p.m. to 11 p.m (ish)
Observing the night sky
Pointer Inn, Newchurch, PO36 0NN
Thursday, 5th February – 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
Storytellers “Starry Telling”
Quay Arts Centre, Newport, PO30 5BD
Saturday, 7th March – 7.30 [...]
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Filed under: Astronomy, Hobbies, Isle of Wight
A while ago somebody suggested I join facebook (fb) as a way of contacting other people interested in the genealogy of the Curd family.
Well I joined and have given it a try and, after a few weeks of nothing much more than the inane chatter I would normally hear from somebody on a mobile phone, [...]
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Filed under: Family, Genealogy, Software
Yet again yesterday, there was another serious car crash on the Island – see details. I am beginning to wonder what on earth is the problem with driving over here?
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The incident mentioned was fatal for 2 local teenagers and others have been injured. This is not the first time there has been a [...]
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Filed under: Cars, Isle of Wight
Thanks again to the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin, I have upgraded to the latest version without any apparent problems. Usual thing though, if you spot anything strange going on, I’d be grateful if you could let me know.
The net seems a bit slow from here today so it’s not really fair to judge a new [...]
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Filed under: Isle of Wight, Software, Techie
Once again, Lidl seem to have come up trumps with a couple of great astronomy offers:
Refractor Telescope Kit with Tripod
Professional telescope on durable, adjustable aluminium tripod
Magnification: 35x – 175x
Lens diameter (mm): 70
Focal length (mm): 700
3 high-quality oculars with 20, 12 and 4mm focal lengths
Includes PC astronomy software, lunar map, star compass, 1.5x erecting lens and [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7770026.stm
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