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!
I have to thank James for the video here. The quality isn’t great but it’s certainly worth a watch to see if you can recognise any of the holes after 60 odd years. You can use the controls at the bottom to go full-screen which may help make things a bit clearer (although I think [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Golf, Hobbies, Isle of Wight
Saw a fox running across the road the other night and it reminded me of a conversation with my Swindon neighbour Dave (both perfectly sober btw). The gist was that we should start a company called Fox in a Box which would advertise their humane fox catching service. It went something like this; flood an [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Home, Isle of Wight, Mates, Scams
Well the hype is over and the web is alive with reviews, “hands-ons” and more about Apple’s latest release, the iPad. Yes, I like Apple products and yes, I did follow the bloggers covering today’s event; but I have a small problem before parting with my hard earned cash. Why? well take a look at [...]
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Filed under: Funny, Hardware, Isle of Wight, Techie
It was nice to get a Fathers’ Day card from Matt: As this doesn’t apply to me, he must have sent it to the wrong Dad
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Filed under: Family, Funny, Isle of Wight, Seasonal
Yesterday was mad: A man was jailed for having a crash in his truck A man was jailed for flushing somebody’s heroin down the loo Captains of two nuclear submarines went unpunished for bumping into eachother Tony Blair was given $1 million for being a great leader I think I’ll get my coat……
I thought it was only right to mention this as it’s International Year of Astronomy: OK, so some of the quoted numbers aren’t quite right but it sums things up pretty well I think….
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Filed under: Astronomy, Funny, Hobbies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/7770026.stm
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I recieved this email today: MR. FRANCIS JOHNSON TELE:234-7031622282 FINAL NOTIFICATION GOOD DAY, – I AM WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR OUT STANDING PAYMENT OF $10.5 HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PAYMENT AND WILL BE RELEASE TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER, KINDLY REPLY WITH YOUR NAME INFULL, TELE/FAX, CONTACT ADDRESS, [...]
