Category: funny old world
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painful anatomy, hadrian’s wall, secret love letters
Volunteers are being sought for Hadrian’s Wall, built by the Romans hundreds of years ago and still going strong compared to the buildings nowadays which only last 15 years then dilapidate. The intention is to get 500 volunteers who will each switch on a wee point of light which will be set every 250 metres on the 84 mile stretch of wall on 13 March 2010.
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a thief called Blair
The snow is almost thawed and the temperature was a hot 2 degrees – woo hoo – but rain though there is supposed to be flurries of snow tonight. Well here is a little known fact – Westminster stole 6,000 miles of Scottish sea border – they were laying the territory for any future oil […]
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new rules, shame on western press
An unknown rule came out in late 2009 – all parents in Glasgow must accompany their children, up to the age of 16, to the restroom of all licensed establishments. Suppose this makes sense as then you know your children are safe. though would make sense if they actually had made it more public well […]
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the ‘noughties’ eulogy
one more day and we leave behind a very turbulent decade of illegal wars, ‘your with us or against us’, earthquakes, tsunamis, landings on mars, yes there is water on the moon, iran, and instability in middle east and asia. I pray that the next one is peaceful and enlightened. A quick look back at a few remembered highlights in no particular order of month but year is about right: