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  • Bah Humbug – Part 6

    Well, if you’ve been reading since day 1 you know the drill…..of course you could save time and look at the one I did in 2005 DAY 6 – Gifts I remember spending lots of time thinking about it. I had enjoyed reading it myself and thought that it would appeal to my brother’s sardonic…

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  • Bah Humbug – Day 5

    Rather than actually do some work…yaddayaddayadda. Background noone is arsed about yadda yadda yadda …..blah blah. Christmas blah. Day 5 – Christmas Music It is fortunate to live in Gnomepants manor at this time of year. Especially as the house looks dark and spooky without the lights on outside. Moreover, there is no doorbell on…

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  • Bah Humbug – Part 4

    Despite having shit loads of Uni work, I thought I would try and do a series of posts each day about the bahhumbuggness of Christmas to go with my new seasonal background. Day 4 – Cards Every year I feel sorry for the postman. Down the lane with no name he comes bumbling. His sack…

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  • Bah Humbug – Part 3

    Despite having shit loads of Uni work, I thought I would try and do a series of posts each day about the bahhumbuggness of christmas to go with my new seasonal background. Day 3 – Food shopping OK. Let’s think about something. Forget what time of year it is and think about some imaginary family…

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  • Bah Humbug – 2

    Bah Humbug – 2

    Despite having shit loads of Uni work, I thought I would try and do a series of posts each day about the bahhumbuggness of christmas to go with my new seasonal background. Day 2 – Decorations When I was a wee badger pup, I used to delight at being driven through the suburbs to wherever…

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  • Despite having shit loads of Uni work, I thought I would try and do a series of posts each day about the bahhumbuggness of christmas to go with my new seasonal background. Day 1 – Christmas Lights Last month, the council cherry picker came round and put up the usual festive illuminations around the main…

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  • I could regale you with tales of yore when I stayed at Port St Mary Station in 1983. I could relate tales of adventures, visits to the seaside, fine dining, light snacking and large breakfasts.   But I won’t.   Instead I present a pictorial representation of our holiday on the Isle of Man.  …

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  • The Walk (Part 3) –Wales Coastal Path 2013

    After having carefully planned my working week to coincide with a visit to the North West to make it easier to travel to Wales, I set off from Liverpool on Thursday morning bound for Pistyll near Caernarfon to begin the third phase of the walk around the coast of Wales. At this pace, I suspect…

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  • Filter this: Or how an entire history class ended up on report due to web filters

    Way back in the noughties I had the misfortune to work in a sixth form college. Regular readers will recall this was in the post industrial landscape that is Yorkshire. Cameron’s recent moral panic calls to mind the overbearing system of “safe guarding” that was in place at the college. I must provide some back…

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