Vicola’s blog

My stats for the noughties

2010-01-04T11:15:40Z

I've been absent for a week or so, thanks to my laptop wishing me a happy christmas by dying on its arse while my live-in computer fix-it man was in Inverness visiting his family, so apologies to anyone whose comments or posts I've not replied to/...

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Happy christmas

2009-12-24T20:09:52Z

Just a very quick message to say a huge happy christmas to all the lovely Voxers who have dropped by since last christmas. May your day be happy, your turkey be salmonella free, your dog not get hold of the sprouts and smoke you out of your house ...

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White Christmas

2009-12-21T10:59:52Z

And so the snow arrived. It wasn't a huge surprise, given that we'd had a weeks notice that it was on its way and we'd all seen the many and varied news reports announcing that armageddon must have begun because London got a few centimetres of t...

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Christmas nonsense.

2009-12-15T13:21:29Z

And so, as we head towards christmas, the usual round of christmas disasters appear on the horizon and head towards me at a rate of knots. Am nto doing too badly this year, I've only had a few and these include: The Christmas tree stand. I order...

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Nobody panic - Alistair Darling has the answers!

2009-12-09T14:14:09Z

Today is the day that Alistair Darling launches his pre-budget report. Normally I would ignore the pre-budget report because frankly it's as dull as fuck and he never says anything very impressive or funny so it isn't worth commenting on. Howeve...

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Surely a testament to at least 11 years in the British education system...

2009-12-07T12:47:43Z

Many thanks to Brennig Jones for bringing this clip to my attention. For those in the UK, Peaches Geldof may well be known to you from the pages of The Sun, for anyone who has escaped her, she's the air-headed daughter of the scary haired two hit...

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More batshit from those on high. This week - dimmer than a 5w lightbulb.

2009-12-02T12:55:04Z

Thanks to the BBC, I discovered this story from the BBC. Apparently energy "Smart-Meters" are now the way forwards. The way it works is this - The Department of Energy and Climate Change (and no, I wasn't aware we had one of those) wants to see ...

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Travel, torrential rain and sleep deprivation

2009-11-18T10:22:39Z

It's been quite a busy week so far in my world. On Monday I travelled up to Dunfermline with a colleague, for a meeting that we were having at our site there the following morning. We arrived at the hotel about 5 and I set off with my key to fi...

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Autumn Walk

2009-11-10T12:02:38Z

In the absence of anything exciting to report, I thought I'd share some photos from mine and the dog's autumn wanders. Sadly since these were taken last weekend we've had gale force winds and torrential rains so everything looks bald and wet now....

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Some more drivel from my day to day life

2009-11-06T08:53:24Z

Sadly nothing very exciting has happened in the last few days. I think I may have PMT because life is currently a patchwork of little irritations woven together to create a quilt of annoyance. These include but are not limited to: Telephone Twa...

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