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January 26, 2020

Strange And Unexpected Outage

Posted in Geek, Goo, Grumbling | Tagged oh no; not again, once every 16 years isn't too bad I suppose
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Those of you with eagle eyes may have noticed that the site was down over the weekend. On Thursday evening I wrote my latest installment of alcohol-free beer reviews and set it to publish on Friday morning. On Saturday morning … Continue reading →

Pete
September 11, 2017

Yes, The Perfect Alarm Clock

Posted in Geek, Grumbling | Tagged alarm clock
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Follows on from here I didn’t think that I’d be writing this so soon. On Saturday morning, I put the disappointing new alarm clock in the post to send it back to the vendor. Looks like they’re not going to … Continue reading →

Pete
September 8, 2017

The Perfect Alarm Clock

Posted in Geek, Grumbling | Tagged alarm clock, Morphy Richards
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When I get an idea in my head, I can sometimes become unhealthily obsessed. My latest quest is for the perfect alarm clock. Let me take you back in time briefly. I’ve owned two alarm clocks that I can recall. … Continue reading →

Pete
July 30, 2017

Humungus

Posted in Going, Grumbling | Tagged fungus, light lunch, Thames Path
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Walking along the Thames Path near Henley we saw this huge fungus. It’s about half a metre across. We’re now sat in a field eating a meagre lunch of a single snack bar each. The pub where we were planning … Continue reading →

Pete
January 26, 2015

Holiday

Posted in Grumbling | Tagged Andertons, bass, cameras, geocaching, Guildford, mithering, photography, trousers, whisky
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“So, Pete, ” said Karen, a few days ago, “what do you want to do with your day off?” “Well, it’s been ages since I’ve been to Anderton’s, so let’s go to Guildford and I might buy myself a new … Continue reading →

Pete
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