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Last week, a march to a police station in London in protest over a police shooting of an armed, drug-dealing gang member descended into rioting that went on for several days and flared up in several unconnected towns and cities around England. As I write this, over 1,600 people around the country have been ar… Read more »
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I keep experiencing missing time. I’m certain that I’m not being abducted by aliens. I never leave the place I was in at the time. And thankfully there is no evidence of any… erm… probing. I don’t suffer from any memory loss or blackouts. Time just seems to disappear far quicker than it should. I’d love to of… Read more »
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For months, the clock in the bus shelter near my house has had a habit of dropping several minutes a day. It’s worrying when the buses are more punctual than the clocks. The shelter itself was ‘upgraded’ last year. It now has a digital display at one end. It shows the times for the next few buses that are due… Read more »
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It came as a surprise to me too. I've been told this fact by almost every new person I've met for the majority of my adult life. Come to think of it, I was told this fact quite a lot before I was an adult too. I've even been told multiple times by people who have known me for years. Even if there was no other… Read more »
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I was expecting something to happen. The way people talk about it, I thought there would be fireworks or some kind of ceremony. There wasn't. I had a party a few days before. It was fun. Truth be told I'd spent so much of my free time preparing for that, I didn't really stop to consider the thing it was for.… Read more »
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The act of calling a call centre could fall into several hypothetical templates. There's the one where you're on hold for an hour, then get through to the wrong place and have to call back. There's the one where you're on hold for an hour then end up having a conversation that lasts about a minute. There's th… Read more »
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On the days it isn't late, doesn't break down and actually turns up, my bus arrives in the city centre in time to have a short wait before making its outward journey. It is during this brief respite that I am reminded of the nine years, while at my previous employer, that I had the chance to witness the wonde… Read more »
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In a change from my normal tirade of nonsensical drivel about real life, I thought I'd try something different. This month I've got back into writing again. With a sudden abundance of spare time and an urgent need to distract myself from the real world for a while, it has proved to be a very therapeutic exerc… Read more »
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How many people reading this know where their favourite foods come from or how they're produced? How many know how to manufacture the clothes they are wearing? I'm not simply talking about putting together a sandwich or sewing one piece of fabric to another of the right shape. Most of us can do that. I'm talk… Read more »
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The astute among you, and those who read these blogs on my website as opposed to on Facebook, may have noticed that the website itself has changed its appearance. Gone is the narrow grey design; replaced instead by something wider and bluer. It's still based on the same core technology (WordPress) and still h… Read more »