Diary
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Little Corkyette
Corky and Liane have had a little girl, Olivia Amy. Liane had to have a caesarian but they’re all ok. Congratulations to the Corkys! 🙂 More photos Continue reading
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Missile Silo Luxury Home
I think I’ll snap one up, its only $2.3 million. “The perfect getaway home, it has its own direct runway access, its climate controlled and is capable of withstanding a nuclear hit.” Continue reading
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Little Corky
Corky phoned tonight, Liane has been having contractions all day so it looks like things are starting…. got everything crossed for them. Continue reading
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Downfall
A German film about the last few days of Hitlers life when he was holed up in a bunker in Berlin. This is an excellent account of what happened as the Russians closed in and Hitler and his generals gradually realise the war is over. Not the most cheery film but absolutely fascinating and very… Continue reading
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Busy Sunday?
Had much planned for Sunday. We started off extremely well by visiting many retail outlets and you’ll be glad to know readers, that we have now made a dining room table and chairs decision! Feeling very proud of ourselves we decided to celebrate at the pub with a Sunday lunch and a couple of pints… Continue reading
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Blood Diamond
Its a pretty good film although I didn’t think it found its stride until about a third of the way in. Had it not been for the brilliant performances by Leonardo diCaprio and particularly Djimon Hounsou this would have been just a regular action thriller. 8/10 Continue reading
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Little Ginge Update
K had an appointment with the midwife this week and everything is good, she was most impressed with K’s iron levels! She had a listen to the heartbeat and she said “I think that your having a boy” apparently she was able to make an educated guess from the heart rate it seems that boys… Continue reading
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Beautiful day today
Up fairly earlyish and got out on my bike, it was a lovely sunny morning, clear blue skies with a bit of a breeze. The early signs of autumn are showing now, the Horse Chesnut trees are changing colour and shedding their conkers. It always take me back to when I was kid, collecting conkers.… Continue reading
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In the Bedroom
Excellent. I really enjoyed this film, when I first heard of it I thought it was just some depressing wheepy, but I was so wrong. The story is about a couple struggling to cope with the murder of their son and the fact that the murderer is out on bail, is probably only going to… Continue reading
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Can cats tell the time?
This week I have been starting a bit later for work so rather than getting up at 4.15, I am getting up at 5.15. I was looking forward to enjoying my extra hour in bed but I hadn’t allowed for Oscars demands for his brekkie! From 4.15 every morning this week I have been woken… Continue reading
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Back to College
Back to college tonight… part of of me thinks I can’t be arsed but then I also want to get back into it. This year is meant to be mainly theory which is a shame as I enjoyed the practical lessons. Continue reading
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Sunny Swindon for the weekend
Popped over to Swindon to see the Caples this weekend. Helped Al move his shed to get ready for his camper purchase and in the evening we went to to see I am Kloot at the Louisiana bar in Bristol. The upstairs room where they played was tiny and so hot and as usual Mr… Continue reading
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Premonition
Absolute rubbish! I cannot think of anything good to say about this film, rubbish story, script and direction and the acting was poor as well. It is so rubbish that I am disapointed I actually wasted time watching it. 0/10 Continue reading
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Ninja Warrior
Came across a link to a you tube video which is an extract from Ninja Warrior which is a Japanese Obstacle Course game show. The clip features Makoto Nagano who is a fisherman and spends 300 days a year training on his ship for the competition. The most impressive obstacle I think, is the Spider… Continue reading
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Mount Etna
Mount Etna is erupting again. I have got to see a volcano erupting one day, it must be absolutely amazing to see it. Continue reading
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Jane Tomlinson
I was sorry to hear that Jane Tomlinson died yesterday. She was amazing, an inspiration to everyone. Obituary Continue reading
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Apocalypto
At 10.30 last might I was cleaning a dvd with a banana! I was desperate to get it working again using this remedy as we were enjoying the film so much it was driving us crazy as it kept jumping and pausing and it worked! The film was far better than we expected, I had… Continue reading
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The Bourne Ultimatum
Very Very Good I am a big fan of the Bourne films and this finishes off the trilogy perfectly. Great plot, great action, great fight sequences where anything will do as weapon even a book! You guessed it it was great! 10/10 (unanimous with no discussion needed!) Continue reading
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Shooter
Watched this at the Corkys on their super new telly. I really liked it, the story is nothing spectacular but I am quite a fan of Mark Wahlberg and had another “action hero” played this part it could have been just another wronged good guy gets revenge movie but he brings a maturity to the… Continue reading
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Bank Holiday Weekend
Had a good weekend constructing a cupboard under the stairs and practising my sparky skills by installing a light in there as well. Sunday we had tea at my folks and on Monday we went to the Corkys for a barbie and a movie… Continue reading
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Fatty and Lewis come to stay
Fatty and Lewis have been to stay this week so the girls have been off gallivanting all over the place including Walton, Kentwell Hall and Ipswich. Its been great to have them and K has really enjoyed the sisterly time, although I’ve felt sorry for Al being home alone. Lewis is a great little chap… Continue reading
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Capote
Good film and a brilliant performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman. It focuses on the time in Capotes life while he was writing “in cold blood” a book about a quadruple murder in Kansas and his relationship with one of the killers Perry Smith. Its a fascinating story, although it is not made clear in the… Continue reading
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4od
I tried out Channel 4’s on demand service this week as K had missed an episode of Jamie Olivers new series. The installation was easy and everything worked perfectly straight away. I downloaded the programme and watched it full screen and I was pretty impressed with the quality it was just like watching a programme… Continue reading
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Flood
Scary still from the new british film “The Flood” which looks pretty good. Website Continue reading
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Kitchen is finished (nearly)
At last the longest ever kitchen refit is completed! Out with the old.. And in with the new More pictures Continue reading
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Perseid Meteor Shower
Stayed up until 2am this morning to watch the Perseid meteor shower. The conditions were almost perfect with very little cloud and no moon. We had a bit of a snooze in the evening and then just before midnight we got wrapped up, made a flask of coffee and went and sat down on the… Continue reading
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Lewis loves the outdoors
This is one of my favourite photographs of my nephew Lewis “bruiser” Caple. Continue reading
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Strikes are off
Bummer! The postie strike scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled. I was so looking forward to my lie in. 🙁 Continue reading
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VW TV ad
I love driving in a city at night. Earlier this year I drove through London late at night and it was just beautiful, the view over the Thames as I drove along Embankment was superb. For this reason, my favourite ad at the moment is “night driving” for the VW Golf. It is beautifully shot… Continue reading
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