Monthly Archives: November 2009

Feltham in Middlesex

By 6000 | 6000 | November 30, 2009

Stuff I made up: News today that South African 800m World Champion Caster Semenya is planning ahead for the 2012 London Olympic games by setting up a training camp in the UK near the official Olympic venue. She will be based at Feltham in Middlesex. (Surrey if you didn’t find that amusing)

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El Clássico

By 6000 | 6000 | November 29, 2009

Some of you may be thankful to hear that there won’t be a huge amount from me here this evening. It’s been another busy day chez 6000 and I’m all on for for watching Barcelona and Real Madrid kick chunks out of each other in a short while. I love watching the big games and there’s [...]

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Last ditch

By 6000 | 6000 | November 28, 2009

With VIP guests arriving in Cape Town from all over the world for the FIFA World Cup draw on Friday, my parents are also popping in for 7 days “on their way” back from Australia to the UK. The it’s “on their way” excuse kind of works if you are flexible and fold the map to [...]

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Not drunk

By 6000 | 6000 | November 27, 2009

Tiger Woods’ car crash news is breaking all over Twitter. Woods, 33, pulled out of his driveway in the Isleworth community about 2:25 a.m. when he struck a fire hydrant, and then drove into a tree at his neighbor’s property, FHP reported. Woods was apparently taken to a nearby hospital “in a seriously rat-arsed condition”. I [...]

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Blogger’s block and smoking monkeys

By 6000 | 6000 | November 27, 2009

The problem with updating one’s blog every day is that sometimes one just doesn’t have the time or inclination. Either that or there’s nothing suitably interesting to write about. But it’s ok, because you can always post a quota photo – as long as you didn’t do that yesterday. But in a worst case scenario [...]

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