Monthly Archives: July 2010

Just to be clear

By 6000 | 6000 | July 30, 2010

No parking 24/7. Including weekends. Thanks for the clarification, but I’d worked that bit out already from the presence of the 7.

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Paul Yarrow is ‘Background Man’

By 6000 | 6000 | July 28, 2010

Great story, this – and one that I’m sure you’ll be able to read on 2oceansvibe in the ever so near future. It concerns Paul Yarrow, who seems to be cropping up on British TV an awful lot. Not heard of him? That’s because he’s never credited – he is always DA DA DAHHHHH! Background [...]

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It DOES NOT INCLUDE CHUNKY.

By 6000 | 6000 | July 28, 2010

They’re at it again. No sooner had we brought you the Spar/Nestlé Ricoffy erratic supply and demand debacle than another drama involving those two same protagonists has emerged. But this time, it’s not ditchwater, it’s something far more important. This time… it’s chocolate. And the Spar printer has been set to work again. There have evidently [...]

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That Air Show blog… (or not)

By 6000 | 6000 | July 26, 2010

Another reason why brianmicklethwait.com is always top of my morning reading. Unerring (and amusing) narrative honesty. Brilliant. There’s even something symbolically wilting about the plane in the photo. UPDATE: Brian’s recovered and has blogged the air show in typical BM.com style.

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Ricoffy Drama

By 6000 | 6000 | July 25, 2010

Drama! As spotted at a local Spar. Obviously, I was only passing by the Ricoffy section on my way to the real coffee section. For those of you who are unaware of what the product entails, it’s basically granulated ditchwater. It’s bloody awful. And now they can’t make it anymore, though quite what the “erratic [...]

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