Category Archives: in the news

Hoax emails hurt

By 6000 | 6000 | December 5, 2011

…as I’ve said before. I don’t expect that anyone who reads my blog forwards this sort of junk on anyway – you’re all far too intelligent, right? (right?!?). Thus, I really don’t expect this to make much of an impact in the greater scheme of things, but the trouble is that some people do believe [...]

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Meanwhile, in Jefferson County

By 6000 | 6000 | December 2, 2011

A husband and wife team are travelling across America armed with 16 disposable cameras, taking pictures of town and village signs that they pass, rock formations and cemeteries. But this is no ordinary couple. Teagan Nefer cannot speak, cannot walk and is wheelchair-bound, mainy because she is a mannequin. Ned Nefer said he was born [...]

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Club Statement

By 6000 | 6000 | November 29, 2011

  Gary Speed MBE 8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011 Having been away from all radio, internet and cellphone contact this weekend (try it, you might like it), I was hugely shocked and saddened (as I’m sure many others were) to hear of the apparent suicide of Gary Speed – footballer, Wales manager and – [...]

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What a good idea

By 6000 | 6000 | November 23, 2011

I’d like to say that I didn’t blog yesterday in some sort of protest against the passing of the first stages of the Protection of Information Bill in Parliament, but it was actually something far more immediate than that – I didn’t have any time or any inclination. I’ve said before than when these conditions meet in a perfect [...]

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So backward…

By 6000 | 6000 | November 15, 2011

Astounding news today that the Western Province Rugby Union (WPRU) have blocked the much anticipated “exhibition” Heineken Cup game between Saracens and Biarritz from being played at the Cape Town Stadium, stating: The WPRFU Executive Committee decided that the home of rugby, Newlands, would stage this historic match. According to the South African Rugby Union [...]

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