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RBS are thieves anyway

Friday, August 8, 2008

So the Royal Bank of Scotland made a loss. Does anyone give a damn about the shareholders who for years have taken profit after profit? Does anyone give a damn about banks who demand that you are financially prudent yet lose billions of pounds because of their own greed?
But we have a special reason to [...]

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Eighteen

Monday, August 4, 2008

Birthdays come and go but there are some which deserve a better look back at what has been and the person now. The transition to what we call adulthood should cause a retrospective albeit a brief public one.
If someone had asked me in August 1990 what I’d like my daughter to be like on her [...]

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The holiday

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Hotel Orquidea, Gran Canaria.
First the place. Like I said last year if you have kids then Hotel Orquidea is fantastic. The entertainment is great, the pool activities are good, the team there are energetic and work well together. The local precinct is safe and while it’s pretty mundane if you are after lots of bright [...]

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Back in a nutshell

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

J has a cold. P has an ear infection in both. D has one ear infection. I have a chest infection. The holiday was good once they finishing rebuilding the part near us and we had made a complaint about this. A guy who assaulted someone in my care on holiday responded positively when I [...]

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Going flying

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Backups being done, machine login passwords being set, Zen filled with music + videos and holiday reading includes Louis Theroux, Jeremy Clarkson, Terry Pratchett and Richard Dawkins. I miss reading, I should make time to read more. I should make time to do a lot of things though - just like everyone else wants to [...]

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