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I am become Death, the destroyer of snails.

I like snails. Not to eat, but as animals in themselves. I’ve even done a stand-up comedy set about slugs and snails. I find them fascinating. I don’t kill them on purpose. Since taking up cycling to work, I have accidentally killed many snails. There is a patch of tarmac connecting Castle Green park and …

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Posted byDavid10/10/2020Posted inDagenham, true stories

Quarantine – Week seven

Another Missed Anniversary. Monday 2020/4/27 Last of the antibiotics today. Received a very nice letter of support for a project at work. Do feel a little guilty as i only names me, but then I am the person that’ had all the contact with the letter writer and I’ve made things very clear in talks …

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Posted byDavid9/5/2020Posted inMountains, Personal, Quarantine, true stories

Neil Armstrong: 1930 – 2012 RIP

Posted byDavid25/8/201225/8/2012Posted inAstronomy, engineering, Photographic, photos, physics, science, Tech, true stories

Revenge

Fixing the archives has thrown up this post I drafted in 2006 and never got around to publishing. The dog and the old git are long since vanished – no idea whatever happened to them. The 2006 post starts below this line. Reminded of this by a post from Scaryduck today. DTL vs the Fluff-Ball …

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Posted bydtl9/5/20129/5/2012Posted inDagenham, General, humour, meta, true stories

Tagged – belated update.

I’ve been tagged by Ben to list six random things about myself. Here goes. My superpower is the ability to detect minute quantities of cucumber from large distances. It is rarely of use to anyone. I bake terrible cakes. The last book I read was The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. I finished it on …

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Posted bydtl28/4/200821/2/2010Posted inGeneral, meta, true stories

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