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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

Fixed archives / woken up from winter sleep

It took a spam comment here to make me realise that the archive links have been broken for some time; there was a problem with a .htaccess file (it didn’t exist). The site has fallen into dormancy over the winter again, it’s about time I started using this domain or finally let it lapse. It …

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Posted bydtl9/5/2012Posted inGeneral

Bells

Something like thirty years ago, I was on a bus with my grandfather passing The Whitechapel Bell Foundry; he told me a little about the place and promised to take me for a visit when I was older. Three years ago, I bought a ticket for a tour the following year, then forgot to go. …

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Posted bydtl8/1/20128/1/2012Posted inengineering, geeking, General, Local history, London, Photographic, Tech1 Comment on Bells

Happy New Year

Will this be the year I update more regularly then every few months?

Posted bydtl1/1/2012Posted inmeta

Manic Street Preachers at the O2

I’ve always been a fan of the Manics, so had to go to the one-off gig at the O2, with them playing all 38 singles they’ve released over the years. Despite James claiming “There are many songs you might go to the bar for”, everyone stayed for Motorcycle Emptiness, and for their signature tune and …

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Posted bydtl19/12/2011Posted inLondon

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