Tag Archives: Civil Liberties

Supporting Octabber

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Sticking to my normal tradition of being so far behind the times I’m permanently retro I thought I should probably direct you all towards Octabber before it actually arrives. As is so often the case the existence of this excellent idea came across my path via the ever erudite LegIron. It seems that “no smoking day” is no longer enough and October is to be declared non-smoking month. Now we can all look forward to being bombarded by irritating smug adverts trying to encourage people who don’t want to stop smoking to stop smoking. I can but assume that the … Continue reading →

Something a bit random

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In case anyone’s been wondering I’ve not given up just work has been busy and at this time of year the garden needs a lot of attention (on which more later). Diverting from politics for a little bit and turning to something I know a bit more about, namely IT. In this case I want to talk about e-mail, I have a Gmail account (or two) that I use for something (with an android device it’s hard to avoid) but I don’t particularly like it. The main reason I don’t like it is it’s a pain to archive from and … Continue reading →

Olympic Round up

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With phase one of the Olympics over here’s a bit of a round up of the nonsense that’s being going on. No much by way of good news for the official sponsors over at Just Drinks Beer drinkers and pubs all over seem to be unhappy with the brand police judging by Real ale up north (And let’s not mention the GBBF being shunted from Earls Court to the smaller venue at Olympia for some sporting thing or other). Even the mainstream media is reporting how bad the games have been for small businesses of course our glorious leaders still … Continue reading →