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  • [Abandoned Court]

    Here’s some quick’n’dirty shots of the old Court in Bristol.

    It’s actually opposite the new one, and I did get asked by security what I was up to; and apart from being a bit confused about why I’d want pictures of old buildings (I think they think I’m a very strange girl) they seemed happy enough for me to carry on; however I don’t think I’ll be trying for any interior shots, what with it being attached to the police station (which they seem to be in the process of closing) and, as I say, opposite an active court!

    Bristol Old Court

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  • [Abandoned Estate]

    So, ages ago I posted a couple of ‘teaser’ shots from the estate with concrete cancer that’s being demolished. Well, I think I did. I can’t actually find them right now, which is disconcerting. Since I can’t and it only adds 2 pictures, I’ll repost them too… [Click images for large versions]


    Kate's Gate Fetish Pages

    Anyway, this estate is being demolished because it’s got concrete cancer and here are some very poor quality photos (see end for explanation) (more…)

  • Mogwai

    Just got one of the Mogwai albums (Happy Songs for Happy People). Kinda reminds me of Death In Vegas, actually. It’s very cool though, so yay for Howlsthunder!

  • Digestives

    I’m told that you don’t have digestives in the land of the free. How can this be?!. A chocolate covered digestive biscuit is the food of the gods. I’ve actually eaten entire 500g packets of digestives without really thinking about it. Just by munching them through a morning.

    They are the very basis for cheesecake. Without digestives, a cheesecake is incomplete. And for a Don’s Delicious Desert, well. Without digestives, all you’ve got is ice-cream, bananas and liquour; with digestives, well, a desert fit for a king.

    Why this bizzareoid semi-rant? Well, because I made the mistake of opening the Orange Chocolate digestives this morning. I can’t stop myself. I keep thinking, “oh, I’ll just have one more”…

    Help!

  • It’s 9.49am in Amsterdam

    And, interestingly, 11.49 pm in Anchorage…

    So yesterday, yet again, I ordered a huge pile of stuff I shouldn’t have. But it’s time to finish what I started with Rebecca. The only ‘expensive’ bit was the front section of exhaust, but I am now heartily sick of having an engine that noticably gets short of breath at 60 mph. Not only that, but I sold the carburettor to Nikki a good few months ago, and am yet to actually give her it (since it’s still on my engine). So hopefully I can get that sorted over the weekend… I’ll have to attack the silencer with an anglegrinder to have even the faintest hope of making it fit…
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  • The Observer | International | Armed and dangerous – Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina

    The Observer | International | Armed and dangerous – Flipper the firing dolphin let loose by Katrina

    Oh dear god… the insanity is too great….

    I’d be worried, but I’m too busy laughing.

  • Mwiffle

    So.

    Today I need to work.

    But first, I want to get the bits ordered to sort my car out properly. In January I’m going to have to be commuting to/from hospital and it looks increasingly unlikely that I’ll have sorted out Claire’s (the ‘zed’s) rusty frame by then; although I do need to get her engine taken down to London soonish.

    At any rate, having a failing starter motor and peeing oil out is not really ‘ideal’ for a daily commute, and since I’ve actually managed to slightly reduce the credit card burden; at least temporarily; I’ve decided that I’m going to fork out the money to finish off my Rebecca’s engine upgrade.

    However, it turns out that one component I need I can only get from a local motor factors; having rung round specialists all morning they only do one version of this particular component; and I want the OEM doesn’t leak part, not the Pattern leaks like sieve part (which I’ve already got).

    I also want to get these parts *soon*; because I am not wildly keen on the working-on-car-outside-in-winter game that I’ve played before. The garage remains ‘full of crap’. I’ve just e-mailed another Marina/Ital club to try to see if anyone wants them before they go on e-bay.

    I also need to get rid of the Hoover 1346A I picked up off Freecycle, having now got an oh-so-shiny Dyson DC01. Well, maybe not too shiny, but it’s in remarkably good condition for a second hand hoover. Of course, as is traditional it didn’t work when I got it; but it took me all of several minutes to fix it; the cable had broken at the point where it entered the hoover body; the cable is now, of course, about 2 inches shorter, but the hoover sucks like a good’un, so I’m happy.

    But it does mean I’m now the ‘proud’ owner of 4 hoovers. A Goblin wet’n’dry, a Hoover Junior 119, a Hoover 1346A and a Dyson DC01. I don’t know how popular Dysons are in ‘merkia, but in hoovering terms they suck more shit up per pass than any other hoover I’ve encountered.

    Indeed, our lounge, which was hoovered on Friday, well… lets just say that what came up was quite impressive. I guess how little came up is a testament to the 1346A ;-)

    Were Dysons quite such a cleaning revolution in ‘merkia? I wonder.

    Anyway. I think that’s sufficent rambling for today.

  • Err, sorry.

    It appears comment posting isn’t working (presumably since the oh-so-wonderful hosting provider moved my site to a new database server & web server).

    I’ll have to go fix. But not right now.

  • Shagged Out

    Christ I’m tired this morning. I even cancelled swimming, ‘cos I couldn’t face walking back to the house, and then having to walk to uni. Bluh.

    I have no idea why I’m so tired, but I am.

    In other news, CCC have a new track up and some old ones I didn’t have (at least, not as separate tracks, I think I’ve got some of them as Radio CCC). I have work to do; and I need to try to wake up… I should have gone swimming this morning, it’d’ve made me feel better. Even as I was considering saying no, I was thinking I’ll feel better for it, but I am just so tired. And repetative apparently.

  • And the sun set….

    ….after a really good weekend.

    James (ex-flatmate, for the uninitiated, and all round decent bloke (and it turns out, bloody brilliant portrait photographer)) and Chrissy came to visit this weekend…

    …and I just had a bloody good time.

    Here’s some pictures of Sunday’s jaunt to Ashton Court (flying Kate’s *rockin’* kite)…

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