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When I die, think only this of me: Blimey, this is difficult!
The tradition of observing a minute’s silence to commemorate the personal sacrifice of military personnel in past battles has undergone a certain evolution through time, transforming into the preferred method of marking the passing of any figure of public note. This is most noticeable in sports arenas, where the entire crowd is asked to remember [...]
March 9, 2010
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Unfair parking fines and strange coins
A bunch of us arrived for Frisbee training by bicycle, and parked up in the local pay and display car park near John Bunyan’s cottage, next to the local pub (strangely not the John Bunyan). We chained our bikes along the fence to keep out of everyone’s way. For some reason, all but two of [...]
February 3, 2010
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The ultimate get-rich-quick scheme
Since my email address is reasonably easily accessible on the Internet (I make no specific attempts to hide it), I get a fairly decent amount of spam. As an experiment, I thought I’d keep track of all the money I’m offered, just to see how rich I could be if only I bothered to respond [...]
January 1, 2010
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