tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25774492142424775892011-11-17T16:33:07.720ZRandom thoughts on the theme of age (and its differences) by someone who is approaching the upper reaches of the range and tends to spend odd moments contemplating past experienceDeeJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037527872689174818noreply@blogger.comBlogger2181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577449214242477589.post-31424132230299525102009-05-11T12:47:00.004Z2009-05-11T13:06:39.709Z

I know this is rather late for a gig that I attended on Friday, but felt the need to post as it really was an unexpectedly fantastic show. Not that I expected it to be bad or I wouldn't have gone, but it was way way better than I had expected it to be.The first set was an accoustic one featuring Grahan Gouldman solo for the first couple of tracks then increasingly adding the further members of

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Not having posted for rather a long time - I don't seem to feel inclined but rather tend to favour reading all of my favourite blogs instead - I thought I would do a bit of a catch up.Redundancy / RetirementThe saga of the official paperwork (or should I say lack of it) continues so I still do not have a final date yet. The departmental reorganisation has completed so I don't have any official

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If only this could replace wars, economic and geographic disastersAnd why did it bring a small tear to my eye - its only people dancing after all?

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There are some considerable cut backs occurring at the place I work and although not unexpected are not as easy to deal with as I thought they would be. Firstly knowing that these changes were coming, I looked forward to the opportunity that it would give me to apply for Voluntary Redundancy and to take early (2 years) retirement. It has been confirmed to me in the last week that my request has

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So I don't know why exactly but although I have remained an avid reader of my favourite list of blogs, I have not felt at all inclined to continue my own posting recently.Maybe it is to do with the impending job loss and early retirement that I am facing, but then I feel quite happy about that. I suppose it may be the fact that even so I have never liked enforced change and this really is a whole

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I found this thought provoking article this morning in an email from a training company's newsletter Language (1) The English Language! "At present, this article presents a present, presented in the form of a presentation that presents the present use of the English language, which represents the present." We take English for granted. There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger;

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My good friend Furtheron offered me first refusal at buying one of his guitars as he has bought a new one and needed to make space, raise funds etc by disposing of one of his rather large collection. Well it is rather large in the eyes of his wife and indeed mine who don't seem to understand the need for multiple instruments. OMG I have just had a horrible thought in which I saw Mrs Furtheron

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I have been given a 'Kindness award' by my good blogging friend Merely MeFrom someone who has so many issues in her life that most of us cannot even understand I take this as a wonderful compliment - Thank you Merely MeThe small print says "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted"Something we all need to be reminded of from time to time - unfortunately some more often than others!

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Z is for Zebras in Tanzania but you just knew it would be didn't you?)These 'donkeys in pyjamas' were snapped in the Tarangire National Park.I had never realised just how brown some of them are - you always think of them as black and white.These, also in Tarangire, were peacefully grazing among a small herd of Wildebeest (most of them had already migrated to the Masai Mara in Kenya)These

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Y is for YUCCA PlantThis one in our garden has flowered for the past 3 years now and is quite stunning not only in its colours but also in its rate of growthIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday Round 3, then pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other participants and enjoy their photos

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Oh Dear I really struggled for a photo that I have taken beginning with X, but here is a brave attempt!This is a photo taken in 2002 at a local Steam Fair. It is of course actually a photo of a steam driven organ, but included in the array of steam driven percussion instruments that accompany it is a Xylophone!

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Well not in this householed its not!Would you believe it, its Boxing Day lunchtime and we still haven't exchanged our Christmas presents!!Yesterday was sooo busy with a visit from Mrs DeeJay's mother, sister, brother-in-law, nephew and niece as well as her son staying for the holiday, plus the fact that we overslept that we did not have time to exchange presents before the visitors arrived. We

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For today's special Christmas Eve edition of ABC Wednesday and the letter W, I seem to have found rather a lot of W photos in my albumSo in no particular order we have :-W for WHITE Cat whose name is actually Ceefer ( C for Cat - get it? He also has Nelly "Furtado" and Cat "Deeley")He is my youngest son's cat and the story behind the picture is that he was entered into the RSPCA's 2009 calendar

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Regular readers will have read of my chagrin (I like that word) earlier this week when I bemoaned not having my camera to capture a funny roadside advertisement.Well it is still there, obviously no one has told them yet (tee hee) and today I had my camera with me

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On the way into work this morning I saw a sign on the roadside advertising "Christmas Reaves for sale"!!!!! Not even REEFS :-)Oh well I suppose they didn't compound the error with a misplaced apostrophe

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V is for Vervet MonkeyPictures taken in Tarangire National Park, TanzaniaIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday Round 3, then pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other participants and enjoy their stunning photos

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I thought I was managing to fight it off all weekend when younger son and his girlfriend came to stay. Maybe it was all the cold and rain at Hever Castle on Saturday or the cold and wind on Sunday morning walking on the beach at Greatstone. I know my Mother would put it down to that despite me telling her so often that cold temperature does not give you a cold!Or maybe it is simply the dozens of

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You will no doubt have noticed my inability to get prepared for ABC Wednesday posts over the past two weeks when I left my chosen photos behind on another PC and did not have access to them when I postedTherefore this week's letter U for me signifies UNREADYRather ironic really when you consider that for once I am actually very ready!So here are the two missing photos that I planned to post under

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Last Thursday was Mrs DeeJay's birthday and I was away in Berlin not returning until Friday.So, I arranged a surprise weekend away for her at a fairly local hotel near Dover that has a fantastic gastronomic reputation and a spa.So on Saturday morning we set off after I had made it obvious to her that I had been looking for her passport so as to throw her off the scent, otherwise she would

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This lightens up a dreary Monday morning.I found this on Merleyme's blog and had a really good chuckle at the resultIf you want to have a similar laugh go here

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S is for SONY CENTRE in BerlinThis is a spectacular sight at the best of times but at night it is truly awesomeS is also for SNAKE taken, yes you guessed it in Tanzania on safari :-)Also taken there is S for Saddlebeak StorkI am so very cross with myself as once again I have another photo that I was planning to use today and have left it on my home PC whilst I am posting this from my office PC. I

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R is for Rosetta StoneI am badly prepared for this week's letter as I was going to showcase some of my own photos of the Rosetta Stone that I tool at The British Museum earlier this year, but have found that I do not have them on this PC - DOH!So I am sorry you have to make do with these stolen from the following Wikipedia articlehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_StoneThe Rosetta Stone is a

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Q is for Quote from Dr SeussI love this quote and in many respects live my life this way!Q is also for QUO (Status Quo that is) my favourite act (note not necessarily music!) but they are a fantastic stage presenceIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday Round 3, then pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other

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P is for PheasantThis one is a regular caller to our neighbour's house since he discovered the bird seed that she puts out for the wild birds!Also P is for Parrotphotographed in a local bird parkIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday Round 3, then pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other participants and enjoy their

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O is for Ostrich - yes you guessed it, found on our safari holiday!and also for Orchid found on a table in a Thai restaurant (with my glass of wine) on my recent business trip to BerlinIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday Round 3, then pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other participants and enjoy their stunning

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Last night Mrs DeeJay and I went to see the legendary Mick Fleetwood who has just this week started a European tour with his ‘Blues Band’ consisting of himself on drums, Rick Vito on guitar, Lenny Castellanos on bass and Mark Johnstone on keyboards. Mick and Rick were together in Fleetwood Mac during the 1980s after the departure of Lindsey Buckingham. They played an almost 2 hour set of mainly

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N is for Ngorongoro CraterAnd still the safari photos keep coming ....This time no animals although I know they are down there somewhere!The crater is a a natural park formed from the volcano and covers almost 8500 square kilometres. I have cheated and added an extra photo from the web to show it from the airIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday Round 3, then pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog

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M is for MasaiHaving missed last week's opportunity to post for the letter M, I decided that I would post late rather than miss it altogether.I think that the posting although obviously not unique, is rather different and I wanted to share these non animal pictures from our safari trip in Tanzania.So I give you some Masai Warriors (well tribes people anyway!)

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I have been a very occasional blogger of late. I just don’t know where the time goes as I don’t seem to have any time left in my life for blogging. I have been busy at work with another visit to Berlin last week – a good photo opportunity also for upcoming ABC Wednesday posts! On the home front, I was extremely disappointed to have to withdraw from the 10k race that I entered and for

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L is for Lions and LeopardAs any of the regular readers to my blog no doubt expected, I have returned to my safari pictures for the letter L. These were all taken in the Serengeti National Park and we could have watched the lion cubs for hours. We did not see their parents but were sure that they were not far away as they kept looking for them to return, probably with food!We were so lucky to

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I have just read Merelyme's blog on the subject of a song that makes her cry.Well, it is this piece that does it for me every time and I guess from the video content that I am not the only one.Every time, and I do mean every time I hear this the hairs stand up on the back of my neck and I get completely lost in the music. If I happen to then try to speak to someone about it I feel completely

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K is for Hurricane KATRINAFor a change I am posting photos that are not of my own makingSo many people have commented about my safari animal photos on how lucky I have been to see them and at such close quarters.Well, these photos of Hurricane Katrina make me so very glad that we don't get such phenomena in the UK and I don't get to be so close to them. When I saw these photos I realised that not

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J is for JACKALBack to the safari yet again this week. Who would have thought that I would get so many letters from just one holidayIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday, pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other participants and enjoy their stunning photos

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On Saturday Mrs DeeJay and I went to the theatre at Dartford again, this time to see Dennis Locorriere (the voice of Dr Hook). It was a fantastic evening of a solo performance by Dennis singing many of the Dr Hook songs (of course the encore was Sylvia's Mother) plus many other songs both published and unpublished from his solo career which he has been performing since about 1999.Sunday was spent

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I just have to share this with you all as it really cracked me up this morning on the way into work. It unfortunately probably does not translate quite so well in other countries idioms and also in straight text probably does not appear as funny as it did to me on the roadside.As I passed a garden centre there was a very large advertising banner hung at the front advertising WINTER PANSIES.The

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To the world of sidebar widgets, gadgets etcWho knows where this will all end, perhaps with a blog full of gimmicks and no posts!As you can see I have discovered what is a whole new world to me and I am experimenting with the temporary widget for my charity run and two visitor tracking ones.I will try to keep it at that for now but I can't promise that I won't be tempted by the next sexy one I

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I have been boring and pestering all of my friends and work colleagues with this, so I decided that my blog readers shouldn't get away with it.Thanks to relentless peer pressure from Mrs DeeJay and many of the guys I share my gym with, I finally succumbed and agreed to enter a 10 kilometre race in October. It is unfortunately, (and that was the reason for my reticence), not a 'fun run' directly

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I = Incredibly Informative road sign or "S**t the cat is out of the bag now!!!If you want to participate in ABC Wednesday, pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other participants and enjoy their stunning photos

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I received the following in a mailshot that was trying to tempt me to take a short break in Ireland.Now I know it is unkind and everyone seems to rejoice in making fun of the Irish, but when you see items such as the one on the left, is it any wonder.Read the pricing offer VERY carefully!

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H is for HyenaIn this case a very dejected one who had been chased off of a lion kill in the Ngorongoro CraterIt slowly ambled past us not 10 feet away!

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Despite a shocking weekend weatherwise, Mrs DeeJay and I were quite busy.Besides our usual fun packed weekend of shopping and boring household things, we visited a local theatre (well actually some 40 miles away) to see Le Grand Cirque This short video struggles to do it justice as it really was mesmerising and stunning the agility, suppleness and balance that these performers had. They are

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G is for GiraffeI am not going to let you all forget my safari trip as I have even more letters covered with my wild animal photosIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday, pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other participants and enjoy their stunning photos

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Over a week ago I drove to Somerset (south west England for my 'foreign' readers) to collect my Mother for a short break. She is 87 years old and suffers badly from osteoarthritis. She consequently doesn't get out very much as she cannot walk any distance, cannot climb stairs or even stand in one place for more than a few minutes at a time.At home she is very self sufficient with many household

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F is for FRENCH ChateauA chateau in northern France that Mrs DeeJay and I stayed at several years agoIf you want to participate in ABC Wednesday, pop along to Mrs Nesbitt's blog of the same name and either share some of your own photos or simply visit the other participants and enjoy their stunning photos

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E is for ELEPHANTIsn't it shameful the way I keep resorting to my most recent safari photos?However I am still on a high about the trip every time I look at the photos and as they are pertinent to the letter of the week - why not!The first of these was taken in the Tarangire National Park, whilst the second was taken at Lake Manyara. Note the difference in colour, caused entirely by the colour of

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Are you enjoying the Olympics?I am not following them avidly, but have spent a considerable amount of time during the first week watching some of the Swimming, Gymnastics and over the weekend the Athletics. What a wonderful series of performances by all of the British team (I refuse to call it TEAM GB - what is all that about?)Discussing the current state of the medal table with one of my

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Reading Liz's post "Rising strongly?" on the misuse of words, poor grammar and punctuation immediately got me inspired to write on the subject.Like many of those commenting on Liz's post I too hate poor punctuation and bad grammar, especially when used in signage and documentation that is intended for public viewing.I am sure we could keep these posts going forever on examples spotted (hmmm

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D is for DRAGONFLYAlthough I am sure it is probably some other form of fly such as a Damsel Fly but hey what the heck they both begin with DThese were taken in our garden several weeks ago when the weather was a little warmer - you remember that day of summer we had?If you want to take part in ABC Wednesday or simply see the photos from other contributors, visit Mrs Nesbitt's ABC Wednesday blog

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C is for CLEMATISand C is for CONFRONTATION!If you would like to join inABC Wednesday or view other contributions visit Mrs Nesbitt's Purpose built Blog

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A great weekend for weather with Mrs DeeJay and I doing as little as possible in the way of household chores in order to be able to spend as much time in the sunshine as we could. Three BBQs in three evenings from Friday to Sunday,culminating with sitting out in the garden until VERY late on Sunday.We had to visit the allotment twice a day to water everything as it has been so hot, but all of our

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The normal ABC Wednesday series that has been "hosted" by Mrs Nesbitt has entered a new series starting again at A.This new series is being handled slightly differently with a separate blog containing the ABC posts as opposed to the old way of putting a link on Mrs Nesbitt's blog pointing to our own.If you prefer to see all of the ABC posts in one place please go to ABC Wednesday Blog where you

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A great weekend with youngest son visiting in order to repair my PCHe arrived on Saturday morning, replaced the confirmed blown power supply even though it was surge protected and also added some memory for me within an hour or so. That is when I should have called a halt, but being the geek that he is (and proud of it) on Sunday he commenced to tell me about how I could save money by getting all

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After my holiday and the first week back at work getting in the way of serious blogging effort, I have managed to get back into the swing and to resume posting ABC Wednesday today.Especially as it is 'Z' today you wouldn't have expected anything else from me except these gorgeous stripey donkeys that we saw on safari, would you?To take part in ABC Wednesday, visit mrs nesbitts place.

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I am proud to have one of the photos from my recent posts about our safari selected to headline the latest Blogpower roundup at Defending the Blog and to be "mentioned in dispatches"I suppose I could be accused of 'blowing my own trumpet' with this very apt photo :-)I know that not all of my readers are attracted to some of the Blogpower members views, but these new weekly roundups have been very

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First week back from holiday last week was made a little easier by having another day off on Friday to play in my work's golf society Summer meeting. 36 holes comprised of an 18 hole competition in the morning for one of our annual trophies followed by a team Texas Scramble over 18 ho;es in the afternoon, was made all the more enjoyable as I won the morning competition and came second with my

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As I am not in the office tomorrow (a golfing day - 36 holes in forecast rain!) and I am not getting my home PC fixed until the following weekend, I am sharing these last few safari pics with you today. Once I get my home PC repaired I will be able to share some more but these are the limited set that I managed to bring in to work.

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These were all photographed in the Ngorongoro crater

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I thought that I would post here some of the comment that I have just left on Furtheron's blog as both his latest post and this comment may help someone else feeling lethargic and somewhat despairing as we both seem to have been over the past few days.Its an amazing coincidence about how both Furtheron and I have been feeling recently because not only did we both discover yesterday that we have a

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I am really thankful that I had put many of these photos on a memory stick to bring them into the office to show some colleagues because when I got home last night to continue cataloguing and processing the holiday photos, I found that my PC is absolutely DEAD! No power whatsoever. So here are a few more shots from Tanzania. Which animal will I show tomorrow?

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So as I have somewhere in the region of 400 photos from out Tanzanian safari, I thought I would share some themed posts with you over the next few days to show you just a few of themToday I give you ELEPHANTS

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Or probably more to the point attempting to re-mount after 2 weeks away and not getting back until Saturday morning after travelling for nearly 20 hours in total on two flights overnight. I had intended to get a post going on the holiday experience and to post some pictures but things are not moving as quickly as I intended what with the garden and allotment deciding to become wildernesses

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Others may bitch about the NHS but they certainly came through for Mrs DeeJay this morning.Her GP arranged for a specialist at the local hospital to "squeeze her in" in a full outpatients schedule this morning. We made a point of making sure she was there before the start of the clinic and her saw her as his first appointment, removed a piece of cotton wool from her ear, prescribed some

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Tomorrow we fly all being well with Mrs DeeJay. For several weeks now she has complained intermittently about "an ear infection". I finally persuaded her to make an appointment with the doctor this morning after it flared up again yesterday - "you don't want to have a bad experience in the pressurised plane cabin, or not be able to go snorkelling do you".It turns out that she has got something

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V is for vegetablesThis is the sorry state of my allotment this year taken a few weeks ago - nothing but the potatoes seem to be growing well.If you want to take part in ABC Wednesday visit Mrs Nesbitt's Place

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Only 4 days to go (3 at work) before heading off for the unknown of Africa.Mrs DeeJay and I spent some of the weekend sorting out our packing. Well mine was on paper as I am very much a list person while Mrs DJ spent a lot of time laying stuff out on a spare bed and then putting a lot of it away again to replace it with something else.I am having awful trouble convincing her to really travel

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As another work week draws to a close, and a pretty hectic one at that, I will enjoy my weekend even more knowing that I only have to work 3 days next week and then pack my bags.I can't remember if I told you but Mrs DeeJay and I will be jetting off at the end of the week for a week on safari in Tanzania followed by a chill out for a week on the beach in Zanzibar. I hope to bore you and make you

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U is for UnderwaterThis one is 3 of my 7 goldfish in our garden pondI can't believe the size that they are now compared to the little tiddlers they were when we first bought them.And these are from a holiday we had in The Maldives, a pity that the camera picks up particles in the water that the eye does not seeIf you would like to take part in ABC Wednesday, pop over to Mrs Nesbitt's Place

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I am sitting in the Boston airport lounge waiting to be called for my homeward flight. Should get in around 9 p.m. tonight with any luck as it seems that yesterday's weather delays have been lifted.It has been a long and particularly tough week this week with many changes taking place at work. I was pleasantly surprised with my own situation which I had expected to be one of planned removal from

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A bit later this week as I am operating on U.S. Eastern Time but hey Mrs Nesbitt got in really early with a post late on Monday this week as she is at the TT races, so there is no competition really.'T' is for Tour de France. Am I cheating by missing off the ‘Le’? Actually I don’t think so and probably don't really care as these are the photos that I have decided to post anyway. Last year Le

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So I am at 39000 feet once again over the Atlantic with the sunshine streaming in through the, what is it a porthole or a window? I am sorry to say that I am unable to match either the pilot’s prose or the photos of Dave at Flight Level 390 Having just taken advantage of the in flight lunch complete with a G&T (Tanqueray of course) and a couple of glasses of Tempranillo, and before starting some

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So here are my pics for the letter 'S' - The mighty Status Quo!This is the usual line up when playing Gerdundula just before they play each other's guitars like thisI will admit to having stolen these photos from Rocky Road on FLICKR as they are so much better than the ones I have taken at Quo gigs. (see what I mean? I guess the difference is between indoor and outdoor lighting)I get so much

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I suppose we should have expected it as it was a Bank Holiday!Saturday started very damp and windy, but although the wind continued, the afternoon was very hot and sunny. Enough to tempt me and Mrs DeeJay to perform the dreaded weeding of the allotment where they were trying to stifle the poor seeds that are just shooting (cabbage, broad bean, dwarf bean, beetroot and carrot. The six rows of

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R is for RX8 - this is my baby (well actually one of two as my other one is my motorcycle but more of that in 4 weeks time)And here again with several of his cousins at a track dayFor those of you not into boy's toys, here are a couple of pretty picturesR is for RUSSETTor perhaps R is for REEF on our holiday to The MaldivesIf you would like to join in ABC Wednesday, visit Mrs Nesbitt's Place

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A pleasant but not a particularly eventful weekend.I was lucky with the weather on Friday afternoon when I played my first golf match so far this year - and narrowly lost thanks to my opponent's lucky 40+ foot putt from off the green!!Good weather allowed me to tend the allotment on Sunday where all six rows of potatoes are now showing good signs of growth, onions and shallots are well above

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I haven't seen this for a long time and thought I would share it with those who have never seen it before.I am not sure how entirely accurate it is because looking at Wikipedia it disagrees with John Wilkes Booth's birth date by 1 year. But hey its still pretty spooky! Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.Abraham Lincoln was elected

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QUEER VEGETABLES!As Mrs Nesbitt rightly comments, Q is a difficult oneHowever, I know this is cheating a little but I thought they are such fun.Another one that is not so obscureTo take part in ABC Wenesday visit Mrs Nesbitt's Place

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How appropriate that this is where the hotel is that I am staying in this week - Potsdammer Platz, Berlin. One taken outside but the other from the inside of the spectacular Sony CentreIf you want to join in ABC Wednesday, visit Mrs Nesbitt's Place

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I have a meeting in Berlin tomorrow and Thursday that I would not have been able to get to on time if I left tomorrow morning, so I decided to go a bit earlier today and get some sightseeing in this afternoon as I have never visited Berlin before.I left home at 06:30 this morning and at the time I was supposed to be landing in Berlin I was still in London. As we were about to take off this

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Oh (no pun intended) how tempted was I to use The Story of O by Anne Desclos under the nom de plume of Pauline Réage?However to raise the tone of the post a little bit here are two alternativesHow well I remember my kids when they were very small getting in a right mess with these, only we called them Spaghetti Hoops in the UK not Spaghetti Os.These are what eldest son of DeeJay sees on the

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Who was it that used to say that? I can hear the yokel voice and think it was on a radio program (perhaps 'Round the Horn'?).Well anyway this weekend of glorious weather, well Saturday was best, had me and Mrs DeeJay tidying up our garden and tilling our allotment. Saturday saw Mrs DeeJay in the garden pruning and weeding whilst I planted another 3 rows of potatoes and dug over most of the

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So listening to some of the ads on the early morning TV as I was getting ready to depart on Friday, I had to do a double take to ensure that I actually heard what I thought I heard on an ad about teeth whitening strips. Although not verbatim the voice over went something like this"xxxxx is preferred by more people than the leading selling brand"Hello, excuse me, wouldn't that make it the leading

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So in the newspaper (USA Today) delivered to my hotel door this morning is an article about the Supreme Court upholding the right of States to use lethal injection for executing prisoners sentenced to death.The issue was that prisoners in Kentucky had appealed to the court that the process was unjust in the eyes of the constitution as it was "cruel and unjust" because it caused unnecessary pain.A

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A couple of "sweet" M photosI particularly like this one

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Here I am again back on the east coast of the USA sitting in my lovely Marriott hotel room catching up on the 66 emails that have flooded my Inbox since I logged off on Friday evening. I know what there game is, wait until I am in the air and then send as many Re:, Re:, Re: emails as they can. Well I have fixed their little game I now read the latest first that has the whole sorry trail in it and

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A middle aged man bought a brand new convertible Porsche. He took off down the road, pushed it up to 160 and was enjoying the wind blowing through his (thinning) hair.'This is great,' he thought and accelerated to an even higher speed.But when he eventually looked in his rear-view mirror there was a police Car behind him, blue lights flashing.'I can get away from him - no problem' thought the

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L is for this fantastic track by Eric, or I should say Derek (and the Dominoes)I have always liked this track but after my visits to Tokyo late last year whenever I hear it now I cannot get the image out of my head of one of my Japanese colleagues singing it in a Karaoke studio. I say singing but in all honesty nobody who heard it would ever call it singing, but his passion was without doubt. I

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Well I have a had a wonderful but very emotionally fired weekend, not helped by the tiredness resulting from late nights and 500+ miles of driving, much of it on horrible rain/sleet/ snowy motorways.This past weekend saw my Mother’s 87th birthday, my eldest son’s 36th birthday and my youngest son’s partner’s birthday. My eldest son who lives in San Diego and who has not been home for 4 years was

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K9Although a new Doctor Who series starts on Saturday I am not expecting to see the return of K9 - Shame!

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Bah humbug, too busy etc. ………..It has been the start to another one of those weeks where the proverbial has hit the fan from the off so I have not had time to do my Monday morning post.In all honesty, I probably don’t have that much to post about anyway seeing as how the weather has been absolutely s**t here all weekend.I still need to get the remainder of my allotment dug, compost dug into it

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Maybe not the type of journey Mr Nesbitt took but my mind immediately went to the fantastic Steve Perry and his group

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I know that Easter is a few weeks earlier this year, but what an amazing difference in the weather from last year's glorious weekend. Rain, hail, SNOW! and bitter cold. Of course now that we are back to work although it is still cold the sun is shining and there is a glorious blue sky. I wonder how long that is going to last?At least I managed to get out on the allotment yesterday afternoon and

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So seeing Cynnie's post about her sexy name and aristocratic title I just couldn't resist having a go.My sexy name isGet Your Sexy NameNow I am all for the erotic joy bit but what the hell are yeses and how do you arouse them?My aristocratic title is My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Marquess Deejay the Eerie of Dicken St Charles Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title Damn that's boring

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Recently there has been quite a lot of discussion about the completely nonsensical placement of TV news presenters in locations that are supposed to convey the context of a news story to us idiots who in the eyes of the producers would not understand it if the presenter was simply in a studio. An example is that when discussing rising petrol prices they have to put the presenter on a wet and

DeeJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09037527872689174818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577449214242477589.post-2607007272344061492008-03-17T13:28:00.002Z2008-03-17T14:11:23.080Z

So sorry to be such a intermittent blogger these days but my holiday, week off sick followed by yet another week of business travel to the U.S. has taken my eye off the blogging ball. I have however continued to keep up to date with all of my favourite reads - they are what keep me sane on these trips!What a great sporting weekend. Some good rugby with a well deserved Grand Slam for Wales. An F1

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So twice this week in my very limited radio listening I have heard variations on this theme.Firstly there was a phone-in about the growing appearance of signs indicating intolerance to staff abuse and that instances will be reported to the Police. In the ensuing conversations it became obvious that there are many people out there who think it is quite in order to berate and abuse 'customer

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Mrs DeeJay et moi!A red run at the heart of the resort down to the most exquisite restaurant in an old monasteryThe scariest black run of the week with a 70% gradient at one point in the middle!

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Catching up on my favourite blog reads after my holiday, I was amused by Liz's post "At the rugby again" in which she recounts the tale of not being allowed to take her plastic bottle of water into the game.Well some previous colleague's of mine in an earlier like went to the England v France match in Paris and were not allowed to take drinks into the ground. One of them had a large plastic

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Hey everyone it seems as though I have been away for ages and not just 7 days.Maybe it is because although the skiing was great and the weather brilliant (panda eyes again!), I have not been too well during the holiday. I seem to have developed a really nasty bronchial and sinus infection. A visit to the local pharmacist procured an expectorant and some tablets but they failed to get me a good

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A varied weekend post to catch up with a week to forget!I was in the U.S., Connecticut to be exact, last week for a series of meetings.I got food poisoning on the plane or in the airport lounge on the way outThe temperature was around -6 degrees before the wind chill factor that took it to -13 degreesthey were a tough set of meetingsI took the dreaded overnight red eye flight home so that I could

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