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Calais trip cancelled due to bad weather

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 Going Out, News       

On Sunday I was meant to be going to Calais for the last day of the Christmas Market, and although the weather was pretty bad I still wanted to go. The plan was to get the train from Ashford (where the GF lives) over to Dover, and then go as …

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22 December 2009  1 comment

September 11th

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 News, Politics       

The Twin Towers
So it’s September 11th again or 9/11 as it’s most commonly known as since that day 8 years ago. I guess there will always be that ‘where were you when it happened’  question and I know that I was in a University lecture when I found out what …

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11 September 2009  4 comments

Tokyo* beer comes in at 18.2% ABV

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 Food & Drink, News       

A Scottish brewery has been branded “irresponsible” after launching what it said was the UK’s strongest beer. – BBC News
So this brewery is making bottled beer with an 18.2% alcohol content, which in 330ml bottle provides 6 units of alcohol, twice the recommended daily limit. hmmm. It’s quite easy to …

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28 July 2009  2 comments

ID cards will not be compulsory, says Alan Johnson

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Alan Johnson, Home Secretary
Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, today announced that ID would no longer be compulsary and will now only be issued on a voluntary basis but the question has to be asked why they’re even bothering at all and not just scrapping it?
If you want to find out …

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30 June 2009  1 comment

Photo of Euroferries Express?

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 Local News, News, Ramsgate       

On the This is Kent webiste there is a story today showing the new Euroferries Express (formerly Bonanza Express) which will be running the proposed service between Ramsgate and Boulogne.
Thanet South MP Stephen Ladyman had a ‘helper’ take these photos and he says :
“I know Thanet council and Euroferries are working …

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11 June 2009  No comments

Tiger mauls NZ zoo keeper to death

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 Nature & Environment, News       

( Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)
I read this article about a white tiger that mauled to death a zookeeper in New Zealand and although shocking, it’s also a plain fact that a tiger is a wild animal, a predator, and will always have these instincts, so when you walk into an enclosure …

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28 May 2009  6 comments

Tabloid Lies

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Daily Lies
The newspapers I read are either The Independent or The Guardian. I’m not being a snob, they are just the one’s I read and I feel that they are a lot less biased and hypocritical than a lot of the other newspapers available. Sure, they will have a slant …

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11 May 2009  4 comments
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