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June 2008

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Follow the trail of petrol…

Friday 13th came early for me last night. On the way back from band, I had to make my way through Oxford again due to a road closure on A34, and, whilst waiting at some traffic lights I smelt a…

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Old man’s condition

I had a bit of a lie-in this morning, after deciding that I would attempt to get a doctor’s appointment this morning for my swollen foot. For the last couple of week’s I have been in quite some pain, alleviated…

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A pair of sour-faced old trouts

I am livid, fuming, damn annoyed. It seems impossible to get an appointment to see the doctor. You can either phone at 8am (and only 8am) for an emergency appointment, or book a ‘routine’ appointment up to two weeks in…

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Three Tuesday Things

1. There was a bizarre sight on the way to work. Whilst stuck nose to tail, inexplicably, on the A34 I had plenty of time to watch as a coach cruised down the opposite carriage-way spewing a plume of acrid…

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I can see, I can see perfectly…

1. Opticians appointment today. Before leaving work I changed into my shorts and sandals and biked into town. I was there for over an hour in the end, first having my contact lens check (I have slightly less of a…

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Sleepy

What I want to be doing, now, is making changes from my printed and well-thumbed script into my electronic version of my novel, so that I can send it off to friends and readers. But I am sleepy. I put…

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