Year: 2006

  • Country Weekend

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    It was my birthday on the weekend, so we went back to Cheltenham to see family and friends for a “country weekend”: Shooting clays (soaking wet and freezing, but very good, noisy and destructive afternoon – Kim started to get her eye in on some of the later traps). Angling (a very productive morning on…

  • 2nd Year GEP

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    The second year students of the Swansea Medicine GEP finished lectures today. Their first two years are almost over, and they will soon progress on to the more clinical part of their MB training, mostly away from Swansea and our medical school. I really didn’t get to see them much in their second year, because…

  • Frog update

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    I don’t think this is going to work. The more we wash this new frog, the fluffier it gets and the colour is not fading either. Kim’s new tactics are to wash it with some denim jeans and rub it down. I think we’re probably just going to end up giving it to him and…

  • Pre-order Blu-Ray

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    Are you ready for hi-def DVD? You can now pre-order your Sony Blu-ray DVD player from Best Buy. It looks like we’re in for a format war. This is probably good for me, as I’m really not in any hurry to upgrade. I’ll wait until the dust settles.

  • Little Drummer Boy

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    I got home last night after a crappy day at work to find Jack all set up with his drum kit. Ace! Click the icon above for the video.

  • Whitesprings Lakes

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    Pretty, eh? Still blanked though. Its funny how fishing for big fish is almost religious. You get so few bites, so few fish, and often even less indication that there are any fish, that you have to develop faith in your baits, your rigs, and your tackle. You make minor or major changes often based…

  • Frog Update

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    We received the new frog in the post this morning. He is in perfect condition, so we’ll have to drag him around the garden several times and then give him some really hot machine washes. He is actually a little larger than Jack’s original frog, but otherwise identical. Maybe he’ll shrink a bit when washing?…

  • Spring?

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    We have a sunny day today, or at least we did this morning. It seems like a long time since I have seen the sun and blue sky, but it can’t have been that long. Maybe a couple of weeks? My eyes were itching when I started work, and I couldn’t work out why. Then…

  • Ebay Frog

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    Look what I found (and won) on Ebay. It’s exactly the same frog, but will need some work to alter his state – some hot washes and a bit of dirt and grease here and there maybe. Shhhh, don’t tell Jack.

  • Carping on

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    I took a half-day holiday today. Look what I did with it! 🙂