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Month: September 2011

Consumer Lust…

21 September, 2011 by Alistair

I love gadgets and new “stuff” that I can use to get shit done. There are a few other things I am interested in apart from fishing and a few things I would like to get more interested in which I just do not seem to have time for. Now that the leaves are well…

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I love it when a plan…God Dammit !

20 September, 2011 by Alistair

All my fishing plans over the last few weeks have totally went fubar. Typical example – this afternoon I was driving home when I realized my Mother n’ Law could possibly be at my house – now that I have two boys then two people must be there to assist with putting them to bed. I telephoned…

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It does not get much better than this…

10 September, 2011 by Alistair

Sadly the Gods of the Pike have been absent from my life as of late – my last two sessions have left me decidedly humbled and today’s session was even worse – it rained. I thought things were looking up as David Wolsoncroft-Dodds emailed me the other day – seemingly a reader of this diary was guided…

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The trouble within FORK?

7 September, 2011 by Alistair

Meanwhile, what the hell is going down with FORK? Dodgy bookeeping? The Office of the Scottish  Charity Regulator  has refered the Friend’s of the River Kelvin to OSCR Compliance. You will see this if you check out the OSCR website atwww.oscr.org.uk I assume this is due to the fact that FORK has not submitted audited accounts since…

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Polaroid Review – a lie, a half true and a true story (and stop telling me how sexy I look)

5 September, 2011 by Alistair

In my professional opinion as an opinionated person on the internet, I feel able to give you some advice on what bits of fancy plastic you should put over your eyes. Seeing as how I can not just say “Buy these and stop telling me how sexy I look!” I need to place some words,…

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Weekly Water Photo 35 – Autumn?

4 September, 20114 September, 2011 by Alistair

You can tell Autumn is coming, the signs are all there – a chill in the air, dark nights a coming, berries in the bushes and of course hair straighteners are in the trees.. Anyway, so I went for a walk through the park with the boys and most enjoyable it was too – it would have…

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    You will not get better for your money , looking back I received it in 2009 and it still works…

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    I have used it for around 10 years ! Love it !

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