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Rubbish!

18 July, 2005 by Alistair

So Claire wanted to go to a shop that ran next to one of the Kelvin tributaries. First of all I was impressed as I could see some trout rising right next to a wall that is part of a supermarket. The water “ok” although there was a couple of shopping trolleys and a rather…

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16 July, 2005 by Alistair

annoy.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) I cannot get it out my head!

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Company struggling to find workers – billingsgazette.com

14 July, 2005 by Alistair

Company struggling to find workers – billingsgazette.com You know, if I were single I would bugger off out this country and take up one of those jobs. Fishing Montana for a living………..now that would be some blog 😉

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In the bad books!

7 July, 2005 by Alistair

So I had some visitors around tonight, my step sister and her husband. They were the reason that I had to hump a kilt a couple of thousand miles around the world so that they could have a “traditional” Scottish wedding in Sri Lanka! Anyhow, we were sitting and chatting about myself and my good…

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Up since around 5am!

26 June, 2005 by Alistair

So I woke at around 5am with the phone ringing. Had to put up a distressed relative a little worse for booze. Seeing as how I can not get back to sleep I tied some size 24 parachutes in preparation for my day away fishing. I hope that by 2pm I am not absolutely shattered….

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I love it when a plan comes together!!

15 May, 2005 by Alistair

So I have spent the last two days moving into my new home. They say that moving is one of the most sressfull things that someone can do but I found it all fairly painless. The only cock up was my cable company not switching on my phnone line. I have spent the last hour…

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Voting

5 May, 2005 by Alistair

It seems that noone can make up theire mind about who to vote for. The last google searches that have brought people here have been about who to actually vote for…..”who should i vote for” being the last 20 or so searches. Interesting!?

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Being “over the hill” is much better than being under it!

20 April, 2005 by Alistair

Puff Pant Puff Pant Puff Pant Puff Pant ……out for a jog with fit better half…..Puff Pant Puff Pant Puff Pant…..along the canal tow path…..Puff Pant Puff Pant Puff Pant…..I feel bad, my legs are all wobbly……Puff Pant Puff Pant Puff Pant…..I look at the canal looking for places I would stop and fish if…

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Birthday !!

19 April, 2005 by Alistair

Its my birthday on Monday. Not doing anything major like last year maybe just going out for a wee meal and a bottle of nice red wine or something. Red Wine……yummy. Funny though…..I have started a bit of a gin and tonic thing the last month or so as well!! For the sake of my…

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A poem I remember !

15 April, 2005 by Alistair

‘Visiting Hour’ by Norman McCaig The hospital smell combs my nostrils as they go bobbing along green and yellow corridors. What seems a corpse is trundled into a lift and vanishes heavenward. I will not feel, I will not feel, until I have to. Nurses walk lightly, swiftly, here and up and down and there,…

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