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Dorset News from the BBCI recently came across Pumpkin FM an online radio network. The station that actually caught my eye was British Comedy which plays old BBC radio comedy shows, but they also have channels dedicated to American Comedy, Crime, Drama & Western and Science fiction.
A chap called David Bolton has created a new word “aptoblique”. He has decided it means “to move vertically or horizontally but not diagonally”. David explains how he came up with aptoblique in his blog http://davidbolton.blogspot.com/.
Your challenge should you choose to accept it is to use “aptoblique” in a sentence. Why not post any you come up with as a comment to this message.
I thought I would share this clip I came across of veteran broadcaster Jack Hargreaves demonstrating how to put a ship in a bottle on the old Southern Television children’s TV show “How”.
If you carry on watching past the Jack Hargreaves bit fellow presenter Fred Dinenage makes a fool of himself trying to use a potters wheel.
There is a rather nice obituary for Jack Hargreaves who died in 1994 at The Independent.
I came across The Lost Pubs Project via a re-tweet on Twitter.
Basically it does exactly what the title suggests, a record of pubs, inns and hotels that have closed over the years listed by town/village. It’s an interesting site for those who remember pubs that are no longer with us.
Not the prettiest web site, but a worthy project that I have bookmarked. I look forward to seeing how it develops.
A couple of days before Christmas I dropped into Morrisons. Among my purchases were their 100g Christmas puddings which They had on offer “buy one at 85p and get two more free”, that works out at the equivalent of 28.33p each.
I went in there again today and now the same puddings are individually priced “28p save 57p”. Ok you don’t have to have three to get the offer but I think this is bending the facts rather!
Some time back I noticed Lidl were selling a new own brand instant coffee “Monte Santos – 100% Arabica” in 200g jars. It was fairly cheap so I bought one. I’ve been buying it regularly ever since.
On Christmas Eve I nipped into Lidl and spotted that there was a different coffee, “Blue Eclipse – 100% Arabica”, in place of the “Monte Santos”. It was about the same price, quite possibly the same coffee in a different shaped jar and with a new name? Why bother changing?
Watching X Factor (yes I know) last night I couldn’t help thinking contestant Johnny Robinson bears a resemblance to the late actor Wilfred Brambell, star of the classic BBC comedy Steptoe and Son. Take a look below and see what you think.
Johnny Robinson
Wilfred Brambell
I’ve wasted far too much time playing this online game. Give it a go and let me know what you think.
Sign spotted on the door of local Britannia branch “Proud to be part of Co-operative Financial Services”.
I couldn’t help thinking wouldn’t it be cool it there was a similar notice on the NatWest saying “Ashamed to be part of RBS”!
With The Bottle Inn at Marshwood closed it looks like there will be no World Stinging Nettle Eating Championship this year.
Hunting around on Amazon I was surprised to find someone selling “Stinging Nettle: 200 Seeds (Fresh & Untreated)“! Around here stinging nettles are considered to be weeds and grow abundantly without cultivation.
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