Diary August 2013
“I’m a project manager,” said the man confidently. “Your job seems to be taking a long time, perhaps I can give you a few tips.” Now then...
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bluebirdk7
- Feb 28, 2013
- 33 min
Diary Jan/Feb 2013
I once spent a morning with a high-falutin’ barrister from some stupidly expensive London chambers. I was due in crown court as an expert...
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bluebirdk7
- Dec 2, 2012
- 17 min
December 2012
Yet another diary! I hear you say… Yes, and the last of 2012. We’ve had a good year in our little workshop with a great deal achieved....
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bluebirdk7
- Nov 1, 2012
- 14 min
November 2012
Did you see Felix leap out of his space capsule and fall like a brick? I felt sick when he opened the door and my kids fell silent, their...
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bluebirdk7
- Oct 1, 2012
- 23 min
October 2012
Yes, yes, yes… I know it’s been ages but it’s been a peculiar year. I’ve been driving a desk of late, something I promised not to do ever...
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bluebirdk7
- Mar 1, 2012
- 27 min
March 2012
The car park was full of cops when I arrived. I threw my backpack over my shoulder, grabbed my laptop and slammed the boot. The hotel...
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bluebirdk7
- Nov 1, 2011
- 27 min
November 2011
I asked a taxi driver the other night why the ball chasing fraternity wait for dark nights and crap weather to indulge their passion....
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bluebirdk7
- Aug 1, 2011
- 19 min
August 2011
I’ve just spent two weeks herding two, cat-like children from shady spot to beer-bar beneath the scorching Mediterranean sun but it made...
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bluebirdk7
- May 1, 2011
- 25 min
May 2011
At a kiddie’s party recently the missus asked if I’d like a drink and in a moment of nostalgia I asked for a can of Lilt, remembering the...
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bluebirdk7
- Feb 7, 2011
- 24 min
Febuary 2011
“Look at our shed…” My mate’s kids gasped in awe at what was, so far as I could tell, ordinary B&Q output complete with patchy woodstain...
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bluebirdk7
- Jan 2, 2011
- 39 min
January 2011
Back in the day, American Indians were recruited to work the high-rise steelwork of a burgeoning Manhattan because they had no innate...
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bluebirdk7
- Dec 30, 2010
- 22 min
December 2010
Well, here we are a year older as a nasty Arctic blast cuts through our workshop reminding us that the ball chasers have missed all the...
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bluebirdk7
- Jun 10, 2010
- 31 min
June 2010
Whatever has happened to our milk? Remember when you were a kid and the milkman left bottles on the doorstep and on cold mornings you...
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bluebirdk7
- Feb 16, 2010
- 9 min
February 2010 Part 2
Have you noticed how difficult it’s becoming to buy proper light bulbs these days? All you’re allowed, it seems, is those eco-do-good...
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bluebirdk7
- Feb 2, 2010
- 10 min
February 2010 Part 1
Doesn’t it drive you absolutely bonkers when people say or do things without engaging their brain first? When they just blindly accept...
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bluebirdk7
- Jan 3, 2010
- 25 min
January 2010
his coming October it’ll be ten years since I cautiously crawled down 140ft of rope provided by the navy in 1967 (we found it reaching...
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