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Surf Rats

Last night, i went to see my old mate Terry playing with a local band, the Surf Rats, in a hall behind a pub, just round the corner from home. When i walked into the hall i thought i’d accidentally stumbled into an old folks variety evening or something – but then i realised, strewth! these people are probably about the same age as me! There were a few faces i recognised from when i was a kid in this area.

I guess when the wind’s in the east and there’s a gale blowing, the waters of the river estuary could be encouraged to ripple a bit, but i’ve never seen anything you could mistake for surf in these parts! … Read more »

This Country

Britain gets more ridiculous every day! It seems to be in an uncontrollable downward spiral of mismanagement, greed and general shoddiness.

Take Heathrow, for example. It’s probably the busiest airport in the world – and it’s one of the worst, too. The whole place has the air of a rundown country bus station, or a shabby channel ferry port, and it’s always absolutely packed with people. … Read more »

My first blog at SnapAndScribble.com

I’ve finally managed to set up some blog software on my own site. It’s not really configured the way i want it yet, but it will be soon. At the moment, i’m afraid, it looks a bit boring. But i’ll be sorting it out over the next day or two.

Since my last blog post (on a site owned by the evil Rupert Murdoch! ;-) ) i’ve been flat out teaching myself about web publishing and how to make decent web pages. … Read more »

New Career?

I’ve just about given up bashing my head against a brick wall, trying to find a decent job in this ludicrously expensive country. And, no, i’m not going back to Australia. Not yet, anyway!

As it’s practically impossible to find a job around here i’ve decided i’m going to have to create my own job. I’ve been putting content on the web for over ten years now – and only making other people rich by doing it. Now i’m going to start trying to make money myself from putting stuff up on web sites. … Read more »