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Saying goodbye to my 30′s
Well…my 40th birthday is not too far away now.
I have to say I’m a little ambivalent about it all; On one hand I’m aware of passing another of life’s milestones and that naturally gives me pause for thought. On the other hand, the first 4 years of the new millennium were (for me at least) largely crap and I’m not sorry to see the back of them.
+14Rant: Royal Mail Once Again Fails
Todays BBC news carried the (almost) unbelievable story of a Postman who has been suspended for advising his customers how to opt-out of the Royal Mail’s direct marketing.
Postman Roger Annies composed and circulated a leaflet about the Royal Mail’s opt-out clause for unsolicited mail during his rounds in Barry, south Wales.
+25Rave: Free Fallin’
Over the last 10 years, we have talked repeatedly about doing a skydive. But somehow we never progressed further; there always seemed to be something happening that meant we never managed to get it booked.
We decided it was time to take the plunge!
+17RIP: Syd
Just heard that Pink Floyd founder and 60′s mega-talent Syd Barrett passed away today at the age of 60.
All the god’s blessings on you Syd … I hope that wherever you are now, you have found the peace and happiness that seemed to elude you through a large portion of your life.
The crazy diamond shines no more … and the world is the poorer for it. 
+17Tony’s To Do List
A page from Tony’s diary
Pacific Tour Notes
Things to Remember:-
- Australia – Give pep talk to Howard’s “blokez” encouranging the Ozzies to stay on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
+14New eBay category: Labour Peerages
Welcome to eBay!
eBay Account: tonyandhiscronies
Item Number: L4B0URRL14R5
You are bidding on the right to make a substantial, unsecured loan to the UK Labour party, in exchange for nomination as a peer in the house of lords.
This is a rare opportunity to be part of a classic English institution, until death (or a colostomy bag blockage) takes you. Only a limited number of seats in the House of Lords are available*1 so bid now to avoid disappointment.
+15Busted! US Congress staff caught polishing Wikipedia Bios.
In the same week that we learned that the Bandanna club website had a link in Wikipedia, I also read an interesting BBC Article about how US Congress staff have been making “Partisan” changes to political biographies.
Using the edit history on Wikipedia, researchers collected the IP numbers of computers linked to the US Senate and tracked the changes made to online pages.
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