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Dumbest Idea Ever

This has to be an entry for the Dumbest Idea Ever awards. Stop muggings by painting yellow privacy boxes in front of cashpoints. Yes, because the yellow lines on roads work so well.

I can see it now. A man stands at the edge of the yellow box while he waits for the lady in front to finish withdrawing money. Bored, he looks into the nearby shop windows, unconsciously shifting his balance. His toe edges over the line. Police rush in from all sides, batons raised, and they tackle him to the ground. Police helicopters hover overhead, police cars screech ...

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Working In A Winter Wonderland

We woke up today to find everything covered in snow. There's not as much as they were promising, but there's at least 5cm, and it's still falling.

I love snow. Walked with Leela to work this morning; there's something about snow that makes everything wonderful and clean when it has just fallen.

Makes me wish I had a long commute to my office :p

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Catch Up With Me

Hello everyone! It has been a while. My silence hasn't had anything to do with not having anything to say - in fact the opposite, I've been pretty busy. Here's a quick summary:

  • It was Leela's birthday on 27th January, and on the 1st February we'd been going out for 3 years!
  • I went back to Kent at the end of January for meetings and to dig things out of storage. I had the meetings, but literally couldn't find anything I was after in the boxes. Erk - did I throw too much away when I ...

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