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  • Comment spam controls

    Please note that, from now on, comments may only be left by those who have previously posted a comment to this site. If you have not previously posted a comment, any comment that you post will be held in a queue until I can check that you are not an evil spammer.

  • Two hundred kay

    I see visitor number 200,000 passed by here sometime in the last few days. That’s nice.

    …and just a little bit scary.

  • Truth be told, this site is pretty crap at the moment

    …being as it is mainly made up of pathetic excuses for the lack of any fresh content. I could tell you that I’ve been up to my eyes in work. I could tell you that I spent last week in the Netherlands and Belgium (Maastricht – great place – who knew?). I could tell you loads of things. But would you believe me? And, even if you did, would you find it an acceptable excuse for the shoddy state of grayblog?

  • Observation

    Tim Yeo says that there are too many potential candidates for the Tory leadership. The BBC estimates that there are "at least eight candidates". One commentator in the Independent at the weekend put the figure at eleven.
    Under party rules, in order to stand for the leadership a candidate must present a petition bearing the signatures of twenty MPs. MPs may not sign the petition of more than one candidate. There are currently 197 Tory MPs. 11 candidates. Do the maths.

    (Incidentally, I have reams of political writing that I’m waiting to unleash on you – albeit mostly in my head rather than on my hard drive – but I haven’t got round to it due to being too busy and distracted lately. Topics include the EU constitutional treaty, the British EU rebate, the future of the euro, the G8 meeting and protests, the separation of church and state and road pricing. More on all this stuff, and more, over the coming weeks.)

  • Busy

    One day, I might just have time to write something here when I’m not

    • running around to meetings
    • travelling around the UK or other bits of Europe
    • sorting out the garden (there may be photos, but I don’t think that you believe me on that score any more)
    • sorting out boring stuff related to Hels’s flat sale
    • trying to catch up with my piled-high in-tray
    • sleeping
    • doing any one of a million and one other things.

    I know I’m not unique in being busy, but it is getting in the way of blogging at the moment.

  • Is this thing on?

    Still alive, but away from the PC or a connection a lot lately. Normal service will resume shortly, you’ll be dismayed to hear.

    In other news, the idiot who pulled out in front of me on the A27 on Friday evening whilst driving a lorry carrying gas cylinders and who then proceeded to give me some tattooed gesticulation out of the window, will find when he goes to work tomorrow that it doesn’t pay to do that when in control of a vehicle with your employer’s telephone number on the back.

  • Roundup

    Very very busy and also likely to be away from my PC for much of this week, so expect quiet.
    The plant fair at Pashley was very successful – thanks to everyone who turned up. I got slightly sunburnt, which considering that the original forecast was for rain was quite an achievement.

  • PPPoE or PPPoA?

    Taking up BT on their broadband upgrade offer? I have, and now surf twice as fast as I did yesterday – if I was nearer to the exchange, I’d be going twice as fast again.
    But, if you do, please note that you need to change from PPPoE to PPPoA. If you don’t, you’ll be sitting looking at your PC all day, wondering why you have no broadband connection. Not that I know anyone who did that, of course.
    It would have been useful if BT had alerted users to that in advance.
    And I have no idea what PPPoE and PPPoA stand for. Or what it means.

  • Quiet

    It’s been quiet here lately. I promise that I’ll try to write more soon, as well as post some photos from a few recent outings.
    In the meantime, please note that this Sunday sees the twenty-second plant fair at Pashley Manor Gardens to have been organised by yours truly. Your attendance will be appreciated – there will be cake.

  • Clogs

    Expect quiet here for a few days whilst I visit Dutchland.