And my Easyspace mail server is still down. Grr. And I’m not going to attempt a migration whilst out of the country.
Category: old blogging
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Safely ensconced in our hotel
Safely ensconced in our hotel in Alphen aan den Rijn (I’ve travelled with one of my business backers), and, thankfully, no trace of my stalker (don’t ask). And, as you can tell, I’ve successfully hooked up to the net. Good ol’ Net2Roam.
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Was it really necessary to
Was it really necessary to interview someone called Flash for this article?
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I’m getting very fed up
I’m getting very fed up with Easyspace again. Now their email servers are arsing around. As soon as I get a bit of time (don’t laugh), I’ll be moving lock, stock and barrel to 34sp.com.
In other news, I’m off to Holland this afternoon to go to a trade show. Mission – to seek potential licensees, a European micropropagator and to further increase my understanding and knowledge of the market on the continent. If there are any new variety opportunities, then I’ll look into those too, although I am not sure that this event is likely to show up any of those. I’ll also be looking to sample local beverages as well. And, before Arseblogger asks, I’ll not be bringing anything back – well, nothing that would be of interest to him anyway!
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Beer tonight at the Nags
Beer tonight at the Nags to celebrate Dave’s 50th birthday, with Paul F, Ruth, Hamish, Sally, Malcolm, Ted, Sasha and countless other good people. I suspect the party, which has already been running for three days, has some life left in it yet.
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Ok, kiddies, it’s that time
Ok, kiddies, it’s that time of year again: the 12th Chichester Film Festival. 9 English premieres, 3 UK premieres, international film short competition, Australian film season, World cinema season, East Asian cinema season, late night "Xtreme" cinema, a Bertrand Tavernier retrospective, a Luchino Visconti retrospective and the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival On Tour. Top stuff.
On my watch-if-I-can list:- Jeremy Hardy v The Israeli Army
- Cypher
- Camp
- Crackerjack
- Petites Coupures
- Goyangireul batakhae
- Koroshiya Ichi
- Der Amerikanische Freund
- L.627
- L’Appat
- Rocco e i suoi fratelli
- Il Gattopardo
Admittedly, we all know that I’ll never get to see all of these. A lot of them will be screened during the day, and for part of the time I will be out of the county, even out of the country. But if I get to even one or two, I will be very pleased indeed.
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From my email inbox: Afternoon
From my email inbox:
Afternoon all,Well as some of you may or may not know (and for those of you who don’t I suggest you are seated when reading this!), I have decided to leave behind my materialistic world of BMWs, champagne and Waitrose to go and put my talents to better use in the world.
On the 29th October this year I will be leaving the UK for 2 -3 months to go to Nepal and teach English to the not so fortunate children of this world. I have thought about this for a long time and feel that if you are a strong, confident and fortunate person you should put something back into the world so I am off to help those who really need it in order to survive.
I am doing all of this through a company called I-to-I who ask that I pay my own way and then attempt to fundraise my travel costs back as it is all for charity! So I write to ask you all for some help in getting me out there. My travel costs alone are £2,500 without buying the equipment necessary to teach and survive out there. Now I am not sure if I will be back for Christmas or not yet so I wondered if any of you would be prepared to bestow an early Xmas present in either helping me do some fundraising using the attached sponsorship/donation form or making a contribution to I-to-I.
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in Asia and has the lowest literacy rate after India. The children who learn English have an estimated 60% chance of securing work and more optimistically a further education.
Some of you have already stated that you will try to help by getting your work to do sponsored dress down /up days or by getting sponsors for when you run marathons etc. Any companies who make a significant contribution (or better still wish to sponsor the trip!!) would get a link on all I-to-I sites and info and I would be prepared to do the t-shirt wearing, picture taking report thing, to show your company for the truly considerate people you are!
If you work for a successful company or have rich clients then why not ask them to contribute. Any help you can muster will be gratefully received and help out the kids too!! I will make sure I will keep you all posted on how it goes and will email you all pics and updates whilst away. (email address whilst out there penn_nepal@hotmail.com)
I also hope to hold a fundraising dinner and dance and will let you know more about this too.
If you have questions let me know and thanks in anticipation of your kind help!
Penn
When Penn says she is giving up BMWs, champagne and Waitrose, she means it. I am soooooooo proud of her, she never ceases to amaze me. If you can help her in any way, then I’ll be proud of you too. Either hit the email link above, or contact me and I’ll pass the details on.
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Lonely heart Lord meets woman.
Lonely heart Lord meets woman. Aha! All becomes clear! The way to a girl’s heart is through a 71 bedroom stately home! Why didn’t I realise this before? This is obviously the key to success with the opposite sex.
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Brighton 2 – QPR 1.
Brighton 2 – QPR 1. Brighton go top of Division 2. Long way to go yet, though.
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181 update. There seems to
181 update. There seems to be a bloke in addition to the blonde woman, so no chance for me to shark in there. looks like he is dealing with the important job of setting up the TV. Looks like they are putting it in the same place as their predecessors, so I’ll get a nice view of it from here, and if Frannie upstairs has the same channel on, I’ll get audio as well.