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Brother Cyril and me
May 11th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
From the age of eight, I was brought up in a single-parent household led by my mother and I was the oldest of the three children. Although I saw my father regularly, it was not a happy relationship – so altogether I was short of a respected father figure and tended to find one where […]
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Another revealing meme
May 10th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
I’ve been tagged for a meme by my American cyber friend Dana Huff. I won’t follow all the rules but I’ll go with the flow and answer the questions. What were you doing ten years ago? I’ve checked my diary. I was Head of Research for the Communications Workers Union (CWU) which represents staff in […]
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How many countries have I visited?
May 9th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
My good friend Andy has directed me to a great web site that enables one to create a personal map showing all the countries one has visited. I’ve eagerly done this and posted the map on my web site. Now on my web site, I list the 49 countries that I reckon I have visited. […]
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Gas explosion near to us
May 8th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
A gas explosion in South Harrow – close to where we live in London – has killed one man and injured two other persons as reported here. I’m so glad that we sorted out our gas leak as I blogged here.
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What we watch
May 4th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I usually finish the day sitting on the couch together watching television. Most of what we watch is recorded on Sky+. That way, we never miss a programme we really want to watch, we can stop the programme if we missed some dialogue, and we can skip the adverts. At the core of […]
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Weekend in Winchester
April 27th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I have spent the weekend visiting my (much younger) half brother Chris (a Treasury official) and his partner Janine (a Spanish language teacher). They live in a village called South Wonton just north of the historic city of Winchester. On Saturday afternoon, we drove through the New Forest and down to the south […]
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Do you like a thrill?
April 26th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
If so, you might like to try this. Me? I couldn’t do it. When my son was eight (that’s 24 years ago), I took him on Space Mountain at Disneyworld in Florida. I’m still recovering …
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Life can be a pain
April 25th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
For several months now, I’ve had a recurrent and persistent pain in my right shoulder. Usually with pains and other ailments, I take the view that they will either get better (in which case fine) or they will get worse (in which case I’ll go to the doctor) – and fortunately, in the vast majority […]
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Walk To Work Day
April 24th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
This morning, it took me an incredible 2 hours 20 minutes to reach my meeting at Post Office Headquarters in central London where, as the Chairman of Postwatch Greater London, I was putting the case for the withdrawal of certain proposed post office closures. I was doing fine until I reached Baker Street underground station. […]
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A tip on tipping
April 18th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Increasingly, in restaurants I try to tip the waiter or waitress in cash even though i usually pay the bill by credit card. Why? Because of practices like these.
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