In a bid for world domination, I've decided to play the politicians at their own game and create my own nation, in the hope that I can do better than them!!
Come along for a visit and set up your own nation state while you're at it!
Jennifer Government
(Ta, Michelle, for getting me into this!)
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Yahoo! Groups : guildfordfreecycle
Freecycle is a wonderful idea .... people who have stuff they don't want offer it up for free for other people to claim. All for free. The ultimate in consumer recycling - upgrading your telly/stereo/sofa? Old one not worth selling but too good for scrap? Then Freecycle it. Simple.
Only problem was my "local" Freecycle group was in London, so people were offering loads of stuff that was fifty miles away from me. So I set up a more local group - Guildford Freecycle - and in less than a fortnight it's already got 34 members! Now I'm just waiting for that elusive bargain to crop up ...
Only problem was my "local" Freecycle group was in London, so people were offering loads of stuff that was fifty miles away from me. So I set up a more local group - Guildford Freecycle - and in less than a fortnight it's already got 34 members! Now I'm just waiting for that elusive bargain to crop up ...
Friday, September 17, 2004
To church I must go
Mystery shopping's been around for a while now but whoever thought of Mystery Worshippers?
Saturday, September 04, 2004
BookCrossing exists, it's official!
Next time anyone asks me what this BookCrossing lark is all about, I'll point them in the direction of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary:
bookcrossing
n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
bookcrossing
n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise.
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Steam vs.Diesel
Now I love travelling on steam trains but can't find it in me to share my fiance's passion for diesels. So when he was desperate to travel on a diesel train after we'd had an afternoon steaming on the North Norfolk Railway, I went along but wasn't over the moon - until I realised that it was a Class 101 DMU, which is the very train we used to travel from Norwich to Cromer on when I was a child!
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Not on the Label
"Then there was an unexpected pause. The chickens from the factory's own slaughterhouse had stopped winding through ... We were given an early break. When we got back, a couple of dozen Belgian and blue Dutch crates filled with vacuum-packed [chicken] breast fillets had been pulled in. We were set to packing those instead.
The crates were labelled GMB Meats [a company that imports meat from mainland Europe], 'use by 25 November'; the vacuum packs said the same ... The vacuum packs were cut open and tipped onto the conveyor belts. Several chicken fillets fell down through the gaps and stayed at our feet while we packed into Sainsbury's trays for the next couple of hours ... Further down the line workers were sticking a Buy One, Get One free label on each pack as it emerged from the wrapper, before it trundled on to get its British red tractor logo and a new Sainsbury's label with a ... 'use by 27 November' date stamp."
The extract above is taken from Not on the Label: What Really Goes into the Food on your Plate, a staggeringly terrifying book by Felicity Lawrence. I've read most of it with my mouth hanging open at the total arrogance that supermarkets show. They are in total control of our lives and we don't even realise.
I'm quite seriously considering giving self sufficiency a go, a la The Good Life. All I need is an allotment, a cow and a couple of chickens. And some co-operative neighbours :0)
Seriously, this book describes a frightening future and a more terrifying present, because it is happening now. If you only buy one book this year, make it this one.
The crates were labelled GMB Meats [a company that imports meat from mainland Europe], 'use by 25 November'; the vacuum packs said the same ... The vacuum packs were cut open and tipped onto the conveyor belts. Several chicken fillets fell down through the gaps and stayed at our feet while we packed into Sainsbury's trays for the next couple of hours ... Further down the line workers were sticking a Buy One, Get One free label on each pack as it emerged from the wrapper, before it trundled on to get its British red tractor logo and a new Sainsbury's label with a ... 'use by 27 November' date stamp."
The extract above is taken from Not on the Label: What Really Goes into the Food on your Plate, a staggeringly terrifying book by Felicity Lawrence. I've read most of it with my mouth hanging open at the total arrogance that supermarkets show. They are in total control of our lives and we don't even realise.
I'm quite seriously considering giving self sufficiency a go, a la The Good Life. All I need is an allotment, a cow and a couple of chickens. And some co-operative neighbours :0)
Seriously, this book describes a frightening future and a more terrifying present, because it is happening now. If you only buy one book this year, make it this one.
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
preparingforemergencies.co.uk
I'm sure everyone's already seen this site, but in case you haven't, visitpreparingforemergencies.co.uk.
It's one of the best spoof sites I've seen for a while, and in fact it makes so much more sense than the official one!
It's one of the best spoof sites I've seen for a while, and in fact it makes so much more sense than the official one!
Wednesday, July 07, 2004
The Infinite Cat Project - Cats watching cats watching cats. Hey! It's a concept!
I don't know why, but "The Infinite Cat Project - Cats watching cats watching cats" makes me think of Alice in Wonderland. Sometimes I'm a bit weird, I know. Now all I have to do is find a way to get Peaches to pose for the camera ...
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Ch-ch-ch-changes...
As you can see, I've been making a few changes around here, in the vain hope that I'll actually remember to post in this thing a bit more regularly (Fat chance of that, methinks!)
Only problem is that in changing the format I've managed to lose the comment facility that I used. Which is okay, because Blogger now has its own comments and it would have got very confusing having two comment links, but it does mean I'm rather lacking in froggy references. Could anyone oblige and provide a few new ones, please?
Only problem is that in changing the format I've managed to lose the comment facility that I used. Which is okay, because Blogger now has its own comments and it would have got very confusing having two comment links, but it does mean I'm rather lacking in froggy references. Could anyone oblige and provide a few new ones, please?
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