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Month: December 2019

A new word at Ninesprings

December 17, 2019

A lovely autumn dog walk at Ninesprings Country Park in Yeovil that had a surprise in store. Ninesprings is my other go to dog walking venue in Yeovil, useful when it’s raining because of all the tree cover, and if you stay on the paths it’s not as muddy as the Riverside Walk. Of course, … More A new word at Ninesprings

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A lesser-known Bionicle anniversary

December 5, 2019

As has been said many times elsewhere, and by me here, September this year marks 20 years since Bob Thompson and I started developing my reworking of Lego’s original three and a half pages of Boneheads of Voodoo Island into what would soon become Bionicle. But it was also 1999, and the Millennium Eve was … More A lesser-known Bionicle anniversary

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Something from the Internet that actually works

December 4, 2019

This really does work – I tried it this morning. De-ice your car windows with a zip lock bag with warm water in it. I know, it went viral, but I hadn’t tried it before. It’s no slower than de-icer, even on really thick ice (ours was very thick this morning), and while, yes, the … More Something from the Internet that actually works

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Cheap Trick at Budokan

December 2, 2019

How had I forgotten how incredible this album was?! … More Cheap Trick at Budokan

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