By the way, before I start, if you read yesterday’s post about my run in with the phone company – it transpires that the bill had been paid and their administration screwed up. Phone now back on thanks to Bonnie and some calls to O2 – who asked her for her post code first! Back
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I’m beginning to understand that one of the many uses of a blog, whether business or personal, is a brain dump – not only for good ideas and interesting experiences – but also for events that drive you absolutely crazy. Let me share with you some highlights of my day so far (it’s now just
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I’m about to pack my bags for a 3-day visit to Bristol. My first port of call is rather embarrassing – I picked up a speeding ticket (38mph in a 30mph zone) about 4 months ago and I’ve been offered the opportunity to attend a “safer-driving” workshop as an alternative to penalty points on my
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I’ve been meaning to post this since Sunday afternoon – it’s Porthleven Harbour in Cornwall – just 10 minutes from where I live.

Apart from being sick to death of speaking to people on the Indian sub-continent (makes a change from Poland I suppose) – I get a message on my mobile phone this morning asking me to call “Maria” on a London telephone number – no explanation of the purpose of the call – maybe she wants
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Sometimes I wake very early and my head is so full of stuff that I liken the feeling to pushing closed an air-lock door in a leaking submarine. If I can get the door closed and keep out the flood of thoughts on the other side, then there is a fair chance of getting back
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It’s my 53rd birthday today – and as part of my celebrations I popped in to see my hairdresser yesterday for a post-holiday scalping. I’ve written and spoken about Ross Jackson before – impressed that he had the courage to buy a Tony & Guy franchise (in Falmouth) at the age of 22 (with a
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A brief moment of e-craziness during a meeting today (I must have been wandering) when I looked at how many emails I write and send. The current answer is that I am averaging 7,000 per annum. I’m just interested to know whether that’s a lot more or less than anyone else?

She (L) is one-half of a husband and wife team. He (M) is the dentist and she has been the “practice manager” for some years – they are just about to complete the sale of the practice to two associates. When the sale is concluded and after a sabbatical year, they will be creating a
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I’m going to say something controversial. I’ve just spent 2 weeks in Greece – travel including the sophistication of Athens to the relatively primitive facilities of one of the smallest Ionian islands, Ithaca. Everywhere, the customer service has been excellent, the English either faultless or well-spoken, the prices reasonable, the quality first-class. You would expect
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