Monthly Archives: February 2008

Days like these…

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Val

Well, today was our big monthly shopping day, when we spend the generously large pension our bountiful Government showers upon us. We drove to Dumfries; I headed straight for Waterstones. A few weeks ago, B won some book tokens in … Continue reading →

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Sign of the Times….

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Val

…As I have written before, I enter a lot of online competitions. I spend two or three hours a week on it, entering maybe up to a hundred or more. So I’ve seen a wide range of prizes – cars, … Continue reading →

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Wha….???

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Val

I don’t remember sitting for this portrait: From

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Question of the Day…

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Val

What Would It Take To Make You Feel Comfortable? It’s extremely stressful spending all day pretending to be normal. Often we need to give ourselves the personal accommodations that we need to be comfortable in our worlds, and avoid being … Continue reading →

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Rubbish…..

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Val

Living in a beautiful tourist area, we are unfortunately used to having visitors chuck their rubbish over our roads, verges and pristine open spaces. For instance, last summer we took a drive out to Loch Dee. This is a lovely … Continue reading →

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New Look…

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Val

Now that I’ve got a local server up and running on my machine (thanks to WAMPS – easiest local server install ever), I can now easily design WordPress themes. This new look is one of the first results – the … Continue reading →

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Bleurgh….

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Val

….yesterday was a bit of a washout for me, owing to another night-time tachycardia attack. I turned over in bed, an internal switch jumped and the smooth, slow bloop-BLIP of my heartbeat went in an instant to a 180bpm BLAMBLAMBLAM … Continue reading →

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Grrr, techie woehs….

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Val

…Tried installing XAMMP yesterday. Couldn’t get it to work – the Apache server wouldn’t run and MySQL threw up dozens of cascading error messages that filled the bloody screen. Looking for answers on the various forums proved complete arse – … Continue reading →

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I Haz A Dreem….

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Val

….that 1 day all kittehs will b jugdz not on ze clr of der furr butt on ze cntntz uv der fudbowlz… moar funny pictures

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