Monthly Archives: July 2008

At Last, Some Honest Advertising…..

By Val | Published: July 31, 2008
At first glance, Fairdeal Homeopathy looks pretty much like any other site selling homeopathic remedies – “Natural products to help you feel better about yourself” proclaims the front page, over a picture of flowers, leaves and a pill bottle. But just read the blurb inside: FairDeal Homeopathy is a company set up to provide you [...]
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Behold – I Write!

By Val | Published: July 23, 2008
Well, now and then…. Toniight I came across an old floppy disc containing all my articles that have been published. I had kept some of them on various websites (notably the Oakleaf Circle site), but lost them as I moved and revamped sites. So I was quite pleased to find them again. Anyhoo, they are [...]
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Stupid Things I Have Seen Part 947….

By Val | Published: July 18, 2008
All this week, BBC TV News has been congratulating itself on exposing an illegal immigration ring bringing in Pakistani workers, supplying them with fake documents and putting them to work as cheaply-paid undocumented labour. Good investigative journalism, and the highlight was a secretly filmed interview with a gang member boasting of how it was [...]
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Feeling Good…

By Val | Published: July 12, 2008
Hmmm… The drugs do work! Well, so far. I’m feeling cheerful and energetic, and generally much happier and healthier than I’ve been for bloody ages. I’ll have to tell Doc G about it – he’ll be pleased that something he’s prescribed for me is finally working. So I’ve really been charging ahead with work [...]
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Serve Me Right…

By Val | Published: July 10, 2008
I never take any notice of sell-by dates on food. If it smells OK and doesn’t look putrid, then it’s OK to eat. So I’ve always reckoned. So, lunchtime yesterday: I’m making myself a sandwich; I drag out an opened pot of carrot & parsnip veggie puree spread from the back of the [...]
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Idiots Damage Castlerigg

By Val | Published: July 9, 2008
Pictures of New Age idiots digging a hole and lighting a fire in a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Anybody else feel like shoving some suitably energised crystals up the orifices of these vandals? (English Heritage and Cumbrian Police have already been informed.)
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Pro-pro-porcrastinationnnnnn….

By Val | Published: July 9, 2008
Oh well, been put on yet another lot of pills to try out. This time, it’s Verapamil ; it’s yet another calcium blocker, like the last lot. But Doc G says it will probably suit me better, and has different side effects. I bloody hope so – the Solatol gave me permanantly dry [...]
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