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Archive for April, 2008

COME FIRST, OR DIE

Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Sport | 1 Comment »

The Grand National is the one time of year when I go to the bookies and place some money on a horse I know nothing about in the hope that it will jump all the fences, not unseat its rider ...

B-LIME-Y, THAT’S A LOT OF CRAP

Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »

Usually when I clean my car, something goes wrong with it soon afterwards. The first time, the head gasket blew two days later and the second time the thermostat jammed that very afternoon, both leading to journeys in a ...

EASTER EGG HUNT 2008

Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »

Easter was very early this year and won't ever be this early again apparently, well not in our lifetimes. So between the spells of wet weather, last year's Cook family annual Easter Egg Hunt winner, Carole, trudged out to ...

SPLAT THE RAT

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in World News | No Comments »

I saw this in The Metro yesterday: "A rat which was electrocuted at an electricity sub-station caused a three-hour power cut at Stockholm's main railway station. The 11,000 volt shock in Sweden on Saturday actually blew the rat apart." Let's face ...

THE FUTURE OF JONOLA14.CO.UK

Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Jonola14 | 4 Comments »

So. Despite a new year's resolution to write more for my website, I've managed to pen just nine entries in three months. Some people write nine posts every day! This has got me thinking about the site and where ...

RESOLUTIONS UPDATE

Saturday, April 5th, 2008 Posted in Personal Events | No Comments »

Like a lot of people in this country, I promised a few things at the start of the year. Some people call them resolutions, I prefer to call them objectives. So here's an update on how it's going: - ...