Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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The last ‘Wake Up to Wogan’ was broadcast on Radio 2 this morning. I know I won’t be alone in missing the gentle, crazy fun that the program brought each morning.
With a lump in his throat, Sir Terry Wogan has said an emotional goodbye to his loyal eight-million strong breakfast audience on Radio 2.
Here, [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2009
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PCS members have overwhelmingly re-elected Mark Serwotka for a third term as General Secretary of their union.
First elected in 2000, Mark Serwotka was returned for another five year term with 63.4% of the vote. His challenger received 36.6% of the votes cast.
With PCS members facing job cuts, privatisation, pay freezes and cuts to their redundancy [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2009
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Prior to the Internet, the last technology that had any real effect on the way people sat down and talked together was the table.
Clay Shirky
18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2009
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It seems that I have been commenting so much over at nourishing obscurity that I have been given an award for my contributions. I find it difficult not to comment because nourishing obscurity’s posts are always interesting and varied, even controversial at times.
Winning an award for commenting so much made me smile because I am [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 21st 2009
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Be wise with speed . A fool at forty is a fool indeed.
Edward Young
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2009
No doubt most of you will have read the recent reports in the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail stating that MoD civil servants have earned in excess of £47 million in bonuses in the last six months. The Telegraph starts the article with this sensational comment:
Civil servants at the Ministry of Defence have [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 14th 2009
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I was struggling for for inspiration for this theme, when I suddenly remembered that there was lots of music at the Women’s Chainmakers festival that I attended in September. We didn’t stay for all the music but this barbershop quartet were very good and also amusing.
There was also a brass band to lead the celebratory [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2009
