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Gaylord the Dog! - 08 Mar 2008

I have been looking for this since hearing it on the Scott Mills show – absolutely brilliant – I can watch it so many times and still laugh! The best bit is when Gaylord fetches his bone :-D

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Decluttering our lives - 14 Jan 2008

One of our aims in moving to Valencia is that we are much more flexible in being able to move the next time we want to move. We have managed to amass so much stuff so far in our lives and we want to get rid of a load of the clutter and just be [...]

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Duckies in a teacup – how British! - 01 Aug 2007

How more British can you get – two abandonded ducks that were found swimming out at sea – have a new (slightly smaller) home in a tea cup! This is only temporary as far as I can gather. The abandoned ducklings raised in a teacup | the Daily Mail

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Loudest clap in the world in China? - 20 Jul 2007

I am normally quite proud of what I consider to be quite a load clap – great for making people jump! :-) There is a man in china though who can clap as loud as a helicopter! I am not sure if this sort of thunderous clap counts as a god-like power – be I [...]

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The Giant duck is coming - 11 Jul 2007

If you are on the French coast that is! After bring you news of the little white duckies that have taken 8 years to travel through ice to land on British shores, I thought I must point out the 105 foot rubber duck that has be set adrift from the French coast: SFGate: World Views [...]

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A democratic 7 wonders of the world - 09 Jul 2007

Ever wondered how the seven wonders of the world were chosen? I know that there are at least 3 sets of 7 wonders – the Ancient set, the modern set and the set that I can’t remember the name for. It has often perplexed me how they were chosen though – who can decide what [...]

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The Plastic White Ducks are coming!! - 29 Jun 2007

I’d not heard of this story before but apparently 40,000 small rubber ducks were accidentally dropped into the Pacific Ocean 15 years ago, during a storm. The ducks have taken an epic voyage both north and south from the original location and some ended up invading Australia and the South Pacific. The set that went [...]

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