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I say ‘English’ because the chaps are actually Irish and Welsh. As I have written below Jamie put me onto Taylors so as I had a big bbq to attend last Friday I thought I should give them a try out.
When I stepped into the shop it was almost like being back home, it could [...]
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I am amazed.
I have been so busy that I have not had chance to post as much as I normally do. When I logged in today I was amazed to read that this blog has notched up over 10,126 visits since it started. I am really touched by that. This blog was really only going [...]
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Greetings from Amsterdam.
Plymouth Jamie sends me this link hmmm sausages, good choice too, now if only they did Y Fenni!
Not really the link I needed when on my fitness drive but I do love British sausages, not to mention Haggis which they also offer, cheers Jamie!
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Many of us are familiar with the sight of Orangemen marching though Ulster during the marching season, we are also familiar with the Nationalist response and in days of yore the violence that went with it. Fortunately things have calmed down a bit.
I was interested to read that Sweden also had its fair share of [...]
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I am going to reproduce the following article from The Local
I am laughing here as I have had to go through similar experiences as this Italian chap. The Swedes certainly dont make things easy for foreigners.
Is Italy in the EU? – A Swedish ID card farce
Published: 13 May 08 13:11 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/11732/
Getting an ID card [...]
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Sweden cant defend itself and neither can we if we are honest about things. The savage cuts on our armed forces is a joke, not to mention not giving our boysand girls the right gear for warfare. At least Sweden is neutral whats our excuse?
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Sorry for the lack of posts this week, its been hectic. Next week I am out in Amsterdam and then a long weekend on my first leisure weekend in the wilds of Sverige. I shall be going to place called Vikbolandet! More on that later
I wish I had called this blog ‘Let Me Tell You [...]
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At last I get to see goals at Hammarbys Söder Stadion!
With some woeful finishing I was fearing that it was going to be another 0-0 but the first goal I saw was from a penalty against Bajen. Fortunately the boys in green and white fought back and managed to win the game in injury time [...]
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Am off to Söders Stadion again tonight. Hammarby take on Gefle. I bought some lovely new maps for the office over the weekend but couldnt find Gefle on the map at all.
Turns out Gefle are actually from Gävle, its the old fashioned way of spell Gävle apparently. Gefle currently sit third from bottom so on [...]
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Forget free calls, instant messaging, the world at your fingertrips this is one of the best reasons the net exists.
In my fruit box delivery from Arstiderna they have given me lots of kiwi fruits. Now one of the reasons I am ordering a box delivery is because you get seasonal fruit which adds variety and [...]
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