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To explain my earlier tweet I realised I had made a bit of an error in clothing choice this morning, as I walked down the road and got a couple of funny looks. I was off to Adam’s today to help him with painting his house, and had dug out an old t-shirt for the event. This was a t-shirt I won for the dubious achievement of drinking 8 pints of beer at the Cask & Bottle. It was 96, and the T-Shirt bore a picture of Saddam Hussein with the words “First the Challenge, then the world” (the challenge being the drinking that had earnt me the shirt.
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This weekend was Nick’s stag do down in Bournemouth. On Friday, I was buzzing from a successful week’s writing, and feeling a little grumpy about taking the weekend out just when things were starting to go so well. But I headed out on the bus at lunchtime to begin the schlep down to Bournemouth. I had my first journey in a hybrid car as Dave currently has a Prius (after his continual problems with getting his car fixed, he just seems to get bounced around the various cars that come available at work). It’s a little weird when it’s so silent as the electric motor glides it around the car park, and the animations to tell you where the power is going seems a little over the top, but overall I was pretty impressed – the mileage is awesome.
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