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Marmite all the way
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 7th June 2008
THANKS to the power of advertising, that eternal favourite of growing children in England, Marmite, has become the benchmark for describing things that people love or loathe. And in that way, it would probably be a fair way to describe our local town.
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At a Loose End
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 31st May 2008
SOME things in life offer rewards way beyond the effort expended in achieving them, such as the financial gain of marrying a Texan oil billionaire, scratching an itch or getting a job as a fonctionnaire.
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It's a Good Crack
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 24th May 2008
SOME things are just simply beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. Such as, what makes a cat deposit a dead mouse into your work boot in the middle of the night?
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Mice Weather
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 10th May 2008
THE best laid plans of mice and men I can't really speak for the mice population, I'm sure the ones that haven't been dissected by our felines are probably doing very nicely, but I can broadly speak for the men part of the equation, and I have to say that the plans are not doing too well.
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Devis Inspiration
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 3rd May 2008
IN an ideal world things would be so simple. You would just turn up for work, do what you had to do, and then somebody would hand you a brown paper bag with loads of cash in it.
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On The Town
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 26th April 2008
IF there is one thing that everybody in the world likes, it is a bargain, and now that Land Rover has gone sub-continental, while British Leyland has gone to the Chinese, there are precious few real bargains left in the world. That is, unless you are looking for real estate in a country not so very far from the UK.
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Pay the price
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 19th April 2008
VALUE for money. You pay your money and you take your choice; you get what you pay for. All wise statements, and like so many of those popular sayings, they hold a lot of truth. That is, they are true in most non-socialist countries.
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Hordes in Cordes
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 12th April 2008
SOCIETY has always had a bit of trouble trying to work out what to do with unwanted and disparate elements within it.
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Their saving grace
Posted on 9:00am Friday 4th April 2008
IT seems that you can't open any newspaper, or switch on the TV, without being bombarded with issues about global warming, carbon footprints and dwindling fossil fuel reserves. You could be forgiven for thinking that ecological awareness and careful husbandry of resources is something new to the 21st century.
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Sparks of Revolution
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 22nd March 2008
IT is not hard to become jaded and pessimistic when you listen to the stories thrust upon us by the media. Before you know it you are convinced that you are going to be murdered in your bed by a gang of youths who have been driven mad by food additives and suffering from sunstroke as a result of global warming caused by your 4x4.
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Trevor Morris and his wife Sue left Charlton Down in 2002 for the Tarn region of southern France, where Trevor renovates old properties. In his spare moments he writes a weekly column about his experiences for the Dorset Echo Weekend Magazine.
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