Monthly Archives: June 2008

Pollitt on Platte

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Beta Mum

Illustration: Satoshi Kambayashi Michael Pollitt has popped up on Platte today – in the Guardian, rather than as Platte are wont to do – on your PC. It seems the OFT are looking into at least one aspect of the … Continue reading →

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Business Continuity

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Beta Mum

I spent much of this afternoon as a refugee from an evacuated building, seeking a computer terminal on which to ply my trade. I found one, and it was actually a lot faster than the one I normally use. But … Continue reading →

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Wetter than Glastonbury

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Beta Mum

It was a week before Glastonbury weekend, and we still found ourselves packing up a damp tent in the gaps between heavy showers. It certainly doesn’t seem like a year has passed since we last risked Dartmoor under canvas. Loyal, … Continue reading →

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Hitching a ride

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Beta Mum

The last time Blog Fodder hitched a ride he looked like this. He now has less hair, and, one would have thought, more sense. But no. He’s just hitched 6 lifts to get from Norwich to the East Midlands. And … Continue reading →

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Car Seat

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Beta Mum

I mentioned this book the other week, and now I’ve had a chance to flick through it. It features a lot of child-focused travelling experiences, some of which I’m mighty glad were not mine. Like the plane trip suffered by … Continue reading →

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Not in Front of the Children

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Beta Mum

We were brought up short by our son the other day. We were in the middle of an argument. Not a particularly serious one, but one of those tired, irritable bickering kinds of arguments you get into sometimes. Well we … Continue reading →

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