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There are three main excuses that I use to avoid cycling. My bike weighs too much. It’s raining. I’m out of shape. I don’t have the time. It’s too hilly. You may notice that I found a couple more excuses while I Technorati Tags: bike

Pardon my French…

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BBC SPORT | Man Utd fans in Lens crush scare A problem erupted 15 minutes into the match at Lens’ Stade Felix-Bollaert, with some fans being pushed against the 10-foot-high metal security fences. Fans reacted angrily, prompting riot police to fire tear gas into the stand. However, after two fans, one an elderly woman, were [...]

Letters sent to HON. JOSE MARIA R. ZUBIRI, Governor, Province of Bukidnon; P/C Supt. TEODORICO CAPUYAN, Regional Director, Police Regional Office 10; and ATTY. VIRGILIO L. MENDEZ, Regional Director, NBI-10

By: Mark Francisco Gold Star Daily, Tuesday, 16th January 2007 A former mayor in Bukidnon has asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to declare Damulog as an “election hot spot.” In a news conference, former Damulog mayor Romy Tiongco made the call following the killing of Kinapat barangay chair Rogelio Estudillo Jr.

A petition has been set up in support of Romy Tiongco, a former Christian Aid worker in the North-West of England and mayoral candidate for Damulog in the Philippines whose campaign manager has been murdered. It is feared that the police will not properly investigate this crime unless the international community is aware. Please read [...]

Superstitious fans

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On the shrimper group on Yahoo, Martin writes: It’s well documented that many players have superstitions that they follow before a game and it’s just the same for supporters. However this season has presented quite a problem in that, until recently, our results have not reflected the care with which I’ve been making my offerings [...]

Southern softies

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News reaches the temperate North of chaos in t’South caused by falling white stuff. Being based north of Thelwall, I am obliged to state that it’s only news because the weather has affected southerners. I’m also obliged to state that I’m jealous: the isosnow appears to have almost exactly followed the Lancashire border such that [...]

“Shadows? On my lungs?”

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“Oh God in heaven help me,” and other quotes from British films of yesteryear featured in popular music of the last twenty years over on my last.fm journal.

A growing lad

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Last week, one of my students mentioned (in the target language, of course) that my jacket was now rather small. I felt obliged to reply that the problem was not with the jacket so much as the occupant who was getting rather big. Part of my problem is that I just do not cycle as [...]

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