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Saturday, September 7, 2002

Sunday, September 1, 2002

He sits quietly in the back. I know I should have the car set, but it's in the other car, and it's only a short trip to the big park, that's where we've been for the past two Saturdays. "One more."

He loves playing with the keys, "door, keys; door, keys."

Aunty Alison came over too. She wasn't happy about me taking a photo.

While the bigger children (Esme nearly 4, Francis 4 and three quarters and Alex five) play out in the garden together, Bradley pays quietly, or rather quite noisily.

Esme and her cousin, Francis.

They play well together, and missed each other whilst both were on holiday.

Francis has had her face painted, though it's wearing off a bit, it was a Princess design. They both favour this over the lions. I can't see why, except it's a woman thing.

Right in the middle of the Telford Shopping Centre, Bradley sits down and looks at the collectable little china elephants.

Oo'ing and ah'ing and saying something like "emffffff."

He's a good looking kid, our Bradley Handsome.

Wednesday, June 12, 2002

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Friday, June 7, 2002

Amanda, Esme and Bradley and a gaggle of others are off to Tenby for a short holiday in a caravan on Monday. I'll be down later in September.

"Canon has introduced its "Entry-level" camera: the 2-megapixel, single-focal length autofocus PowerShot A200 . The camera incorporates several advanced features, including Movie mode (320 x 240 pixels), Photo Effect Mode, Direct Pring capabilities and magnified playback up to 10x. The A200 uses two AA-size batteries and is compatible with CompactFlash Type 1 removable media. The camera will be available in July and carries a suggested retail price of $300."

This sounds like the one for me.

Saturday, June 1, 2002

At the Whitehouse.gov today: Press Briefing by Scott McClellan: "Q Thank you. This is a serious question. It sounds a bit selfish, but at some point will the White House or Homeland Security put out suggestions or regulations for Americans how to deal with the possibility of nuclear fallout, because if there is, God forbid, a war, it's going to hit here, too. "

Asia Times: India/Pakistan: "In other words, the general is saying that unless the US and other Western countries bring India around to accepting Islamabad's call for a plebiscite in Kashmir, the consequences could be dire indeed. "

Asia Times: India/Pakistan: "However, given the significant disproportionality of conventional military power between the two, the chances of Pakistan's ratcheting up of that limited war are high. That is what worries the US government the most. "

Public opinion in India is such that they want to teach Pakistan a lesson, so a limited war would be good, but Pakistan has said that it won't take any shit, and will strike with nukes.

Saturday, May 25, 2002

Dusts off 'puter... Is this thing still working?

Wednesday, March 27, 2002

40,124 hits yesterday. BTW: I'm still here. Only working in another part of the factory. Still putting in 14 hour days, for little pay, just like my Granddad -- he died of miner's lung too. Now, I've got a hacking cough, and had it for nearly 5 weeks -- time to visit the quack. Feel sure he'll tell me I've programmers' tickle and give me three months to live.