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the value of the tv licence fee

I reckon the biggest cost associated with watching television is the bombardment of advertising. Its true that some advertising is pretty clever (e.g. Honda, Guinness or Marmite) but it also causes me to buy more things, even if its only on a subconscious level.
For this reason, I reckon the tv licence fee is a bargain. [...]

nice weather for ducks

Ok, so here in the UK we’ve not had a long, hot summer this year. In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me to discover it had rained every day for the last two months. In the official British weather hierarchy, this is the second worst possible state of weather - it would only be worse if it was also really cold. 
We [...]

thank crunchie its friday

I like food.
I particularly like the food on Fridays because at work on a Friday we have a breakfast sandwich round. I often (but not always) partake of these because I am very fond of bacon sandwiches and it feels quite decadent to order out for food and have it delivered to work. Its actually [...]

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