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BARTIE-BLOG: "Available At All Leading Stores!"
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Available At All Leading Stores! Lived in a street of terraced houses in Leeds back in the late 1980s. At the end of the street was a shop run by an old Pakistani gentleman, who prided himself on being able to provide just about anything his customers wanted, at whatever time of day they required it. One day Mick ...
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BARTIE-BLOG: What's in a name?
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Monday, August 01, 2011. What's in a name? A little piece to highlight the ridiculously counterintuitive pronunciations we have for some words and names in English. Hopefully it will amuse you too. There I was sitting in the reception area waiting for my interview to begin. I looked around the seating area in reception. There were two or ...
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BARTIE-BLOG: September 2009
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Wednesday, September 30, 2009. My early notes, an introduction to my main antagonist Vynchek, trying to look at the more human side of him, by narrating events that happened in his early years. 8216;Vynchek the Bastard’ they called him when he was younger. 0 comments. Leave Yours Here. Tuesday, September 29, 2009. There’s something stra...
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BARTIE-BLOG: June 2009
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Sunday, June 14, 2009. Our lives in their hands (but only if it works out ok! But it's people who use the bridge for other purposes that are currently the cause for concern. The bridge has pedestrian footpaths running along either edge, for its full length (obviously! Now to the news item:. Put yourself in the position of the hopeful (or hope...
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BARTIE-BLOG: May 2009
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Saturday, May 16, 2009. My Son : International Rescuer by Night. I suspect the confusion between our names extends to our Facebook friends as well. If any of his friends should come across my blog by mistake, thinking that it's David's, It would be nice to give them something to read about him while they're here. Friday, May 15, 2009. I had a...
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BARTIE-BLOG: Scran : Pashtun Chicken Pilau
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Monday, February 23, 2015. Scran : Pashtun Chicken Pilau. This pilau is cooked 'biryani' style. Off-the-bone) and fruit and nuts. Which are typical of dishes from that area. There's some marinating and roasting involved, but some of the other ingredients and garnishes can be prepared or cooked during the time this takes.). 3 tbsp cooking oil.
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BARTIE-BLOG: A Couple Of Anecdotes
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Monday, January 23, 2012. A Couple Of Anecdotes. Now that it's becoming increasingly likely that my career in IT is all but over, I thought I'd share a couple of anecdotes with you. I hope you're as amused by them as I was when the episodes occurred, and as I've been when I've retold them over the years. To which John unfortunately replied: "...
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BARTIE-BLOG: July 2009
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Frozen Memories and Soft Whipped Nostalgia. Was an item on the news this morning all about the decline of ice-cream vans in the UK. Though I do remember the odd one playing 'Sailors Hornpipe' and other unidentified or forgotten tunes. They say that smells trigger the memory more than sights and sounds do, and even to t...
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BARTIE-BLOG: FFS Parents: Wake Up!
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COMMENTS and FEEDBACK are food and drink to bloggers, so. Read my posts then feed my hunger and quench my thirst. Find all my stories at The Constructive Pessimist. Wednesday, August 10, 2011. FFS Parents: Wake Up! Worry about your kids, don't you? But I don't like to interfere in my son's life too much. I asked him where he was going once, and he gave me such a look, I decided I'd respect his privacy in the future, so now I don't ask. Things like smart phones and iPods. And those designer labels and...
