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Bunky's Musings: Like bees round a honey-pot...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011. Like bees round a honey-pot. During a visit to a homes and garden fair last weekend – it was at the instigation of my beloved I assure you – I learned that a medium-sized hive on display, held as many as 60,000 honey bees. These industrious creatures swarm around non-stop to create just a small amount of honey. Indeed, in its lifetime the average honey bee makes just 1/12th of a teaspoon of the stuff. That’s an awful lot of effort for very little reward. It’s certainly my b...
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Bunky's Musings: Times have changed - and me with them
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Monday, February 21, 2011. Times have changed - and me with them. My love for football was engendered by watching some very poor Pompey sides from 1969 onwards. The fact that I now like to think of myself as a football purist, however, sits a little incongruously with that background. When I compare the players I admire now to those I admired back then – even those from the top level – there is a stark difference between their styles. Scully: my hero (Sadly the only image I could find of him on the net.
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Bunky's Musings: Getting fruity on my 'diet'
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Thursday, January 06, 2011. Getting fruity on my 'diet'. My first week of attempted weightloss has largely been based around eating the right things – and much smaller portions. For example my lunch this week has consisted simply of two satsumas. This has already had an effect and I have had to tighten my belt, literally. If I hadn't been laughing so much I would have thumped him. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bunky (AKA Dave Bowers) is a Hampshire-based journalist, writer and grumpy old man. Willi...
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Bunky's Musings: Bye Sam!
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Monday, December 13, 2010. Oh dear. I do hope it was nothing I said. Http:/ www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0, 10303 2243513,00.html. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bunky (AKA Dave Bowers) is a Hampshire-based journalist, writer and grumpy old man. He can generally be relied upon to find something to moan about in every possible circumstance. He has two ambitions remaining:. 1 That he is not alone in being this grumpy; and. 2 That he is grumpy enough to be allowed on TV's. Hurrah for Coyles Bolton!
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Bunky's Musings: Sky caves in on football's mysogynists
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Monday, January 24, 2011. Sky caves in on football's mysogynists. It's easy to see why somebody as hairy as Richard Keys should harbour neanderthal views about women in the 21st century - but I'm shocked about the normally liberal and open-minded Andy Gray*. Maybe they've forgotten, but Margaret Thatcher came to power in this country in 1979 - 32 years ago. Surely that is the ultimate bastion of male dominance overthrown there? Why do men persist with such misogynistic 19th century views? What seems to h...
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Bunky's Musings: A day to remember ... apparently
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Friday, February 14, 2014. A day to remember . apparently. Column from this week. Enjoy . or don't. Whatever . This Friday is February 14: Valentine’s Day. A day married women still hold in high esteem and a day married men tend to remember less than the birthday of their favourite footballer or the anniversary of their first taste of beer. This was actually a genuine question I posed myself – so I decided to research St Valentine to discover just why he was the patron saint of guilt trips. App...Meaning...
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Bunky's Musings: We lost - but I'm delighted for Brighton fans
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Monday, January 10, 2011. We lost - but I'm delighted for Brighton fans. Withdean - I was sat behind the goal at the far end. I ventured to a professional football match on Saturday - I say 'professional' as I assume the players did get paid. There was certainly very little professionalism shown by my team. I had won tickets to see Pompey take on Brighton and Hove Albion at the Withdean, a stadium I had not visited previously, and, as luck would have it, will probably never need to again. There are no co...
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Bunky's Musings: Royal obsession just a passing fad
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Monday, January 24, 2011. Royal obsession just a passing fad. I'd just like to point out that the suggestion that writing about Wills and Kate would drive extra traffic to one's blog - see previous post - is erroneous . or at least it was in the case of this site. Perhaps the obsession with the Royals is merely a passing fad. Or maybe people simply refuse to read crap even if it's about Wills and Kate. Personally I've chosen to believe that people can no longer remember the. Getting fruity on my diet.
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Bunky's Musings: One for a wet and boring lunch-hour
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Thursday, February 10, 2011. One for a wet and boring lunch-hour. If you've got half-an-hour to kill try typing your name into Google (other search engines are available). Unless you're called something like Freemantle Hawkstrangler, you'd be amazed at how you find 'you' described on the net. Dave Bowers, for example:. Is becoming widely recognised as one of Australia's leading contemporary pop artists. Is among the best-known and most noteworthy numismatic authors of the last 50 years. Of the board (!
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Bunky's Musings: On the side of the media
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Thursday, April 21, 2011. On the side of the media. As a journalist I heard two items of news this morning which particularly saddened me. Two award-winning photographers, Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington, were killed while covering the Libyan conflict in Misrata, where the general population is fighting to the death to rid itself of people like Gaddafi, who are rich enough to behave with impunity. Here in the UK I found myself agreeing with. Actually spoke some sense for once. There is of course a dif...