Posts Tagged ‘news’

Teenage couple saved from lightening strike by Ipod

A teenage couple were in the news a few weeks ago (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8109836.stm), they where saved by the girl being “plugged in” to her ipod and by holding hands. This made me realise two things: 1. I recently give my Ipod to my mum. 2. I now don’t have a partner to hold hands with [...]

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No Vote to Congestion Charge

Hi all, Just a quick note to say the results of Manchester Cogestion Charge Referendum are in. It’s a NO! But as it is stated on Stop The Charge, we now need to watch that the government and Manchester City Council don’t try and sneak it through in some other form, against the wishes of [...]

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A Visit to Simon’s

This evening I have been to visit my good friend Simon. I am glad to see he is well and I got the opportunity to give him some TLC. Whilst there I found this interesting article: http://www.virginmedia.com/music/news/weekinmusic/080919.php "Amy and Madonna get LEGO makeover LEGO has celebrated the 30th anniversary of its minifigures by commissioning mock-ups [...]

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Elephant cups…and more news!

I have been seeing more of the attractive stranger, also known as David recently. Quite some weeks ago we went in to a shop called Shared Earth in Manchester. It’s an ethnic shop, filled with bright mutli-coloured objects, usually that are hand made and fair trade. I made a comment about liking some Elephant cups [...]

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