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Posted in January 5th, 2010
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Best films of the last decade range from ‘Avatar’ to ‘Pan’s Labyrinth
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By: Lou Gaul
Burlington County Times
New Year’s Day has come and gone and a new decade has begun.Before saying a final farewell to the last 10 years, here’s an alphabetical list of the 10 live-action films I feel had great impact between […]
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Posted in January 1st, 2010
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I hope you have one eye on your wallet if you’re thinking of buying a house in the UK this year - 2010. One eye on your wallet, one eye on your job prospects , one eye on the economy and one eye on the politicians and bankers who got us into this […]
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Posted in January 1st, 2010
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Let me start by saying I live in the UK - to be precise England. To be even more precise Lincoln. I have lived in France having spent 5 glorious years in the Limousin. We sold up and returned to the UK last year.Would I like to be living in […]
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Posted in December 31st, 2009
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The recession is causing havoc amongst existing European Governments. Take the UK. Gordon Brown’s hold on power has seriously slipped since the recession started, if not before, given his tendency towards the odd bloomer!But now well into a serious economic decline , New Labour look to be in serious troubles! They could lose […]
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Posted in December 31st, 2009
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It’s almost 2010 and I’m in a dilemma!Should I buy a house in the coming year or should I hold back for further falls in the housing market in the UK. What’s a man to do?
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Posted in December 31st, 2009
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I’d like to think that I’d take a holiday in France in the year to come. Get down to the Limousin to meet up with friends, relax a little around a lake, take in the sights. Perhaps visit Paris on the way back.BUT……have you seen what’s been happening to the […]
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Posted in December 31st, 2009
4 Tips on Retaining your Blog Readers
November 29th, 2009 | Blog Tips, Blogging, Comments, Readership
When you first create a blog, getting people to visit it is definitely going to be one of the most important considerations that you make. Simply attracting these blog readers is not enough if you are not guaranteeing in some way that they will stick […]
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Posted in December 31st, 2009
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Who these days admits to having an unsuccessful blog?Perhaps you have no subscribers or followers, or nobody but nobody ever visits your site. Does that amount to a lack of success or merely that you are, as yet, unnoticed in the tsunami of blogs out there. The vast sea with no […]
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Posted in December 30th, 2009
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We’re often told “there’s a novel in all of us just waiting to get told”.Well, mine can’t be that keen because it isn’t pressing me at all to come out - like some new energised babe into this old world. No - mine is hidden away and just wants to […]
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Posted in December 24th, 2009
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There are many without a home in the UK this Xmas. Homelessness comes to the forefront of our minds as we finish off the last minute shopping and see in doorways or down a darkened alley those seated bodies like Buddhas of the night settling into their sleeping bags usually with a dog […]
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Posted in December 12th, 2009
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The sun is setting earlier each day abd it’s just a little colder. December is coming down the lane with a freezer on its back! And it’s good to sit indoors and contemplate Christmas.
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Posted in December 12th, 2009
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We’re getting just a tad excited here about Xmas……..
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Posted in December 11th, 2009
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Had a great visit to see the seals at Donna Nock today……
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Posted in December 8th, 2009
Took this shot at Waterstones in Lincoln…….
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Posted in December 8th, 2009
After our bout of swine flu or whatever, we returned to some form of training today. It was very refreshing after a two week layoff.Related articles by Zemanta
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Posted in December 8th, 2009
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Am I worried? Yes just a little.
Carol tells me it’ll be cholestorol and the Dr will give me statin.
I don’t know. It’s the waiting isn’t it!
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Posted in December 8th, 2009
How to outwit our neighbours in Nocton. We live on the right……….
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Posted in December 7th, 2009
Here we go……..
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Posted in December 7th, 2009
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Yep I’m back on this site…..as Lincoln Lad.
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Posted in December 6th, 2009
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Nancy Spero
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