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Words For Teenagers

The viral message started its life in an April 2010 newsletter put out by the principal of Kaikohe’s Northland College, John Tapene, quoting a youth court judge’s tough advice for bored teenagers. In short, the judge told teens to stop complaining they had nothing to do, urging them instead to take responsibility and “develop a backbone”.

This cutting has been doing the rounds both via Facebook and email and although this article was originally published two years ago I believe the sentiments expressed have been relevent for many years and are still relevent to this day. Anyway, Mr Tapene’s words struck a chord with me and I felt I had to reproduce them here.

Sam Bird and Nick Yelloly hoping home soil boosts Formula Renault 3.5 title hopes – Formula Renault 3.5 news by Josh Bell at AUTOSPORT.com

Nice article here by Josh Bell who is doing a stint at Autosport.

Sam Bird and Nick Yelloly hoping home soil boosts Formula Renault 3.5 title hopes – Formula Renault 3.5 news – AUTOSPORT.com.

I Just Had To Let You Have It

Noir – We Just Had To Let You Have It. That is the name of the band and their only album.

I have this on vinyl and right now I have no way to play it. So I was knocked out to find this available on youtube.

Give it a listen. You may be surprised. This is Rain, the opening track of the album.

This does not sound like a 70’s cut.

Track 2 Hard Labour

And here is Track 4, In Memory of Lady X

Track 5, How Long

And finally Track 6, The System

I have nothing to add to this. Jason Manford has said it all.

Rowan Draper

Now you know me, I like a laugh. And I do enjoy having a laugh with you lot on here, some of you are witty, some genuinely bonkers, a few of you are dead funny and most of you are respectful, thoughtful human beings and I am honoured that you have liked my page and my work over the years.
But.
Some of you are utterly horrendous. I mean genuinely thick as shit, heartless wastes of oxygen who I am ashamed have liked my page and my work.
Now don’t get me wrong, I like a bit of banter, I can take a joke, I can take an insult, sometimes people go too far, sometimes people get a bit personal but over the years I’ve dished it out and there is very little that anyone can say to me on here that has genuinely hurt me or upset me. Don’t…

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Goldfrapp Rule

Grooving To Strict Machine – Goldfrapp.

Whoohoo !!!!

How Winter Road has changed in the last 80 years

I lived in Winter Road, 43 years ago, when I moved to Pompey to start my Fitter and Turner apprenticeship. I was sharing digs there, with a number of other dockyard apprentices, for just over a year before moving on to a new place in St. Davids Road.

What is amazing is the lack of motor vehicles in the photo accompanying the article in the News.

How Winter Road has changed in the last 80 years – Remember When – Portsmouth News.

My Broken Bones

I was really proud of the fact that I have not had to spend any time in hospital, for me that is. I have been many times as the supervising adult or visiting friends and relatives. However, in my latter years ….

Vortex Sports

To my knowledge I have only broken two bones in my body. Once through getting up in the middle of the night to relieve myself but moving too much before the heart was aware I was up and moving. i.e. my blood pressure was too low. I blacked out in the john and hit a metal waste bin with my face. As a direct result my nose is now out of true. The second time was through catching one of those "vortex" mini rugby / aussie rules / american football things with like a dart tail on the end. My grandson (aussie rules player) threw this thing way up in the sky. They make a noise and this one was shrieking like a banshee. I went to catch it and fumbled it. Didn't know it at the time but a week or so later when I was back in the UK I visited the doctor who told me I had "mallet" finger which has resulted in a swan neck deformity of my finger. In english, I had caused a small piece of bone, where the tendon that straightens your fingers is attached, to become detached. This condition is really annoying as you catch your finger in all manner of stupid places. The quacks had me keep my finger in a splint for many weeks and it is now as straight as it is ever going to be.