links for 2008-11-26
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I was wondering how many times glass milk bottles are actually reused in their lifespan, but instead I found this site...
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Now I'm on the glass milk bottles (retro!) I guess we may need something like these. Shame about the rather poor reviews - unusual for a Lakeland product!
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I suspect the "When Council Logos Go Bad" file could easily run and run. Tameside Maffia pointed me to Bury, which I don't recall ever seeing before. Now that's a logo that makes your eyes bleed!
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"Ever received a gift you never used? The NUPP campaign aims to take the stigma out of NOT giving unnecessary gifts just for the sake of it, fighting the over-commercialisation of Christmas." One reason why I tend to avoid work Secret Santas. Mind you, one year when I did take part, I got given several bottles of nice ales... Hmm...
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"I’m sure there are some amateur videos that will look swell in a widescreen player, but YouTube’s latest move is all about the pros" says Larry Dignan. Either way it confused me when I turned up at the site to watch a random Bill Bailey clip.
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I've blogged about so called chuggers a few times. Boycotting them isn't strong enough for these praying mantises - they give charities a very bad name. Personally I refuse to even acknowledge they exist in the street... There is nothing more powerful, than the power of the blank...
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A user responds to BBC Red Button scrapping TV listings for other services... "As for farm prices. Surely this should be a commercial service? The BBC doesn't list which supermarkets are selling the cheapest baked-beans. Which service-stations are selling the cheapest fuel. Which pubs are selling the cheapest beer. So why the special treatment for farm prices?"
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Actually if we step back in time, Ceefax did once include grocery prices. Check out pages 161-166 of 26 year old Ceefax.
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"It's so nostalgic!" And here was me thinking it was a pint of skimmed... Organic mind you...
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