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I honestly don't know if I shall post tonight, I feel quite wretched and my sinuses and eyes are quite painful. I know it's only a heavy cold, but I really do feel yuck. I know I should have a better antivirus program.

Bonzi won't stand in for me, his toes are still sore from yesterday - besides his writing is better than mine and I don't need upstaging by a cat, however clever he is.

I'm going back to bed.

Hugs,

Angharad.
(Keeper of the can opener).

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The Silly Season is upon us.

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I have no problem with adults who want to dress up in school uniforms, but this one went too far and reaped the rewards. This sort of thing must make the British look barmy to the rest of the world. See the link below.

http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/article.aspx?cp-documentid=1...

Angharad.

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mammograms - worse than the credit squeeze!

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Oh the joys of womanhood! I had to go for my breast screening mammogram today. I should be used to it by now, it's my third one plus an extra last time when they found an anomaly and I had to go to the hospital for further boob squashing.

For those of you yet to enjoy such delights, imagine catching your boobs, one at a time in a printing press, then because you enjoyed it so much, you shut them in the door - one at a time again.

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It's my birthday

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Yeah, the anniversary of me popping into the world. Last year I was on sick leave and did three episodes of Bike. Who would have thought a year later I'd still be writing the bloody thing! I suppose a handful of you like it, so I'll continue a bit longer - but there'll only be one episode today - I'm working all day - actually it feels a bit flat.
Better get off to work (said with unbridled enthusiasm) :(

Angharad.

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just who is crazy?

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In many cultures transgendered individuals are reviled, as are those with different sexual orientations to the majority. On the whole, I suspect most of us are more danger to ourselves than to others. I saw a paper which suggests mental illness and self harming, including suicide is higher amongst GLB individuals. It didn't mention transgendered, but I should imagine it's similar for the same reasons, pressures and stresses from the majority to either conform or be persecuted.

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Scary Time!

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I don't generally scare easily, within the bounds of realistic need to take threats seriously. However, last night gave me a sinking feeling. I hoped that the threat to BC was a temporary one, because the trauma to me personally, would be enormous, were it to close.

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Starting Bike

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I am astonished - well all right then, surprised, that there are some hardy souls who are prepared to start with episode one of bike. I read it through just under a year ago, which means there's about three hundred more episodes than there was then. It took me a couple of days or more. To read 463 episodes, is a major undertaking. I wish them luck, when I was last informed it was about 600,000 words and longer than Tolkien or Tolstoy.

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The real meaning of sacrifice.

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90 years ago today the Armistice was signed, ending the Great War. It was carnage on a scale not known before, where over a million British Servicemen and women perished, many in the mud of the Somme. It is perhaps beyond our imaginations to realise how awful this must have been, dealing with daily shelling, the cold or heat, constant sniper fire, poor food, lice, disease and boredom. Then if you cracked under the stress of it all, your own side would shoot you as a coward.

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Have you noticed?

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Have you noticed that the list of users now includes everyone? It's a much better idea than the previous shorter list, although I'm not sure about being called a user--it implies some sort of addiction. Oh, maybe it isn't so inappropriate.

Angharad (as an author does that make me a pusher, as well?)

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Whatever Next 19.

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For those interested in my ramblings elsewhere, Maddy Bell has just posted Whatever Next part 19, of my Gaby fanfic. I think it's quite good, but then I wrote it.(Some days my modesty is overwhelming)8)

Angharad.

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Ceasing writing/posting

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Whilst I accept I might well have post holiday blues, I have suspected that my stories are not being as well received as they were, despite that fact that I believe the quality of my writing has been fairly constant.

I am therefore seriously thinking I will stop posting.

Angharad.

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Back from my travels.

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Goodness, some of you missed me, I'm overwhelmed. I had a nice week away, and although the weather could have been better - one day was a wash out - I enjoyed myself. I walked miles bird watching, and was reasonably rewarded. I teamed up with a couple who hadn't hired a car, so we went off most days looking for spots to watch for new species of birds. Andy was better at it than I was - I haven't done much of it for years, so didn't get my eye in, until the end of the week.

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Well Done Erin!

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Has anyone noticed the hits counter at the bottom of the page? It's now over 4 million. I think that congratulations are in order for our super web mistress and her team of elves, I mean helpers.

Congratulations Erin, I look forward to the next million.

hugs,

Angharad.

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completely bonkers

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For those of you who like to read my serial concerning the life and times of Kylie Mosse, I have some bad news. The next one will appear sometime in the next few days, once it's been proofed and I re-edit it.

I thought I'd better warn you, in case you wish to leave the country, now.

hugs,

Angharad.

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Life imitating art?

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Is Tom and Cathy's survey too late? See below from the BBC website.
Angharad.

Mammals facing extinction threat
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website, Barcelona

At least 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to the first assessment of their status for a decade.

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My Hols

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Just to give some advance warning, I'm away for a week from monday 20th October. I'm going to Menorca where I hope to do lots of walking and birdwatching (as in ornithology!). It's a favourite place of mine, although I'm going on my own this year - it does mean I can do what I want every day.

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Nicole Cooke wins World Championship.

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In an amazing finish, Cooke outsprinted Vos and Arndt to take the Women's Elite Road Race World Championship in the same year as she won the Olympic gold. What an athlete, what a woman!

Angharad.
(in danger of exploding with pride).

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Charlotte's Tale

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In writing Bike and Bonkers, plus a few other bits and pieces Charlotte has been a little neglected. I plan on remedying that as soon as possible - it might also get one or two of you off my back. So please don't start on about Snafu, I'm well aware I haven't done any of it for ages, but I can only do so much at once and I have worked 12 hour days for the last few, so be thankful that Bonzi has been able to help me write what we have between us. He's the hardest working cat in Christendom (so he tells me).

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Tour of Britain

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Well I've done my bit for another year. The weather driving from Dorchester to Tiverton was awful. It absolutely chucked it down. This stage of the race started at Chard, in Somerset and went on to Burnham on Sea in Devon. I was marshalling at Tiverton.

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