You have to wonder at the motivations of companies sometimes. I know that designers occasionally get something out there with a bit of patter and a big smile, or catch the boss on a good day and it gets on the shelves and sits there until the end of season sale comes around. That’s the [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2008 by PTC*
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I liked this one when I wrote it, and then as the weeks went past I forgot all about it. I read it again today in the magazine and I had a wee smile to myself. I always submit way too many words so some gets cut, but the rest is as I wrote it. And as [...]
Posted on February 4th, 2008 by PTC*
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I was up to my usual antics tonight and took a detour to the Slacks as it’s my least frequented trig pillar in the area. It was dark by this point and the cloud was dropping down so I set off towards the wooded crags and the track down. However Glasgow looked all twinkly from [...]
Posted on February 3rd, 2008 by PTC*
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It keeps several channels afloat by the looks of it. You can’t avoid it, and anyway it’s compulsive viewing. It’s cheap TV, it’s exploitation TV, but it’s also a genuine showcase of the best and worst that people have to offer. Everytime a fleeing drug dealers car is PIT manoevered into barrier in a shower of [...]
Posted on February 2nd, 2008 by PTC*
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I sat there for ages waiting for that cloud to clear Gairich so I could get a nice photie. It didn’t and by the time I got back to the motor there was a fine drizzle, but luckily not enough to disuade the midges from coating my coupon and and encouraging the mild panic I [...]
Posted on February 1st, 2008 by PTC*
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