It's gone cloudy though
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If you turn left and drive about 300km you'll arrive at the small cathedral city of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, which was the setting for M.R. James' ghost story Canon Alberic's ScrapbookOriginally posted by barrydidit View PostJust about to cross the Pyrenees from girona to Perpignan
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That's on the next page of my atlas (remember them?). Whilst looking I found this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom,_GersOriginally posted by NickFitz View PostIf you turn left and drive about 300km you'll arrive at the small cathedral city of Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, which was the setting for M.R. James' ghost story Canon Alberic's Scrapbook
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"In 1995 the town's mayor, taking advantage of the incidental relationship between the town's name and the English word, opened a museum of contraceptives, which closed in 2005"Originally posted by barrydidit View PostThat's on the next page of my atlas (remember them?). Whilst looking I found this https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom,_Gers
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More on the etymology of "condom": The Origin of the Word "Condom"
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Really keen to do this. Really, really keen. I have nothing else to do this afternoon, so I could get stuck right in and sort it all out now.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostSo that lot's all gone, and I can finally do the re-arranging of the living room that has been on hold for yonks because nothing much could be done until they were out of the way
*reads sixteen-hour-old tweets*
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Sunny & Simpsonesque here.Originally posted by barrydidit View PostIt's gone cloudy though
Waiting for the 2nd run of washing to finish so I can bugger off down town shopping, like.Comment
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I've got the usual N lawns to mow.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostReally keen to do this. Really, really keen. I have nothing else to do this afternoon, so I could get stuck right in and sort it all out now.
*reads sixteen-hour-old tweets*
So I've been sat here reading a little of the latest New Scientist until it got so tedious that I dozed off.
The washing machine is now beeping at me so I'll go & do that instead.
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Top notch ducking and weavingOriginally posted by zeitghost View PostI've got the usual N lawns to mow.
So I've been sat here reading a little of the latest New Scientist until it got so tedious that I dozed off.
The washing machine is now beeping at me so I'll go & do that instead.
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Nice!Originally posted by barrydidit View PostJust about to cross the Pyrenees from girona to Perpignan
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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