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Thursday December 21, 2006

Merry Winterval

I'm getting a bit fed up with believers wittering on about Christmas, saying it's a Christian festival and all that and that we shouldn't say "season's greetings" or send Christmas cards with non-religious themes.

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Monks fight each other

Monks really have been fighting each other - with sledgehammers and crowbars.

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Posted by Richard Butt at 21:22 | | Comments (0)

Fit to kid yourself

SPORT England’s recent survey about who exercises regularly showed predictable results. Half of us do no exercise at all and only about one fifth of us do enough exercise. By “enough”, Sport England says we should exercise three times a week for 30 minutes at “moderate intensity”.

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Petitions on his plate

POOR Mr Blair! He has got a lot on his plate, hasn’t he?

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Not so cheap

MANCHESTER was hailed as one of the cheapest nights out in Britain last week. A survey said that £16.17 can get you partying. I have to say I had my doubts, so I took on the challenge.

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Posted by Richard Butt at 20:57 | | Comments (0)

We want to see our own city

THE city centre’s big wheel is good. But it’s not tall enough to peer over some of the city’s buildings. That got me thinking.

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Posted by Richard Butt at 20:55 | | Comments (0)

So sick of cigs

OUT on Saturday, I went to Caffe Nero on Cross Street for a coffee with some friends. They found a table while I went to order the drinks. The table was around a corner and I approached, horrified, to see them obscured by a cloud of smoke.

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Mobile scam

SO mobile phones are basically OK in hospitals . . .

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Monday December 04, 2006

The $2m comma

This made me think. Once a sub-editor, always a sub-editor....

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Friday December 01, 2006

I was interviewed, for a change

WE interview a lot of people in the street on Channel M News. I was out the other day doing it, talking to people about truancy. Then some Spanish students asked if they could interview me on camera.

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