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Fairport Convention – Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

It’s that Wintour time of year again, so we made the annual pilgrimage to Swindon to see Fairport Convention.

Support tonight came from Kieran Goss who chatted and played songs for 20 minutes or so before being joined on stage by Fairport Convention for his last song, Reach Out I’ll be There by the Four Tops. Fairport stayed on stage and played for 45 minutes or so before the break, and another 75 minutes or so afterwards.

The majority of the set tonight came from their latest studio album, By Popular Request and it’s predecessor Festival Bell. As always, the support act joined them on stage for the encore, the obligatory rendition of Meet on the Ledge. Same again next year?

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#14 – The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

I’m not a big fan of the Lord of the Rings films, so this is just a box-ticking exercise really, albeit a rather long one.

Can some-one wake me about 10pm when it’s finished?

122/250

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Updated Singular Firebird

Since it was last seen the Singular Firebird has gained a titanium seatpost.

Singular Firebird
Titanium Seatpost
Titanium Seatpost

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Fujifilm X10 White Orb Problem

Much discussion has taken place on the interwebs about the Fujifilm X10 "white orb problem", these ones in a photo I took last night are very obvious :)

Fuji X10 Orbs
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All work and no play makes Rich a dull boy.

Busy, busy, busy.

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Lazy couriers

I wish they’d hurry up and deliver, there are pies at stake here.

 

Status Date Time Signatory Branch Comments
Parcel with courier for delivery 03/02/12 BRISTOL HOME DELIVERY
Out for delivery 03/02/12 05:49 BRISTOL HOME DELIVERY
Passed to delivery courier 02/02/12 23:54 BRISTOL SERVICE CENTRE
Arrived At Depot 02/02/12 23:53 BRISTOL SERVICE CENTRE
Parcel with courier for delivery 02/02/12 BRISTOL HOME DELIVERY
Out for delivery 02/02/12 05:50 BRISTOL HOME DELIVERY
Passed to delivery courier 02/02/12 01:39 BRISTOL SERVICE CENTRE
Arrived At Depot 02/02/12 01:38 BRISTOL SERVICE CENTRE
Departed Depot 01/02/12 18:48 WEDNESBURY HUB
Arrived At Depot 01/02/12 18:47 WEDNESBURY HUB
Parcel Picked Up 01/02/12 04:56 LEEDS SERVICE CENTRE
Parcel data received awaiting coll. 31/01/12 COVENTRY SERVICE CENTRE
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#133 – The General

A second foray into the world of the silent movie. Nearly half-way through the list now.

121/250

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#116 – Fargo

It’s been a few years since I last saw this. Good film, but the accents aren’t half irritating.

120/250

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#134 – Ratatouille

By far my least favourite Pixar movie, I didn’t really like it at all on first viewing. Time to give it one more try.

119/250

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LinkedIn can’t do email properly.

From: LinkedIn
To: Rich Wood
Subject: Rich, 6 connections changed jobs in 2011

Please view this email with a client that supports HTML.

My client does support HTML, you’re just shit.

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