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1970’s vintage Omega is the best value in the watch world today
A few days back I was looking at some vintage watches in a local jewellers and my wife spotted the watch above. She is not like me, she likes watches and has a few vintage men’s timepieces from Tudor, Roamer… Read More ›
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St. Jude Hoards Billions
Only about half of the $7.3 billion St. Jude has received in contributions in the past five fiscal years went to the hospital’s research and caring for patients, according to its financial filings with the Internal Revenue Service. About 30%… Read More ›
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“JUDGE, LAWYER, HELP, CASE DISMISSED”
Phillip Spillane, a good friend of mine among the ambassadors, had called 911 to get paramedics to take her to Grady Hospital that Friday. He has made this call about once every two weeks, when the state of Harmony’s squalor… Read More ›
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If you’re willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy
Speaking to TalkShopLive on Wednesday (November 10), KISS frontman Gene Simmons made his opinions known regarding COVID-19 and vaccinations. Simmons said: “If you’re willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy.” He added, “I don’t care about your… Read More ›
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The worst and best Bohemian Rhapsody covers
It’s hard not to love Mr Shatner because he is a parody of himself, but this cover of Bo Rap is verging on offensive. No, it is offensive, he cannot even talk in tune! The Braids, however, nailed how to… Read More ›
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Working from home doesn’t have to mean living at work
The above image shows a whiteboard. Yes, a whiteboard that looks like a picture which when opened up becomes a brilliant working from home tool. Many have struggled over the past 18 months to fit their work into their homes,… Read More ›
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The future of clothing is tech
While clothes today still do what they’ve been doing for the last 50,000 years, keeping you warm, dry and cool, we’re on the edge of a revolution. Over the next 10 to 100 years clothes are going to be used… Read More ›
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Brexit affects everyone, even peers
A Conservative peer has called on the government to introduce special immigration rules to fix a shortage of au pairs. Baroness Hodgson of Abinger told the House of Lords that Brexit had meant there was no visa route to bring… Read More ›
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The Tudor Pelagos FXD. The watch of the year…
Since the 1950s and TUDOR’s creation of one of the first modern professional divers’ watches to the 1980s, the brand has been an official supplier to the Marine nationale (French Navy). With the Pelagos FXD model, where FXD refers to… Read More ›
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The Plain Text Project
This is an ever-expanding list of tools that can help you work and live more efficiently in plain text. In case you’re wondering, I’ve worked with or tried all of these tools. This page isn’t meant to be a comprehensive… Read More ›