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American Customs

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Steve

On Monday after returning from our weekend away in Kennebunkport I went to my first basketball game. It was a game between the Maine Redclaws and the Springfield Armor at the Augusta Civic Center. I had no real idea of … Continue reading →

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Life, and stuff

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Steve

Well this weekend is the Friends of Cheltenham Samaritans beer festival.  This is their third annual beer festival and if the other two were anything to go by then this too will be a great day out and with a … Continue reading →

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United Airlines – Fly the Unfriendly Skies

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Steve

I’m not in a happy mood at all. At about 6am on Thursday February 28th we got a telephone call from Kathy’s sister telling us that her dad had died unexpectedly. It was obvious that Kathy, at least, needed to … Continue reading →

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Rain is rain, no matter where you are

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Steve

It was raining last night and it was raining this morning. We flew several thousand miles and all it can do is rain 🙁 Although at one point the rain also contained some rather damp snow flakes we didn’t actually … Continue reading →

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Just relaxing doing nothing

Posted on November 15, 2007 by Steve

Sue and Jeff live outside Hallowell, and even though the interstate is quite close there is no direct access and its not actually that noisy [Embedded Canalplan Map for Sue and Jeff’s] As you can see from the photo the … Continue reading →

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Flying is never a really good experience

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Steve

I don’t care what any airline claims – flying is not an overly enjoyable experience : well not in economy any way. We got to the airport, dropped off our luggage and went through security. All remarkably painless and as … Continue reading →

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