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David

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About Me

Happy, content, curious, charming, intelligent and quite immodest.

My Interests

Travel, good food, photography,

I'd like to meet:

God. I have a few things to say to him about the way he treats his children.

Music:

Pretty much anything except Jazz, Heavy Metal and House

Movies:

Gladiator, 2001, Dances with wolves, The Deer Hunter and so many more

Television:

Loathe soaps and football (any version except rugby).

Books:

Like around 3,000 of them - all over the house

Heroes:

Hannibal

My Blog

New grandson

Yay! I have a new grandson - born 0345 Sunday October 7th. No name yet, maybe James, maybe Daniel. He and his mom are absolutely fine. Weight 7 lbs 8 oz - I shall never understand why such a statistic...
Posted by David on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:45:00 PST

kids

Spent the weekend down in London, with my son, daughter in law and grandson. He's 2 years and 1 month now and so animated and chatty. Lovely weather, great time. Finally got to ride on the London Eye...
Posted by David on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:30:00 PST

Vietnam

OK next Saturday I go to Vietnam for a holiday. First Hanoi, then the coast and inland a few times and finally Saigon. For me it is always Saigon. I can never forget those nightly TV pics in the 60's ...
Posted by David on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:47:00 PST

China

I haven't been to China for 5 years, that was when I had a week's hoilday in Beijing. This time it was business and pleasure. The business bit was in Suzhou, 100 kms east of Shanghai where there is a ...
Posted by David on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:33:00 PST

next trip

Me: I have booked a holiday. Graham: Africa or Australia? Me: Neither. Graham: Why the fuck not? Judith: Where? Me: Antarctica. Graham: We've been there. Me: Yes, but , I must go again, I must touch t...
Posted by David on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:20:00 PST

Emerald Coast

So I went down to the coast with Gina, Dawn and Brandon. It was beautiful but windy. I love the sea, maybe because I was raised far away from it. Anyway, I videoed the gulls in the wind.
Posted by David on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:15:00 PST

frogs in cockpit

OK so they were warned, 'Touch nothing!' and even Graham complied. See you can get in anywhere with charm, which we have....
Posted by David on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:28:00 PST

Frog trip

So I took Graham back home with me. He got quite excited about being in a plane but a little shy once he got to the cabin with all the people around. That did not last for long as you will see.
Posted by David on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:09:00 PST

2012 Olympics

The cost of the 2012 London Olympics is ballooning so the UK Government is raiding the Lottery Good Causes Fund, the arts, the libraries, just about anything to get more money. Why the hell don't we g...
Posted by David on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:15:00 PST

update

new video
Posted by David on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:50:00 PST