http://javanicus.com/blog2/ Jeremy Rayner on java and other stuff. http://javanicus.com/blog2/items/175-index.html too busy hacking to blog... Life 2005-01-15T10:39:28+0000 http://javanicus.com/blog2/items/111-index.html A funny thing happened on the train to work this morning... <table> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.topkat.homestead.com/LeaversDay.html"><img src="http://javanicus.com/blog2/chris-white.jpg" alt="Chris White (English) - click for more pictures" border="0"></a><br><b>Chris White</b></td> <td>I bumped into Chris and Tony, who were teachers at my secondary school. They are still both at the school, and were catching the first train up to Catterick, Yorkshire to do a quick <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/reccy">reccy</a> for the school <a href="http://www.clsb.org.uk/ccf/default.htm">Combined Cadet Force</a>. This is the home of the <a href="http://www.deathorglory.com">Queen's Royal Lancers</a>, so it looks like the pupils are going to have a fun week. <p> It was very strange to enter the world of my old school again, if only for an hour. The school seems to have <a href="http://www.oldskinners.co.uk/page2.html">acquired</a> and built new buildings, the pavilion has been <a href="http://www.oldskinners.co.uk/page8.html">burnt to the ground</a>, and my old headmaster has only recently <a href="http://www.oldskinners.co.uk/page8.html">passed away</a>. <p> So much, but so little has changed in the 13 years since I left... </td> <td valign="top"><a href="http://www.dongrays.com/btd/biography/skinners.html"><img src="http://javanicus.com/blog2/tony-holding.jpg" alt="Tony Holding (Chemistry) - click for more pictures" border="0"></a><br><b>Tony Holding</b></td> </tr> </table Life 2004-04-19T10:55:58+0100 http://javanicus.com/blog2/items/89-index.html Shadow has been enjoying his first snowfall... <center> <img src="http://javanicus.com/blog2/shadow-snow.jpg" alt="stoopid looking black puppy dog playing in the snow"> </center Life 2004-01-28T09:56:23+0000 http://javanicus.com/blog2/items/85-index.html Amazing, I was transported back to being a six year old again, sat at our kitchen table, with coin in one hand and letraset in the other. <p> <center> <a href="http://www.toysrgus.com/images-food/cereal-chart.html"><img src="http://www.toysrgus.com/images-food/boxes/shreddies-uk-10-b.gif" border="0" alt="star wars on the back of cereal packet"></a> </center> <p> Which reminded me to look for the Doctor Who cutout figures<br> <center> <a href="http://www.cuttingsarchive.org.uk/miscella/1970s02.htm"><img src="http://www.cuttingsarchive.org.uk/miscella/images/side01th.jpg" border=0 alt="doctor who on the back of cereal packet"></a></center> <br> Which were basically a load of Pollock's<br> <center> <a href="http://www.tao2000net.f9.co.uk/pollocks/oldtheatres.htm"><img src="http://javanicus.com/blog2/stgeorge.jpg" alt="Pollocks Theatre" border="0"></a></center> <p> They just don't make cereal freebies like they used too, sigh. Life 2004-01-21T08:54:07+0000 http://javanicus.com/blog2/items/47-index.html Our new kitten joined us on Thursday, her name is Pixel and she was born on 30 July 2003 <p> <center> <img src="http://javanicus.com/blog2/pixel.jpg"><br> <b>pixel the cat</b> </center Life 2003-09-30T08:03:03+0100 http://javanicus.com/blog2/items/15-index.html Well after three days of tooth ache, I finally submit myself to the local dentist. Unfortunately although I have incredible shooting pain all down my right side, I'm unable to pinpoint the precise tooth that is causing all the trouble. A heated discussion ensues where we weigh up the facts of what we can see, with what the X-ray shows. I decide that, as we cannot tell which tooth is the culprit, she should do both just to be sure, but at a whopping £43 a filling I'm thinking it might be better to just eat my dinner through a straw... Life 2003-06-27T17:20:42+0100