From the The Cassell Dictionary of Slang by Jonathon Green:
bins/binns n.1 [1930s+] 1 glasses, spectacles. 2 binoculars. 3 the eyes. [abbr. SE binoculars]
I’m pleased to report that I’m the proud owner of a new pair of spectacles.
I booked an appointment at the shiny new Harefield Opticians. This is a business run by a husband and [...]
I’m very pleased to say that the Proms season is nearly upon us.
The First Night of the Proms is on Friday July 13th, the Last Night is on September 8th. There are 72 Proms in total - as it says on the BBC website, “The world’s greatest classical music festival”.
You can sign up for free [...]
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Posted 29 April 2007
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HowManyOfMe.com
There are:
3
people with my name
in the U.S.A.
How many have your name?
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Posted 29 October 2006
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The Wikipedia has just passed the 1,000,000 english articles milestone. Hurrah! I’m pleased to say that I started and contributed to the Uxbridge Tube Station article, amongst others
It strikes me that contributing to the Wikipedia is like doing charity work or working for a ‘good cause’. I’m certainly pleased to be able to [...]
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Posted 04 March 2006
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I did cooking last night!
I put two toad-in-the-hole trays from Tesco in the oven for 35 minutes, washed new potatoes and boiled them for 15 minutes in slightly salty water and then right at the last I nuked some artichoke hearts with some leaf spinach, both from cans.
The result was excellent
I’m still excited [...]
I’ve seen Jesus Christ Superstar (the musical) twice this week at the New Victoria theatre in Woking, Surrey, UK.
The first time was on Saturday, with my parents and Ruth. Herod was played by an understudy whose name escapes me (sorry!). We were seated near the front of the Royal Circle.
The second time was on Tuesday [...]