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While I sold mine for entirely family reasons (you try getting a pram in the boot or a child seat in the back of one of those things… you can, but it gets seriously annoying in no time) I wasn’t entirely sad to see it go for other reasons either. The petrol consumption was ludicrous (some tanks I got 9 miles to the gallon, the best I ever got was a trip to the lake district in heavy traffic where i was forced to average about 50 miles an hour and I got 17 mpg) and I’ve never had to put so much oil into a vehicle since my two stroke moped. Still, hearing that nearly all RX8s need to be recalled to possibly have their engine replaced makes you wonder about that engine all the more. That fuel and oil consumption just wasn’t up to it in a car of that type. Doesn’t make me love my Focus any more though

Israeli stoners against Hizbullah.

Arthur Lee died yesterday from Leukemia. Forever Changes still hits my stereo most weeks. The outtakes from “Your Mind and We Belong Together” on the 2000 reissue are simultaneously both blistering psychedelic rock and ludicrously funny. I’m truly saddened. I genuinely love Love. It is a sad day.

Only last month there was a series of concerts called “For The Love of Arthur”, intended to raise money to aid his recovery (he was without medical insurance when diagnosed with the disease). God bless the power of YouTube yet again, for hosting a whole host of key moments from the gigs.

I’ve just started commuting on a bike, rather than using the car. Having worked from home for 9 months I thought it would do me a bit of good to actually get some exercise, rather than return to the ludicrously short drive that I used to make every day at my last place.

I was feeling rather good about it until I read this rather well argued case that cycling is in fact worse for the environment than cars…

The environmental benefits of human power are, however, strongly coupled to the environmental costs of increased population, due to increased longevity of those who engage in physical activity. Paradoxically, increased use of human power for transportation is unlikely to reduce substantially the use of energy because of this second-order effect.

I wonder how the stock markets will react to the news that Bill Gates is to step away from Microsoft? We were always told it would be badly…. If that’s true now is probably not the time.

I wonder if we could get one of these slapped on the nutters that spend all summer in the centre of York?

ASBO for Oxford Street preacher

If this is what fishing nets you nowadays

The lobster catchers found 1,697 plastic bags packed with cannabis in a lagoon, Haveeru news agency reported.

What would happen to all the 16 year old nicotine addicts?

Although one of my English teachers was done for selling 6th formers pot…

The mother of a schoolgirl was left “gobsmacked” that police left a bag of speed in her daughter’s schoolbag.

I guess it would be inevitable that this would happen, but the speed with which it happened and the crass purchase attempts make it a very modern tale…

News wire photo of Katrina relief card causes widespread online fraud.

Found at Raw Feed