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Frickin’ freecycling freeks

March 21st, 2008 · 8 Comments · Britain, This 'n' that, Timmins

 Today on A Free Man: More country than punk

Well, things that seem too good to be true generally are and so it was with freecycling. There is always a catch and the freecycling catch is that yesterday afternoon I found myself immersed in freegan melodrama.
It all revolved around the dog crate - the container we […]

 
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Alea iacta est.

February 21st, 2008 · 17 Comments · Australia, Sinead, Timmins

Dr. O’C pressed “Send” and there was an almost tangible change in the air of our living room - the die was cast for our Antipodean migration. We had just booked Timmins into an Australian dog jail beginning the first week of April. He has made some questionable decisions in his day, haven’t we […]

 
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Godstow Nunnery

February 9th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Britain, Oxford

The ruins of Godstow Abbey sit alongside the Thames just to the north and west of Oxford. It was built in 1139 for the Benedictine nuns and was in use for four centuries until King Henry VIII, in a fury over his excommunication by the Catholic Church, dissolved the order and hundreds of others in […]

 
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