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Archive for ‘October, 2005’

A gorilla at Melbourne Zoo looks askance at something - or someone! - out of shot

I knew that!

Pic of the Week – 21 October 2005 by Richard Dobbie © www.travelsnapz.com – used with permission All photographs are digitally watermarked – please don’t infringe…

Letter from Bangalore

“Life in Bangalore has changed a lot since I first spent about six months here in 1995. It’s been said to have been – and maybe still is – the fastest growing city in Asia. Everyone has heard about all the service and software outsourcing to India – Ground Zero of that is Bangalore.” Thomas Elam with a personal view of India’s fifth-largest city, Karnataka’s capital and the heart of India’s burgeoning IT industry.

Beer barrels on a rack

CAMRA crisis!

Pic of the Week – 14 October 2005 by Kay McMahon © 2005 All photographs are digitally watermarked – please don’t infringe copyright! Kay adds: “We…

Parking in the UK – forget it!

“Parking is one of those ‘Don’t get me started’ topics. Everyone has a story and everyone, but everyone, has an opinion whether it’s the cost, the evil nature of traffic wardens, the lack of free spaces, the insidious spread of parking meters into residential and suburban streets, or the fact that machines will never give change…” Miranda Irving on the frustrations of parking your car in Britain.