bignoseduglyguy

I have just been having an online chat with a fellow London Metblogger who used to date a Marine.  Asking how it was going, I was told that she had kicked the Marine to the kerb in favour of a construction gang boss in the States.  Before I could stop myself, I typed:

[13:41] BigNosedUglyGuy: Are you dating The Village People in rotation?
[13:41] BigNosedUglyGuy: Who next? The sailor, motorcycle cop and Indian Chief?

She replied:

[13:44] <blogger>: meanie.

making me feel bad for implying loose morals – but then spoiled the illusion and cracked me up with:

[13:45] <blogger>: you know… I’ve already had a copper.

That said, serially dating representatives of the Village People professions would be one hell of a wager – but old hat for some gay friends I suspect.

BBC News: In Pictures has a few intriguing photographs of Afghanistan in the 1930s.  I have had an interest in the history of the Afghan people ever since reading Helen Saberi’s excellent book on Afghan food and domestic culture, Noshe Djan: Afghan Food and Cookery.

According to Flickrblog and the unofficialyahooweblog, Flikr has been Yahoo‘d

I have finally managed to ‘upgrade’ the roller wheels on my Brompton with skate wheels, which should allow me to wheel rather than carry it through stations on my commute.  Thanks are due to Caroline, esteemed member of Tower Hamlets Wheelers who sourced the wheels at Decathlon and kindly grabbed some for me as I was abroad.  Thirty pence-worth of slightly longer than original bolts from the local DIY shop and five minutes effort saw them installed and looking rather neat

All of which reminds me I haven’t ridden the beast since my return from New Zealand.

my lo-fi ears are listening to Thinking About Tomorrow/Beth Orton

Three weeks is a long time with a full bladder.

I am suffering with an advanced case of jet lack so please forgive me if it takes a few days to get back in the blogging saddle.  In the meantime, feel free to check out No.8 Wire, which should be updated again later or the photos of my trip over on Flickr.

The distinct lack of posts here recently is dealt with in my latest post over on my No.8 Wire blog.  To make life simpler for me and you, I am pretty sure that most of my blogging activity over the next three to four weeks, whilst I am driving across New Zealand, will be there rather than here.  I hope folks who are regulars here will understand that, whilst I love writing and blogging, family comes first right now and this trip could mean a better future for my family.  I hope to be able to post to No.8 Wire periodically and that what I post there is as enjoyable as the usual bignoseduglyguy stuff.

I’m off to pack my bags and look for my passport.