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On 9 Rota.

Posted in Cinema, History, Patriotism, Pregnancy, Russia, War, tagged , , , , , on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of weeks ago they showed a Russian film about the Russian Afghan war on TV called 9 Rota, or 9th Company.
You actually saw this when it first came out back in 2005 or thereabouts, but settled in to watch it anyway as you remembered it as being quite good, and in any case [...]

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On good citizenship.

Posted in Britain, Citizenship, Nodnol, Pregnancy, Travel, tagged on April 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Yesterday, you went to the airport to see off Mother In Law after her epic three month visit.
So there you are, sitting in the cafe having a last cup of tea before sending her off to brave the security gauntlet, when you notice that there’s a number of cabin crew types drinking coffee there too.
You were idly pondering over this – [...]

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On shocks and docs.

Posted in Pregnancy on April 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »

The doctor kept you waiting for 40 minutes this morning simply because, you discovered once you had actually made it into her office, she likes to chat.
This, however, is not important. What is important is that in between the five anecdotes about her own pregnancy which she managed to showhorn into the measuring and prodding [...]

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On the unbearable being.

Posted in Pregnancy on April 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »

You have to confess that you find the Star’s complete insistence on you eating healthily somewhat obnoxious.
There is something perverse, in you opinion, about the amount of fruit and veg he thinks is the minimum necessary for your combined survival.
This has been particularly hard to bear given that it is winter. You are heartily sick [...]

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