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Alien Corn Note I have removed this list ... I had been thinking that I ought to give some reason why I decided not to maintain the page. The recent, temporary, inaccessibility of the "homepages" does suggest that Which Online is not an ideal site. On the other hand the ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/aliencorn.htm |
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Alien Corn Why When I first wrote this page the question "why?" meant: why a list of forums linked to a forum within a forum site, and the answer was that Which Online seemed not to be entirely enthusiastic about the forum concept. But there is, I think, a point in asking ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/aliencorn1.htm |
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cgihome Welcome to the minimal forum. submit a post ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/cgihome.htm |
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Form sent Thank you, your article has been sent. back to Home page ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/cgita.htm |
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Try WOL's CGI Functions Try out WOL's CGI Functions The example is a form for (a completely non-existent) moderated forum or guestbook. Fill in your name, , subject line and text ... Name ... E-mail Enter your subject line in the space provided below ... Enter your article here: ...back ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/cgitry.htm |
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Dummy Breeding lilacs out of the dead land ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/ |
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comp1 Writing competition 1 - My Favourite Car (June 2001) Links to the entries: A - Andrew B - Roger Pittock (the Winner) C - Trevor D - Kerry E - John Bennett The previous competition . The next competition . The competition index . ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c1.htm |
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comp10 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 10 - (January 2002) Links to the entries: A - B - C - D - E - The authors and winners are buried somewhere in an interminable discussion. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c10.htm |
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c10a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 10 - Entry A ENTRY A - Part One Suggested Subjects: Water, Fire, Wind, Earth. He had always been a duffer at all kinds of sport. He was too slow, too clumsy, too big somehow. He did not mind much, and ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c10a.htm |
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c10b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 10 - Entry B Fire (& Brimstone) At the summit of Steep Lane lies the parish church of St Pugh the Inexcusable. Steep Lane is perhaps the most understated name you're likely to come across, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c10b.htm |
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c10c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 10 - Entry C ENTRY C Wind, Water, Fire and Earth The chemists say that elements are single forms, like thoroughbreds. But alchemists have other thoughts and say they are by wizards brought. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c10c.htm |
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c10d main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 10 - Entry D The Peregrine The wind came up the estuary like a knife, making it hard to keep the telescope still. And harder still to keep on caring about seeing the bird. But he had ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c10d.htm |
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c10e main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 10 - Entry E Wind He wasn’t really sure whose it was, but whoever unleashed it, silently, quickly, quietly, certainly had a lot of power. Merrily it seemed to bounce round the lift, seeping into ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c10e.htm |
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comp11 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 11 - (February 2002) The topic was a picture: Links to the entries: A - Stephen B - Ian C - John D - Sue E - Kerry ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c11.htm |
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c11a main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 11 - Entry A Travel focuses the mind Wherever they went, people stared. They were such a contrasting couple. Helga was pale, with soft, Icelandic features that just missed being pretty. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c11a.htm |
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c11b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 11 - Entry B Cover Up "Hand me the binoculars, Carlo" "Not binoculars, Maria. Lasercam. This little baby is about as related to binoculars as you are to that goat we just passed." "Fine, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c11b.htm |
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c11c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 11 - Entry C - John Bennett Unreal Country It was dry, arid, rocky. There was no sign of a stream. The road, a track of sand, wound through rocks and between mountains. We might have ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c11c.htm |
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c11cx back to entry Writing competition - 11 - Entry C - John Bennett - Notes The picture suggested a section of Eliot's "The Waste Land" (in part 5): Here is no water but only rock Rock and no water and the sandy road The road winding above among the mountains Which ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c11cx.htm |
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c11d main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 11 - Entry D ENTRY D I thought maybe I had come too soon, but with no wife and no children I had no reason to delay. All I have of my old life is what I carried with me to this remote ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c11d.htm |
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c11e main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 11 - Entry E The Ittica Columns Stefano climbed the final red clay steps to reach the Ittica Columns, and then fell, exhausted, onto the dusty pathway. He could only see with blurred vision, and ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c11e.htm |
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comp15 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 15 Three titles proposed: The Moon Animal Farm Competition 15 hosted by Sue Doran Links to the entries: A - John Bennett B - Eddie Cunningham C - Ian Scattergood ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c15.htm |
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c15a main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 15 - Entry A Three Limeraikus Street Scene These days there are ways Of sitting down, with a dog, With a frown. Who pays? The Moon It remains in place, A face, still high in the sky; ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c15a.htm |
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c15b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 15 - Entry B Entry 2 - The Honeymoon The soft warm wind came directly from the Sahara Desert, less than 40 miles away across the narrow entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. It carried with ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c15b.htm |
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c15c main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 15 - Entry C The Moon I couldn't quite believe it; the radio at the Nomad Trust said the moon had gone. I went to the door and squinted up at the sky; it's true it wasn't there when I looked but ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c15c.htm |
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comp17 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 17 - The Present Links to the entries: A - Stephen Harvey B - Kerry Mordan ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c17.htm |
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c17a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 17 - Entry A The Present He stared aghast at the parcel, hoping his feelings didn’t show. She was standing with her weight on one leg, smiling up at him expectantly, apparently confident that yesterday’s ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c17a.htm |
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c17b main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 17 - Entry B The Present The present Kate has just been sick; a bug Tom had on Monday. So a complete reshuffle of my Wednesday is now required. I'll do what I did on Monday; it worked then so hopefully ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c17b.htm |
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comp18 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 18 - Picture of Glacier Links to the entries: A - Eddie Cunningham B - ? C - Sue Doran ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c18.htm |
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c18a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 18 - Entry A The 'Lost Diamond ' Mining Company "Hmm. That wasn't there last month!" That was my first thought as I looked down upon this massive sheet of slowly moving snow, ice and churned up rocks ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c18a.htm |
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c18b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 18 - Entry B THE REAL THING ... I have one of the best jobs in the world. I go into the wilderness and bring comforting tokens of civilisation to my fellow men ... I seek the hardest ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c18b.htm |
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c18c main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 18 - Entry C HERE AND THERE In the Stress Management course they sent me on last year, the trainer said to imagine a place and time; a scene in your life when you felt totally relaxed, at peace ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c18c.htm |
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comp19 The previous competition The competition index Writing competition 19 - Failure Links to the entries: A - B - C - ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c19.htm |
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c19a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 19 - Entry A Stan's story Despite its name, few insurance salesmen make it to No Claims Island. The only practical way on to it is with the weekly helicopter that hauls fuel and supplies across the ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c19a.htm |
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c19b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 19 - Entry B Failure We hurtle to death Life curtailed of influence We fail to exert. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c19b.htm |
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c19c main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 19 - Entry C ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c19c.htm |
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comp2a index next entry Writing competition - 1 - Entry A (Andrew) Entry A My first car was a rare 1933 sports car, a Vale Special. It was a real boy racer designed to compete with the original MG Midgets but less than 100 were built before bankruptcy intervened. It ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c1a.htm |
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comp1b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 1 - Entry B (Roger Pittock) My first car It was a mini. A ‘64 mini. BFN 807 B. It was white (well, very occasionally, most of the time it was muddy brown). It had front seats from an ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c1b.htm |
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comp1c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 1 - Entry C (Trevor) My Car I can make some sense of my car when I think about where it comes from - Japan. The Japanese hate standing out in a crowd. They are the ultimate conformists. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c1c.htm |
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c1d main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 1 - Entry D (Kerry) My first car It was a mini. A ‘64 mini. BFN 807 B. It was white (well, very occasionally, most of the time it was muddy brown). It had front seats from an Austin 1100. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c1d.htm |
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c1e main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 1 - Entry E (John Bennett) Entry E Much had it travelled in the realms of lead, A small estate car, it had kingdoms seen; Right to the western islands had it been While I in fealty to Lloyds was ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c1e.htm |
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c1ex the entry The Keats Sonnet (On First Looking into Chapman's Homer) Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold. Oft of one wide expanse had ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c1ex.htm |
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comp2 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 2 - My Favourite TV Programme (July 2001) Links to the entries: A - Chris B - Roger C - Chris D - Scatts An extra: Earth has not anything to show more square: Dull would he ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c2.htm |
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c2a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 2 - Entry A (Chris) ENTRY A: My Favourite TV programme My favourite TV programme is, without a doubt, Big Brother. Does this make me sad (‘sadder’ I hear from Dilloland…). The answer to that depends ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c2a.htm |
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c2b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 2 - Entry B (Roger) ENTRY B: My favourite TV programme. I am such an addict to the small screen I have been unable to write about any one programme as a favourite. Instead I chose to ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c2b.htm |
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c2c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 2 - Entry C (Chris) ENTRY C: My Fav TV Programme One of my fav progs is that called The priory. Note how I began that sentence: ‘Fav tv progs’ – see I am already writing like someone ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c2c.htm |
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c2d main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 2 - Entry D (Scatts) ENTRY D: My Favourite TV Programme The room was dark except for the small red light which was washing over the coffee table giving the whole scene a post-nuclear glow. I began ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c2d.htm |
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c2x Competition 2 Westminster Bridge (William Wordsworth) Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent , bare, Ships, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c2x.htm |
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comp3 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 3 - The Chair (August 2001) Links to the entries: A - Andrew Hardie B - Chris Sivewright C - Eddie Cunningham D - Ian Scattergood E - John Bennett F - Kerry Mordan G - Ian ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3.htm |
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c3a main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 3 - Entry A (Andrew Hardie) ENTRY A The Armchair of the Gods I sat in the cockpit of my sailplane, pulse racing as always as I watched the tightening of the snaking umbilical cord between ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3a.htm |
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c3a main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 3 - Entry B (Chris Sivewright) ENTRY B The Chair I am a chair. I’ve been a chair for as long as I can remember. Some of the senior chairs in our group say that in a previous incarnation ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3b.htm |
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c3c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 3 - Entry C (Eddie Cunningham) ENTRY C The Chair It was the smells that jogged my memory every year. Sweat, both human and animal, was well to the fore, speedily followed by fear, then ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3c.htm |
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c3d main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 3 - Entry D (Ian Scattergood) ENTRY D THE CHAIR The chair was hanging in mid air, unsupported and slowly revolving in three dimensions allowing Atram to see every detail of the superb ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3d.htm |
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c3e main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 3 - Entry E (John Bennett) The Chair What Chair? I suppose it must be "The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne." How much explanation is appropriate here? I don't think the quotation ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3e.htm |
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c3ex back to entry Notes on Entry E (John Bennett) To some extent this is self-explanatory, since all the references are, as far as I can ensure, genuine. But of course it isn't really a scholarly analysis of Eliot and Shakespeare, and its readers are not, mostly, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3ex.htm |
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c3f main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 3 - Entry F (Kerry Morden) ENTRY F It was going to be one of those nights. He knew it. Over 15 years they were always the same. Why do Company Management think, that if they offer a free ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3f.htm |
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c3g main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 3 - Entry G (Ian Scattergood - the Winner) ENTRY G THE CHAIR (Again) Tom took one look at the chair and nearly creamed his pants. A big, black, sexy thing wearing leather and smelling so good it ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c3g.htm |
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comp4 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 4 - Yellow (August 2001) Links to the entries: A - Kerry B - John Bennett C - Sue D - Chris E - Chris F - Kerry G - Roger H - Chris I - Chris ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4.htm |
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c4a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry A (Kerry) Thoughts of Yellow? Rays of sun, warm, lifting my minds spirit. Summer fields in glory, nine-carat glow, heavy air. Buttercup wings, children play, do they? don’t they? Citrine clear ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4a.htm |
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c4b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry B (John Bennett) Yellow? There is no rhyme for orange, it is said, Though other colour words are much more mellow. Purple would be tricky, blue instead? But Robert Browning, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4b.htm |
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c4bx back to entry Notes to entry B - Writing competition - 4 Only two notes: The verse is, of course, intended to use many rhymes for "yellow", the ballade form demanding fourteen such rhymes. The other two rhymes were chosen to match two other colours, "red" and ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4bx.htm |
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c4c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry C (Sue Doran) Yellow? Sir, following the EU Directive concerning harmonisation of rainbows requiring one of the colours to be abolished, I was shocked, appalled and astonished ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4c.htm |
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c4d main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry D (Chris) Yellow! Yellow: a colour Just like all the other ones Except one: the black Yellow! With a mark Of exclamation shouted Insult also is The racist ‘yellow’ Is a nationality ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4d.htm |
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c4e main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry E (Chris) Yellow the key colour? Two piercing blue eyes shone up, catching his. With a fragile smile, "Sorry" she said softly, " I would move, but I like to watch the Bar you ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4e.htm |
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c4f main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry F (Kerry) Entry F2 part 1 Discovering Yellow? The course notes seemed as comprehensive as ever, and the course speakers as tedious. So he wouldn’t listen, and take the papers ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4f.htm |
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c4g main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry G (Roger) Entry F3 Yellow! Those cheeks! Two symmetrical, perfectly formed cheeks…resting on his hallowed chair. "1-2-3 Testing, Testing" came from the front of the room again. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4g.htm |
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c4h main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry H (Chris) Entry F4 part 1 At first he saw red. However, he immediately cast aside the indignation at having lost his seat. He was enraptured. He was mesmerised. He… he was caught ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4h.htm |
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c4i main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 4 - Entry I (Chris) Footie Pittock caught the ball cleanly. He looked around and then punted it up the field. Doran fumbled it and was tackled. Enraged she hit back hurling her hanging baskets (she ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c4i.htm |
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Writing 5 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 5 - September Links to the entries: And now I can credit the authors. (and duck). A Scatts B Kerry C Roger D Eddie (the winner) E Chris F Roger G Scatts H Scatts J Chris K ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5.htm |
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Writing 5A main index this competition next entry Entry A - Ian Scattergood Poetry for 12 year olds Is Summer late or Autumn early? Can strong winds make your hair go curly? Will rain be splashing around your toes? Only September knows. A good start to the new school year? ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5a.htm |
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Writing 5B main index this competition previous entry next entry Entry B - Kerry Mordan September 2001 September came and the nights drew in. The temperature fell and trees started to thin. The schools went back, and the Parks were quiet. Mums finally found time to clear ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5b.htm |
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Writing 5C main index this competition previous entry next entry Entry C - Roger Pittock SEPTEMBER September, it is a word of note when seen as Sept, 'tis surely not demote occasionally Sep, or simply 9 whenever September, is a word to remember September, is of the season ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5c.htm |
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Writing 5D main index this competition previous entry next entry Entry D - Eddie Cunningham September The early autumn sunlight picked out the gold and russet shades of the trees on the outside of the building and also the same tints in the hair of the young lady who was ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5d.htm |
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Writing 5E main index this competition previous entry next entry Entry E - Chris Sivewright Invigilator's note to the judge: Specific dispensation was granted to the length of this post. The plea entered was that the subject matter would not have been given correct deference ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5e.htm |
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Writing 5F main index this competition previous entry next entry Entry F - Roger Pittock Entry F continuation and conclusion of F4 from "Yellow" He looked around to find that they were alone in an enclosure. The walls also were lined with shag pile carpet. This was too ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5f.htm |
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Writing 5G main index this competition previous entry next entry Entry G - Ian Scattergood A match made in heaven? "September by name, September by nature" It was a stupid line, she wished she could stop saying it but it nicely broke the icy silence that always followed ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5g.htm |
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Writing 5H main index this competition previous entry Entry H - Ian Scattergood Black September Words are not enough, but they are all I have. Fanatics who have declared war on the USA, months or years ago. I don't truly understand why beyond some vague reasons revolving ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5h.htm |
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Writing 5J Entry J - Chris Sivewright September September. That was the month when the sun shone brightly for the last time. Before the sky turned red. Before the air was filled with the screams of death and the nights took on an evil of their own. The shape from just past ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5j.htm |
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Writing 5K Entry K - Chris Sivewright September September conjures up the cothurnus in me. I detach myself from coprology and once more breathe the Autmn air. My thoughts turn to empyrean but my body goes to the sales - 'emption' is my middle name! I ignore the eleemosynary ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c5k.htm |
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comp6 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 6 - Unheard Melody (October 2001) Links to the entries: A - Stephen Harvey B - Kerry C - Chris D - Chris E - Scatts (joint winner) F - Roger G - Chris H - Scatts (joint winner) ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6.htm |
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c6ac main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 6 - Entry A Unheard melody I knew her face of course. It was not the sort of face you forget. It was the sort of face that keeps you awake at night, pondering the lottery of genetic inheritance. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6a.htm |
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c6b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 6 - Entry B Unheard Melody of a Dilloer To be sung accompanied by the classic tune of My Way And now, the Do is near So Face to face, there’ll be no curtain My friends, I've chosen Mike ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6b.htm |
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c6c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 6 - Entry C Unheard melody It was many years ago. I had been one of a large crowd at Knebworth. I’d missed most of the concert – Van Morrisson was the star attraction – as my friend had ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6c.htm |
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c6d main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 6 - Entry D Unheard melody Barnet was a type II diabetic. Insulin-dependent. Years of drinking white rum – and sitting in a taxi waiting for the next fare. Often he’d combine the waiting ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6d.htm |
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c6e main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 6 - Entry E Unheard Melody (variation on a theme) Kyrano had not quite left the room with the empty tea tray when the radio burst into life, Jeff stepped over to the receiver; "Father, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6e.htm |
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c6f main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 6 - Entry F Entry F4 Part 1 Unheard Melody He forced his eyes to close, wondering if he could again play the vignettes that had so haunted him earlier, despite now knowing the final mortal ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6f.htm |
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c6g main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 6 - Entry G Unheard melody Traffic jams make you hot! All that noise, the fumes, the heat. Cherie carefully parked her car near the school gates, making sure the paintwork was safe. Euan ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6g.htm |
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c6h main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 6 - Entry H Entry H Unheard Melody He had long ago given up trying to make sense of the world he lived in, it did not make sense, it was not his world, he had never lived in it, always outside. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c6h.htm |
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comp7 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 7 - Relations (November 2001) Links to the entries: A - Stephen Harvey (the winner) B - Kerry C - Scatts ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c7.htm |
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c7a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 7 - Entry A ENTRY A Relations Uncle Jack was the jolliest one. And he always slipped my brother and me half-a-crown each when we said goodbye. (These details count.) But he was just one of a plethora ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c7a.htm |
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c7b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 7 - Entry B My cousin Julie-a true story It was the Winter of 1979. I had two cousins, a brother and sister, Philip and Julie, and we were all very close in age and spent most weekends ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c7b.htm |
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c7c main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 7 - Entry C Relations Sod it! Sod it! Sod it! Tomorrow is the final of the East Bogshire league cup. Greater Bogcastle Harlequins (GBH to their fans), a team I adopted recently but support with ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c7c.htm |
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comp8 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 8 - (December 2001) Links to the entries: A - Stephen Harvey B - Lone Frankis (the Winner) C - Scatts D - John Bennett E - Roger Pittock ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c8.htm |
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c8a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 8 - Entry A Entry A A STICKY SITUATION For the girls at Countess Cadogan’s Finishing School for Young Ladies of the Gentry, Thursday the third of July had started inauspiciously enough. They were, after ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c8a.htm |
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c8b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 8 - Entry B A CHILDHOOD MEMORY When I was a child we lived close to a nature reserve. It was a large system of inter-connecting lakes, water channels, and reed beds, interspersed with ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c8b.htm |
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c8c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 8 - Entry C THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM... "Things are not always what they seem..", "THINGS are not………", "Things are not ALWAYS what…..", "………..what they SEEM…". He sat in the ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c8c.htm |
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c8d main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 8 - Entry D LATE? Like an ungulate hypnotic I am following the wether, Though I'd rather swim, or sun myself, or walk amid the heather. So I'm sending rhyme and rhythm, though I really ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c8d.htm |
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c8e main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 8 - Entry E Entry E Things are not what they seem. I had been on line over a year. I discovered early on the existence of discussion/bulletin boards. Those associated with my work and hobbies were ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c8e.htm |
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comp9 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 9 - (January 2002) Links to the entries: A - Roger Pittock B - Kerry Mordan C - Ian Scattergood (the Winner) D - Kerry Mordan ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c9.htm |
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c9a main index this competition next entry Writing competition - 9 - Entry A A Childhood Experience Twas the year of 64. Tom had started school just two years ago. The Mods and Rockers were on the news and the Beatles early tunes topped the hit parade. Katie Boyle ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c9a.htm |
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c9b main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 9 - Entry B Angel An angel stood at the gates of heaven. St Peter turned to her and asked. "Do you think you were a good angel?" "Yes" she replied So, then, what about the time when your ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c9b.htm |
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c9c main index this competition previous entry next entry Writing competition - 9 - Entry C The Letter I look down at the letter from an unusual angle but after a short time the hand-written words come into focus. They seem familiar somehow and my attention is quickly ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c9c.htm |
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c9d main index this competition previous entry Writing competition - 9 - Entry D In memory of my Grandfather I’ve a lot to thank my Grandfather for. He instilled in me both the art of enjoying my own company and a love and respect of the sea. When I was young, probably ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/c9d.htm |
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cn1q back to entry Q Annotations for Entry Q There were some questions about this entry. I probably know no more than anyone else about it, despite being the author. It's my view that when the reader brings some meaning to a text, then that may (or may not) be as ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/cn1q.htm |
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comp1 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 12 - February 2002 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA BB CC DD EE The following entries have been shortlisted: F H L Q T V The winner was clearly T , each ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1.htm |
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comp1a index next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry A Entry A - an "A Team" episode. The waiter's plate by A.N.Other On tonight's A-Team, Hannibal has an old friend who's a waiter. But his friend has a big problem. A rival waiter is trying to drive the friend ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1a.htm |
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comp1aa index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry AA Waiting in Poland ‘Lack of investment means that the chance of progress and expansion is very limited. I guess you’ll just have to continue waiting’. Andrei’s uncle smiled, caringly, as he said ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1aa.htm |
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comp1b index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry B Stranger Waiting alone in the humble comfort of old Ben's hovel, with the sweet orchard smell wafting in from outside, Beth thought once more of tall Trader Tom, the 'hooded visitor' in her recurring ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1b.htm |
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comp1bb index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry BB 5 seconds is a long time in football ‘This is me hyem . These are me roots’. Bobby Robson waved at the assembled thoosands . This wez the key match: The Toon versus Bolton. If The Toon won they ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1bb.htm |
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comp1c index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry C A Childhood story Once upon a time there was a young boy named Paul. Paul was 12 years old and lived in London, Middlesex. While walking home from school one day, a Blue Dillo jumped out from behind ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1c.htm |
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comp1cc index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry CC Waiting, waiting, waiting… ‘Just a few more of those buggers’ muttered Pittock, sifting through the usual deluge of competition entries. It had not been a good day. Literally his day had started ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1cc.htm |
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comp1d index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry D Waiting At birth I kept my Mother waiting Forceps first Doctors waiting At school I was always late For the teachers - waiting. For my exams I arrived late, no-one waiting At my marriage The stag-night ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1d.htm |
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comp1dd index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry DD On the Beach Judy and Shirley parked their car near the International Centre. Traffic had been fine. A bit tricky at the Richmond Hill roundabout but Judy knew a short-cut via old Christchurch ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1dd.htm |
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comp1e index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry E Waiting. He had in a fit of peak scoured the personal ads. Why he did not know. He was happily married, had never felt the need for extra adventure and had a full life as it was, with home, work ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1e.htm |
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comp1ee index previous Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry EE A Quaker meditation I turn off everything except myself. Inside I come alive. Energy in stillness. Thoughts come but they are only observed as they pass through. Twigs in a river. A thousand thoughts ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1ee.htm |
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comp1f index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry F Waiting Peter was waiting, as were the rest of his group, to hear the order to advance. Peter lay on his stomach, his prone body in a direct line to the rear of the weapon he had carried for almost ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1f.htm |
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comp1g index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry G Waiting It was evening. So this is how it is, this is how it always happens in the evening. Bugger your ‘evening’. With my last 20 Euro I purchased some true and honest Gordon's Gin; I took a pull ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1g.htm |
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comp1h index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry H Waiting, February 14th My birthday ‘surprise’ was a trip – for two – to San Francisco. He had booked us the bridle suite even though we both knew that we’d never get married. ‘This will allow us ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1h.htm |
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comp1i index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry I Waiting in Texas Them Aliens is a-comin' back. Shet mah mouth! Mah gran'Pappy fought them once – an' he won, as enny fool kin plainly see. This hyar time we’ll make sho'nuff they all die. Th' local ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1i.htm |
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comp1j index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry J Waiting… ‘Would you not agree, Mr Hague, that your whole election campaign was a disaster? That to base it on one single issue – saving the pound – without making one single attempt to disavow ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1j.htm |
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comp1k index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry K Adaptation He blamed the cleaner. If she hadn’t been such a magpie then he wouldn’t have been sitting in the theatre at 7.30 in the evening. With his Mother. Never mind the fact that she had particularly ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1k.htm |
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comp1l index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry L The Waiting Room It’s cold but bright. The fluorescent-lit room certainly accepts no shadows. Today’s newspapers lie crumpled on the floor. A Clark’s footprint decorates the front page. The Princess ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1l.htm |
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comp1m index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry M Speech to the Womens Institute ‘Firstly I would like to thank you all for coming to this ‘divorce workshop’. Too often women go into divorce negotiations without being aware of the alternatives. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1m.htm |
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comp1n index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry N Waiting: rhyming couplet or driplet? Pain rushes through me. Hot with a threat of wetness. Burning as I tense muscles, waiting. Absorbing what tremors there may be and hoping that my struggles ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1n.htm |
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comp1o index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry O Yahoo! – extract Andrea used to save her Yahoo Messenger logs. It was just something she did. A bit like taping a conversation. Sometimes she’d read through her more spicy exchanges. Using the ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1o.htm |
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comp1p index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry P Anniversary It was almost fifty years ago, to the day. Fifty years and 10 weeks to be exact. His men had been outnumbered. A Union Jack wrapped round courage is no defence against a ratio of 20:1. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1p.htm |
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comp1q index previous next annotation Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry Q Waiting "Agon" 'What sort of a sign is that?', thought the traveller. Broken, was the answer. The traveller paused outside the café. It seemed to be on a road from nowhere to nowhere, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1q.htm |
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comp1r index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry R Waiting Day ‘What are you doing?’ Wayne asked Waichingu. He had good reason to ask, too as Waichingu was on his fifth cup of coffee – and it was only 8.30. ‘Tonight is the night. I have to ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1r.htm |
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comp1s index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry S Just passing through The Bishop wasn’t sure whether it really was a noise or just his imagination. It sounded like a footstep – but it was closely followed by TWO more. Someone walking very fast? ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1s.htm |
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comp1t index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry T Waiting Now I come to think about it, a sizeable part of my life can be categorised by the word, waiting. Long passages of time idling in neutral, handbrake off, the slope of the ground, gravity, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1t.htm |
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comp1u index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry U Buddy can you spare a poisha? Sophia looked at the pile of bamboo sticks collected by one of her ten children. With luck she would be able to make the stools quickly and then sell them for two ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1u.htm |
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comp1v index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry V Leaving…. ‘The Daniel’ left at 3pm that day. Claudia had joined the hundreds of wives lining the quay. Saying ‘goodbye’ to their husbands. Waving until their arms hurt. Stopping, slowly, forlornly ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1v.htm |
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comp1w index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry W Waiting for God A message, from the hospital. ‘Your Father has lapsed into a coma’. Terse. To the point. The once-bright morning now turned into the prelude of impending doom. Dark clouds in my ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1w.htm |
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comp1x index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry X The Waiting is a Christian rock quartet from Atlanta, Ga., that formed in the late 1980s. Their 1995 debut album, Blue Belly Sky was released on Anastasia Records; their 1997 sophomore effort, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1x.htm |
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comp1y index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry Y A play with words. Sir Teddy: I’d like you to resign. I think it would be better if you did. Not good image all this. So – you’ve resigned? Mr Sevensmith: I’ll think about it. I am going for my ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1y.htm |
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comp1z index previous next Writing competition - February 2002 - Entry Z The Chair – now moved to the Waiting Room I am a chair. Not just any chair – but a chair in a Waiting Room. Thus I am officially a Waiting Room Chair. I’ve been a chair for as long as I can remember. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp1z.htm |
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comp2 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 13 - March 2002 - Hope (hopefully) Links to the entries: A B C D E F G H I The Result The result of the Hope round of the writing competition is: In third place with 8 votes: ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2.htm |
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comp2a index next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry A HOPE 1st July 1983 "Game, Set and Match. Miss Julia Vincent. Two sets to One. Six-Four Four-Six Six-Three. Thank you Ladies" The crowd clapped; that was Julia’s boyfriend and my dad. Very few ever came ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2a.htm |
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comp2b index previous next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry B Hope So little egrets spread while sparrows fail So what, and what's an egret, the reply. We need no tribal warning, we must die Tomorrow; don't be solemn, drink your ale. In hope, we have ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2b.htm |
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comp2bx Hope So little egrets spread while sparrows fail So what, and what's an egret, the reply. We need no local warning, we must die Tomorrow; don't be solemn, drink your ale. In hope, we have expressed a slight concern That generates an automatic sneer, Indifference ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2bx.htm |
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comp2c index previous next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry C Hope A Riddle In a terrible womb was my gestation. There I grew for millions of years with my brothers and sisters, so unalike, though of the same substance. Dull are my brothers, but very ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2c.htm |
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comp2d index previous next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry D Moving on From the hide, the reeds on one side stretched away into the middle distance. The sun was hidden by cloud, but there was only a light breeze and it felt mild. An odd, unmusical chirrup ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2d.htm |
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comp2e index previous next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry E Hope Springs "Welcome to Hope Springs! Eternal beauty that's more than skin deep.” Karl and Lori were shaking off the effects of the long flight and were not paying attention to the advertising. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2e.htm |
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comp2f index previous next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry F Divine Comedy ACT ONE. SCENE ONE. A Students room on an unidentified university campus. Late evening. Raining. Candles burning. Books and papers strewn across the floor. Three empty wine bottles ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2f.htm |
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comp2g index previous next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry G "We must be vigilant. Those terrorists, they never sleep. We don’t know when the next bomb will explode. We don’t know when the next innocent women and children will die. Ever since September ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2g.htm |
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comp2h index previous next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry H I hold the seeds in my hand and they just look like something I ground out of the pepper mill at dinner or swept up from the kitchen floor. There they are, a tiny collection of concentrated ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2h.htm |
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comp2i index previous next Writing competition - March 2002 - Hope - Entry I Hope Phil had no idea what to expect as he made his way to room 903. The lift doors opened to the corridor of magnolia painted brick. The window at the end of the corridor looked down onto ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp2i.htm |
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comp3 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 14 - Easter 2002 - Search Links to the entries: A - Ian Scattergood (the Winner) B - John Bennett History Writing competition winners 1. My First Car – Roger 2. My Favourite ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp3.htm |
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comp3a index next Writing competition - Easter 2002 - Search - Entry A The Search Danielle opened her eyes. She was standing in the kitchen where he had left her, her back pressed against the sink unit. The dampness of a used tea towel was soaking into the back of her ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp3a.htm |
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comp3b index previous next Writing competition - Easter 2002 - Search - Entry B Not Very Much Reality - A Search "You will all have read", he said, "Jung's account of a dream in which he located the Grail castle in a island to the south of England." If we had read this, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp3b.htm |
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comp4 The previous competition The next competition The competition index Writing competition 16 - May/June/July/August 2002 Topics The Ship. A Day in the Life of... The Hunter. Links to the entries: A - Eddie Cunningham (the Winner) B - Ian Scattergood C - JB Not ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp4.htm |
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comp4a index next Writing competition - May/June 2002 - Entry A The Hunter The hero strode into the crowded smoky barroom, the two levelled .45 Colt Peacemakers he held, demanding and getting absolute silence. Both barrels swept slowly across the room’s occupants, a ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp4a.htm |
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comp4b index previous next Writing competition - May/June 2002 - Entry B A day in the life of Ivan Shukhov 05.00, labour camp, Siberia. Ivan was not feeling well this morning. You would think, he thought, that after more than seven years the sound of the Tartar's early ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp4b.htm |
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comp4c index previous next Writing competition 16 - May/June 2002 - Entry C A Day in the Life of a Ship Hunter My father's oldest friend, who died in June of this year, on his 98th birthday, was something of a recluse. But, long ago, he had known many more adventurous ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp4c.htm |
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comp4ca Comments on a text First, I'm very dissatisfied with this. It was probably a mistake to post it in its current form, and if the competition had attracted more entries I would not have done. It tries, without much success, to draw together several strands. I wrote ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comp4ca.htm |
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comps Dillo Xpats - Writing competitions - Index Introduction These pages contain the entries to a series of informal writing competitions associated with Café Dillo . The original was started by Roger Pittock in one of the forums in Which Online. Links to the Dillo ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comproot.htm |
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comps Introduction These pages contain the entries to a series of informal writing competitions. It was started by Roger Pittock in one of the forums in Which Online. Since Which Online is in the process of change, it is not clear whether the competitions will continue. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/comproot1.htm |
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xpc1 Xpats Writing Competition 1 - Phoenix (February 2006) Links to the entries: A Kerry B JB C Eddie D Scatts E DC (the winner) The previous competition . The next competition . The competition index . ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/xpc1.htm |
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xpc1a main index this competition previous entry next entry Dillo Xpats Writing competition - 1 - Entry A Phoenix, by Kerry Mordan When the sun doth shine or the east wind blow, When the sky's clear blue or there's rain, sleet, snow, I will think of thee. When the ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/xpc1a.htm |
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xpc1b main index this competition previous entry next entry Dillo Xpats Writing competition - 1 - Entry B Phoenix, by John Bennett The best of all ticks For serious birdwatchers Must be the phoenix. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/xpc1b.htm |
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xpc1c main index this competition previous entry next entry Dillo Xpats Writing competition - 1 - Entry C The Flight To Phoenix, by Eddie Cunningham Gwen remembered the words she had seen printed on the crew’s copy of the current weather report for take off conditions ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/xpc1c.htm |
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xpc1d main index this competition previous entry next entry Dillo Xpats Writing competition - 1 - Entry D Phoenix, by Ian Scattergood Pascal Véreux Sa'Dist stood alone on the ruins of the Temple Mount and surveyed the devastation that lay before him. Halls, once bustling ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/xpc1d.htm |
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xpc1e main index this competition previous entry next entry Dillo Xpats Writing competition - 1 - Entry E Phoenix, by David Conquest With abject apologies to Charles Dodgson. 'Twas Phoenix, and the mid-day sun Beat hard upon the blue car's top. The gauge did show the ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/xpc1e.htm |
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xpc2 Xpats Writing Competition 2 (April 2006) Links to the entries: (when we get them) A Kerry The previous competition . The next competition . The competition index . ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/comp/xpc2.htm |
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ed ed Index to Text of the Which Online Diary The diary page on the Which Online website is one of the more informative features of the site (that link is currently broken). Unfortunately there is no archive of this information, so, at the risk of having my subscription ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed.htm |
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ed1 ed1 Text of the Which Online Diary (2nd August 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday E-mail. It's widely recognised as the 'killer application' on the web. I realise that that the 'killer' ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed1.htm |
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ed10 ed10 Text of the Which Online Diary (17th October 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Sunday I do try not to work Sundays - but this Forum stuff is beginning to get me down. I've made a different ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed10.htm |
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ed11 ed11 Text of the Which Online Diary (31st October 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday In early to meet The Boss. Some people are morning people - our Director is definitely one of ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed11.htm |
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ed12 ed12 Text of the Which Online Diary (14th November 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Wednesday It's late. Or is it early. Jet lag is a very strange thing. I'm attempting to get a head start ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed12.htm |
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ed13 ed13 Text of the Which Online Diary (22nd November 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday More revisons to Which? Web Trader. The scheme requires efforts from several parts of the organisation ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed13.htm |
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ed14 ed14 Text of the Which Online Diary (28th November 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday The week begins with a discussion with our Public Affairs group. We've been making a number of ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed14.htm |
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ed15 ed15 Text of the Which Online Diary (6th December 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday More progress on the 'Search engine for Web Traders'. We're at the interesting stage now as we ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed15.htm |
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ed16 ed16 Text of the Which Online Diary (12th December 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Sick. More sick than I've been in ages. Where does all that fluid come from? I decide to keep ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed16.htm |
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ed17 ed17 Text of the Which Online Diary (19th December 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Start the day with some coaching. I've been doing this for several weeks now and the ability ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed17.htm |
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ed18 ed18 Text of the Which Online Diary (10th January 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Tuesday First day back after the holiday and there's a lot to do. Two magazines to make live for a start, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed18.htm |
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ed19 ed19 Text of the Which Online Diary (23rd January 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Media tart. No offence, obviously, but it's the term we use around the place to describe our occasional ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed19.htm |
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ed2 ed2 Text of the Which Online Diary (8th August 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Spend much of the morning grappling with the draft of an e-mail to the 1,000 traders in the Which? ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed2.htm |
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ed20 ed20 Text of the Which Online Diary (30th January 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Demo day. First one is a version of web-based mail that we want to make available to dial-up subscribers ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed20.htm |
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ed21 ed21 Text of the Which Online Diary (7th February 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Today is the first full meeting with ntl: of the year. We review our progress and discuss the ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed21.htm |
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ed22 ed22 Text of the Which Online Diary (21st February 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday In earlier than usual to catch up on a few things when the phone goes. Then goes again. Then ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed22.htm |
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ed23 ed23 Text of the Which Online Diary (28th February 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Brief discussion with a prospective Which? Online partner. We're keen to guarantee a price promise ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed23.htm |
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ed24 ed24 Text of the Which Online Diary (7th March 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday My diary says I have a completely blank day - no meetings, no discussions, no last-minute panics. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed24.htm |
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ed25 ed25 Text of the Which Online Diary (13th March 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday I meet with Chris and Lynn from our Business Development Unit to discuss progress with our Shopping ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed25.htm |
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ed26 ed26 Text of the Which Online Diary (3rd April 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday I'm on a packed, hot, swaying tube. But I'm smiling. I love the way the good feeling you get from ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed26.htm |
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ed27 ed27 Text of the Which Online Diary (15th April 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Back at work after illness I'm behind on communications and budget planning. I spend some time wishing ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed27.htm |
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ed28 ed28 Text of the Which Online Diary (24th April 2001) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Tuesday There's a gap in the team today. Marketing Manager Jo Patterson has left us for the wide open spaces ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed28.htm |
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ed29 ed29 Text of the Which Online Diary (2nd May 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Meeting Monday. I realise things are getting out of hand when the sole outcome ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed29.htm |
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ed3 ed3 Text of the Which Online Diary (16th August 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Which? Web Trader code changes go into place. We're aware that changes may mean more work for some ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed3.htm |
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ed30 ed30 Text of the Which Online Diary (15th May 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Tuesday Launch of pay-per-view. Well it would have been except for a small last-minute ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed30.htm |
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ed31 ed31 Text of the Which Online Diary (22nd May 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday I didn't go to university (small problem with exam results) but this afternoon ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed31.htm |
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ed32 ed32 Text of the Which Online Diary (5th June 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Tuesday Progress meeting with Deputy Director Kim Lavely. We cover a lot of ground ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed32.htm |
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ed33 ed33 Text of the Which Online Diary (12th June 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Open hasn't closed. It's just become Sky Interactive. We're exploring whether ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed33.htm |
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ed34 ed34 Text of the Which Online Diary (4th July 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Well that's the theory, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed34.htm |
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ed35 ed35 Text of the Which Online Diary (18th July 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Board paper day. We've committed to keeping the Which? Board fully informed ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed35.htm |
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ed36 ed36 Text of the Which Online Diary (31st July 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Wednesday Well obviously the week doesn't start on a Wednesday but I've just had ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed36.htm |
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ed37 ed37 Text of the Which Online Diary (7th August 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday There are some working days that are just not long enough and today proves ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed37.htm |
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ed39 ed39 Text of the Which Online Diary (14th August 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Meanwhile, back at the Corporate Plan, our group is moving into high-powered ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed38.htm |
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ed39 ed39 Text of the Which Online Diary (21st August 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday It's been a bit of a technical week here on Which? Online. Servers, for ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed39.htm |
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ed4 ed4 Text of the Which Online Diary (23rd August 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Spend the morning dealing more or less successfully with code of various types. Those aware of my ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed4.htm |
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ed40 ed40 Text of the Which Online Diary (18th September 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday First Monday back since my holidays and things are in full swing. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed40.htm |
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ed41 ed41 Text of the Which Online Diary (9th October 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday We start the week with a discussion about the Which? Web Trader scheme. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed41.htm |
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ed42 ed42 Text of the Which Online Diary (17th October 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday I'm looking at a web site. No big surprise there. And I'm scratching ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed42.htm |
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ed43 ed43 Text of the Which Online Diary (1st November 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Marketing Manager Marina and me are wrestling with a tricky problem ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed43.htm |
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ed44 ed44 Text of the Which Online Diary (16th November 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday It has been a big week for experiments. Single source publishing - ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed44.htm |
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ed45 ed45 Text of the Which Online Diary (10th December 2001) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Back on the experimental trail. An ever-changing cast of characters ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed45.htm |
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ed46 ed46 Text of the Which Online Diary (15th January 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday First full week back kicks off with a bang as we discover that the Forums ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed46.htm |
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ed47 ed47 Text of the Which Online Diary (29th January 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Start the week in Bromley at the offices of a financial data company. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed47.htm |
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ed48 ed48 Text of the Which Online Diary (6th February 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday One of those wall-to-wall meeting days. A series of conversations with ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed48.htm |
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ed49 ed49 Text of the Which Online Diary (20th February 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Time to check on an experiment. We're working with a group to provide ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed49.htm |
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ed5 ed5 Text of the Which Online Diary (31st August 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Meeting with beeb.com where we learn a few things about the strategy of running a commercial arm ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed5.htm |
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ed50 ed50 Text of the Which Online Diary (6th March 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday One of the problems of having my ramblings archived by keen readers is ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed50.htm |
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ed51 ed51 Text of the Which Online Diary (27th March 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday There's a key meeting at the end of this week for the Corporate Strategy ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed51.htm |
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ed52 ed52 Text of the Which Online Diary (17th April 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Budget time is looming and the working day is filled with a mass of figures, ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed52.htm |
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ed53 ed53 Text of the Which Online Diary (1st May 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Start the week with some numbers - always my favourite activity but there's ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed53.htm |
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ed54 ed54 Text of the Which Online Diary (21st May 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Off to an early start with a discussion with Deputy Director, Kim Lavely ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed54.htm |
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ed55 ed55 Text of the Which Online Diary (24th June 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday There's been a lot going on over the last couple of weeks so there's a ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed55.htm |
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ed56 ed56 Text of the Which Online Diary (30th July 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday What seems like the world's longest running air-conditioning battle rumbles ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed56.htm |
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ed57 ed57 Text of the Which Online Diary (20th September 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Fresh from its summer recess the weekly (well, almost) chronicle of ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed57.htm |
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ed58 ed58 Text of the Which Online Diary (26th September 2002) The Week on Which? Online Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Sunday Nasty situation on our Forums where for the only the fourth time in ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed58.htm |
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ed59 ed59 Text of the Which Online Diary (9th December 2002) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Friday Five weeks at the Old Bailey and finally I'm free. Jury service before you get any other ideas. ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed59.htm |
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ed6 ed6 Text of the Which Online Diary (16th September 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday I've been looking forward to this date for a while now. Our latest (and last, for the moment ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed6.htm |
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ed60 ed60 Text of the Which Online Diary (17th December 2002) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday There's a definite feeling of the end of the year in the air. This is caused partly by the fact ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed60.htm |
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ed7 ed7 Text of the Which Online Diary (19th September 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday I spend my birthday on the roof of our house repairing chimneys, replacing flashing and re-constructing ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed7.htm |
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ed8 ed8 Text of the Which Online Diary (26th September 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday The week begins with a discussion with Chris Peers and John Balmond of CA's Business Development ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed8.htm |
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ed9 ed9 Text of the Which Online Diary (3rd October 2000) Hello. Here's the weekly run down of the highlights (and lowlights) of last week on Which? Online ... Monday Plan C for the restoration of the Forums fails as we discover that the fault means we can't restore ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/diary/ed9.htm |
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CA Online
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Groupthink in Practice - Removed I have removed the material that was here. Apparently any criticism of the Which Online forum system is unwelcome. Then again, in other areas any mention of Which Online is unwelcome. I admired the Consumers' Association. The decision to drop that name, and not ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/forum/forum.htm |
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Groupthink in Practice
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Historical Homily this document is now irrelevant, this is a link to a critique of the system that did appear General Design of a Forum System Introduction These are the sketchiest of notes intended to show very roughly the sort of preliminary documentation that should accompany ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/forum/yforum.htm |
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Other Nothing. return return 2 ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/other.htm |
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Ross Bennett ROSS BENNETT Psychotherapy and Counselling Ross Bennett, B.A,B.Sc. U.K.C.P. Registered (Spectrum) Ross Bennett offers short term, and long term counselling and psychotherapy to individuals and couples. She also works as a supervisor with established and trainee ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/ross.htm |
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taxation back to home page back to ramblings index back to general politics page Taxation This is an outline of a fairly radical (although hardly original) proposal to rationalise state benefits and taxation of income. It doesn't accord with any party policy; I would ... http://homepages.which.net/~bennett4/tax.htm |
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