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Now in new Shrewsbury flavour.

(1 x 8 x 8 x 0)+ 6 x 9 = 42

And before you say anything about my arithmetic, 6 x 9 is a worthy Hitchhiker's reference. Trust me.



Hi. I'm Vip. It's pronounced like the word 'zip', just to clear up any confusion.

I've been around here for over seven years now, although I have been known to head out for an intergalactic cruise around lunchtime. In all that time I've managed to get eight articles into the Guide; Laziness, Western Poi, Bellringing, Anglican Psalm Singing, The Royal School of Church Music, Xena: Warrior Princess - An Overview, an article about where I grew up, Blewbury and I've co-authored an entry for Ealing. I'm currently writing an article about my new home town of Shrewsbury.

As for me, I'm a musician, a bellringer, a bridge player, and a Final Fantasy playing, anime watching, science fiction loving nerd. tongueout




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Today is Wednesday 25th February 2009. So now you know.

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A garden for bees (Last Week)
At the moment my garden is a bit of a blank slate; we have a long lawn flanked by an empty border. In the empty border I would love to put flowers that attract and are good for bees.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I saw some bees going wild over lavender yesterday evening so that's a good start!

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Thank Bob for Widor. (Last Week)
Gods, that Toccata for Organ is just spine-chillingly uplifting. I makes me want to shout and punch the air with joy.

One day I'll play the organ, one day...

fairy
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Love it (3 Weeks Ago)
I just heard this on Radio 3:

"...the people of Orkney feel separate to the rest of teh British Isles?

"Very much. Of course, they were owned by Norway until teh 15th Century..."


As if the 15th C was just last week.

<heart>

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Shrewsbury (5 Weeks Ago)
You know, I am so pleased that I live here. The more I find out about it, the more I love it. On Friday I tried out the route I invented for the EG article I'm working on to see if it worked, and by the time I got home I was bursting with so much joy and enthusiasm Mr Vip could barely keep me from bouncing off the walls.

I spent almost the whole of Sunday with a friend of mine. Firstly we followed my route, but when we were finished (six hours later- we got rather interested in the museum) we were still excited so followed a route through all the shuts from a leaflet we picked up.

I'm so glad Mr Vip chose to live here (before I moved in). biggrin

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Swallows (May 26, 2009)
I had a lovely experience on Sunday. On the way back home after spending the weekend singing at Newport Cathedral, Mr Vip took me back to a castle. It's more of a fortified house that's been, in not restored to glory, restored enough to stop further decay. It was a wonderful, higgledy-piggledy place, and when we went up the tower, I had a fantastic suprise: swallows.

They were nesting in the ceilings. I got lucky on my way up, with several sat on the beams, taking a rest before heading out to get more insects (one presumes). I've never seen a swallow so close up before, with their red breasts and pointed tails... just gorgeous. smiley

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From h2g2: A53190074  The Dog in the Lane (3 Weeks Ago)
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From h2g2: A26363405  Ealing, London, UK (Aug 28, 2007)
From h2g2: A25503086  Vip's Random Leeds Meet (Aug 4, 2007)
From h2g2: A23882880  Blewbury, Oxfordshire, UK (Jun 15, 2007)
From h2g2: A22638855  The Leeds Rhubarb Meet Report (May 13, 2007)

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a_a_e: Putting the G into Goole
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Amy: ear-deep in novels, poetics, and historical documents.
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BobTheFarmer. I'm not really here.
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boredlaura [NaNoWriMo: your a**e is being thoroughly kicked]
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