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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4832254.stm

This story caught my eye this afternoon, billed as a way of getting to Australia in two hours I thought ‘Great!’ If I actually did have to go over there again, it would mean only two hours of my life that I would spend in total terror. I eagerly opened the story and began to read.

So, it turns out that instead of the gentle backward pull on your body as a plane takes off, followed by 12 hours of claustrophobia and occasional terror as turbulence sets in, a terrifyingly bumpy decent as the plane rides the air currents and the dread/anticipated relief of landing before repeating the whole process but this time only spending 10 hours in claustrophobic fear. We could soon be offered a potentially ticker stopping catapult into the atmosphere a zippy 2 hour closed environment experience, before parachuting back to earth (at least I hope they come up with something better than the Grand Plummet of the test rocket). This thing shot over 300km up into the air and back down again in the space of 6 seconds.

I want to learn to Apparate!!! *stomps feet*

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Very exciting discovery this evening. I saw pizza Hut delivery moped an in my area!

Previously I had thought that only Dominos delivered in the area. But no! I can get my large stuffed crust pizza delivered direct to my door!!! Yay! A very exciting discovery indeed.

Spring is really on its way. I must congratulate the daffodils and crocus bulbs in Green Park at Hyde Park Corner for a cracking crop of blooms.

Other spring things I have seen today:

• My first Spring lamb of 2006
o My second spring lamb of 2006
o My third spring lamb of 2006

(you get the picture don’t you;))

• A couple of very small deer
• A Heron
• Catkins

I’m currently sitting on a coach that is somewhere on the M3. *waves frantically at starsea!* When I get home I am going to check the status of the would be sprouts on the birch tree that sits outside my old office. (The very same tree featured in my user pic, this picture was the result of a project last year where I measured the progress of Spring my taking a picture of this tree everyday.) 

gijjne7702 if you keep me up late on IM tonight I will have to hurt you when you come back to the UK in June. I wasn’t a happy bunny when my mother called at 8 this morning to wake me, I was just getting into a very satisfying dream and poof! It’s gone! Grrrr! ;)

‘Tis my wee bro’s birthday today. He lives in Beijing and was going to be spending the day a lone as his girlfriend has been at her parents home in Calgary for the past few months but yesterday she surprised him by turning up on their door step. I’m so pleased for him because it would have been miserable to spend the day alone,

Drunken phone call from ex last night, he tells me that he hasn’t drunk a drop since he left England the last time, which was 18mths ago. So last night apparently he had the old peer pressure to indulge in a few pints and so he did. He’s funny when he’s pissed, cute almost. That is unless you are the person rubbing his back as he pukes his guts up for half the night. I digress. He seems to be settling into Northern life despite an on going difficulty with interpreting the locals!

Am now home. Sprouts on the birch are sadly tardy this year. A wee bit of green can be seen where no doubt leaves will appear over the next few weeks.