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Dec
2nd
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Can anyone suggest a venue for my lunch meeting Friday? Central London (W1, WC1/2, EC4/1), must have food + beer + (pref. free) WiFi.
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Rules, okay?

Re this, from our recent book:

If you’re staying in southern Tuscany, it’s worth knowing that Article 151 of the law governing inns in the Province of Grosseto forbids guests from putting anything in the minibar that wasn’t there when they arrived.

So, now you know what Italian bureaucrats do in their work-time. And you thought they were just wasting it making stupid rules.

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Qwitter http://useqwitter.com is great for clocking all those that follow you, wait for you to reciprocate (or, with me, not) then disappear
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Not for the last time this month, I suspect, tonight’s reading will feature the great-on-the-first-17-reads “Santasaurus”, http://is.gd/9RO1
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“Farcical scenes saw ‘elves’ in scuffles with furious parents” http://is.gd/9T2m Why isn’t http://laplandnewforest.co.uk G-cached? Anyone?
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RT @bck: There are equal chances that this is satire or actually made by the Tasmanian tourism board http://www.tasmaniathemovie.com
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Italy’s Cassation Court rules that comparing a fellow (fermale) lawyer to Monica Lewinsky is enough for a defamation suit http://is.gd/9SHu
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“Naked pair in fatal car crash”: short headline, big (and sadly missing) backstory http://is.gd/9REQ
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Dec
1st
Mon
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*Really* cool piece of book-marketing-embeddable-video-type-stuff http://www.25thestate.com
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Note to my chesty cough: we’ve been together for 5 weeks now. I don’t think you’re ever going to be right for me. Please go AWAY.
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