the traditional English summer pasttime
Jun. 19th, 2012 02:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensThe weather has shifted a bit to the warmer side, and was actually quite nice today. Not that I was outdoors to enjoy it, being in the office. But still, it was pleasant to have actual sunlight coming in through the windows, rather than just greyness.
I would like it to last for just a couple of days.
I would also like England to get through to the next round of the Euro 2012, just because it would make such a nice change. :)
The Olympic torch is scheduled to be coming through Leeds in a few days. I am not convinced that I am going to go and watch it, once-in-a-lifetime event as it may be.
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Now, there's a time when an unlocked premises is a positive boon to a police officer as in -- I was just looking to ascertain the whereabouts of the proprietor when I stumbled across the Class A controlled substances which were in plain sight in the bottom drawer of a locked desk in an upstairs office, M'lord. Leave the police alone in a room for five minutes and we start looking in drawers, locked or otherwise. It's a terrible habit.
-- Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch
I would like it to last for just a couple of days.
I would also like England to get through to the next round of the Euro 2012, just because it would make such a nice change. :)
The Olympic torch is scheduled to be coming through Leeds in a few days. I am not convinced that I am going to go and watch it, once-in-a-lifetime event as it may be.
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Now, there's a time when an unlocked premises is a positive boon to a police officer as in -- I was just looking to ascertain the whereabouts of the proprietor when I stumbled across the Class A controlled substances which were in plain sight in the bottom drawer of a locked desk in an upstairs office, M'lord. Leave the police alone in a room for five minutes and we start looking in drawers, locked or otherwise. It's a terrible habit.
-- Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch
