David Jenkins' weblog

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Category: life

  • A picture for every year: 1992 to 2006

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    More choices now as my photo collection becomes more comprehensive and the appearance, in 2004, of my first digital camera.

  • A picture for every year: 1977 to 1991

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    Although I’ve got a lot more photographs of my life from 1976 onwards when I bought my first SLR camera actual photos of me have remained thin on the ground. This set covers my time in Hong Kong and almost to the end of my time in Switzerland.

  • The rules behind food choices

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    We were out for dinner on Thursday night, at the excellent Fancett’s on Mill Road in Cambridge. It keeps its prices down by offering a structured a la carte menu with four starters, four main courses etc. The four main courses were a cheap and cheerful offering (lamb’s liver), a veggie dish, a fish option…

  • Stent plus 4: more of the same

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    After the disruption of Covid and the freedom, albeit with continuing rules of some sort, the last year has seen us back to normal. People still get Covid and some still wear masks in public spaces but otherwise life goes on pretty much as it did before and today I’m celebrating the fourth anniversary of…

  • I know what I like …

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    Jay Rayner writes on food. I guess you’d call him a restaurant critic but he’s a little more than that. For a start he Tweets pleasantly liberal views about the situation of the day and he doesn’t just review restaurants but writes more broadly about food, our relationships with it and the influences which shape…

  • I don’t smoke, but …

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    Given my age and my demographic that’s hardly surprising. I should be smart enough by now to know that it’s a killer and nobody I know and socialise with does either. But I have, smoked that is, and I guess my story is not atypical.

  • Remember when flying was fun?

    Remember when flying was fun?

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    You didn’t do it often of course but when you did you might actually enjoy it. And when you were off on holiday that first drink once you were airborne somehow signalled the start of your vacation proper.

  • False alarm. Or don’t let your mind play tricks on you.

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    I wouldn’t class myself as a nerd but I do like data. That means that ever since my big cardiac event of 2019 I’ve tracked a few indicators which I reckon would tell me whether or not I was trending into heart attack territory.

  • 2022 in facts and figures

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    Google provide a map of where I’ve been in 2022. It’s been a rather more expansive year as limitations on travel have been first relaxed and then removed.

  • 5 stages of my life; and looking forward to the 6th

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    I’ve just celebrated my 75th birthday and it’s given me time to reflect. It’s a nice multiple of 15 so it might be regarded as the end of some fifth stage. If so what are the five stages and as a construct does it make sense?