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December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas!

Filed under: thoughts — Lonnie @ 3:25 pm

We’re wintering it in York with Chris and Danielle.  It’s actually qute warm up here at the moment… wouldn’t believe it eh?

Hope everyone is enjoying the festive season.  We are.  5.8kg of turkey to eat and there is only 4 of us!

Gotta go…  turkey is calling

December 21, 2007

Charlie and the Porsche (part 1)

Filed under: thoughts — Lonnie @ 6:58 am

This was written by Kate…

 

A fable why we should pick up lost keys and not hand them to the authorities (slightly exaggerated).

Walking through Old Headington I found some keys. Keys to a Porsche. I asked around, no one owned them so I took them home to follow it up later. Lonnie then took the keys with him to work and proceeded down the usual paths of enquiry. The police would “add them to the collection under the counter”, take it no further, offer them to anyone who asked and that’s about it! Porsche dealerships were few and far between around Oxford (surprisingly). Dissatisfied with the level of service offered by the Thames Valley Police and Lonnie being the closet private investigator that he is, he took it upon himself to search Old Headington for the Porsche that the keys belonged to. Wandering through the village, surreptitiously pressing the remote at parked cars, gates, garages, over walls and into yards he began to wonder if his act of public service was going to waste. With the last ounce of energy he could muster on that chilly night he walked one last lane of Old Headington where the nicest houses of all are. In the darkness Lonnie began to wonder what would become of the poor Porsche should he not find it

Down a lane behind a stone wall amongst espaliered trees, manicured lawns, aged stonework and 19th century architecture sat a black Porsche Boxter, abandoned by its owner a day earlier when he returned to London for important medical business. Unknowingly, Lonnie pointed the remote over the wall, pressed the button and whatya know flash-flash of the lights. Lonnie excitedly jumped up and down, did a little dance and said “yippee”.

December 19, 2007

Things that hang

Filed under: thoughts — Lonnie @ 2:19 pm

The undercover market in Oxford is very festive at the moment. Christmas trees, fine wine and the things that hang…

Yum!

December 11, 2007

What a lovely morning!

Filed under: thoughts — Lonnie @ 1:36 am

It’s about -2C this morning, but it is lovely!  The sun will shine, there are no clouds and it’s not raining!

Internet coming soon - so more posts soon.  AND some photos…

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