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Whilst doing a new drawing, I started thinking about…

Posted on November 21, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: synadelphite, nival, roker, gonidium, cantillate, and knag. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn up … Continue reading →

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What did you do yesterday, Dave?…

Posted on January 5, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: aiguille, phylloclade, spilite, peduncle, fan-tan and clairaudience. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be … Continue reading →

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Stella comes for tea and biscuits…

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one hogging the TV remote, insisting on watching ‘Strictly’.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Who’s that?…’‘It’s me…’‘Please take your finger off my bloody doorbell! And who is “me”?’‘I assumed that you’d know that it’s me, … Continue reading →

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Noisy neighbours and a new shelf…

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found when the Ark of the Covenant was finally discovered, and opened.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Several years ago, someone offered me, for very little money, an old, and very heavy, architects’ drawing table. … Continue reading →

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Installing a silly extra socket for almost no reason…

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s Victorian English expletive is ‘ruddy!’. One of the most frowned upon expletives of that time was, for some reason, the word ‘bloody’ – I don’t think it was upsetting for what it actually meant, but … Continue reading →

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