North of the Stupid Line

Archive for June, 2005

30 Jun, 2005

Croydon

Posted by: Rob

Seeing as I’m going to be based in Croydon from September, I have decided to move once again! Yes, I know I’ve only lived with Aprile in Hornchurch for 3 months so far, but I have the opportunity to live in Croydon, as a mate of mine, Stephen Dering, has just bought a flat [...]

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17 Jun, 2005

Cats

Posted by: Rob

What’s happened to me? I’ve turned from cat-wary to cat-lover in the space of a month or so.
Since I moved to Aprile’s, I’ve become rather attached to Thomas, the resident cat. He’s a lovely lad, 17 years of age, and very docile and calm. He’s housebound, although he does like a stroll around [...]

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12 Jun, 2005

Leicester

Posted by: Rob

Another week gone by already. This weekend I popped up to Leicester for the next residential weekend of my LLM in Law and Employment Relations with the University of Leciester. Can you believe I’m half way through my masters degree already?
The weekend debriefed Module 2: Equality at Work, and introduced Module 3: Termination [...]

07 Jun, 2005

GSD

Posted by: Rob

As of today, I’ve quit the Group for Solicitors with Disabilities (GSD). I became Chair in May 2003 for a year, and since then I’ve remained on the Executive Committee as Immediate Past Chair and became Editor of “The Bridge” newsletter.
This letter explains why I’ve quit.
Dear all
The reason I am emailing you all today [...]

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05 Jun, 2005

Southampton

Posted by: Rob

Just got back from Southampton. I went to see my best mate, Stuart Giddings. He has now bought a 2-bedroom flat in Southampton with his girlfriend Karen. Stuart is a trainee solicitor in Lawcomm Solicitors, and Karen works for Shoosmiths as a paralegal.
I have to say their flat is superb. It [...]

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Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.