Rob & Rosh Johnson

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Wednesday, August 17, 2011 9:41:46 AM

Dr Rob Johnson - website is at http://www.doctorjohnson.co.uk

Our photograph album is at http://www.doctorjohnson.co.uk/Pages/photographs/index.html
it is also available on Picassa at http://picasaweb.google.com/RobertIanJohnson


Rosh Johnson - Website is at http://www.atlanticstudio.org.uk/
Rosh's paintings are available at http://www.atlanticstudio.org.uk/pages/gallery/index.html

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RamplingArt - Bird of prey paintings and prints

Thursday, October 7, 2010 9:48:06 AM

Birds of Prey
One of the purposes of setting up this blog was to help David Rampling (my nephew) get his Art website recognised around the web. RamplingArt is a site displaying his artwork of Birds of Prey and general wildlife paintings and prints. It is doing well but the more people on my blog the more it will expose his site.

I would really appreciate it if people had a look at the prints on his site.
I know I'm biased but I think his work is just brilliant.

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Advice from the Doctor

Sunday, October 10, 2010 9:38:21 PM

If you have some one liners to add - please feel free.

Don't take sleeping tablets and laxatives at the same time.

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Paddy the Merchant Banker

Friday, October 8, 2010 10:41:52 AM

Young Paddy bought a donkey from a farmer for £100.
The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day...
The next day he drove up and said, 'Sorry son, but I have some bad news. The donkey's died.'
Paddy replied, 'Well then just give me my money back.'
The farmer said, 'Can't do that. I've already spent it.'
Paddy said, 'OK, then, just bring me the dead donkey.'
The farmer asked, 'What are you going to do with him?'
Paddy said, 'I'm going to raffle him off.'
The farmer said, 'You can't raffle a dead donkey!'
Paddy said, 'Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead.'
A month later, the farmer met up with Paddy and asked, 'What happened with that dead donkey?'
Paddy said, 'I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two pounds a piece and made a profit of £898'
The farmer said, 'Didn't anyone complain?'
Paddy said, 'Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two pounds back.'
Paddy now works for the Royal Bank of Scotland.

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Kahlil Gibran Quotes

Friday, October 8, 2010 10:34:57 AM

If you wish to see the valleys, climb to the mountain top;
if you desire to see the mountain top, rise into the cloud;
but if you seek to understand the cloud, close your eyes and think.

Most of us hover dubiously between mute rebellion and prattling submission.

The butterfly will continue to hover over the field and the dewdrops will still glitter upon the grass when the pyramids of Egypt are levelled and the skyscrapers of New York are no more.

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Kahlil Gibran

Thursday, October 7, 2010 3:33:43 PM

When I was at school, many years ago, I read a book called 'The Prophet, written by Kahlil Gibran. I have remembered it ever since and in those times when I need to be inspired or simply have a dose of reality reinstalled I dig out the book and read a relevant chapter. I have come across a site that has this book uploaded and so I thought I would add selected quotes to this blog.

Here is a link to the fan site and here is a link to the full text from this book.

Kahlil Gibran Quote
You progress not through improving what has been done, but by reaching toward what has yet to be done.
Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a labourer's hand.

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Blair Biography excerpt

Monday, October 4, 2010 9:10:41 PM

From Tony Blair's new book ......

I had regularly started jogging out of Downing Street. On each run I happened to jog past a hooker standing on the same street corner, day after day.

With some apprehension I would brace myself as I approached her for what was most certainly to follow.

"Fifty quid!" she would shout from the kerb. "No way, 50p!" I fired back..

This ritual between myself and the hooker continued for days. I'd run by and she'd yell, "Fifty quid!" And I'd yell back "50p!"

One day however Cherie decided that she wanted to accompany me on my jog. As we jogged nearer the problematic street corner, I realised the "pro" would bark her £50 offer and Cherie would wonder what I'd really been doing on all my past outings. I realised I'd need to have a damn good explanation for my illustrious lawyer wife. As we jogged into the turn that would take them past the corner, I became even more apprehensive than usual.

Sure enough, there was the hooker. I tried to avoid the prostitute's eyes as she watched the pair of us jog past. Then, from the pavement, the hooker yelled,

*"See what you get for 50p?"*

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First of my Joke / Funnies Collection

Sunday, October 3, 2010 12:05:57 PM

I have heard so many jokes and can remember almost none of them. I have decided that I will collect them here on my blog and Tag them as JOKE so I can find them quickly.


Terms explained:
Understeer is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
Oversteer is when you hit the fence with the back of the car.
Horsepower is how fast you hit the fence.
Torque is how far you take the fence with you.

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RamplingArt Paintings

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:41:14 PM

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My nephew, David Rampling, has just launched his own website www.ramplingart.co.uk to promote his artwork. He is a falconer and most of his paintings are of Birds of Prey. He has also been painting general wildlife for a while, and now he has started producing portraits and landscapes. I have created an album of some of his work on my Photo Tab and would be interested in the views of anyone who stumbles across this blog.

Clicking on the self portrait of David Rampling will open a page from his website.

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