flakes of nuisance » women http://mcneillfamily.com paying attention to distractions since 1958 Sat, 19 May 2012 17:09:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Faunagraphic Manchesterhttp://mcneillfamily.com/2012/01/27/faunagraphic-manchester/ http://mcneillfamily.com/2012/01/27/faunagraphic-manchester/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:13:33 +0000 admin http://mcneillfamily.com/?p=6687

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no idea about the connection but the web throws up this

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]]> http://mcneillfamily.com/2012/01/12/its-all-about-accepted-norms/feed/ 0 as authorities get behind cycling a pink frock is, obviously, as effective as it ever was.http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/09/29/as-authorities-get-behind-cycling-a-pink-frock-is-obviously-as-effective-as-it-ever-was/ http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/09/29/as-authorities-get-behind-cycling-a-pink-frock-is-obviously-as-effective-as-it-ever-was/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:26:13 +0000 admin http://mcneillfamily.com/?p=5958 What a waste of tax money. This kind of…

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]]> http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/09/29/as-authorities-get-behind-cycling-a-pink-frock-is-obviously-as-effective-as-it-ever-was/feed/ 0 Spitfire Women, BBC Four – if You watch anything on telly this week – let it be thishttp://mcneillfamily.com/2010/09/21/spitfire-women-bbc-four-if-you-watch-anything-on-telly-this-week-let-it-be-this/ http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/09/21/spitfire-women-bbc-four-if-you-watch-anything-on-telly-this-week-let-it-be-this/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:40:19 +0000 admin http://mcneillfamily.com/?p=5925 One of the best bits of telly and most uplifting and inspiring accounts I have ever seen. WATCH IT ON iPLAYER “It was the best part of my life,” said one silver-haired lady in ringing tones, while another described it as “poetry” and a third as “the aeroplane and you were one”. What these doughty octogenarians were describing in this gem of a film was flying Spitfires during the Second World War.

The three women – and a few more more tracked down by director Harvey Lilley – are among the last-remaining women who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary [

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]]]> http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/09/21/spitfire-women-bbc-four-if-you-watch-anything-on-telly-this-week-let-it-be-this/feed/ 0 STEMI? | Get well Dr Joolzhttp://mcneillfamily.com/2010/05/01/stemi-get-well-dr-joolz/ http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/05/01/stemi-get-well-dr-joolz/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:51:41 +0000 admin http://mcneillfamily.com/?p=4551 In the early hours of Monday morning my wife had a Non ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. You might be more familiar with the term heart attack. Thankfully she is now recovering in hospital.

We didn’t call an ambulance at the time, it didn’t follow the pattern you see in films (no falling to the floor clutching left arm) and it didn’t cross my mind that this could be serious. We had organised a party the day before and I put it down to heart burn. I feel pretty damn foolish about this now.

Thing is, it didn’t occur to [

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]]]> http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/05/01/stemi-get-well-dr-joolz/feed/ 0 Harlot’s bike shorts, cycling knickers, wool jerseys.http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/04/03/harlots-bike-shorts-cycling-knickers-wool-jerseys/ http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/04/03/harlots-bike-shorts-cycling-knickers-wool-jerseys/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:19:02 +0000 admin http://mcneillfamily.com/?p=4283 cycle clothing for harlots – well that’s what they say.

Men’s and women’s bike shorts, cycling knickers, wool jerseys..

]]> http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/04/03/harlots-bike-shorts-cycling-knickers-wool-jerseys/feed/ 0 and the Lifetime Achievement Award goes to …http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/03/24/and-the-lifetime-achievement-award-goes-to/ http://mcneillfamily.com/2010/03/24/and-the-lifetime-achievement-award-goes-to/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:59:03 +0000 admin http://mcneillfamily.com/?p=4199 And my nomination/mention for an inspirational tech-maven for Ada Lovelace day 2010 #ALD10 is … my Mum, Dorothy McNeill. Mum went, on her own, from Anfield, Liverpool to Bahrain in the 1950′s as an IBM ‘stenog’ (not that far from Babbage). Pretty flippin’ amazin’ as far as I am concerned and an inspiration to me since 1958. Especially fortuitous for this posting as that is where she met my Dad. That’s all I want to say about that.

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Big pharma claims to hold the chemical key to a vigorous female libido. It’s called Flibanserin and you pop it to get randy. Inkling writer Tania Rabesandratana investigates to find out whether it’s indeed that simple.

Serendipitous drug development makes for a good story. It makes science sound surprising while making the pharmaceutical industry look spontaneous and candid. Remember how Pfizer was originally looking for a compound against hypertension, and ended up marketing Viagra?

Inkling Magazine – Women’s Fliberation.

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Over 25 years since Diamond Life was issued! Where have the years gone?

Now a new ‘lounge’ bossanova album Soldier of Love ♣ from Ms Adu. Is it any good? Yes. Is it great? Probably not. Let’s wait and see but whatever and despite the rather tinny drum sound on MP3 it is a marker in time for some.

Most importantly for me, at a bloody big crossroads in my life, it is (perhaps) a successor to and reminder of the soundtrack of Meribel, Sardinia, the Wag, Ronnie Scott’s, Sutherland, oil-rigs, India, Spain, love and nest-building … and [

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