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Entries from December 2008

Skiing on Vogel

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Started off while it was still dark. Plan A was going to ski on Krvavec. No plan B at that time. Just as we left Cerklje there was a suspicious hold-up in the traffic which turned out to be due to the great number of cars – all heading for the same ski resort. My [...]

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Another Swalec f***-up

December 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

After going through the fiasco of Swalec charging me 10x more through the meter reading by adding an extra decimal to my gas usage I have found out thatthe person or persons reading meters in our areas should have a comprehensive educational refresher course in meter reading. Read the article here… A few days ago [...]

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Vets on mikes

December 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Friends and family

Having gone to a veterinary university I was expecting most of us to be in some vet related jobs after the arduous 5 years that took us to become qualified vets. Not for my generation. A few years ago Mitja Šedlbauer turned to the musical side of his talents and created a rather nice pop [...]

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Marloes Sands

December 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Trips and outings

I have tried to visit this place before but the last time got a bit dissapointed as there was the standard parking fee. Today was a very good time to see the place, sunny and not a lot of people on it. Oh yes, and the parking was free. By the way, I am all [...]

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