http://www.pruck.com A random collection of useless and cherished things Copyright 2009 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:49:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=55 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=55#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:13:19 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=55 Some counselling, tea and sympathy from a reformed Belfast hardman (actually, this is Belfast so don't expect sympathy -and the tea's extra). http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=55 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=54 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=54#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:33:47 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=54 On being reawakened, I was aware of travelling in a shocktrain as it flashed past the numberless nutripharms of what might well have been the new Muungano province. Never sure how long I'd been in suspenshun, I quickly checked the system clock. My son knew he was talking to a computer ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=54 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=50 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=50#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:09:38 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=50 I tapped twice on my forearm and the control patch appeared. Once I selected ‘mymood’ the soot took on a sombre dark blue shade with scrolling pinstripes. I’d started the day feeling buoyant but now my heart was literally on my sleeve. My flesh-and-blood attorney and I had only ever F2F’d ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=50 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=49 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=49#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:47:33 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=49 Since childhood, I've always been overly concerned not to allow anything entrusted to me to be damaged. When I first saw a micrograph of the surface of a polished mirror, it was a revelation. What the hell were all those ridges and plateaux doing on a perfect, flat shiny ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=49 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=47 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=47#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2005 14:12:53 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=47 Scene: An elevator in a big city bank, professional home to Mr Zertnbacker: Venture Capitalist. He looks like an elephant seal in a sweaty, striped shirt and paisley tie under a Jermyn St three- piece suit(e). Mr Z's uninvited visitor is Erwin: a University wunderkind and therefore a particular ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=47 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=46 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=46#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:41:32 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=46 I wasn't born with oddly shaped feet. They just grew that way. It's not actually the shape that's so weird. It's the aspect ratio of roughly 1.0 (which corresponds to HHH you've-got-to-be-joking ultrawide fitting). This would be hard enough to accommodate but my arches are on a par with ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=46 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=45 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=45#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:24:18 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=45 Just like a real, grown-up professional organisation (with nothing better to do) we have devised this disclaimer to support our policy of risk avoidance, buck passing and lawyer enrichment. It is supplied free in every one of our internal and external communications. We take no responsibility for any resulting bandwidth ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=45 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=41 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=41#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:15:32 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=41 Being in the spotlight of accusation is not a state that anybody relishes. There's always some suspicion of guilt, even in the mind of the genuinely innocent. It occurred to me that I've been accused of many things -and I've only been guilty of a few. Perhaps the ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=41 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=39 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=39#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2005 22:02:37 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=39 I really only ever get to look closely at magazines on three types of occasion (That's not counting a free, furtive flickthrough on railway station platforms during the odd eon between trains). The first is at Christmas when I splash out on one or two to help fill the gaps between ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=39 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=35 http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=35#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:53:01 +0000 General http://www.pruck.com/index.php?p=35 I found myself on a bus one day and was eavesdropping on the conversation of two young boys earnestly discussing their social lives... Boy 1: "What do you belong to?" Boy 2: "I'm in the UDA Junior Red-Hand Commando Association, the Boys 3rd Territorial Ulster Defence Volunteer Brigade, the Linfield Supporters' ... http://www.pruck.com/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=35