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Great comment and discussion on the latest news and sport in Huddersfield and West Yorkshire. en-gb http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/09/theme-park-hell-in-more-ways-than-one-86081-21042307/ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/09/theme-park-hell-in-more-ways-than-one-86081-21042307/ I READ that a Swiss consortium plans to build Genesis Land. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/09/genes-may-be-making-people-lazy-86081-21042311/ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/09/genes-may-be-making-people-lazy-86081-21042311/ SCIENTISTS have developed a test for laziness. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/09/eyes-on-the-road-86081-21044000/ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/09/eyes-on-the-road-86081-21044000/ THE other morning I was doing the usual routine of dropping my wife off for work in the town centre when she spotted the following and drew my attention to it. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/06/green-campaigns-make-an-ass-of-us-86081-21032016/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/06/green-campaigns-make-an-ass-of-us-86081-21032016/ I’VE been reconsidering the environment. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/06/class-talk-s-all-greek-to-me-86081-21032017/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/06/class-talk-s-all-greek-to-me-86081-21032017/ THEY’RE at it again. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/06/an-ordinary-knight-out-86081-21032019/ Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/06/06/an-ordinary-knight-out-86081-21032019/ MY local is the sort of place that is patronised by people of widely different skills. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/30/no-limit-to-my-diy-inabilities-86081-20995232/ Thu, 29 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/30/no-limit-to-my-diy-inabilities-86081-20995232/ I’VE got a damp patch. No, not me, the wall in the granny flat. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/30/lyrical-response-from-busy-nurse-86081-20995237/ Thu, 29 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/30/lyrical-response-from-busy-nurse-86081-20995237/ THE poem, A Crabby Old Woman, that I used last week hit the spot with many readers. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/26/sithee-doc-it-s-not-tough-for-the-toffs-86081-20973213/ Sun, 25 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/26/sithee-doc-it-s-not-tough-for-the-toffs-86081-20973213/ WELL, I’ll go to the foot of our stairs. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/26/whitby-s-a-miss-this-weekend-86081-20973218/ Sun, 25 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/26/whitby-s-a-miss-this-weekend-86081-20973218/ ANOTHER bank holiday and the choice between DIY or traffic jams on the road to Scarborough or digging up weeds and catching up on the gardening or stretching out on the settee with a good book. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/19/nuclear-devastation-and-no-tea-to-drink-86081-20929034/ Sun, 18 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/19/nuclear-devastation-and-no-tea-to-drink-86081-20929034/ MINISTRY of Food contingency plans to maintain food supplies in the event of nuclear war with the Soviet Union that were prepared in 1956 have been released under the Freedom of Information Act. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/16/why-i-ve-suddenly-got-that-sinking-feeling-86081-20918860/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/16/why-i-ve-suddenly-got-that-sinking-feeling-86081-20918860/ ONLY in America. Psychologist Karin Hart didn’t sit on her bum when she noticed her bottom was sagging. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/12/high-price-of-garden-gusto-86081-20893987/ Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/05/12/high-price-of-garden-gusto-86081-20893987/ MY back is killing me and it’s all because of the weather. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/21/oh-no-not-more-april-blizzards-86081-20792489/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/21/oh-no-not-more-april-blizzards-86081-20792489/ ‘Is this one of those post- nuclear apocalypse winters where the sun won’t shine for a decade’ http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/18/facing-bald-facts-of-modern-living-86081-20781830/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/18/facing-bald-facts-of-modern-living-86081-20781830/ DID you read about the teacher who was follicly challenged? http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/14/irony-and-our-mps-86081-20759149/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/14/irony-and-our-mps-86081-20759149/ THAT TV advert for a new car that features a duelling Aryan aristocrat in Bavaria has provoked the ire of a group of MPs. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/14/bring-back-rationing-and-snoek-86081-20759153/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/14/bring-back-rationing-and-snoek-86081-20759153/ WITH all this talk of a looming recession we should batten down the hatches and revive that Second World War Battle of Britain spirit. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/11/all-together-now-regain-the-streets-86081-20749290/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/11/all-together-now-regain-the-streets-86081-20749290/ A TV advert showed happy smiling pensioners, who were no longer as active as they once were, buzzing about in motorised wheelchairs and four wheeled scooters. http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/11/airports-and-big-spending-86081-20749302/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/11/airports-and-big-spending-86081-20749302/ WHY is it that when you arrive at an airport you start spending? http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/11/ready-for-relaxed-eating-in-waiterless-world-86081-20749305/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.examiner.co.uk/views-and-blogs/columnists/denis-kilcommons/2008/04/11/ready-for-relaxed-eating-in-waiterless-world-86081-20749305/ MICHAEL Mack runs a restaurant in Germany that has no waiters.