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  1. @michaelbrooksyThings are starting to get badk to normal now. Hope all is wellwith you. Steve
  2. @michaelbrooksy Hi again Mike. Pat's dad died just before Easter and I went down to London to see my sister while we waited for the funeral
  3. Posted an entry on the LinkedIn debate on the bigwordtranslation agency today.Hope it helps other translators and agencies.
  4. An interesting article from the LinkendIn translators' websitehttp://www.globalvis.com/0-05-is-a-rounding-error/
  5. @LouiseMensch @SteveRotheramMP Hearing you on R4 today shook me out of my complacency.Thanks and thanks for explaining favourites!
  6. @michaelbrooksy Will hope to be free for Cat meetings in March. Was ill in Jan. OK now though. C U soon. Steve
  7. @michaelbrooksy Hi Mike, I like your tweets. I am still busy without getting paid very often. Am appearing in the Pirates of Penzance soon.
  8. I have two translations for today and am waiting for my new BlackBerry
  9. Just watched a program about a leading Buddhist: Somebody Rimpoche. I have to improve my game!
  10. Catching up with life again after visiting my sister and then working non-stop for days on end.
  11. All my current linguist queries answered. Current phrases I have heard but did not understand: oxforddictionaries.com/page/groundhog…
  12. I am sorting my life out with social networking sites!
  13. Coming to the end of lengthy repairs and updating of two computers. Stressful but nothing like what is happening in Japan or Libya.
  14. I am doing one big translation with my old computer today.Will set up my new laptop over the weekend and will make a fresh start on Monday
  15. Christmas chaos caused by snow and big translation job has subsided. Rand R and reorganisation now!
  16. Thanks for following me Isabel. I have been to visit my sister as she is very ill. I hope to catch up with everything now!@isabelsic
  17. Twitter 101: How should I get started using Twitter? support.twitter.com/articles/21558… via @support
  18. i WOULD LOVE TO GIVE TO THE HAITI APPEAL - as the PM urged us to do - but the PM has already given all my money to Lloyds TSB in charges.
  19. @hmtreasury He should still be working on making the failed banks repay the charges which they stole from the poorest members of society.
  20. @moneywatch The ruling was spineless and immoral but the City liked it . What does that tell you?