Author Archives: thomo the lost

The Commission Does Good

22 May 2008 – 16:26

It’s been a while since I posted to the blog - my only excuse has been that I have been really busy at work and not that the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Ministry of Licentiousness and Lasciviousness - the infamous C-Men) have been quiet. They haven’t. As is usual [...]

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Thomo’s Gallery

5 May 2008 – 22:47

Is missing again
It seems to have been the main casualty from the move to a new hosting service for Thomo’s Hole. The boys are looking for the problem now and we will return it to use as soon as we can.
In the meantime, no pictures for a while. I may have to look [...]

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HMS Maeander

3 May 2008 – 23:45

A search was made in Thomo’s Hole for HMS Maeander. Of course, I don’t always have information about every ship that sailed however the name of this ship fascinated me.
Maeander is an ancient river in South West Turkey and gave us the term "meander" for the bends in a river.
H.M.S. Mæander on the other [...]

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Windows Live Writer

3 May 2008 – 1:18

Being the lazy fellow that I am, I am always looking for easier and simpler ways to do things. As a result, I thought I’d play with Windows Live Writer and the blog. I know that I can use MS Word and post direct to the blog from a Word document but here I am [...]

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The Commission’s Been At It Again

30 April 2008 – 0:50

Those evil buffoons, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Ministry of Licentiousness and Lasciviousness, the C-Men) have been at it again. Not content with beating suspects to death at their headquarters and making a mockery of Saudi justice, not content with scaring old men to death who are just [...]

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Mecca Police Busy

29 April 2008 – 0:20

The police in the Saudi city of Makkah have been very busy lately. The Arab News reports that
police patrols in Makkah have dealt with 10,744 cases and made 8,068 arrests between Jan. 10 and April 21 this year, according to figures released by the Makkah police. Of those arrested 6,508 were suspected of being involved [...]

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Saudi Blogger is Released

28 April 2008 – 9:19

The Arab News reported in a piece called “Blogger Case Exaggerated: Prince Ahmed” that Saudi blogger, Fouad Al-Farhan’s case had been exaggerated by the press.
“The issue (of Al-Farhan) was not that important as it represented the mistake committed by a person on himself. A man who commits a mistake should bear its result,” the Saudi [...]

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Thomo Misses Out On Knighthood

24 April 2008 – 13:45

Internationally known traveller Thomo the Lost appears to have missed out on joining a prestigious British order of knights.
There was some speculation earlier this year that Thomo was in with a chance for an appointment as a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. This particular chivalric order is well known because [...]

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100,000 Hits

22 April 2008 – 20:04

It slipped past a week ago and I missed it but up to now, Thomo’s Hole has had 102,647 hits. That is since January 2007 so I am quite pleased with the result. 18,274 Unique visitors for 102,647 hits (and that does not count me making changes or the robots). That also means that folks [...]

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Eight Year Old Girl’s Divorce Is Finalised

18 April 2008 – 6:59

In what can only be described as a rare touch of common-sense and good news, the еight-year-old I mentioned on the 14th, Nujood Ali, has had her divorce from her 30 year old husband finalised by the court. An anonymous donor paid about US $250 to her husband to divorce her.
Unfortunately, there are many other [...]

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