{"id":81,"date":"2004-06-18T20:01:40","date_gmt":"2004-06-18T19:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/06\/18\/overlooked\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T08:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T06:27:56","slug":"overlooked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/overlooked\/","title":{"rendered":"Overlooked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s been a fairly quiet day – I got up late this morning and did a bit of work on my project till mid-afternoon then went for a short walk over to the other side of Durham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I got a couple of nice photos overlooking the city though the sun was in a bit of an awkward position so it was difficult to avoid lens flare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Time for a quick rant<\/em> – what is it with the current trend for extremely tacky looking England flags hanging off the side of people’s cars right now?? I understand the whole Euro 2004 business, but it seems to be patriotism gone a bit far (especially not as far as football and its supporters are concerned). If I’m wrong then tell me!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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