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It's a far more productive addiction than many others around!
Daniel | 08.09.11 - 1:49 a.m. | #
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"I've never yet managed to build up a stash of posts in advance..."
The nice thing about nine years of continuous, compulsive blogging on a myriad variety of topics in many different styles is that I never fail to find a counterexample.
swirlythingy | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 2:03 a.m. | #
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Thank you.
mclm | 08.09.11 - 4:18 a.m. | #
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Thank you. I too am an addict - I am addicted to looking forward to your next pile of prose.
Sometimes my feedreader builds up a bit, but your posts never get the 'mark as read' treatment. One of only a handful of feeds that get such treatment.
centraluser | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 6:55 a.m. | #
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We are grateful.
David | 08.09.11 - 7:31 a.m. | #
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DG, you have my sympathy.
You also have my sincere thanks for writing the first web page that I open each day.
Marc | 08.09.11 - 8:06 a.m. | #
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Sign of an addict - going out to a field in Rural Devon in the rain in order to get a signal on the smart phone in order to read in very tiny type my daily fix of DG rather than wiat 3 weeks to read it in comfort at my PC. Not just me but my kids thank you we have had many enjoyable days out because you have highlighted somewhere different to go.
Now if you could just wean yourself off this olympic obsession....
peewit | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 8:12 a.m. | #
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Happy Blogday!
Blue Witch | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 8:19 a.m. | #
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Your pain is our gain
IanVisits | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 8:20 a.m. | #
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I too am addicted to your blog. In the bad old days I'd have to snea a peek at work if I could, or wait until the evening. Holidays I'd have to go without. Now armed with my trusty smartphone, checking your blog before I ge up is part of my routine. I don't like it when I occasionally get up before you've posted!
SELondoner | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 8:27 a.m. | #
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I think I must have read many of them. Yours is the first thing I read in the morning, not just the first blog, but the first page load after mine loads. Sometimes I'm fascinated, sometimes I just skim through, but I'm here everday, lurking through and occasionally leaving a comment. I look forward to the magnificent celebrations when you hit your tenth anniversary!
Dave | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 8:38 a.m. | #
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Keep going; what you write is interesting and enjoyable to read.
Mark Garth | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 8:42 a.m. | #
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I am amazed with your stamina, that you find the time and energy to go to work, -after writing your blog -and in your spare time you are visiting places all over London and the the UK. Maybe it is your policy of walking up escalators that keeps you fit.
I have a job keeping up with you, and I don't have to go to work. Thanks to you I've been to many placed I may not have considered, (yesterday the Lea Valley White Water centre).
Long may your blog continue. Thanks.
John | 08.09.11 - 8:57 a.m. | #
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Have you wondered if Bloggers Anonymous would be a help?
popartist | 08.09.11 - 9:04 a.m. | #
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I worry about you sometimes, DG! But it's very reassuring to know that my supply is guaranteed.
Great Aunt Annie | 08.09.11 - 9:09 a.m. | #
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Happy Blogday!
I was never more than a casual user - desperate to become addicted but never quite managing it. Maybe I'll go back to it one day. Maybe not.
The one thing I will continue to do is visit here every day. I am addicted to your addiction.
Dave | 08.09.11 - 9:17 a.m. | #
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Congratulations! What makes your blog work so well is your ability to write in an engaging style and to approach your subjects with genuine inquisitiveness and open-minededness. Your posts have character, humour and insight, which is why I read your latest entry every morning with the first cup of tea of the day. I was disappointed that your first attempt at a book stalled; I do hope that there will be another opportunity for your writing to flourish in a different arena.
One last thing: Do Not Stop.
Waterhouse | 08.09.11 - 9:27 a.m. | #
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You're an example to us all, DG. Possibly, too, an awful warning... Happy Blogday!
Z | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 9:34 a.m. | #
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Your addiction feeds ours. Thank you for the most informative, best written, and most reliably interesting blog, nay, website on the Internet.
Carlbob | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 9:39 a.m. | #
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What is this stuff called Diamond Geezer, you can't snort it, you can't smoke it, you can't drink it. I'm an addict and I can't stop reading the stuff. Well Done and Many Thanks. Happy Blogday.
Big Al | 08.09.11 - 9:53 a.m. | #
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99% you say. Do you know what date(s) it was when you didn't do a post?
geofftech | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 9:57 a.m. | #
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Good work, DG! You have brightened many a morning for me. I hope you will continue to do so!
Leuconoe | 08.09.11 - 9:58 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG!
Keep it coming! You are the only blog that I have stuck with over the years!
Annabel | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 10:02 a.m. | #
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Congratulations and thank you! I'm a recent addict to your posts - you are also my first read of the day.
LondonW | 08.09.11 - 10:06 a.m. | #
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Someone will have to develop a 12 step programme for us DG addicts.
Many happy returns of the Blogday, I say.
B | 08.09.11 - 10:10 a.m. | #
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Happy blogday DG and here's to many more. Thanks for all your efforts - they are very much appreciated.
THC | 08.09.11 - 10:18 a.m. | #
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Many ....happy.... returns.
Of course, I could give it up ANY time
Ham | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 10:20 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG.
A great daily read.
Michael | 08.09.11 - 10:32 a.m. | #
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I for one am glad that you do.
While I would not feel less of you if you took a holiday, without blogging about it. Your posts are a daily routine for me, a chuckle at some transport bureaucrat, intrigue in a corner of Bow, amazement about a corner of london, or just to skim some sleepy fishing village in essex.
Love the work, keep it up.
bennie | 08.09.11 - 10:43 a.m. | #
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DG - Can I echo many of the sentiments above and say a great big thank you.
In a similar vein to peewit's comment, many's the blank canvas day in London that your ideas have helped the family and I fill with vivid colour.
You are erudite and witty, your posts humerous and thought provoking, your approach studious yet irreverant.
Here's to you sir, Happy Blogday, I (selfishly) hope you never decide to hit "rehab".
:o)
CF
ChingfordFlaneur | 08.09.11 - 10:49 a.m. | #
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Like so many of the commentators above, DG is one of the first things I look at each morning (I have to confess that the Alex Cartoon comes first, because A comes before D). Thank you for many hours of entertainment and education, and not a few trips to corners of London we wouldn't have known about without you.
Many happy returns!
RogerB | 08.09.11 - 10:58 a.m. | #
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I'm another very enthusiastic fan of your blog - thank you for all that you write, it's always appreciated. Happy Blogday!
Laura | 08.09.11 - 11:11 a.m. | #
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Happy Blogday!
Antipodean | 08.09.11 - 11:12 a.m. | #
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Sympathy? I can only admire. Your welcome addiction is doing no-one else any harm and gives thoughtful and sometimes hilarious enlightenment into real life around London. The only one you can harm is you by driving yourself round the bend. For me (and my brother in Oz) please feel free to keep blogging to eternity. Many happy returns of your bloggoversary.
Herb of Romford | 08.09.11 - 11:36 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday, DG's blog.
I love reading your blog, DG, thank you.
Katisha | 08.09.11 - 11:36 a.m. | #
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Happy Birthday. I don't know how you do it but I'm glad you do.
ganching | Homepage | 08.09.11 - 12:01 p.m. | #
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It is not so much WHY bloggers do what they do - after all, journalists have been doing it with varying degrees of success for years. It is rather HOW they find the time to do it - do they have an extra day in their week compared to the rest of us ? I am too busy 'doing' what I am doing to be 'writing' about what I am doing (perhaps that's why I don't tweet either). Do bloggers not sleep, eat, work, shop etc. or do all the other things us mere mortals do ?
Don | 08.09.11 - 12:28 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG
I don't know how you do it but your posts manage to be unpredictable yet always concerning something I find interesting. It's a creepy gift you have - I wish you many more years of doing it.
Peter | 08.09.11 - 12:43 p.m. | #
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So, was I the only one to look back at your very first post, nine years ago today?
Your style has been remarkably consistent - however, the number of exciting blogs we are treated to on Monday mornings suggests you have now discovered the point of Sundays.
The Blessed Thora would now be a centenarian, had she lived.
Timbo | 08.09.11 - 12:51 p.m. | #
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happy birthday, diamond geezer! your addiction could be ever so much worse...what if you were one of those that got up at 3 a.m. to harvest crops on farmville?
jonquil | 08.09.11 - 2:00 p.m. | #
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Happy blogday, Diamond Geezer.
Echoing geofftech "99% you say. Do you know what date(s) it was when you didn't do a post?"
dg writes: Well...
» in June 2007 I stayed silent when I went to Northumberland for a week (and then went back and filled in the gap afterwards)
» in June 2006 I went to the Outer Hebrides and didn't post for a week
» there were no posts over Christmas 2005
» etc
Caravelle | 08.09.11 - 2:10 p.m. | #
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We enjoy your addiction. It's a win-win situation. Happy Birthday!
Barbara J. | 08.09.11 - 2:27 p.m. | #
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Happy Blogday!
allotmentqueen | 08.09.11 - 5:33 p.m. | #
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Happy Blogday DG!
The Samuel Pepys of our day. :)
CornishCockney | 08.09.11 - 5:43 p.m. | #
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Happy Blogday, thanks for 9 years of interesting posts.
Joe | 08.09.11 - 5:44 p.m. | #
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Happy blogday DG I never miss reading your blog there is always something entertaining about it
AmberMoggie | 08.09.11 - 6:06 p.m. | #
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Congrats - that's a long time.
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For he's a jolly good geezer. Thanks.
Karen | 08.09.11 - 8:17 p.m. | #
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Ditto all the above.
THANK YOU for blogging - and NEVER, NEVER stop!
Doris | 08.09.11 - 8:43 p.m. | #
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I can't think of anything to say that hasn't been said above so I'll just say... thanks and congratulations!
alistairj | 08.09.11 - 8:45 p.m. | #
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Thank you. The best blog I've ever read, and one of the main reasons to log on. What you're doing is really special.
Nick | 08.09.11 - 9:15 p.m. | #
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I am not as bad as peewit above but I have queued for a terminal at a hostel in Copenhaven just to get my fix of www - and guess which is the site I first visited ?
Pedantic of Purley | 08.09.11 - 10:35 p.m. | #
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Just want to add my voice to all the others. I don't live in London (other side of the puddle, dont you know) but this is still one of the best sites on the web...and like many others, one of the first I visit each day. Hope you managed a Becks to celebrate. Cheers.
martin | 08.09.11 - 10:39 p.m. | #
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9 YEARS!! Congratulations DG! I'm looking forward to your future posts, especially during the 2012 Olympics, and all the subjects you write about. Much success and satisfaction for your future blogging.
I have to admit, that I'm addicted to reading DG daily. Thanks!
kabinga | 08.09.11 - 10:41 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday and many, many, many happy returns (please!) Really loving your work.
Kim | 08.09.11 - 10:49 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday DG.
I too read your blog every day, despite living in Leicester. When I first came across it a few years ago, I went back and looked at all your old posts. I wonder how many hours I've spent reading it, although I have to admit I skip a few words of the Olympics ones!
Thank you for your dedication, and best wishes for your tenth year.
HelenF | 08.09.11 - 11:59 p.m. | #
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Happy Birthday Mr Geezer - you are a Gentleman !
Martin N | 09.09.11 - 12:00 a.m. | #
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Well I for one am bloody glad you're an addict.
However, I should add that you can take a week, a month or even a year off and I and I am sure the majority of others will still be here.
I think you've earned it by now.
Tom @ Tired of London | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 12:05 a.m. | #
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Bit late - but hopefully not too late to wish you a happy blog birthday. Can't believe it's been nine years - congratulations!
Keep up the excellent work dg; the day you stop is the day that blogging is over (for me, anyway).
Girl with a one track mind | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 12:35 a.m. | #
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#Who knows what tomorrow brings...# is the first line of a beautiful song.
Written after midnight, as you are now on the first post of the rest of your life. Doesn't it ever stress you (guess not by now!)?
What impresses me most is your fantastically comprehensive index of all things "relevant" to London that you seem able to dip into at will, coupled with a forward calendar of encyclopaedic proportions.
And, you hold down a full time job.
Amazing, and keep those presses rolling.
I hope you had a great blogday, and I look forward to sharing many more with you as a most satisfied reader (and doer, e.g. Chesham on the now defunct 2-9TC).
Ken | 09.09.11 - 1:33 a.m. | #
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Oops! Not really your bloggyday anymore but thanks so much. Like Pedantic and so many others, you're the first thing I go for.
Gladys | 09.09.11 - 1:40 a.m. | #
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Let me add my congratulations to those already subscribed. I found your blog and was thus encouraged to write for London Reconnections when John Bull gave me the opportunity. I don’t know about you but I find writing makes me feel better. To put pen to paper or key to keyboard requires a cathartic mind-tidying process if the finished product is to appear coherent. (Not that mine is but you are no doubt too sweet to mention it). To be able to explain something drives a need to understand what you are talking or thinking about – it is your blend of observation and interpretation that I try to emulate. One of the great things about blogging is the new vitality that has been injected into the essay – it is something that many people push to one side when they leave school which is a pity. Teachers, whom I am sure number in the ranks of your readers, everywhere should hold you up as an example of good practice. You are good and it’s because you practice every day. It is interesting that you kept or keep a diary – so did Samuel Pepys and look where that got him. Have you tried burying cheese in your garden yet?
Again, I personally enjoy the comments made by readers, both yours and mine. Do you count, as I do the success of your piece by the breadth and depth of the comments that you receive.
The only final point to add is to remind you, Caesar, that you are mortal and if at any stage you feel the need for a break take it – remember that the music stops when a one man band can’t play. As Mark Twain put it – “when you put all your eggs in one basket- watch the basket.”
Now – back to it. Rise tomorrow – don’t forget sharpen your pencils and your teeth. There are heels to be nipped and stories to be sniffed out. Attaboy.
Your chum
Mwmbwls
Mwmbwls | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 7:06 a.m. | #
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I always assumed you'd write in advance... never, DG? Wow.
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I'm also a blogging addict and am addicted to reading your excellent blog. Happy birthday and many happy returns.
Richard | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 9:36 a.m. | #
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Blither! Missed your 9th Blogday by a day. Happy, happy belated blogday DG. From someone who has been reading from the start, this blog is simply the best. You are a star, as ever! :)
C xx
Chris | 09.09.11 - 10:33 a.m. | #
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Reading the DG since 2003!
Thanks!
Sekula | 09.09.11 - 11:27 a.m. | #
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Praise indeed, Mwmbwls. Flowery as ever, but praise nonetheless (and I am a big fan of your writing too, btw...)
THC | 09.09.11 - 12:14 p.m. | #
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I for one am very glad you're addicted. I moved to London a couple of years ago, and it was then that I first came across your blog. Since then I've read your posts regularly and they've enriched my London experience no end, as well as inspiring me to try to write better for my own blog. Many thanks Diamond Geezer!
Julie McNamee | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 1:45 p.m. | #
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Well done DG, and thank you - reading your blog each day brightens my morning.
(I'm another who's blessing the development of smartphones which allow me to keep up with your prodigious output even when I'm travelling.)
Rose | Homepage | 09.09.11 - 3:31 p.m. | #
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Sorry I’m late in thanking you.
NOW, why not organise a DG appreciation evening so we can see you and of course all the other faithful readers- 70 comments so far.??
Peter | 09.09.11 - 5:35 p.m. | #
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I discovered this blog I think about 5 years ago. Ever since then you've kept me informed and entertained daily - thank you so much for all the time you put into your blog.
Jon Combe | 09.09.11 - 10:28 p.m. | #
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I enjoyed this humorous blog entry, and I'm very glad you're an addict! If you didn't blog it would leave quite a gap. Maybe you'll be able to have a book published one day, about the lesser-known parts of London at the beginning of the 21st century - I hope so.
Vivien | 10.09.11 - 12:53 a.m. | #
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I have a two questions that help me guide myself through my choices in life, and if I can consistently answer "yes" to them both then I know I'm going down the right path. They are: 1: did I learn something new? 2. Did I have some fun? These pages have in many occasions ticked both these boxes, and I have to be grateful for that. Many thanks DG!
Jag | Homepage | 10.09.11 - 8:51 p.m. | #
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A big thank you for your wonderful blog which is always here, always ready to provide me with good reading. Much better than anything else. Please don´t go and cure this blessed addiction.
Pavla | 10.09.11 - 11:47 p.m. | #
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Your obsession is our obsession. I can't get to read it everyday at the moment, but I still have to read it.
It must be a bit of a burden sometimes, but what you have created is unusual- it is interesting, well written and novel.
So thank you!
Amused | 11.09.11 - 12:10 p.m. | #
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Just back from my holidays and could not wait for a few sneaky moments to indulge myself in my daily ritual of reading DG.
I'm an addict as much as you are and long may it continue!
Thanks for the last 9 years mr!
Paul | 12.09.11 - 1:12 p.m. | #
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