{"id":421,"date":"2004-02-26T08:51:35","date_gmt":"2004-02-26T15:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=421"},"modified":"2004-02-26T08:51:35","modified_gmt":"2004-02-26T15:51:35","slug":"saw-this-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2004\/02\/26\/saw-this-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saw this yesterday&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.books.guardian.co.uk\/posysimmonds\/page\/0,12694,1152704,00.html\"><img ALIGN=\"RIGHT\" BORDER=\"0\" SRC=\"\/images\/ThirteenPeople.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;and smiled (a little ruefully).  I&#8217;ve had a few of these in my time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile&#8230;we go away tomorrow, and once again I marvel (helplessly) at how, no matter how hard I try to get Pre-Travel Stuff done four or five days before the trip, I still wind up doing so much of it the day before.  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