They just sit out here in full view and they don't really care if we're around.

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As I sit here in my front my laptop waiting for Twitter to return, I think of what I find the most interesting aspect of this outage.

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It is often said that it is only the well-heeled who can holiday in St Tropez, but sit in a bar in the port here for just five minutes and you will soon see it is really the high-heeled who frequent this place.

BBC: Why Francois Hollande needs to learn to swagger

That was almost four years ago, and today, as I sit here (in my underwear) at my desk in my bedroom, I am officially a full-time freelance writer.

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Here I sit in the forest again.

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Here you can handle everyday memorabilia, sit in a classic Trabant and watch TV in a lovingly recreated East German sitting room.

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But in the meantime, surely we can, every once in a while, sit down and actually do something that helps the American people right here and right now.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama��s News Conference on Deficit Reduction

American companies seem content to sit on piles of cash, hesitant to make any major moves until the political dust settles here in the United States.

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Having taken 24 hours out to go whale watching and sit in a sulphury hot thermal bath in Hanmer Springs, it's clear that Lions fans are here to see some of the extraordinary countryside as much as the rugby.

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