New year, new crisis – or, at least, a continuation (and escalation) of an old crisis. Big Don and Kim Jong-Un now engaged in a pissing contest about the size of their deterrants… Has no-one told them? It’s not size that’s important: it’s whether you’re psycho enough to use it!… Continue reading
So they’ve finally gone and done it: triggered article 50, that is. We’re on our way: where, nobody knows, least of all those people who voted ‘leave’. The comments that have been flying around from various people we know who voted out include ‘I didn’t realise it would take so… Continue reading
I blinked again… and another eight months had passed. It’s been an interesting time…! Unexpectedly, the UK threw its toys out of the pram and decided to leave the EU, citing ‘immigration’ as one of the principal (and principle?) gripes. All I can say is that, since we’re ALL immigrants… Continue reading
What is it with modern British society? While I admit that I am no angel, I do believe that, in general, I’m fairly easy going, so why is it that I now seem to be in dispute with both sets of neighbours? The first dispute started almost as soon as… Continue reading
Today’s whinge is about the NEC. I expect it’s all been said before, but I was never averse to a bit of plagiarism… The other night we had the delight of going to see Bryan Adams, but this is not about his concert, except to say it was superb –… Continue reading
Or maybe just incompetence… This morning I popped up my Google Calendar to be presented with a dialogue box about Google’s latest wonderful addition to my browsing pleasure: the Notification calendar “Never forget anything again…” or something along those lines. The options were, effectively ‘Yes please’ or ‘No thanks’. I… Continue reading
Well, here we are again. Another half-year older and deeper in shit… We had the pleasure of visiting La Belle France again this spring: some friends have recently escaped to Brittany, and we went to visit them to commiserate with (sorry, congratulate) them. They sold a house in Somerset and,… Continue reading
Did it h*ll. I looked around and discovered another four months had skittered past without any more posts. Nemmind. Maybe it’s just that I don’t have anything much to say? People who know me will, of course, refuse to believe this. Still: it’s a post… Of sorts!
I was quite shocked to discover that I started this blog five years ago last November. Quite a lot had happened since. One thing that hasn’t happened is my postings getting any more frequent! Seven months since the last one. Ho-hum One thing that has changed is that I am… Continue reading
Actually, a few days more than a year. So, what’s happened during this time? The Middle East: The Arab Spring seems to have degenerated into winter. Most of the countries that threw off their old dictators seem to be squabbling about which new dictator is going to replace them. It… Continue reading