Good grief: it’s a whole year since my last post (well, technically, a year less a day)… Quite a lot has happened out there in the wide world – quite a lot of it not too good: The Arab Spring has degenerated in quite a few countries to the (if… Continue reading
Water Well, now, it’s been nearly six months since my last post: probably the wettest six months I can remember (although I don’t claim to have an eidetic memory – especially for the weather). The drought declaration well-and-truly worked: slap on a hosepipe ban and wait for the rain. A… Continue reading
Another news item – more local, this time. A couple in Wrington, Somerset, recently bought Priory House, opposite the Church. Wrington Church has – or had – a chiming clock that boinged away every 15 minutes, morning, noon and night, and had done for the last 100 years. The couple… Continue reading
A little item on the news this morning: Businesses in western France are starting a campaign to get the English to holiday there. Pourquoi? They don’t actually like us very much, but I suppose the money’s nice. Any day now I’m expecting the French equivalent of those Welsh signs to… Continue reading
It worked last time, and it looks like it’ll work this time: declare a drought, apply hosepipe bans and lo! The skies open. Maybe they should do it all a couple of months earlier so the rain doesn’t spoil the spring…
Time for some venting… A Review of the Russell Hobbs ‘Advanced Cyclonic’ vacuum cleaner (Model No. 14720) We’ve had this device for some time now. For a product of one of Britain’s leading appliance manufacturers, it’s a surprisingly crap design. First, what’s good about it: It was fairly cheap It’s… Continue reading
SWMBO has been poking around on the Internet as part of her Media business, and had found rafts of interesting websites (such as Pinterest and Ted) and has been prodding me to ‘get involved’. As a man craving for a quiet life, I did as bid. Now, don’t get me… Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, we spent a few days in Oxford, seeing the sights. We stayed in the Falcon Hotel/B&B in Abingdon Road. Not a bad place and cheaper than we expected. Most usefully, it’s within walking distance of the City Centre – or at least, it started off… Continue reading
Well, I’m seriously impressed… Not! Recently, HP proudly announced that its (admittedly free) training site had enjoyed a re-vamp. Now, I’ve been a fairly dedicated user of HP’s training for over 10 years: I always found it good, if a little clunky sometimes, so I log in to the new… Continue reading
So I’ve been there, done that, didn’t bother with the tee-shirt. I have now officially done my ‘duty’ and been a juror for the weekend. What a bore… What a chore… The first week was sort of OK as we only had to attend tof two mornings. Monday we sat… Continue reading