http://www.masher.tv Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:03:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... I'm home! Well, we've had a wonderful time down in French France. The weather has been tremendous (read: hot) and we've had a lot of fun. I believe you had a spot of rain here last week? I have spent much of my first day back, unloading the car and ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1062 Well, here we are on day 6 of our summer holiday... and I'm shattered! It's the heat. Constant. Never ending. Draining. A lot of time has been spent in the pool, but we've also been to the beach... which was quite nice, even though I'm not a beachy person. We've also ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1058 This post comes to you from the French Riviera, where the current Mrs M and I are having a bit of a holiday. Of course, the mini-Mashers are with us as well. And it makes a nice change from bloody Manchester! We decided - for some unknown reason - to drive ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1054 ... happy as can be... in Manchester. Only for a couple of days work, this time - assuming all goes well. I'm in the same hotel again, but they've put me in a different room, which I'm finding quite disconcerting: I'd gotten used to the other room. Oh well, at least ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1050 You find me in Manchester for a second week. Same job. Same hotel. Same room. Same noisy fucking airplanes.  Not much to blog about, then. So, texting (he said, going off at a tangent): I hate it. Well, that's not strictly true.  I'm not a big fan: I prefer to call people ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1047 I returned home from my week in Manchester to find a brown envelope sitting on my desk. It was emblazoned with the Transport For London logo. It seems that when I was working in Acton last week, I had strayed into the Congestion Charge zone.  I really have no recollection of ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1044 I'm working up in Manchester at the moment. The hotel I picked is a mile away from the airport. Not so close that the noise will cause me any bother, I thought. What I didn't realise is that, yes, it's a mile away, but it's a mile directly down the flight ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1041 Amelia had a day out in London last week, having accompanied her best friend on one of her routine visits to Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. From there, they went to visit Buckingham Palace -which is once again open to tourists.  She returned home with her Buckingham Palace carrier bag, ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1033 The wife's car got broken into during the night. Somebody smashed the side window, emptied the glove box and had a good ol' rummage amongst all the crap on the seats (Mrs M doesn't keep the tidiest of vehicles - I often refer to her car as the new Vauxhall Corsa ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1031 My next door neighbour died this morning. He'd been ill for a long time and over the past year, there has been a constant stream of carers - and every so often, an ambulance - parked outside the house.  This morning was no different, except that this time, rather than a ... http://www.masher.tv/?p=1026