Like many others, my old mum - gawd bless her - was always one for sayings. Of course, many of them have stuck in my head, and I find myself quoting them… even though I know they are rubbish.
Yesterday, whilst walking home, I saw a ten pence piece on the floor and stooped to pick [...]
There is a page on the government website where you can calculate your ‘carbon footprint’ - as they like to call it. Annoyingly, it wouldn’t load in Firefox, so I had to use Internet Explorer.
Anyway, I gave it a go and answered the questions as truthfully as possible (it takes about 10 mins to complete).
It [...]
It’s time for me to own up to something that may shock both my readers: I have superpowers.
Well, just the one superpower really, but it’s a pretty good one.
I have the power to stop traffic. At will.
(Actually it’s usually against my will. It’s obviously an evil superpower that I haven’t yet learned to control properly).
For [...]
Sitting up late the other night, we flicked through the telly channels trying to find something decent to watch. I’m old enough to remember when we only had three terrestrial channels… and they closed down at night, so there was nothing to watch after midnight. Now, with the advent of satellite telly, we have [...]
Why does stuff like this never happen to me?
I’d certainly leave good feedback!
The phone rang this morning. I answered it and was greeted by a young female voice.
“Hello, I’m Katie from American Express,” she said, “Would you have a couple of minutes to talk about your account?”
As I was only putting up some shelving in the garage, I told her “Sure, fill your boots.”
She smiled as she [...]
Having recently used these pages to give them a public slating, I suppose it’s only fair to now point out that the situation with Anglian Windows is now resolved. I have received my cabin hooks in the post. Hurrah!
They took me two minutes to fit, having travelled from as afar as Dunstable (about 5 miles [...]
We only had the crappy camera built into the mobile phone, so apologies for the picture quality.
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Our local paper carries a story of how “top novelist” Gerald Seymour has written his latest tome and centred it around Luton. The plot revolves around a suicide bomber who plans to blow up shoppers in the town.
It has, of course, received mixed reactions from the people who live here. Whilst many claim [...]
Whilst giving blood yesterday afternoon, two girls came into the donor centre to make their first ever donation.
Young and pretty, they were chatty and effervescent. One was blonde, the other a brunette, but it soon became apparent that both were true blondes… if you know what I mean.
Seeing me laying on a couch across the [...]
We spent the week in Butlitz in deepest, darkest Minehead. I’ll admit it’s not my cup of tea, anymore - I’ve become a bit of a holiday snob over the years - but we had a good time (despite the rains) and the kids loved it. Which, of course, is the main thing.
Worst thing [...]