Whilst nothing like the weather currently in the North of the US and Canada, it’s quite cold in the UK at the moment with snow in many areas. For me, it was freezing fog yesterdayfollowed by a light dusting of snow. During my morning walk I took some photos of the rather wonderful scene that […]
Category archives: Life
Talking Support: Let us get on with fixing it, dangit
So, let’s talk about how you can ensure that issues are resolved as swiftly as possible, without unnecessary interruption.
When a Brexit Leaver gets owned by their own friend
A friend shared a Pro-Brefix meme on Facebook, all about the benefits of living outside the EU in Switzerland, but forgot that a mutual friend of ours was Swiss. It didn’t end well.
Are wish lists the true spirit of Christmas for the future?
[It is estimated] that $35 billion is being thrown away, around the world, in the form of poorly chosen Christmas gifts BBC’s 50 Things That Made The Modern Economy – Santa Claus, December 17th 2018 For a number of years now, I’ve asked people, buying me birthday and Christmas gifts, to use my Amazon wish […]
Two for 2018
Like last year, instead of the standard ‘year in review’ post, I thought I’d so something different and create a list of “twos” for 2018. These can be 2 good things, 2 bad things or a mixture. But just two.
The books I read in 2018
I’ve had quite a year of reading. Starting for the beginning of the year… The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson The Book of the Year by No Such Thing as a Fish Scott Pilgrim, Volumes 1-6 by Bryan Lee O’Malley Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by […]
No, my next car won’t be electric
The security expert, Troy Hunt, recently Tweeted about his car purchase – a rather fabulous Mercedes… However, he ended up having to defend his choice and justify why he didn’t, instead, buy a Tesla. His arguments are good, particularly because of where he lives, and I’m siding with him myself.
We meat again – the experiment is over (for now)
Back in September, I gave up meat. But, in the last week, I’ve gone back. Am I just some snowflake or who can’t stand missing out on bacon? Needless to say, I’m not. The reason I gave up meat in the first place was for health reasons – a mystery (to British doctors) illness keeps […]
App-based cards and banks – my recommendations
With your phone pretty much always with you, the idea of managing everything financially from it doesn’t seem that odd. And there are a lot of credit cards and banks out there that are a lot more integrated than anything you get from a high street bank. Not only are the convenient and very easy […]
Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds UK Tour – Nottingham
Back in May, my eldest daughter, Laura, contacted me to see if I was interested in seeing the tour of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds. I’ve been a fan of the musical since 1989, when I got to play my landladies vinyl copy of it. I later bought it on CD and, since then, […]