Smart? Meter?
Our energy supplier (Ovo) has been writing letters and calling me, telling me that we need to get a smart meter installed because the radio
The results are in!
Yesterday morning the 18yo was at her sixth-form place of education bright and early to collect her A-Level results. I’m so pleased to be able
Safety thirst
While I sit here sipping a delicious hot chocolate (I don’t know how she does it, but my good lady wife her indoors makes better
You know you should reboot your router when…
Before: After:
A big day out
Yesterday we went to Newark Book Festival.
Independence Day
Today is the 4th of July so I thought I’d take a few moments to have a little trip through some of the more notable
Comments test
To determine how long the comments remain open when actually set to close 22 days after 11th June 2024
Golden people!
‘Just a pile of old gold I haven’t used in ages.’ These were the words of a woman featured in an advert on commercial radio.
Exciting day!
Keep reading, you may think this is dull, but it gets very exciting! But be warned, I mean this gets very exciting. Saturday’s forecast promised
Shooboots/Shoets/whatever
I’m aware that walking boots have been through a significant amount of change over the last few decades. When I was a whippersnapper, walking boots
Pets At Home (again)
I’m determined to give Pets At Home my money. They have a product that we buy a lot of. They have a good price for
Caravan plumbing (again)
Well, the bathroom mixer tap failed again. I say again, but the last time it failed was last year. I bought a new one after
Dun a runner
One of the lovely things about the place we stayed in the Mysterious East is it’s tremendously dog friendly. The caravan CL (certified location) is
Battery=flat
The NWCC sailing club has it’s annual shakedown cruise on Easter Saturday (that’s the day after Good Friday and before Easter Sunday. The shakedown is
Connections
I’m not normally given to big introspections (is that the right word), but lately I’ve been thinking about what I’ve lost, rather than what I’ve
Insurance Ninja
0344 381 7540 Insurance Nina For the last two years I’ve had the Ninja insured with Kawasaki Insurance. They were (two years ago) the cheapest
Just a light trim?
On yesterday afternoon’s dogwalk, we came across one of the local arboralicologists arborolists tree-cutters doing their thing. The pair of large fir trees that stand
The Doctor is out
I had a cold, did I mention this? Oh yes, I see I did, about five and a bit weeks ago. Well, anyway. The cold
Filthy rich and dogflap*
I’ve just ordered a dogflap. This is the third one I’ve ordered (and will have fitted) in three and a half years. The dogs keep
It’s a sign!
I hang around in some of the dustier, less fashionable corners of the Internet because it’s there that one occasionally finds gold. That’s a great
Beware of the Leopard
There are words and phrases that my mind (and maybe yours too) just sucks up and stores in a special place for future use. That
Dad music?
Dire Straits (not dire straits, that’s something else). They seem to have been around for a hundred years or thereabouts. I can’t remember what the
Guilty pleasure
I subscribe to a couple of YouTube driving channels. Exposed UK Dash Cams Compilation 12 is the latest to roll into my inbox. I particularly
Robbing barstewards
Pet insurance. It’s one of those things you’ve just got to have. Mavis recently had treatment from our regular vet followed by a night in
Blogathon 29/24: Last one
And now the end is here, and so I face that final curtain. My friend I’ll make it clear, I’ll state my case, of which
Blogathon 28/24: Not going blind!
On Sunday I had my two-yearly eye test. I went to the Boots optician in West Bridgford because I used to work for Boots and
Blogathon 27/24: Stats!
Well, the period of advertising is over and the count is in. FB provides some good stats and can convert advertising stats into a variety
Blogathon 26/24: Uncertainty!
Sometimes I have left-over meals for lunch. Chickenish leftovers, for example. It might be a bowl of (formerly) fried chicken, herbs, spices, and pasta waiting
Blogathon 25/24: Fencing!
Our neighbours are preparing their house ‘for the market’. They’ve had work done inside and are almost complete on having work done outside. The outside
Blogathon 24/24: How many?
Yesterday morning Ken Bruce spoke to a listener on Greatest Tits Radio who had been to see Mamma Mia The Musical fifty-six times. That stopped
Blogathon 23/24: TIL/on ice
Today I learned that (one of) the local estate agents will accept a commission to sell your house, pop round, take internal and external photos
Blogathon 22/24: Break
I have been doing a lot of thinking recently. I do a lot of thinking normally, but recently I have been doing a lot more
Blogathon 21/24: Spam fritters
Although the Internet is full of spam, Facebook seems to be fuller. I have an author profile on FB which is there solely to talk
Blogathon 20/24: Book find!
I meant to blog about this one a few months ago but, you know… We went to Hay-on-Wye (not Hay-oh-Why, that’s a place that doesn’t
Blogathon 19/24: Awayish
We want to return to the far east. Back to China, and Vietnam. Particularly Vietnam, I’d love to see so much more of the country,
Blogathon 18/24: Ads!
We play the lottery. We vary where our weekly tipple goes. Maybe £2.50 on the Euros, or perhaps three Thunderballs, or maybe a couple of
Blogathon 17/24: SMRs everywhere!
This morning I read an interesting article on the electrical power demands of datacentres, and how those demands have massively increased (and is continuing to
Blogathon 16/24: Car
I have had my Insignia from new; it is now six years old. The websites that know these things tell me how much it’s worth
Blogathon 15/24: Rooting tooting
A few months ago, over on the Geekblog, I rambled on about how I had to change the name of the 2.4Ghz Band on our
Blogathon 14/24: VD
We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, it being a DolManSaxLil-esque* conspiracy of shoe-buying proportions, but for gift-card-buying not shoe-buying. Obviously. Anyway. Today is Valentine’s Day, the
Blogathon 13/24: Overreacting much?
There are lots of memes going strong over on TikTok, in fact that app is where a lot of new stuff (features, functions, memes, etc)
Blogathon 12/24: Ham on the moon
On 24th January 2024, Japan successfully landed ‘SLIM’ on the moon. SLIM is the Japanese small lunar landing demonstration vehicle. This made Japan the fifth
Blogathon 11/24: FMP for infrastructure?
I have a Find My Past account; my sister and I have been burrowing away from different directions; her using Ancestry, me using FMP. It
Blogathon 10/24: Changing numbers
I’m going to point participants of a writer’s group on FB at this post because the subject recently came up. Hardcopy books (paperback or hardback)