Blogathon 07/24: Boodle
I am a fan of reading. Not Reading, the town in Berkshire. I am not a fan of that place. What I am a fan
Blogathon 06/24: Alrite Guvnor?
In my continuous quest to find even less time in which to do the things I need to do, I have assumed an additional role.
Blogathon 05/24: That’s Infotainment
My Insignia has had a run of bad luck lately. Just before Christmas an oncoming motorist crossed the white line to overtake a cyclist. And
Blogathon 04/24: Cold
As I write this in the wee small hours, young Mavis spaniel is deeply asleep beside me, Pugsley spaniel is over there in his chair*,
Blogathon 03/24: Bangers gone!
Yesterday’s annual Groundhog Day post concluded with these words:“Let’s make the most of the time we’ve got, eh?” It’s these words I want to build
Blogathon 02/24: It’s Groundhog Day. Again
(It wouldn’t be Groundhog Day if I didn’t repeat this one again) I could write a detailed academic essay on the film Groundhog Day, but
Blogathon 01/24: It’s here!
Every year Young Masher sets the Internet ablaze with a large box of matches, a packet of firelighters, and the crazy, crazy, craze that is
Stupid idea
A very, very long time ago, not long after I was demobbed, I dabbled with a type of civilian RT commonly known as CB Radio.
It’s a little bit geeky
WiFi banding
A full life
Jules Verne’s book Around The World in 80 Days was published in December 1872. It must have taken an immense imagination, not to mention years
Pets At Home
Today I attempted to place an order with Pets At Home. I have an account with them, I’ve had it for ages. I’ve got one
Writing update
Copied from Facebook: ‘I’ve been paying attention to other things’, is one of the early sentences a new character (Ainsley Hayes) opens up with in
With Honours
As you may have guessed from my train woes, I recently had a trip to Bristol. The reason for going through the self-inflicted meat-grinder torture
Train/Strain
Well, I took the train down to Bristol (and back). The route down was Nottingham -> Derby, then Derby -> Bristol Temple Meads. The route
Simple pleasure gone mad
Every weekday I set aside an hour for lunch. It’s one of the moments of quality I try to give myself in my combined occupation
It’s the age of the…
Train? *updated/edited below* I have to go down to Bristle in a couple of weeks. I thought I’d look at doing the journey by train
Nowt as queer as
You bump into some odd people on the Internet. The village FB page is no exception. Below is a rant against speed cameras (and also
Eavesdropping
I have blown the dust off my Trident TR-1200 scanner. I played with it for a while and then got bored. But the reason for
… after a short illness
Nothing serious, nothing at all, but I have been briefly unwell. An episode of gastroenteritis, with all the nasty symptoms. Seen the doc. Confirmed as
Plumbed in
As a test run, the good lady wife her indoors and I, accompanied by the four spaniels, piled into the car, hitched up the caravan,
Parcelfarce
I had to send a large and fairly heavy parcel to Glasgow. I took the measurements from the manufacturer of the device in the parcel.
Weighty matters
I started getting concerned about towing the caravan some time ago. Not about my ability to drive a towing vehicle (for training reasons and much
Tapped out
The bathroom sink hot and cold taps could do with having new washers fitted. After staring at them for a few days I finally figured
Fav saying(s)
‘Knobhead’ is used a lot in these parts. There’s a text message to me from the good lady wife her indoors which says just that
TIL: strimmer stuff
Today I learned that the nylon cord that strimmers use dries out and becomes brittle. When that happens the cord just keeps breaking, rendering the
Tracking and that
An oddness has been showing up in my two main website stats packages which diverted my attention down a cute little rabbit hole. The oddness
Achievement unlocked
This morning I happened across a folder on my NAS. It contained a bunch of stuff I’d backed up from a long-dead and very forgotten
Truly Scrumptious
The medium-short dogwalk is up the jitty to the southern end of the village, around the Methodist Church/hall and back home. Friday evening (just gone)
Too much planning
Today I am driving the 17yo to Aberystwyth so she can have a good look at the university. Her first choice has already been made,
What next?
First there were the horses. For years there were the horses. Years and years. Decades. Then I gave up the horses and I enjoyed not
Micro/blogging
Well the microblogging world has been through some turbulent times in the last couple of months. First we had Space Karen buying the Twitter for
Saturday shenanigans
I had a delicious mug of tea (I don’t believe anyone has cups of tea any more) delivered to me at 03.30. And at 04.15
Voice of an…
Edited: After consulting with various folk around the world, a decision has been reached and an offer as been made, so I’m removing the audiofile
Home Insurance
I wonder what the status of our home insurance is? Oh
Mutts nutts
About a week before we went to Mid Wales young Mavis puppy came on heat/into season. Unfortunately Chewie (no relation) and Pugsley (her brother) are
Mini broke*
We** have recently returned from a few days in Mid Wales. The weather was gloriously hot which, for Mid Wales, is not typical. The accommodation