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Continue reading →: Goodbye Andy Murray
Andy Murray is a superb sportsman we can all be proud of. His achievements in tennis have been spectacular, particularly in the era of great players like Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. The tributes paid to him at Wimbledon by the greats hosted by Sue Barker shows how highly regarded he…
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Continue reading →: Integrity
Has UK politics hit a new low? Tory candidates placing bets on the date of the election using insider information, a Labour candidate betting that he would lose his seat and the police VIP protection team getting in on the insider information betting. The outrageously racist comments of the right…
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Continue reading →: Nostalgia
My youngest son has done great work clearing out our cluttered garage. One of the things he saved was my mother’s diary for 1994, the year my son was born. Looking up her entry for the day he was born, I discovered that she had driven my wife to St…
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Continue reading →: Doddery old men
Watching the embarrassing hesitancy of Joe Biden in the Presidential debate I was reminded of my own senior moments of late. Looking to book a one night stay in Bognor Regis I somehow managed to book flights for a three nights stay. I’m sure the English south coast will be…
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Continue reading →: Euros 2024
Most of the games I have watched on TV have been dull spectator sports hampered by the offside rule and endless passes with little attacking strategy. Germany vs Denmark was one of the few exceptions. Lots of attacking play and a real sense of urgency from kick-off. The inevitable goal…
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Continue reading →: Water, water everywhere…can you smell the stink?
Water companies in England have been pumping raw sewage into rivers and the sea for decades. The latest excuse is the wet weather. These privatised water companies have been paying their directors huge salaries and neglecting to spend money on updating the infrastructure. This year’s boat race on the river…
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Continue reading →: Property is theft
Not sure if Karl Marx got that quite right. Ownership doesn’t have to entail exploitation, but home ownership does seem to be a bit of a con. I have two nephews living in Auckland paying about 500 NZ dollars a week rent. To get a foot on the property ladder…
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Continue reading →: Flatpack continued
Not accepting defeat I had another go at assembling our garden chairs. Perhaps doing it indoors on a soft surface was always going to make it easier. In any case I still had to get down on my hands and knees and screw in bolts that needed careful alignment and…
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Continue reading →: Flatpack garden furniture
We finally got some rattan style furniture and a glass-topped table. Knowing my lack of manual skills I asked our youngest to give me a hand. Two large cardboard boxes were delivered. Curiosity got the better of me and I opened the glass-topped table box. It looked easy enough so…
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Continue reading →: Chance encounter
I went for a tootle around Belfast this morning to see how Saint Patrick’s Day was being celebrated. I went to St Anne’s cathedral in Belfast attracted by the listing of choral music which I am partial to. Unfortunately I had arrived late for the service so took myself off,…
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