Category Archives: Random

This photo probably dates from the very early 1970s. I’m still just as scruffy, and still wear shorts much of the time (though the weather here over the last few days is making me question if I can stand doing … Continue reading →

…at the back of a cupboard, the Casio fx-550 calculator that got me through my O- and A-Levels. I think this replaced a Texas Instruments TI-30 that eventually died. I think it must be close to forty years old, though … Continue reading →

This is a still from a video on the BBC News site about Ruth Bader Ginsberg lying in state. Somehow I expected better of the BBC. I’m shocked that such poor English made it to the website without someone spotting … Continue reading →

I must post the full story of these events some time because it beggars belief, but after an engineer visited on Friday we no longer have a “whirly wheel” electricity meter. I think in fact that it may well be … Continue reading →

It feels as though courier companies are now in the business of removing parcels from the sender’s location after which point no-one (other than the recipient) really cares what happens to the delivery. I had a DHL delivery scheduled “before … Continue reading →

Recently we have received a number of 10p/litre off fuel discount vouchers with our Tesco shopping delivery. My wife attempted to use one when she was in Taunton today, only to be told that the petrol stations at Tesco in … Continue reading →

Not content with the two we’ve already had this year that we still haven’t completely finished tidying up from, not to mention the snow being driven into the attic and melting on the bedroom ceiling, our plumbing has decided to … Continue reading →

For reasons too long-winded to be interesting, we have two phone lines that are delivered over a single copper pair from the exchange. This is achieved by the magic of a DACS unit which effectively multiplexes two voice lines over … Continue reading →

Or, as some health professionals prefer to call it, “Body Mass Index” or BMI. Let’s get this over with before I start. I’m overweight. I know I’m overweight. I have no idea by how much. Quite possibly a fair bit, … Continue reading →

…this is a Yodel delivery. Or more realistically, let’s be fair, an abandonment. This photo was taken from the roadside at the end of my drive. Apparently going about 100m down the drive to ensure the parcel was safely delivered … Continue reading →