Category Archives: Random

Spot the muppet

Posted on March 6, 2024 by james

Anyone seen them both in the same room?

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“Why should I pay for the NHS?”

Posted on February 29, 2024 by james

What is it with all the brain-dead cretins who say “I don’t use the NHS, so why should I pay for it?” (through taxation, basically). Perhaps they wouldn’t use the NHS given time to plan, but if they have a … Continue reading →

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Single use plastic for seeds? Really?

Posted on February 25, 2024 by james

My wife gave me a packet of petunia seeds that she’d like me to sow for her today. I was a little confused because there was clearly something lumpy and hard inside the packet. When I opened it I found … Continue reading →

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Hmmmm: Google

Posted on February 20, 2024 by james

I’ve been redirected to a Google form this morning, meaning I had to log in to Google. I don’t use Google that much, so I was expecting the usual “click on all the photos with a fire hydrant” stuff. After … Continue reading →

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Driving licence renewal redux

Posted on February 19, 2024 by james

Or “driving licence redux redux”, perhaps 🙂 I posted a few days back out renewing my driving licence and how I can’t do it online because I allowed my passport to expire. I can renew it at a Post Office, … Continue reading →

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I am job-hunting

Posted on February 19, 2024 by james

Officially now. I have just submitted my first application. And a very strange thing it is to do. I’ve not actually had to look for work for something like twenty years. In fact I think the last job I applied … Continue reading →

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I’ll just leave this here…

Posted on February 18, 2024 by james

Written as part of a discussion online this evening about cats not catching mice… Our cats are really quite good at catching mice. Then bringing them into the house and releasing them. Literally five minutes ago I heard a cat … Continue reading →

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Rockin’ All Over The South-West

Posted on February 16, 2024 by james

I’ve just found out that Status Quo are performing in Taunton later this year. I think I last saw them in Reading in the early 90s. 1990s, that is. Not 1890’s. I’m not that old, even if they are 😀 … Continue reading →

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By-election commentary

Posted on February 16, 2024 by james

I love the way that the odious little man Rees-Mogg has claimed in interviews about the Kingswood and Wellingborough by-elections that the Labour party didn’t achieve 50% of the vote, as if that’s some sort of damning indictment of their … Continue reading →

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A rare apple treat

Posted on February 16, 2024 by james

My son and daughter gave me this today. I’ve not had calvados for the better part of forty years, when my parents hosted a French family as part of our village’s twinning. The father of our visiting family was major … Continue reading →

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