Category Archives: Random

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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A job-hunting I shall go…

Posted on February 12, 2024 by james

The time has come. I really need to sort out getting a new job now. I’ve not done any full-time paid work for ages and whilst I’ve achieved an awful lot with the time I’ve had free, the mortgage has … Continue reading →

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Being driven to distraction

Posted on February 7, 2024 by james

The DVLA have very kindly sent me a letter saying that me driving licence is due for renewal, presumably so they can issue me a new card with a more up-to-date photo that looks nothing like me. These days it … Continue reading →

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Barry John

Posted on February 4, 2024 by james

has touched down between the Pearly Gates. Perhaps “the” legend of Welsh rugby and so closely on the heels of JPR Williams and Malcolm Price barely a month ago. It’s not even a year since Viet Gwent stalwart Charlie Faulkner … Continue reading →

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I finally found a beer that I just can’t drink

Posted on January 8, 2022 by james

Decades ago when I was a student there was a not-as-uncommon-as-one-might-prefer drink available in the Student’s Union called a “Frogbite”. My memory is a little vague (I wonder why?) but if I recall correctly it was a pint of Snakebite … Continue reading →

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Why do Hermes still exist?

Posted on December 20, 2021 by james

The world being the way it is, we’ve probably had more deliveries than usual this winter. Quite a number of them have, sadly, been misdelivered by Hermes. Some have merely been several days late on a “next day” or “48 … Continue reading →

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