I am going to have to stop moaning about the identikit housing estates of modern Britain, with their acres of soulless brick boxes and handkerchief-sized gardens. These photos of Ixtapaluca in Mexico make Maidenbower, South Woodham Ferrers, Stevenage and just about everywhere else in England look positively gothic by comparison! Next to this, the average […]
Entries from February 8th, 2006
Endless suburbia
February 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Endless suburbia · Life
Tags: Housing·Mexico·Photos·Town Planning
Schadenfreude rules OK
February 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Schadenfreude rules OK · Politics
In a couple of months Jayne will be standing for election in Broadfield South. Her Tory opponent will be the sitting councillor, who got elected in 2004 by getting 22 votes more than I did. Today her campaign got off to a flying start in the letters page of our local newspaper. Apparently he wrote […]
Tags: Broadfield
Flat-pack Hell
February 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Flat-pack Hell · Life
Tonight we hoped to finish the girl’s room. It has been repainted, had the carpet replaced with laminate flooring, and a new desk, wardrobe and chest of drawers installed and today the last bits of flat-pack nastiness were delivered – the bed and over-the-bed unit. I still can’t beleive how much stuff came out of […]
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