I was out with some colleagues this morning, canvassing in Crawley. One of the houses we called on had an old lady who said she was 93 and had voted Tory all her life but she is not going to vote for them again and will be voting Labour from now on. Its always nice […]
Entries from October 13th, 2007
Rugby
October 13th, 2007 · 9 Comments · Life
Well I watched the rugby this evening. England winning something is always good to see, but I still have no bloody idea what is going on. The game of rugby is totally opaque to me. Lots of big blokes running into each other and a substitution every 2 minutes is about as much as I […]
Spanish practices
October 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics
Where did this term ‘Spanish practices’ come from all of a sudden? All the media reports on the postal workers’ strike are throwing it around as if it is a term everyone uses all the time, but I can’t recall hearing it before. Someone else please admit to also being unfamiliar with it – or […]
Tags: Language·Trade Unions
Grass
October 13th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Technology
I am always coming up with ideas for stuff, and have a 100% record in coming up with ideas which are impractical, undesirable or just barking. I don't think Dragons' Den will be fighting to fun any of my ideas. For some reason I have been thinking about grass this week. Probably because we are […]
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