As it was a nice day, dry but not too not, and as the training centre is only a mile or so away, I decided to go by bicycle. It wasn’t too bad. I only had to resort to foul language and Italian-style arm gestures once on the way back when a silver hatchback carved […]
Entries from July 26th, 2016
Morality
July 26th, 2016 · Comments Off on Morality · Life
I had to attend a training session today on the subject of business ethics. The trainer and one of the other attendees had lisps so it was probably the first event of its kind that I have been to where nobody made the predicatable ethics/Essex jokes. OK, so it is usually me making the ethics/Essex […]
Tags: Essex
New wheels
July 16th, 2016 · Comments Off on New wheels · Life
More evidence, if it was ever needed, that I would make a very poor Top Gear presenter: only eleven days after buying a new car, I finally got round to driving it! The gap is because I don’t really need a car much myself and if Jayne and I go anywhere together she usually drives […]
Tags: Cars
Gotta catch ’em all
July 16th, 2016 · Comments Off on Gotta catch ’em all · Life, Technology
Tonight was not exactly how I imagined my middle ages to be. At home, babysitting the grandchildren, while the wife takes the dogs out for a walk – returning after two-and-a-half hours, dead chuffed because she now has a Pikachu.
Tags: WTF
Where are they now?
July 15th, 2016 · Comments Off on Where are they now? · Music
We all know that the Pet Shop Boys are still doing their thing, but I wonder what their co-stars in this video are up to now? They will all be into their late 20s now, which would make me feel old, if I didn’t already. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this […]
Splitters!
July 15th, 2016 · Comments Off on Splitters! · Life
If you look at the Wikipedia page for Assemblies of God you will find this wonderful paragraph: The Assemblies of God should not be confused with the Assemblies of God International Fellowship, the International Assemblies of God Fellowship, and the Independent Assemblies of God International, all of which are Pentecostal denominations. Also not to be […]
Things to cut
July 10th, 2016 · Comments Off on Things to cut · Politics
According to the BBC there might be cuts to the defence budget, depite the NATO committment to spend 2% of GDP on it – because GDP is likely to fall by two or three percent after the referendum. If that is the case I do hope the priority stays on things like Chinooks, Bushmasters, decent […]
Vive La France
July 8th, 2016 · Comments Off on Vive La France · Life
I enjoyed watching the France v. Germany game tonight. I especially enjoyed seeing the odd West Ham shirt amongst the crowds of French supporters. I wonder if they are Hammers fans going over there to support Dimitri Payet, or just French supporters who decided to get a Payet club strip instead of national strip. It […]
Tags: Football
New wheels
July 8th, 2016 · Comments Off on New wheels · Life
Got a new car this week. I am very pleased with it. I have not actually driven it yet, but Jayne says it goes very well. I think I will get a chance to get behind the wheel on Sunday. This time I had a look at the engine before we took it from the […]
Tags: Cars
Flying visit
July 8th, 2016 · Comments Off on Flying visit · Life
I had a day trip to Scotland today to go to a meeting in Glasgow, which made it quite a long day, although not quite as long as that day trip to Hengelo earlier in the year. I have still ended up with a carbon footprint of clown-shoe dimensions though. It should have been easy. […]
