After a January that seemed to go on for ever, suddenly we are a quarter of the way through the year already, and it has been an eventful month, full of big decisions. Jayne and I had a little holiday up in Scotland and inbetween visiting museums in Glasgow and doing a circuit of Loch […]
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
North of the border
March 16th, 2026 · Comments Off on North of the border · Life
We were going to visit Rome for a spring break, but I gave Jayne the choice of Rome or Scotland and she chose Scotland, and was very excited about it. There were two main reasons for this. The first is that we have been thinking about moving up there and it would give us a […]
February 2026
March 1st, 2026 · Comments Off on February 2026 · Life
I guess it was inevitable that, after a January that seemed to go on for ever, February passed by in a flash. I know it is a short month, indeed the shortest month, but it still felt like it was a week shorter than a normal month rather than just a couple of days.
Third-class citizen
February 27th, 2026 · Comments Off on Third-class citizen · Life
After work yesterday I decided to go out and get a burger instead of cooking. There are two MacDonalds fairly close to our house, one about a mile away and one about half a mile away and I decided to go to the one that is further away, so that I could use the walk […]
Tags: Food
Sport or not sport?
February 8th, 2026 · Comments Off on Sport or not sport? · Life
I have not been following the Winter Olympics, or even watching any of it, but I have seen a few comments about it which remind me of the hill I will die on: it is not a sport if you can’t measure it. By that I mean that I feel any so-called sport is diminished […]
January 2026
February 2nd, 2026 · Comments Off on January 2026 · Life
I think everybody agrees that January this year seemed to go on for ever, but maybe it didn’t just feel long but really was long. Here’s the thing; we had a grandchild that was due to be born on Feb 20th or thereabouts but actually arrived on Jan 15th. I sort of wonder whether the […]
2025 – Everybody Laughs
January 11th, 2026 · Comments Off on 2025 – Everybody Laughs · Life
All of my instincts were to add Baxter Dury’s Allbarone to my 1962Onwards playlist this year. It is catchy as hell with his trademark quirky lyrics featuring precisely deployed weapons-grade swearwords. However, I know that I already have a Baxter Dury track on the playlist (Miami in 2017) and my self-imposed guideline is to restrict […]
Tags: 1962Onwards·Spotify·Vinyl
Last pet standing
January 10th, 2026 · Comments Off on Last pet standing · Life
This is Diego. We acquired him from a farm in 2010. Their cat had a litter and we were faced with a box full of adorable, tiny kittens to choose from. I picked the one that was making the loudest noise. He seemed to have a bit of an attitude. We called him Diego after […]
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December 2025
January 2nd, 2026 · Comments Off on December 2025 · Life
How is it that a year seems to drag on and on and then suddenly its December and then December flashes past in 5 minutes? In line with traditional male stereotypes I discount any sort of planning for Christmas, including buying presents, because “its still November” or “there are weeks to go yet” and then […]
Citizenship tests
December 17th, 2025 · Comments Off on Citizenship tests · Life
From time to time, stories crop up about the questions asked of people who want to become UK citizens. At other times there are all sorts of suggestions about how those questions should be different, or for having other requirements, like A-Level standard English. From what I have read, even though that has mostly been […]
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