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Now for something a bit more human
UPDATE: At the time I wrote this because it’s what I honestly thought. With hindsight there are bits I’d like to change but I’m going to preserve it as an example of how I felt at the time. The blogosphere is full of ‘emotionally sensitive’ teenagers arguing over whose social life is the most difficult. Read More… »
Posted January 19, 2012 at 3:49 pm no comments
Is Little Chef on the way up – via the pits?
If you were listening to Little Chef a couple of months ago when they said they were going to be opening new and refurbishing old restaurants, you were probably a bit surprised when yesterday they announced they were going to be shrinking their estate by a third – from 161 to 94 (that’s exactly a Read More… »
Posted January 12, 2012 at 10:00 am no comments
Christmas-watch: it’s Christmas
Owing to my inability to type letters in to a box, I haven’t written anything here for a while. I don’t want to become one of those bloggers who is always apologising for not writing it frequently enough, mostly because bloggers are all cool and I’m not one of them. Lots of things have happened Read More… »
Posted December 18, 2011 at 10:00 am no comments
A pledge to road safety
One of very few things which I get seriously worked up over is the road safety movement. I guess it’s the only aspect of health and safety which people care about. As a slightly liberal driver I feel that campaigns like this – and it’s National Road Safety Week, by the way – should be Read More… »
Posted November 23, 2011 at 10:00 am no comments
Christmas-watch: holidays are coming!
After the red Coca-Cola advert signified that the Commercialisation of Christmas 2011 had officially begun, I popped down to Hedge End – a village which appears to be built from the ground-up as a retail park, to spot Coca-Cola’s greatest non-Coke asset: The unnecessarily large and unbelievably American vehicle has been posing for photos and Read More… »
Posted November 19, 2011 at 10:00 am no comments
Christmas-watch: Duraglaze are ready
It must be nearly Christmas because this morning my card from Duraglaze came through. Every year without fail these guys will write to me to let me know that they’d like me to have a Merry Christmas and that they have some great savings for me. This is a handy synonymous reminder that Christmas is Read More… »
Posted November 15, 2011 at 10:00 am no comments
Christmas-watch: Anyone want some fairy lights?
Today’s top news story that wasn’t serious, dull or terrifying was that Derby have had £20,000 of Christmas lights stolen from their depot, delaying their big light-off which was planned for next week. I’m guessing it will be quite easy to work out who’s got them because their house will be strung with lights saying Read More… »
Posted November 12, 2011 at 2:46 pm no comments
Going out with a bang
There’s been a lot of fireworks on lately – with some impressive shows and great community events – and of course not entirely positive news. But it raised me a smile this morning to hear that a £6,000 firework display in the small town of Oban had been ruined when all the fireworks were set Read More… »
Posted November 7, 2011 at 10:00 am no comments
That M5 accident
I don’t normally deal with serious stuff because I live in a joyous world of trivia. I’ve also got a thick skin for discussing road accidents because I’ve spent a lot of time discussing and reporting them so it’s rare to hear of one that knocks me. I normally accept that things happen but can Read More… »
Posted November 6, 2011 at 10:00 am no comments
Time (Clock of the Europeans)
Twice every year we have the magnificence of having our sleeping pattern disrupted, and at the same time we get to endure talk about whether this is all too complicated for us and we should look at changing our time zone. Now the government is apparently seriously considering moving our clocks forward to match Central Read More… »
Posted October 29, 2011 at 10:00 am no comments