God rest, old bean

Friday, 9 April 2021 - 2:51 pm - No comments
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I know it was inevitable, but it is still a shock when it happens. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh has died aged 99. Just shy of that ... [Read on]

Where do we go

Monday, 5 April 2021 - 3:39 pm - No comments
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I dedicate this post to Clair, whose estranged husband Braden died yesterday. He chose to take his life. Apparently divorce may have once ... [Read on]

Shed my skin

Friday, 26 March 2021 - 11:39 pm - No comments
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Last year we laid some paving in our back garden. There was a dropped section at the bottom of the garden that the previous resident ... [Read on]

Scales of justice

Sunday, 14 February 2021 - 10:35 pm - No comments
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For the past month I have been on the weight loss tablet Orlistat - usually available under the brand name Xenical. This has been to ... [Read on]

We prick you

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 - 8:46 pm - No comments
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Yesterday afternoon we received our COVID vaccinations. It was the Oxford/AstraZeneca version, which apparently is not so effective in ... [Read on]

Too many tweets make a tw*t

Saturday, 9 January 2021 - 11:38 pm - No comments
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Twitter has managed to get two things right today. Firstly, after a four-month wait, they finally got around to lifting the restrictions ... [Read on]

Hitting home

Tuesday, 5 January 2021 - 1:46 am - No comments
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Let us not pee about with the facts here - COVID kills. My partner has just lost her grandad to this f*cking virus. On Boxing Day he was ... [Read on]

Gammon for Christmas

Thursday, 24 December 2020 - 9:09 pm - No comments
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Well somehow or another, the shaggy twat Boris Johnson has managed to achieve a Brexit deal with the EU. Hardly comfort for those truckers ... [Read on]

Tiers of dismay

Monday, 21 December 2020 - 9:15 pm - No comments
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It is going to be a horrible Christmas for so many people this year. While our area is currently under Tier 2, there is no ignoring the ... [Read on]

Orange crushed

Saturday, 7 November 2020 - 7:17 pm - No comments
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Words cannot express how happy I am, now that Joe Biden is the 46th President of the USA. At long last, four horrible years are over, and ... [Read on]
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