Thursday, 25 July 2013

Silence is golden, unless you have kids. Then it's just suspicious.

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This picture was published in 1992 in the Dilbert comic strip.  I have knackered the kids out I think.  Today is my paperwork day and so I...
Thursday, 18 July 2013

The media is full of shock over Britain's recent heatwave. Or as we used to call it, 'Summer'

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Today I have come to the realisation that my children seem not to be good at the same time.  One will be good, and in general, the other wil...
Sunday, 14 July 2013

Jim Apple finds introducing himself very problematic when holidaying in France

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Knackered, in a good way though. Have been out today with the kids. A trip to my mothers where the kids got to spend time with my Mum who ...
Monday, 1 July 2013

"You haven't listened to a word I've said, have you?" Always seems like a strange way for my wife to start a conversation with me.

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Well, it has been a while since my last proper post.  I made two short ones last month, but they did not really go into the things that w...
Sunday, 23 June 2013

In England, we will take a tree, cut it down, remove the branches and the bark until we are left with a cylinder. Next, we will take the cylinder of wood and turn it on a lathe and whittle away until we are left with a perfectly formed bat. The bat will be cured and treated to strengthen it and then, when it is finally ready, we will use it to knock a leather ball around a park. In Scotland, they just throw the tree.

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That is of course assuming that the rain allows us to to anything outside. Another day, more rain, the grass continues to grow.  Sigh. ...
Saturday, 22 June 2013

In the Bible, it rained for 40 days and they called it a disaster. In England we call it summer.

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Quick post, it has been raining. Which means that I have not had the chance to cut the garden as often as I would like. It is going to b...
Friday, 10 May 2013

Hotel Una Brighton

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Back at home now.  Finally.  As posted yesterday we were at Hotel Una in Brighton last night.  A windy day which meant that I did not tak...
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