It’s worse than that… he’s dead Jim!!Or if you prefer Monty Python… it’s not resting it’s dead! What is? The HDD on my old desktop is what. Seems it’s developed ‘bad sectors’… or to put it in less technical language… it’s buggered. I tild the tech to put a new drive in set to ‘Master’ … More It's worse than that…

I forgot to mention that the JVC system we bought cost $350 delivered… less than a third of it’s original selling price. Wouldn’t say Grays Auctions are always the best place to buy stuff… but this was a bargain.

Got into town yesterday evening, threaded my way through the insanity of rush hour traffic… lord It’s been a long time since I’ve done that (however did I happily drive through London? :)), collected the wife and the stuff she’d bought then headed home. In retrospect, having looked at the quality of what we *did* … More Back to the auction

It’s autumn here not spring but nonetheless I’ve been doing some serious cleaning and clearing over the past few weeks. I started in the disaster area we called ‘the computer room’ but was actually a repository for any junk we had no home for including any technology not currently in use and boxes of kids … More Spring is sprung.

Well done Vale of Glamorgan… seems you’re number four on the list of ‘best places to bring up children’. The order published on the BBC site was: 1. East Dunbartonshire 2. East Renfrewshire 3. Forest of Dean, Glos 4. Vale of Glamorgan 5. Hambleton, North Yorkshire 6. Fareham, Hampshire 7. West Lothian 8. South Gloucestershire … More One of the best!

The wife’s company has moved headquarters and had a bucket load of ‘stuff’ left over form the move they wanted to get rid of. They decided to hold an ‘auction’ to let the staff get some of it and we bid on a lot of it. What we ‘won’ was a couple of tables we … More Auction stuff.

Forgot to mention I got the reports back from the docs after my blood tests.Basically all well within normal limits… the doctor seemed very disappointed when he told me. 🙂 As usual he has looked at my size and less than co-ordinated mental state and assumed I would have high cholesterol and a variety of … More Doctors reports

By now I’d usually have gone rushing out to buy this sork of book… especially knowing its pedigree, however this time I’ve not done so. This is partly because I’ve got so much work to do here I’ve just not had time to get to the book shop, but its also because several times I’ve … More Tolkien – Children of Hurin

Today’s question is *why* do we bother skimming chicken stock… or any other kind for that matter? If it isn’t obvious from the question I’m getting back on the diet… and more specifically making the soup to go with it. The reaction to the stings seems to have gone altogether so I can’t use it … More To skim or not to skim…

Yet again a college campus in the USA has become a killing ground as a lone maniac guns down 32 kids in cold blood. No doubt the National Rifle Association will find a hundred reasons to continue and justify the sale of guns to almost anyone who asks for a licence. And yet the killing … More Worse than Columbine