Some of the tricks advertisers pull have to be seen to be understood. This particular little trick took me several views to catch.What we had was a woman identifying herself as a ‘paediatrician *and* young mother… ” etc who went on to describe the sort of nutrition a young child needs. As she bends over … More Advertisers stink!

Was on my way to drop one of the kids off at her Guides meeting. While on a divided road downhill doing 70 in traffic *in rain* I was overtaken by a guy on a motor bike. From the size I’d say it was 250cc or less. He was doing at least 90 swerving between … More Dire Driving

Slow down,you move to fast You’ve gotta make the morning last… etc… Was driving home this morning from the hospital where I’d dropped off the wife and eldest daughter (who is having teeth removed you may recall?). We left the youngest is bed asleep so I had to come back to get her ready for … More Slow down!

With the tenth anniversary of Lady Diana Spencer’s death (31st August 1997), almost upon us, the sharks are out in force once more. Knowing the deep well of affection that still exists for her all round the world the leeches are out still sucking out profits from stories and rumours about her life and death. … More Diana bashing a money spinner again.

Changing tack slightly, while we were at the station this morning (too damn cold to walk to the bus I reckon) I was watching something we see fairly often. Some mornings, not all, a little turquoise car arrives. It contains a boy and girl. The car stops *on* the main footpath leading to the station … More Selfish society

Oh yes… the jinx strikes again! For the last few days the back nearside tyre has had a slow puncture. Being a little slow myself lately it’s taken me a while to organise myself to get it fixed. Eventually off I went to the local Bridgestone Tyre company after first making sure they dealt with … More What? Not *more* on the jinx?

Anyone wondering what happened yesterday… basically nothing much. I just forgot to post 😦 One little thing… the eldest took her ‘plates’ out when we stopped for lunch and left them behind when we finished – probably because we were all reading (again) the Harry Potter series getting ready for the next film and then … More Not a lot going on.

There’s an old rhyme that goes along the lines of… Whether the weather be cold Whether the weather be hot We’ll weather the weather Whatever the weather We’ll weather it like it or not. Over the past few days we’ve been getting some severe dissonance caused by the appearance of some wild and woolly weather … More Whether the weather…

Bored, tired, cold… too much to do and too little motivation 🙂 I think I need a holiday!