One of those weeks

The week started off so well too. The oldies were home in the UK, I’d recovered my bag with all it’s necessities, and I’d started clearing up and rearranging the furniture in the house. I was even feeling more or less ok. Yesterday it all went wrong when the jinx yet again reared its ugly … More One of those weeks

Animal Research

Instead of making dogs smoke tobacco to see if they get a cough, or making them wear lip stick and make-up, why don’t researchers do something that has more practical uses? For example, why don’t they investigate why dogs seem to deliberately wrap their leads around a post and are then unable to work out … More Animal Research

Winter draws on

Maybe that *should* be ‘winter drawers on’ cos it’s getting pretty chilly here in the mornings with the temperature dropping to 4ºC this morning when I took the wife to the train station. Apart from the chill in the air there was a lot of fog about… not quite a pea-souper but enough to make … More Winter draws on

The Good Old Days

This is going to date me pretty severely but it’s something I’ve been mulling over for some time. My basic question is… “Where did it all begin to go wrong?” What is ‘it’ you ask? Let me explain. When Adam and I were still young lads, what constituted a ‘workday’ and ‘conditions of employment’ were, … More The Good Old Days

Who'd have dogs?

It’s bad enough I’m allergic to the dogs, but they compound things by being generally gross around the place. You might be able to forgive them licking themselves in all sorts of exotic places at inappropriate times. You can even understand the constant scratching and the smells emanating from various parts of their body… including … More Who'd have dogs?