Ouch… ! Went to the docs a week or so ago with the wife. While she was there I asked him about some itchy pimples I had on my shoulder. Aha… says he… shingles! Weird, thinks I… doesn’t shingles cover the stomach, chest and back? Apparantly not… well not always anyway. Seems the virus travels … More Shingle Bells

Despite my best intentions… I did indeed pick up the wrong tray of seedlings from the garden centre… so my wigwam is going to be covering the dwarf french bean instead of the climbers. Erk… methinks a quick visit to the garden centre will solve the problem… *if* they have climbers there… else it’ll be … More Oh bugger.

I posted this on the forum but thought it could be usefully posted here too… I was going through a bit of a bad patch when I was sixteen and after an abortive attempt to move to London I had decided enough was enough and I headed for home back in Wales. I’d counted my … More Just a little story.

Neat site this. Has some really cool stickers for your wheelie bin to liven up those miserable lines of green or yellow bins. You can find them at Wheelie Bin Art. It’s a UK company but they happily post overseas.

I spent some of this arvo creating one of those really useful little art works that repays your efforts in kind. What is it?… you say… and I answers… I planted meself a bean tub! At the front of the house we have a circular concrete sewer access manhole cover thing… which isn’t particularly aesthetically … More Beanz meanz tubz

Well ok it isn’t snowing here, but it *is* snowing further south! Seems a cold snap has pushed its way onshore and temperatures have dropped, To give some indication of how it feels… earlier today the temperature in the garden was 33ºC and currently it’s 14ºC… a drop of 19 degrees! No doubt it feels … More Oh joy… it's snowing.

Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly’s recent comments comparing women in western dress to uncovered meat, and men as cats unable to resist the allure is still creating controversy. One of the important quotes from his sermon reads: “If you take out uncovered meat and place it outside on the street, or in the garden or in … More Does Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaly need therapy?

The kids school had a ‘Gala Day’ today, which loosely translated into a large ‘garage’/car boot sale which in the UK would be a sort of large scale open air jumble sale I suppose There were assorted ‘attractions’ like an inflatable obstacle course and bouncy castles, a couple of fire engines with accompanying fire-personnel (who … More Rumble Jumble

I started the diet again on Wednesday. Might have been a bad move just before my birthday… but I suppose you have to do it when you have to do it. Maybe if I waited til next week I’n not have the willpower… no idea… not waiting to find out either!! Anyway, I recently found … More Back on the diet.

Hitler used to inject himself with amphetamines (speed) five times a day?? That might explain a lot of his behaviours! Explain… not excuse.