I was in my new local haunt, B&Q, for the umpteenth time last Friday and after spending an eternity looking at paint manufacturers with grandiose brand titles such as 'Le Petite Palais' and "Timeless Classics" I eventually put my neck on the line went for 'Sophisticated Sage.'
I Showed My Class by Going for Sophisticated Sage
It was with dubious irony that I chose 'Sophisticated Sage' as it was from the 'Timeless Classics' range ...
When I am working at home I have decided that during my lunch break, I am going to go to the dump and go through the gradual process of unloading all the shit from the outhouse that came either from my old house, or has been ripped out of the new one.
I kicked off this new regime today by getting rid of a few boxes of unwanted stuff and some lighting from the "Elvis Pike Classic Collection" that the previous owners had put up, presumably to ...
I went for a walk in the forest yesterday with my old friend Nick and our respective dogs and predictably, the subject turned towards the hat-trick of ‘Operation Yew Tree’ cases that, coincidentally, came to court on the same day last week.
A glance at the news would have you believe that the trials of William Roache, Rolf Harris and Dave Lee Travis were all linked and very similar in nature when in fact, there are differences in all of ...
One thing that sprung to my attention today was that amongst the hours of wallpaper stripping, hole filling and mending leaks whilst causing several more, is the lack of social interaction I have had recently.
This became apparent today when I realised that the person I have had the most conversations with lately was a bitter and angry man who had taken enough wrong turnings in life to end up director of operations at the local refuse ...
Who saw that programme on Channel 4 last night called Benefit Street?
Wow that was an eye opener and it came, ironically, on the day that £25 billion of Government spending was to be saved by increased benefit cuts.
Initially, it looked like a right wing party political broadcast to incite venom against spongers, but it soon became apparent that these were not people living in iPad and flat screen TV luxury off the back of ripping off ...