Luddites and a Twitter Joke that Miserably Failed!
When I went to the bank the other day, the lady cashier said that something had appeared on her computer screen indicating that I could now do internet banking via a new system that I could use on my mobile phone. I asked her if it involved downloading an HSBC App on my iPhone. "It's no use asking me as I am a complete Luddite." To me this sat up like a great joke that would have her belly laughing at my razor sharp, spontaneous ...
Beware the VW Main Dealer Rip-Off Merchants
My car packed up the other week, going into some sort of sluggish safe mode that made pulling out to the A338 Formula 1 race track even more exciting than my usual daily brush with death. Always being one to try to support local businesses, I took it to a local independent garage in Ringwood called A M Autos. Because there is more knowledge of cars in the left testicle of ant than there is in my brain, I have to rely on gut feeling when I ...
Milford Puts Perspective on the Storms
The boys and I stayed down at my Dad's in Milford on Sea at the weekend, seeing first hand the damage caused by Friday night's storm that put the village on the map in a kind of unwanted way. When I say kind of unwanted, this is because, generally, if I go for a walk on Milford sea front in February, I could count the amount of fellow walkers on one, at a push, two hands, though there is always five or six cars with pensioners in, partaking ...
Chris Smith – The Kevin Pietersen of the Environment Agency!
As the low pressure systems continue to line up in the Atlantic, I can't help but feel that like the England cricketer, Kevin Pietersen, the Environment agency and in particular, Chris Smith, are the scapegoats for everyone's flooding woes. Let's get this straight, this winter is set to be the wettest for 250 years in the UK, so, as far as I can see, there is not a lot anyone can do about it except sit, watch and hope the angry 250 miles per ...
Pietersen – England’s Number One Batsman and Number One Scapegoat!
Cricket is a sport I love more than any other and as someone who has struggled to be able to master it in any degree as a player, I choose to study it instead, marvelling at the technique of those at the top of their game. That is why I can't help but be saddened at the unceremonious dumping of the most flamboyant of them all, Kevin Pietersen. To see him at his outrageous best was a pleasure like no other in sport and have no doubt about ...