Over the last few days of record-breaking temperatures, much has been mentioned (mainly by older folks who think they’re hard) about the famed summer of 1976. I was eight at the time and the only thing I really remember is my mother doing some bizarre pagan like dance when it rained. Oh, and the smell of the rain on dry surfaces. Even when I smell that now, it takes me back to that summer.
False Comparisons
Comparing the summer of 1976 ...
I have always wondered why certain people use severe weather
warnings to look hard.
In the winter it is, “Yes, it’s going to snow…guess what,
it’s winter”. In the summer it is “Wow it’s going to be hot…it’s called
summer, get over it”. If there is a
storm warning that might disrupt travel or bring down power lines, it’s, “In
my day it was known as a windy day, end of”.
Why on earth would someone want to get ...
I have one client left who still insists on posted invoices.
Everyone else just deals in emailed PDF’s these days, making life easier for
all. Therefore, every week, I have to print of the invoices and timesheets, put
them in an envelope and find a stamp.
Letterbox Euphoria
I have kind of mastered that part, it’s getting the invoice
from my house to the letterbox which is the hard bit to execute. This became
even harder when my ...
One look at the the list of candidates in the Tory leadership race is enough to send a shiver down the spine. It is so awful it makes you wonder how this will all play out.
Sunak and Truss
The fact that Rishi Sunak is the favourite tells you all that needs knowing. Sunak made a fortune out the 2008 banking crash and has overseen the haemorrhaging of cash during the pandemic that is incalculable. I just do not understand what attributes ...
I have needed to write this down as it is scarcely believable.
1/ Boris Johnson was warned about the predatory sexual
conduct of Chris Pincher.
2/ He went ahead and employed him anyway.
3/ Chris Pincher conducted himself in a way a sexual
predator would.
4/ Boris Johnson sent his MP’s out to say he knew nothing of
Chris Pinchers behaviour.
5/ It was proved in a letter from Simon McDonald, Johnson
did know about Pinchers ...
