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Can it be ? Sunday night here in the UK and the worlds most talked-about site is currently offline. Link – YouTube.com Read more →

When it rains you’ll no doubt grab an umbrella. There’s a few problems with these things though – they’ll fly about in the wind, they bash into other people, other umbrellas and all manner of street furniture. Luckily… errm… yes.. I think that’s the right word.. Luckily the Nubrella is here, offering complete hands-free rain protection. Here’s a lovely lady… Read more →

It looks like a restaurant just around the corner from our house is trying a new type of customer service by putting this on their receipts. Joe Delucci’s, in Lichfield, are a bit embarrased about the whole thing, with owner Nigel Langsdon saying that the message had been meant to be seen only by kitchen staff and he didn’t know… Read more →

I’m a big fan of Nascar and I’ve been lucky enough to drive at over 160mph around the Daytona track in Florida. Just the other day the Daytona 500 2008 Sprint Cup took place. Although every camera seems to be sponsored in some way I love how the coverage concentrates on creating exciting TV, rather than just monitoring the exact… Read more →

If you’re based in the UK this will look fairly normal to start with, however it’s actually the USA and the guy is busy driving the wrong way. The cops take a rather… errmmm… unorthodox approach to stopping the runaway driver… I’d be surprised if the guy doesn’t sue the police for bodily harm though. ;) Lesson number 1 –… Read more →

Every time I mention Gemma Atkinson around here I get dozens of emails telling me off for posting pictures of semi-clad women. It’s a fair point, so I’ve been extremely careful when snipping this photo. Gemma is this week out promoting something. What it is I have no idea, but she’s wearing some pink basque and drinking Guiness. Top bird.… Read more →

A lot of people think the UK has changed in recent years. I used to live in Dudley and Wednesbury, and that’s changed beyond recognition since I was a small child. These towns have now become a multi-cultural melting pot and many people have varying opinions on the changes. Now the Defence Department here in the UK are starting to… Read more →

Viewers of Ashes to Ashes (“fire up the Quatro”) will love this bit of Police work :) Here’s the Police doing a early morning raid on a suspect as part of a drugs raid. The Police are trying to crack a 100m cocaine empire so, seeing that the 3m property was fortified, they decided to crash through the wall with… Read more →

See if you can spot what the bus driver did wrong. Link – Sky News Read more →

“Come on lads! I’ve found a way to get into the UK without being spotted! Hop inside this chemical tanker!” “A chemical tanker? Are you sure?” “Yeah, no problem. In you get.. don’t worry about the smell…. “ “Oh, I’m going dizzy..” Just what were these people thinking? Sure, I know they’re desperate, but climbing into a chemical tanker is… Read more →

Here’s my pancake. Today is Shrove Tuesday so me and Emily have had pancakes. I made one, which turned out like this. Not so great, but I still ate it :) Read more →

I’ve blogged about this before, but I’m going to do it again. It’s all about people who drive soft-top cars.. y’know, cabriolets. I can understand why they want to put the top down, it’s a major selling point and it gives you a new driving experience. Fantastic. I understand. But, why the heck are you taking the top down in… Read more →

This site is fantastic, I love doing it, but I do have a normal life too. I’ll usually blog about selected bits of my life that may seem partially interesting to you, the casual browser. So, you may be surprised that this blog post concentrates on….. Our new toilet seat. At the moment we’re trying to get our house finished.… Read more →

After all the severe weather warnings and news of road closures up in Scotland I decided to go outside and take a photo of the snow. There was a problem though.. No snow. No snow at all here, but then – I turned round and spotted enough snow to panic half the population of Britain on my bin. The snow… Read more →

Last week I slated Ramsays Kitchen Nightmares USA. The people editing the show have nearly ruined it, however this week I gave it one more shot – and, surprisingly, this week it’s much better. At the Seascape restaurant in New York Ramsay let rip into the dirty, lazy, greasy Chefs. Ramsay waded in and, in his usual style, told them… Read more →

Here’s a policeman who’ll probably be sat at home kicking himself right now. The officer was banned from driving, fined 400 and suspended from his job after giving a “thumbs up” to speed cameras.. with both hands. David Mayes was on his was to a 999 call doing around 70mph in a 40mph zone whilst doing this. I think the… Read more →

We have a cat. Her name is Poppy. We’ve nursed her back to full health after she was diagnosed with a skin condition whilst at the local RSPCA. When we first saw her they’d had to shave most of the fur from her face because she’d scratched half her face off. Everyone walking through the cattery simply walked past Poppy,… Read more →

Last week I posted about the Nissan Micra I’d been given as a hire car. It wasn’t brilliant for the motorway, so I asked the hire car company for a bigger car. On Friday they came through with this – the Ford Focus Titanium 1.8 TDCi. It’s got about 115 bhp and this model costs around 13 grand. Yes, you… Read more →

I love Gordon Ramsay and his “Kitchen Nightmares” show. I’ve just watched the American version, which follows the same format as the UK original, except… the American Producers have… completely f***ing ruined it in every way. For a start it’s HEAVILY edited…. and I mean HEAVILY. How the makers get away with distorting reality like this is beyond me. Every… Read more →

I spotted this house in the local paper last night. It’s a computer-generated image because the house isn’t quite finished yet. Located just up the road from me in Sutton Coldfield it’s got 6 bedrooms (yes, 6), 4 reception rooms and 5 bathrooms. There’s even secondary accomodation over the garage and a swimming pool, gymnasium, steam room, spa, games room,… Read more →

Regular readers to my humble blog will know about the slight accident I had recently. Since the accident I’ve not cleaned my car because, if I do, the mirror (which I’d stuck on with tape) drops off. The guy who came to check the damage and pick it up yesterday found that the car was so dirty he couldn’t even… Read more →

Here’s the new Polish section at Asda. It’s not really a section, more of an entire aisle really. It’s quite funny pushing your trolley down there as there’s a mix of baffled people who can’t understand the labels and old ladies trying to find the Mr Sheen and Pledge. Read more →