Cup Of Coffee

Fridges were built to house beer – it’s a proven fact. However there’s a small minority of people who’ll argue that something called “food” needs to be put inside too. This impacts heavily on the space available for the beer and causes a great deal of argument in our house. So, it’s with great joy that I’ve found this rather… Read more →

Driving down from Manchester this morning I thought it was about time I fixed that strange wheel wobble on the car. Let’s be honest here – although the “Highway Code” says something about ensuring you check your car before each journey – we rarely do. The Highway Code states… Take special care that lights, brakes, steering, exhaust system, seat belts,… Read more →

Hotels. They get on my tits at times. Last night I stopped in a certain hotel at Manchester Airport. Although it has a very posh name it really, really doesn’t live up to it. This particular chain of hotels is usually fantastic, but the one at Manchester Airport is a 1970’s relic with furniture and a sweet bleachy smell to… Read more →

I’m doing some serious globe-trotting right now. On Saturday night I was in foggy Telford. We went to this place – Frankie and Bennys. It’s a very family orientated restaurant with an American feel and I personally think it’s great for kids. Me and Em went with me brother and sister-in-law and their son. To be honest I loved it.… Read more →

Good old B3ta.com is always a good place to find deranged photo-shopped pictures and jokes. Every Friday they publish a newsletter full of funny links. Here’s some of the best from this week.. “This is a message from the Estates Department at Durham University regarding the showers”” http://www.bornsloppy.co.uk/funny/shower_0685.jpg —– “I’m trying to replicate the General Lee, using thousands of toy cars… Read more →

I was avoiding some roadworks this morning (they’ve ripped up the A5 near Cannock in Staffordshire) and had to go up this road… anyhow… I went past a shop, which is sort of pictured here. The yellow writing says….. “BOSTIN’ BAGUETTES” I think it’s a marvellous example of a French snack with a Black Country spin. :) Read more →

This is a CD which takes pride of place in my music collection. It’s Born Slippy by Underworld. It tore up the dancefloors all over the UK and beyond a while back and I first heard it after watching TrainSpotting at the cinema. The track didn’t really get a full release for a good while, but after getting played repeatedly… Read more →

You may remember well-reasoned arguments (ahem!) about the dangers of smoking and the apparent smoking ban we had before. The old ban basically said, “You can smoke here, but not over there on a Wednesday afternoon when the sun is shining”. It was impossible to enforce. So today, after months of “wrangling” (for that you should read “arguing”) the MP’s… Read more →

I’m sure you’ve seen these things dotted around in Motorway Services, Airports and shopping malls around the world. It’s a massage chair. If you’ve got aches and pains from all the walking / shopping then it’s just a matter of plonking a few coins in the slot and sitting down for a bit. The chair itself will massage and sooth… Read more →

On Sunday I had a brainwave. I decided that today would be the day to start redecorating our bedroom. Together we’ve redecorated every room in the house since moving in. First was the lounge, which was green when we moved in. Bear in mind here that when we bought the house (our first home together) we had nothing, so we… Read more →

A quick blog post just to keep you up to date. I’m still without my trusty laptop, so I’m currently working from webmail and several other PC’s dotted around the house and at work. Unfortunately this means that the postal addresses of the mad competition winners and many other emails I need to sort out are stored on my laptop,… Read more →

I use my laptop pretty much every day to run this site and, after lugging it around with me pretty much everywhere for the last 4 years, it’s showing some battle damage. I’ve got a Sony PCG-GRX616SP. It’s.. well, huge. It’s sold as a “desktop replacement laptop” and it shows. The 16 inch screen means that the footprint is massive… Read more →

Thursday ? You’re honestly telling me that it’s Thursday ? No way… where the hell is this week going ?! So far I’ve achieved absolutely bugger all. Meetings, phone and conference calls but hardly any “work” in my sense of the word. Technical support is something I end up doing a lot of in my job, which encompasses a lot… Read more →

If you’re out in the sticks and unable to get broadband your only real solution has been satellite broadband. Well, it was. Customers of Aramiska had a bit of a surprise customer care message today. Instead of the usual notifications of “10 minutes possible downtime during upgrade” was this rather starling announcement, which wasn’t even published on their front page.… Read more →

I noticed a sign in a local shop yesterday. It was from The Home Office, who are basically a big group of government people who tell you what you should and shouldn’t be doing. Oh, sorry.. they actually state that their job is to… “make a difference in the real world, helping build a society in which people are safer… Read more →

Now that (hopefully) the Crazy Frog epidemic is over and we’re left with hideously bad rip-offs of catchphrases and comedy shows by two-bit impressionists, it’s with a clear conscience that I post this spoof of “the frog”. It’s actually Jeb from the guys at weakendproductions.co.uk who say of the video… “Consider it an ‘homage’, or we could just be taking… Read more →

Guys! Check out my new flat-screen TV ! It only cost 50 quid! Read more →

I love Road Wars – it’s a TV show that’s shown at random intervals across Sky One / Sky Two / Sky Three and features some excellent UK Police chases. You can find a full description about it here at Wikipedia.org. Usually it’s from Slough or somewhere in Thames Valley and features traffic police like “Pat and Carl” chasing some… Read more →

I drove into work this morning listening to tubby boy on the radio. Amongst news that mobile phones don’t melt your brain (although the long-term effects are still unknown), was an interesting piece about the huge 85 million rollover on the Euromillions jackpot. What interested me was the news that sales are going through the roof just because the jackpot… Read more →

I tend to drift off into my own little world while I drive. I had to go up the “Toilet Toll” this morning. It’s known as the M6 Toll of course, but I live about a mile away from T6 and although I don’t really need to use it, it can be a life-saver to get me to work on… Read more →

Woohoo! I’m not quite sure what happened there, but it’s very welcome indeed ! :) Read more →

Last weekend we went to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham. I was quite impressed with the place actually, except you will end up going slightly mad after about 3 hours. Every single shop is a Jewellery shop, so you walk from one window, to another and another – all crammed with sparkling great diamonds which wouldn’t look out of place… Read more →