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Wind chimes. Why? Why why why why why? Our garden has many other gardens backing on to it, and now a second neighbour has decided that the tree at the bottom of their garden wasn’t quite cutting it as a … Continue reading →

Credit card company egg say they are ditching 161,000 customers with poor credit ratings. But it looks like that’s a lie – if the comments on the BBC web site and on the Radio 4 Today programme are anything to … Continue reading →

Today in haste I opened a kitchen cupboard and a bottle of balsamic vinegar and a bottle of soy sauce fell out and smashed on the floor. The floorboards were bathed in a tasty, if crunchy, marinade. It wasn’t the … Continue reading →

I bought a cross-cut shredder from Tesco. It stopped working, but they won’t take it back because I can’t find the receipt. I think I must have shredded it.

…an aeroplane passes in front of the moon and turns from blinking lights to perfect silhouette.

Reading Calvin and Hobbes in bed, I turn out the light and briefly turn on the radio to check the alarm. First word I hear is “Calvinistic”. Just now, watching Cape Wrath. Line of dialogue: “How’s Jack Donnelly?”. I turn … Continue reading →

I’m no ‘green champion’ – I do compost all appropriate kitchen waste and I recycle paper, but have been known to throw tin cans, bottles and plastic in the bin. But this toothbrush makes me mad. It contains a non-replaceable … Continue reading →

Our new ironing board cover needs ironing. The vacuum cleaner could do with a quick hoover, also.

Outside Royal Festival Hall early in the morning, about 50 identically dressed construction workers in a neat queue lining up to get on site, all wearing same hard hats and high visibility tabards. Title: “Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to work … Continue reading →