Category Archives: COVID

Roughly translated from Wienerish this means “I say, would you mind moving on old chap” (okay maybe there is a reference to a part of the body). As a gunman walked around Vienna this was what one of the locals … Continue reading →

Shocking news – climate change has a new victim – Fender Guitars. The wood used traditionally is now in short supply. Get your orders in – bulk buy like mad. I just hope they don’t use the same wood for … Continue reading →

For some time people have been banned from public singing. Next Sunday we get an exemption to sing two songs as long as one of them is the national anthem. So we can sing praise to the queen, and only … Continue reading →

I always find it interesting that some of the people I know that were sure that Brexit would be a lot harder than Boris and Nigel suggested seem to be pro-independence. The EU represented 40 years of ties in legislation … Continue reading →

An interesting item about Lewis Hamilton. As he prepares for a race he tries to do everything correct. If he drops a piece of paper he will pick it up. Apparently because God is watching. I can understand it from … Continue reading →

My favoured subjects at school were maths based, and numbers have made up a lot of my working life. But oddly enough the lessons I remember most are not maths or science. I remember several English lessons, mainly poetry. One … Continue reading →

I remember a group of kids visiting us from the Bahamas. Before they left they were asked were the country they were going to was. One of them said Africa. I remember being astonished by the lack of knowledge about … Continue reading →

I spent part of today catching up on the proposed carbon emission changes in the shipping industry. There have been proposals agreed to introduce a mandatory system of control with the goal of reducing emissions to 40% of the 2008 … Continue reading →

It is only when bits start falling off your teeth that you realise how important those regular visits to the dentist are. I lost a quarter of a tooth today. I remember my mother talking about people getting all of … Continue reading →

Just been on a pleasant 2 hour walk around the village. Interesting to see the local pub and wine bar with blackout blinds fitted but all of the lights on (through gaps at the edge). Makes you wonder…. Yesterday I … Continue reading →