What will we do with all the beermats now?

I suspect this only really works for round tables, it’s brilliant work nonetheless!

Name change

OK this is it! For some time I have been a Grumpy Git; well from Sunday onwards I can be called a Grumpy OLD Git. Yup, Sunday marks my 50th birthday. It seems like a real marker, yet I feel just the same as I did when I was 18. Well that’s not entirely true, [...]

Family Update

I’ve managed to add quite a few new names to the list. Use the link on the right of the page or click here.

Cut again!

I made a mistake last weekend. Although I hadn’t fixed anything up with anyone, I went to the golf club hoping there would be a chance to join a game. I was in luck and three others invited me to join them. As it turns out I hacked my way round the course very well [...]

Do people really fall for this stuff?

I received the following this afternoon: =============================== NOTIFICATION! Your Access Has Been Suspended. Your credit card transaction was declined. The system reported the following error: CRD DECLINE NOT AUTHORIZED Transaction details: Order Total: 604.07 Order Number: 0110401 Merchant’s VISA card ID: 4929BPLC Date/Time: 12/Oct/2005 14:29:52 Transaction ID: 141500971 Information regarding your transfer can be viewed [...]

Cheap TVs…..

I guess it’s just another episode in the “You only get what you pay for” series but it’s annoying nonetheless. About 2 years or so ago I bought a cheap Naiko 28inch wide-screen TV from, of all places, Safeway! At the time it was a real bargain, £199 for all those inches, stereo sound etc [...]