Yesterday being brightly sunny I decided it was high time I visited Staunton Park again.  So I caught the bus from the end of the road much further and went to the garden centre first.  Had a look at the various plants available and thought (thoughts like, "If I'm going to Staunton, do I really want to have plants with me?")  Tried out the cafe (a ( Read more... )

A cinema chain recently decided to allow mobile phones to be left on in their cinemas.  The outraged response soon had them changing their minds and the arrangement ( Read more... )

Hope you had a good Christmas, Dear Reader.  S dropped in late-ish Christmas Eve and we seemed to spend the ensuing time chatting an awful lot.  We've just waved him back off to his own pad.  All being well we'll be seeing him again New Year's Eve when the whole family is attempting to gather, or at least as many as are in the country!  All of ( Read more... )

If you remember, Dear Reader, I mentioned some time back about a fairly local village which was up in arms because they couldn't get a good phone signal.  The phone mast had been erected on a nearby hill.  H reckoned they'd have done better with a mast on the village green.


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Sleeping through the night has returned.  w00t!  I like sleeping through the night.  The sun has also returned.  w00t!  w00t!  Ok, Dear Reader, the clouds have finally gone.  w00t!  w00t!  w00t!  They'd been nailed to the chimney pots for two or three days and by yesterday afternoon they'd definitely been around for too long.  It's cooler today but ( Read more... )

Do you remember, Dear Reader, how not so long ago it seemed that everyone was dead agin having mobile phone masts anywhere near them ( Read more... )

Big Brother may be watching You

For those who have neither read Orwell's novel, nor seen the film based thereupon (that includes me), I'm sure Wikipedia has extensive entries.  Go do your own research (for a change).  Sorry, I'm a bit cranky this morning.

Meanwhile discussions are afoot to put everyone's details on chips in their ( Read more... )