Sunday, November 30, 2025

Stuff - Not Working

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  What a week.  So now my VHS to DVD converter has stopped working - I did think it was possible after I did someone's VHS tapes that di...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

We The Willing Led By The Unknowing

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 "We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little,...
Friday, November 28, 2025

Best Of Intentions - Ooh Look, A Squirrel!

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That sort of day.  I was going to be doing some filing but my brother called me up to say that our Mother's DNA test results were in and...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Are We Nearly There Yet?

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No not yet. I'm still getting little things done and have made some room this week clearing away loose paperwork and the like getting ri...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

The Art Of Percolation

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  I used to love our Percolator.  My parent's had one which happily glugged away ready for our strong after dinner coffee and I bought o...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Urgh This House! Honestly How Many Bodges

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  The house has so many bodged bits of work and the previous owner was a Joiner but I doubt that.  The wood working in here is not finished ...

Do The Right Thing Or Do The Easiest?

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  We had a motto at one of the businesses I worked at which was "Do the right thing!" of course it was misinterpreted and misused ...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Are You Doing Something For The Right Reason?

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  I pitch this now as I am in my inner head state looking at what to do next and it occurred to me that when I fully evaluate what I am goin...

The New Super Power. Gormless

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  Ahead of this week's Budget you have to wonder about the suitability of the current government.  A complaint about speculation on its ...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Breakfast With A Friend Resetting Your Thoughts

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  So a breakfast yesterday with my friend, fellow cancer survivor and all around good guy was interesting.  I wasn't as bad as I was las...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Getting Through The Paperwork

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  I write a lot on here but in reality I write far more on my writing pads than I do on here.  I have just found and shredded my writing pad...

Difficult Decisions - Why Are They So.....

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  Well, difficult!  I am taking a break from the business after all the recent nastiness and I am tackling things I should have done years a...
Thursday, November 20, 2025

And Let That Be An End Of It

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  Another solicitor's letter but this time, as always pretty full of what I should and shouldn't do, it sort of draws a line under t...

Milestones or Millstones?

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  Having procrastinated for too long on getting things done I now find that I am at the tipping point in terms of where I am given the prett...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Relax For A Moment

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  It is difficult to relax when you earnestly think that you need to be doing things or that I should be active and it really is strange whe...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Fixing Stuff

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  Chair fixed with dowels and glue - hopefully this gets it fixed once and for all!  I've spoken to the Heating Engineer and they will c...
Monday, November 17, 2025

How Many Things Can Go Wrong At Once?

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  How about 4 things all at once!  The chair I repaired with glue that could hold anything together failed! So that now needs dowels to real...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

It Slowly Dawned On Me Last Night

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I was watching the Snooker and had a few beers and as I am want to do, I nearly always have a notepad and pen with me.  I was going through ...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

No Couldn't Bring Myself To Do It

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  The trouble of being a matter of fact type person is that I don't dress stuff up and whilst I may attempt to be subtle it never really...
Friday, November 14, 2025

Eating The Frog - Again

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  Given the pretty rough year I've had I am attempting to reset myself and review life, the universe and all that good stuff!  Using the...