Free gifts from the bicycle show

Free gifts from the bicycle show

Free items picked up at the bicycle show, and how they will be useful: Waterproofing liquid (soak then agitate thoroughly) Aromatic massage gel for joints (and indeed muscles) Sensitive face care hydro gel for men (no greasy residue) Putty to repair things (finish with wetted spatula) Firming body oil (firms within 2 weeks) High protein…

How I organise my money

How I organise my money

There are two tins: Small change Proper money Small change is anything that is not really worth carrying around. This means 1p, 2p, 5p, and yes, 10p pieces. Proper money is anything larger than that. So 20p, 50p, £1 and £2. Sometimes a 10p will make it in, depending upon my mood. If it is…

Cartoon: Differing heights

Cartoon: Differing heights

See the larger version of this cartoon here: Differing heights. I, being towards the taller end of thingst, often feel awkward when I find myself in a central seat near the front in church (well, in truth I often feel awkward in any seat, but that is another story). This is because I’m certain I’m…

Kettles and the extent to which they dribble water, or not

We had a kettle – it dribbled water. It seemed hazardous to keep dribbling water, what with the electrics and kettle water being boiling, so we got a new kettle that did not dribble water. Now the new kettle dribbles water too. Do all kettles dribble water? I have set up a poll on the…

In-depth reflections on Mac ownership

I made the transfer from PC to Mac about a month ago. Here are my thoughts about it, numbered because the ordered list tag exists and I just don’t use it enough: I changed computers because I had worn out the keyboard letters on my other one out through my furious and continual typing. Also…

Heaps

Heaps

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. This verse, 2 Chronicles 31:7, is the 30638th most popular verse in the Bible out of the 31101 verses that make up the Bible. This is according to TopVerses.com, a site that ranks all of…

ChurchRail Trail

The Churches and the Railways in Norfolk and Suffolk are teaming up to promote the Churches and the Railways in Norfolk and Suffolk. The ChurchRail Trail has been endorsed by Vicars and enables travellers to get special stamps when they visit churches: As well as enjoying a unique day out, visitors can win prizes by…

Advertising on the internet

Advertising on the internet

Kester posted an interesting post yesterday about online advertising and how it is a bad thing as it is the poor who lose out. See also his Facebook group ‘I’d Rather Pay For Facebook Than Put Up With All The Dumb Ads‘ and this previous post Advertising Makes Us All Poor. I’d like to agree…

Vegetable racks

Vegetable racks

We bought our first vegetable rack at the weekend. A person’s life can be divided into the time they live pre-vegetable rack (P.V.R.) and the time they live post-vegetable rack (Also P.V.R, confusingly). Of course there will be some people who are not able to purchase a vegetable rack at any time of their lives,…

Open letter to the BBC Weather Forecasters

Open letter to the BBC Weather Forecasters

Dear the BBC Weather Forecasters, It would be really helpful if you could include a ‘washing forecast’ as part of your weather forecast updates. I have devised a system that you could use to show us whether it is worth putting washing outside on the line to dry or not. First of all you will…

Woodwork news

Woodwork news

I have had cause to glue several pieces of wood together lately, so I thought I would keep you updated. The budget dining room chair This became broken because someone had been leaning back on it in the way that we were told not to do at school. I poured some wood glue into the…