Month: October 2008

My nephew has just come home from school. He’s five. He’s been learning about the “olden days”. He’s drawn some pictures, they’re now on the fridge in his home. The first picture is Princess Diana and Price Charles getting married. The second, a picture of the stage at “Live Aid”. This is part of a project looking at the “olden… Read more →

I’ve just had a Firebox.com spam mail with this as the “featured product”. Just where the c**k is this thing going to live in the house? It’s massive – you can even ride it ! Wait a minute… 300 quid!? Read more →

Woah, I think I’ve found my new car. :) Yep, whilst going around the local Car Supermarket I found their “Deal of the week”. It’s got a massive 19,000 saving included plus it meets all my sensible requirements. Good fuel economy – a massive 20MPG on a good run or …. ahem…. 9MPG around town and nearly 500 BHP. Sensible,… Read more →

We’ve just been to the shops and spent a truck load of money on.. err.. stuff. Food, baby clothes, y’know. Anyhow, while we were out I wanted to look for a rubber duck for little Billy. He’s loving bath time at the moment so a rubber duck seemed to be the thing to get. I spotted this duck on the… Read more →

The Credit Crunch. The Slump. The Recession. Call it what you will, we’ve all got less money than ever. Go to your bank and the cash-point will show a balance of 5 million overdrawn purely because the bank has secretly loaned all the money out. Brilliant plans have been launched in the USA and UK to bail out these banks,… Read more →

After reading TV worth watching on another blog I thought I’d list the TV I’m watching at the minute. Firstly, Little Britain USA. It’s fantastic. It’s on HBO in the USA and the BBC here in the UK. I’ve seen the US version of the show and it seems that a couple of sketches have been moved around but it’s… Read more →