Monthly Archives: March 2013

Friends and acquaintances have often delighted suggesting how easy it is to press my switch to set me going.  All they have to do is mention wind farms/global warming/Gordon Brown/B.B.C. bias or Quangos and I’m off. Probably the most useless … Continue reading →

It looks like Cyprus has decided not to take my advice to drop out of the Bundesbank; sorry the Eurozone and follow the example of Iceland and go for broke.  Only time will tell, I still think that they are … Continue reading →

I had better admit that I have had a history with Cyprus; you could describe it as a hate-love relationship.  My earliest memory was as part of a four man patrol searching for EOKA execution squads, landing on a beach and sneaking … Continue reading →

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long … Continue reading →

You will have often heard me refer to my wife of some 54 years, as the serene, beautiful one (because she is) and also as Pollyanna because she sees only good in everyone.  Well yesterday she thinks she may have … Continue reading →

At the weekend the serene, beautiful one was being nosey and for some unknown reason was looking through my wardrobe.  I think that she may have been looking to get through to Narnia, although she is constantly muttering about how … Continue reading →

A week or so back my son and his wife were with their friends were on a cruise to see the Northern Lights.  Their friends live in the same sleepy Northamptonshire market town as my wife and I.  They had … Continue reading →

Every now and again since I swallowed the anchor I get a fit of nostalgia and forget just how horrible life could be on the Grey Funnel Line and I have a look-see at the Rum Ration Website, just to … Continue reading →