Farewell to a genius

I needed to talk to a Solicitor this morning, nothing huge, just a bit of legal jargon that needed to be explained to me. But I didn’t know who to ask. It was a bit specialist so the guy who helped me buy my house would have been no use, and I truly didn’t know…

In recent months we have all seen the heroic efforts of the NHS and marvelled at the way they have dealt with the challenge of Covid-19. But behind the scenes, there has been a number of other changes that may have gone unnoticed unless they, of course, touched you personally. And I was impressed to…

When I used Windows XP I had a nice little icon on my toolbar to take me back to the Desktop, now having moved to Windows 7 I couldn’t find a similar icon and for the last few months have been “living” without it. You know: just making do, accepting the price of progress is…

I came across this sign whilst walking my dog today, I’d not seen a Cold Calling Control Zone before and wondered how or why they are established. So I rang the number on the sign and was told that it was: Set-up by the local authority Meant to deter cold callers Not enforceable in law…

On Britain’s got Talent…. did you see her? You know: the one the crowd took an instant dislike to and the judges had rejected almost as soon as she walked on the stage. OK, she wasn’t the greatest `Looker`, her dress was pretty frumpy and she was probably pigeonholed by most people there as a…