No Kettle
So, my kettle gave up and died on me a few days ago. As I haven’t got around to getting a new one yet my caffeine level is a little on the low side.
Grrr!!!
Category: Miscellaneous
29 August, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
The Best Gift You Could Give
Okay, so the following is a complete rip from www.gHacks.net and I make no excuses for it other than I couldn’t improve on it… ‘Granted, someone will need to die before you can purchase this gift, however if you’re willing to wait than (sic) you too could brighten someone’s day with this pencil box full [...]
16 November, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Yay…
…finished painting the living room!
Did the whole room and ceiling using a 3″ paintbrush too.
Oh, ok. So I got bored a third of the way across the ceiling and invested in a €3,00 roller. Doesn’t do quite as thorough a job as the paintbrush but it was a darned sight quicker!
Hoorah for rollers!
9 June, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post
Gurkha VC Hero
Most people have heard of the legendary Gurkhas and none who know their history will dispute their bravery during the many campaigns in which they have fought on behalf and in defence of Britain.
Why then, if the British government is so willing to allow so many immigrants into the country (a large number of whom [...]
31 May, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post
Painting
Well, after around three months in the new house I’ve decided that the yellow living-room walls left behind by the former owners are definately tired looking and in need of a lift.
So I am now in the middle of painting the walls…with a paintbrush. Never really got to like using a roller, even for big flat [...]
21 May, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post
One Billion Bulbs
Like most people I like to think I do my bit to help the environment, recycling waste, turning off electrical appliances instead of leaving them on stand-by, switching off unnecessary lights etc.
But, have you ever considered how much we waste by not doing something as simple as changing the light bulbs in our homes? Have [...]
17 May, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post
Flies
What is it with flies?
Are they stupid or something?
You’d think that after they’d come close to death a few times (courtesy of a swipe from my hand, or towel, or anything else close by) that they’d get the message and bugger off. I mean they’re called flies for god’s sake. Why don’t they just fly [...]
17 May, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post