“it’s a huge job”…isn’t it always!

When we got the keys to our house back in September the biggest problem we thought we had to face was the joists being rotted through on the first floor.  The surveyor wrote a lengthy report which basically culminated in the warning that we had wet rot and should get this seen to as soon [...]

an analogy

Picture the scene…
For years you’ve propped up your garden tools against a fence at the side of your garden.  This fence used to belong to you but in recent months you’ve reached an agreement with your landowner to give them the fence…as a gesture of kindness, let’s say.
One day out of the blue your landowner starts to remove [...]

duh

This deserves a comment I think…
Someone has located my site through the Google search of “how do I know if my lateral malleolus is (broken)”
Here’s a tip folks…
…IT FUCKING HURTS…like you’ve never felt pain before in your life.
If this is the state you are in right now I suggest you get yourself to A&E and [...]

slumjumpers

As you might be aware, if you’ve bothered to read this, we used to live next door to the most awful people we’ve ever had the misfortune to live next door to. 
To stop ourselves from losing our cool completely we coined phrases and names for our “neighbours”.  On the one side we had Spam and [...]

i just don’t know

I noticed the search term ”three year old won’t stay in bed” from Google sends people to my site…cooooool
Here’s the bad news: I don’t have the answer, I don’t know, my three year old won’t stay in bed either.  We did have some success with a bribe of a DVD that he has asked for but [...]

the master of all he surveys

It’s amazing how quickly a person can master essential home maintenance tasks when their 1980s imitation parquet flooring depends upon it…
The last time Alasdair tackled any sort of plumbing the dog and I got a face full of water.  The pipes were reconnected for the washing maching, I was down at face level with them [...]

message

To those men who insist on following the new trend of wearing fitted shirts…
DRINK LESS BEER
No, really…the sight of your beer gut trying to escape your shirt makes me feel a little queasy and I don’t like being sick.

a what!?

This has got to be the coolest (or most idiotic – I’ve not decided yet) thing I have seen online in a long time.
The eglu (what?) is for keeping the chickens in, safe from the foxes and other elements.  Apparently it’s easy to use, locate, clean out, etc.
What worries me about all of this, and [...]

so, i’m not falling apart after all

Today was my second trip to physiotherapy following the untimely breaking of my left ankle…the lateral malleolus if you care.
The reason for my referral in the first instance was because I can’t bend my ankle far enough to crouch down to clean out the fire…and some other things a woman feels the need to crouch [...]

nothing in particular

“So, the french presidential elections are coming up soon.  Who do you think is going to win?”
“Don’t know, don’t care”
“The french bloke.  Don Perignon or whatever his name is?”
“Champagne?”
“That’s a drink!”