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All in a day’s workI turned up at the address with the boiler I was delivering and a man who looked like he was in his late 60s answered the door. He had bright orange... | 783 | 35 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 | May 13 |
A Tale of Country FolkThere is a tradition in the Derbyshire peak district, known as Well Dressing. As the name suggests, the practice is characterised by the decoration o... | 769 | 16 | 0 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 | May 25 |
Regarding rulesI recently posted a blog in which I violated blogging rule 13. I didn't realise I was breaking a rule when I posted the blog, but when it was brough... | 747 | 9 | 0 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 | May 25 |
Praised be the Lord, though we know not whyFounded in 2010 by the charismatic preacher, Pastor Flower, with only a handful of followers, the Church of the Permanently Bemused has gone from stre... | 735 | 19 | 0 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 | May 22 |
Free SpeechTo a**ume, makes an a** out of you and me, but I'm not really allowed to say that on cs. If I wanted to write something about nature and refer to the... | 734 | 31 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | 23 hrs ago |
Anyone ever heardof Freddie Pargetter? He got arrested at a friend of the family's stag party for the possession of drugs. In an added twist, it was the friend of t... | 731 | 25 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Sep 2018 | May 25 |
What an intelligent woman... | 721 | 10 | 0 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 | May 25 |
My Spider DiaryYou always come across the occasional spider in any building and I get my fair share of them. I don’t dislike spiders, even though I have a mild aver... | 710 | 25 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | May 11 |
Infant SchoolMy youngest granddaughter starts junior school in September and my daughter was saying how sad it was to see her leave the infants. I suppose watchin... | 703 | 14 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Sep 2018 | May 24 |
Attention SeekingI seem to have come down with a bout of it. I think I'd better go to bed before it gets out of hand.... | 701 | 15 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | May 13 |
My Soul MateMy soul mate never phones me at work; but she will always answer when I phone her from work wanting to moan about how my day is going. She never trie... | 699 | 21 | 0 | Aug 2018 | Aug 2018 | May 10 |
Creationism or Evolution?The debate seems set to continue with no resolution in sight. Or at least that was the case until very recently. Now it seems there's a new theory i... | 682 | 6 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | May 20 |
All that glitters......We all know that Gary Glitter is very much persona non grata these days, which is no doubt as it should be. However, I can't help thinking it a littl... | 658 | 9 | 0 | May 2018 | May 2018 | May 18 |
Things I Don’t Do AnymoreI used to fix my own cars until they started making them so you have to be a computer expert to figure out what’s wrong with them; or at least that’s... | 657 | 17 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 | May 13 |
The Genesis of a broken windowI remember once being sent along with the joiner* to replace a broken window pane at the local church hall. The churchwarden, a rather stern man, was... | 654 | 12 | 1 | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 | May 25 |
AppealThis is Al... | 646 | 8 | 0 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | May 25 |
There's no place like HomeThe small town where I live is a bit of a dump, really. Like many other towns in this area it went down hill after the coal mining industry went to t... | 642 | 2 | 0 | Jun 2018 | Jun 2018 | May 20 |
Breaking NewsReports are coming in that archeologists have found the remains of Gandalf the wizard, but, before the story could be verified, men in black suits and... | 636 | 17 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | May 23 |
Things I can't explainIt's a great feeling on Friday night, knowing I don't have to get up on Saturday at the same time as I do in the week; yet I always do get up at the s... | 617 | 33 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | 11 hrs ago |
Situations vacantI am subscribed to a website called “indeed”, it’s a jobs website; I’m always on the lookout for employment closer to where I live. I get daily email... | 593 | 31 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | May 21 |
Capacity IssuesI have an e-cigarette and it’s doing my head in. I am constantly having to fill the damned thing with liquid. This is because there is an EU ruling... | 584 | 21 | 0 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | May 18 |
Before it went horribly wrong... | 572 | 2 | 0 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | May 25 |
Startling new revelations on climate changeRecently completed research could render the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change a momentous exercise in rushing headlong down a blind alley. In hi... | 550 | 14 | 0 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2018 | May 13 |
To whom it may concernIf Doctor Who were on TV, all would be well and good, but if I were watching him, he wouldn’t suddenly become Doctor Whom. The word ‘whom’ is nothing... | 531 | 15 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | May 12 |
If you don't wish to commentIf you don't wish to comment please use this blog... | 515 | 14 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | May 19 |
Thoughts of Barnsley from AbroadOn their journey to Italy, after secretly marrying in September 1846, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett travelled through South Yorkshire and rest... | 493 | 8 | 0 | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018 | May 13 |
Learning About Grownups Volume 1Mister Godley’s gnomes Mister Godley is very proud of his garden. He is especially proud of all his gnomes, he collects the... | 485 | 15 | 0 | Apr 2019 | Apr 2019 | May 25 |
Civilisation FMThe preceding event aren’t important, but after 40 years of having to compromise on so many of the smaller, yet significant, preferences of daily life... | 482 | 12 | 1 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | May 10 |
How times changeMy daughter called round today for a couple of hours. We spent half of that time discussing cleaning products. If anyone had predicted that scenario... | 475 | 24 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | 16 hrs ago |
Very important announcementDue to unprecedented demand, the NO COMMENT blog will be opened for comments at precisely 18:45 GMT for two minutes only. This will be a strictly... | 449 | 22 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | May 20 |
Here today, gone....One of the drivers didn’t show up for work the other morning, it turned out his wife had died the day before; they say he found her when he got home f... | 440 | 15 | 0 | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | May 17 |
Picture CardsWhen I was at junior school, we used to buy bubble gum that came with picture cards. The ones I remember were a series about World War 2, Mars Attack... | 414 | 0 | 0 | Apr 2019 | May 15 | |
If you wish to commentIf you wish to comment please use this blog.... | 410 | - | 0 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | May 19 |
Something odd at No.1 Main StreetThe building firm I used to be with did a lot of work for a country estate. There is a village attached to the estate and its old stone buildings are... | 408 | 1 | 0 | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | May 17 |
Radio FavouritesThere’s a programme on BBC Radio 4 called Last Word, it looks at the famous or notable people who have died in the previous week and gives a short bio... | 375 | 0 | 0 | Dec 2018 | May 10 |
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