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Category: This Week

  • A Hole in the Ground

    When we took on the allotment the area in the above photograph was under masses of weed some almost as tall as I am. We strimmed the whole plot, which took a couple of days, but meant we could finally see what we were looking at. I decided that this top corner would make a…

  • Rock, Paper, Scissors, Luton!

    Last week, I delivered several lutons to one of our customers, an error in communication meant that they were expecting more than I had. The guys discovered the shortage, and without a word spontaneously had a best of three games of Rock, Paper, Scissors, to the victor went the spoils, and the loser had to…

  • 33% – 66%

    1/3 of the year, 2/3 of my life, it might be more than two thirds of my life that have now passed, but it is certainly a third of 2025, four months that have not been easy. I wouldn’t be fair to say the year has been a total loss so far, I had cataract…

  • Jobs For The Girls

    It has been a difficult week for the trans community. To think that it all started with the Scottish government making it easier for trans people to get a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). It was a move I wasn’t entirely comfortable with. I didn’t like the idea that someone could just declare themselves differently gendered,…

  • In Association With…

    I’ve added a footer. It’s the logo, with link, of the company I work for, I’d have said “Proudly Sponsored By:” except that there’s no money involved, just me being part of the team, and promoting the company. Almost no one will click through, (it is worth a click, to see the video of the…