I've always said, I'll listen to anything pop song that has a good tune and is sung well. I didn't think any of the Beatles sang well....
On the subject of the BeatlesIn 1963 I bought my young wife the Beatles first album, "Please, Please Me." It was a third pressing. A mono...
Had some bad news. The chainsaw is busted. so when I came home from golf this afternoon, I used a bow saw, to cut the tree trunk into three pieces...
Of course we've got different thoughts.We've had foxes in and out of the garden most years, they don't cause much damage when they are just...
It's a pest prevention treatment for trees, that you spray at this time of the year. its mainly for fruit trees. Originally it was creosote based,...
Thanks for the suggestion, but it's likely youngest son may want it, as he has a wood burning stove.
Wasn't expecting to do much today, apart from tar washing (it's not called that any more) the big acer in the front garden and some leaf...
For our regular readers, this thread is about "Fiona" who gave birth and successfully reared six fox cubs under our tea-house, last year. I built...
I once wnted to book a service with the main agents for my Honda, on-line. I couldn't complete the booking as it asked for a mobile number as well...
This is the view from a back bedroom window, my camera makes it look brighter than it really is, but you can see a faint glow over the top of the...
There'll be more leaves to collect tomorrow. The green bin is full, but I'll be able to compact it. I use the same method I use to compact the...
Taught myself to play this on my leccy piano. it was a hit for The Four Freshmen, back in the day.BoxI've always admired their harmonies. So...
We don't often have our garden lights on, so we're not adding to light polution, but the street lights in our road are very bright. The lamposts...
As they say "each to their own."I've a basic pay as you go phone. I keep it in the front ashtray of my car. It's for emergencies and for...
I've thinned out the viburnums in the front garden, one was "attacking," a rhodo next to it. In a fight between them a viburnum will always win....
Too many vested interests clouding the issue, too many pundits on TV looking for their fifteen seconds of fame/more TV work.The economics as one...
I'm rather set in my ways.I've not worn trainers for decades. by the time I was forty I'd even stopped wearing jeans. "Elephant bum" Jeremy...
At our age people have to take us as we are, we've earned the right, as we've "been there, done that and bought the t-shirt."
Unfortunately, amongst many of the "snowflake generations" there's attitude of "Why can't someone else do it?"We've three grown-up kids who...
Nothing so spectacular in a suburb of Manchester."View from a back bedroom window."[ATTACH]I'm more impressed with the zoom facility of my...
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