Dipping Into The Water Butt

You can call me old-fashioned if you like, I don’t mind. In fact, I’ll even take it as a compliment because I sure as heck wouldn’t want to be living the ‘modern’ lifestyle with all its stress and expenditure. Don’t worry, I’ve been there so it’s not as if I don’t know what it’s like.
Almost […]

November 5th came this year as every other and like every other, the weekend before, as well as the night itself, was dominated by the banging of fireworks. Fun for some, a nightmare for others.
As usual, I went to our local display. It’s a charity event and yes, the fireworks are pretty. But as I […]

I despair! Health and safety has gone bonkers!
Take a look at this article in The Telegraph
If the box has been there for three years without any accidents, why the hell remove it? I always have some knitting or crocheting with me when I have a hospital appointment because a) it passes the time while I […]

Apparently nurseries across the country are rewriting the old nursery rhyme that we sang as kids by exchanging the words ‘black sheep’ with ‘rainbow sheep’. Ok, so maybe I’m a bit late picking this up but things plog along at a relatively slow pace in the Jacobsen household.
Anyhow, I’m sure the politically correct brigade believe, […]

When I was young, t-shirts with advertising slogans on were given away. Companies wanted us to wear them and advertise their gear for them, but few of us did. I know I wouldn’t have been seen dead walking around in a t-shirt with Adidas or Playboy emblazoned across the front.
These days kids (or their parents) […]

So the fine for using a mobile phone while driving has increased to £60. Is that good?
Well as far as those of us who survive on the minimum wage or something close to it goes then yes, it’s good. The fine should hurt otherwise it’s no deterrent. But what about those who earn much, much […]

The title is the leader I happened to notice on today’s Daily Mail. Or was it the Express? Whatever… one of the black tops.
Tut Tut! When are they going to realise that all they’re doing is spreading piles of dung through society, making far too many people believe that everything around us is comparable to […]

The Dalai Lama said “The purpose of our lives is to be happy”. Why is it then that so many, especially here in Britain, are miserable and expect others to feel the same?
We moan about the weather. We moan about our lack of money. We moan because our houses aren’t as big or as nice […]

Debi Alper’s partner, Greg Kat, is running this year’s London Marathon in aid of Refuge, a charity that offers temporary, safe accommodation to women and children who need to escape domestic violence.
Having been a victim myself (no, not Richard… he wouldn’t dream of it), this is a charity I wholeheartedly support so please… if you […]

Do you like visiting museums and galleries? Do you think they’re an important part of a culture? Are you glad you’re able to take your children to visit them?
If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re probably also glad that entry to national and galleries is free. And why shouldn’t it be? Museums […]