School Days
Decided to scan (and read!) all my school reports from Brigg Grammar that have survived the years. Interesting reading! Didn’t realise I …
Time Can Do So Much
An attempt to recreate the 1968 Oxford matriculation photo outside the Sheffield Tap in October 2012…
Bleaklow, How You’ve Changed
Walked for half an hour or so from the Snake Road summit onto Bleaklow along the Pennine Way. Half expect these wilderness …
Physio, Heal Thyself
Poor old Ziggy: after all this time treating my tennis elbow, he’s been suffering from the same complaint for 2 months! It …
Ziggy Is Pure Stardust
In previous posts, I’ve alluded to this “tennis elbow” condition that had seemingly settled in for the duration. I finally got referred …
Blessed Be The Brian
Well, I woke up this morning… No, not a blues song – far from it. There was an article about Brian Blessed …
Words That Only Journalists Ever Use
OK, you gentlemen of the press, have you really ever “hailed” someone for doing something you consider worthy? Or ever told your …
The Joys Of Old Age (Part 94)(Cont.)
Well, this flaming “tennis elbow” is not going away in a hurry. The first prescription of some NSAID eased the pain for …
Daylight Foxes
Had a fox amble through our estate during the cold snap the other day – beautiful to behold. Only my second sighting …
In Praise Of Microsoft
Certainly not praise for Windows 10, which has proved to be a significant step backwards from Windows 7 on my PC: slower …
Joomla copyright notice (part 2)
Hmm… that wasn’t particularly difficult, was it? Just delete it from the template and add it to the footer menu… No need …
Meadowhall
Went. Saw a lot of people. Came home.
Joomla copyright notice
Just a reminder to myself… Been bugged by how to remove the © notice that Joomla sticks at the bottom of every …
Fancy Ticklers
Saw a neat tweet from @sam_bambs today: You can spell the word ‘upside down’ upside down by using other letters of the …
VPNs Not Just For Obscurity
Unable to connect to my own website or Cpanel this morning, even though checkers show that both are up, so looks like …
The Joys of Old Age (Part 94)
Aches and pains… The doc confirmed today that I have Tennis Elbow, and used the word “degenerate” (verb, not noun): once you …