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Burglars do neighbour’s house
1 March, 2013 
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Ooh, we’re too cold now
30 January, 2013 1 Comment
Or at least that’s what the “cold alarm” is telling me. The new boiler and radiators may make the house much warmer than was previously the case but when they go off the lack of insulation means the house loses the heat overnight. (And yes, we’re planning to do something about that.) A consequence of […]
Read moreHappy New Year! Or not…
1 January, 2013 0 Comments
Today’s the day of Janus, Roman god of gates and doors. It’s also the start of what was the Roman civil year. And it’s the date a pope decided was the start of the year in 1582. And it’s the date Britain finally decided to accept as the start of the New Year in 1752. […]
Read moreTurning aircraft builder
25 December, 2012 0 Comments
I’m going to become an aircraft builder. My father has given our boys two balsa wood flying aircraft kits for Christmas. They’re not quickly assembled models. Oh, no. These are proper aircraft in miniature, which have to be crafted like one of those magnificent flying machines of the 1910s and 1920s. Stringers and formers, spars […]
Read more Holiday? It’s over!
6 August, 2012 1 Comment
When the Other Half returned from her week’s holiday away with the boys, I think she half expected to find the living room refurbishment to be done and dusted. It wasn’t. There was still quite a large area of the exposed stone wall to be done so when she offered to help, guess where I […]
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