Category: Tim

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine they were exhausted and retired to sleep. Some hours later Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful companion. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see” Watson replied, “I see millions and millions…

Trash Back (Friends of the Earth Scotland) Campaigners are to return unwanted packaging to supermarkets as part of a campaign to cut waste. BBC I have thought of doing just this. Makes a lot of sense to me, the supermarkets have to pay to have their rubbish taken away, so I think if they had…

I was just reading a really rather depressing news item in the Times about a UN report “Global Environment Outlook: environment for development” in which 400 scientist apparently say we are all doomed. (Times) In the comments thread someone called “Brian, London” sets out the solution. It is so mind-blowingly obvious I really cannot think…

The Car and Lorry Planning Act of 1948

I just read on my Facebook profile the helpful message “You are online now.”.

Jax: I don’t remember this bit……. I remember the bit with Anadin Skywalker though…

His and Hers Houses. “….former public toilets at Station Road, Luddendenfoot. Offered for sale with planning permission for a pair of semi detached dwellings with balconies and patio areas with pleasant aspect.” My imagination runs riot….

Joanna Lumley (yes, now Purdey is an expert on global warming, too). OK, I’m sold, let’s exterminate all the cattle on the planet. And we need to get rid of all the antelope, wildebeest, buffalo and the animals that feed off them at the same time. I think Joanna is going to need a bigger…

Those among you who have visited our stately pile may recall a mound in the middle of our back garden. More tumour than tumulus, it has been, along with 4 sacks of cobbles which never got emptied out, a monument to the moment when a disc in my back gave up the unequal struggle with…

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