This post may be a little bit screamish but I’ll try and keep it as clean as possible. I live in a small house, I have a small garden too maybe 55 feet long and 18 feet wide. We’re surrounded by houses, one on the left, six on the right and seven behind us. Most… Continue reading Cats that leave ‘presents’ in my garden
Category: Life
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Why I did all my New Year Resolutions at Christmas.
So did you have a nice Christmas? I hope you did. Mine was everything that I hoped it would be, well mostly. Having said goodbye to our last paying guests on Airbnb my wife and I had the house to ourselves pretty much for the first time since mid September. We love having guests stay… Continue reading Why I did all my New Year Resolutions at Christmas.
Merry Christmas and all that
Merry Christmas one and all. So today is Christmas Day, the day many of us wait for all year or at least from the end of summer but it is also the day that many people find uncomfortable. For some it is a day of religious celebration and others simply a day of gift giving… Continue reading Merry Christmas and all that
The Black Marble : The Earth from Space at night
Last week NASA released a number of fantastic images detailing our planet at night under their Black Marble project. It took hundreds of orbits before the planet could be fully mapped and below are some of the images which I though might be of interest to people. One of the amazing things of the photo… Continue reading The Black Marble : The Earth from Space at night
The first snow of winter!
You know that Christmas is just around the corner when the first snow arrives. Before our company moved from London (just a few miles from Heathrow) my colleagues would cast scorn on the idea that ig might be snowing just 10 or 15 miles away… although it didn’t stop some of them from unscrupulously having… Continue reading The first snow of winter!
Estate Agent Speak or House with good transport links
Almost everyone in the U.K. is obsessed by property. Everyone under 30 dreams of owning a house that they can never afford, everyone over 60 counts their lucky stars that they grew up in the post-war boom when houses were big and cheap and had solid walls whilst those in between spend all their time… Continue reading Estate Agent Speak or House with good transport links
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Early this week I had what passes as a moment of minor success at my workplace. I managed to secure an order from a customer. This may sound mundane and indeed it isn’t the greatest achievement ever. However I have been trying to win business from this customer for over 2 and a half years. … Continue reading If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
A chance to change a life, namely mine!
Most readers here will know that my heart isn’t really in the normal office job that I am pained to live out year after year. I’d much rather write, run a tour or hotel business or any combination of the three. Recently we have opened up our home to visitors and having honed my customer… Continue reading A chance to change a life, namely mine!
Wiki-leaks, double standards and democracy – What have we got to preach about?
I was going to write something different today but having responded to a post on the ever excellent Tea with a Pirate regarding the Wikileaks scandal in London, Sweden and Ecuador at http://managuagunntoday.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/freedoms-just-another-word/ I was told that perhaps it was worthy of being a post in it’s own right and so here it is, a slightly… Continue reading Wiki-leaks, double standards and democracy – What have we got to preach about?
Corporate Tax Dodgers – Am I really more profitable than Starbucks?
Today I thought I would write about something just a little bit more serious and contemporary for a change. Over recent weeks there has been an ever increasing furore regarding large multinational companies which are either completely avoiding paying Corporate taxes or paying a derisory sum. In times past this has been overlooked but with… Continue reading Corporate Tax Dodgers – Am I really more profitable than Starbucks?
Stephen Liddell 