Headline in the FT this morning. My immediate thought: “Is that not a Magistrates Court ?”.
Work dinner night before last. There was a secret santa – I’ve never done this before. However, I did receive a somewhat funny gift from a colleague (I knew instantly who it was as soon as I opened the wrapping paper). I generally eat breakfast (muesli) from a pint glass. The reason is simple – […]
They always joke about people in this part of the world having strange genetic defects due to inbreeding. I used to joke that around here the machines they have for measuring your feet (well at least they used to when I was a child) had a height dimension on them due to people having different […]
I had a quick trip to Newcastle and upon getting on the train I picked up a copy of The Metro. I always like to browse through newspapers (and in particular adverts) when I visit somewhere as it gives you a sense of the place. I stumbled across this: WTF ? Kind of a strange […]
Standing at a ticket machine charging up my travel card: “Craig, this is Japan, the machine will take more than one coin at a time, you don’t have to put them in serially !” I laughed…
Large lunch today, so decided to try and skip dinner. Of course watching TV I see an ad for bacon and the hunger sets in. Decide that I will do bacon for breakfast tomorrow, so instead think ‘chips’. I call the local kebab shop (2 mins walk away) and order, told 10 mins. I’m thinking […]
Just reading an article on the BBC news website. Snakes found near commonwealth athletes village. Now, that would be a surprise if the village was (say) in Wiltshire. But the fact that it is in India, where snakes are commonplace surely shouldn’t come as a surprise. The BBC never used to be full of such […]
I seem to spot these sort of things all the time in Cambridge, but it made me laugh: So, if you are a ‘bandit’ and looking to steal some religious loot beware !
I had to get out the office for some fresh air at lunchtime. This resulted in a walk to Cherry Hinton – a local village near work. For those not familiar, it’s a bit of a slum. I once came up with a challenge to make the walk more interesting where you’d walk through to […]
I had a good chuckle when I saw a link to this on a journey planner: I love the nonsense excuse they make in 1970’s BR speak “Network Rail, who provides the timetable information has introduced a new computer system”. Now we all know that system probably was in development since 1985 and therefore it […]