Changing Times.
Back in the 1970s when I was what in earlier decades (to the 1970s) was called a “commercial traveller” and…
Year: 2020
Saved bacon!
COVID-19 has forced many changes upon us all. As I looked out of my living room window this morning, I…
Can we have five Rishi Sunak meal deals please?
Just now, when I stopped typing and stood up, I could see the top of the mast that is the…
President Putin's Proposal.
Our Jeff is clearly suffering from a case of cabin fever (https://youtu.be/tY4k1zlNZnI)! Understandable really. The FACT of the matter is…
It's Impossible!
Above, a diagram of the USN’s 5 inch 38 calibre Mark 12 in the twin mounting. As usual with this…
Mob rule!
The criminal damage that was committed the other day by an angry racist mob (above) when they pulled down a…
The man is not for mourning.
This morning – if the BBC is to be taken as one’s moral compass – at the eleventh hour I…
A question of competence.
“Dad” many, many years ago. The most competent man I ever met was my late father, Bernard H. G Rogers,…
Happy St. George's Day!
This St. George’s Day is a happy one for me. Why? Because today SSE PLC have very kindly paid by…
Crude oil, crude oil everywhere…. Nor any drop being used!
Apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Samuel Taylor Coleridge epic poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of the…