by Me | May 20, 2014 | Ideas, Memories
Great feeling when an old memory is brought back to life in a new setting. Was catching up on Facebook updates when I saw this one about fly-by-night popup markets: My mind suddenly rushed off into long-distance memories from my teens and dragged home one about a...
by Me | May 20, 2014 | British Life
Brits love tea. That is a fact. That fact will never change. Our fascination with tea is surpassed only by our fanaticism for moaning about the weather. As I said before, Brits drink tea from a mug, not a cup. We would rather use a beaker or jam jar or glass than...
by Me | May 18, 2014 | Fashion
We had big sunglasses in the ’70s. We wised up. We got rid of them. For the love of sanity, why are they making a comeback? We thought the war on big glasses was over. Won by common sense. Kicked out of human fashion along with massive flares, 2 foot tall...
by Me | May 15, 2014 | British Life
You will notice, on coming to Britain, that tea is served in a mug. Not a cup. Not a jar. Not a glass. A MUG. That mug might be red, might be white, might be blue, might have your name on it, might even be tagged with “World’s Greatest Lover.” Rest...
by Me | Nov 21, 2012 | Grumbles
This is a personal rant about UK broadband, phone and TV provider TalkTalk. I’ve been in dispute with TalkTalk since 2010, or 2007 if we include the time TalkTalk has been over-billing me for my Internet service since it took over Tiscali. I understand service...