Goodbye old faithful

Christmas is a time for new things – and sometimes out with the old. Today I put into the bin our old Filter Coffee Maker . This was bought as a wedding present for us just over 28 years ago by my Best Man (Thanks Mike) and wife. My default is to try to fix things. [...]

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End of a Cinematic Era

I knew it was going to be demolished but driving past the old Granada (Plaza) Cinema today and seeing a massive hole in the side of the building made me realise it was the end of an era. Back in my childhood and through my late teens watching a film at the Granada was a [...]

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Blast from the Past

I suppose Blogging if we’re honest has some element of self-promotion to it. I try to keep it to a minimum but thought the following pictures may amuse or even surprise. The quality is not that brilliant, but anyway have look. My daughter scanned the first one and called it scary dad. I’d been a [...]

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Red Sky in the morning…

Took this picture this morning – I liked it anyway…

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Sunset Pictures

We have been away for a few day so here’s a few pictures to stop us getting too bogged down with all the heavy stuff. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did taking them. The first picture is from the place – standing at the door – where we were staying just outside [...]

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Colonoscopies Rock

Had a colonoscopy today. The worst part is the preparation – man, taking that stuff is just awful! It went well though, unlike the last attempt when I ended up with a suspected heart attack. Anyway, the NHS staff are amazing. I was going to put a picture on the blog but I guess that [...]

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A Few Books

I’ve just read, am in the process of reading and plan to read several books in the next couple of weeks or so. This is in part to prevent me from becoming obsessed with Van Til – and to be honest I think I needed a bit of a break from Presuppositional Apologetics. A book [...]

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King Crimson – Elephant Talk

Here’s one of my favourite pieces of music – superb!

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The Wilhem Scream again, and again, and again, and…

Kim Riddlebarger has The “Wilhelm Scream” Compilation on his Blog – it’s hysterical. But, dare I say it – I found another video on You Tube called ‘Scenes that should have the Wilhelm Scream…’ Watch the video below – equally funny. I think my favourite is Gladiator. You’ll need to watch the compilation to really [...]

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