Musings & Rants

It’s not uncommon for businesses to cash in on events like Valentines day. You know the kind of thing, florists reminding absent minded men to order a dozen roses or restaurants offering special menus for couples, but when I had an email from Bannatyne’s Health Club gym in Peterborough I was a bit unsure as [...]

As millions of men across the world will agree, it’s getting to a point where you really can’t fit any more into your pockets without looking like you’ve got some kind of swollen hip affliction (I’m sure there’s a medical work for it).  Once you’ve got your keys, wallet, sunglasses and/or (depending on the weather) [...]

Christmas is a wonderful time for those with a sweet tooth.  Not only can you hope for fantastic gifts like selection boxes or crates of retro goodies but you can bet that you’ll also encounter a tin of Roses or Quality Street on your travels. And it’s at the tin of Quality Street where it [...]

Tuesdays are bin days down our street.  That means dragging a wheelie bin out onto the pavement for a team of crack refuse commandos to speedily empty and return it back in front of the house for us to wheel away for another fortnight (no weekly bin collections for us – well, we alternate between [...]