It’s been a few years now since I had to do this, but the tax man has finally caught up with me and is asking me to submit a self-assessment tax return instead of him working it out from the information he already gets from my employer. I’m not sure what additional...
Day 8 in the Big Dry House and Chris is in the Diary Room! Things I have learned/confirmed in the first week of staying dry and dieting. 1) Trying to match the Thursday Night Football lads’ three pints of lager with three pints of orange cordial in even time...
As a football-mad dad, each Christmas I suffer a slight disappointment that my lad has still not turned into the same kind of soccer nut/bore as I have been for forty-odd years. As the Christmases come and go, this disappointment is slightly tempered by the fact that...
Day 1 in the Big Dry House and Chris is in the Diary Room! Today is the first of 31 days of alcohol abstinence during this (extremely long) month of January. To be truthful, I would have to have been in a pretty bad alcoholic state to be craving booze this early in...
Seeing as it is Christmas, I am going to treat you to a week off from my inane ramblings and incessant book marketing. So, for all you electricians out there, here are my 5 favourite plugs:- ...
