In the last year, I’ve noticed that the number of packaging items which on the face of it look recyclable but have a plastic coating and therefore are probably unrecyclable, has been rising. This new trend makes the cardboard/paper look glossy but it’s an environmental nightmare! Below are some examples: …
Before someone complains about the content of this post, I had tried to contact Kuoni back in early 2019 with no success. Some of the emails bounced back but an email to HR + the Agents address at Kuoni did get accepted and didn’t bounce – there was never a …
I experienced my first earthquake in Rhodes on holiday, Thursday 3rd October! A magnitude 5.0 woke me up at 7:44am local time. Thought I’d overslept and a family member was shaking me awake 😂 https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/2538580/M5-Thu-3-Oct-Dodecanese-Islands-Greece.html
I’ve been using Keepass to store my passwords for years but it was only this year that I realised (yes, how could I not know?!) that the Auto-Type functionality can be customised to handle obscure login forms. Below are a list of some of the Auto-Types that I’ve created to …
I’ve kept track of the price I’ve paid for petrol since mid 2008. I started collecting the data when I noticed the price of petrol had risen a fair bit from when I got my first car. Here’s the full spreadsheet for the anyone who wants to look at the …
My mum used the Dartford crossing back in August 2015 and paid the charge prior to her crossing. At the time she paid the charge, the online form didn’t have the recently added “Find vehicle” button, so she entered what she thought was her number plate, but made one small …
Back in August, just before going on holiday, I received a piece of post which when I first opened it, I first thought was the best prank my sister could possibly play! Then I saw the photo card and realised it was real… I’d just receive my buss pass… Now, …
About 10 years ago, my best friend joked to me that she would love to attend a Masquerade Ball in the local barn. We discussed the dresses people attending would be wearing, the decorations on the tables and generally what a lovely event it would be. Since that day, I’ve …
When I was a kid, I used to get a big box of smarties most Christmases from a lady down the road. I loved smarties; they would be the one sweet I would ask for if my mum was buying us a treat. As a teenager I found that smarties …
These are just some of the amazing romano peppers that we’ve been growing this year. There are 10 plants, all grown from seed. We nearly lost all the plants when they were moved to the green house due to the intense heat we had the same weekend. Luckily, despite a …
I’ve played the EuroMillions draw for the last 2 years. I don’t drink and don’t smoke, so spend around £5 a week on lottery tickets instead. The EuroMillions draw was change a number of weeks ago to include a new draw on Tuesdays, but the runners also changed the numbers …
Today I arrived home to find a parcel on the table. I run three websites and two of those websites have a wishlist. I guess I hoped that one day someone would read my ramblings and find them useful enough to send me a gift, but it’s been a year …
We decided to take part in the BGBW this year, so today at 11am we set about recording the max number of each particular type of bird we could see in our garden. Just 5 minutes before we started we had a pheasant (Mr grey head) in the garden, but …
My sister was spending £30 to £40 a month on her PAYG mobile phone on the Virgin network, so I convinced her to swap networks and also go on a contract. We have 3 other mobile phones in the household on T-mobile as is her boyfriend..
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