i’m glad to see that the government is finally doing its bit for the environment by using yesterday’s budget to add a few pence onto the price of a litre of diesel and also by raising the road tax on 4×4s to £400 a year!  i fully realise that using my beat-up fourteen year old [...]

as the kind of guy who’s never able to resist the temptation to walk past a skip, without having a wee hoke round in it, on the off-chance of finding something that “might come in handy”,   i’ve long been a bit of an ebay addict; the joy of making a few quid by flogging [...]

a “what happened next?”  story.

earlier this morning i heard an enthusiastic knocking at the door.
“who is it?”  - i shouted, rubbing my engorged nostrils eagerly, in anticipation of an exciting visitor
“it’s someone you know”  - came the cheery reply.
“really?”  - i shouted cleverly  - “i don’t recognise the voice.  where are you from?”

“it’s someone [...]