Adullamite

 That is how I reacted this morning as I woke to face another hard days work.  I have rattled through another long list of things that requi...

  It's been a busy day. The warning came yesterday by email from the landlord.  'We are doing a house visit next Wednesday.'  My...

Having spent an energy filled day weeding the front and attempting to clear up the mess left behind by neighbours who have left leaving t...

Have you ever wondered what happened to all those folks you once knew.  The neighbours of your childhood, folks at school, those early jo...

Another hard day at work over.   I say 'hard' but much of that was due to being asleep when I arrived just before ten.  It was i...

This is a story of a postman who used to walk around the villages north of the town.  He retired in 1833 having felt the job was beginn...

The day of depression descended on the town gently this morning.  The deep red sky, much brighter than I have seen for a while rose with ...

Wearing nothing but a pair of aged shorts and tying a notice reading "Please give water or beer" round my neck I made my way to...

Quite why people make resolutions which they are not going to keep amazes me.  Those who decide to diet and succeed do so by great effort...

The Death Trap Whisky Bond For some reason today I contemplated my first job, way back in 1966 before you were born, and made the...

Maybe it's the ever present tiredness that never seems to leave me, maybe it's just being cack-handed, or there again it may ju...

Camulodunum was very cold today, in spite of the weather man claiming the cold snap was lessening.  Here we see the wall forming the fi...

. ETC Naturally I have had little sympathy during my 'Man Flu' experience. Although I found this site very helpful with that :- Ma...

So another day at work finishes, well my second two hour stint this week, and with it my little job comes to an end.  While it was not mu...

. So, sluggishly pushing aside the ageing ex-army blankets I entered the world as fresh as a daisy, albeit one that had experienced a ver...

. My stiff and somewhat aching muscles carried me off to work this morning just as the rain was ending. Once again my thoughts were full ...

. So I have got into this work business now. I turn up, spend two hours clearing the mess left by the packers, dump it in the skips provi...

. Twice this week I have cycled out to a nearby warehouse to help clear up the mess they are in. For a mere two hours, yes two hours a ...

I rose at my usual time, half an hour after throwing the alarm through the window, and headed for the coffee. Today I was careful to be less...