Ramblings of a Grouch

I usually ask myself this question at this time of year. What's it all about? Well, Xmas, obviously. The season of excess, when people start to show their true (and often not very welcome) feelings. I hoped the one good thing to come out of the… more »

The other week my computer died. Saturday evening it worked, Sunday morning it didn't. Nothing. The light came on, the fans whirred. And nothing happened. For someone who spends a fair amount of time helping others with their computer problems this… more »

... for my mate Bill. Yes, it's that time again when a man's thoughts turn to pondering life, the universe and everything. Or in Bill's case, probably having a small glass of wine. Which rather neatly brings me to the Virtual Gift. Ever since Bi… more »

Haha! I got going on the right hand side and the fun started! First thing I learned is that a 8mm masonry drill is capable of drilling a 3" hole, 2" deep, in one go. It seems that there was a skim of plaster over, well, nothing at all. However, a qui… more »

Well, apart from tiling the walls it's done! No major catastrophes in the latter stages, though there were a few minor niggles. Such as when I was finishing the floor tiles off and ran out of tile cement. So off to the store I went, picked up a 3-t… more »