On Wednesday the washing machine made some ominous noises and full of water stopped. After I bailed out the dirty water, it was obvious that the drain pump had failed. A quick Google revealed that it would cost me £45 - £60 for a replacement. I was.
Topics: eBay, Moments, pump, Samsung, UK, washing machine

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My son asked me to scan a pile of Polaroid photos from his trip to Belgium (he’s not very good with technology). They were the usual student type pictures of inebriated kids doing silly things. One photo was of his mate sitting on the toilet. My...
Topics: Moments, photography

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Yesterday I went to the Art In The Age Of Steam exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. During the so called age of Railway Mania in the mid nineteenth century some 2,000 railway themed prints were produced, the exhibition had examples covering..
Topics: art, Art in the Age of Steam, Liverpool, Railways, Ravilous, Tissot, Walker Art Gallery

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Like going to confession carbon offsetting is just a salve to the conscience, it doesn’t put wrongs right it just makes you feel better. A whole industry has been built around carbon offsetting and generally speaking it is the people involved in..
Topics: air travel, carbon offsetting, environment, pollution

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Woolworths in the UK have announced that they are to stop selling CD singles.They cited the impact on single sales of internet downloads as the reason for the decision.Last year this blog reported the retail demise of the floppy disk  and the blank...
Topics: cd singles, music downloads, UK, Woolworths

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