Oh well. No one it seems stocks toilet pans with separate cisterns anymore. B&Q quoted a 4 week delivery. Luckily the plumbers merchants in Stretford can do something by Thursday if I let them know on Tuesday. I'm half tempted to find a plumber to fit it though as …

Humph was on Desert Island Discs this morning which brought smile to my face. Especially given my boiler is playing up again. Hopefully getting it serviced won't cost and arm and a leg.

Beer is firmly in the air again. The off-license near Ste had a nice selection of Holt's …

Coming via Slashdot I came across this article today. It's quite a thorough piece examining the data on Climate change and more importantly it's presentation. I was especially impressed by the linked source material which is a pretty complete (although not peer reviewed and published) scientific paper. It comes with …

I forgot to mention I watched Zach Braff's Garden State on Sunday evening. It's nice whimsical RomCom but it caught my interest because the protagonist was coming off a long period of medication. I also quite liked the soundtrack. I'm quite impressed by the 31 years young Braff having …

I did manage to find a poppy this year when I went to B&Q on Sunday. I haven't seen anyone selling them on the streets in the last few weeks. I did a quick count as I walked around St Anne's square for lunch and saw 17 poppies and …