Angry People

Last night my partner attended leaving party for a colleague, at one of the director’s houses out in the sticks. She is not an experienced driver and returning down unfamiliar, unlit country lanes in the pouring rain was quite a challenge. Returning home to our one way street, where parking is at a premium, she […]

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I came across this excellent little poem, sent in to the Guardian letters page.

Here lies the body of Jonathon Wray,
Who died maintaining his right of way.
He was right, quite right, as he bowled along,
But he’s just as dead as if he’d been wrong!

Time for a moment of reflection for those of us (guilty) who delight […]

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A little note for any US readers - in the UK pants are what you call shorts and not as you might have assumed, trousers. (Shorts are trousers that are, well… short.)
Following my weekly trip to the launderette, I was putting my clothes away, when I noticed something odd on the care label of my […]

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To follow on perfectly from my previous post, I have just learned that one of my friends was knocked off her bike this morning, at a junction. The lady in her car admitted she was busy trying to look for a gap to squeeze into and did not look properly.
Fortunately my friend is unharmed, other […]

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It was raining this morning and on my way to work I was confronted with many people carrying umbrellas. The incident that brought my thoughts on umbrella carriers to mind was when, having just passed a lady carrying one, I turned to cross the road but could not do so safely. Why? The lady’s umbrella […]

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That bit of parking has to be one of the finest moments of my driving career.
Living in an area that has permits for residents only parking - spaces are at a premium. Let me tell you how much of a premium:
There is parking on only one side of the road and the houses are about […]

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