“Four out of ten pupils could not read, write and add up properly by the time they left primary school this summer, the Government said yesterday.” Times Online Really, it seems to me that it is about time we admitted that the school system doesn’t work. I am not necessarily saying that schools could not […]
It Is Green
Jax disagrees with me. She thinks this is blue. It is clearly green. Sadly, both our children have inherited her colour blindness.
Simpsonised Me
(Thanks Sarah)
Satnav
The driver of a £96k Mercedes SL500 had a lucky escape after her satnav directed her down a winding track and straight into the River Sence. more… (The Register) Could have been worse, she might have been using Google Maps to route her from Felixstowe to Bawdsey*. *Now fixed and rerouted through Woodbridge.
After the flood
Jax blogged about our shopping expotition. She didn’t mention that we went to Meadowhall, which is still recovering from the flooding. Pictures At the Star Quite a while ago, I forget quite when, my posh Sony K800i mobile phone died on me. So I got a PAYG replacement, another Sony but a much lower range […]
JkDefrag
Promised a link to this to the Beans. Here it is:- JkDefrag v3.8 Why is this a good idea….. The Great Defrag Shootout VIII: JkDefrag v3.8 also mentions PageDefrag, which is another jolly good, free thing.
Castle Day
Crikey
Looks like we might actually set off for the party today on time! That’ll be a first.
If it’s Monday it must be Bolsover
Proof that Jax has, finally, made it to Bolsover Castle (and revelled in the delights of the garçons pis). Must say that some of the detail in the figures is perturbing – there is one of a satyr(?) or the like holding a duck which appears to be peeing on his lap and this rather […]
I want one of these.
image stolen from NSU Kettenkrad Homepage’ I think this would be great for going camping with, even at Kessingland, or Gloucester city centre. See War relic aids flood-hit county