Monthly Archives: July 2010

The London ‘bike-scheme’ starts today with more than 11,000 keys already ‘sold’ to potential renters of the 6, 000 bikes. The bikes are rentable for £1 an hour or £50.00p for a week. Anyway I hope it works out. Such … Continue reading →

From the Mail today: The American ‘Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health’ (DSM) which apparently is a worldwide ‘bible’ for those that treat mental health problems, has had a major re-write. Because of this the parameters for ‘mental illness’ … Continue reading →

There is mention today, in some of the press, about charging folk that watch bbc programmes, on pc’s, the normal bbc licence fee. At present, apparently, such reception is excempt. I am eager to watch dear old auntie sending billions … Continue reading →

To ‘keep up with them’ I take heed of the young. One such said, “…a chapter of a novel, placed at a website every week or month perhaps, may attract a few regular readers (visitors/traffic!)”. So the ancient fictional archives … Continue reading →

Mmm…oh for a bike with a wicker basket! Even the Mail has a fashion article about them today. But it’s all just a fad – soon there’ll be a glut of Dutch-style ladies bikes, with wicker-baskets, hung or stood, gathering … Continue reading →

FOR SALE Smallish computer desk. Clean and un-marked with sliding keyboard shelf. Buy Now for £7.00 or I’ll E-Bay it on Saturday 17th July 2010 with an auction start price of £4.00. I can deliver this item LOCALLY for £30.00 … Continue reading →

For Bicycle Repair enquiries please click the page-link above. We are busy (yes!) at the moment and, we are attempting to move house within the next few weeks. For bicycle spare parts please visit our spares site – bicycleinnertubes – … Continue reading →

For about two years my home has been up for sale with an estate-agent in the normal way. We have had a handfull of viewers but most simply did not have about £20,000.00p, in cash, as a deposit for a … Continue reading →

They’re at it again – only this time it’s far more subtle. Rather than just changing the taxation goal-posts on pension-funds, now the penny-pinching moves to the yearly increase – made to keep pace with inflation. Up to now this … Continue reading →

There are umpteen ‘money sinks’ but a couple do feature in todays news. One is (as ever) the sheer cost of the eu. This year we’ll put into this money-sink par excellence £6,400,000,000.00p more than we get out of it. … Continue reading →