A recent conversation about what can be donated to homeless charities prompted the memory that inspired this list of terrible smells.
The three worst things I’ve ever smelled
Odds & Sods
From Flags to Fags and Buck-a-Beer: the Biggest Differences Between the UK & Canada Part III
Flags and why the British one so often drives me nuts.
From Flags to Fags and Buck-a-Beer: the Biggest Differences Between the UK & Canada Part II
Part II: BEER!
(in which many misconceptions from both sides of the pond will be utterly destroyed!): Continue reading
Meeting Edgar Broughton
The following is an account of true events: the names of those involved have been changed (including the dog’s).
My introduction to the Great Edgar Broughton started in a pub said to have once been frequented by highwayman Dick Turpin.
Aged fourteen, me and a couple of mates found we could get served in the Schooner, located—though no longer there—where Streatham High Road meets Hermitage Lane.
Two Gods
Re July 1st with mention of one event taking place previously:
Side of eggs
I went to get the vaccine on Monday.
Before receiving the jab there was all sorts of questions to answer and information to be given.
Like the possibility of some side of eggs
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How Skunk Anansie Missed a Trick
Think of all the millions Noddy Holder has amassed thanks alone to the fact ‘It’s Christmas’ that he announced loudly, and not something considered far less fun, like, ‘It’s Morning’ or It’s Housework’ Continue reading
About the Cat I Found Today
Neighbour knocked on front door earlier, thought I was M. Offer to go get M, but no, want message relayed. They aren’t social distancing from door, which I already have Continue reading
The Great Rock n Roll Little White Lie
The story of how I found out one of the U.K.’s greatest recording studio’s best kept secrets; something any music tourist would probably prefer not know. Continue reading
What We Feed Cats & Why It’s Far from Purrfect
There’s something wrong with what we feed our cats. It isn’t secretly added or hidden from the ingredients. It’s right there on the label staring us in the face, but apparently we never see it.
N. P. Ryan 