Handy Jackson

As 2023 draws to a close, many of us turn to a moment of reflection. News in the past year has been dominated by two savage conflicts,...

Success if often measured in numbers; sometime it is measured in gifts. Either which way, I was delighted to be invited by my DIY...

Some say that one's car is an extension of one's ego. And that for some, whatever is sticking out of the bonnet is really, really...

Wishing all those who put up with me a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2022.

Had a brainwave on the re-name thing and a sure way to get ahead of the search curve. "Tau" appears to be free ("Rho", "Sigma",...

It would appear that, to stay ahead, every now and again you have to rebrand or at least rename yourself. Sometimes it’s a big change...

Separated at birth perhaps...

Anyone seen my spaniel?

Today I moved 7.2 tonnes of 20mm gravel, and re-located, sieved and washed another 1.6 tonnes of 10mm pea shingle. To put that in...

Ignoring my initial confusion thinking that the COP was something to do with football and Liverpool, there's no ignoring it - it's...

Sometimes you have to accept an explanation of phenomena in terms of the purpose that things serve rather than of the cause by which they...

In line with a long established tradition (and to assist my consulting friends in their digestion of same), the year in twelve bullet...

God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, The vaccine will be our saviour But not by Christmas Day; To save us all from...

Any accomplished blogger worth their salt will doubtless have crafted and shared an insightful reflection on the current lock down. Here...

No words witty or wise required for this one.

Is it just me or am I really seeing things that aren't there? Or perhaps I am seeing things that I want to see? Like an election result...

I expect that more experienced bloggers will have no problems drawing very clever parallels between All Hallows' Eve and something...

Before you ask, I wasn't actually trying to measure a soup bowl. But my fancy electronic callipers from eBay just weren't up to the...

Minding my own business on the way back from a shed hinge repair, I was flagged down by a Constable of the Law. "You look like the kind...