We will test your water to see if it is wet
About two months ago, our tap water turned brown, and we got the PUB in to check what was wrong. They had come, turned on the taps, looked at the muddy water, ummed and ahhed a lot without doing anything. We then persuaded them to take a sample of discolored water back to their high […]
Cleaning up the birdshit
It will have been one month this weekend since my mother’s passing. We’ve kept busy and we’ve tried to keep our emotions at bay for the most part, allowing ourselves only spurts of grieving. I still hope that maybe if I keep busy for long enough, I might let the passage of time dull grief. […]
Mobile roaming
Some of my late mother’s friends, on hearing of her passing, took to texting her on her mobile with tributes and messages of how shocked they were and how much they would miss her. I kept her mobile, an Phone4, for a few days before I passed it to my sister, who’ll be keeping it […]
A Tribute to Our Mother
She was a woman of exceptional courage. She faced all of life’s challenges head on, fielding everything thrown at her with great tenacity, determination and always well-dressed and immaculately groomed while doing it. She lived life with a passion, always willing to try new experiences and learn new things. “If life hands you lemons, make […]
We have a serious flu epidemic, and what’s with NEA spot checks that don’t include vacant premises?
I’m wondering a little why there isn’t more alarm over what must be a full blown flu epidemic. I’ll bet more than a million people have the flu, and many of them just haven’t seen a doctor about it yet. It must be really hard not to get the flu if you had to commute […]