Category Archives: Life
From The Rain In Spain To The Bane Of The Stain
We arrived back in Amsterdam yesterday evening. The luggage took an eternity to roll off the conveyor belt at Schiphol and I arrived with a splitting headache (which had started midway through the first leg, from Tenerife to Madrid), an … Continue reading
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No Time To Blog
With two children and a household to maintain, there never seems to be any time to blog. There’s nothing monumental to say, of course; just the trivia of daily life. On the other hand, it’s precisely the trivia of another … Continue reading
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Cycle Of Maintenance
Maintenance on one’s own house, at least when that house is an old one, never really stops. To quote Neil Hannon, it’s like “painting the Forth Bridge with a toothbrush”. By the time you get to the end, it’s time … Continue reading
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Gadgets Galore
We installed our eighth Sonos zone yesterday, with a new ZP-120 in the bedroom. This is also our first wireless zone, because we don’t have Ethernet running to the bedroom. A couple of modified KEF iQ50 speakers provide the sound, … Continue reading
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Is Graham There?
The phone just rang. At this hour, it had to be a wrong number or some very bad news. The incoming phone number was unrecognisable; it certainly wasn’t a local fixed line or mobile phone. It turned out to be … Continue reading
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