This came to me from a friend: His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was [...]
Be warned – especially women drivers. There’s a new scam which involves would be car-jackers putting a random piece of paper under the wiper on your rear window when your car is parked up. When you get in and start up, then notice the paper and stop and get out to remove it, leaving the keys [...]
Most of us have gone through it – the end of a relationship. A friend’s daughter is a bit adrift. In the worst case scenario, Rider knows that physical pain in the middle of the chest, that certainty that you will never find one like him again, that dread of having to go out into [...]
England’s first match tonight against USA. Rider can hardly wait…. a plan has been carefully formulated…. membership of Lovefilm in place, trips out in prospect, wine in garden if the sun shines with one of several splendid books…. Fun to speculate on how England will go out of the competition… will it be that crazy [...]
In the Observer today … boobs are getting bigger. Could be the general increase in good grub. Could be more xeneostrogens which are present in loads of stuff like food preservatives to make-up. Could just be evolution. Well, disappointingly, Rider’s have stayed the same….however, out came the tape measure to follow the instructions as to [...]
Don’t vote tactically. In Rider’s book that is a betrayal of yourself. Vote for the Party or the person you really believe is best for us all. If there is a ‘hung Parliament’ like New Zealand has had for several years then that will be a new and interesting experience for us. It may mean [...]
The American Bureau of Land Management stands on one side of the arguement and many horse-loving folks – including the likes of Viggo Mortensen – stand on the other. BLM says it needs to remove mustangs and burros from various parcels of ranges as their numbers are too great for the range to support. It’s [...]
Dysons should come with a health warning. OMG …talk about powerful suction…make sure your carpet is well stuck down and any small pets/children stand well clear. After many years of frustrating and hilarious acquaintance with vacs, there may at last be one which does what it claims to do and is light enough not to [...]
Cesar Millan is doing a tour in Britain showing how to interact properly with your dog. I’ve seen loads of his Shows on TV from before he got so famous and what he does is common sense to an animal person. So few people now have been brought up around animals, paticularly in the case of [...]
Happy Birthday to Piggynap – though her timing was not quite right. Mind you it let Rider enjoy Christmas and New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day so maybe that was the plan. ‘Sounds like trouble’ said Him Indoors when she gave voice. He was right so far as her yells were concerned…. She had [...]
