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Alien Covenant Superticket – it sounds like a great idea! But is it? Get to your local Odeon for next Wednesday, April 26th, and it looks like they’re showing 261 minutes of Alien-related goodness. The …
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PC Keith Palmer – a tragedy – yes, but…
PC Keith Palmer is the cop who was murdered by Khalid Masood in the Westminster Attack on March 22nd, after he drove into several people at speed on Westminster Bridge. It’s been said he “laid …
Continue readingWhy did the elephant wear a Fitbit? Because it can!
I know the news is dumbing down more and more, but today took it to new levels. It started off well, though, as I caught some of the BBC World News programme just before 6am …
Continue readingThe NHS – Why we shouldn’t let the Tories ruin it #SaveOurNHS
Four weeks ago I changed my acid reflux tablets to a stronger type, going back for a follow-up today, I’ve stuck with them long term as they are better, but one thing I forgot to …
Continue readingGodzilla vs Daniel Blake
Godzilla vs Daniel Blake? Well, Godzilla was a massive hit when rebooted in 2014, but while we wait for the second film to be released, and with Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake being a massive …
Continue readingBBC One’s 2017 ‘oneness’ idents are a massive fail
BBC One‘s 2017 ‘oneness’ idents started, officially, on New Year’s Day, but we had an occasional set drolled out over Christmas to lead into specific programmes such as Doctor Who’s Christmas Day episode. For those …
Continue readingMy brand new, but annual, pharmacy check-up
It’s not often, in my advancing years, when I’m invited into a lady’s private chamber, but today it happened. Well, it was at the local pharmacy (or, chemist, in layman’s terms) as I have to …
Continue readingFree petrol! But where can I get some?
Free petrol? Have I gone mad? You’d think so, but on walking to work between where I’d parked my car and to the office, I saw a man park outside the bank to take some …
Continue readingMiss Butt? Mrs War Boys? Mr Shufflebottom?
5-year-old kid chastised because she laughed at her teacher having the name of Miss Butt… Really? Who didn’t laugh at their teachers’ names back in the day when they were kids? All the time I …
Continue readingJM07 DEM – the notorious truck (for me, at least)
If there’s one thing I hate when I’m driving, it’s other road users. There’s too many of them, and almost all of them get right up my nose. Or more accurately, right up my backside. …
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