Rick Santorum gone – Oh well, never mind
I'm not sure what it is, I can't quite put my finger on it, but there is something I didn't really like about Rick Santorum. Nothing serious just a niggling doubt. But he's gone anyway, so let's forget about him. So it looking like it's Romney Vs Obama in November. I...
Lay off our Bank Holidays
We get eight a year, the U.S. gets ten, Spain fourteen and in Japan they get fifteen, bank holidays that is. Ours are not very well spaced out either, three round Christmas and New Year, two at Easter, two in May and one in August. February, March or April depending...
Don’t expect a Christmas card
If you got one from us last year ... keep it, it will probably be the last one you'll get! There was a time, back in the days when Paddy MacDee was a boy, that the 'Royal Mail' delivered letters three times a day, morning, noon and evening. The Evening delivery was...
The clocks have not gone forward far enough
So British Summertime has arrived, the clocks went forward one hour on Sunday 25th March. Lighter evenings and a general feeling that the winter is behind us is the result, especially as the weather was unseasonably warm. Unfortunately in October, we will put the...
Tim Lamb has died
I am stunned and saddened to hear of the death of Tim Lamb. He died yesterday, Tuesday 20th March, apparently of a heart attack, Tim was only 50. He died while playing football, which was something he loved. We first met when he came into my show on BBC Radio...
Budget day – £73
I have to go to a meeting on Saturday, but it's in Spain. Tomorrow I am going to Leeds Bradford Airport and flying out with some friends who are going to the same meeting. Consequently I had to put some diesel in the car, it wasn't quite empty but it cost me £73 to...
Eurovision – it’s not about the song
I've just heard our Eurovision Song Contest entry for this year. We have all shaken our heads in disbelief that the BBC have chosen veteran singer Englebert Humperdink to sing this years entry, but much to my surprise, it's not that bad! Back in the dark ages, the...
Britain finally open for business
The Government have said that the Sunday trading laws, that restrict the hours larger shops can open, will be relaxed this summer during the Olympics. The law will not apply for eight weekends from Sunday 22nd July. They say that they want the world to think that...
A load of, very old, rubbish
I've just been into a pub in Hurworth, near Darlington, with Helen for some lunch. It's a long story why we were there and has nothing to do with lunch, I'll not bore you with that. So the menu was good, not cheap, but good. I had a lovely pint of Jennings Cumberland...
Other supermarkets are available.
Goodbye Tesco. One mistake is acceptable, two seems careless, three, well it's time for one of us to do something. A few months ago now, I spotted what looked like a reasonable deal on a small TV in our local Tesco store. We were looking for a new TV for the kitchen....